Sunday, April 6, 2008

So Much Better than Roseanne Bar's Version

So I always thought that "God Bless America" would make a better National Anthem than the "Star Spangled Banner." It's not that I really hated the song, or Francis Scott Key for that matter. I really hated the way people sang the song. They belt it out, they can't get the pitches right, and they make it a lot grander than it really needs to be. So I figured they should go for an easier song that people won't butcher but that is equally patriotic though of a less illustrious heritage.
Until I saw this video. It is French people singing our Anthem for us. Sure, they have a "few pitch problems," to use Randy Jackson's phrase, and they don't have great pronunciation at times, but they do a good job. It's simple and not grandiose, perhaps like Francis Scott Key intended.
http://www.pangeaday.org/index.php