Well, the Inauguration is under way. It is painful to watch and worse to listen to. Yeah, the worst part about this whole thing is the music. Patriotic songs are not my thing.
You see, it isn't that patriotism rubs me the wrong way (although too much empty-hearted patriotism makes me ill) but bad music does. Patriotic songs are like Christian rock: the message doesn't suck nearly as much as the music does.
"Let the mighty eagle soar, from rocky shore to golden shore"? That is soo bad. How can a country that has produced some of the greatest music in the twentieth century, some of the greatest musicians -- Aaron Copeland, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Charles, even the Presidents of the United States of America (or POT USA, as they prefer) -- play music found in the dregs of the Best Buy bargain rack?
Sousa marches? Great. Traditional American songs? Awesome. "Let the mighty eagle soar"? Not so much.
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