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June 01, 2013 at
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If you do not know the words to our National Anthem, either write them down before you attempt to sing it at a race in front of thousands, or do not attempt to sing it at all; whoever they have at I-96 WoO tonight absolutely BUTCHERED the National Anthem.
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June 01, 2013 at
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Thought I was the only one that noticed that. I agree, it was kind of embarrassing.
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June 01, 2013 at
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I guess the track doesn't know you can get excellent versions of our National Anthem...ON CD's!!!
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM
"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE COLD?"
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: opnwhlr on June 01 2013 at 11:33:34 PM
I guess the track doesn't know you can get excellent versions of our National Anthem...ON CD's!!!
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I am fed up with celebrities singing the National Anthem and injecting their own version into it and ruining the way it was meant to be sung. I attend races at the Amzoil Speedway in Superior WI where a lot of Canadians are in attendance. When the Canadian anthem is played most of them sing along and it is evident they hold their anthem as something special. Not that way with the American anthem. Hardly anyone sings along and often you couldn't follow the awful rendition put forth by the singer if you wanted to. Yet these venues allow this to go on. Shame on us Americans for allowing this to happen.
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June 02, 2013 at
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Ah, where is Roseanne Barr? Now, that gal can sing and grab her balls all at the same time.
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: rovanber on June 02 2013 at 09:05:27 AM
I am fed up with celebrities singing the National Anthem and injecting their own version into it and ruining the way it was meant to be sung. I attend races at the Amzoil Speedway in Superior WI where a lot of Canadians are in attendance. When the Canadian anthem is played most of them sing along and it is evident they hold their anthem as something special. Not that way with the American anthem. Hardly anyone sings along and often you couldn't follow the awful rendition put forth by the singer if you wanted to. Yet these venues allow this to go on. Shame on us Americans for allowing this to happen.
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Thats the problem with most Americans,they are not respectfull of nothing anymore!
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: needdirt24/7 on June 02 2013 at 01:11:34 PM
Thats the problem with most Americans,they are not respectfull of nothing anymore!
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I have been to a race or two when the mic went down or tech difficultys caused prob.s and the crowed sang it no problem. But yes by and large most americans are disrespectfull. And take your dam hat off when its sang too.
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: Joeltrasker on June 01 2013 at 07:01:24 PM
If you do not know the words to our National Anthem, either write them down before you attempt to sing it at a race in front of thousands, or do not attempt to sing it at all; whoever they have at I-96 WoO tonight absolutely BUTCHERED the National Anthem.
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We were there and noticed the flub in the middle of the song. Another person mentioned the mike messing up but I really don't think that was the issue because she tried to skim over the words she didn't remember. Last summer Butler Motor Speedway had a 8 or 10 year old sing it and they did a better job than this adult. Check out the person before you have them sing something as important as our National Song in front of a large crowd. Music with the crowd singing along would have been more impressive.
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: cahoona on June 02 2013 at 01:55:48 PM
I have been to a race or two when the mic went down or tech difficultys caused prob.s and the crowed sang it no problem. But yes by and large most americans are disrespectfull. And take your dam hat off when its sang too.
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AMEN!!!! Remove the hats.
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June 02, 2013 at
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Posted By: pic1940 on June 02 2013 at 03:06:19 PM
AMEN!!!! Remove the hats.
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Being a Viet Nam vet I may have a little more reverence for the flag than most people so when I see someone keeping their hat on I tend to get a little reved up. This was the case at the Amzoil Speedway one night and I was about to ask a person to remove his hat when my wife reminded me of all the Canadian fans there. At this track anyway it's a good chance that people wearing the hats might well be our Canadian friends who are not obligated to show the reverence we want from our own citizens. By the way the Canadians are some of the most loyal fans I've ever seen. They come mosty from Thunder Bay area to enthusiastically support their fellow countrymen on the track.
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June 02, 2013 at
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I was at ocean fri nite and i heard a very different rendition of the national ampthem,someone said there are several renditions .is that true?
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June 03, 2013 at
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Perhaps the greatest version of the anthem....
And done by a celebrity at that.
Play it loud, play it proud my fellow Americans!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9l4LMZeNm0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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June 03, 2013 at
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In the mid eighties my daughter and I had the pleasure of attending a football game at Penn State. It seemed that everyone was singing the national anthem. Have not experienced that same feeling since that day. My preference is to have a group sing the national anthem. That way no one is trying to impress.
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June 03, 2013 at
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I am a Canadian yet have been to many hundreds of US events where your great National Anthem was sung. I have had a couple of semi-altercations with clowns that wouldn't remove their hats and I've worn a hat for the past 25 years or so. Nothing pisses me off more than the lack of respect by morons (usually half drunk or worse) when the song is played or sang. The strongest thing one can say about America and it is spoken around the world involves the word patriotism. No country has more and shows more which makes it the greatest country on the planet!
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June 03, 2013 at
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And take your dam hat off when its sang too.
yeah i cant stand that. only people in mititary atire and woman do not need to. the rest of you have some respect for your great country.
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June 03, 2013 at
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I guess it is just one's personal preference. Knoxville has this guy that gets up and plays it with a harmonica and every time he does everyone in our area just shakes their head and feels it is terrible and disrespectful yet there is some that applaud when he is done. I don't know if they are just applauding for the patriotic reason and it is our anthem or if they actually like it. 100% of those in our surrounding area think it is terrible.
My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss
that ol' gal.
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June 03, 2013 at
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Hey Dave, have you seen Stevie Wonder's new harmonica? Don't worry, he hasn't either....
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June 03, 2013 at
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Posted By: MSPN on June 03 2013 at 12:52:41 PM
Hey Dave, have you seen Stevie Wonder's new harmonica? Don't worry, he hasn't either....
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Now, that's funny. Looking forward to seeing you in August. Should be a great Nationals but aren't they all?
My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss
that ol' gal.
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June 03, 2013 at
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Hopefully, the do-gooders and tree huggers don't gasp too much, REALLY looking forward to Knoxville and swapping a few lies with ya'.....
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June 03, 2013 at
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This is my favorite track opening I have attended. A good invocation and then Ray Underwood singing the National Anthem. I don't like pre recorded anthems. All a track has to do is check out the person singing before hand and have them do a dry run. The whole thing is worth watching but if your in a hurry go to 3:00 in the video.
See more racing videos at
http://www.youtube.com/user/dagunner
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