Ronk 14,762 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Luigi said: this is the most reasonable answer to the question i made, i gave up bc everybody misunderstood me. I only wanted to know why Whitney did lip-sync and why it was so aclaimed, thanks It was so acclaimed for multiple reasons. Whitney's voice is powerful, perfect for the national anthem. Whitney is also a very expressive singer, she can really move the audience. She also used a musical score written especially for her. The national anthem was written in 3/4 time and everyone sings it that way. But Whitney's score is in 4/4 time, allowing certain notes to be held for an extra beat, adding even more to the power of the performance. Consider the words "say does that star span-gled ban-ner yet' ... nine syllables in three measures, one syllable for each beat in 3/4 time. But in 4/4 time, the three measures have 12 beats, not 9. Therefore, at 2:30 into this video the words "say", "star" and "ban" each get an extra beat. Note that the orchestral part also takes advantage of this by placing a cymbal crash on that extra beat for the words "say" and "star", the very beats that aren't even there in the original score. I think Whitney's performance is so moving, so thrilling, so powerful. I live outside the space time continuum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi 874 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 16 hours ago, Kayla said: Whitney's performance was important for more than her vocals. The fact that it was lip-sycnched does kinda suck, but ultimately a lot of the praise the rendition has gotten had a lot to do with the way that song made people feel because of what was going on. It came after the start of the Gulf War, where people were scared and needing inspiration. http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14673003/the-story-whitney-houston-epic-national-anthem-performance-1991-super-bowl Hide contents The possibility of a terror attack is high, and Super Bowl XXV -- the Giants vs. the Bills, scheduled just 10 days later -- is a soft and glaring bull's-eye. The Goodyear blimp? Grounded. A Blackhawk patrols instead. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's annual Super Gala gala? Canceled. Concrete bunkers gird the parking lot of old Tampa Stadium, and a 6-foot-high chain-link rises quickly behind that. Canines sniff chassis, and ushers wave metal detectors. SWAT teams walk the stadium roof with machine guns. Alternate dates, due to a fear of mass casualties, are considered. For a Super Bowl. "[It] was the shape of things to come," former defensive back Everson Walls recalled in 2013 for USA Today. "The security was incredible. I think that's the first time they checked bags and really were concerned about terrorist threats." It was tense. "Players were discussing privately if there would be a draft," former Giants tight end Howard Cross said last year in the New York Post. "And whether our younger brothers might be drafted." Thanks to contextualize me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi 874 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 15 hours ago, Ronk said: It was so acclaimed for multiple reasons. Whitney's voice is powerful, perfect for the national anthem. Whitney is also a very expressive singer, she can really move the audience. She also used a musical score written especially for her. The national anthem was written in 3/4 time and everyone sings it that way. But Whitney's score is in 4/4 time, allowing certain notes to be held for an extra beat, adding even more to the power of the performance. Consider the words "say does that star span-gled ban-ner yet' ... nine syllables in three measures, one syllable for each beat in 3/4 time. But in 4/4 time, the three measures have 12 beats, not 9. Therefore, at 2:30 into this video the words "say", "star" and "ban" each get an extra beat. Note that the orchestral part also takes advantage of this by placing a cymbal crash on that extra beat for the words "say" and "star", the very beats that aren't even there in the original score. I think Whitney's performance is so moving, so thrilling, so powerful. I didn't know all this info, now it has sense!! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 110,174 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 19 hours ago, Luigi said: Did Whitney Houston lip-sync?? So why this performance is so aclaimed? I can't understand. Even Katy Perry can do it, just listen to her albums and then compare it to the live perfomances She did. It is widely known by now. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/02/whitney-houstons-star-spangled-secret/ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ What it meant to be content with you (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockPop 7,747 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Just the performance on its own isn't very good. Especially the beginning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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