Randomness Dos

[MR25]

Other countries never seem to have an issue with people taking artistic license for their national anthem.

[columbia]

I don't see that performance as being controversial or even bad (given the goal of that arrangement).
whatevs

[mikey]

Other countries never seem to have an issue with people taking artistic license for their national anthem.

haha while that may be true, I have no idea...but is that something that you are actively monitoring?

[MR25]

Not actively by any means.

But you rarely hear someone take O Canada off the rails quite like people handle the Star Spangled Banner.

[nocera]

[MR25]

And most of the time the people doing so are not Canadian. It's almost exclusively limited to American singers.

[dodint]

Not actively by any means.

But you rarely hear someone take O Canada off the rails quite like people handle the Star Spangled Banner.

Crosby lulz

She's Canadian, afaik.

[NTP66]

O Canada >>>>> Star Spangled Banner

And it's not even close.

[mikey]

This is good-natured ribbing, but I'm thinking that's because we don't live in the country in question...moreover, we don't speak the language of what roughly a quarter of their people speak...

I don't hear about bank robberies in India either, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen

[MR25]

Again, that's probably the exception.

I can see butchering it because you don't know the lyrics. I'm talking when people take artistic license to add "flair" to the anthem because they'd rather make it about themselves.

[dodint]

I assume you're watching the first one, as the one I' posted is exactly what you're referring to with 'artistic license' here. As one commentor noted, what's with the James Brown moment in the middle?

The player reactions are the best part of that clip.

[MR25]

Right. I noted that as an exception.

Generally speaking, people singing O Canada or their home anthem don't take the same amount of artistic license that Americans do with the Star Spangled Banner.

[dodint]

My understanding of "bad anthems" is that the singer forgot the point of them and deviated far enough that it becomes a 'look at me' thing rather than a unifying experience. I think anthems at sporting events are dumb but if we're going to have them the point isn't to spotlight the singer, it's to have a collective moment to reflect upon whatever singing to fabric makes you want to think about.

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing, without reading anything about it other than I saw a subheadline saying she used a 'jazz' influence, is probably something like this: a white girl showed up at a black sport and culturally appropriated black music to call attention to herself instead of just paying respects to the state.

I bet I'm close in the sentiment if not the reporting.

[MR25]

Your understanding of my complaint is correct.

[slappybrown]

Not actively by any means.

But you rarely hear someone take O Canada off the rails quite like people handle the Star Spangled Banner.

Crosby lulz

She's Canadian, afaik.

What in the flying f was that I giggled my ass off hahah

[shmenguin]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

[Silentom]

Every incident ever is a SJW thing.

[dodint]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

[Tomas]

I say it - I liked Fergie's version of the anthem. Like, say, Marvin Gaye all those decades ago, she took the song and made it her own. At this point in her career, I think she is in the intersection of R&B, jazz, reggae, rock, whatever - and the anthem was all that.

[shmenguin]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

oh...i thought the SJW's would be defending her for being a woman who is experiencing judgement from men

[Tomas]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

oh...i thought the SJW's would be defending her for being a woman who is experiencing judgement from men

Well, if esteemed Jemelle Hill and Leslie Jones are piling on your performance, that angle of defense is out of question...

[dodint]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

oh...i thought the SJW's would be defending her for being a woman who is experiencing judgement from men

No way, race trumps sex.

It cuts both ways, too. Redneck McHillbilly sees her 'acting black' on national TV and gets his panties in a twist. An oldie but a goodie.

I'm not saying 95% of people feel this way on either side. I'm betting if I poke around I can find some Twitter heroes that align with either view.

I don't have a point, just lampooning Twitter idiots which is a total waste of keyboard strokes.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Fergie sounded like someone doing a bad Etta James impression.

[shmenguin]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

oh...i thought the SJW's would be defending her for being a woman who is experiencing judgement from men

No way, race trumps sex.

It cuts both ways, too. Redneck McHillbilly sees her 'acting black' on national TV and gets his panties in a twist. An oldie but a goodie.

I'm not saying 95% of people feel this way on either side. I'm betting if I poke around I can find some Twitter heroes that align with either view.

I don't have a point, just lampooning Twitter idiots which is a total waste of keyboard strokes.

The solution most of us can agree on is to knock it off with the anthems altogether.

[mikey]

The SJW angle of the Fergie thing

oh dear god. this is a thing?

Can't believe she did this the opening weekend of Black Panther.

oh...i thought the SJW's would be defending her for being a woman who is experiencing judgement from men

race wars always beat gender wars in this country...come on, that's like sociopolitik 101