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In article <3tcssk$rou@news.duke.edu>, ndd@eel-mail.mc.duke.edu (Ned
Danieley) wrote:

> Good fireworks display, *lousy* music!  Who in the world picked
> out that crap?  We didn't even get to hear Kate Smith do 'God
> Bless America'!  They did play 'Born in the USA', but that's
> about it from 'traditional' selections.  It just wasn't the same
> without some good old, jingoistic, blood-stirring songs.
> 
> sheesh.


Didn't see the show, but I can just imagine the music. 

Here's a few suggestions for next year:

George Clinton: "One Nation Under a Groove". Great tune, and George
is from Kannapolis for extra points.

James Brown: "Living in America". James in top form, with his
usual honking horn section. Plus, it contains the line that
best summarizes The American Experience(tm): "Got big superhighways,
drive anywhere you want."

Ray Charles: "America the Beautiful". The long version, with _all_
the verses. The Genius lays it on the line.

Marvin Gaye: "The National Anthem". His emotional version from
the 1983 (I think) World Series game. Once you've heard this,
you'll never go back to Kate Smith.

Ya see, patriotic music doesn't have to be *boring*.

Strayhorn

Not Duke policy, etc.

"You just can't write a chord ugly enough to express how you feel sometimes, so you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." FZ(tm)