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13 Most Over-The-Top Diva Renditions Of The National Anthem
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| 07/04/2014
| by John Walker
Posted on 07/04/2014 7:21:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/04/2014 7:53:01 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/04/2014 7:53:58 AM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: SeekAndFind
There’s a reference to Job 7:2 in the National Anthem. See if you can find it.
To: SeekAndFind
To: freekitty
I remember the 2011 Super Bowl with particular clarity, as i was visiting a student’s home for a Super Bowl Party. As soon as I saw that it was acapella, I KNEW that Aguilera was going to be in trouble, as the musicianship required to stay in key for the entire song in such a huge venue (PA System delays and echos, etc) was something she did not posses. Compounded by her frequent unnecessary forays into melisma and embellishments, she kept landing flat after every silly “run” and kept dismounting into a new key. The runs also destroyed the continuity of the song, and affected the phrasing. She ended up at least a half step lower than she started, as she kept getting lost.
We stood there with our jaws dropped, and when she was finished I blurted out:
“If she were MY voice student, I would have slapped her upside her head for that!”
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:02:58 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: All
This is the COMPLETE Star Spangled Banner as written by Francis Scott Key...
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
To: huldah1776
These guys are POWERFUL!!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:06:32 AM PDT
by
JW1949
To: Fiji Hill
RE: Theres a reference to Job 7:2 in the National Anthem.
“No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:”
To: left that other site
I was thinking it was Whoopie Goldberg who was the worst but maybe you are right about Rosanne.
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:08:29 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: huldah1776
I also like these guys, Madison Rising...
http://www.madisonrising.com/
Their version is on the page.
____________________________________
For those who haven’t seen the movie, Madison Rising’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner” was included on the soundtrack for Dinesh D’Souza’s 2014 documentary film America: Imagine the World Without Her.
To: JW1949
For those who havent seen the movie, Madison Risings version of The Star Spangled Banner was included on the soundtrack for Dinesh DSouzas 2014 documentary film ‘America: Imagine the World Without Her.’
To: SeekAndFind
THAT was awesome! Thanks for posting.
To: SeekAndFind
Roseanne Barr was the worst I have ever heard.
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:17:03 AM PDT
by
DFG
("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
To: EQAndyBuzz
Got my vote.
Outstanding.
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:18:58 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: SeekAndFind
To: left that other site
I agree. I don’t know the ends and outs of singing, however, being that I was very bad, I have heard most singers today are scale singers which isn’t really singing?
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:19:45 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: EQAndyBuzz
I have seen them and they are really great. I just think Whitney is one of the best. Beyonce, not so much.
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:20:52 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: martin_fierro
Absolutely agree. What a loss.
Ten years prior to 9/11/2001 and the world, in spite of the Persian Gulf, was much more rosy. Sure miss that time.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/04/2014 8:21:36 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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