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Yeah, that'll be because they couldn't hook him up to his auto-tune.
>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
Was it me, or was Bublé curiously inaudible?

and if you want the performance to continue... here's the rest of purple haze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvs4j4IniA

or
http://www.videosift.com/video/Jimi-Hendrix-The-Star-Spangled-Banner


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=39c_1246725474
wwII vet tells stories.

Happy Fourth!!!

Nothing wrong with someone making some money for a good or product. Nothing wrong with a creator or inventor making a living for doing the same.

Much of the hype about all this is due to some wealthy people being upset that their way of life - making money for NOT producing goods, products or services - is threatened. The people who have the most to lose are the companies who have a huge number of copyrights, many quite old, and basically make money by squatting on them.

You want to sing "Happy Birthday to You" in an independent film you're making, or to patrons at your restaurant, then get prepared to fork over THOUSANDS of dollars to someone who didn't write the words, melody, or make it famous through public performances. Your money will go to someone who simply had enough money to purchase the rights to exclude you from sharing in a musical poem over 100 years old. It is comparable to someone purchasing The Star Spangled Banner and charging a fee to elementary schools to allow students to sing the song.

In this case, the owner of the copyright has produced nothing. No service provided. No product to use. Yet they continue to make an income simply for ownership of the "intellectual property."

The only thing created by protection of copyrights like this one is criminals. More specifically, it places the label of "criminal" on otherwise upstanding citizens, and passes the cost of enforcing such laws on to you, the taxpayer.


>> ^Wingoguy:
It seems like there's not a lot of fans of capitalism in this sift. If that's not your thing, that's fine by me.
I personally believe:
1. Companies should be allowed to profit from good products and services.
2. Creators deserved to be paid for their quality work.

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Feller did the 1st personal version of star spangled banner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpdld0RBAk4

Great guitarist no doubt

This one time, I farted The Star-Spangled Banner, but I only got as far as "Oh".

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pfft, babies are ignorant, if you play any unusual annoying sound, like a Sarah Palin interview or humming the star spangled banner into a cellophane covered comb, they're stupified into silence.

if you "believe" in this country then you will not care so much about who sings the freaking star-spangled banner or who partakes in the pledge.

*orders hors-doovers and more drinks-

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!

>> ^HistNerd:
Francis Scott Key wrote poetry. The Star Spangled Banner's melody comes from an old drinking song...


That must be why it resonates so deeply with me! "oh shay can you sheee *hick* bah the donzerlee liiigh"

The Pledge of Allegiance was NOT being said when Obama had his hand down. The Star Spangled Banner was being played.

Rugil, the melody for the Star Spangled Banner (which was written as a poem and only set to music later) is an English drinking song. It's easy for me to imagine a bunch of drunks singing it badly as it has a range of well over an octave so it's a bitch to sing. Personally I'd rather we had an anthem that most people could actually sing in tune.

So bad. I think I could do a better job singing "The Star Spangled Banner" right this second, and I'm not a Yank.