as performed by Gas House Gang. You can find the second half of their performance on Youtube. But I particularly like how the crowd seems to grow and roar as the song builds and the fans realize, hey, these guys are good!
But here's what you didn't know: What the Super Bowl audience and hundreds of millions of TV viewers heard was lip-synched.
"The music was pre-recorded, and so was the vocal," confirmed Rickey Minor, who was Houston's musical director at the time.
Minor, now the band leader on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show," said that in a crowd that large and loud, it was impossible for Houston to hear herself. Though she did sing, it was her pre-recorded voice that the audience heard. Link - ( New Window )
It's a really horrible venue for the performer. When you play live, The ability to hear yourself and the other musicians is paramount. The delay alone is enough to kill any performance.
So what. That's still her singing it and she did a phenomenal job. Also I heard allot of artists choose to lip sync in large stadiums because they tend to generate echo which can throw them off. So why doesn't that affect concerts, maybe because there's an engineer and sound board that can reduce it.
from Metropolitan Opera was great for years at Giants Stadium. Hit high octave note on "land of the free." Crowd always went berserk. Kate Mara at Redskin game dedicated to Wellington. Amazed me that she was able to get through it at all, and did such a great job for her grandfather. Whitney at Super Bowl-awesome moment. For me though, no one tops Jimi at Woodstock. Sheer artistry by the ex Screaming Eagle paratrooper. His version spoke to the violence and unrest of those times.
singing before a big Flyer game....she was their good luck charm....
And while Whitney did lip sync her own song(be kind of hard to do someone else's), it just lost some of it's original pizzazz after finding out about it....
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You always made certain to be in your seat in time to hear their rendition before a Giants home game.
The 1st and only time that has ever happened to me.
"The music was pre-recorded, and so was the vocal," confirmed Rickey Minor, who was Houston's musical director at the time.
Minor, now the band leader on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show," said that in a crowd that large and loud, it was impossible for Houston to hear herself. Though she did sing, it was her pre-recorded voice that the audience heard.
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Now that shows some class.
Can anyone picture Flyers fans doing that for the Canadian anthem?
Didn't think so.
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OK, it's the Canadian Anthem, but if you don't get goosebumps watching this, you may be dead.
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How about this:
Mo Cheeks rescues 13 year-old singer who freezes during the Anthem (apparently she was suffering from the flu at the time).
Awesome, Mo, just awesome. Well done.
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This. Chris Botti was incredible with his rendition that night.
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And while Whitney did lip sync her own song(be kind of hard to do someone else's), it just lost some of it's original pizzazz after finding out about it....
But not Jimi.
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On a side note I've always said the National Anthem should be America the Beautiful and not the Star Spangled Banner. That song is all about war.
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The 1st and only time that has ever happened to me.
I'm not jingoistic in any way, shape, or form, but that rendition was surreal. Classic.