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pickle 
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Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 11 |
 Topic: Singing National AnthemsPosted: March 15 2007 at 12:01 |
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Fish has sung Flower of Scotland at a Scottish game against England: he also sang this on the Fellini Nights CD.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: March 15 2007 at 10:15 |
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Captain Beefheart Singing the American National-anthem
Samla Mammas Manna singing the Swedish National-anthem
That would be fun!
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Atomic_Rooster
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Posted: March 15 2007 at 10:04 |
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I want to hear Magma sing the French National Anthem in Kobaia
as to the Beefheart remark, i can imagine singing the first line or so of the anthem and then having a duff moment and start swearing at a fat guy in the front row for messing him up, then going straight into Big Eyed Beans from Venus |
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I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers.
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Christine
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Posted: March 15 2007 at 08:46 |
I <3 Greg Lake's voice! It's so pure, but @ the same time fitting for a band like ELP! 
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pero
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Posted: March 15 2007 at 03:13 |
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It would be very interesting to see Captain Beefhart singing American anthem, without spiting on grass like some singer did few years ago.
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progismylife
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 16:34 |
 Not bad for singing by himself without music to back him up.  |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 16:09 |
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[QUOTE=Tony R]Geddy lee sang O Canada before a ball game:
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Dick Heath
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 13:21 |
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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers were forced to play God Save The Queen at a Belfast gig, as heard on Diary of a Band - not surprisingly it is a blues.
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Walker
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Posted: March 12 2007 at 20:19 |
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Robert Wyatt??
now THAT I would like to hear... it would be all mumbly!
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clarke2001
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Posted: March 12 2007 at 14:27 |
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Greg Lake sung Jerusalem and lyricized parts of Pictures At An Exhibition (Great Gates Of Kiev I think), and he did it well. If he can do hymnal, anthemic songs, there shouldn't be a problem for him to sing a national anthem, even with his nicotine-stained voice nowadays.
Queen covered God Save The Queen, I could easily imagine Freddie singing it. He performed the Hungarian anthem anyway. And I don't know why but I got an impression that Robert Wyatt could sing easily any anthem...including Internazionale  |
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 21:53 |
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I think many many prog singers that would easily be able to do it. I'm
sure Russell Allen would give the Star Spangled Banner great justice.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Hyperborea
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 21:37 |
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Apparently Geddy Lee pulls more than a few things off.
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Walker
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 21:35 |
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Neal Morse might could do it
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WaywardSon
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 19:51 |
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Geddy Lee pulls it off with style, the guy can do anything!
He even hits some pretty low notes! Edited by WaywardSon - March 11 2007 at 20:21 |
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Tony R
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 19:18 |
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Uroboros
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 18:29 |
Oh, God, that was even more awful than that recording of him when he was twelve, singing this grating pop tune for a local radio programme or something...
 He's certainly come a long way.I don't know about singing, but Randy Coven (bass player with ARK and Holy Mother among others) has a pretty nice rendition of the same "Star Spangled Banner" on his solo album, Funk Me Tender, from '89, played entirely on bass. Probably an answer to Jimi's version some twenty years before...
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Passionist
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 18:06 |
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You know I wouldn't find it very surprising to find James LaBrie singing in some silly boxing final... But alltogether, I think the whole tradition of singing the bloody anthem in every possible game is stupid, and during spring especially here the anthem is really suffering inflation with one having to heat it at least 3 times a week.
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CandyAppleRed
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 18:00 |
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While I'm not a great fan of national anthems, I am always amazed why the Americans allow all and sundry to murder "The Star Spangled Banner". Billy Joel at the Superbowl was just plain embarrassing. I watched it in the company of a bunch of Americans while on business in Bermuda, and they were squirming.
And on the Fish theme, Donnie Munro, ex of Runrig has sung Flower of Scotland at Scotland footie games (sometimes miming and missing his cue - more embarrassment!). Edited by CandyAppleRed - March 11 2007 at 18:02 |
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fuxi
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 17:35 |
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Hard to imagine.
But Shinsekai perform a very cute synthesizer version of 'Kimi ga yo', the Japanese national anthem (which normally sounds rather dreary), on their fascinating album ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. |
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WaywardSon
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Posted: March 11 2007 at 16:52 |
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I think Milton Nascimento would do well
.Andre Mattos falls under Prog Metal though  Edited by WaywardSon - March 11 2007 at 16:53 |
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