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I didn't notice anything negative until the dance squad's gig at half time. The audio sounded terrible when their music fired up.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille! -
I will agree with KW on this even though I hate to. I thought the sound was better especially with the National anthem all the was to Dancin' Don Hall. Of course I am auditory challenged.Comment
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I'm still waiting for the National Anthem to be sung ,,,, that what ever it was last night w3as NOT the National Anthem , SING IT THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN ,,or don't sing it at all ( sorry but this issue is a pet peve for me)Originally posted by pogo View PostFrom the road I listen (Tune In radio) at home I watch ( season Ticks )Comment
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Hey I watch the voice and everyone of the coaches say take the song and make it your own. After all some of the people they get to sing it consider themselves artists. I agree the best versions are the ones that are done the way it is written. I wonder what a Duck Dynasty version would sound like?Comment
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The National Anthem is difficult to sing very well. If one wants to impress the crowd with their vocal skills, try nailing it. Give the audience proud chills with your skill.
Ad-libbing the National Anthem is a cop out.Comment
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It was screechy awful. I was shocked that the applause was so loud.Originally posted by OTR Shockfan View Post"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it is about the future."
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I am not sure the singer is ad-libbing. They think they are cute, clever and plowing new artistic ground for grandeur.Originally posted by ShockTalk View Post"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it is about the future."
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Over the years I have noticed the vast majority of those chosen to sing the Star Spangled Banner in front of large crowds tend to make the same mistake .... they spend hours practicing a huge close. The problem is they spend all the time on making sure they belt the last line out like this (with the emphasis on the last word "brave"):
O'er the land of the freeeee and the home of the braaaaaaaaaave!
They shorten "free" up so they have the pipes left for "brave" (though they often hit that cool high note). That's a mistake, because when "brave" is sung the crowd drowns the entire effort out. They should spend their time rocking "free" and then making brave short and sweet.
O'er the land of the freeeeeeeeeeee and the home of the braaave!
If you start watching you will see that even though the crowd is going nuts and no longer paying attention, they are still standing there belting out "brave" to nobody. Kinda sad, because they are probably rockin' it.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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Bill Skidmore sang it beautifully and perfectly two games ago, I think.Originally posted by pinstripers View Post"I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."Comment
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I wasn't there to hear it, but perhaps the applause was because it was finally over.Originally posted by Ricardo del Rio View Post
I love the song, except when it's belabored. It's not meant to be stretched out. I've never heard a slow version I liked. Sing/play it at a nice medium tempo. Don't slow it down until "Land of the free". Leave the vocal acrobatics in the theater or studio. That's the recipe for a National Anthem to get the RoyalShock seal of approval.Last edited by RoyalShock; December 8, 2013, 03:41 PM.Comment
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That's always been my take on it.Originally posted by RoyalShock View Post“Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.”
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Anything is better than those JoCo missourah inbreds at KU AFH that disgrace the National Anthem by singing "Home of the Chiefs"Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
Makes me ashamed that KU would allow it and that JoCo is a part of the state of Kansas. KU has some work to do.Comment
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Whitney killed it when she did it 20 years ago. That was awesome. Stop trying to be Whitney. And these people need to go out there with a metronome playing over the PA system to force them to keep up. I cringe when these people sing the anthem. It is not an audition. Just sing it and get off the floor. Honor the song and the flag.
Also, Harry Conick, JR. did a really cool version at the NBA all-star game many years ago accompanied by a guitarist. That was way cool.
I have always been relieved when the barber shop guys are on the court because they are solid and keep up the pace. Plus very little chance of screwing up the lyrics when you have a group.
Oh, one last thing. I just remembered years ago when Cohen let a current player sing the anthem. Help me out fellas. I was there but I can't remember who it was. Steve Grayer maybe? Wow. Absolutely the worst. I felt sorry for everyone involved. Bad idea coach Cohen.Comment
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And stay off my lawn, whippersnappers!Originally posted by OTR Shockfan View Post
This war was lost around 1988. I don't mind "modern" takes on the SSB as long as singers don't try to hump it. There's no place for sexy in the National Anthem, folks“The rebellion on the populist right against the results of the 2020 election was partly a cynical, knowing effort by political operators and their hype men in the media to steal an election or at least get rich trying. But it was also the tragic consequence of the informational malnourishment so badly afflicting the nation. ... Americans gorge themselves daily on empty informational calories, indulging their sugar fixes of self-affirming half-truths and even outright lies.'”
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