\”She meant no disrespect, and she was singing an artistic expression she thought represented love and hope for her country. \”There is no substitute for the national anthem. Mayor John Hickenlooper says he discussed the situation with Marie following her performance. A jazz singer asked to sing the national anthem ended up singing what is commonly referred to as the National Black Anthem, \’Lift Every Voice and Sing.
\’Rene Marie said it was an artistic form of expression. \”When I decided to sing my version, what was going on in my head was: \’I want to express how I feel about living in the United States, as a black woman, as a black person,\’\” Marie tells KUSA-TV, a fellow Gannett property. \”What she said was that she was very sorry, that she meant no disrespect, that she was trying to make a creative expression of her love for the country,\” Hickenlooper said. \”I was mad,\” he told MyFOXColorado.
Instead, she sang the lyrics of \”Lift Every Voice and Sing\” a hymn commonly referred to as the \”Black National Anthem\” to the tune of the national anthem, MyFOXColorado. Rene Marie was asked to sing \”The Star-Spangled Banner\” before Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper delivered the annual address on Tuesday. Marie says she did it to share how she feels about life as a black woman in America. \”Brown said the matter needs to be addressed.
\”I guess what I feel most is just deeply disappointed. \” A singer surprised dignitaries by singing Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as the \”black national anthem,\” to the tune of The Star-Spangled Banner during the mayor\’s State of the City address yesterday in Denver. com. Marie tells The Denver Post she decided to switch the lyrics months ago and will no longer sing the national anthem because she sometimes feels like a foreigner in the USA.
A jazz singer shocked some Denver residents after replacing the words to the national anthem with those of the \”Black National Anthem\” during the annual State of the City address this week. He called it inappropriate for the ceremony. But the change in lyrics angered many residents, including City Councilman Charlie Brown. \”I almost walked off the stage.
\”The mayor said only Marie, her husband and a musical adviser knew what the local jazz singer had in mind. \”If anyone has got a right to be angry it\’s probably me,\” Hickenlooper told the station. \”She was very apologetic,\” he tells the Post. Rene Marie, who was introduced by City Council president Michael Hancock to perform the national anthem, says she made the switch without informing the mayor\’s office.
com reported. \”Marie tells KUSA-TV she has no regrets. The city\’s mayor says it caught him off guard.
