Hoping not to have a political discussion at all, just want to talk about Carrie Underwood's performance at the Inauguration.

Wow. I felt so bad for her that the sound system/person screwed up so bad. I was wondering how long they'd wait, and if she'd go without accompaniment. Sure enough, she took the plunge.

She effing nailed it! It had my breath caught in my chest. When she hit "above the fruited plains" it almost brought me to tears. (Okay, that's not so shocking, sometimes at Aggie games I can't finish singing the Anthem because I get choked up, especially after a particularly stirring fly-over, like the CAF's WWII commemorative one.)

This guy analyzes videos of "singers" and busts the ones who are lip-sync'ing to pitch corrected backing tracks (looking at you, Celine and Taylor!) Not sure how he got on my YouTube algorithm, but he's opened my eyes to the rampant fakery we're fed. Thank God this performance of "God Bless America" was straight up!



So as not to be TOTALLY and MERELY a fan-boy, I will say I was wondering if (hoping) she'd go on to sing another verse, but I'm not surprised or critical that she didn't.

Massive respect for Carrie Underwood for that performance. That was not easy and she nailed it.

Do not, I repeat do NOT, bring up you-know-who that's dating a certain KC football player, especially in a derogatory manner, unless you want to start a holy war amongst certain posters that will defend her as infallible to their last dying breath!

I cannot stand autotune, it is destroying modern music.

You may enjoy this lady's channel as well, she analyzes mostly hard rock/metal singers.

Fil knows what he's talking about. I found out about his channel from an FB post by John Mitchell, who's a seriously gifted musician (Frost*, Lonely Robot, Arena, etc.). That tells me pro musicians are paying attention to what Fil has to say.

The biggest problem seems to be producers who can't help themselves from pitch-correcting everything, even performances that don't need it.

Marauder Blue 6 said:

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I'd love to hear this guy analyze Drake.

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He would probably agree Drake can get A Minor