Star Spangled Banner vs. Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Our national anthem doesn't really sound like that. This arrangement has 7ths from Stravinsky & a repeat of the final verse.

Never forget the absolute dead silence when that flag was brought out, but it wasn't until much later that we could record HD. The dead silent introduction was omitted from the rebroadcast in 2004.

[strike]

I remember this after the tragic events from 9/11, first time for an Australian to get goosebumps from the amazing version of the Star Spangled Banner. We Australians will always stand by our American cousins.

[ArnoldTeras]

You know, many people say the Mormons can be weird, but I've always seen them as very warm and friendly people. And their choir is AWESOME :)

[urpolonius]

A repeat is an emphasis.  This is the message to our enemies and to ourselves: we may be torn and wounded, yet the Star Spangled Banner waves on, the ideal is still alive. The sound of the choir stirs the real music in the heart.

[katherinem.]

There were tears of healing, and you can feel a reverence and unity there…..and God was there….thank God for the righteous in America who serve us every day.

[thepowerofpurposefulplay]

I was present at these Games...absolutely incredible in person. I have never been in such a large crowd and 'heard' silence like this. Quiet sniffles around us at the conclusion...

[eddiemag]

This was the same arrangement they used in at the Opening Ceremony in Atlanta, 1996, but much more emotional this time.  I was there that evening.  It was a cathartic moment....there was not a dry eye in the stadium.  The focus was on the WTC flag as this occurred almost 5 months to the day of the 9/11 attacks, and we as a country were still reeling.  Notice they didn't raise the stadium flag until the end of the CODA (the repeat), and it was wonderful and an extremely appropriate way to respect BOTH flags.  And no divas were involved to doctor it or twirl it or personalize it to their own styles.

[paolocabling]

The most heart-breaking "Star-Spangled Banner" I've ever heard knowing that this was in tribute of those who perished on 9/11.

[AC-nigt]

I remember that day. It was when I was 9 years old. I never forgotten what happened the year before. But I also never forgotten what I felt that day in the living room. A feeling that told me this: "This is God's Spirit".

[katherinem.]

I keep trying to write something, but no words can express what was felt and experienced.

[MaximusValius]

That chopper on the background makes this vídeo sound so awesome!

[latter-daysaintbatman]

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[katherinem.]

That Olympics turned a spirit of mourning into joy. We weee united in our love ❤️ for America, and we will never forget 9/11…..with reverence for those who died, and for those who saved so many.

[MajorDerpery]

Our National Anthem doesn't sound like that? Stravinsky's national anthem in by far on of, if not the, best arrangement out there. The Mormon Tabernacle choir does an amazing job and I love how the last few lines of the verse are repeated to close it out.

[suecurtis]

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[amilale]

I remember watching this in 2002 and the way they sang the American was something very special for the world to witness and hear how awesome The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sounds when singing a very patriotic hymn 😊😊😊

[KCandFriendsUSA]

They actually repeat the final line in the 1814 version

[superstormthunder]

It’s incredible how united America was in the early 2000s

I hope we can be like that again 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great performance tho, got goosebumps

[American_Veteran]

First that was not a "repeat of the final verse" but a repeat of the chorus. This is the final verse of the star spangled banner:
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

[thesoundofthesuburbs]

Are you trying to criticize this? It's an awesome rendition.

[DonDonP]

Cool! What we saw was Robert Russell Bennett's arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that was originally created for the Robert Shaw Chorale.