January 31, 2001
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Lor, crikey, look at this! I thought "American Pie" suffered enough being covered by Madonna.
posted by dagnyscott at 5:11 PM on January 31, 2001

Four words. "Smells Like Holy Spirit".
posted by hijinx at 5:29 PM on January 31, 2001

I´m inspired, I´ve aflatus
Two thousand years; that´s some hiatus
Evolutionary theorists, come debate us                         <= scan this, Satan!
God´s the Man, He...did create us
We´re His fish - watch Him come bait us

Yeah

Yeah.


posted by rodii at 5:40 PM on January 31, 2001

(can I have the "skankiest HTML" award for that post, by the way?)
posted by rodii at 5:41 PM on January 31, 2001

no, no, NOOOOOOO!!! Not my beloved Beach Boys! They didn't screw up my beloved Beach Boys tunes, did they?!?!? THEY DID!!! NOOOOOO!!!! They got "Catch a Wave," "Surfin' USA," and "409!" "409?!?!?!?" What the hell???? AND "Fun, Fun, Fun?" What's next, a defacement of "Don't Worry, Baby?" Or "Warmth of the Sun?" AAGH!

Now it's personal.
posted by Spirit_VW at 6:28 PM on January 31, 2001

A lot of people don't know that when Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" he only wrote the words. The melody is actually a traditional English drinking song called "Anacreon in Heaven". I wish I knew original lyrics. (Any of you Brits happen to know what they were?)

I really hate that song; I wish the US would change its national anthem. It was only picked in 1931. The third verse glorifies slavery, and the whole thing was written about the War of 1812, when we were fighting the evil British who of course would never become an ally.

"America the Beautiful" is a much better choice. It's original, it's beautiful with vivid images ("amber waves of grain"), it doesn't glorify a war with one of our closest friends, and slavery is never mentioned.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 7:19 PM on January 31, 2001

Jesus! Worship Jesus!
Have a yabba-dabba-do time

Those remade TV show themes are hilarious.
posted by mkn at 7:27 PM on January 31, 2001

"America the Beautiful" has eight verses. Which ones should we use.
posted by bjgeiger at 7:32 PM on January 31, 2001

Is "aflatus" even a word?
posted by dagnyscott at 7:44 PM on January 31, 2001

"Aflatus" sounds like a gastrointestinal condition to me.
posted by jjg at 8:07 PM on January 31, 2001

No, but "afflatus" is.

Steven: Google did (beware—MIDI for those of you unlucky enough to have failed to not install the plugin).
posted by rodii at 8:25 PM on January 31, 2001

hey hey we're not monkeys is destined to become a classic.
posted by sugarfish at 8:25 PM on January 31, 2001

I think I know what they're trying for. The lyric really blows, though. (Sorry, couldn't help myself):

af·fla·tus
Pronunciation: &-'flA-t&s, a-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, act of blowing or breathing on, from afflare to blow on, from ad- + flare to blow : BLOW
Date: 1660
: a divine imparting of knowledge or power : INSPIRATION

From Merriam Webster Online Dictionary.
posted by dfowler at 8:25 PM on January 31, 2001