1968 WS Gm5: Jose Feliciano performs natonal anthem

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  • 10/7/68: Jose Feliciano performs the "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to Game 5 of the World Series between the Cardinals and Tigers
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  • @jaco7675
    @jaco7675 3 роки тому +1329

    Marty McFly: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet; but your kids are gonna love it.”

    • @pgoughms
      @pgoughms 2 роки тому +21

      Greatest comment ever.

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof 2 роки тому +10

      Best response to this video. Good one!

    • @warlaker
      @warlaker 2 роки тому +6

      That's why Marvin Gaye sang it traditionally in Game 4. The jazzy version came in 1983

    • @jayfiverridesusa
      @jayfiverridesusa 2 роки тому +3

      I'm pretty sure this comment won the internet.

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle 2 роки тому +6

      @@warlaker You have to wonder: did Marvin hear Jose’s version and think “I should’ve done something like that”?

  • @MsRoxanne45
    @MsRoxanne45 8 років тому +3385

    I love this version so much. It sounds so deeply emotional and personal. It was a shame this almost ruined his career. This is real artistry

    • @DendyJungle
      @DendyJungle 5 років тому +54

      ROXANNE DUNGEREAUX typical Americans don’t appreciate beauty

    • @bobbygoode
      @bobbygoode 5 років тому +116

      There were right wing overlords even back then, determining the rules for everybody (sort of like the current "taking a knee" freak outs). They determined this was disrespectful, unpatriotic and probably communist influenced as sung by this Puerto Rican native. This wasn't a protest by Feliciano. It is just the hippest version of the anthem I ever heard, and was a sign of the anti-establishment times.

    • @tbcsguam7992
      @tbcsguam7992 5 років тому +69

      Not true! I’m a conservative Republican woman and I LOVE this José Feliciano American Anthem! The majority of Puerto Ricans are proud Americans!

    • @janiceflahiff9894
      @janiceflahiff9894 5 років тому +6

      and beautifully done, also!@@bobbygoode

    • @imagine07018
      @imagine07018 5 років тому +36

      No. It was controversial because of the soulful "yeah, yeah" at the end. Blacks and Latinos loved it; white folks thought he was desecrating it. This was before Aretha sang it at the DNC in '68, which was considered path-breaking.

  • @robertcook6927
    @robertcook6927 5 років тому +1359

    I am 81 yrs old. When I heard this at the opening of the 5th game in '68 I thought this was the best rendition of National Anthem and I have not heard one better to date. Jose Rocks!!!

    • @ogreboi2954
      @ogreboi2954 5 років тому +13

      Robert Cook not even the whitney houston version?

    • @markuscraig7945
      @markuscraig7945 5 років тому +25

      @@ogreboi2954 she did good but i prefer this one tbh

    • @rcruz262
      @rcruz262 4 роки тому +10

      Whitney's version was pre recorded

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 4 роки тому +2

      LethalSquid Gaming Pre recorded son!

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 4 роки тому

      I salute you!

  • @satindoll72
    @satindoll72 8 років тому +2095

    This is one of the most beautiful versions ever. I looked it up after looking at a documentary on how he was blacklisted after doing it. I LOVE IT.

    • @jamesaiuto8199
      @jamesaiuto8199 6 років тому +19

      satindoll72 yes it's so good way better than Roseanna barr

    • @cnzewi
      @cnzewi 6 років тому +12

      I love it too. Very moving

    • @scottmauritzen2494
      @scottmauritzen2494 6 років тому +7

      Wepaaaaa orgullo Boricua

    • @tbcsguam7992
      @tbcsguam7992 5 років тому +1

      Huh??? Literally NO comparison!

    • @inr63
      @inr63 5 років тому +3

      satindoll72 - what’s the documentary’s name; I’d like to see it

  • @angellopez7159
    @angellopez7159 9 років тому +1186

    Jose is a legend. To do this rendition in the midst of an era when a Hispanic America was not formidable and to boot having the balls to sing the national anthem and so beautifully and passionately, marks him ( to me) as an inspiration that when you love your country, you will sing it to the mountains and back regardless of religion race and so on. Nicely done Jose:)

    • @haysfordays
      @haysfordays 6 років тому +14

      Well said! Seriously, Imagine doing what he did when he did it. Wow.

    • @MickWiser
      @MickWiser 6 років тому +14

      Yes it is a beautiful rendition. But he wasn't doing a protest, was he? He probably didn't realize it would stir such a controversy. Such a shame that is career was ruined over it.

    • @arelymartinez1052
      @arelymartinez1052 6 років тому +1

      Mick w it was almost ruined

    • @faris4068
      @faris4068 5 років тому +3

      People didn’t like him because it was the Vietnam war and he fucked up the ssb not because he was Puerto Rican

    • @DefenestrateYourself
      @DefenestrateYourself 4 роки тому +4

      @@faris4068 No, racism played a big part in this as well as American's insecurities around fighting in an unlawful, disgraceful war. Him expressing this through music triggered jingoistic and militaristic fools like yourself.

  • @andro7862
    @andro7862 5 років тому +572

    Given the context of the time, it was pretty brave to sing it in a deliberately peaceful way like a folk song.

    • @wilde.coyote6618
      @wilde.coyote6618 4 роки тому +10

      Well said!

    • @myvirtualpresencefyi
      @myvirtualpresencefyi 3 роки тому +22

      I suspect that this was the reason why he was criticised for it. 'Murcans want their music like they want their Presidents: big, stupid and loud.

    • @AmphiStuG
      @AmphiStuG 3 роки тому

      @@myvirtualpresencefyi I don’t get why Americans treat their presidents like royalty, or why they want presidents that’ll “bring a presence of power and might” it doesn’t matter what his character is like when it comes to things like power, the dude is the leader of the most well-armed nation in the world.
      “Patriotic Americans” sound stupid on a global scale.

    • @AmphiStuG
      @AmphiStuG 3 роки тому

      @@myvirtualpresencefyi sorry, just realized I rambled a little bit too hard. I’m not that anti-American, it’s just annoying to constantly hear them bicker to one another and be so damn aggressive and mean on a international scale.

    • @MeMe-vt6hi
      @MeMe-vt6hi 2 роки тому +4

      he sang it in a gospel way because he is a very religious man

  • @jimzaleta8560
    @jimzaleta8560 7 років тому +295

    That came straight from his soul.

  • @kevingallagher3584
    @kevingallagher3584 Рік тому +5

    I almost cried when I heard this!

  • @fixedskittles948
    @fixedskittles948 4 роки тому +178

    This is the most beautiful version of the Star Spangled Banner I have ever heard. It feels more American than with the booms of a marching band.

  • @juancena1117
    @juancena1117 6 років тому +437

    Here after the Vox video. Am i the only one who thinks this version sounds really good ???

    • @IsThisRain
      @IsThisRain 6 років тому +30

      Juan Cena
      Everyone in that stadium, even those that booed him, knew for a fact that it was a beautiful song. But the political climate at the time did not allow them to like it because it sounded like 'Hippie Music'. Regardless, it was beautiful then, it's still beautiful now.

    • @Thinkingman69
      @Thinkingman69 6 років тому +2

      Juan Cena I think it sounds amazing

    • @blackearl7891
      @blackearl7891 5 років тому +7

      Nope. Its probably the best rendition in my opinion

    • @chincity
      @chincity 4 роки тому +1

      nope its amazing

    • @t0218313c
      @t0218313c 4 роки тому +1

      me too

  • @oliveralien
    @oliveralien 6 років тому +578

    Just watched the Vox piece about the anthem, and immediately felt compelled to look up this rendition to hear it in full. Wow- truly a whole new spirit rendered in those same words.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 2 роки тому +88

    He was singing a love song to the flag and America. No one, not even Whitney Houston has been able to do this. This has been historically recognized as the best anthem version and the first ever stylized anthem in the U.S.

    • @Duckcalculator
      @Duckcalculator Рік тому +4

      One he couldn’t even see…

    • @MrRiveraRosa
      @MrRiveraRosa 9 місяців тому

      So well said, it was a love song to the flag and America. I was 15 y/o back then and later served in the Army during Viet Nam. That rendition of the Anthem moved me back then, and it still does today.

    • @Xen239
      @Xen239 6 місяців тому

      @@Duckcalculator But he could feel: the pain, since the United States of America is a result of war & pain. We all carry traces of that.

  • @DanieVargas
    @DanieVargas 7 років тому +1047

    I don't get it... Feliciano's version of this song was WONDERFUL!! What was so wrong with it?!

    • @kevaninthe4135
      @kevaninthe4135 6 років тому +310

      Closed minded people. That's why was wrong.

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 6 років тому +50

      Life in the 413. It was a very acrimonious time as this was considered very controversial then.

    • @crixxxxxxxxx
      @crixxxxxxxxx 6 років тому +248

      Old white conservatives only wanted to hear boring marching band renditions.

    • @solpan6828
      @solpan6828 6 років тому +155

      Lots of folk singers were anti-Vietnam protesters in the so many felt this folksy version was associated to that

    • @dorothyjayne6725
      @dorothyjayne6725 6 років тому +82

      It was protesting the Vietnam war, so conservatives were salty.

  • @catherinestachowiak912
    @catherinestachowiak912 2 роки тому +91

    This has to be the most beautiful rendition of our lovely national anthem. I can't even understand what problem people had with it, unless maybe they were bigoted against him for his heritage. He was very underrated in America, imo. He has to be one of the best guitarists in history, a real legend.

    • @bak-mariterry5180
      @bak-mariterry5180 2 роки тому +4

      It was during racial strife , 1968...
      A lot of problems....
      Still beautiful.

    • @omytupapa
      @omytupapa Рік тому +4

      Indeed he is considered one of the best guitarist in the history

    • @VMan29397
      @VMan29397 8 місяців тому

      Of course its bec the were bigots. Most americans dont even know puerto ricans are us citizens

    • @billcook4768
      @billcook4768 8 місяців тому

      What’s ridiculous is that his “heritage” is Puerto Rican. IE, American.

  • @Thrakall
    @Thrakall 6 років тому +521

    Fantastic version. I can't believe people complained about this even back in 1968.

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 6 років тому +5

      Tim Gossett. They did.

    • @Matthew-ll3fp
      @Matthew-ll3fp 5 років тому +4

      Rocky Racoon nooooo really?

    • @faris4068
      @faris4068 5 років тому +5

      How can you not believe it we wanted to honor our fallen with the real SSB, you know, the thousands of soldiers that died

    • @DefenestrateYourself
      @DefenestrateYourself 4 роки тому +47

      @@faris4068 How does his rendition dishonor the soldiers? The war, in fact, was a dishonor to America. Him protesting is as American as apple pie. Learn your history, sweetheart.

    • @yonizzell
      @yonizzell 4 роки тому +40

      Tim Gossett the people who complained back then are the very same kind of people who worship Donald Trump today- old conservative whites who only know how to hate

  • @sadiemcbride7317
    @sadiemcbride7317 6 років тому +87

    why am i crying in the club rn

    • @PGUNNA201
      @PGUNNA201 6 років тому +5

      Sadie McBride I have heard many many versions of this, but this is the only one that brings a tear to my eye.

  • @akaufmanbmrly1
    @akaufmanbmrly1 10 років тому +358

    The best version of all time. Just Wow!

  • @jessicatang5986
    @jessicatang5986 5 років тому +934

    im not american, but this makes me feel weirdly patriotic? shame that the americans didn’t like it.

    • @dadangdoggo7248
      @dadangdoggo7248 5 років тому +94

      we like it now lol

    • @janiceflahiff9894
      @janiceflahiff9894 5 років тому +12

      Glad you heard it! IMaybe it is its poignancy, and notes of hope for a better more inclusive future

    • @AFriendlyTheo
      @AFriendlyTheo 5 років тому +48

      In a time of war, messing with the national anthem is a bit of a no-no. In times of peace, its a beautiful reminder of american folk culture.

    • @tr3nta345
      @tr3nta345 5 років тому +28

      @@AFriendlyTheo folk or protest music is about people protesting and standing up in those very times of war and conflict, if nobody had the balls the do things like these we wouldnt have folk music at all

    • @faris4068
      @faris4068 5 років тому +2

      tr3nta it’s sad that you think he has balls rather then the young men fighting for the country literally against there will i will always respect the real national anthem that our soldiers have died for over the one that Jose sang. I mean come on who really has the balls the draftees or a gd singer who sang the SSB different for attention

  • @kristinacassandravillanuev5997
    @kristinacassandravillanuev5997 3 роки тому +30

    So sad that he got booed in the 60's he's one of the best rendition I've heard. Now 40 years later he got the praise and cheers that he well deserve!

  • @vaibanez17
    @vaibanez17 4 роки тому +7

    Jose made this a REAL song, not some song we stole the tune for from an old British drinking song...so amazing.

  • @cynajuneannvasquez2776
    @cynajuneannvasquez2776 3 роки тому +6

    okay. I am not an american but this is just WONDERFUL. i feel like crying. It's a shame it was hated back then

  • @anonymousphantom9644
    @anonymousphantom9644 3 роки тому +7

    This was in 1968. It sounds like a lonely GI wandering in the Vietnamese battlefields. It captures the sorrow of the Vietnam War and is also a very peaceful one. Really beautiful.

  • @WaveManMike
    @WaveManMike 6 років тому +1006

    VOX

  • @jacobtheboss7679
    @jacobtheboss7679 2 роки тому +11

    I don't understand how people could have possibly hated on this. He hit every note so well

  • @danchiappe
    @danchiappe 4 роки тому +13

    Amazing and very respectful rendition of the song. Portrays a real love for this country. On what grounds was this justification to blacklist this wonderful singer?!?

  • @zriter59escritor33
    @zriter59escritor33 7 років тому +53

    Geez. Nearly 50 years years later, it's hard to believe that anybody complained about JF's lovely Latin-tinged rendition. It is both respectful and beautiful.

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 6 років тому +1

      Zriter59 Escritor. He sung it in English so it should have been okay.

  • @johnny07652
    @johnny07652 2 роки тому +9

    He was hated for years and years after this because people were so racist and hated that he did it in his known Latin style, as if America isn't Latin also. He is Puerto Rican which is as American as anyone from any state. People were just that rabidly racist back then. Shame that they hated him despite an amazing and bautiful rendition that really isn't all that far off from the straightforward traditional rendition of the song. This man is such a legend, such a great musical talent.

    • @bak-mariterry5180
      @bak-mariterry5180 2 роки тому

      The racial strife is better now than then...
      People accept each other ...
      Still , have people who can't give it up...
      MLK had a vision...
      Praying for that day .

  • @colbynuckles5402
    @colbynuckles5402 4 роки тому +18

    This is one of the best performances of the national anthem I’ve ever heard

  • @ChrisFota
    @ChrisFota 6 років тому +77

    Wow you could really feel the emotion behind this. I'm amazed that he got punished for this.

  • @djm55
    @djm55 6 місяців тому +4

    Apparently right before the performance Jose Feliciano thanked Merle Elvie's Band and said he preferred to play this alone. That's why they are awkwardly standing there with their instruments behind Mr. Feliciano.

  • @coleensakamoto6844
    @coleensakamoto6844 Рік тому +10

    Such a beautiful rendition. He really paid the price by being the first to sing it soulfully. Now, everybody puts their spin on it without any consequences. In fact, we expect it. Jose Faliciano broke that barrier. Wish everyone knew this history.

  • @remytherat2929
    @remytherat2929 4 роки тому +14

    the original does absolutely nothing for me emotionally wise but this right here is so full of pain, sadness and hope that it really makes me proud to be an american. it feels like its acknowledging the past horrors while still promoting a hopeful future and its beautiful.

  • @markonline1662
    @markonline1662 4 роки тому +20

    This is one of those performances that will live in infamy. I have never heard the Star Spangled Banner sung so well.

  • @nicolevelasco2987
    @nicolevelasco2987 6 років тому +16

    Jose’s rendition SLAPPED, Im in love

  • @alfredomedina5835
    @alfredomedina5835 7 місяців тому +2

    This is very nice. I don't understand why this caused controversy. It's his way of singing, his unique style. He made the anthem sound as something that people can sing, not as something that is just made for tenors.

  • @akaufmanbmrly1
    @akaufmanbmrly1 7 років тому +102

    HOME OF THE BRAVE!!! Feliciano's version just might be the best of all time. Incredible...

  • @akaufmanbmrly1
    @akaufmanbmrly1 10 років тому +252

    Feliciano, Hendrix, Gaye....The best versions of all time.

    • @akaufmanbmrly1
      @akaufmanbmrly1 9 років тому +8

      ***** They are unique. There is NO official version of the song. I think they did a brilliant job.

    • @madquiver2
      @madquiver2 9 років тому +28

      I think its only fair to put Whitneys in at no4? she was such a babe!

    • @CNep99
      @CNep99 8 років тому +3

      +Matthew Adkins Marvin has a couple really great ones. The all star game one and one he did in 1979 before a boxing match.

    • @notesl5576
      @notesl5576 6 років тому +10

      Matthew Adkins And Whitney of course.

    • @daveteves
      @daveteves 6 років тому +11

      Fergie did it best tho

  • @timconklin2050
    @timconklin2050 Рік тому +7

    Chris Stapleton totally took cues from this arrangement for his Super Bowl anthem. And similarly killed it.

  • @asgertonsberg2457
    @asgertonsberg2457 6 років тому +321

    better than the original

  • @jeffreypicard6022
    @jeffreypicard6022 3 роки тому +7

    This is a stunningly beautiful version of our National Anthem.

  • @CarlosCruz-ll5ez
    @CarlosCruz-ll5ez 2 роки тому +10

    Man I get so emotional hearing this beautiful version of the national anthem!

  • @pyeck6824
    @pyeck6824 4 роки тому +6

    I was at this game. My dad, Hal Naragon, was the Tigers Bullpen Coach.
    Jose sang this song again in 2018 at the 50 year reunion. As good then as it was 50 years earlier ❤️🇺🇸

    • @MemestiffGaming
      @MemestiffGaming 4 роки тому +1

      How did your dad feel about the song?

    • @pyeck6824
      @pyeck6824 4 роки тому +2

      Memestiff I was very young then but don’t remember anything negative. I know he commented how different. At the 50 year reunion when Jose sang it again we all loved it. Thank you for asking .

    • @kevinpantera4429
      @kevinpantera4429 9 місяців тому

      1968 Tigers a tuff team to beat!!!

  • @ricjan58
    @ricjan58 9 років тому +97

    I wonder what 1968 America would of thought of Roseann's rendition of their precious anthem? Feliciano's version was done with much beauty,class and respect.

    • @jamesaiuto8199
      @jamesaiuto8199 6 років тому

      ricjan58 ikr

    • @carlramsey1117
      @carlramsey1117 4 роки тому +1

      "Precious anthem"?? IT WAS A GREAT VERSION...THATS IT! Certainly doesnt need any derogatory comments as I'm very certain that Jose Feliciano would have never sang from so deeply within himself if he felt any "resentment" toward it so please spare us all & if you have an attitude towards OUR "precious anthem"....keep it to yourself?? This certainly isn't the place for the reason for the problems

    • @kevinpantera4429
      @kevinpantera4429 9 місяців тому

      Detroit, Tiger Stadium, you took off your hat if not you might have had a problem back in the day!

  • @purixr9643
    @purixr9643 5 років тому +49

    Can’t believe he got so much hate from this amazing remix of our anthem, that he put so much heart into. This version just sounds so much more enjoyable and heartfelt than the actual anthem

  • @michaelwynne26
    @michaelwynne26 8 років тому +38

    One of the most beautiful versions ever. And he wasn't copying anyone. It was true artistry with heart, soul and sincerity.

  • @ryancain862
    @ryancain862 4 роки тому +32

    Jose is amazing, I love this version, it's so peaceful and I hate that people were booing

  • @toffee4544
    @toffee4544 4 роки тому +9

    The ambience of the old audio and its sound is so calming.

  • @moralesincharge
    @moralesincharge 4 роки тому +7

    🎼 🇵🇷 🎙 🎤 🇺🇸 🎶 ..beautiful ❤️

  • @jamesclark3344
    @jamesclark3344 3 роки тому +3

    I'm a Detroit Tigers fan and I was around in 1968. I can't believe that Jose's rendition of the National Anthem before game five of the World Series at Tiger Stadium raised such a fuss at the time. It's beautifully done. Feliciano is a great singer and a superior acoustic guitarist.

  • @jennrodrigu
    @jennrodrigu 3 роки тому +10

    I love Whitney’s version so much, but THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥 is amazing. Its so refreshing 😭👌🏽

  • @michaelesralian1268
    @michaelesralian1268 4 роки тому +10

    I remember hearing this in 1968 and I thought it was beautiful then and it is still my favorite version of this song. He really puts feeling into it. This is what it feels like to be a proud American.

  • @cindybriden372
    @cindybriden372 2 роки тому +10

    WOW!! I listened to this because I just read it caused great controversy when he sang it. But I thought he did an amazing job!! So deep, heartfelt and loving. I think he did this song justice and I just don't understand what the problem was back then. As Jaco wrote below, Marty McFly: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet; but your kids are gonna love it.” I guess people just weren't ready for it back then.

  • @DariaMusk
    @DariaMusk 6 років тому +248

    chills.

    • @derpmcgerp8062
      @derpmcgerp8062 6 років тому

      Why is that checkmark next to your name? Lol how does one get one of those?

    • @prestonmorgan2631
      @prestonmorgan2631 6 років тому

      Covfefe IV become famous that’s how.

    • @derpmcgerp8062
      @derpmcgerp8062 6 років тому

      preston Morgan but how does it work? Lol, UA-cam just does it automatically or does it have something to do with name recognition? And why? What's the purpose of the checkmark?

    • @derpmcgerp8062
      @derpmcgerp8062 6 років тому

      preston Morgan I'm just curious. I always see it. I thinks it's cool. I don't have a problem with it. I just don't get it. I notice a pattern with it, of course, but at the same time I do have genuine interest as to what it is and how it works. I don't want to come off as rude though.

    • @IsThisRain
      @IsThisRain 6 років тому

      Covfefe IV
      I'm not sure how exactly, but you'll need to have more than 1k subscribers as you will need that much subscribers to become a UA-cam Partner and fully monetize your videos so that you could gain profit from it.

  • @Suddenlyits1960
    @Suddenlyits1960 Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic rendition of the National Anthem. Done with respect and soul.

  • @frenvr
    @frenvr 3 роки тому +4

    I like how this version is less: yeah this is the best country to ever exist and more: Our country is flawed but god do I love it

  • @rickramirez9102
    @rickramirez9102 3 роки тому +25

    This is the first time I’ve heard this version by Jose Feliciano. This is a beautiful rendition of a very musically challenging song. At one and a half octaves, a singer must have the vocal range and talent to do the song justice. Jose’s interpretation is gripping. Many years ago I was a national anthem snob and felt it should be performed in the traditional form. Fortunately, I became enlightened and have come to appreciate all the different versions. By far, this is my favorite!

  • @Soul_whisper0123
    @Soul_whisper0123 Рік тому +4

    "Josè, Can you see"
    - Blind Josè Feliciano 1968

    • @pavarottiaardvark3431
      @pavarottiaardvark3431 Рік тому

      I mean, it really is kind of odd how much the song relies on ideas of sight: can you see, dawn's early light, twilight's last gleaming, bright stars, we watched, red glare.
      It IS gonna have a different emotional impact for a blind person.

  • @ianbullphoto1
    @ianbullphoto1 5 років тому +10

    That was beautiful!! My God, how can anyone not like that?

    • @jaimeduncan6167
      @jaimeduncan6167 2 роки тому

      People that decide what if bad based on who is doing it.

  • @goblinhairedguy
    @goblinhairedguy 2 роки тому +3

    I am Canadian. But when he sang his version of the song, all my hairs stood up. I had already bought several of his records, but being a baseball fan, he just blew me away. I bought the record the next day. My parents thought I was nuts.

  • @rapterranger771
    @rapterranger771 5 років тому +68

    I find this version to very poetic. The song sounds so peaceful, but the Vietnam Conflict is at it height and riots are rampant throughout the US.

  • @seacowexists
    @seacowexists 5 років тому +22

    Jose does that star spangled banner yet wave...
    But seriously, this is probably the most beautiful version I've ever heard of this. Heartfelt and original without any vocal histrionics.

  • @thelastinningpodcast
    @thelastinningpodcast 2 роки тому +13

    Goosebumps, just goosebumps

    • @michaelgasiciel9317
      @michaelgasiciel9317 6 місяців тому

      Perfect description! It’s on his greatest hits CD at the end. It says Star Spangled Banner (live) When I saw that I said omg that’s gotta be from the ‘68 Series and it was!

  • @1luiszepol
    @1luiszepol 4 роки тому +4

    The record of this anthem is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Viva Feliciano!

    • @kevinpantera4429
      @kevinpantera4429 9 місяців тому

      As it should be! Gave the 1968 Tigers the extra push to win that dramatic series!

  • @constanzaaravena4479
    @constanzaaravena4479 3 роки тому +10

    How can you dislike this version? It’s so beautiful

  • @nutellapancake6957
    @nutellapancake6957 Рік тому +4

    I remembered listening and breaking down crying since this was so beautiful. I’m Hispanic and felt so compelled by his style especially since this was a different rendition compared to the traditional National Anthem at baseball games.

  • @JorgeRodriguez-ro1uj
    @JorgeRodriguez-ro1uj 3 роки тому +2

    The first guitarist and mainstream artist at the time to play the NATIONAL ANTHEM in baseball..to this day mainstream rock and guitar forums will never recognize and deliberately overlook and never give him recognition or credit. before hendrix he was a shredder and a phenomenon on the guitar...

  • @mopacwestgate
    @mopacwestgate 2 роки тому +2

    I just discovered this version on the Ken Burns Documentary on Baseball...as a musician I'm always keeping an ear out for different styles of the Anthem that I could possibly play myself...this blew me away,.. it's simple but sang with such emotion.
    ...I then discovered that he got a lot of hateful backlash because it wasn't done in the straight traditional way..it almost ruined his career.
    It goes to show how things have changed so much.

  • @liz12276
    @liz12276 3 роки тому +15

    So proud of my fellow puertorriqueño! Sang the national anthem with heart, the way it should be sung! This version and Whitney Houston’s super bowl version are the best in history. Hands down.

  • @Heyheyhaleyd
    @Heyheyhaleyd 6 років тому +6

    I love it so much!! I have no idea why people don't like his version!! It's so wonderful and beautiful!

  • @deusexrockina
    @deusexrockina 5 років тому +7

    I can't believe the crowd hated it. Different times. Amazing version

  • @BallparkHunter
    @BallparkHunter 4 роки тому +3

    It is amazing how much fuss was made over Felicano's rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine if we had cable news networks and social media in 1968?

  • @DK-sr2wi
    @DK-sr2wi Рік тому +3

    The best version of the national anthem I've ever heard this is so beautiful

  • @timbenson5115
    @timbenson5115 4 роки тому +4

    An admission- I welled up hearing this beautiful version

  • @cricketbat09
    @cricketbat09 3 роки тому +73

    As a patriotic Englishman, I cannot comprehend why American patriots would not like this rendition. It is very soulful.

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 2 роки тому +4

      This was from 1968 which was probably the most acrimonious year in the 20th century in the USA.

    • @IrieFiery
      @IrieFiery Рік тому

      Because a lot of them are right wing, conservative bigots who only
      see a beat nik, hippy folk singer from Puerto Rico.

    • @GH-cd6oq
      @GH-cd6oq Рік тому +5

      because a minority sang it

    • @LordBeauchamp1994
      @LordBeauchamp1994 Рік тому

      Because Americans as a whole are a violent angry primitive village idiot group of people and they lack any sense of class or decorum

    • @stevekov6740
      @stevekov6740 Рік тому +2

      @@rockyracoon3233 yes, it was by far the most chaotic year in modern history. Only 2020 came close in my book.

  • @glennzornig4978
    @glennzornig4978 6 років тому +7

    Later that month Jose played a festival in Northern California. He was followed by Eric Burdon and The Animals. When Eric took the stage he exclaimed how hard it was to follow someone as talented as Jose. No band following Jose Feliciano could match him.

  • @robertcook6927
    @robertcook6927 Рік тому +3

    Thank you, Steve I have made it to 86 and still think this is the best. At the time I was working with kids and asked them what they thought. They sure liked it more than the adults did. Amen.

  • @Joe24Man
    @Joe24Man 5 років тому +4

    this is literally the best rendition of this song

  • @randoss6213
    @randoss6213 3 роки тому +4

    I love this it’s actually beautiful u cant deny that

  • @juliemacdonald9243
    @juliemacdonald9243 3 роки тому +8

    That is so beautifully sung how could anyone be offended. Same words, same meaning just a beautiful rendition.

  • @kimponte8649
    @kimponte8649 3 роки тому +17

    OMG!! This is the most beautiful heartfelt version of our national anthem I’ve ever heard. I had no idea what Jose went through and didn’t understand why his talent didn’t have the commercial success I thought it warranted. God bless Jose and the bigots can take a flying leap.

    • @chelseamaya7828
      @chelseamaya7828 Рік тому +1

      I saw him in concert once. Amazing. He said his agent pressured him to Americanize his name, like Ricardo Valenzuela became Ritchie Valens, but Jose refused. He insisted that he would succeed with his own name or not at all.

    • @generalbullmoose
      @generalbullmoose Рік тому

      It's a great version, to be sure, but there was no bigotry. You just have to understand the time - riots, the Vietnam War, etc. People were weary.

    • @MrRiveraRosa
      @MrRiveraRosa 9 місяців тому

      I wholly agree with you, I am Puertorican like Jose Feliciano, and I served in the military during the VN Era. Most Americans wanted back then to return to its roots and to happier times, so anything different was unwelcome and rejected. @@generalbullmoose

    • @johnmccarthy9391
      @johnmccarthy9391 7 місяців тому

      ​@@generalbullmooseYes, it was bigotry mostly coming from dopey southern-fried bigots, as always throughout American history.
      Same as now.

  • @etbearflags8046
    @etbearflags8046 3 роки тому +5

    Learned about this in music class back in high school. To this day the best rendition of all time! God Bless America!!!

  • @rexreyes3175
    @rexreyes3175 Рік тому +3

    Awesome Mr. Feliciano!
    I all ready heard a lot of different version of The National Anthem, but this is the first one that make me feel more patriotic.

  • @beoz658
    @beoz658 6 років тому +34

    I am 58 and after hearing all the negative press about this performance I finally listened to it thanks to youtube , I think it is awesome Jose f all the haters you are brilliant!

  • @michaelpartington7292
    @michaelpartington7292 3 роки тому +6

    Wonderful, powerful, from the heart. I am not American, but obviously have heard the anthem many times, this is the best rendition ever!

  • @Blakeneyd
    @Blakeneyd 3 роки тому +15

    Beautiful and heartfelt. It's a lovely rendition.

  • @rosearachnid879
    @rosearachnid879 3 роки тому +7

    So beautiful! First time I've been proud of the U.S.A.'s anthem

  • @robertotorres4108
    @robertotorres4108 7 років тому +126

    I just watched this version for the first time. Thru about the first half of it I thought it was nice, of course unorthodox, but nothing epic. But by the last qtr or so my appreciation for it was rising and by the end I was enjoying it enough to want to play it again. I repeated the video several times and by the fourth my eyes were welling up. The gentle simplicity of his guitar and that authentic self expressiveness in his voice produced a powerfully beautiful delivery that absolutely does justice to our natl anthem yet its the least faithful to the written music Ive seen - he really took some "liberties" which is what our country is about. .To have witnessed this audacity from someone belonging to a marginalized ethnic group 50 yrs ago plus during America's World series tradition must have really been something to see. Come to think of it he was blind and maybe it took his inability to see the world as others do to create something so innovative.

    • @billny33
      @billny33 6 років тому +7

      Wonderful and thoughtful post.
      This is also my first time seeing and hearing this rendition. I remember when Chris Botti nailed the anthem on a Monday Night Football game between the Giants and Colts in 2014. He played the trumpet to this incredibly profound, incredibly sorrowful version that notably brought Colts receiver Reggie Wayne to tears on camera while waiting to step on the field. I posted about that version on a message board about how truly sad and tragic it sounded, almost mournful, as if the country or democracy was coming to an end almost, and someone responded mentioning this version by Feliciano's as a valid comparison, for the same reasons. Jose didn't disappoint. This is up there with the best ones I've ever seen.

    • @ricanstud69
      @ricanstud69 6 років тому +4

      amen ....It was a pleasure hearing Jose sing it

    • @MSGBobLee
      @MSGBobLee 6 років тому +3

      Roberto Torres Well said. Great comment!

    • @clinchemdocsal
      @clinchemdocsal 6 років тому +4

      Incredibly well stated Roberto! I was only 14 at the time and I still remember the uproar about Feliciano's performance. I would place his rendition of the Anthem as the most original and the one by Whitney Houston at the 1991 Super Bowl as the most powerful I've ever heard.

    • @ChuckD59
      @ChuckD59 5 років тому +1

      Isn't the beauty of America that we aspire to be a nation of individuals?
      The anthem should be performed in any language possible, in any style. So long as the words and spirit are maintained, it does represent who we are. That's something to be proud of.

  • @hutchmusician
    @hutchmusician 4 роки тому +11

    WOW! What a wonderful interpretation. Beautiful, emotional and uplifting arrangement with just a superb vocal. I’m not even American but I absolutely love this.

  • @vedrane0
    @vedrane0 2 роки тому +7

    I get shivers listening to this. Such a beautiful rendition.

  • @brendamatthews8537
    @brendamatthews8537 3 роки тому +2

    Awesome rendition of the National Anthem. Jose Feliciano, I'm glad you did it your way...you're the Blessed!

  • @roberttosa2560
    @roberttosa2560 Рік тому +4

    Beautiful. Clearly he was ahead of his time.

  • @standicarlo8334
    @standicarlo8334 3 роки тому +9

    A really reflective, thoughtful, and inspired version of our national anthem. Makes me remember those who came before us to make our country great. Beautifully sung.

  • @cvandy2252
    @cvandy2252 4 роки тому +4

    Weird History brought me here and wow, this is my favorite rendition of all time.

  • @PargoFresco
    @PargoFresco 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for being part of my life. We love you with God’s love. I can’t pay you enough for the joy you bring my family. We really love you brother. 🇵🇷

  • @willaguillard
    @willaguillard 4 роки тому +3

    Best version out ther!

  • @5thDestiny
    @5thDestiny 6 років тому +56

    Im not american...but damm this rendition is awesome!

  • @pattongilbert
    @pattongilbert 6 років тому +395

    Who is here from the Vox Earworm video about the National Anthem?

  • @eg5809
    @eg5809 4 роки тому +2

    The BEST version EVER!!!!!!

  • @elvispresley2542
    @elvispresley2542 Рік тому +1

    We needed this in '68 just as we needed Stapelton in 2023. G-d bless America.

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks 5 років тому +5

    Wow! What an incredible rendition never would have thought it could be done this way.