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From the two different pieces of music, South City Voices and Stravinsky’s piece, I preferred Stravinsky’s. I enjoyed the elegance and passion and heart behind incorporating a section of the national anthem to his piece. I thought the South City Voices were trying too hard to showcase their talent instead of showcase the piece of music and I thought it took away from the beauty of the song. The national anthem has been performed in many different ways, but some styles like Stravinsky suit my taste better. The playing of the national anthem by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock to me was not offensive. While his take on it was not your classical playing of the national anthem, I do not believe he was intending to make fun of or dishonor the U.S. in any way. Woodstock a place filled with rock bands performing for thousands of people, Hendrix took the opportunity to play this national anthem in a way that would reach his audience. While his playing of the national anthem is not my specific taste in music, and I prefer the classic singing of the national anthem. I do think it was a cool way to bring the national anthem to his audience at Woodstock. At the time I think people would see this as offensive because it could be seen as disrespectful because it was not performed in the style it was written. I think people in 1969 were not used to this untraditional way of performing the national anthem and saw it as a disrespect to step out of the boundaries and go against the standards. However, I think these performances opened the door for other performers to take a new approach to the national anthem that we see performed today at NFL and NBA of the more poppy, riffs used to sing it.