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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1
I couldn't listen to the Ad because it has been removed by the user :(
But I agree with kdsub that quite a lot of songs are written for a specific language - usually for certain words that go together or rhyme with other parts of the lyrics or just for the way the syllables string together in a tuneful way.
I have often listened to songs written for one language and performed by someone else, or even the original performer, in a different language.
IMHO, the 'other' alternative language version is often just nothing more than pure crap compared to the original.
I can imagine a multi-cultural/multi-lingual version of any song, unless specifically written that way, being completely mullered by whoever sings it.

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Multiculturalism is not an issue (at least not for me). I have "grandparents" from Italy, Germany, and Ireland.

I'm very much aware of how different those three nationalties can be... but they are all white christian (if it is south germany catholics) and european... it's not that they needed more efforts to integrate in the pre cold war usa than learning the language.

Interesting point. That's what I took away from the optics of the Coke ad. Not just Western Europeans. Not all white Christians. So, it is not as simple as "My grandparents learned English." America's traditions and core values are rooted in White Anglo Saxon Protestantism. Teddy Roosevelt, mentioned by a previous poster, was a fierce advocate of Anglo-Saxon superiority. But the world is changing and white anglo-saxons are already a minority. Or maybe more correctly they were always a minority but they held the major power. I think that is changing and threatening. What do you think?

To answer also the original post, I think coca cola did the ad to sell not to set new immigration policies, the ad should not be taken so seriously if they wanted to make some other customers feel welcome it doesn't take away anything to WASPs. For what I understand painting products with stars and stripes sells in the usa as much as a naked woman here, they fambled mixing that kind of message with a "global pice and love" one.

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I must have missed your link showing that those that were on Twitter were Conservatives and/or Tea Party supporters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/coca-cola-super-bowl-ad-angers-conservatives-article-1.1600849

Thanks for the link, Ken.

Glenn Beck actually said the commercial can divide us. His comments were along the lines of if you like the commercial, you'll be cast as for immigration and for progress. If you didn't like the commercial, you'll be cast as racist. It's like if there was a leader that was black who held beliefs that you don't agree with (even when held by a white person), you're cast as a racist.

I don't know if Glenn was correct or not with his comment about multiculturalism and the leaders in the EU. I'm sure nothing bad could happen when people don't assimilate and actually "melt into" the "melting pot."

This is the same shit that causes all the "cultural" problems in our society. You know, divided we fall? There shouldn't be rules that apply because of your skin color, racial heritage, etc. Can you imagine if schools had to teach every class in several different languages?

Understand that I took the commercial (and still do) as "diversity makes us better" (a la, the melting pot, and "variety is the spice of life").

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Apparently, this Coca Cola Super Bowl Ad created a crapstorm of protest. People on Twitter complained fiercely against the multicultural singing of "America." They took an English only stand against "politically correct diversity." Is multiculturalism a legitimate issue of concern for Conservatism? Or, is this just Tea Party Patriots with too much time on their keyboards? Will this political and social divide grow in the future? Or is it the thrashing about of a dying political philosophy in a changing world?

I loved the ad. Your thoughts.

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I wasn't impressed with the rendition of the national anthem

Given how tricky it is to sing, I thought Renee Fleming did an impressive job.

She has a nice voice. I'm not big on opera, and her voice is certainly suited for that. I didn't care for her rendition. That's all.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
I must have missed your link showing that those that were on Twitter were Conservatives and/or Tea Party supporters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/coca-cola-super-bowl-ad-angers-conservatives-article-1.1600849

Thanks for the link, Ken.

Glenn Beck actually said the commercial can divide us. His comments were along the lines of if you like the commercial, you'll be cast as for immigration and for progress. If you didn't like the commercial, you'll be cast as racist. It's like if there was a leader that was black who held beliefs that you don't agree with (even when held by a white person), you're cast as a racist.

I don't know if Glenn was correct or not with his comment about multiculturalism and the leaders in the EU. I'm sure nothing bad could happen when people don't assimilate and actually "melt into" the "melting pot."

This is the same shit that causes all the "cultural" problems in our society. You know, divided we fall? There shouldn't be rules that apply because of your skin color, racial heritage, etc. Can you imagine if schools had to teach every class in several different languages?

Understand that I took the commercial (and still do) as "diversity makes us better" (a la, the melting pot, and "variety is the spice of life").

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Interesting tidbit about "America the Beautiful" author Katharine Lee Bates: "A lifelong, active Republican, Bates broke with the party to endorse Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis in 1924 because of Republican opposition to American participation in the League of Nations. She said: 'Though born and bred in the Republican camp, I cannot bear their betrayal of Mr. Wilson and their rejection of the League of Nations, our one hope of peace on earth.'"

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A far more interesting tidbit is that she was almost certainly gay.

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I couldn't listen to the Ad because it has been removed by the user :(
But I agree with kdsub that quite a lot of songs are written for a specific language - usually for certain words that go together or rhyme with other parts of the lyrics or just for the way the syllables string together in a tuneful way.

I have often listened to songs written for one language and performed by someone else, or even the original performer, in a different language.
IMHO, the 'other' alternative language version is often just nothing more than pure crap compared to the original.
I can imagine a multi-cultural/multi-lingual version of any song, unless specifically written that way, being completely mullered by whoever sings it.

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She has a nice voice. I'm not big on opera, and her voice is certainly suited for that. I didn't care for her rendition. That's all.

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There are 27 Coca Cola bottling plants in the U.S....not one singular location that can be watched....shifting their disease of thought underground....in tunnels where no one can see what they're doing....sounds like these Mullahs that have little infiltration locations hidden as "churches".....everywhere....we bow to Coca Cola....that's what's going on here.....

It's so obvious now....

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I loved the ad, too. And most people seem to forget that America is a melting pot. The great majority of us are not descendants of the natives, we all had to come here and assimilate. Many of us had non-English speaking ancestors, or still have relatives who speak another language. This "America for he Americans" thing is a bit overdone, and seems to me we just want to get our collective panties in a wad over SOMETHING.

We are becoming a country that loves to hate. It's a sad day when a commercial that was meant to demonstrate our diversity and inclusion instead shows how ignorant and intolerant many people are.

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To answer also the original post, I think coca cola did the ad to sell not to set new immigration policies, the ad should not be taken so seriously if they wanted to make some other customers feel welcome it doesn't take away anything to WASPs. For what I understand painting products with stars and stripes sells in the usa as much as a naked woman here, they fambled mixing that kind of message with a "global pice and love" one.

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She has a nice voice. I'm not big on opera, and her voice is certainly suited for that. I didn't care for her rendition. That's all.

Fair enough. I just marvel when anyone manages a decent performance of it!

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Might it be that Coca-Cola is an international/global product, and a de facto ambassador of the United States to the rest of the world?

I've heard the commercial now, and I liked it. It reminded me of the old, "I'd like to buy the world a coke" campaign from the 70's.