Buzzfeed rounds up "atypical renditions of The Star Spangled Banner." Dish fave:
Reeves Wiedeman reflects:
[W]hen we sing the national anthem, we almost always do it before a sporting event. This is somewhat fitting because successfully performing the anthem is practically an athletic feat. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is not only one of the most difficult songs in its genre but also one of the hardest songs to sing, period—"fiendish" was how Brian Zeger, artistic director for vocal arts at Juilliard, described it to the Los Angeles Times after an especially gruesome attempt by Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, during the most recent N.F.L. playoffs. There have been efforts to replace it with something more manageable to the lay vocalist, like "America the Beautiful," or "This Land is Your Land."
Last year the Dish ran an extensive six-part series on the "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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