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The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
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captaininsanity On Jul 24, 2006
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Good point, especially coming from someone who managed to misspell obvious.
I can almost play this on my guitar.
its one the star spangled banner two, the sounds hes makin with the guitar are bombs falling and people screaming ie. vietnam
where are you guys comin from? put down the crack pipe son, its his tribute to his country
no no it wasn't. I tws a huge FUCK you to America, who sent boys to fight in Vietnam.. duh.
no no it wasn't. I tws a huge FUCK you to America, who sent boys to fight in Vietnam.. duh.
bill the cat, what the hell are you talking about. he played this at woodstock as a protest to the war. the random noises are people screaming, ambulances, guns and other sounds of war. thats why its such unbelievable work.
he is the most amazing guitarist ever. i actually like his instrumentals better then when he sings. his instrumental of somewhere over the rainbow is my favorite.
I wrote a full essay on this song in one of my college coarses. This song was played at woodstock, but apparently Hendrix wasn't vehemently anti-war. When I interpret it, I like to think of it as a reality check to really get across the horrors of war to a good sized audience. He isn't saying "fuck war" necessarily, he's just showing us that war isn't about heroes being patriotic and all that delusional bullshit, it's about tons of innocent people being killed alongside a few rebels, by large amounts of bullets, chemicals and explosives, being dropped by a big country (the US, hence the star spangled banner) on a major power trip. This song can be very easily interpreted as anti-war, I see it this way myself, but it's up to the audience to interpret it. This is also why when hendrix was asked on a TV show interview to comment on this song, he didn't say what it was about, he just said "I thought it was beautiful", and he recieved a standing ovation from the audience at the show.
I have a live version of this song where Hendrix pauses for a second near the end of the song to say "and the flag was still there, big deal."
I'm not entirely sure what to make of that. It sounds like Hendrix is probably anti-war and is disappointed in his country.
when Jimi played this song at woodstock it was a big fuck you to the government. Duh.
when Jimi played this song at woodstock it was a big fuck you to the government. Duh.
Bill The Cat you shouldnt be listening to hendrix if yu think this is a salute to his country.Second,he was from England you idiot.
Um Frankenstrat_5150 Jimi Hendrix was from Seattle. When he was discovered by Chas Chandler he went to England and almost instantly became a success. Then he came back to America and gained American fame after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.