TuneinTokyo
Hank Scorpio
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Feb 7, 2011 19:43:04 GMT -5
Could you all please stop killing that song beyond recognition? Yes, we know you can sing. Yes, we know that you can take one fraction of a syllable and add 5,000 notes to it in one breath. Yes, yes we get that.  Yes, we know when Marvin Gaye did it that one time at the NBA game that it inspired you to do the same. Yes, we know.  We want you to know that we understand that everybody does it like that now and you want to be like the other singers who do it, thank you Marvin Gaye.  And yes we know that every other damn song you sing is sung like that regardless of whether too much of something can be, well, too much.  but please could you just take this one very heartfelt passionate song and LEAVE IT THE F@#% ALONE!!!!!  You ruin it every time you do that to it. We all hate it. Please stop and just sing that one song the way it was composed. You have the artist freedom to kill any other song. It really has a beautiful melody to it. Don't ya think?  huh, do ya? |
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Post by Orange on Feb 7, 2011 19:46:34 GMT -5
Aguilera's version yesterday was sheer overkill. There's singing a song, and then there's OVER, way way way way way oversinging the song. Guess which side of the fence she fell on? ;D
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 7, 2011 19:46:25 GMT -5
At least they could get the lyrics right when they oversing it. Unlike a certain Miss Aguilera.
Random fact : The music to the Star-Spangled Banner is an old British drinking song.
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Mac
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Post by Mac on Feb 7, 2011 19:48:21 GMT -5
Enrico Pallazzo's rendition was better.
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TuneinTokyo
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Feb 7, 2011 19:48:32 GMT -5
At least they could get the lyrics right when they oversing it. Unlike a certain Miss Aguilera. Random fact : The music to the Star-Spangled Banner is an old British drinking song. I could totally picture getting drunk in a British pub singing that song out with everyone. Good times. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 7, 2011 19:50:02 GMT -5
Aguilera's version yesterday was sheer overkill. There's singing a song, and then there's OVER, way way way way way oversinging the song. Guess which side of the fence she fell on? ;D Same could be said for every song Aguilera ever sings. From a pure critical view I'm not a fan of the Star Spangled Banner. Prefer God Bless America or America the Beautiful. |
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Post by Drink Up Me Cider on Feb 7, 2011 19:50:28 GMT -5
The guy at the Pro Bowl did a much better version.
f***ing warblers try to make it a stage for themselves, just sing the song, it's not about you!
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Post by slasher911 on Feb 7, 2011 19:59:51 GMT -5
That's how you sing a motherf***in anthem.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 7, 2011 20:00:19 GMT -5
Enrico Pallazzo's rendition was better. Yes it was, but nobody has been able to top Whitney Houston. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 7, 2011 20:04:25 GMT -5
I think it's one of the best National Anthems around because the lyrics are so inspiring and although it's good to show some passion when you sing it, how many people just sing it normally these days?
My favourite rendition of it is Reba McIntyre's from Wrestlemania 8. She put a few extra notes in there to put her stamp on it but other than that, she just sang it.
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El Hijo De Slapnuts
Samurai Cop
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Post by El Hijo De Slapnuts on Feb 7, 2011 20:07:26 GMT -5
I hate it when they add the 5,486,586,856 syllables,it takes away from the song and attention goes on the singer,which isn't what it's about.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 7, 2011 20:12:01 GMT -5
At least they could get the lyrics right when they oversing it. Unlike a certain Miss Aguilera. Random fact : The music to the Star-Spangled Banner is an old British drinking song. I thought that was my country tis of thee...  |
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Post by Young Game on Feb 7, 2011 20:16:24 GMT -5
That is all.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Feb 7, 2011 20:16:44 GMT -5
At least they could get the lyrics right when they oversing it. Unlike a certain Miss Aguilera. Random fact : The music to the Star-Spangled Banner is an old British drinking song. The very moment where she screwed up the lyrics, I walked out of the room. Now, I'm not the most patriotic guy in the country, but I'm still patriotic. I *know* my national anthem. I *know* all the presidents in order. I *know* that right this very moment, a 16 year old can walk into a Wal-Mart, buy some jeans, a copy of Call of Duty and a handgun. Why? BECAUSE THIS IS AMERICA DAMMIT! If you're getting paid very handsomely to sing a song, and not just any song, but THE song of our country, it helps if YOU f***ING KNOW IT! Sorry...but sometimes I get emotional about some things. |
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Feb 7, 2011 20:56:10 GMT -5
Sorry to double up, but I just saw the greatest Tweet of all time. From Al Yankovic:
BTW, Christina Aguilera, nice job at the Super Bowl, but changing the words to songs is MY gig.
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Post by Drink Up Me Cider on Feb 7, 2011 21:13:02 GMT -5
At least they could get the lyrics right when they oversing it. Unlike a certain Miss Aguilera. Random fact : The music to the Star-Spangled Banner is an old British drinking song. The very moment where she screwed up the lyrics, I walked out of the room. Now, I'm not the most patriotic guy in the country, but I'm still patriotic. I *know* my national anthem. I *know* all the presidents in order. I *know* that right this very moment, a 16 year old can walk into a Wal-Mart, buy some jeans, a copy of Call of Duty and a handgun. Why? BECAUSE THIS IS AMERICA DAMMIT! If you're getting paid very handsomely to sing a song, and not just any song, but THE song of our country, it helps if YOU f***ING KNOW IT! Sorry...but sometimes I get emotional about some things. Completely agree, hell I'm English and I know the words to America's national anthem. You watch enough NFL and it's easy. Funny enough, miss Dirrty Dirrty said she had been singing it since she was six years old...Obviously not enough time to learn the lyrics. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 7, 2011 21:20:21 GMT -5
You can make a mistake and still know the lyrics. Let's not confuse the two things
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h
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Post by h on Feb 7, 2011 23:12:39 GMT -5
Sorry to double up, but I just saw the greatest Tweet of all time. From Al Yankovic: BTW, Christina Aguilera, nice job at the Super Bowl, but changing the words to songs is MY gig. That's simply priceless. |
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Yami Daimao
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Post by Yami Daimao on Feb 7, 2011 23:17:52 GMT -5
Aguilera's version yesterday was sheer overkill. There's singing a song, and then there's OVER, way way way way way oversinging the song. Guess which side of the fence she fell on? ;D  |
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mattperiolat
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Post by mattperiolat on Feb 8, 2011 0:59:46 GMT -5
Can we agree the GREATEST oversing of the Star Spangled Banner begins and ends here?
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