[Newsbot]

Title: Walk Off the Earth gets grief for World Cup anthem
Category: Sports
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2016-09-30 17:52:25
Canadian

[raydan]

People get their panties in a knot over the silliest of things, these days.

[Alta_redneck]

I'm friends with an Arizona hockey mom, she even sent me a note asking wtf was that.

[raydan]

Considering all the times I've heard almost unrecognizable renditions of the American anthem played before sporting events, I'm surprised that she's surprised.

[N_Fiddledog]

It could be worse:

$1:

Kuwait Plays BORAT Theme AS Kazahkstan National by mistake at medals ceremony

[raydan]

The Walk Off the Earth version was actually pretty good, at least musically... and it was easy to sing along to... but the purists will hate.

[Alta_redneck]

raydan raydan:

Considering all the times I've heard almost unrecognizable renditions of the American anthem played before sporting events, I'm surprised that she's surprised.

I to was surprised that she was surprised. If it had happened below the 49th. she probably wouldn't have been as surprised as she was.

[llama66]

For a moment I thought it was a granola bar commercial, then I looked at the T.V. and realized it was the national anthem.

It was meh. I didn't like they changed the words, it was a bit too mellow, for the venue.

[Strutz]

Personally, I thought their version of our anthem sucked but I have definitely heard much worse.

Not that big of a deal I guess but it is mildly annoying when someone or a group changes it too much.