American The Beautiful is both a better song and much easier to sing. And less

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Jul 6, 2020
4:12:33pm

chilango All-American

American The Beautiful is both a better song and much easier to sing. And less

warlike, which is a positive for some.

I would be in favor of the switch.

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chilango

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POLL: Setting politics aside (and therefore not asking if we should change), which makes for the better national anthem

Supercoug [censored]

7/6/20 3:13pm

Purposefully left off "Proud to be an American" for the all the blue hairs here. Didn't want to crash the poll.

Supercoug

7/6/20 3:14pm

That's a blue hair song? I learned it in elementary school in the 90's.

SandYFan

7/6/20 3:16pm

I rest my case

Supercoug

7/6/20 3:17pm

America the Beautiful is a lot easier to sing.

ReyOso

7/6/20 3:15pm

Ok, I'm all for exploring the purple mountain magesties and I'm thankful for all the amber waves of grain,

Bert609

7/6/20 3:44pm

Agreed. I see no reason to change it that wouldn't then disqualify every other potential song anyway. Every song was

BlueBlood94

7/6/20 4:13pm

I should add, America the Beautiful is one of my absolute favorite songs. I love it as much as Star Spangled, but have

BlueBlood94

7/6/20 4:24pm

American The Beautiful is both a better song and much easier to sing. And less

chilango

7/6/20 4:12pm

Put me in the "warlike" crowd. There are some anthems during the Olympics I love sitting through. Star Spangled Banner

Bert609

7/6/20 4:22pm

In both cases, the concluding verses are lovely inspiring, and underappreciated:

d-coug

7/6/20 4:12pm

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