Star Spangled Banner

[Justin Schwartz]

>At 11:32 AM 06/02/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>Well, I don't go in for that stuff either, but after all, Jimi Henmdrix
>>played the Star Spangled Banner. It's not just an ironic deconstruction.
>>It's also a tribute to possibility.
>
>He sure did, but what makes you think that the "possibility" it pays
>tribute to is specifically American?
>
>Joanna
>

Cause he was playing the Star Spangled Banner. When Shelley riffed on God 
Save the Queen, he had English possibilities in mind. Same with Blake: We 
will build Jerusalem in England's green and pleasnt land. He wasn't talking 
about Sri Lanki, not that he had anything against Sri Lanki, I'm sure, 
knowing Blake. jks

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