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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    specifically from the Super Bowl, now I love Jennifer Hudson's voice , now that being said, her version of the SSB from the SB was to my ears terrible, she yelled , had way too much voice inflection, Im I alone here ? So many think it was Great , Im sorry but OUCH!!
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009 edited
    You're not alone, but you ARE in the minority, most people on here not being American, hence unfamiliar with or uninterested in either Super Bowls or Ms.Hudson. smile

    That said, I'm sure it wasn't worse than this classic rendition.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Err...yes? No? What's the answer?
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
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    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009 edited
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M56tWMYT6e8

    here's the utube one, sound quality sucks but you get the gist.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    I posted it here because I thought I would get a better discussion here that that other board.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    "that other board"biggrin

    OK, had a listen, and I don't DISlike it: initially I thought she was gonna "soul it up", which I HATE (just dragging Every Single Note through three or four registers until nothing resembling a melody remains, interspersed with completely pointless and random "wuh-oooh-owowowow" moanings), but she seems to steer -more or less- away from it to render an emotionally powerful version.

    The thing I completely find lacking is any sense of awe (or at least reverence) I feel a national anthem should command. This sounds -if you don't listen to the lyrics- like a song about personal pain or loss. Your average tragic love song, if you will.
    So in that vein, I don't think the rendition fits the song. AT ALL.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    I tell my wife this , if they could just sing the song, dont try to yell, dont try to "soul it up" as you say, have these different voice inflections where they dont belong, etc.
    Just sing the song. If that makes any since.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    THIS is how it is done!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Erik Woods wrote
    THIS is how it is done!

    -Erik-



    Oh God No!!! cant stand Wittney.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    moonie wrote
    Erik Woods wrote
    THIS is how it is done!

    -Erik-



    Oh God No!!! cant stand Wittney.


    I'm no fan of Whitney either but the chick has unbelievable talent and can belt out your national anthem like no other.

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgWT8NMPJs


    no this is. Jewel dont cover that up.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009 edited
    moonie wrote
    Oh God No!!! cant stand Wittney.


    No fan here either (if only because, with the likes of Mariah Carey, Whitney's one of the prime examples of the souling-up I refered to earlier), but I have to say she was really restrained in that aspect in this rendition, and she sure as hell packs an emotional wallop here!
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    moonie wrote
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgWT8NMPJs


    no this is. Jewel dont cover that up.


    Yuck.
    That awfully nasal tone of voice (which seems -incomprehensibly- in fashion these days) coupled with the moaning croak at the beginning of the sentence and the "break" in the voice.
    slant

    I'd never thought I'd say this, but I prefer Whitney.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    moonie wrote
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgWT8NMPJs


    no this is. Jewel dont cover that up.


    sleep

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    BTW, THIS is how a national anthem SHOULD sound!

    Goosebumps baby! Goosebumps!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009 edited
    Erik Woods wrote
    BTW, THIS is how a national anthem SHOULD sound!

    Goosebumps baby! Goosebumps!

    -Erik-


    I always thought the national anthem for Canada should sound like this.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009 edited
    .. the SSB from the SB ... Jewel ... Hudson ... Super Bowl


    suicide
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Oh well , we all have our choices, makes life interesting, hehe.
    Goldsmith Rules!!
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    It's also because I don't know any of this. tongue
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthormoonie
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    The best version is by far Borat's
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Christodoulides wrote
    The best version is by far Borat's


    biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Martijn wrote
    moonie wrote
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgWT8NMPJs


    no this is. Jewel dont cover that up.


    Yuck.
    That awfully nasal tone of voice (which seems -incomprehensibly- in fashion these days) coupled with the moaning croak at the beginning of the sentence and the "break" in the voice.
    slant

    I'd never thought I'd say this, but I prefer Whitney.


    "awfully nasal tone of voice"

    Same here bud, can't stand it and it seems to be prevailent EVERYWHERE....talent shows....the charts...etc slant

    However, I'm almost willing to overlook that blemish for the ladies remarkable twin talents which, unbelieeeeeevably she covers up with her ruddy hand angry rolleyes
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    An amalgam of most extreme opposites being one of America's most defining traits, I'd love to hear this version and this version side by side.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Martijn wrote
    and this version side by side.


    Performed by a God! punk

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    Erik Woods wrote
    Martijn wrote
    and this version side by side.


    Performed by a God! punk

    -Erik-


    ABSO-FECKING-LUTELY!!! punk
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2009
    This is a thread where I have no opinion. I've heard good and bad and will continue to hear good and bad.
    listen to more classical music!

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