Listening to Tony Bennet singing "God Bless America"- that should be our anthem.

[mahina]

Who needs rockets red glare, or the bombs bursting in air? Not I.

(Go Giants!)
(Mahalo Rangers for beating the Yankees!)

[XemaSab]

1. That last note was a bit off

Not such a fan of "God Bless America."

I much prefer "America, America."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. or Fly Me to the Moon.

[mahina]

4. OK that's pretty great too!

Crown thy good with brotherhood beats bombs any day.

[ArnoldLayne]

14. Aw come on he's 84...your something else geez a weez!

[BeyondGeography]

2. Very touching rendition

For all those liberal SF heathens.

:patriot:

[mahina]

6. I thought so too!

[HuckleB]

5. They killed a beautiful song with their blind patriotism!

It's so sad, and Tony should know better.

:)

[mahina]

8. ? they did ?

sad!

Not to me though, I still love that song.

[HuckleB]

12. I guess you don't go to many baseball games.

If you did, the song would be dead to you, just like it is to the rest of us who are not, well, you know.

[mahina]

27. We don't have a team here

(sniff)

[ArnoldLayne]

7. I agree wasn't that something I had chills still do after hearing that.

[mahina]

9. Me too.

[tigereye]

10. that was very nice! Pleasure to see him.

GO Giants!

[MagickMuffin]

11. I have to disagree, I think This Land Is Your Land This Land Is My Land

would be a much better National Anthem. Because I don't think god should only "bless" America.

GO RANGERS I have to root for the Rangers for finally getting to the World Series. So, hopefully they can pull off an upset.

[HuckleB]

13. +1,000,000,000,000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbolink]

15. I agree with you on Guthrie's song. Was waiting to see if anyone else would post that.

My fave bumpersticker of all time:

God bless everyone.

No exceptions.

[Upton]

17. What upset?

The Rangers are favored in this series...

Agree with you about This Land Is Your Land This Land Is My Land

[MagickMuffin]

19. I did not know who was favored ;=}

This is my first game of the season :blush:

[csziggy]

21. Another +1,000,000,000,000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Luminous Animal]

29. Great words but but a terrifically dull melody.

[HippieCowgirl]

16. disagree. "America the Beautiful" should be our Anthem

It's a hell of a lot easier to sing, too.

[blondeatlast]

22. Especially the Ray Charles version. It doesn't get any more soul-stirring than that. nt

[BlueMTexpat]

34. Either that or "This Land Is Your Land" ... because it makes clear

that each of us has a vested interest in our country. The "SS Banner" is too war-specific, I agree, and practically impossible to sing.
"God Bless America" is a stirring song, but "God" should be left out of the national anthem entirely, IMO. That is, if we truly believe in the separation of Church and State. And I do.

[City Lights]

37. That's my choice, too.

I really don't like God Bless America at all.

[gblady]

18. Tony did a fine job.....

amazing his pipes are still so strong at 84...

the 91 yo woman I caregive for has fallen in love with his music
so I'm now reading his autobiography to her since she is blind.

We're having a lot of fun with Tony...
She'll be thrilled that he is still out performing.

[givemebackmycountry]

20. I love Tony Bennett - he's from Astoria Queens, New York like me.

Every time I see him I think back to that SNL episode where Alec Baldwin was playing him...
And Tony Bennett was a "promising young singer" named Tony Benedetto (his real name).

http://www.hulu.com/watch/1487/saturday-night-live-tony-bennett

"I dated a woman once that was 99% gorgeous! Then I took her shoe shopping. She took her shoes off and her toenails looked like a lined up row of BBQ Fritos!"

This is a classic.
Trust me.

[thelordofhell]

23. This should be the National Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

[stopbush]

24. Who needs god in our national anthem?

Not this American.

[HuckleB]

25. +1

[Ozymanithrax]

26. No, this should be our anthem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc

[Luminous Animal]

28. Fuck god.

[Eric Condon]

33. First in an ongoing series

"DU posts that sound like something an angry 15-year-old would scrawl on their binder at school."

[Binka]

35. Angry 15 Year Olds Are Often Correct

Have kids?

[classysassy]

30. A great singer and a great human being

Frank,Tony and Johnny Mathis my all time favorites.

[Swagman]

31. the best vocal chords in the business according to Frank Sinatra

[AsahinaKimi]

32. Left my Heart in San Francisco!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6d03gbmAzc

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

36. I prefer Woody Guthrie's

This Land is Your Land which he in wrote in response to God Bless America

[trotsky]

38. To hell with American non-believers!

Fuck yeah!

[n2doc]

39. Youtube here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG1IyYxV7jk&feature=player_embedded

[Mudoria]

40. Sorry.. I prefer the SSB