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 gleaming
after 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.
Posted on 08/01/2007
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the only thing that is missing that would make this song perfect (for me) is his banjo. I would love to hear a little bit of his banjo picking on this song it would then make my spine tingle. ....but it is close to tingling now.
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sufjan gives great banjo.
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can't argue with that.