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In reply to the discussion: A message from Art Rooney II, CEO of the Pittsburgh Steelers [View all]PJMcK
(21,998 posts)31. It's a terrible and terribly difficult tune
The lyrics are patriotic, I guess. They glorify war but that's so much of our country's history that it makes some sense.
The melody, however, sucks! It has an extreme range and the poetry is awkward with weak prosody.
It also says something that it begins with "Uh, oh."
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Flag wavers are pretty weak if their sensibilities are so fragile that this very mild
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2017
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