http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/22/beyonce-lip-synched-the-national-anthem Comments On: Beyonce Lip-Synched the National Anthem by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cultu…

Posted by Phoebe]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:23:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by AG in CT]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:43:32 -0800 The Stranger
The only encouraging thing about her performance, is that she resisted the temptation to "embellish", a temptation which Clarkson was unable to resist. I thought, "Yay! Maybe the era of urban yodeling is finally over!" Wishful thinking, I know.

Honestly, I can forgive the instrumental portion being pre-recorded, since brass instruments are very temperamental in freezing temperatures—though it wasn't all that cold, really. But Beyond-Say could easily have sung it live. And just as easily in the correct 3/4 time.
Posted by GasparFagel]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:07:31 -0800 The Stranger filed a FOIA request for it yesterday.
Posted by Phil M]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:46:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by diner mo]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:43:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pablo Picasso]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:12:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pablo Picasso]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:08:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by debug]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:47:28 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by TreGibbs]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:51:07 -0800 The Stranger
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Posted by divachels25]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:21:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:10:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:59:15 -0800 The Stranger
Why Beyonce is a bigger name than her is beyond me.
Posted by brandon]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:25:24 -0800 The Stranger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Sp…
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:25:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by thatsnotright]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:22:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by WrteStufLA]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:04:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Granny Smith]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:01:22 -0800 The Stranger
I also miss the days when people just sang the national anthem, not turned it into a torch song.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:33:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by originalcinner]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:26:42 -0800 The Stranger
Oh hey, the President himself had to read the oaths live and make all his speeches live, verbal typos and all, but nooo, Beyonce's under too much pressure and can't be expected to go without her vocal track.
Posted by DRF]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:20:49 -0800 The Stranger
She's a professional singer who makes a massive fortune singing (or pretending to sing,I guess) in large venues. Either sing live or drop the artifice and be honest about it.
Posted by blip]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:18:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:17:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by theophrastus]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:15:49 -0800 The Stranger
(Seriously, though...it is REALLY hard to sing in that big of a venue with the kind of delay you are going to experience. It makes perfect sense.)
Posted by bleedingheartlibertarian]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:13:31 -0800 The Stranger
Same goes for people playing intstruments. They just pantomime.
Posted by GermanSausage]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:02:32 -0800 The Stranger