Coke's America the Beautiful - Give me your thoughts

[Shug]

During last nights football game there were a few commercials aired that were good, most sucked, but there was one that really bothered me. I was wanting ya'lls honest feelings on it. I really didn't care for the coca cola company's rendition of "America the Beautiful" sung in a foreign language. I feel it is totally totally disrespectful, Whats your take on this?

[Raoul]

Doesn't work for me either. Seems like revisionist history.

[UncleJak]

Some of it was sung in Pueblo. I approve. America is everyone. Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[DaveS]

I'm up in the air on this. Part of me thinks it's ok but another part says no. I haven't settled one way or another for sure yet, but I may be leaning to the no side.

 

Dave

[173rdABN]

What Dave said. It's pretty Iffy, but I'm leaning towards no.

[austin7.62]

Doesn't matter to me. I love the song, I don't care what language it is in.

[Grand Torino]

The commercials kinda sucked but not nearly as much as the game did. A total waste of hours of my life. Luckily I turned it off before the 4th quarter started.

[austin7.62]

The English parts should have been Ray Charles' version. Damn, that one tugs at the heart strings!

[TNMTBik3r]

I thought it was disrespectful. Yes, America is multinational and cultural but English is our language. Other countries have their own language and songs. In English is how the song should be sang IMO.

[UncleJak]

America does not have a national language like other countries. Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[Raoul]

In my time it's been my pleasure to talk to a number of folks who either came here from somewhere else, or whose parents or grandparents did. One of the things that struck me is that these people came here to be citizens of the United States. One of the things that seemed to be important to them was to be able to speak and read English in order to fit in to the culture.

Now we stress our differences. It seems counterproductive to me.

It's like the US is becoming Balkanized.

[c.a.willard]

America is a multicultural nation.  I have no issue whatsoever with America the Beautiful being sung in multiple languages.  It representative of the diversity that makes up this nation.  

 

On a slightly different topic, what i have issues with from the super bowl is the fact that the NFL is a 25 billion dollar a year money generating machine that pays no taxes.

[RED333]

I thought it was disrespectful. Yes, America is multinational and cultural but English is our language. Other countries have their own language and songs. In English is how the song should be sang IMO.

 

 

In my time it's been my pleasure to talk to a number of folks who either came here from somewhere else, or whose parents or grandparents did. One of the things that struck me is that these people came here to be citizens of the United States. One of the things that seemed to be important to them was to be able to speak and read English in order to fit in to the culture.

Now we stress our differences. It seems counterproductive to me.

It's like the US is becoming Balkanized.

Both of these are the way I feel.

[Dirtshooter]

Beautiful song sang in English. I am tired of calling Lowe's for example and asked to press 1 for English. I am sorry, No I'm not sorry I am old and set in my ways and like Raoul has said many people immigrated to the U.S.A. and made certain that their kids learned English because they knew it was going to be much easier for them to get a good job if they could communicate with the majority of the citizens of the U.S.A. If you want to speak Spanish for example go to Mexico or Spain!! And while I am on a rant, I don't feel like giving any illegal alien from any country a "FREE" pass just because. I know personally know people that have went thru all the steps to become Legal Citizens and it is not fair to them to give these knuckleheads a free pass. My $0.02!!

[Pat]

I don't like it at all. I cannot stand multiculturalism and "blending", if you will, at all. Anything with race involved is a touchy subject, so that's all that I will say.

[gregintenn]

America does not have a national language like other countries. Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

The hell it doesn't??!!? I believe it's English.

[173rdABN]

No believing. it IS english. period. 

[TMF]

If I had to take a shot in the dark on how many countries I've been to I'd say somewhere in the 20's. I get a kick out of the expectations of other Americans that folks there speak English, then get a bigger kick out of it when they do. The only places I've been to where the overwhelming majority of folks have no concept of English were countries where I carried a rifle. As for the rest, they didnt seem offended to speak English with me. I haven't seen this ad yet, so I can't form an opinion, but as a proud American I don't think I'd go out of my way to get offended. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Nynick81]

I also thought it was disrespectful. The song was written in English, and that's the way it should be sung. I also wasn't to fond of the way they stuck in the gay couple with their daughter in there either. But that's another subject.

[TrickyNicky]

I'll find something to be offended by tonight. This won't be it.

It's been said better already, I love the song and everything it stands for. Language is a non issue.

Maybe they'd better have the sign language interpreters stop interpreting it while we're on this whole "speak 'Merican" kick. But then, that's probably fine since its American Sign Language. (Insidently, ASL is the only excepted language with the word America associated with it at all.

And since I'm on the rant, why don't all you "lousy <insert political party of choice> stop trying to change the core values America stands for?!?1!!111." Sound familiar?

[Guest TankerHC]

I would say the 10 gazillion complaints on FB, the several hundred thousand on Alan West's page and the millions of others, the fact that the left is calling anyone who didnt like it "Right Wing Extremests, Teabaggers, Racists, I would say it didnt go over too well.

 

But they did the same thing last year. They PO'd every Arab in America, United States Citizen, born here or not. They ran an ad of an Arab with Camel walking through the desert and the Arabs called it racist, "Why is every Arab either a Shiek, Bedoiun or a Terrorist"?

 

Coke got exactly what it was looking to get. Since last night everyone is talking about Coke.

[UncleJak]

According to USA.gov America has no official language. Several states have adopted English as the official language, but there is no national language. Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[Hershmeister]

Its a trap - if you say you don't like the ad then you are declared a xenophobe. The sad part it that coca colas most famous commercial - "i'd like to give the world a coke" was the best it ever did

[TripleDigitRide]

I didn't watch the Super Bowl, so I have no idea what you're talking about. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

[Superman]

America is a multicultural nation.  I have no issue whatsoever with America the Beautiful being sung in multiple languages.  It representative of the diversity that makes up this nation.  

 

On a slightly different topic, what i have issues with from the super bowl is the fact that the NFL is a 25 billion dollar a year money generating machine that pays no taxes.

I know its off topic, but since its been brought up. No companies should pay taxes. If a company doesnt pay taxes and later on are required to pay taxes are they just going to eat the new expense? No they are going to cut employee pay, lay off employees, raise prices, or a combination. A tax on a business is just a way for the gov to hide tax from the people, because ultimately taxes are paid by the consumer directly or indirectly.

 

 

That being said, at first I had a problem with the commercial. But after thinking about it I dont really have a problem with it. Besides, its just a commercial.