Blogs Oct 26, 2012 at 12:04 pm

Is This the Worst Version of "America the Beautiful" Ever?

Paul Constant
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Holy crap. If anyone sits through the first minute or so thinking it's not all that bad, you gotta skip to 1:45. Ouch. Makes me wonder if Meatloaf was a left-wing plant.
mikethehammer on October 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report this
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In addition to Mr. Loaf's atrocious singing as he hams it up near the end, there's also the bit where Mitt is invited to join in, and instead stands there like a plank of wood. Mojo Nixon once postulated that everyone had some Elvis in them, except the Michael J Fox character Alex Keaton. I think we've found another one.
Warren Terra on October 26, 2012 at 12:13 PM Report this
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Go Mitt! More impromptu celebrity appearances! They can't fail!
Gurldoggie on October 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM Report this
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Hysterical. God Bless Meatloaf
pranagraphic on October 26, 2012 at 12:25 PM Report this
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By "make America a shining city on a hill" they mean reduce the county to a post-apocalyptic remnant clinging to the last of the high ground surrounded by ever-rising oceans. Covered in reflective foil to beat back the relentless solar radiation. Romney 2012!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn on October 26, 2012 at 12:30 PM Report this
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At first I was all "Here goes Paul being hyperbolic again" .. and then Meatloaf started singing.
hereiswheremynamegoes on October 26, 2012 at 12:31 PM Report this
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God dammit, Meat Loaf, you know I love you, but you got a hell of a lot to learn about America the Beautiful.
MacCrocodile on October 26, 2012 at 12:34 PM Report this
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Holy Shit. This clip will surely be used in the next Michael Moore film.
bleepinbleep on October 26, 2012 at 12:46 PM Report this
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Can anyone recommend a good audiologist? I need to replace my ears. Thanks, Mitt Loaf.
sperifera on October 26, 2012 at 12:49 PM Report this
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Wow. Mr. Loaf is actually a much better performer than that. Wonder if he was loaded? The arrangement just so horrible that he bombed it?
His performance of "Star Spangled Banner" at the '94 MLB All Star game was legendary, in a good way. This, not so much.
Sir Vic on October 26, 2012 at 12:50 PM Report this
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Suddenly Roseanne's crotch-scratching "Star Spangled Banner" doesn't seem quite so bad.
Clayton on October 26, 2012 at 12:52 PM Report this
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Troll level: Expert
SpGNo on October 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM Report this
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Roseanne will be happy to know that she no longer holds the title for worst SSB performance ever.
Hawke on October 26, 2012 at 1:15 PM Report this
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Surprisingly terrible. Mostly I am sad that the band of my HS life with the beautiful "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is now singing for Mitt Romney. I feel like my virginity has been stolen. Or something like that.
Andy1872 on October 26, 2012 at 1:24 PM Report this
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Gah. Where's Dr Frank N. Furter with an axe when you need him?
DonServo on October 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM Report this
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@13 Except it's a different song: America the Beautiful, which is actually an easier song to sing than the Star Spangled Banner.

Which just makes it worse.

Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on October 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM Report this
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"make America a shinning city on a hill" is a Biblical reference (Matthew 5:14) that Reagan used. I think it stems from the "America is a Christian nation"; or that "America is the New Israel"; or that America will one day establish a Christian government and be the light of the world; or that to be a good Christian = good American bullshit that is spouted. These god-bothering cherry pickers ignore Daniel 2:44.
kim in portland on October 26, 2012 at 1:37 PM Report this
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Rewind:

shining
kim in portland on October 26, 2012 at 1:39 PM Report this
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fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Max Solomon on October 26, 2012 at 1:39 PM Report this
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Oh Eddie, no, no no no
Westside forever on October 26, 2012 at 2:05 PM Report this
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Kim @18: You are forgiven. Go and shin no more.
Eric from Boulder on October 26, 2012 at 2:41 PM Report this
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He would do anything for love, but shouldn't do that.
fletc3her on October 26, 2012 at 3:16 PM Report this
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Why yes, that is the worst version of America the Beautiful ever. I think my ears are still bleeding.
Reverse Polarity on October 26, 2012 at 4:17 PM Report this
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How does a man go from a character in Fight Club to gargling the balls of the hoity elite?
funnylittlemunki on October 26, 2012 at 4:49 PM Report this
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I'd like to see any of YOU losers sing that song while passing a kidney stone the size of a duck egg.
Fnarf on October 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM Report this
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This was Mitt Romeny's MIchael Dukakis moment...
TreGibbs on October 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM Report this
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Absolutely no fucking way that was unintentional.

You have to have serious talent to sing that bad. A merely tone-deaf ham couldn't do it.
Brooklyn Reader on October 26, 2012 at 6:08 PM Report this
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@17 The Matthew 5:14 reference was first applied to the context of American exceptionalism via the Massachusetts Bay colony by John Winthrop in his 1630 sermon "A Model of Christian Charity," which he gave while crossing the Atlantic. I feel like it's the conservative base's harkening back to a proto-founding father: as Moses parted the Red Sea to deliver his people unto the original holy land (thereby setting the stage for Jesus), Winthrop delivered his across the pond to a new one. Ergo, Mitt Romney=American Jesus.
Qaraghandy on October 26, 2012 at 11:03 PM Report this
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@ 28,

Thank you for the history lesson. Fascinating.

Yet, today's GOP venerates Reagan. And, if you Google "make America a shining city" videos of Reagan using the phrase come up. And, that phrase brings him to mind and today's GOP want that connection.
kim in portland on October 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM Report this
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@29 Thank you for bringing me back to the realm of the obvious.
Qaraghandy on October 28, 2012 at 1:26 AM Report this

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