indy4 155 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 http://thehill.com/c...anthem-composerWilliams beat Jay-Z and Madonna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 An odd poll since it'll never happen, but to my knowledge Williams have never written lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Leslie Bricusse would do the lyrics, and they'd be so saccharine that half the country would flee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Or Williams would pull lyrics from some poem about trees and translate them into Sanskrit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 An odd poll since it'll never happen, but to my knowledge Williams have never written lyrics.Uhm, Williams wrote the lyrics for the gospel songs in Rosewood I believe, as well as Immolation from Schindler's List... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 An odd poll since it'll never happen, but to my knowledge Williams have never written lyrics.Uhm, Williams wrote the lyrics for the gospel songs in Rosewood I believe, as well as Immolation from Schindler's List...The lyrics for "Immolation" are from Hebrew texts that a religious official gave Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 An odd poll since it'll never happen, but to my knowledge Williams have never written lyrics.Uhm, Williams wrote the lyrics for the gospel songs in Rosewood I believe, as well as Immolation from Schindler's List...The lyrics for "Immolation" are from Hebrew texts that a religious official gave Williams.Ah... In the piano-book it says: Music & Lyrics by John Williams, hence my misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 He did select the specific text he wanted out of several given to him by the religious official, so I guess it's not entirely untrue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Regular people outside of this board know who John Williams is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Yeah, but they think his music is pompous, too sugary, "in-your-face" and sounds repetitive.Actually, it's no different from most people's opinion here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The US has perfectly serviceable patriotic songs in "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful" that we wouldn't "need" someone to pen a "new" national anthem, because there's nothing wrong with the one we have. "Too hard to sing?" Boo hoo.I think Springsteen leans too far to the left to write a good anthem that the whole country could get behind. Even "Born in the USA" is an anti-Vietnam War song; Reagan misunderstood the lyrics when he attached it to his reelection campaign.Yes, km, people outside this board know who John Williams is. The poll probably showed a picture of Star Wars or Jaws to jog people's memory. If you said "presenting John Williams, award-winning composer of Always, Heartbeeps, and John Goldfarb, Please Come Home," most people outside this board would go "bah bah bah" with naive ignorance.~*~One thing is guaranteed for sure. Ain't no way Stevie Wonder would start a song with "O say can you see..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 One thing is guaranteed for sure. Ain't no way Stevie Wonder would start a song with "O say can you see..."Hahaha... You're really funny... Hahahaha... Not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I was not seeking your acceptance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Yeah, but they think his music is pompous, too sugary, "in-your-face" and sounds repetitive.Actually, it's no different from most people's opinion here.I just read a statement like that 1 minute ago.('bombastic') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Alan Jackson should write the new Anthem.Where were you when America got a New Anthem.... airmanjerm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 How the obvious choice, Skrillex, did not place on the poll is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Some people in the US want a new anthem?Heck, if the one you have maes me want to be an american, and Williams rendition even more so.I wish we had one as deeply rooted and loved as the one you have.I dont mind the spanish anthem, specially then newer official symphonic version, but everytime they think of puting some lyrincs nothing materialises, and half the country hates the music anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I wish we had one as deeply rooted and loved as the one you have.I dont mind the spanish anthem, specially then newer official symphonic version, but everytime they think of puting some lyrincs nothing materialises, and half the country hates the music anyway.I hate it.The USA one is cool. I don't care about the lyrics though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I wish we had one as deeply rooted and loved as the one you have. Ah luv mah country lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 "O say can you see..." Boom-tzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Fiction becomes reality...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BoUo-woGU&feature=relmfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Les Luthiers are brilliant. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Completely agreed, Chaac!Just out of curiosity... Where are you from? I ask because Les Luthiers are mainly known in South America and Spain, so it would be quite interesting if someone from the USA (for example) knew about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Spain. I first heard them on a CD and it had me rolling on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Awesome! Nice to see another "Lutheran" around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Apparently the tune of America's national anthem was actually taken from a British drinking song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 JW's national anthem would sound like across between Hymn to New England and Liberty Fanfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Apparently the tune of America's national anthem was actually taken from a British drinking song.Uh, not apparently. That is where the melody came from."The Star-Spangled Banner" combined FS Key's 1814 poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" with the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for a men's social club in London, "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), which was already popular in the United States.It's a brilliant anthem and does not need to be replaced. I cannot think of anything lamer than asking Williams (and Bricusse, you know it would happen) to write a new anthem for an entire country. Wanna score a movie? Commemorate a statue that should be mined for copper? Honor a baseball team? Fine. Leave it at that. This poll was purely academic because the magazine needed something to write about; that's what polls and lists are for.~*~If only one of the Canadian hockey teams were still in it, we would hear that even more brilliant national anthem being sung, but alas, all those teams underachieved this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 A new national anthem? Ha! What will the lyrics be: "America uber alles"? That's what they want, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 A new national anthem? Ha! What will the lyrics be: "America uber alles"? That's what they want, isn't it?You laugh, but Joseph Haydn's melody of "Über Alles" -- (the "Deutschlandlied" ("Song of Germany", "Das Lied der Deutschen," "The Song of the Germans," "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" (literally, "Germany, Germany above all") -- was adopted as my university's alma mater in 1908 when it was the Austrian National Anthem.In the right time and place, when I'm in the right mood, when I hear that melody, with or without hearing/singing the words, the tears will freely stream down my face, and I can tell you that it's not for love of Germany that I am so moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Completely agreed, Chaac!Just out of curiosity... Where are you from? I ask because Les Luthiers are mainly known in South America and Spain, I wish we had one as deeply rooted and loved as the one you have.I dont mind the spanish anthem, specially then newer official symphonic version, but everytime they think of puting some lyrincs nothing materialises, and half the country hates the music anyway.I hate it.Only a true spanish would hate the anthem, michael. it was obvious Chaac, what do you hate about it?The music per se or the disgusting historical setting it sadly has been forever associated with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I saw an article in a print newspaper about thisThey mention the first 4, skip over Williams (do not mention him), them mention those other guys that came after him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I saw an article in a print newspaper about thisThey mention the first 4, skip over Williams (do not mention him), them mention those other guys that came after himHeresy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 John Williams already wrote a an American anthem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I wouldn't like any American to feel touched, but this song is a pure kitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,210 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You laugh, but Joseph Haydn's melody of "Über Alles" -- (the "Deutschlandlied" ("Song of Germany", "Das Lied der Deutschen," "The Song of the Germans," "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" (literally, "Germany, Germany above all") -- was adopted as my university's alma mater in 1908 when it was the Austrian National Anthem.Musically, it's a much better hymn than the one we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I wouldn't like any American to feel touchedI'm not sure I agree with that. Sometimes I like to feel touched, and even downright need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Only a true spanish would hate the anthem, michael. it was obvious Chaac, what do you hate about it?The music per se or the disgusting historical setting it sadly has been forever associated with?The music, it just gets on my nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 John Williams already wrote a an American anthem[media=] Too bad about the cheesy lyrics. The melody is quite nice. I always wanted to have an orchestra only arrangement of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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