tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post3418240250327332489..comments2024-03-28T10:59:15.431-05:00Comments on Southern Lagniappe: O, Say Can You ... Sing ?Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-72404275515448174162011-02-11T19:13:55.808-06:002011-02-11T19:13:55.808-06:00At least she got the words right in this rendition...At least she got the words right in this rendition, even if they were not clear at times. <br />I just wish they would sing it as it was written. <br />I saw the young Marine sing it and it was lovely. The best!!Wsprsweetly Of Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990765326246470929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-9138253699653964712011-02-03T14:06:14.516-06:002011-02-03T14:06:14.516-06:00You're very welcome (for the background inform...You're very welcome (for the background information). <br /><br />I'm on a mission, as we approach the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, to try to correct two common misconceptions about the SSB. The first and most common one is the drinking song issue. The second misconception is that FS Key or someone else added the melody later, after Key wrote the words. I'm certain, however, that Key had the melody in mind when he wrote "The Defense of Fort McHenry"; as I mentioned, he'd already written at least one song using the Anacreontic tune. And a broadside which appeared only days after Key wrote the SSB states, <a href="http://s1.hubimg.com/u/2886172_f260.jpg" rel="nofollow">"Tune -- ANACREON IN HEAVEN."</a>danthefiddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511359781796498927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-10195287988052399592011-02-03T14:04:29.492-06:002011-02-03T14:04:29.492-06:00You're very welcome (for the background inform...You're very welcome (for the background information). <br /><br />I'm on a mission, as we approach the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, to try to correct two common misconceptions about the SSB. The first and most common one is the drinking song issue. The second misconception is that FS Key or someone else added the melody later, after Key wrote the words. I'm certain, however, that Key had the melody in mind when he wrote "The Defense of Fort McHenry"; as I mentioned, he'd already written at least one song using the Anacreontic tune. And a broadside that appeared only days after he wrote the SSB states, <a href="http://s1.hubimg.com/u/2886172_f260.jpg" rel="nofollow">"Tune -- ANACREON IN HEAVEN."</a>danthefiddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511359781796498927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-72492832498250720282011-02-03T00:21:15.871-06:002011-02-03T00:21:15.871-06:00I still get chill bumps every time I hear it sung ...I still get chill bumps every time I hear it sung properly. And I have read about the origins before which makes me cry. To think what they went through in the War of 1812 because until that fort held, the British were whipping us soundly. So it has extra special meaning.<br /><br />XO,<br /><br />Sheila :-)The Quintessential Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010105595059019883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-75710752285176013102011-02-02T21:44:28.489-06:002011-02-02T21:44:28.489-06:00Thanks for posting all of the lyrics to the Star S...Thanks for posting all of the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner....<br /><br />Oh my, I get chill bumps on my chill bumps when I hear it sung, and always try to place my hand over my heart in the old fashioned way.... so sad to see that gesture is fading away into a distant memory in some places when the SSB is sung.....<br />God Bless America!<br /><br />JenniJennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443650770496525972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-39731353540004903432011-02-02T19:16:17.219-06:002011-02-02T19:16:17.219-06:00I agree that our National Anthem should be sung so...I agree that our National Anthem should be sung so that all of us can sing along. We all know how it "should" be sung and I just hate it when these "artists" try to make it their own. This anthem belongs to all of us-not just the person who is honored to be chosen to sing it at an event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-85327905043312637762011-02-02T18:12:19.107-06:002011-02-02T18:12:19.107-06:00Janie,
I loved listening to and reading each line...Janie,<br /> I loved listening to and reading each line of the SSB. I haven't read all 4 verses for a long time and think how wise for all, if we sang the last verse more often.<br />We are hoping for a trip to Fort Henry whle visitng the east coast this spring. I am so proud to be an American and so grateful for the freedoms we enjoy. I pray we never take them for granted.<br />~♥Beth at Auntieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878533662208781834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-10254275000755852212011-02-02T15:34:52.964-06:002011-02-02T15:34:52.964-06:00Dan, thank you for the additional background infor...Dan, thank you for the additional background information about "To Anacreon in Heaven." I appreciate you taking the time to set the record straight.Southern Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-51751193169556871012011-02-02T12:41:54.742-06:002011-02-02T12:41:54.742-06:00Thanks for your post about the SSB.
I want to co...Thanks for your post about the SSB. <br /><br />I want to correct one common misconception: The song from which Francis Scott Key borrowed the melody -- a song called "To Anacreon in Heaven" -- is not a drinking song. Many seemingly knowledgeable sources claim that it is, but it isn't. It was essentially the theme song for the Anacreontic Society, a London gentlemen's club dedicated to the appreciation of music. The members drank, but only in the way that baseball fans drink beer at the ball park, which doesn't make "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" a drinking song either. <br /><br />By the way, John Stafford Smith only wrote the melody for "To Anacreon..."; a fellow named Ralph Tomlinson wrote the original words. As you mentioned, many people borrowed the melody before Key wrote "The Defense of Fort McHenry." F.S. Key himself appropriated it in 1805 -- see <a href="http://www.potw.org/archive/potw340.html" rel="nofollow">"When the Warrior Returns"</a>.<br /><br />For a fascinating study of the "To Anacreon..." melody, see William Lichtenwanger's wonderful article <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200033401/default.html" rel="nofollow">"The Music of the Star-Spangled Banner from Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill."</a><br /><br />Bottoms up!danthefiddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511359781796498927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-70650382348359020702011-02-02T09:52:58.999-06:002011-02-02T09:52:58.999-06:00Don't the words just give you CHILLS? Especi...Don't the words just give you CHILLS? Especially in that heart-stopped moment, looking through the mist---hoping hoping the flag is still flying; is it? Is is not? And the next few moments will tell the tale---will we be vistorious? And the line about the morning mist "half conceals, half discloses,"---absolutely breath-taking.<br /><br />The entire spirit of the song is slowly becoming a "Look at MEEE---my agent got me this wonderful job, to PERFORM for you!"---and the actual PAIN on the faces, the grimaces as they search for that next impressive note, or the so-obtrusive run-of-scale to show their prowess---it's just so sad.<br /><br />Even that sweet little girl in the news lately---with her family practically suing for her "freedom of expression,"---that's such a pitiful thing to put on a child. <br /><br />I'll not go into the time that Caro was performing in an Elvis anniversary tribute, and the "last year's winner" chose to sing The National Anthem---all four verses, with all those grim expressions and gestures and marching across the stage and swinging the train of her gown almost like a lasso---we stood and we stood, hoping to sit soon, hoping for release soon, as she just charged on and on, at the top of her lungs, proving her worth, vaunting her voice, whilst the beautiful words, so full of meaning, were thrown to the rafters in an agony of ego, as we, captive to our own respect, had to keep standing. That may have been one of the first sit-down ovations in the history of the stage.<br /><br />Oh. My. You DO bring out the words in me, especially on such a tender subject.<br /><br />I hope that gifted young man sings forever, in that pure, true voice.<br />The others---well, they'll go on, as well. Don't you just LOVE the MUTE button?RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-86399310202815844932011-02-02T06:37:54.387-06:002011-02-02T06:37:54.387-06:00I agree with you Janie, I have often been saddened...I agree with you Janie, I have often been saddened and some time ashamed at how our National Antham is preformed at different events.<br />I saw a program on the History Channel last week that depited the writing of the poem by Mr Keys, I pray our Nation never has to go through such a time on our own shores again. <br />I rarely watch the super bowl, but like you do like to watch the commericals, though in the last very years, I have been disapointed in the silliness and often time vulgarity of them. As my soon to be Grand DIL says, I can't believe they actually pay folks to write this junk...We will see how this year's go. <br />I loved the last video, so awe inspiring.<br />MollyMarjorie (Molly) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876434453158175693noreply@blogger.com