One minute, 41 seconds. That was the over-under on Carrie Underwood's national anthemat this year's Super Bowl. Underwood ended up belting out a renditionthat clocked in at one minute, 50 seconds, eight of which werededicated to the word 'brave.' Underwood should be commended for herbrevity. In 2008, it took1:55 to make her way through Francis Scott Key's account of the FortMcHenry bombardment. According to Sports Illustrated's PaulZimmerman—who is something of an expert on this subject—performance at the 2004 game held the unofficial record for longestSuper Bowl anthem at 2:01, a number Jennifer Hudson shattered in 2009with a rendition that spanned multiple time zones and weather patterns. At 1:59, Colbie Calliat'sbefore the last Thursday lacked the symbolic heftof the Knowles and Hudson's two-minute-plus stemwinders.
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WhateverCalliat lacked in the vocal filibustering department, she made up forwith the sheer curiousness of her interpretation. In her hands, Key'sblood-soaked lyrics (those bombs weren't metaphorical) formed thebackbone of what sounded like a particularly mediocre alt-country song.In case the spirit of mellowness was lost on anyone, an ambiguouslybearded guitar player was on hand to pluck notes at random.
Calliat, Underwood, Sparks, Knowles, Hudson and, indeed, almost everyperson who performs the song before a group larger than 12, has falleninto the particularly American trap of assuming everything one does isinherently fascinating. This quality is actually more defensible incelebrities, since the entire experience of being famous in America isone long two-minute version of a song that should take 90 seconds. I timed myself on the way to work one day this week.) It takeswhat should be a moment of contemplation and commemoration and turns itinto someone's big break. It would be imminently more satisfying if weadhered to the junior-high basketball game policy of piping in an oldpublic domain recording from the Naval Academy Band.There are15 professional football games today, which means 15 chances forsingers to either honor or disgrace our nation with their renditions of'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Please, let's just try to stop screwingthis one up. Unless you happen to inhabit a micronation of one,national anthem is supposed to stand for collective, not individualgreatness.
Perform it, but please stop turning it into a performance.We want to hear what you think about this article. To the editor or write to [email protected].
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,Dispenser of India's destiny.Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,Gujarat and Maratha,Of the Dravida and Odisha and Bengal;It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and ischanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.The saving of all people waits in thy hand,Thou dispenser of India's destiny.Victory, victory, victory to thee. Note.For Playing of the Anthem and Mass Singing of the Anthem, Please refer to this. India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a kaleidoscopic variety and rich cultural heritage.
It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress since Independence. As the 7th largest country in the world, India stands apart from the rest of Asia, marked off as it is by mountains and the sea, which give the country a distinct geographical entity. Bounded by the Great Himalayas in the north, it stretches southwards and at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west.
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