Re: Jessica's Anthem

On Oct 13, 11:11 pm, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREM...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Nancy2" <nancy-doo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I agree, it was generous.  They oughta find singers who don't need
instruments in order to find the right notes. Or have instrumentals
each time.  Or the Motorsports Outreach kids.  And I see I'm not the
only one now complaining about various "stars" trying out their
"styling" on the national anthem.  That's always been one of the
things that I hate.

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So here's what I don't get about all of the whiners who have so much to
complain about - and I don't mean just you Nancy.  Singing is an emotional
expression.  Just like dance, like poetry, like any form of musical
instrumentation.  Just what (exactly) is the National Anthem supposed to
sound like to satisfy all of the critics here?  Which version?  Plenty of
artists of all types and styles have done great renditions of it - which one
is suppose to pass muster with all of the critics here?

The kids sound horrible.  It's only because they are kids that they arouse
any positive response - certainly not for their rendition of the song.

I didn't particularly like her rendition of the song, but that's because I
just about hate the warbling, wandering vocal technique of female country
singers.  In her case I thought she sounded more like she was in pain than
anything else.  But - I can leave room for her expression.  Not my cup of
tea, but not every song the Beatles did was not great in my book either.
Now... if Janis Joplin were to do that song... (or even Melissa Etherage in
her best Janis Joplin style...)

I do believe however, that since music is an expression, there is room for
the things I like and the things I don't like.  After all, my tastes don't
represent the tastes of the entire world.

I am still waiting for you to post that link though, to your perfect
rendition of the National Anthem, since this is a weekly critique for you..
Clearly, regardless of yours or my taste in music, you can do it better than
everyone that has stepped up so far.

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-Mike-
mmarlowREM...@xxxxxxxxxx

New flash! I don't have to be a performer to know good from bad.

It's my official role as national anthem critic in this group, and I
don't always complain, as I've pointed out several times. When it's
good, I say it's good.

The national anthem's individual notes (FYI) don't need any "styling,"
runs, trills, or anything else. A note is a note is a note. Hit it
on key and don't embellish it. That's all I ask. Keep the pace brisk
as it should be, and the tempo as it was written. It doesn't seem too
much to ask.

N.
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Jessicas Anthem
    ... They oughta find singers who don't need ... instruments in order to find the right notes. ... Just what is the National Anthem supposed to ... I didn't particularly like her rendition of the song, ...
    (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
  • Re: Jessicas Anthem
    ... instruments in order to find the right notes. ... Just what is the National Anthem supposed to ... but not every song the Beatles did was not great in my book either.. ... don't always complain, as I've pointed out several times. ...
    (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
  • Re: Jessicas Anthem
    ... instruments in order to find the right notes. ... Just what is the National Anthem supposed to ... but not every song the Beatles did was not great in my book either.. ... represent the tastes of the entire world. ...
    (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
  • Re: Lou Rawls
    ... >Looked and sounded like he was taking a big steamin' crap while singing ... >that song. ... Rendition. ... do the national anthem is a bad one, since they rarely treat the music ...
    (rec.sport.baseball)
  • assumptions, simple etc
    ... Christopher Page and co. have gone to great lengths "proving" that troubadour songs were not accompanied by instruments, or at least not by instruments at the same time as the singer was singing. ... And in the villages, until very recently, the men were paid to go to other villages and play for dances, but the women were expected to sing and play for dances (coplicated, not simple, to fit to certain rhythms) for dances for free. ... It has nothing to do with simplicity, and a lot to do with structure and the fact that the repetition makes the song easier to learn and to recall. ...
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