When I was in middle school, I found out our country's national anthem was based on a drinking song. My teacher said, "think about the highs and lows and it's really easy to imagine singing it drunk."
Having not been much of a drinker in middle school, I was nonetheless intrigued.
So, I did a little research, and found out the music to our national anthem was originally sung at meetings of, the Anacreontic Society, in England. It was basically a group of people that hung out and partied together. I think it was low key partying, (somewhere between modern foodies and a frat party.)
Anyway, they sung the music to our national anthem before their meetings.
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