To: Libloather
Just once before I die, I’d like to hear the national anthem sung at a public event exactly as it was written, without any “interpretation” such as yodeling the last line. I don’t expect to, though.
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Everyone's taste in music is different but for me, Whitney Houston's version from the 1991 Super Bowl is perfection. Goose bumps every time I hear it.
7 posted on
05/29/2023 5:12:55 AM PDT by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Only the first verse is ever sung. The fourth never.
11 posted on
05/29/2023 5:19:02 AM PDT by
xp38
To: HartleyMBaldwin; real saxophonist
I've heard MUCH worse. This was fine. It wasn't like this...
13 posted on
05/29/2023 5:21:11 AM PDT by
DoodleBob
( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
"Just once before I die, I’d like to hear the national anthem sung at a public event exactly as it was written, without any “interpretation” such as yodeling the last line. I don’t expect to, though." Meatloaf's rendition at the 1994 MLB All star game was just about perfect. It's on YouTube.
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Watch a rodeo. It might be sung on horseback but lots of respect and tradition will be shown.
42 posted on
05/29/2023 6:08:35 AM PDT by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Me too. HartleyMBaldwin. Me.too.. I’m at a point now where I am unsure what the National Anthem actually sounds like. Sigh.
I am, however, getting so old I might be allowed to sing it myself...as she walk off into the sunset whistling away.
49 posted on
05/29/2023 6:22:56 AM PDT by
Bodega
(Ready to secede now before it's too late.)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Yodeling at the end. Perfect description, and I’m going to use it when appropriate.
54 posted on
05/29/2023 6:44:25 AM PDT by
healy61
(.)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
The irony is that very few singers have the vocal range to sing it. Often they have to drop it an octave to get through the high parts.
I think Jimi Hendrix opened the gates with his instrumental rendition at Woodstock, which is not bad at all. From that point, performers decided they could interpret it, for better or worse.
60 posted on
05/29/2023 7:10:48 AM PDT by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Of course it was never really written as a song. It’s a poem. That some people decided to sing, borrowing the melody from a drinking song (probably more convenience than anything else, a tune people could be counted on to know). But thanks to all that the “proper traditional” way of singing would probably be half drunk waving a beer in the air.
63 posted on
05/29/2023 7:18:26 AM PDT by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
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