Album: Woodstock Motion Picture Soundtrack
Year: 1969
Let’s face it: “The Star Spangled Banner” is not a great song.
Not only does it have musical roots in a British drinking song — let us never forget that our national anthem is basically stolen intellectual property — it’s also fucking impossible to sing if you don’t have the range of a Whitney Houston.
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