Of Sufjan, Broad Stripes & Bright Stars.
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Track:The Star Spangled Banner
in the intro (to a crowd of canadians), sufjan stevens calls this "new tune" a "traditional american song." it's an understatement.at first solemn, and then utterly feral, the song, in his hands, is so shot through with shaky grief that nothing traditional nor anthemic remains. oh say, can you see / by the dawn's early light / what so proudly we've ... / at the twilight's last gleamingafter awhile, the lyrics change (and do not go on to endorse america), though the seven swans crawl reappropriates, sufjan-izes, even those that remain accurate.
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