There's nothing worse than an crappy rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, and I say this not because I feel some sort of extreme reverence for the song, but because these wannabe primadonnas mistakenly think it's the sort of song that lends itself to the most preposterous embellishments imaginable. Serve it to me straight. Dazzle me without riffs and slides and repeated ( ) lyrics. And for ****'s sake, you're a 2 minute bit before the big event. There isn't a person in that audience who really cares to watch you showboat. Please realize that and move it along.
And at the opposite end of the spectrum you have the JoBros, who are entirely too basic to even attempt any of the superfluous stuff... or even eek their way through a halfway decent no-frills rendition, for that matter.
There's nothing worse than an crappy rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, and I say this not because I feel some sort of extreme reverence for the song, but because these wannabe primadonnas mistakenly think it's the sort of song that lends itself to the most preposterous embellishments imaginable. Serve it to me straight. Dazzle me without riffs and slides and repeated ( ) lyrics. And for ****'s sake, you're a 2 minute bit before the big event. There isn't a person in that audience who really cares to watch you showboat. Please realize that and move it along.
And at the opposite end of the spectrum you have the JoBros, who are entirely too basic to even attempt any of the superfluous stuff... or even eek their way through a halfway decent no-frills rendition, for that matter.
) lyrics. And for ****'s sake, you're a 2 minute bit before the big event. There isn't a person in that audience who really cares to watch you showboat. Please realize that and move it along.
