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Jimi Hendrix really took it to another level when he played his famous version of the star spangled banner at woodstock. Woodstock was a several day concert full of drugs and hippies. The big question is to whether Hendrix wanted to discrace his country’s song, or just give another version of a song that is highly respected in America. I believe there is a tiny bit of “he just wanted to change the song a little and give it a more rock feel for the concert”. I do think he has that going through his mind when he decided to do this radical act. I believe mostly going through his mind was showing disregard for the soldiers in the war and showing US not doing so well with everything going on and in the war. When he played it, you could definitely hear the changes he made to the honorable song. The big part that got me is “the bombs bursting in air”. When he made this sound like actual bombs and also put steps into the song, it makes you almost feel as if defeat is going on. I believe he did this for that purpose of speaking to the crowd in front of him. Which was filled with “warduckers”, hippies, and just people not so much in favor of the war.