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Posted on 01/01/2014 2:13:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
WORST performance of our National Anthem ever.
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To: BenLurkin
That was Darlene Love
Early career Darlene Wright was born in 1941.[2] She began singing with her local church choir in Hawthorne, California. While still in high school (1959) she was invited to join a little-known girl group called The Blossoms,[3] who in 1962 began working with producer Phil Spector. With her powerful voice she was soon a highly sought-after vocalist, and managed to work with many of the legends of 1950s and 1960s rock and soul, including Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Sonny and Cher; Darlene and the Blossoms sang back-up vocals on the Shelley Fabares hit "Johnny Angel", Sharon Marie (Esparza) (a Brian Wilson act), as well as John Phillips' solo album John, Wolfking of L.A., recorded in 1969. They also appeared on Johnny Rivers' hits, including "Poor Side of Town" and Motown covers "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "The Tracks of My Tears". (The Blossoms recorded singles, usually with little success, on Capitol 1957-58 [pre-Darlene Love], Challenge 1961-62, OKeh 1963, Reprise 1966-67, Ode 1967, MGM 1968, Bell 1969-70, and Lion 1972.)
With The Blossoms, Love also sang backing vocals behind many of the biggest hits of the 1960s although contrary to impressions created by the release of the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, Love did not have any lead vocal part at all in Spector's own "Da Doo Ron Ron" which was an original hit for the youthful Dolores "La La" Brooks who sang the distinctive lead vocal on "Da Doo Ron Ron" and recorded the song with her girl harmony group, The Crystals. The song was an immediate hit for The Crystals (Philles 112) and made a total of three chart successes for The Crystals in their own right for Spector together with their hits "There's No Other" and "Uptown".
Source: Wikipedia
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:53:39 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Broker
I was referring to the one in purple as the “wailing woman”. She made me look up from my computer and complain, and my husband turned it off.
To: BenLurkin
Cactus Cuties always do a super performance.
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:54:24 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Cyber Liberty
Sorry, I thought it was a football game.
It must be the revival of Soul Train!
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:54:48 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Dumb jocks. I remember Frank Gifford refering to Christian Okoye as “The Algerian Nightmare.”
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:56:00 PM PST
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:56:07 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Cactus Cuties are posted at #28.
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:58:36 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Fresh Wind
All that's missing is a Sandra Lee's famous Kwanzaa Cake....
...there we go.
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posted on
01/01/2014 2:59:07 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: BenLurkin
Look on the bright side.
The guitarist on stage with them was playing a classic Rickenbacker 360 in Fireglo.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:00:27 PM PST
by
Scoutmaster
(Out recruiting gay Boy Scouts per BSA's orders /s)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:01:18 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: nascarnation
Roseanne...approaching Helen Thomas levels of visual induced indigestion.... She's down right good looking there, you must not remember her from the old days.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:04:01 PM PST
by
mupcat
To: Fresh Wind
One must not forget we are not the intended audience. That would be record company producers who watch sports, and this is the only opportunity this bunch gets to force them to listen. You and I are just collateral damage. Performers do their best National Anthems when they don’t give a crap how “producers” view them, because they’re already established artists. Best one I saw was a straight shot by “Styx.”
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:04:01 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: BenLurkin
I agree. Dead last worst. Rose Bowl.
As soon as I saw that lineup of ‘singers’, I figured we were in for a real untreat.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:05:05 PM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: BenLurkin
Hey Ben, I’m guessing disgust.
At least that’s my reaction to Whitney’s performance.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:09:56 PM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:09:58 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. J.F. Kennedy)
To: afraidfortherepublic
That was beautiful, too. I still wish I knew who those guys were at that WI/SC game today were. It was wonderful as well.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:12:15 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Ole Okie
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:16:04 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I would rather hear about the best performance.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:17:22 PM PST
by
freeonefrom
(God bless America and our troops.)
To: BenLurkin
The second they said a special presentation I said to me wife “this is going to suck”. I was right. These games make it about the people they bring in not about the National Anthem. It stands on its own. Just have someone sing it PERIOD.
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posted on
01/01/2014 3:19:25 PM PST
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I go to od about their hsign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
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