I strongly encourage everyone to watch this stunning "rendition" of O Canada by the Edmonton crowd before game three of the Oil/Ducks series.
As an American, I am both amazed and awestruck by this. It nearly brought me to tears. We Americans simply stand and mouth the words to the Star Spangled Banner. On a good day, we might mumble the words. I'm kind of embarrassed by that. We have a common misconception that singing the national anthem, or being patriotic in any way means that you support the current commander-in-chief. I refuse to go off on a political diatribe, but I'll just say that it's flat out embarrassing to see how loudly and proudly Canadians sing their national anthem, compared to how sheepishly we "sing" ours.
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Wow.
That's beautiful, absolutely beautiful--and it warmed my heart to see Joey Moss belting it out with all his heart, too.
Wish our crowd would do something like that and maybe teach Holly a thing or two about staying on-meter (and how to properly pronounce those big words like "hailed").
The thing I hate the most about Holly's singing of the anthem is her "perilous", which she pronounces "pear-O-less".
Oh, how I miss Karen.
I sing my butt off, and I can't stand the current commander in chief.
Yes, but you have to understand: we Edmontonians were REALLY drunk.
"We Americans simply stand and mouth the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
Isn't that because you need a four-octave vocal range to sing it?
It is my considered opinion that the 'Canes fans do a pretty good job of belting out our anthem. It is a difficult proposition, at best, when Holly sings it like a funeral dirge and adds her own dipsy doodles to the melody. Bring Karen back!!!!!!!!!!!!! That being said, I have long thought that the Edmonton fans are amazing.
I went to a Blackhawks game maybe 10 years ago, and some black guy belted the national anthem and pretty much brought me to my knees. I've never really heard a rendition of our own anthem that powerful, and I certainly haven't heard one anything close to it at the RBC.
Holly adds phantom syllables to the beginning of words that n-just... n-drives... n-me... n-crazy. I just try to focus on the flag and drown the poor girl out with my own off-key rendition.
Worst part of a potential CAR-EDM SCF matchup is the prospect of having to hear Holly butcher O Canada two more times.
I hope very much that the Canes decide to replace Holly with some professional act if we make it to the SCF. For the life of me, I can't remember what we did in '02.
And for the record, I really wish the gale force media folks would quit playing that one clip from South Park: The Movie on the jumbotron whenever we play Canadian teams. It seems so .... juvenile.
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