Jennifer Hudson...

Super Bowl National Anthem...

Holy crap!

What a set of pipes!

according to rsr, she doesn't have any talent b/c she doesn't sing for a band he likes :p

duh, that's the only way to explain what talent is.

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Originally Posted by etothep

according to rsr, she doesn't have any talent b/c she doesn't sing for a band he likes :p

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...... She has talent. More then Mercury. I do not like her, but she is a better singer then Mercury. Keep this in the other thread.

This has nothing to do with Jennifer Hudson but MAN I'm SOOOO HAPPY the Cardinals through that pick before half time >8D

I usually can't stand pregame anthem singers, but I was quite impressed with the job she did.

I have to disagree. I thought Jennifer Hudson was rather average with the national anthem. She can sing way better than she did tonight... so can a lot of other singers. I've actually heard better versions of this song at random regular season MLB games, and even at junior college football games.

There were a couple of missed/bad notes and several instances of awful annunciation.

Yeah, the last time I saw something butchered as bad as that song was...




















...too soon? :eek::mad::D

apparently her and faith hill were forced to record it....and then lip sing to it.

btw I thought tehy did a TERRIBLE job. absolutly BEAUTIFUL voices but I waled into the room when faith was singing it and she was streatching out out sooo much it took about 4 lines before I even realized what it was. and the antham was fluffed as well. I wish these people actualy knew HOW to sing the anthem. its disgracefull when they insult it like that and do not sing it properly

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

apparently her and faith hill were forced to record it....and then lip sing to it.

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Actually, the dirty little secret is that that's how those performances are TYPICALLY done.

She has a beautiful voice. No question. I am just tired of our Anthem becoming an R&B song to sell more records. It should be sung straight up with out all the rhythm and falsettos.

Wanna honor our troups for real? Shut up and serve.

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Actually, the dirty little secret is that that's how those performances are TYPICALLY done.

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exactly. Singing in a stadium supposedly is the most difficult venues and most of these performances are pre-recorded. I don't see how a concert could be...so I don't know if Springsteen was. I really don't see how it could be...but a single song, those are very often pre-recorded.

I believe it is something to do with the speed of sound, going through the speaker system and getting back to the singer, it has a short delay and really screws up the singer. Thats why when you see singers with an ear piece and holding it to their ear, they are trying to listen to the song in their ear piece as it has no delay or echo and they stay with that beat. I could be wrong on all that, but thats my understanding of it anyhow.

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exactly. Singing in a stadium supposedly is the most difficult venues and most of these performances are pre-recorded. I don't see how a concert could be...so I don't know if Springsteen was. I really don't see how it could be...but a single song, those are very often pre-recorded.

I believe it is something to do with the speed of sound, going through the speaker system and getting back to the singer, it has a short delay and really screws up the singer. Thats why when you see singers with an ear piece and holding it to their ear, they are trying to listen to the song in their ear piece as it has no delay or echo and they stay with that beat. I could be wrong on all that, but thats my understanding of it anyhow.

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Yep, from what I know of it (which is admittedly quite limited) that is the main reason. I think the Springsteen show was probably authentic and live...he's used to playing big venues like that with all the inherent issues.

I think they were ok, Im not going to critique and tell them how they should sing. Thats like having you guys tell me how to drive truck. :p

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I believe it is something to do with the speed of sound, going through the speaker system and getting back to the singer, it has a short delay and really screws up the singer. Thats why when you see singers with an ear piece and holding it to their ear, they are trying to listen to the song in their ear piece as it has no delay or echo and they stay with that beat. I could be wrong on all that, but thats my understanding of it anyhow.

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Well, no. Musicians wear headphones or earpieces (what are called in the business "in-ear monitors") specifically because they can't, and don't have to, hear the main ("front of house") speakers. The other approach is to use monitor speakers, but it's the same thing: the performers are hearing that mix of sound, not what the audience hears. The engineers' responsibility is to give the monitors the mix the performers need, while giving (and in an event this big, these are different engineers using different equipment and probably even working in a different location) the audience a completely different mix that works for them.

Really there's no reason to use pre-recorded tracks and lip sync in this kind of performance except that they don't want to take a chance on it being less than perfect. So, record the track in the studio, multitrack the vocals, add whatever effects are necessary... and you don't have to deal with all of that live.

Yeah, I've worked for years as a live audio engineer. In fact, two of my friends were on the Super Bowl crew.