KISS - Star Spangled Banner - Alive III

Here is KISS performing the Star Spangled Banner as final song, this song was only included on Alive III, and in the US.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), set to various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth ("O thus be it ever when free men shall stand...") added on more formal occasions.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", whose melody was derived from the British national anthem, served as a de facto national anthem of the United States before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner"; and "Hail, Columbia," served as the de facto national anthem from Washington's time and through the 18th and 19th centuries. Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs would emerge to compete for popularity at public events, among them "The Star-Spangled Banner".

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[DylanBStringer91]

100% Better Than The Hendrix Experience!!! They Did This As A Band Instead Of The Guitarist Do It With A Solo And Drums Beating Behind It!!!

[skydog1014]

best verson of that song ever! others try but they just ruin it with the crap in the middle, but thease guys add it and it just sounds soo good i luv it

[1Beaker2]

NEVER STOP ROCKIN

[1988scottcarey]

@TheKassicRock americas history is based on lies.

[br2501]

WONDERFULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU ARE NATIONALITY!!!

BRAZIL COULD HAVE THE HALF OF YOUR NATIONATILY!!

GREAT USA!!!!

[robfolcroft]

@racerxcorvette That's awesome, would love to see that. Hope you had a great time!

[racerxcorvette]

@robfolcroft

I know. Right?

Bruce Kulick is playing with Grand Funk Railroad tomorrow on 9/11 in Woodstock, Illinois.

I guarantee Bruce will be playing the Star Spangled Banner.

And It's gonna ROCK!

[robfolcroft]

@racerxcorvette Couldn't agree more!

[TheKassicRock]

@skydog1014

The crap in the middle is guns firing in vietnam, and bombs falling down, its a part of americas history

[TheKassicRock]

@DylanBStringer91

ARE YOU FUCKING HIGH?

This version is cool but Hendrixs is a classic peace of Americas history, you can't beat it.

[loZoneranger560]

@evilunixuser1: "Sellout"?

I suppose Gene Simmons would throw in his usual comment, "Sure, we're sellouts. We SELL OUT every time we play"

[koradan]

BEST version EVER!! To the seven levels of HELL with the Hendrix version!!! When the WHOLE band does it, it is nothing short of AWESOME!!!!

For a while, when we would shoot fireworks off on the 4th of July, we would play this for our "Finale". It always rocked the neighborhood!!