How arrogant are the Lakers? Thanks for asking.
So arrogant that they feel free to change the lyrics of the national anthem.
Now, fans cheer different parts of the anthem for partisan reasons all over. In Baltimore, they cheer the “Oh” in “Oh, say” because of the Orioles. In Houston , they cheer the rockets’ red glare because of the Rockets. But in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, singer and actor Tyrese Gibson changed “our flag was still there” to “our Lakers were still there.”
No he didn’t – really? Please tell me no one in attendance cheered that line. Don’t get me wrong – I’m ok with making changes to the anthem in various ways (I am prepared to brawl with anyone who says Marvin Gaye’s legendary anthem was anything short of magnificent). But…you don’t change the words to analogize a freaking sports team to the flag.Report
Did Gaye actually change any of the lyrics?
But yeah, Tyrese freakin’ Gibson mangling our national anthem for a bunch of jackass Lakers fans is almost too much to bear.Report
Kansas City Chiefs fans have been changing the anthem to “land of the free, home of the Chiefs” for years. I find it pretty distasteful, and I’m normally not one for symbolic patriotism displays.Report
Will – not that I’m aware of, but obviously what he did was not the traditional anthem, either.Report