It’s been a long time since a Super Bowl felt like this. You might need a Kleenex
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February 01, 2022, 01:35 PM
drill sgt
Awsome !!!!! Screen got blury.... Wished that the jets had flown the missing man formation which gets to me every time. .............. drill sgt.
February 01, 2022, 01:59 PM
Snapping Twig
No way I said, not gonna get emotional I said...
Got me!
February 01, 2022, 02:03 PM
Steyn
Bleeping awesome. The American anthem always gets me.
February 01, 2022, 02:08 PM
stickman428
Beautiful!!!!
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The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance
February 01, 2022, 02:15 PM
tigereye313
Awesome.
February 01, 2022, 02:34 PM
NavyGuy
As it should be sung. Not about the singer wandering from the original presentation, making it about "how cool am I." "I can yodel" and hit high screeching notes for extended periods. Nope, get that crap out. More of this sort of presentation.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-D.H. Lawrence
February 01, 2022, 05:36 PM
Graniteguy
That was great ! Well needed dose of patriotism.
Thanks.
February 01, 2022, 06:39 PM
amals
quote:
Originally posted by NavyGuy: As it should be sung. Not about the singer wandering from the original presentation, making it about "how cool am I." "I can yodel" and hit high screeching notes for extended periods. Nope, get that crap out. More of this sort of presentation.
My thoughts exactly. I DESPISE any rendition that strays from the original melody as written. It needs no improvement.
This is one of the best I've ever heard.
February 01, 2022, 07:16 PM
honestlou
That was great. But sometimes a pop star can get it right.
February 01, 2022, 07:18 PM
erj_pilot
^^^^^^^ THAT'S THE ONE that makes my screen all blurry...
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 01, 2022, 07:33 PM
TMats
I expected to see Whitney Houston show up in this thread, and thought about saying something in the OP. Yeah, she does a nice job, but…
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February 01, 2022, 08:38 PM
Steyn
quote:
Originally posted by honestlou: That was great. But sometimes a pop star can get it right.
Respectfully, any diva-singing rendition of the sacred SSB sounds atrocious. It was not composed to sound this way, and it shouldn’t.
YMMV etc.
February 01, 2022, 08:55 PM
darthfuster
Angels in heaven couldn't sing it better than Whitney Houston. Whatever her demons, I'll ever be grateful she did such honor to the anthem and the nation that night.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
February 01, 2022, 09:02 PM
Black92LX
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster: Angels in heaven couldn't sing it better than Whitney Houston. Whatever her demons, I'll ever be grateful she did such honor to the anthem and the nation that night.
Her Demon is named Bobby Brown!
———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you!
February 01, 2022, 10:38 PM
TMats
Just what I feared
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February 02, 2022, 06:31 AM
skywag
Whitney did it right........absolutely the best of the best!
February 02, 2022, 10:12 AM
mcrimm
Two wonderful renditions of a great, great song. I, like many, sing this song at live sporting events - but seldom get through it without choking up. For love of God, Family and Country.
I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
February 02, 2022, 10:33 AM
amals
quote:
Originally posted by Steyn:
quote:
Originally posted by honestlou: That was great. But sometimes a pop star can get it right.
Respectfully, any diva-singing rendition of the sacred SSB sounds atrocious. It was not composed to sound this way, and it shouldn’t.
YMMV etc.
Once again, agreed. Whitney Houston had a great voice and was a great singer, but this is not her song to interpret and decorate with melodic embellishments. I am not impressed by that. What I am impressed by is a rendition that nails it note for note the way it was written. That's a feat in itself; it is not the easiest song to sing well, and it is not a pop song to cover in any way one sees fit, or to showcase one's vocal skills. It is a National Anthem with recognized and acknowledged words and melody. It doesn't need modification or improvement. Feel free to disagree, but you'll never change my mind. It pains me to hear "interpretations", and always will.
