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Getting back to the subject of the thread...
Every time another artist puts their "artistic spin" on the national anthem, it just makes me appreciate the job that GD did at the MLB All-Star Game that much more. :thumb:
Also loved the fact the band didn't wear parkas or the like during their performance...unlike the aforementioned anthem singer... 8)
I apologise for interjecting...we now return you to your regularly-scheduled CAN-AM border bash...
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Gee guys..I was only referring to the butchering of our national anthem during the Grey Cup. How did it turn into Canada vs USA bashing?
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for the record i didnt start a US vs Canada bashing. I started a discussion on why every song had to be from a canadian artist or people got mad. The the inferiority complex kicked in and people starting hating on the US.
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I'm glad I missed it! I hate it when people ruin the national anthem by adding their twist to it. Ok here's my .02. It's obvious that Canadians support their country in different ways than Americans. Whats wrong with being proud of your nation????Nothing! Don't bash us for being upset that we heard poppy American music instead of something Canadian. It's a Canadian event I don't think that it's hard to understand why we would wanna hear something that means a little more to us.Anyway I don't wanna fight with anyone that's just my opinion.
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Not only was it bad artisticness (is that even a word?), she didn't even sing it that well. Hearing bad versions like that makes me so happy when they do it properly though...
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Who says it needs to be pop singers? How about JANN freakin' ARDEN?? After her scandal at the Flames game, I can't say I'll ever complain about someone else roasting the anthem ever again...
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Hahah, took the words right out my mouth Neil, or how about when Bryan Adams screwed up the words. **cringe**
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I don't think it's an inferiority complex nearly so much as it is our proximity to a neighbour who is so boisterous and so vocally patriotic that we feel the need to constantly distinguish ourselves from them. If we didn't stand up for our Canadianness, it would feel like we were just being swamped by American culture. Which we are, let's not kid ourselves, but it means we have to strive all the more to define for ourselves some element of our society that makes us different.
hock: and Whitney so the nationality question really doesnt come into play there.
