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« on: December 06, 2008, 02:00:51 AM »
Heck yes!
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2008, 02:02:03 AM »
Strongly oppose.
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2008, 02:21:17 AM »
I always liked "Hail, Columbia" myself.
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2008, 02:39:38 AM »
Strongly oppose, but obviously not for States' reason.
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« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2008, 02:43:18 AM »
Sure, though an emo song would be ideal.
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2008, 05:23:11 AM »
It would make more sense than the current one, so yes.
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2008, 09:43:18 AM »
No.
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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2008, 10:55:45 AM »
No. Definitely not.
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« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2008, 11:07:14 AM »
LOL. I think I know why constine is opposed...
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« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2008, 07:18:45 PM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 06, 2008, 05:23:11 AM
It would make more sense than the current one, so yes.

The current one has more significance to American history.
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« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2008, 07:21:40 PM »
Absolutely not.
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2008, 09:14:26 PM »
Awesome song.  Inappropriate anthem.  There is nothing more badass than the third stanza:

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Which reminds me.  Do you guys think the fifth stanza reads better as:

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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 10:03:23 PM »

It's gonna be some dumbass reason about me and the South, isn't it?
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 10:05:46 PM »
Quote from: Mideast Governor Benconstine on December 06, 2008, 10:03:23 PM

It's gonna be some dumbass reason about me and the South, isn't it?

I was thinking BRTD was referring to religious reasons.
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« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2008, 10:08:32 PM »
Quote from: Darwinian Man on December 06, 2008, 10:05:46 PM
Quote from: Mideast Governor Benconstine on December 06, 2008, 10:03:23 PM

It's gonna be some dumbass reason about me and the South, isn't it?

I was thinking BRTD was referring to religious reasons.

No, it was constine's Southern fetish.
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« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2008, 10:09:39 PM »
Quote from: The Only Honest Love Song on December 06, 2008, 10:08:32 PM
Quote from: Darwinian Man on December 06, 2008, 10:05:46 PM
Quote from: Mideast Governor Benconstine on December 06, 2008, 10:03:23 PM

It's gonna be some dumbass reason about me and the South, isn't it?

I was thinking BRTD was referring to religious reasons.

No, it was constine's Southern fetish.

Which doesn't exist.
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« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2008, 10:14:01 PM »
     If & only if it is sung as it is meant to be sung, rather than sung with the change that those mormons made, which gutted the song.
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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2008, 10:48:21 PM »
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:14:01 PM
     If & only if it is sung as it is meant to be sung, rather than sung with the change that those mormons made, which gutted the song.
And what are those changes? Huh
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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2008, 10:54:12 PM »
Quote from: Donut on December 06, 2008, 10:48:21 PM
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:14:01 PM
     If & only if it is sung as it is meant to be sung, rather than sung with the change that those mormons made, which gutted the song.
And what are those changes? Huh

     In the line "As he died to make men holy let us die to make men free," they changed the second "die" to "live." It kind of detracts from the patriotism & the power of the song if they aren't willing to die for the cause of spreading liberty.

     They also eliminated the last verse & chorus, though that isn't that big of a deal. I just liked how the last verse sounds.
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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2008, 11:27:40 PM »

LOL.
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« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2008, 01:18:13 AM »
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:54:12 PM
Quote from: Donut on December 06, 2008, 10:48:21 PM
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:14:01 PM
     If & only if it is sung as it is meant to be sung, rather than sung with the change that those mormons made, which gutted the song.
And what are those changes? Huh

     In the line "As he died to make men holy let us die to make men free," they changed the second "die" to "live." It kind of detracts from the patriotism & the power of the song if they aren't willing to die for the cause of spreading liberty.

     They also eliminated the last verse & chorus, though that isn't that big of a deal. I just liked how the last verse sounds.

I didn't know that it was originally die.  I think "die" is better, but I love when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings it.
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« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2008, 01:27:51 AM »
Quote from: Judge, Fmr. Chairman, Fmr. Governor, & Queen Mum Inks.LWC on December 07, 2008, 01:18:13 AM
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:54:12 PM
Quote from: Donut on December 06, 2008, 10:48:21 PM
Quote from: Senator PiT on December 06, 2008, 10:14:01 PM
     If & only if it is sung as it is meant to be sung, rather than sung with the change that those mormons made, which gutted the song.
And what are those changes? Huh

     In the line "As he died to make men holy let us die to make men free," they changed the second "die" to "live." It kind of detracts from the patriotism & the power of the song if they aren't willing to die for the cause of spreading liberty.

     They also eliminated the last verse & chorus, though that isn't that big of a deal. I just liked how the last verse sounds.

I didn't know that it was originally die.  I think "die" is better, but I love when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings it.

     I've looked on Youtube & "live" is much more common, which annoys me since I agree that "die" is better.

     The general omission of the sixth verse also annoys me, but that would be nothing new with anthems. La Marseillaise is seven verses, yet people only sing the first verse, & sometimes the fifth & sixth ones too.
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« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2008, 01:28:38 AM »
Here's a good poll: Which is more emo: The Star Spangled Banner or Battle Hymn of the Republic?
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2022, 06:58:24 PM »
This reminds me: I wish an emo band would cover "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and then that could be it!
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