Star spangled banner

            As many of us have stated that it is difficult finding a topic to write about since we only had one day of class this week. I saw that someone has written about when we listened to The Star-Spangled Banner and all of the different versions so I decided I would reflect on this as well.

            We listened to Whitney Houston’s version of the song, Slash and Jimi Hendrix I decided that I enjoyed Whitney Houston’s version over the other two. I preferred her version over theirs because hers made me feel the proudest about being from this country. Although Slash’s was very patriotic and really made you think about how much effort it took from people in the past to get us where we are today it still wasn’t at patriotic as Whitney’s. On the other hand Jimi Hendrix’s version was very different. Hendrix version made me feel as if there was something wrong with our country and how we fight in our wars. Jimi Hendrix version seemed to be more of a protest song. I don’t think you should use The Star-Spangled Banner as a protest song ever. I definitely preferred Whitney Houston’s version of the both of theirs for many important reasons.

            After hearing these different versions of the song I realized that it is important how you deliver a song or else you could send the wrong message. I think each of these artists delivered these messages exactly how they intended. It is important to make sure that you are sending the message you want to send otherwise you could offend people.