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Not as bad as Rosanne Barr's rendition a few years ago - she should have been deported for that one!
 
Well, she got her comeuppance:

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I, too, get really annoyed at performers who use the Anthem as a vehicle for their own performing ability.
I thought this was a particularly dreadful performance; not only was the score deformed, but the lyrics wrong as well.
 
...and thankfully there was this:

OUTSTANDING!

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Mickey Richaud said:
...and thankfully there was this:

OUTSTANDING!
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I disagree. She put in a falsetto thing every so often that was off-key.

I liked the National Anthem at the Sugar Bowl. No "colorings", just harmony and on key. Forget the name of the group. Two men and two women.
 
I'll preface this by saying that my son is pretty much your typical 19-year-old; his musical tastes range from ska to Green Day to Led Zeppelin to Beatles to Buddy Holly to Nat King Cole to Duke Ellington to Holst, Bach and Handel.... (oh, I should mention he's an amazingly talented, second year music major). His reaction to this "performance" was similar to mine, only rather more vehement. :wink:

[We readily admit that the <span style="font-style: italic">Star Spangled Banner</span> is not the greatest piece of music ever chosen for a national anthem. I'd prefer <span style="font-style: italic">America the Beautiful</span> myself, particularly the fourth verse:

<span style="font-style: italic">O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears....</span>]

That said, though, we both feel strongly that the <span style="font-style: italic">Star Spangled Banner</span> really ought to be sung as written! And it wouldn't hurt to either learn the words or have a cue card handy....

Oh, I did once have the great pleasure/honor of performing in a four-part <span style="font-style: italic">a capella</span> version of the Star Spangled Banner with a men's chorus I joined a number of years ago. This was at a local stock car race, and it was also nicely complemented with a flyover perfectly timed with the end of our singing. Very cool indeed.
 
Twosheds said:
Mickey Richaud said:
...and thankfully there was this:

OUTSTANDING!
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I disagree. She put in a falsetto thing every so often that was off-key.

I liked the National Anthem at the Sugar Bowl. No "colorings", just harmony and on key. Forget the name of the group. Two men and two women.
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Not meaning to be contrary here: My comment was about her performance of a patriotic song, as opposed to the National Anthem. More room for interpretation there, at least for me.

It was also in comparison to that other "performance", which was regrettable.

:cheers:
Mickey
 
I lost my voice in jail.

I was always behind a few bars, and could never get a key.
 
I had an interesting experience related to this subject:

I was at a FIRST Robotics regional competition in Mississauga, Ontario with my team. We were one of a small handfull of USA teams.....most of the teams were Canadians.

At the start of the event, a young Caribbean-Canadian girl steps up and sings "<span style="font-style: italic">Oh Canada</span>". It was a pure solo with no background singers or instruments. She did a wonderful job.

Then, as a nod to those of us who were Americans, she began singing "<span style="font-style: italic">The Star Spangled Banner</span>".
About half way through, she forgot the words.
She stood there for a number of seconds with her hands over her eyes (it seemed like an eternity).

Then suddenly, <span style="text-decoration: underline">the mostly Canadian audience</span> began singing "<span style="font-style: italic">The Star Spangled Banner</span>". The cheering at the end was deafening.

The motto of FIRST Robotics is "<span style="font-style: italic">Gracious Professionalism</span>" and the Canadians at that event were really a great example of that spirit.

It was actually one of the best and most memorable versions of that song that I've ever heard.
 
DNK said:
That would be "Canadians"
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:whistle:

Don't want to let her completely off the hook, but, as one who makes his living public speaking, your mind can go blank in an awful hurry. When I performed my sister's wedding I wrote her name in the order of service in case I forgot and kept the Lord's Prayer taped to the pulpit for 15 years for the same reason - and yes, I used it.

As for the music, one of the real problems (and we have this in churches in spades) is that some music is meant to be sung (hymns/ choruses/ anthems) while other is meant to be listened to (most popular music of whatever genre) The problem comes when you ask someone who is accustomed to singing music to be listened to to sing music meant to be sung to, mostly because it becomes a performance with the expectation that the performer put their own interpretation on it.

No one should sing the anthem, they should only lead it - then we can (and should) all sing.
 
I play guitar and piano by ear, but one time several years ago, I decided I wanted to learn to read music, so I took lessons for a brief time (no longer retain any of what I learned). Anyway, after a couple months of lessons, it was time for my "recital." It was at a ocal church and I was the only adult - the rest being little kids. Well, when I came time for me to play, I sat down at the piano and started playing the music that was in front of me - Fur Elise. After a few bars, I lost my place - panicked and, not wanting to look like a complete idiot (I know, too late), I spontaneously broke into "Let it Be" which I played by ear and could play in my sleep! It wasn't what I was supposed to play, but the audience seemed to like it!
 
How do strum a guitar with your ear ,Boss.
Must hurt
 
DNK said:
How do strum a guitar with your ear ,Boss.
Must hurt
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You think that hurts, try <span style="font-style: italic">Blue Rondo a la Turk</span> on the piano, with only your ear. Wuff.
 
startech47 said:
Nial, I mentor team 612 Chantilly Robotics. Looks like a great game this year.
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Cool! We're ~MORT-Team # 11~ (so obviously, we're one of the earliest teams in FRC)

Yes, the game looks cool. I've been CNC-ing some prototypes for team stuff.

I *think* we're going to Va. and N. Carolina regionals this year (but we have to skip our own NJ regional because it conflicts with state testing for NJ high schools this year). :frown:
 
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