Friday, April 28, 2006

"Nuestro Himno" Is Not The U.S. National Anthem in Spanish--It's Simply A New Version of "We Shall Overcome"

There's been a lot of hooplah the last few days over the so-called Spanish-version of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Few points here.

First of all, this is a immigrant rights song, not the U.S. National Anthem. Every movement has some sort of an anthem. In the civil rights movement, the song titled "We Shall Overcome" was and is seen as a civil rights theme song.

If it was a Spanish version of the U.S. National Anthem, then it would have been the exact translation to the "Star-Spangled Banner." But the words are not the same; hence it is not associated to the official U.S. National Anthem.

This new song shares the melody to the "Star-Spangled Banner," but in actuality, it's a new version of "We Shall Overcome" and other "official" themes to movements.

I don't find anything wrong with it, so long as it is not held up on the same level as the official U.S. National Anthem, because clearly it isn't the same.

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