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gblowfish 09-09-2013 10:34 AM
The National Anthem -scooby doo wah-
 
Some NFL fans still give Chiefs fans grief for shouting CHIEFS at the end of the anthem.

Personally, that doesn't bother me, because I know it's not meant as a disrespect to veterans or to the country. It's paying tribute to Arrowhead, the team, and the Chiefs fans themselves. The Chiefs even have a commercial out with Ed Asner voicing over about how moving the anthem is at Arrowhead.

What I hate is when singers "scooby doo" up the anthem, by scat singing, or woo woo wooing the lyrics. I like it when they sing the song as it was intended. If their voice is good, the song is dynamic enough where you don't have to scooby it all up.

What do you think?

Does the scooby version bug you, or are you fine with that?

http://www.gurl.com/2012/07/02/worst...tional-anthem/

Fat Elvis 09-09-2013 10:36 AM
I've never understood why the national anthem is sung at sporting events in the first place.

SPATCH 09-09-2013 10:38 AM
Your poll is confusing.

patteeu 09-09-2013 10:40 AM
It doesn't bother me as long as I think the artist is doing it with respectful intentions (similar to the way you aren't offended by "home of the Chiefs").

pr_capone 09-09-2013 10:40 AM
I detest what I have taking to calling "Vocal Acrobatics". Sing the ****ing song and get off the field. We don't need or want a demonstration of your range... we want to watch a ****ing sporting event.

SPATCH 09-09-2013 10:42 AM
I don't like the voice-shaking scooby-wah stuff in any context. which is why i find shows like The Voice or American Idol to be unwatchable.

Red Gorilla 09-09-2013 10:44 AM
No, I like it. Plenty of places do it. For example, it's always the "home of the BRAVES" in Atlanta.

KC_Lee 09-09-2013 10:47 AM
Less of this crap...
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More of this...
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ottawa_chiefs_fan 09-09-2013 10:47 AM
They don't even do it at basketball games.

Molitoth 09-09-2013 10:48 AM
Rid of the whole thing all together.

InChiefsHeaven 09-09-2013 11:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 9956072)
I've never understood why the national anthem is sung at sporting events in the first place.
Quote:
On the night of September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer and amateur poet, accompanied American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner to negotiate a prisoner release with several officers of the British Navy. During the negotiations, Key and Skinner learned of the British intention to attack the city of Baltimore, as well as strength and positions of British forces. They were held captive for the duration of the battle and witnessed the bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry. Inspired by the American victory and the sight of the American flag flying high in the morning, Key wrote a poem titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry."

Upon his return to Baltimore, Key gave the poem to his brother-in-law, who noted that the words fit melody to the popular drinking song, "The Anacreontic Song." Key's brother-in-law took the poem to a printer, who made broadside copies of it. A few days later, the Baltimore Patriot and The American printed the poem with the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven." Later, the Carr Music Store in Baltimore published the words and music together as "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The song gained popularity over the course of the nineteenth century and was often played at public events like parades and Independence Day celebrations (and, on occasion, sporting events). In 1889, the Secretary of the Navy ordered it the official tune to be played during the raising of the flag. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at all military ceremonies and other appropriate occasions, making it something of an unofficial national anthem.

After America's entrance into World War I, Major League Baseball games often featured patriotic rituals, such as players marching in formation during pregame military drills and bands playing patriotic songs. During the seventh-inning stretch of game one of the 1918 World Series, the band erupted into "The Star-Spangled Banner." The Cubs and Red Sox players faced the centerfield flag pole and stood at attention. The crowd, already on their feet, began to sing along and applauded at the end of the song.

Given the positive reaction, the band played the song during the next two games, and when the Series moved to Boston, the Red Sox owner brought in a band and had the song played before the start of each remaining contest. After the war (and after the song was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution in 1931), the song continued to be played, but only on special occasions like opening day, national holidays and World Series games.

During World War II, baseball games again became venues for large-scale displays of patriotism, and technological advances in public address systems allowed songs to be played without a band. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played before games throughout the course of the war, and by the time the war was over, the pregame singing of the national anthem had become cemented as a baseball ritual, after which it spread to other sports.

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But mostly cuz we love our country!

InChiefsHeaven 09-09-2013 11:10 AM
I've sung it a couple times for the Omaha Beef indoor football:

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yes, we ripped off Home of the Chiefs...

cosmo20002 09-09-2013 11:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 9956072)
I've never understood why the national anthem is sung at sporting events in the first place.
I think we should do it at all events attended by 4 or more people. Pee-wee sports, plays, concerts, backyard cookouts, and definitely movies.

Pablo 09-09-2013 11:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Molitoth (Post 9956102)
Rid of the whole thing all together.
Pretty much this.

I don't care about singers fancying it up; and I don't care about "Home of the Chiefs" or whatever else. I'd just like to go to an event and that event start at the time it is scheduled without any sort of pre-game show or singing.

Dayze 09-09-2013 11:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 9956072)
I've never understood why the national anthem is sung at sporting events in the first place.
this.

gblowfish 09-09-2013 12:14 PM
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Rain Man 09-09-2013 12:20 PM
I don't like that up and down stuff on any song, whether it's a star-spangled one or not. I always kind of figure it's because the person's not a good enough singer to hold a note.

I like the Home of the Chiefs thing, though I can understand why it bothers some people. To me, the "Home of the Chiefs" is the perfect transition from the national anthem to the football game. Plus, if you have a big, enthusiastic crowd doing it, it's got to make opposing rookies think twice.

BlackHelicopters 09-09-2013 12:43 PM
Any Banles song would be more appropriate than the National Anthem

cosmo20002 09-09-2013 12:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop (Post 9956356)
Any Banles song would be more appropriate than the National Anthem
Well, yeah...I love the Banles!

siberian khatru 09-09-2013 01:00 PM
Personally I think every football game should begin with Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," but that's just me.

cosmo20002 09-09-2013 01:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 9956410)
Personally I think every football game should begin with Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," but that's just me.
aaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh....aaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...:thumb:

patteeu 09-09-2013 01:06 PM
We come from the land of the red and gold...

Red Gorilla 09-09-2013 01:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_spatula (Post 9956076)
Your poll is confusing.
Are that many people really voting against "home of the Chiefs?"

gblowfish 09-09-2013 01:18 PM
I'm talking about freestyling the anthem. Not about yelling "Chiefs." I'm actually OK with that. I'm not OK with scooby-ing up the anthem itself. I hate that.

HemiEd 09-09-2013 01:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 9956072)
I've never understood why the national anthem is sung at sporting events in the first place.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Molitoth (Post 9956102)
Rid of the whole thing all together.
:shake: :titus: :bang:

Pablo 09-09-2013 01:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 9956410)
Personally I think every football game should begin with Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," but that's just me.
This is a movement I can get behind.

Fire Me Boy! 09-09-2013 01:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9956068)
Some NFL fans still give Chiefs fans grief for shouting CHIEFS at the end of the anthem.

Personally, that doesn't bother me, because I know it's not meant as a disrespect to veterans or to the country. It's paying tribute to Arrowhead, the team, and the Chiefs fans themselves. The Chiefs even have a commercial out with Ed Asner voicing over about how moving the anthem is at Arrowhead.

What I hate is when singers "scooby doo" up the anthem, by scat singing, or woo woo wooing the lyrics. I like it when they sing the song as it was intended. If their voice is good, the song is dynamic enough where you don't have to scooby it all up.

What do you think?

Does the scooby version bug you, or are you fine with that?

http://www.gurl.com/2012/07/02/worst...tional-anthem/
Quote:
Originally Posted by pr_capone (Post 9956081)
I detest what I have taking to calling "Vocal Acrobatics". Sing the ****ing song and get off the field. We don't need or want a demonstration of your range... we want to watch a ****ing sporting event.
The word you're looking for is "melisma."

patteeu 09-09-2013 01:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 9956422)
aaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh....aaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...:thumb:
I don't really care for the way Robert Plant freestyles on Immigrant Song. /gblowfish's grandpa

Chief Roundup 09-09-2013 01:29 PM
I hate the singer carrying the ends of certain words out. Just sing the damn song. But if I am at Arrowhead or in ANY Living Room watching the game I will say "CHIEFS" at the end of the anthem. Someone that doesn't like it can get over it.

gblowfish 09-09-2013 01:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 9956490)
I don't really care for the way Robert Plant freestyles on Immigrant Song. /gblowfish's grandpa
Heh, maybe we should just make the Immigrant Song the National Anthem.
That would solve all the problems.

Graystoke 09-09-2013 01:30 PM
I like the Anthem. I don't like it all scooby fied. Home of the Chiefs all good to me.

C3HIEF3S 09-09-2013 01:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup (Post 9956493)
I hate the singer carrying the ends of certain words out. Just sing the damn song. But if I am at Arrowhead or in ANY Living Room watching the game I will say "CHIEFS" at the end of the anthem. Someone that doesn't like it can get over it.
This

Rain Man 09-09-2013 01:31 PM
If enough people sang Immigrant Song during the Star-Spangled Banner, they might eventually make the change.

siberian khatru 09-09-2013 01:32 PM
This discussion reminded me of this:

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BigCatDaddy 09-09-2013 01:33 PM
More Carl Lewis.

Fire Me Boy! 09-09-2013 01:33 PM
While I don't care for melisma either, I tend to be more bothered by singers that take the tempo way too slow. It's not a ballad, and it's not a funeral dirge.

Chief Roundup 09-09-2013 01:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo (Post 9956176)
Pretty much this.

I don't care about singers fancying it up; and I don't care about "Home of the Chiefs" or whatever else. I'd just like to go to an event and that event start at the time it is scheduled without any sort of pre-game show or singing.
I think the dude in your avatar would not like to be associated with you.

patteeu 09-09-2013 01:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9956496)
Heh, maybe we should just make the Immigrant Song the National Anthem.
That would solve all the problems.
You know what really infuriates me? It makes me nearly homocidal to hear people referring to freelance scooby dooing as "melisma". I suspect that this is a nearly universal sentiment.

Fire Me Boy! 09-09-2013 01:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 9956540)
You know what really infuriates me? It makes me nearly homocidal to hear people referring to freelance scooby dooing as "melisma". I suspect that this is a nearly universal sentiment.
4321

InChiefsHeaven 09-09-2013 01:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 9956430)
We come from the land of the red and gold...
Where the ribs are hot and the beer's ice cold!

siberian khatru 09-09-2013 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by InChiefsHell (Post 9956574)
Where the ribs are hot and the beer's ice cold!
:clap:

tecumseh 09-09-2013 02:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by InChiefsHell (Post 9956574)
Where the ribs are hot and the beer's ice cold!
Now those are some lyrics every 'Merican can get behind.

Rain Man 09-09-2013 02:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 9956488)
The word you're looking for is "melisma."

Is that because it was discovered by Melisma Etheridge or something?

mikey23545 09-09-2013 02:33 PM
This is how it's done - run onto the field, sing the shortest version in Super Bowl history, and run off!

God Bless You Neil!


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morphius 09-09-2013 02:42 PM
I always look at it as a remake, every musician puts his own flavor on remakes. It doesn't offend me.

Radar Chief 09-09-2013 02:43 PM
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mikey23545 09-09-2013 03:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by morphius (Post 9956748)
I always look at it as a remake, every musician puts his own flavor on remakes. It doesn't offend me.
Oh FFS.

It's the national anthem, not some old Madonna hit from 1985.

Fire Me Boy! 09-09-2013 03:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey23545 (Post 9956819)
Oh FFS.

It's the national anthem, not some old Madonna hit from 1985.
Release Nov. 30, 1984, but close enough... remake from a few months ago. I think this one's better.

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Pablo 09-09-2013 03:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup (Post 9956534)
I think the dude in your avatar would not like to be associated with you.
herp derp derrrr

morphius 09-09-2013 03:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey23545 (Post 9956819)
Oh FFS.

It's the national anthem, not some old Madonna hit from 1985.
LOL! It just doesn't bug me man. While I'm not a big fan of it, I'm not going to get all pissy about someone putting their heart into a song. I mean which is more offensive, that or the 1000's of fans just mumbling through it, or not singing at all?

displacedinMN 09-09-2013 03:26 PM
I get more 'offended/tired' of those that can't shut up during the National anthem.

Singing-Sing the song strait, its better that way. It really was not meant to be a cover song.

Consistent1 09-09-2013 03:43 PM
I could do without it period. It is a great way to get a another commercial break in though for one.

"Bob" Dobbs 09-09-2013 03:45 PM
What bugs me is when people DONT TAKE OFF THEIR ****ING HATS DURING THE ANTHEM. Common courtesy and respect, people.

a pp roach 09-09-2013 03:50 PM
**** the national anthem

"Bob" Dobbs 09-09-2013 03:51 PM
...and **** YOU, n00b.

gblowfish 09-09-2013 03:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9956756)
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I nominate this guy for opening day Anthem singer....

a pp roach 09-09-2013 03:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by "Bob" Dobbs (Post 9956976)
...and **** YOU, n00b.
**** you too


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