tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post5577849164375721544..comments2024-03-14T18:52:25.341-07:00Comments on Ill Folks: La Puta Christina Aguilera Throttles the National AnthemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-31515320896677700372012-01-10T12:41:33.180-08:002012-01-10T12:41:33.180-08:00I know most people do not think it was a big deal ...I know most people do not think it was a big deal but she could have inspired to many by belting out our anthem. Instead she messed up her own countries Anthem~Christina Aguilerahttp://www.thechristinaaguilera.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-8606099266886826122011-12-26T16:43:47.702-08:002011-12-26T16:43:47.702-08:00WHAT ARE U CRAZY? THIS IS A PATRIOTIC SONG THAT M...WHAT ARE U CRAZY? THIS IS A PATRIOTIC SONG THAT MUST BE REVEREDRICHIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-55293088026519901372011-02-11T16:24:14.054-08:002011-02-11T16:24:14.054-08:00You've got a friend in JOHN ESKOW. He wrote th...You've got a friend in JOHN ESKOW. He wrote this in his column at Huffington Post <br /><br />To me, the horrific part of Christina Aguilera's rendition of the National Anthem -- and "rendition" is an apt term for it, because she kidnapped the song and shipped it out to be tortured -- was not her mangling of the words, but her mangling of the tune itself.<br /><br />This is the same grotesque style -- 17 different notes for every vocal syllable -- that has so dominated the pop and R&B charts for years. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston are relatively minor offenders, but singers like Aguilera -- who admittedly possesses a great instrument -- just don't seem to know when to stop, turning each song into an Olympic sport as they drain it of its implicit soul, as if running through the entire scale on every single word was somehow a token of sincerity.<br /><br />It's called melisma -- the bending of syllables for bluesy or soulful effect -- and what's creepy about the way it's used now is that it perverts America's true genius for song, as evinced by its creators in the world of gospel and R&B, like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.<br /><br />You will hear more of this tonsil-twisting insincerity -- to your eternal sorrow -- if you watch any episode of American Idol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com