OnTheRocks Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 To me personally it is not offensive. I was at a Community July 4th Celebration in Albany yesterday (Clifton Park to be exact), and there were a few thousand folks there. Maybe a couple thousand in the immediate vicininty where a band was playing. they played two sets and when they started the second set they opened with Hendrix' version of the National Anthem. As i was walking back to my seat, i heard more than a few people saying, "this is offensive". I am just curious. Is it that the version of the song was offensive? Or was it maybe not the best setting for the band to choose to play it?
spidey Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 To me personally it is not offensive.I was at a Community July 4th Celebration in Albany yesterday (Clifton Park to be exact), and there were a few thousand folks there. Maybe a couple thousand in the immediate vicininty where a band was playing. they played two sets and when they started the second set they opened with Hendrix' version of the National Anthem. As i was walking back to my seat, i heard more than a few people saying, "this is offensive". I am just curious. Is it that the version of the song was offensive? Or was it maybe not the best setting for the band to choose to play it? 374987[/snapback] In 1981 SUNY Binghampton hosted the SUNYAC Swimming championships. The head coach of Binghampton invited everyone to rise while the national anthem performed by James Hendrix was played. As we started to stand I am thinking to myself this cant be the Jimmi Hendrix anthem so I must not have heard right. About 1/2 through the song the coach pulled the record and apologized to the entire crowd. I guessed this was the idea of the seniors on his team and he was totally embarrassed by the anthem since I guess he had never heard of it before. Just about everyone I talked to that weekend thought it was totally inappropriate and was glad they werent members of the Binghampton swim team.
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Not to me. Hendrix was a member of the 101st Airborne but got mustered out after an injury. AFAIK he was a man who thought very much of and was very proud to be a member of our nation.
Reuben Gant Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Do we really need the national Anthem before sporting events? I like the National Anthem, but I never understood the need to play it before every sporting event.
KRC Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 To me personally it is not offensive.I was at a Community July 4th Celebration in Albany yesterday (Clifton Park to be exact), and there were a few thousand folks there. Maybe a couple thousand in the immediate vicininty where a band was playing. they played two sets and when they started the second set they opened with Hendrix' version of the National Anthem. As i was walking back to my seat, i heard more than a few people saying, "this is offensive". I am just curious. Is it that the version of the song was offensive? Or was it maybe not the best setting for the band to choose to play it? 374987[/snapback] No matter what anyone says or does, someone will find a way to be offended. A community Fourth of July celebration was probably not the best venue to play that version, but I am the last person to prevent the organizers of an event from playing any version. FWIW, the guitarist from my band always played that version at our concerts. He was a HUGE Hendrix fan. If you closed your eyes and just listened to his playing, you would swear that it was Hendrix. RIP Mike.
Puhonix Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Do we really need the national Anthem before sporting events?I like the National Anthem, but I never understood the need to play it before every sporting event. 375002[/snapback] I cant imagine a sporting event without the national anthem.
Johnny Coli Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 I'm not offended by his version of the national anthem so much as I am offended by classic rock.
Alaska Darin Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah, let's be offended by someone playing our National Anthem on an instrument. I'll take "How to tell our nation has it too good" for $100 please, Alex. I've been disgusted by only one rendition of the national anthem in my life. It was done in kind of a "barbershop quartet meets hip-hop" style and they got the words wrong. It was also about twice as long as it should have been. Nice try, no dice.
MadBuffaloDisease Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 People who are offended by Hendrix's version of TSSB either don't understand it, or heard a lousy rendition of it, if not both. BTW I love it on U2's "Rattle and Hum" where they play the beginning of Hendrix's version of TSSB and then go into "Bullet the Blue Sky."
IDBillzFan Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 You really want to offend people with the National Anthem? Have John Valby sing it for them.
erynthered Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah, let's be offended by someone playing our National Anthem on an instrument. I'll take "How to tell our nation has it too good" for $100 please, Alex. I've been disgusted by only one rendition of the national anthem in my life. It was done in kind of a "barbershop quartet meets hip-hop" style and they got the words wrong. It was also about twice as long as it should have been. Nice try, no dice. 375021[/snapback] Then you're lucky you never heard the Rossane Barr version. She should have been shot.
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Then you're lucky you never heard the Rossane Barr version. She should have been shot. 375073[/snapback] Accuratly, in her pudendum...
Alaska Darin Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Then you're lucky you never heard the Rossane Barr version. She should have been shot. 375073[/snapback] I should have caveated that with "in person." I had totally expunged my gray matter of that abortion. Thanks for bringing it back.
IDBillzFan Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Accuratly, in her pudendum... 375099[/snapback] Especially the way she ululates when she sings.
Tom Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Definetley not offensive to me.......... Rap, on the otherhand is very offensive, IMO .
plenzmd1 Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Definetley not offensive to me.......... Rap, on the otherhand is very offensive, IMO . 375113[/snapback] Why one and not the other? Both the same, no?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Offensive? No. Bad? Yes. I like Hendrix, but I've never cared for his interpretation of the Anthem.
Ghost of BiB Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 I voted no. I wasn't offended. I don't know why anyone should be.
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Especially the way she ululates when she sings. 375112[/snapback] They hate me for my vocabulary and if you don't watch it they'll hate you too...
Alaska Darin Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 They hate me for my vocabulary and if you don't watch it they'll hate you too... 375124[/snapback] Too late - but it's not his because of his vocabulary...
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