“Jimi Hendrix’s performance of ‘Star Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock was a turning point in the history of the counter-culture movement.” ~ Wayne Pernu As a summing up of one of the most volatile eras in the nation’s history, his adaptation of our national anthem has entered our cultural lexicon as perhaps the most powerful musical touchstone of the era, a zeitgeist of expressiveness. Jimi Hendrix’s performance of “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock was a turning point in the history of the counter-culture movement.
O! thus be it ever when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the foe's desolation Bless'd with victory and peace, may our Heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just - And this be our motto - "In God is our trust!"Īnd the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.STAR SPANGLED BANNER – Jimi Hendrix At Woodstock: The Anthem of a Generation
>From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave!Īnd the Star-spangled Banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. No refuge could save the hireling and slave. 'Tis the Star-spangled Banner, O! long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam - In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream O! say, does that Star-spangled Banner still* wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Star Spangled Banner O! 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 through 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
0 kommentar(er)
