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Did Beyoncé Lip-Sync the Star-Spangled Banner?
Washingtonian ^ | 1/22/13 | Sophie Gilbert

Posted on 01/22/2013 9:01:17 AM PST by Nachum

Edited on 01/22/2013 10:02:53 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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KEYWORDS: banner; beyonc; beyonce; bhoinauguration; fauxtography; lipsync; obamafails; photoops; propaganda
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To: Nachum; Revolting cat!

Didn’t Vanessa Williams do this at a sporting event once (where the single was already recorded to be released after “the public demand”)? Sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s?


21 posted on 01/22/2013 9:37:42 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

Didn’t see her performance ..but Kelly Clarkson sure belted it out ....was definitely NOT lip synched.


22 posted on 01/22/2013 9:42:35 AM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: Nachum

Fake song, fake ceremony. Just as well since the woman can’t sing. Her voice is on par with a dull file sliding over the edge of a piece of tin.


23 posted on 01/22/2013 9:47:08 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: bigdaddy45

FR really needs a ‘Like’ button :-)


24 posted on 01/22/2013 9:48:16 AM PST by NCjim (Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
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To: LibsRJerks

None of these people can sing, they just gargle phony pathos in that strained melisma-heavy American Idol style. It’s a blight.


25 posted on 01/22/2013 9:48:16 AM PST by Argus
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To: Nachum

Lip Sync-fest with Beyonce’ lip-syncing a song and Obama lip-syncing a teleprompter.


26 posted on 01/22/2013 9:55:44 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: Nachum

Yes, even live tv is fake and produced . .
FU B


27 posted on 01/22/2013 9:55:51 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: ßuddaßudd

Was there a Fly-By? If so then she has to have it recorded and start at a certain time. The pilots turn in for the Fly-By at the point in the timing when the singer hits the home of the brave.


28 posted on 01/22/2013 10:09:27 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: oh8eleven

The top 10 plays are the top 10 plays because they’re fun to watch. Makes no matter what color it is of the guy making the play.

I’m sick of Obama, sick of the fawning media, and sick of politics at this moment. But please don’t drag this down into some racist muck. I’m just not in the mood. To be blunt.... shove it.


29 posted on 01/22/2013 10:14:25 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: Mr. K
So is the superbowl

Hey can ya tell me who's gonna win? I need some big bucks...................

30 posted on 01/22/2013 10:16:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: svcw

LOL With the technology they have they can make me sing well and I sound worse than that girl.


31 posted on 01/22/2013 10:23:16 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Vendome

Exclusive: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inauguration

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3664997.ece


32 posted on 01/22/2013 10:23:30 AM PST by zipper ("The Second Amendment IS my carry permit!" -- Ted Nugent)
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To: bigdaddy45
I’m just not in the mood.
Try Midol.
BTW, ask Rush how unbiased ESPN is.
33 posted on 01/22/2013 10:24:10 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: bigdaddy45

“Shove it” — based solely upon the post to which you responded?!

Ah, but then I took a moment to read many of your recent posts.

I think FR is done.


34 posted on 01/22/2013 10:24:24 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Nachum

Does this really matter? I think not. It is very common for performers to record performances (even of the Star Spangled Banner) in advance to mitigate potential problems that can arise during the live performance. The cold weather and other factors could lead to a less than desirable vocal performance.

We need to choose our battles and not be out here making fools of ourselves by pointing out something so insignificant and truly unimportant. It makes us all look petty. Come on?!?

A lot of great performers have pre-recorded the Star Spangled Banner for large events. Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and many more pre-recorded it for their Superbowl performances.


35 posted on 01/22/2013 10:31:20 AM PST by RobertClark ("May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't" - George S. Patton)
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To: ThomasThomas

The criticism of Beyonce is justified, but criticism of the band IS NOT.

The performance was SUPPOSED to be live.

Beyonce did not show up for rehearsal with the band as scheduled. So at the last minute she decides she wants to lip synch it. So the band has to spend Sunday evening until late in the recording studio laying down the track with her.

Then the band members have to report for duty at 4 AM on Monday morning to assemble for the inauguration.

After sitting all morning at the inauguration, the band was required to assemble at 1:30 PM for the parade. They stood for three hours waiting for the parade to start. All the marchers stood and waited in the cold for that long - little kids, high schoolers, etc.

The parade was delayed for an hour or more because the luncheon went overtime due to the long winded gasbag speakers and all the time allotted to wardrobe changes, hair, make up, etc.

The band members are consummate professionals and follow orders to a T without a complaint.


36 posted on 01/22/2013 10:36:48 AM PST by randita
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To: ConorMacNessa

**ding**ding** Winner! The post that says it all!


37 posted on 01/22/2013 10:51:30 AM PST by ClearBlueSky
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To: oh8eleven; bigdaddy45

Get a room


38 posted on 01/22/2013 10:56:40 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Nachum
I’m still trying to figure out why I should care...

...nothing so far.

Maybe because I wasn’t surprised by the Milli-Vanilli “scandal”? The Monkees? The Ed Sullivan Show? Queen performing Bohemian Rhapsody “live”?

39 posted on 01/22/2013 11:02:07 AM PST by Tex-Con-Man (<-------currently working through post-election anger issues.)
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To: treetopsandroofs; oh8eleven

Yeah, shove it. Does EVERYTHING here have to be racial? ESPN is picking the top 10 plays now because of the color of the guy making the play? yeah... right.

I can’t stand Obama because he’s an arrogant prick who has no clue how the free market works, and would rather drag everyone down to a government-mandated level of shared mediocrity and misery instead of letting individuals succeed and prosper. He’s a nightmare for the country. I couldn’t care less what color he is.


40 posted on 01/22/2013 11:09:23 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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