08-20-2014, 07:29
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Star Spangled Banner as Never Heard Before
I too have sung the words not knowing the context behind the text...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YaxGNQE5ZLA
Lest we forget 
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08-20-2014, 13:35
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Big Time Mistakes throughout it but it's Still pretty awesome Thanks!!
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08-20-2014, 13:52
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One problem about the narration ... we weren't colonies, we were states.
The UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
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08-20-2014, 14:06
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There are some mistakes in that version, but it was entertaining.
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09-09-2014, 09:20
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09-09-2014, 15:04
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Why would someone do that? That is a total lack of cultural awareness, so instead of winning their hearts and minds; that guys performance my have made a few more bad guys. Was it really worth it to be an Ugly American?
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09-09-2014, 15:19
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Why would someone do that? That is a total lack of cultural awareness, so instead of winning their hearts and minds; that guys performance my have made a few more bad guys. Was it really worth it to be an Ugly American?
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I wonder how many bad guys this made!?!?. What I would've given to see this unfold.
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...each village had, as is customary, its own mosque. When the time for prayer came, the loudspeakers would call out to the faithful. It was OK, we were used to it. However, over the weekend they would make it a point to play the call to prayer very, and I mean VERY, loud. They knew soldiers would be in the building trying to get some sleep – recovering from several weeks in the field. This always annoyed me but there was nothing I could do.
On this particular weekend, after an intense seven weeks of non-stop ops, all I wanted was to go to the apartment, sleep, eat, sleep some more and then sleep again. That weekend the four of us were at the apartment and we were all equally tired. We arrived Thursday night and after a small dinner and some beers, we went to sleep. At 0400 we all jumped….
The freaking loudspeakers at all four mosques began their call to prayer at full blast. Fuck….
We spent the remainder of the day trying to rest and every time we would fall asleep, again… The call for prayers, full blast! Over lunch, we all looked at each other and knew this had to stop. We came up with a plan. I know it wasn’t nice, but at that point we couldn’t care less about political correctness. Here’s what we did.
After some recon that night, we noticed that the call to prayer wasn’t performed by an Imam or some other person with a microphone. It was a tape recorder that used a tape. We figured the four of us, experts in stealthy infils, could sneak in and steal those tapes. However, while we were planning the different infil routes for each village, we all smiled and did something better. We recorded Metallica’s ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls‘ on repeat on all four tapes and then waited till midnight.
At midnight, each one of us – armed with a Metallica tape – headed to a different village. All dressed in black, we were careful not to be seen. We entered into the buildings and exchanged the tapes. We rallied back to the exfil point, a crossroad not far from the last village and headed back to our apartment. And then we waited…
At 0350 we went to the roof with some coffee, opened some field chairs and waited for the show to begin. At 0400 sharp the first “call” came alive, full volume...
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09-09-2014, 15:40
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I'm not really buying that story.
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09-09-2014, 20:37
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I wasn't there and what's that old saying? Believe half of what you hear and all of what you see...yet, as I've aged I think I believe almost none of what I hear and half of what I see. 
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09-10-2014, 05:19
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Originally Posted by chance
Why would someone do that? That is a total lack of cultural awareness, so instead of winning their hearts and minds; that guys performance my have made a few more bad guys. Was it really worth it to be an Ugly American?
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I don't believe it was actually played during prayer call, just a crappy title. I didn't hear anything else other than him playing. Also, toward the end of the video you see the American flag being raised. Possibly, it was played for other, not so nefarious reasons.
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09-10-2014, 08:08
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
There are some mistakes in that version, but it was entertaining.
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Yes, the narrator was caught up in the spirit, brought me back to the South on a fine Sunday Morning. I did see there were far fewer casualties than indicated and re-watching the video was tickled to see 82 American soldiers merely standing behind the earthen works in some of the art work...perhaps a early Psyops victory?
Like a small town, added drama makes it interesting
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07-03-2016, 17:55
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
There are some mistakes in that version, but it was entertaining.
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...and inspiring!
I was looking at the Old Glory with live orchestra and bright colors in the sky the other day, and I was reminded of this thread. Make the lyrics all the more powerful for sure.
I told the " South on a fine Sunday Morning" version to a SOF international student, who was awed 'MURICA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZe8CPGA1E
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