National Anthem (USA) on YouTube

monster · 10-13-2010, 11:20 PM

Why me? I'm a bloody foreigner!

I need to "acquire" a good version of the Star Spangled Banner to be played before the start of our home swim meets. Preferably with vocals that don't sound like the local pub's karaoke star testing dog-only hearing ranges, or going for the world record number of notes you can use to sing one syllable..
I find it easiest to "acquire" stuff from youtube.

your suggestions/links, please

thanks

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2010, 12:51 AM

Just pick one that sounds ok to you, nobody's paying attention anyway.

Pete Zicato · 10-14-2010, 12:34 PM

Or be a rebel and play Ray Charles' America the Beautiful. You might actually get people to sing along. 99 cents at amazon

Pete Zicato · 10-14-2010, 12:39 PM

These guys do a decent job with it. You'd have to cut the first bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr0jtQ7TFd0

monster · 10-15-2010, 10:51 PM

thanks!

monster · 10-17-2010, 10:03 PM

ok, still floundering -need a non "live" sung version. i.e. with words, and not some unaccompanied 3yo who happens to be cute but you can hear the family ans audience in the background ..

Cloud · 10-17-2010, 10:06 PM

logically, YouTube is probably only going to have live stuff. Have you tried downloading one from Amazon or iTunes?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2010, 10:14 PM

Cloud · 10-17-2010, 10:19 PM

ooh, good one. who is that? sounds familiar? Carrie Underwood maybe?

Shawnee123 · 10-17-2010, 10:52 PM

Sounds like Carrie...way too much modulation and trite in that way. Can anyone just sing it straight? I don't need 12 notes to mean a couple notes. Ahhh...Pete knows. Nice harmony on that one.

Griff · 10-18-2010, 04:39 PM

I think we can all get behind this one.

10-13-2010, 11:20 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	National Anthem (USA) on YouTube Why me? I'm a bloody foreigner! I need to "acquire" a good version of the Star Spangled Banner to be played before the start of our home swim meets. Preferably with vocals that don't sound like the local pub's karaoke star testing dog-only hearing ranges, or going for the world record number of notes you can use to sing one syllable.. I find it easiest to "acquire" stuff from youtube. your suggestions/links, please thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2010, 12:51 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just pick one that sounds ok to you, nobody's paying attention anyway. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-14-2010, 12:34 PM	#3
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Or be a rebel and play Ray Charles' America the Beautiful. You might actually get people to sing along. 99 cents at amazon __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-14-2010, 12:39 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	These guys do a decent job with it. You'd have to cut the first bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr0jtQ7TFd0 __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-15-2010, 10:51 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2010, 10:03 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ok, still floundering -need a non "live" sung version. i.e. with words, and not some unaccompanied 3yo who happens to be cute but you can hear the family ans audience in the background .. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2010, 10:06 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	logically, YouTube is probably only going to have live stuff. Have you tried downloading one from Amazon or iTunes? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-17-2010, 10:14 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2010, 10:19 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ooh, good one. who is that? sounds familiar? Carrie Underwood maybe? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-17-2010, 10:52 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Sounds like Carrie...way too much modulation and trite in that way. Can anyone just sing it straight? I don't need 12 notes to mean a couple notes. Ahhh...Pete knows. Nice harmony on that one. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-18-2010, 04:39 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think we can all get behind this one. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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