this anthem thing...

[nolly]

OK, I see two basic sets of reactions from people.
I see people reacting to Bush's "keep it in English" statement, which was documentably inane -- not only is there a long history of translation, including ones promoted by the gov't, Bush was singing the anthem in Spanish on the campaign trail.

I see people reacting to the song itself, and this is what I don't understand. Can someone explain what, if anything, is problematic about it?

Comments

Re: Anthem links?

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Well, it is translated poetry, and a "singing translation." Any anime fan that hears will probably end up going "Oh. Right. Nevermind."

Re: Anthem links?

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Even given that, I have to grant the point about the original not calling the flag "sacred". The semantic changes after the first verse do seem significant -- but my read is "OK, it's a different song" not "They broke my anthem!"