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NFT: Whitney Houston singing the national anthem in 1988

lawndart : 9/29/2014 7:20 pm
At a Lakers game before her famous rendition at Super Bowl XXV. This woman had such tremendous talent, it's a shame she's gone.
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I saw her in concert in Berlin  
GFL in WV : 9/29/2014 7:52 pm : link
about the time she sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Her voice was all her, no studio enhancements, and it was strong, clear and wonderful. This was indeed truly a tragedy.
What a sad waste. She must have been a very troubled person.  
yatqb : 9/29/2014 7:57 pm : link
Sad.
That was lip synced wasn't it  
chris r : 9/29/2014 8:05 pm : link
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Best National Anthem  
Rflairr : 9/29/2014 8:23 pm : link
Was Marvin Gaye at the NBA All Star game
Super Bowl was gold standard  
mattlawson : 9/29/2014 8:25 pm : link
For national anthem.
RE: That was lip synced wasn't it  
schabadoo : 9/29/2014 8:29 pm : link
In comment 11890538 chris r said:
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Semi I believe. They played a recording of her singing it and she sang along afaik.
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BMac : 9/29/2014 8:30 pm : link
In comment 11890538 chris r said:
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A horse's ass who just doesn't get it. Non compo, all the way.
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chris r : 9/29/2014 8:32 pm : link
In comment 11890580 BMac said:
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A horse's ass who just doesn't get it. Non compo, all the way.


English please?
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Sb xxv anthem  
jsboston : 9/29/2014 11:36 pm : link
Was indeed lip synced. Whitney claimed not to know.

It was STILL great
Her microphone was turned off  
oipolloi : 9/30/2014 5:30 am : link
And they pumped a studio version of the anthem through the sound system. So basically, it was just a recording. That was standard practice back then before the milli vanilli scandal

If Whitney didn't know she must really have been coked out of her mind.
Milli Vinnili is an apples to oranges comparison  
Jim in Fairfax : 9/30/2014 8:22 am : link
They were lip synching to other people's recorded voices, not their own.

And she didn't have to be "coked out" to not know she had a dead mike. Experienced signers ignore the speakers, since there's a time delay for the sound to travel back to the ears,

Also it's still common practice: Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson are recent examples of singers who lip synced the anthem at the Super Bowl. I'm sure many more have, it just doesn't get reported.
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