On this 4th of July, This Is Still My Favorite Rendition Of Our National Anthem

[Jackie S]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...1CycNXaWRQIoW9

I watched this live back almost 27 years ago. What struck me most was the unexpected excellence.

The F# at the end is flawless.

Enjoy.

[oeb11]

JS - thank You - well done.

[eccielover]

Originally Posted by Jackie S

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...1CycNXaWRQIoW9

I watched this live back almost 27 years ago. What struck me most was the unexpected excellence.

The F# at the end is flawless.

Enjoy.

That is worthy of embedding. I don't think I ever saw that one.

Awesome.

[Chung Tran]

never knew Meatloaf did a noteworthy anthem.. I thought I was clicking on Whitney Houston's version!

[bambino]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwIymq0iTsw

Hendrix was in the 101st airborne.

[nevergaveitathought]

the lack of the camera on meatloaf is suspicious

lip sync, anyone?

do like the players standing at attention with their caps over their hearts

I'm a lady gaga fan from the 2016 superbowl

maybe its because she has always turned me on

[Chung Tran]

Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

the lack of the camera on meatloaf is suspicious

lip sync, anyone?

likely.. even Whitney's version was lip-synched.. her publicist denied it at first.

[nevergaveitathought]

lip-synched and auto-tuned

and all he had to do was stand there with emotion

sort of like a marlee matlin "sign languaging" the anthem

[oeb11]

Marvin Gaye - cannot listen to this without Chills!
IMHO-One of the best renditions.
https://www.npr.org/2003/02/07/98524...ational-anthem

• Marvin Gaye Took 'National Anthem' To New Heights
  
  
  
  
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  It was 20 years ago, at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, that Marvin Gaye stole the show with his singular rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
  At the time, singing the anthem was for the most part a straightforward job — shoulders square, sing it straight like the hymn that it is. But for this game, Gaye took the anthem to a new level.
  
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  Lon Rosen remembers it well — he was the director of promotions for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team hosting the All-Star game that year. He says Gaye's one rehearsal was bumpy. By this point in his life, Gaye was battling a serious drug addiction. And on game day, the singer was running perilously late. But then the lights dimmed, and Gaye made history.
  One year later, Marvin Gaye was dead, shot by his own father.
  
  
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[Chung Tran]

Originally Posted by oeb11

Marvin Gaye - cannot listen to this without Chills!
IMHO-One of the best renditions.

agree.. Meatloaf, Whitney, Marvin, Hendrix.. I didn't realize there were so many brilliant renditions, and none of them sound anything alike!

[oeb11]

CT - Thank You!

[Jackie S]

Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

lip-synched and auto-tuned

and all he had to do was stand there with emotion

sort of like a marlee matlin "sign languaging" the anthem

The piano accompanist stated they practiced for several hours the day before to get it right. I suppose the recording could have been done at that time.

Since Autotune was invented in 1997, not sure it could have been used in 1994.

Great Rendition regardless.