Save Your Breath

This weekend I was hipped to this video:



You may need to listen to it twice to actually figure out what is happening. I have to admit over all of the talk about it 3 thoughts come to mind:

1) This woman is crazy, I should have known that before she even started singing based on the hairstyle

2) It is actually more funny than offensive, considering thought #1

3) This is quite an impressive feat, to arrange the song, and then remain focused enough to keep the tune of one song while inserting the lyrics word for word from another song.

It's amazing, I mean I would have been able to grasp it better had she intermingled the words of the 2 songs. Just try it! Try to play the music from one song, and sing another song while that music is playing, then take it a step further try singing the other song word for word to the tune of the song that is playing.

It is almost impossible, further proof that this woman is c-r-a-z-y.....

That being said what she did was in her own words "an artistic statement." It should be nothing more than that, I liken this to someone singing the National anthem in a drunken rage at a Baseball game, forgetting the words altogether, or not actually knowing all the actual words to the song. Although this seems more intentional and calculated belive me it is all the same, "an artisitic staement."

To read all of the back and forth on this topic equating it to race and politics are unbelievable. I will give the mainstream media credit for NOT running with this story, appreciating its insignificance. One of the City Council members even stated that this was inappropriate, she must of thought she was at an NAACP Convention or something! Wow! Buddy we sing the National Anthem at ALL Black events. There is not a Black person on Earth that had ever heard Lift Every Voice and Sing sang to the tune of the Star Spangled banner. Let's not forget America's favorite version of the Star Spangled Banner was sung by a Black person.

Plus, being that I have never heard of Ms. Rene Marie I have to wonder has she ever been invited to sing at a NAACP meeting.

Ms. Marie is not the voice of Black people. She is a woman capturing her opportunity for some free publicity. As you see she has a recorded version of this song on her website. Being that she was virtually an unknown to most of us, this whole charade has given her more than the 15 minutes she could have hoped for.

So don't find yourself in any discussion attempting to explain any of this, just save your breath.......