Quantifying the diva-ness of national anthem performances
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#2If you don't see the faces when you get to the part that says "Click on the faces", try making your browser window wider. It doesn't adapt well to narrow windows, sadly.
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#3"gratuitous melisma"
Courtesy of Mariah Carey, especially.
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#4Relevant Reddit thread: "Why can't singers perform the national anthem without changing the melody?
It's not just what happened on Sunday night football, it's literally every time someone performs the (American) national anthem. They go off and add their own notes and change the anthem to make it their own personal showcase. Just sing the damn song the way we all learned it."
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11427z/why_cant_...
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#5I'm ok with people trying new UI paradigms from time to time, I suppose.
In this case though, I was presented with 2 buttons with no clear way to progress at first (blank page, turns out you have to click on 'continue muted' before even a scrollbar appears, albeit almost unnoticeably thin), and the rest of the content was only available piecemeal.
If you unconventional-scroll through this piecemeal content to the very end (including an entire full screen autoplaying video, even if your screen is UHD), you actually find a little red button marked "skip to more data". And if you click on that you actually find a wealth of data. And no other path to reach it that I can see.
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What country are you from?
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#8I'm glad Fergie is still being mercilessly mocked [1] -- because since that went viral I think people have toned the diva-ness way down.
It's a good thing because a lot of people sing along in the stands if given the opportunity -- which is largely impossible with most of these big ego diva renditions.
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#9I found the website a little inscrutable but I think "Bleeding Gums" has it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2azUt5d3Y
...apparently the session singer nailed it in one take.
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#10I hope they also analyze Enrico Pallazo's performance during the Queen's visit.