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Happy 4th of July Americans! (Original Post)
ginny skinny
Jul 2017
OP
that isn't "jazzed up" its just harmony. This is jazzed up and the best recording of the song ever.
Hamlette
Jul 2017
#13
Thank God for British Prime Minister Frederick North's (1770-1782) stupidity.
dubyadiprecession
Jul 2017
#2
rickford66
(5,523 posts)1. Why jazz it up? Just sing it as it was written.
Any other counties jazz their anthems up ?
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)3. Oh come on, it was great.
What other national anthem took its tune from a drinking song?
rickford66
(5,523 posts)4. Right. Keep it as a drinking song. Not this warbling nonsense.
And it says something good about this country that we feel free enough to take liberty with it.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)12. Soounded like those kids that performed for Trump and got stiffed.
Hamlette
(15,411 posts)13. that isn't "jazzed up" its just harmony. This is jazzed up and the best recording of the song ever.
dubyadiprecession
(5,705 posts)2. Thank God for British Prime Minister Frederick North's (1770-1782) stupidity.
ginny skinny
(182 posts)5. Wow!
Thought a group of young girls doing a killer version of our national anthem might get some love.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)6. just ignore the late night critics
the girls were great!!
randr
(12,409 posts)7. Thanks gs
It was beautiful. We still own our country.
diverdownjt
(702 posts)15. Well done girls
secondwind
(16,903 posts)9. they were awesome.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)10. I loved it
I was thinking: I wonder how many times they'd rehearsed it to be able to nail it like that. Genuine songbirds, they are.
Raster
(20,998 posts)16. getting LOVE from me....
...very nice rendition of a difficult song to sing!
And I still get chills...
secondwind
(16,903 posts)8. Shirley Temple clones... what's that all about? n/t
ihaveaquestion
(2,523 posts)14. Countrified
Ok for what it is... not my taste though.