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Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - GMDino - 07-02-2016 http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-permanently-retire-god-bless-america-article-1.2693228?utm_content=buffer54b9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Quote:It’s time for God to stop blessing America during the seventh-inning stretch. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Rotobeast - 07-02-2016 While I don't think it's necessary, I sure wouldn't protest it. I'd just be glad if I never heard Lee Greenwood or Toby Keith's patriotic songs, again. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Aquapod770 - 07-02-2016 "Baseball fans will be assaulted" Lol dear god...gotta love outrage culture. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Millhouse - 07-02-2016 'America the Beautiful' is a better song, so play that instead this weekend...? Non-issue issue solved. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - michaelsean - 07-03-2016 Could someone ask the Brit dude at the Cyclones game wtf he is talking about? Where is the self-righteousness? RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Belsnickel - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 09:30 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Could someone ask the Brit dude at the Cyclones game wtf he is talking about? Where is the self-righteousness? Especially as someone from a country whose anthem is "God Save the Queen." RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Nately120 - 07-03-2016 America is the land of the free, now stand up and profess your love for this song or we'll kill ya! RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - GMDino - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 12:26 PM)Nately120 Wrote: America is the land of the free, now stand up and profess your love for this song or we'll kill ya! This story got a very good conversation going on on my FB page. My musician friend actually defends the musicality of it...as opposed to our National Anthem that is impossible for the average Joe to sing...despite his feeling on the whole God thing. One guy thinks singing this song is a "great tradition" and removing it would destroy the 7th inning stretch. Most agree there is no longer a need for it as a reminder of 9/11. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Nately120 - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 12:31 PM)GMDino Wrote: This story got a very good conversation going on on my FB page. Ha, I had a right-wing pal I worked with a few years back (who had a sense of humor, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered) who just about crapped his pants when I had the nerve to tell him O, Canada is a better song than The Star Spangled Banner. I guess in his word any sort of actual melody or lyrical relevance is secondary to how much America it is! Our national anthem is pretty hard to sing, but average joes are pretty awful at singing anyways. Also, it doesn't seem like Americans are as into singing their nation's anthem as much as other cultures are. Perhaps it is due to the difficulty of it, or the fact that it is a song about a specific battle scene rather than the glory of the county itself OR perhaps it is simple over-saturation and is totally procedural. Stand up now, listen to this, sit down..etc. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - GMDino - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 12:34 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Ha, I had a right-wing pal I worked with a few years back (who had a sense of humor, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered) who just about crapped his pants when I had the nerve to tell him O, Canada is a better song than The Star Spangled Banner. I guess in his word any sort of actual melody or lyrical relevance is secondary to how much America it is! He's a music major, has taught music at a high school for 25 years, runs their musical, was in "Up With People"...he knows he's stuff. But you are correct that most people can't sing as well as they think they can. But the anthem is tough even for above average singers. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Nately120 - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 12:38 PM)GMDino Wrote: He's a music major, has taught music at a high school for 25 years, runs their musical, was in "Up With People"...he knows he's stuff. But you are correct that most people can't sing as well as they think they can. It depends on the version and the arrangement. I spent 8 years in HS and college choirs and had to sing the thing with the ensemble many-a-time, but it was meticulously arranged for our voice parts and was therefore logical to sing. Normally (er...I think) you have either one person singing it in its common arrangement for one voice, which has the technical leaps of high and low notes, and it's usually woman SO your option is to sing with her or take it down an octave. If a group is singing it they don't just stick to the unison main arrangement, which probably just confuses people and leads them to stay quiet. I was at a baseball game with my gf at the time and my buddy and I was singing a tenor harmony along with the main vocal part and people were looking at me like I was mocking the song so I stopped and just stood there. RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - GMDino - 07-03-2016 (07-03-2016, 12:42 PM)Nately120 Wrote: It depends on the version and the arrangement. I spent 8 years in HS and college choirs and had to sing the thing with the ensemble many-a-time, but it was meticulously arranged for our voice parts and was therefore logical to sing. Normally (er...I think) you have either one person singing it in its common arrangement for one voice, which has the technical leaps of high and low notes, and it's usually woman SO your option is to sing with her or take it down an octave. If a group is singing it they don't just stick to the unison main arrangement, which probably just confuses people and leads them to stay quiet. I'll just quote what he said, as I know nothing of music despite being in a choir and being able to carry a tune: Quote: I actually don't agree with this. And we all know that I'm not some God preaching conservative....but I don't mind the song. From a lyrics standpoint the song is trite. Not Berlin's finest work. From a music analysis point of view the chord progressions are generic. They are expected. Again...not Berlin's best work. But it's no more self righteous than England's "God Save the Queen." It's part of our patriotism. I think the author is being self righteous when he accepts that it was ok to sing it after 911 but not now. Why stop? RE: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ - Nately120 - 07-03-2016 ^^^ I will say that I'm all about people having the freedom to suck at singing the thing, but lordy I do cringe a bit when people alter the thing to put in a bunch of pop cliches and oversinging vocal staircases in it. Also, I find it odd that you are supposed to be silent during it BUT it is also completely expected to start screaming and cheering when there is approximately 10% of it left. Wacky. |