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re: Dixie is dead
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:06 pm to theGarnetWay
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:06 pm to theGarnetWay
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Always found it interesting that the band that played Dixie would then paradoxically spell out USA during the course of a game.
So there's a really neat explanation for this. Before 2009, the band would play an arrangement that started with a down-tempo Dixie that went into "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and then finally an up-tempo blend of the two songs. The first part represented a pride in the the south, the second part, the union, and the third part both a Southern and an American identity working together.
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:14 pm to inelishaitrust
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So there's a really neat explanation for this. Before 2009, the band would play an arrangement that started with a down-tempo Dixie that went into "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and then finally an up-tempo blend of the two songs. The first part represented a pride in the the south, the second part, the union, and the third part both a Southern and an American identity working together.
I was lucky enough to see this in 2008 when I was in Oxford for the South Carolina game.
It was pretty cool.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:29 pm to inelishaitrust
Hey, I understand southern pride. Always had it and it's only gotten stronger since I moved out of SC 3 years ago.
And I understand your meaning, that a lot of people assume having Southern pride necessarily means you must be a pro-slavery racist which just isn't the case. Sure we have a dark past, just like everyone else. There's a lot to be proud of.
Hell, I even like the song Dixie itself.
All I'm saying is the Confederacy split the nation in 2 and gave the United States one of its toughest and bloodiest wars in its history. I'm not here to debate why the states seceded, I'm just saying its quite a paradox to play the national anthems of the US and of the entity that gave it that aforementioned war.
Eta: Hell, I'd argue outside of the Soviet Union the CSA was the last true existential threat to the United States, but that's a different debate entirely.
And I understand your meaning, that a lot of people assume having Southern pride necessarily means you must be a pro-slavery racist which just isn't the case. Sure we have a dark past, just like everyone else. There's a lot to be proud of.
Hell, I even like the song Dixie itself.
All I'm saying is the Confederacy split the nation in 2 and gave the United States one of its toughest and bloodiest wars in its history. I'm not here to debate why the states seceded, I'm just saying its quite a paradox to play the national anthems of the US and of the entity that gave it that aforementioned war.
Eta: Hell, I'd argue outside of the Soviet Union the CSA was the last true existential threat to the United States, but that's a different debate entirely.
This post was edited on 8/19/16 at 1:33 pm
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