tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post4149893065230040684..comments2023-04-11T09:34:03.031-04:00Comments on Polybloggimous: The Twilight's Last Reaming.Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-76717992872794890182011-02-13T21:00:30.927-05:002011-02-13T21:00:30.927-05:00She may have messed up the lyrics but she was sing...She may have messed up the lyrics but she was singing not lipsynching (spelling).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-61019064969121375062011-02-08T13:33:39.943-05:002011-02-08T13:33:39.943-05:00Well, under my definitions, a traditionally traine...Well, under my definitions, a traditionally trained singer could include coming up through the ranks and training in church choirs and school choirs. <br /><br />When I was in grade school, I was in both the school choirs and the church choirs. Minister's wife was our choir director, and she was a frustrated music major and voice coach. I learned more about breath control and its kin vocal volume control from her before age 12 than I've learned the rest of my life since then.<br /><br />I once had a boss tell me to quit yelling over the PA system. I told him I wasn't yelling, when I yelled he'd know it and I'd expect the management team to come running. About a week later I yelled over the PA, with cause, and they came running. Then they believed me. <br /><br />Here's my point - if you're going to sing our anthem, and go for that last high C, you better be able to hit it (not slide into it) and hold it. I'm blessed (cursed) with perfect pitch hearing. A singer aims for that note and misses, it's like sticking an ice pick into my ear - painful!WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-58001191174560412962011-02-08T00:47:47.220-05:002011-02-08T00:47:47.220-05:00I'm not sure I can support limiting this to cl...I'm not sure I can support limiting this to classically trained singers. Don't forget...the fines will go a long way toward reducing the National Debt.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-88315927357737800302011-02-08T00:36:59.981-05:002011-02-08T00:36:59.981-05:00Thank you Nathan for printing what we all were thi...Thank you Nathan for printing what we all were thinking. <br /><br />A person singing the anthem should do it correctly as written AND have had some serious vocal training, preferably classical or traditional. Song has nearly a 3 octave range! And people, if ya can't hit the high C at the end...DON'T!!WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-16678450934578947632011-02-07T18:09:39.440-05:002011-02-07T18:09:39.440-05:00"If we had it to do over again we would have ..."If we had it to do over again we would have forced them to join you guys."<br /><br />You ever heard of Louisiana, timb? I think you guys <i>tried</i> to force them on us, but didn't get all of them. Unpardonable lack of effort...<br /><br />:pJohn the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-31237243401856113552011-02-07T16:45:52.617-05:002011-02-07T16:45:52.617-05:00Well played, Monsieur.Well played, Monsieur.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-49513028315764809872011-02-07T15:38:06.419-05:002011-02-07T15:38:06.419-05:00Uh, that would be "Honour Canadians".
...Uh, that would be "Honour Canadians". <br /><br />And I apologize for the whole Celine Dion thing, and I guess for the fact that there is a Quebec. If we had it to do over again we would have forced them to join you guys. We were just a little bit traumatized after the whole 1812 thing and weren't thinking straight.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-14101099407143933682011-02-07T15:08:27.793-05:002011-02-07T15:08:27.793-05:00We'll consider your "Honor Canadians"...We'll consider your "Honor Canadians" rider if you produce suitable reparations for having permitted Celine Dion beyond the borders of Quebec. If any smirk ever needed slapping...Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-81681862623539734072011-02-07T14:56:43.805-05:002011-02-07T14:56:43.805-05:00I'd like to add a rider to the bill:
7.) When...I'd like to add a rider to the bill:<br /><br />7.) Whenever Jusitn Beiber is identified as a Canadian, it must also be mentioned that there ARE good Canadian Musicians and Randy Bachman must be named as one of those musicians. Failure to comply with this reasonable law result in the offender being forced to live for twelve consecutive months in <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=inuvik&aq=&sll=72.073911,169.804688&sspn=91.216428,284.414063&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Inuvik,+Inuvik+Region,+Northwest+Territories&ll=70.050596,-125.947266&spn=20.100624,71.103516&t=h&z=4%22" rel="nofollow">Invuvik</a> and learn to sing all the words to Takin' Care Of Business by heart.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-80542921989140894642011-02-07T14:33:59.022-05:002011-02-07T14:33:59.022-05:00Actually, I thought Beyonce did a very respectable...Actually, I thought Beyonce did a very respectable job in 2008. And you can't really contend that she's a has-been. <br /><br />Christina's performance, however, was <em>disgraceful.</em> <br /><br />Now get off my lawn.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-17746746671584182892011-02-07T14:17:31.622-05:002011-02-07T14:17:31.622-05:00I love the title!
I think I can safely say that t...I love the title!<br /><br />I think I can safely say that the proposed statute deserves bipartisan support, and should be considered part of Homeland Security, because who can estimate the agony that audible terrorists can cause to our ears of freedom, so I say we should get on this immediately right now, and make this a number one priority, head of the list, and we need to prohibit fillibuster for this essential law, because constitutionally speaking, our Forefathers did not provide for safety from ear-ache, but we know that was their intention!<br /><br />Make it so, Mr. G!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-29759916497629514502011-02-07T14:14:44.973-05:002011-02-07T14:14:44.973-05:00I have a better idea: our current national anthem ...I have a better idea: our current national anthem is long, hard to sing, and is full of anachronistic 19th-century-isms. What we need is a <i>new</i> national anthem, one that suits our simpler, more direct times.<br /><br />Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote a perfect candidate with "America, Fuck Yeah!" If they are unwilling to donate the song to the public domain as a national anthem, I propose we write a song to be called "America (We'll Kick Your Ass)" using the chords E, A and D (the three basic guitar chords of rock'n'roll). Instead of our hard to play and perform anthem, "America (We'll Kick Your Ass)" would go E, E, E, A, A, A, D, D, D (repeat) and these lyrics:<br /><br /><i>America!<br />America!<br />America is awesome!<br /><br />We'll kick your ass!</i><br />(repeat)<br /><br />Note that this song is flexible: the whole thing could be less than a minute long (before sporting events) or repeated for hours (official state events).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.com