Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Home run derby National Anthem https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/who-is-ingrid-andress-home-run-derby-national-anthem-singer-draws-harsh-criticism-after-performance/ 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I got about 10 seconds into it and had to stop. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I made it to "broad stripes and bright stars". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Bad, yes but Rosie O’Donnell… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Who is Ingrid Andress? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 7 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Bad, yes but Rosie O’Donnell… I remember reading an article - and it wasn't Rosie O'Donnell it was Roseanne Barr - and she said she did it on purpose. She was trying to be funny. And for some reason nobody else thought it was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Rosanne’s version where she grabbed her crotch and spit was disgraceful. Yeah, that one in the OP wasn’t very good; but what do I know since I think most of these suck too(And #1 is not the best ever): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-all-time-national-anthems-ranking-best-performances-from-whitney-houston-to-lady-gaga/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I saw one one time. I do not know which game it was. Somebody linked to the YouTube of the Anthem. It was the combined choirs of West Point and Annapolis, accompanied by the West Point drum and bugle corps. And it was an excellent rendition. Until the end. "O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave." But they didn't stop. That's the end of it. You're supposed to stop. But no. The drum and bugle corps stepped in. Ta tata tatata tatatataaaaa, ta tata ta ta ta taaaaaa. And they reprised the last two lines. "Oh say, does that Star-Spangled banner yet wave? O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave." That is not how it goes. There is no bugle fanfare. There is no reprise of the last two lines. Whichever idiot came up with that arrangement - and I'm assuming it was either the West Point choir director or the Annapolis choir director, which should make them military - needed to be drumed down the regiment, have their buttons ripped off and their swords broken. Then kicked out. This is the thing that I have trouble with, constantly. You can sing your version of any song you want to. You can sing it faster, or you can sing it slower. You can ignore the fact that it goes up and down three octaves and sing it all in one octave if you want. Any song. But the National Anthem is not a song. It's the National Anthem. And it only goes one way. If you do it any other way, you are not singing the National Anthem. You are singing your version of The Star-Spangled Banner, which is wonderful for you, but it is not the National Anthem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: Who is Ingrid Andress? Believe it or not she’s a 4 time Grammy winner. Country music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Whitney Houston’s version was great. One if the best! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I got about 10 seconds into it and had to stop. 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I got about 10 seconds into it and had to stop. Yeah, so did I. Guess I've been spoiled by people like Reba MacIntire (SP?) and a local gent named Harrison (?)and dozens of other people who don't add a lot of BS frills of their own. Some are absolutely disrespectful and others simply stink. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 One of the best I ever heard in my opinion was in 1994 the opening of Then Jacobs Field home of the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and some brass players from the Orchestra did the anthem in perfect harmony and rhythm. I wish I could find it, if I do I’ll post it. It actually gave me chills! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 One of the better solos I've heard is, somewhat surprisingly, Meatloaf at the All Star Game back in the mid-1990s. Also, Huey Lewis and the News for a group. That group often sang at both Giants and A's games. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 9 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Believe it or not she’s a 4 time Grammy winner. Country music No. She has been nominated. Never won. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 6 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: No. She has been nominated. Never won. Easy to hear why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I thought at first the sound system was malfunctioning, then I thought maybe I was having a stroke as my mouth seemed to be stuck open. Then I thought, “Maybe She’s having a stroke”. I sat paralyzed in disbelief and horror. I checked the date to make sure it wasn’t April 1st. Is she Roseanne Barr’s daughter, I wondered? I reached for the remote to mute the volume….but it was too late. I had head the whole thing. I may never be the same, 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 49 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: One of the better solos I've heard is, somewhat surprisingly, Meatloaf at the All Star Game back in the mid-1990s. Also, Huey Lewis and the News for a group. That group often sang at both Giants and A's games. Yes. Meatloaf’s rendition was superb. He sang it with emotion and skill. One of the best I’ve ever heard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Do the people involved ever require a preview performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 29 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: No. She has been nominated. Never won. That's bad enough! I guess I heard the announcers wrong. She's awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Love Whitney's rendition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 5 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Love Whitney's rendition. I've never been impressed by it. Speed up, slow down, lots of tremulo. Impossible to sing along with. Too much of a "performance piece" and not enough of "our National Anthem." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I've never been impressed by it. Speed up, slow down, lots of tremulo. Impossible to sing along with. Too much of a "performance piece" and not enough of "our National Anthem." I normally don’t like the performance renditions either but her voice is just so great I overlooked it . I also loved the orchestra behind her. Edited July 16 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 This one is still the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Love Whitney's rendition. 2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I've never been impressed by it. Speed up, slow down, lots of tremulo. Impossible to sing along with. Too much of a "performance piece" and not enough of "our National Anthem." I've long said this rendition is the best and the worst thing to ever happen to the National Anthem. Best, because it was exactly what we needed at the time it was performed. Given the circumstances, with war looming, it was powerful, motivational and sung with an energy not usually heard in the Anthem. Worst, because ever since, singers have been trying to top it. in regard to the original post, I have to quote my Dad, who would have said she couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. Edited July 16 by DocWard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 The only way she is a singer is if she is a sewing machine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Well, that makes it OK. Quote (AP) - After a widely panned performance of the national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby, country singer Ingrid Andress apologized Tuesday and said she was drunk. “I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition.” On Monday night, the four-time Grammy nominee belted an a cappella version of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” an incredibly challenging song to sing. Clips of her less-than-popular rendition at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, have since made the rounds on social media. Sports Illustrated writer Alex Carr posted on X, formerly Twitter, “I’m so sorry, I’m sure Ingrid Andress is a wonderful person, but that was one of the worst national anthems I think I’ve ever heard in my whole life.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I guess I need to turn the radio on again. While talking about lousy renditions they mentioned both Roseanne Barr and Fergie. Fergie? I thought Fergie was the Duchess of York. What the hell is some Brit doing singing the National Anthem at a ball game? Oh. Different Fergie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Mebbee they need to give them a sobriety test from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 She’s not terrible when she’s sober. She plays piano too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 14 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Well, that makes it OK. (AP) - After a widely panned performance of the national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby, country singer Ingrid Andress apologized Tuesday and said she was drunk. “I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition.” On Monday night, the four-time Grammy nominee belted an a cappella version of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” an incredibly challenging song to sing. Clips of her less-than-popular rendition at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, have since made the rounds on social media. Sports Illustrated writer Alex Carr posted on X, formerly Twitter, “I’m so sorry, I’m sure Ingrid Andress is a wonderful person, but that was one of the worst national anthems I think I’ve ever heard in my whole life.” Nope, I don't buy it. 'Was drunk' can't be the reason her singing was so bad. Everyone knows that drinking improves their' singing almost as much as it does their dancing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 All those traditionalists who expect renditions of the National Anthem to be performed in strict adherence with their sense of propriety, yet none have mentioned that the performers cut it three verses short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 She has entered rehab. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I wonder how many people forget the words? Robert Goulet was singing it at the beginning of a boxing match (pretty sure it was a boxing match) and he messed up the lyrics. But, as he explained later, "I'm Canadian. Why would I be expected to know the United States anthem?" And then we have this one. Television show, but I can see it happening. She had been studying Romeo and Juliet in English class. "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Steak Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) I'd rather listen to some random overweight schlub that loves their country, loves their family, pays their taxes; someone that says please and thank you and sir and ma'am out of respect for others and not because they think its what people want to hear... ...I'd rather see that poor schlub dragged down to the microphone from the right field bleachers - without warning - and then proceed to sing the National Anthem quite poorly - but with sincerity and heart and respect - for what that song represents - than to listen to ANY celebrity - no matter how many gold records, Grammy awards, or social media followers they may have compiled. Especially if they are just going to treat it like another paid performance while trying to "make it their own" Of course, that's just my two cents - I could be wrong. Edited July 17 by Chuck Steak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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