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Proud To Be An American: Greatest Song Ever?

Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:19 am
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:19 am
I say yes

I tear up everytime I hear it

Greatest song ever written and Lee Greenwood has the voice of an angel.
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:22 am to
Star Spangled Banner is automatically better because it's our national anthem.
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:24 am to
I say we change the anthem to "Proud To Be An American" and put Lee Greenwood on the $100 bill
Posted by brewhan davey
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:27 am to
actually titled "God Bless the USA"

ETA: but yes, pure awesomeness
This post was edited on 5/26/12 at 10:28 am
Posted by Patrick O Rly
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:39 am to
I agree. I sing it aloud every time I walk into Wal-Mart. It's lets people know that I'm serious about buying junk from China.
Posted by TheDoc
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 10:40 am to
I saw him perform the halftime show in 2007 in tiger stadium for a game

Cheesiest thing I've ever seen. Worst song ever and as a veteran I'd like to punch him square in the face for exploiting it.
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 12:05 pm to
I saw him in like 2009 or something at an lsu halftime with the band and it brought a tear to my eye


And I was pleasantly surprised the band could play something other than "golden hits of Motown"
Posted by parrotdr
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 12:21 pm to
El Gaucho...do you stay up all night thinking of these thread topics?



And just to be on topic...when he sang the song at Tiger Stadium just after 9/11, he ran through it so fast it was like he was tired of having to sing it...
Posted by TFTC
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 1:06 pm to
posts like this remind me just how big of a divide there is in music... its like different universes...
This post was edited on 5/26/12 at 4:40 pm
Posted by beezylsu
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 1:33 pm to
I think Lee Greenwood was behind the 9/11 attacks. His shitty career had run its course. He thinks, "hey if I can get America to rally around my stupid arse song and feel more patriotic then I could make a killing!" A few phone calls to Osama later and voila an orchestrated terrorist attack. Lee Greenwood then reminds everyone of his song and now he's making bank. Just a thought.
Posted by ItNeverRains
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/26/12 at 3:53 pm to
I prefer "American Badass" by Kid Rock. Gotta go full Idiocracy.

Put Kid Rock on the 37 dollar bill
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 9:48 am to
"Banned in the USA" by 2 Live Crew is a better song.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 9:51 am to
If you were around for Desert Storm aka Iraq Part 1, you could not get away from this song. It was huuuge.
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 10:11 am to
quote:

Cheesiest thing I've ever seen. Worst song ever and as a veteran I'd like to punch him square in the face for exploiting it.


Same here, I too am a vet and cannot stand this fricking song!!!!

"Imagine" by John Lennon is 1,000,000x better than that Wal-Mart music box song
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 10:12 am to

If, by

quote:

Greatest Song Ever?


you mean worst song ever,

then, YES!
Posted by ElroyJetSon
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Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 1:32 pm to
I thought of this song when I was reading this thread LINK
frickin' awful

God Bless America though!
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
38394 posts
Posted on 5/27/12 at 1:41 pm to
Yea you obviously like it so much you dont even know its title accurately

ETA: I fricking love that song however
This post was edited on 5/27/12 at 1:43 pm
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

El Gaucho...do you stay up all night thinking of these thread topics?


For some, trolling is a true calling.
Posted by Flair Chops
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 3:57 pm to
Lee greenwood was Toby Keith before Toby Keith was Toby Keith.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 5/27/12 at 4:09 pm to
you haven't lived until you've watched a bunch of rednecks at a HS football game stand to attention when it's played over the PA system.
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