tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post8025409673623082142..comments2024-02-14T14:47:58.061-08:00Comments on Word Salad: Down By the WaterColeslawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06813319585807128092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post-10940903744014922082012-08-03T22:56:58.592-07:002012-08-03T22:56:58.592-07:00Not only should Celine Dion not be allowed to sing...Not only should Celine Dion not be allowed to sing "God Bless America," she shouldn't be allowed to sing anything in English. What drives me nuts is when these young performers "gospel" up the National Anthem, or "countrify" it, or noodle around with the melody. It should be sung exactly as written (to the tune of a drinking song which, if you could not hit the high notes or remember the words, they poured you into a carriage and sent you home). I cannot hear "God Bless America" without thinking of the child's version of the lyric, "Through the night with a light from a bulb." There is a school of thought that maintains that the Wagneresque Ms. Smith was the proverbial "fat lady" whose singing indicted that whatever it was that wasn't over until she sang, was over.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post-80451499520551137832012-08-03T22:44:54.756-07:002012-08-03T22:44:54.756-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.com