Could she *possibly* have been actually singing? Or was it a tape?

Hard to believe anybody could actually sing with a TV camera
in the same room, but it was so convincing. Wow. And all those
musicians. Wow; looked so real.

Chris Hornbeck

I didn't see the broadcast, but people at her level of competence
really can perform (and indeed seek to perform, and train daily to
perform) in such high-stakes situations.

The ones I've known have trusted themselves more than they trusted the
technical means we could offer them for faking it--and that's just as
it should be, IMO.

--best regards

On 8 Feb 2005 01:47:18 -0800, David Satz wrote:
I didn't see the broadcast, but people at her level of competence
really can perform (and indeed seek to perform, and train daily to
perform) in such high-stakes situations.

The ones I've known have trusted themselves more than they trusted the
technical means we could offer them for faking it--and that's just as
it should be, IMO.


I think I caught one note of her performance that stated before her
epiglottis was exposed.

Or something.

On 8 Feb 2005 01:47:18 -0800, "David Satz" wrote:

I didn't see the broadcast, but people at her level of competence
really can perform (and indeed seek to perform, and train daily to
perform) in such high-stakes situations.

The ones I've known have trusted themselves more than they trusted the
technical means we could offer them for faking it--and that's just as
it should be, IMO.

Seemed more humorous last night, I guess. Folks in other threads
amazed that a former Beatle could sing his own songs live, after
only four decades of practice.

I once performed in an opera where I had to open a champagne
bottle on musical cue. *Never* worked in rehearsal, but perfect
in all performances.

Chris Hornbeck

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:31:37 GMT, Chris Hornbeck
wrote:

I once performed in an opera where I had to open a champagne
bottle on musical cue. *Never* worked in rehearsal, but perfect
in all performances.

Adrenalin lends superhuman strength...

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Chris Hornbeck wrote:
I once performed in an opera where I had to open a champagne
bottle on musical cue. *Never* worked in rehearsal, but perfect
in all performances.

I once performed a song during a Maundy Thursday service at a church
I used to go to. I'm not big into performing at ALL, so I avoided
the situation and didn't start preparing (i.e. learning the song)
until I got off work that afternoon, and the service was at about
7pm. So, in about two hours, I sat down with the CD and transcribed
the song note for note onto staff paper. Then went and performed it
in front of the church with a friend doing the singing. We hadn't
rehearsed together at all, ever. It came off just fine. Even got
a complement from the music minister.

Thing is, I'm NOT that great a pianist and had never before
transcribed a song note for note, and have never since. My ear
has improved somewhat, but back then it was really quite terrible.
I honestly didn't have any idea I could do what I did until I
suddenly found myself doing it.

It's amazing what the threat of public humiliation can make
people capable of. :-)

- Logan

Chris Hornbeck wrote:
On 8 Feb 2005 01:47:18 -0800, "David Satz" wrote:

I didn't see the broadcast, but people at her level of competence
really can perform (and indeed seek to perform, and train daily to
perform) in such high-stakes situations.

The ones I've known have trusted themselves more than they trusted the
technical means we could offer them for faking it--and that's just as
it should be, IMO.

Seemed more humorous last night, I guess. Folks in other threads
amazed that a former Beatle could sing his own songs live, after
only four decades of practice.

Funny world, innit, where someone has to have been *amazed*, simply to wonder
if a Super Bowl halftime show circa 2005 *might* have had some 'help'.


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Bobby Owsinski at Surround Associates

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Sounded great, and to me seemed to be very obviously LIVE.

I agree that the stage was cool, but they definitely weren't playing live.
Paul was singing most, maybe all, of his parts, which you heard. Being a
drummer I look for the odd hits you see but don't hear, or vice-versa, and
there was definitely some of that going on. Also, it was too clean a sound,
IMO, to be live.
---
Splat

Sir Paul pre-recorded his backing tracks last week at Capitol Records
studios in Hollywood.

--
Bobby Owsinski
Surround Associates
http://www.surroundassociates.com

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namretsam
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Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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This just in...

Recorded in Capitol's Studio A last month and practiced by the band to video monitors for four days last week. Paul's
vocals were mostly live . Thats it. End of story. Move along. Nothing more to see here....


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knobtwist
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McCartney at halftime -- did he or didn't he? [ ssully]
02/09/05 04:01 AM

The band was a pre-record, and before you start screaming blasphemy, consider for a moment the logistics such a
performance. It was a great show, Macca and his band kicked ass, and its entirely appropriate to have doen it that way.