US National Anthem sung in Spanish upsets some people

She honored America in her own native language. Sure...Trump has now declared English is the official language. I have no issues with that either. English should be the official language. That doesn't mean other languages are forbidden to use.

However, the team asked her not to so perhaps she should have respected their request.

But the idea of of singing the National Anthem in other languages is terrific in my opinion.

#1 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-06-17 02:41 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

They can all go ---- themselves. Especially you, you limp-wristed poof.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-17 03:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Legal,

Your post was ambiguous.

Who?

Hispanics, people who were upset? Who should f themselves?

This has nothing to do with me. What's with the anger.

You having a bad day?

#3 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-06-17 04:07 PM | Reply

Mucho de nada.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-06-17 04:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

I didn't listen to it but I find it awesome sauce.

#5 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-17 04:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

" the team asked her not to so perhaps she should have respected their request."

It's not clear whether the team asked her beforehand or not; she might've found out after the fact.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-06-17 06:00 PM | Reply

Our National Anthem isn't that great anyway (sorry Francis Scott Key, I'm more of an "America the Beautiful" kinda guy)

#7 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-17 06:34 PM | Reply

I'm old enough to remember the brouhaha over Jim Hendrix's rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock in 1969.

Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little-Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s
www.wpi.edu

... On Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage at the Woodstock, N.Y., Music Festival and embarked upon an uninterrupted set lasting nearly two hours -- -one of the longest performances of his career. It concluded with a long medley that included the solo performance of the Star Spangled Banner that would become emblematic not only of Woodstock, but of the 1960s themselves. ...

4. Hendrix did not perform for half a million people. In fact, when he took to the stage at 9 a.m., the crowd, which once numbered 500,000, had dwindled to fewer than 200,000. With the demands of work and school weighing on them, many fans waited just long enough to see Hendrix begin his set, and then departed. ...

Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner - Woodstock - 1969
www.youtube.com

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 06:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I have no problem with this.

It depends on why she sang it like that.

If she did it to "protest", she was wrong. There are times to do things. This wasnt one of them.

#9 | Posted by boaz at 2025-06-19 07:25 AM | Reply

Mucho de nada.

That's all the --------- have.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-19 08:59 AM | Reply

@#9 ... If she did it to "protest", she was wrong. ...

Why would she be wrong if she did it in protest? Is protesting illegal?

And what might you think about this rendition?

Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (1972)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, our country loved
And mercy more than life

[Chorus]
America, America, may God thy gold refine
'Til all success be nobleness
And every gain devined
And you know when I was in school
We used to sing it something like this, listen here

[Verse 2]
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about

[Chorus]
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this

[Outro]
(America, America)
America, I love you America, you see
(God shed his grace on thee)
My God, He done shed his grace on thee
And you oughta love Him for it

Because He, He, He, He, crowned thy good
He told me He would, with a brotherhood
(From sea to shining sea)
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea)
...

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-19 10:32 PM | Reply

And then there is this ...

Kate Smith "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show (1956)
www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-20 01:24 AM | Reply