*DED*

[fightingthecage]

The World according to America.

I. Am. So. Ded.

Standard Disclaimer: I'm pretty damn sure none of the Americans on my flist think this way. If you do, please make yourselves known so I can stare in horror at you.

If anyone wants to know where I found that, it was in a comment replying to this post in overheardnyc

Teen girl #1: Okay. Maybe I'm, like, retarded for not knowing this,
but...did you guys know that other countries have national anthems, too?
Teen girl #2: Duh! It's the same song, in different languages!

--Bay Ridge


Overheard by: Lysa

Overall just - BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

ETA: Another one! HEE!

Comments

[halfwest.livejournal.com]

Canada has a government? o.o

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

I totally agree that it does make sense that it's less focused on - I mean, over here alot of history has to do with who in Europe we were fighting and the long-term repercussions of that. And America doesn't really have that problem.

It's the sheer WTF?! involved, to realise that some people out there actually think that other countries don't have their own national anthems, y'know? It is arrogant. It just is. OK, those teeny girls might just be undereducated or something, or just thick - but still, it's shocking to realise. Do they think that Canada and Mexico don't have any of their own nation identity either? It's just...bizarre to think about.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I'd buy that - except that America the Beautiful doesn't have the same tune as the God Save the Queen. I know there is a song that does, but not that one. Unless the Elvis version I have is waaaaay wrong.

And dude, people prefer America the Beautiful to the Star Spangled Banner? 0_0! I mean, they're both beautiful songs - but as an anthem, I would say SSB is much better. Hell, it'd make me proud to be an American. If, y'know, I was one.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Ah OK, that makes sense. Yeah, God Save the Queen is easy to sing. SSB - not so much. I enjoy giving it a go but I sound like a strangled cat for the high bits.

I do have a great version - Lauren Hill, after 9/11. It's got excerpts of people talking, from when they were interviewed on TV when the Towers came down. Stunning really. It is a beautiful song.