[Rhodes22-list] was STATUS now halftime show

[FredkLange at aol.com]

Slim,

I think music should emote the emotions. Beyonce successfully blended 
familiar SSB with her own interpretation to give me a unique patriotic thrill.  

Can't beat it and I'm in love.  Glad to see she picked up a bunch of Grammys.

Fred


In a message dated 2/5/04 4:40:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, salm at mn.rr.com 
writes:

> Fred,
> 
> Glad you enjoyed it.  Yeah, music should be open to interpretation, but I
> just think we should draw the line at the SSB because it's not supposed to
> be like a concert piece where the singers love to show off their pipes just
> to show off.  It should be a solemn sing-along.  Once I heard Aaron Neville,
> whom I love, sing it and it was so stylized with his characteristic
> yodeling, that I couldn't even find the melody.  The average person should
> be able to sing along.  Do you remember Rosanne Barr's version? Now that was
> NOT license--that was crap!
> 
> Slim
>