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I don’t get it.

I’m a Canadian and I am envious of two beautiful songs that our neighbours to the south have to celebrate their strong belief in their country. They are “America the Beautiful” and “The American National Anthem”. In my mind, two of the best inspirational songs ever written.

So it is Sunday and there are only two NFL games on today. They are the last chance before the biggest game in that sport—the Super Bowl. The NFC and AFC Championship games are the prize today.

And as usual, the game will not start until the singing of the standard song that sends the gladiators into the coliseum with the right motivation and stirs the fans into a frenzy—The American National Anthem.

I understand the first one. She doesn’t know any better because she was an American Idol contestant so it’s just another audition for her. But I don’t understand why Martina McBride feels the need to put all kinds of twists to the song.

She is a songbird. You don’t need to be doing any auditions for the audience. We would listen to you sing Mary Had A Little Lamb if you just did it the way it was intended. I went to The Favourite Reading Room in disgust.

It’s not the first time I’ve written about this (see Butchering the American National Anthem ). Maybe I’m making something out of nothing but I thought the song was important to the American people. I know The Smothers Brothers agree with me. And maybe that’s it. We’re older and remember when people placed value on things that are important.

Maybe that’s what is wrong with today’s world economy. Nobody really cares anymore? I sure hope not.

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