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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
This woman has incredible talent. The work that she did with Tony Bennett was fantastic.
That being said, there is a difference between talent and taste and much of what she has done in the paste is not my taste.
The SB anthem was, in my humble opinion, OK. For the most part she did a nice job, but there were still too many times where she sang too many notes and added little unnecessary runs. She didn't do as many as some of the others, but still a bit too much for my liking.
The thing that many of these singers need to understand is that just because you can do something that doesn't mean that you have to do it.
Mariah Carey doesn't have to show us that she has a four octave range in every song that she sings.
This version was not as bad as some, but still too many vocal gymnastics that are meant to show off the ability of the singer and do not enhance the song or give meaning to the subject matter.
Just my opinion.
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Completely agree, but you stated it much better than would I. Vocal gymnastics I do not appreciate at all in certain songs. I want to hear our National Anthem sung beautifully, but, for lack of a better term, "normally." I just didn't care for her rendition at all, but she is very talented.