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I am a glutton for punishment
« on: March 10, 2016, 05:59:15 PM »
Where's skid?
I got another national anthem rendition

https://www.facebook.com/bryan.manthe/videos/72308058693/


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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2016, 09:50:09 PM »
Actually, rather decent. They went off-key a couple of times, but the overall rendition was very respectful and largely devoid of inauthentic ornamentation. Far, far better than the offerings of several high-profile celebrities in recent memory.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2016, 10:42:38 AM »
As Hawkmoon said, rather decent for certain values of decent.  I'd give it a C+, being as how C represents "average".

A few (or was it 4?) places where I wanted to step in with a 2x4 but recognizing that they are mere infants under the law it would more appropriately be applied to their coach/teacher/parent(s) who seem to be taking advantage of their youth and "cute"fulness.

By the end I was looking for David Seville to jump out from the sidelines wanting to have a "discussion" with Alvina (2nd from left).

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2016, 06:55:14 PM »
The jazzed-up ending was somewhat off-putting, to be sure. The other questionable spots I pretty much attributed as much to being off key as to being wanton embellishment.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2016, 12:45:07 AM »
The anthem is a difficult song to get right. 

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2016, 08:27:48 AM »
The anthem is a difficult song to get right. 

Aha!  So you agree.

The words are written down.  The musical notes are written down.  The tempo is written down.

Admittedly there are some challenging versions of follow-the-dots puzzles, but if you keep going from one number to the next you will come out with a properly solved product.

I'm going to start a movement demanding parity - Turn Gospel Singers Loose on "Ave Maria"!  Start putting your glissando and ululations wherever you feel like it in that tune and see just how many folk are going to rush forward saying it's OK because the song, by itself, is difficult to get right.

::News headline::Pope uses shepherd's crook to beat snot out of idiot who 'personalized' "Ave Maria".  Film at eleven."

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If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

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They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder.  Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2016, 09:17:14 AM »
Aha!  So you agree.

The words are written down.  The musical notes are written down.  The tempo is written down.

Admittedly there are some challenging versions of follow-the-dots puzzles, but if you keep going from one number to the next you will come out with a properly solved product.

I'm going to start a movement demanding parity - Turn Gospel Singers Loose on "Ave Maria"!  Start putting your glissando and ululations wherever you feel like it in that tune and see just how many folk are going to rush forward saying it's OK because the song, by itself, is difficult to get right.

::News headline::Pope uses shepherd's crook to beat snot out of idiot who 'personalized' "Ave Maria".  Film at eleven."

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Will this be available on Pay-per-view?  [popcorn]
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2016, 12:42:58 AM »
How everybody sings now:

https://youtu.be/Z1nDJF1Mu0w?t=1m03s

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2016, 09:18:26 AM »
The anthem is a difficult song to get right.  
Not so many people sing it anymore.   
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2016, 12:16:53 PM »
Not so many people sing it anymore.  

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2016, 02:34:09 PM »
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I guess singing along with music that is so loud you can't hear yourself isn't singing.  Neither is the auto-tuned crap that is done these days.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2016, 03:04:31 PM »
I guess singing along with music that is so loud you can't hear yourself isn't singing.  Neither is the auto-tuned crap that is done these days.

Someone still plays music today?

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2016, 03:30:38 AM »
The words are written down.  The musical notes are written down.  The tempo is written down.

Calculus problems are written down, just like addition problems.  Doesn't mean that solving them are easier, despite my jokes about needing "Remedial Integer Addition". 

Different songs require different levels of technical expertise and practice to perform correctly.  All I'm saying is that if you rate various songs on order of difficulty, it's not the hardest out there - but it's a solid 4.5/5 stars. 

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I'm going to start a movement demanding parity - Turn Gospel Singers Loose on "Ave Maria"!  Start putting your glissando and ululations wherever you feel like it in that tune and see just how many folk are going to rush forward saying it's OK because the song, by itself, is difficult to get right.

Not what I was trying get at.  I'm not trying to argue that 'jazzing it up' is alright. 

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2016, 01:56:58 PM »
Sing along as Jimi Hendrix plays the Star Spangled Banner!
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2016, 02:26:42 PM »
Thread necro - yet another rendition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV3kS9Z1sKs
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2017, 01:23:32 AM »
Double thread necro!

https://youtu.be/1xhSBniwGbM

I think even Skid would have approved of this one.   In his absence, I believe Mike Irwin assumed the role of resident anthem critic.   Mike?
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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2017, 01:50:07 AM »
I also approve.  If Mike is unable or unwilling to take on the role of Anthem curmudgeon, I would consider it an honour, and I think Skid would approve.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2017, 09:37:08 AM »
I also approve.  If Mike is unable or unwilling to take on the role of Anthem curmudgeon, I would consider it an honour, and I think Skid would approve.

Definitely not worth more than about a 3.2/5. First, he sounded like they told him to hurry up and get it finished. Second, he added a couple of glissandos where there ain't s'posed to be glissandos. Not deliberately and intentionally butchered, but not great by any stretch.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2017, 09:36:09 PM »
https://youtu.be/5xXwLLYA0_k?t=5m14s
Puddles Pity Party the clown sings the national anthem.

Ya gotta admit, he did a fine job of it. The man can sing!
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2017, 07:50:23 AM »
This one's not bad:

https://youtu.be/XrbzuLTCQLY

Starts 3:29.

They overlaid some sound on it in the video, but...

"Rita Cappucino?"  Not sure I caught her name right. Some coloration, but tasteful.

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2017, 09:31:41 AM »
Double thread necro!

https://youtu.be/1xhSBniwGbM

I think even Skid would have approved of this one.   In his absence, I believe Mike Irwin assumed the role of resident anthem critic.   Mike?

Uhm... That would be news to me, actually.
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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2017, 11:40:06 AM »
This one's not bad:

https://youtu.be/XrbzuLTCQLY

Starts 3:29.

It's not good, either.

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Re: I am a glutton for punishment
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2017, 04:01:53 PM »
Where's skid?
I got another national anthem rendition

https://www.facebook.com/bryan.manthe/videos/72308058693/


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« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2017, 10:04:59 PM »
https://youtu.be/5xXwLLYA0_k?t=5m14s
Puddles Pity Party the clown sings the national anthem.

Ya gotta admit, he did a fine job of it. The man can sing!


Yes, he can sing, but he still did not remain true to the music.
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