The National Anthem

[Gothgar]

When you are out at a function and someone sucks at singing the National Anthem, do you clap? Boo? Or just stand there silent?

 

[slsmnaz]

I would still clap politely because it takes guts to get out there and sing.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I would still clap politely because it takes guts to get out there and sing.

this

 

[zoiks]

I'm not as patriotic as some people but I love the national anthem. It wouldn't matter how anyone would sing it unless they were fudging it on purpose (read Rosanne Barr).

 

[Toonces]

I listened to The National Anthem on my way home today and sang along... wait, this thread is about Radiohead, right?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Nothing like a good British tune to sing along to...

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's such a bad song... They really should have used America the Beautiful. "Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?" This sentence is meaningless. I consider myself patriotic but I don't get caught up in flags and anthems. Like George Carlin said, I consider those symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded.

I will clap politely... I generally don't boo.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I would still clap politely because it takes guts to get out there and sing.

this

:thumbsup:

 

[MotF Bane]

I really don't get why people seem to always start cheering/clapping in the last few lines, and you can't hear the singer finishing the song.

 

[Trogdor91]

Originally posted by: zoiks
I'm not as patriotic as some people but I love the national anthem. It wouldn't matter how anyone would sing it unless they were fudging it on purpose (read Rosanne Barr).

Yup as long as they are doing it respectfully, i will clap/cheer.

Last time I heard it at a ball game, I had to tell my girlfriend to take her hat off. Then I had to take her hat off for her (of course we had to fight about this after :roll. It seems too many people these days can't be bothered to show respect for 2 minutes by standing up, taking off their hat, and shutting the fuck up.

 

[Kev]

Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

 

[cubby1223]

Pretty much anything short of Fox broadcasted events where they trot out the latest American Idol fad to sing - I'll cheer the anthem.

But I tell ya, once at a Cubs game they had a violinist and at no point in the performance did I recognize it as the National Anthem, there was so much added flair. Yuck.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: Kev
Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

It comes from Medieval chivalry, where a knight would lift his visor/remove his helmet upon entering a home to show he wasn't a threat.

 

[Xavier434]

No booing. It's pointless to be disrespectful for no good reason. If you don't like the singing then that's fine, but no one needs to hear you express your opinion in such a way that could easily be misinterpreted as booing the Anthem itself rather than the singer.

 

[sdifox]

Depends on if the person thinks s/he is a good singers or not. If so, boo them to hell. If they appear embarrassed by it, no.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: Kev
Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

It comes from Medieval chivalry, where a knight would lift his visor/remove his helmet upon entering a home to show he wasn't a threat.

Worst explanation ever.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Last time I heard it at a ball game, I had to tell my girlfriend to take her hat off. Then I had to take her hat off for her (of course we had to fight about this after :roll. It seems too many people these days can't be bothered to show respect for 2 minutes by standing up, taking off their hat, and shutting the fuck up.

I assume she won the fight since the taking off of hats for the national anthem does not apply to women.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Trogdor91

Originally posted by: zoiks
I'm not as patriotic as some people but I love the national anthem. It wouldn't matter how anyone would sing it unless they were fudging it on purpose (read Rosanne Barr).

Yup as long as they are doing it respectfully, i will clap/cheer.

Last time I heard it at a ball game, I had to tell my girlfriend to take her hat off. Then I had to take her hat off for her (of course we had to fight about this after :roll. It seems too many people these days can't be bothered to show respect for 2 minutes by standing up, taking off their hat, and shutting the fuck up.

i hope she dumped your ass. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhatsoff.html she was right you were wrong. then you take her hat off? idiot.

edit: damn i must be typign slow today. Allisolms was not there when i went to post! yet it is a 6 minute diffrence.

 

[Tim]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: Kev
Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

It comes from Medieval chivalry, where a knight would lift his visor/remove his helmet upon entering a home to show he wasn't a threat.

Worst explanation ever.

Worst comment on a post ever.

 

[sierrita]

Originally posted by: theplaidfad

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: Kev
Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

It comes from Medieval chivalry, where a knight would lift his visor/remove his helmet upon entering a home to show he wasn't a threat.

Worst explanation ever.

Worst comment on a post ever.

No, it's actually a fairly standard response to idiotic posts.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: Kev
Why is taking your hat off a sign of respect? Never understood that. But what a dumb thing to pick a fight over.

It comes from Medieval chivalry, where a knight would lift his visor/remove his helmet upon entering a home to show he wasn't a threat.

ummm nooo that is where the military salute came from and its just a theory.

Women are not required to remove their hat only men.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's such a bad song... They really should have used America the Beautiful. "Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?" This sentence is meaningless. I consider myself patriotic but I don't get caught up in flags and anthems. Like George Carlin said, I consider those symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded.

I will clap politely... I generally don't boo.

It's not meaningless. It means the flag (and along with it, the fort, and the country) survived the night of battle. Pretty self explanatory, I thought.

 

[Trogdor91]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Trogdor91

Originally posted by: zoiks
I'm not as patriotic as some people but I love the national anthem. It wouldn't matter how anyone would sing it unless they were fudging it on purpose (read Rosanne Barr).

Yup as long as they are doing it respectfully, i will clap/cheer.

Last time I heard it at a ball game, I had to tell my girlfriend to take her hat off. Then I had to take her hat off for her (of course we had to fight about this after :roll. It seems too many people these days can't be bothered to show respect for 2 minutes by standing up, taking off their hat, and shutting the fuck up.

i hope she dumped your ass. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhatsoff.html she was right you were wrong. then you take her hat off? idiot.

edit: damn i must be typign slow today. Allisolms was not there when i went to post! yet it is a 6 minute diffrence.

Thanks for your informative post. At least you were able to make your point without namecalling. Oh and a link that states something from 1922? Well at least it was updated with facts from 1963.

 

[Deeko]

To the OP - unless they're screwing it up on purpose to be disrespectful, I would never boo. Just because they aren't a good singer, doesn't mean they aren't out there showing their respects to the flag/country.

 

[bignateyk]

As long as they aren't taking any "artistic liberties" with the song, i'll clap.