CANADA'S NATIONAL
ANTHEM
HEY, HERE'S A WEIRD QUESTION. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE CANADIAN ANTHEM AND WHY IT FEELS BLAH AT TIMES? YES, NO? I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT LIES TO ME. I KNOW YOU MAY NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY AND THAT IS OK.
THE REASON IT RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY IS THAT I AM NOT BORN IN CANADA. (I HAVE A CHILD BORN HERE THOUGH) I HAVE BEEN IN CANADA FOR 38 YEARS. SHOULDN'T I LIKE THE CANADIAN ANTHEM BY NOW? EVERYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THINKS THEY DO (I THINK) ANY HOW. THIS SONG STATES THAT (EVERY TIME WE SING THIS) THAT WE ARE ADMITTING THAT THIS IS OUR NATIVE LAND. WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT OUR NATIVE LAND. ARE WE REALLY THIS IGNORANT THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SING AN ANTHEM THAT ISN'T WHAT WE REALLY ARE? PRECISELY...YOU'RE NOT SURE TOO.
WELL, I LOVE SONGS AND SINGING THEM, AND WHILE I'VE LIVED IN CANADA A LONG TIME, I KNOW FROM SEEING IT WITH MY OWN EYES, THAT NATIVES DESERVE MORE RESPECT THAN THEY GET IN CANADA. I FEEL THEY SHOULD RALLY FOR AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. WE ALL KNOW IT IS A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY NOW. WE NEED A NEW SONG TO REFLECT IT. LUCKILY, I'VE STARTED WRITING ONE. IT MAY NEVER TURN OUT TO BE CANADA'S FUTURE ANTHEM, BUT, HEY, IT'S FUN CREATING ONE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SONG SOME DAY, PLEASE ASK ME. IT IS STILL IN THE WORKKS, I HAVE ABOUT THE FIRST 6 LINES WRITTEN. WISH ME LUCK...AND WHILE I'M AT IT, THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU ARE CNANDIAN AND HAVE LIVED HERE ALL YOUR LIFE YOU MAY HATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE SO MULTICULTURAL NOW OR YOU MAY NOT...I DON'T HATE THIS FA CT AND WE NEED A SONG THAT REFLECTS WHAT IS IN THE HEART OF ALL OF US...EVERY SINGLE "RACE" OF US.
HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW THE USA HAS SUCH A POWERFUL ANTHEM? YOU MIGHT THINK I'M CRAZY BUT WHAT THE HEY. IF YOU EVER WANTED TO REWORD THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND SING IT THEY WAY IT SHOULD BE SUNG HOW WOULD IT GO? YOU'RE FEEDBACK WOULD BE SO GREAT!
THANK YOU. |
