Spanish 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Ire

[kurth]

Spanish 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Ire
By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ
The Associated Press
Thursday, April 27, 2006; 7:47 PM

MIAMI -- British music producer Adam Kidron says that when he came up with the idea of a Spanish-language version of the U.S. national anthem, he saw it as an ode to the millions of immigrants seeking a better life.

But in the week since Kidron announced the song _ which features artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon _ it has been the target of a fierce backlash.

Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung in a language other than English.

"Would the French accept people singing the La Marseillaise in English as a sign of French patriotism? Of course not," said Mark Krikorian, head of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter immigration controls...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042701781.html

[hwmnbn]

1. I'm waiting for the salsa vesion to come out .....

dancing is better than just standing around.

[xultar]

2. WTF most Americans don't know the words in english so who cares

the effin asses are pissed.

[William769]

5. No truer words spoken!

But for some of us that do know all the words in English, it doesn't seem to bother us. :)

[Beelzebud]

7. LOL too true. Now the Mexicans will know it in 2 languages.

While most lazy Americans:

A: Don't know it in English completely.
B: Don't know a 'furin' language.

[Autonomy]

3. What's the point?

I'm not buying the rationale. Seems like the music industry's version of trolling.

[Craig3410]

4. C'mon, the first line of the song says it all anyway!

"Jose, can you see?"

:dunce: :silly: :crazy:

[William769]

6. Shouldn't it be

Jose can you see over that fence they built?

[Taxloss]

8. The United States invades, tortures, and plunders the planet.

But nothing seems to get you guys quite as worked up as perceived slights against your flag and national anthem.

[valerief]

9. All anthems should be in Esperanto

Why? Because I said so, and I'm the decider.

[derby378]

16. Decide all you want - I'm voting for Klingon

:evilgrin:

[uppityperson]

10. these people need to get a different hobby.

I want to hear it.

[KamaAina]

11. Why did Francis Scott Key hate America so much?

He penned "The Star-Spangled Banner" to the tune of an English drinking song! English! Not even American! Was he on some early prototype of DU or something? :sarcasm:

[northzax]

17. to be fair to Francis

he just wrote the words, others set it to music.

and after all, he was watching a British bombardment of Fort McHenry at the time.

[William769]

12. For those who want to know.

Oh, decid: ¿podeis ver, al rayar de la aurora lo
Que vimos anoche orgullosos flotar?
La estrellada bandera, tremolando altanera, encumbrada en
La torre y excitando luchar!
Y a la luz de la roja, fulgurante centella, la
Bandera ondeaba, ondeaba más bella;
Y a través de la densa humareda inflamada,
Con qué orgullo miramos la bandera ondear! ¡El pendón de la Patria, la bandera estrellada,
Encumbrada en la almena convidando a luchar! Oh! decid, ¿todavía contemplais la bandera,
La estrellada bandera,
Sobre suelo de libres que defienden su hogar?
A través de la niebla, de la mar a la orilla
Iracundo enemigo nos atisba a marchar.
¿Qué es aquello que ondula, que flamea y simula
Un enjambre de estrellas refulgiendo en el mar?
Ya del alba recoge la primer llamarada;
Ya se oculta en la niebla, ya aparece inflamada;
Ya ostentando sus glorias se refleja en el río;
Ya sus franjas y estrellas nos deslumbran al par.

[TechBear_Seattle]

13. It would have been in German, if Ben Franklin had had his way

He, along with several other Founders, were proponents of making German the official language of the United States.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Urban legend

Never happened.

Franklin, in fact, was rather anti-German.

[jpgray]

15. He did love French whores

And all I ever hear about Germany in GD is the sex trade these days anyway. :shrug:

(not many people will get that joke--if you've seen the right threads you will :P)

[northzax]

18. it seems obvious to me that our national language is Latin

since those noted traitors Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams proposed our original national motto: E Pluribus Unum.