What an incredible inaugural ceremony. Seeing the Mall filled with millions, and hearing our new Prez's inspirational words gives us all hope for the future.
One aspect of the ceremony we were looking forward to the most was Aretha Franklin's rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
'Reeth can do no wrong. Nobody could have brought as much grace, dignity and power to the ceremony.
We don't want to sound like ungrateful bastards, but... we thought the arrangement of "My Country" kinda sucked.
The first two verses were dope, but then Aretha's voice was muddled by too many strings and overwrought instrumentation.
We would've preferred her to do it without so much accompaniment. And all the "Rings" at the end were a tad redundant. And Aretha only got three minutes to sing! If she'd gotten four or five, she would have brought the whole house down.
The happy ending, of course, is that we have a new President.
What did you think about "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"?
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Cindy Stein | January 22, 2009 10:12 AM
I especially enjoyed her telling someone to "shut up" near the end of her performance. Classy!
eightball | January 21, 2009 12:39 PM
she did great. the music fucked it up
jim | January 21, 2009 12:27 PM
meh...
iLly | January 21, 2009 3:36 AM
You really are ungrateful bastards.
hatman | January 20, 2009 7:53 PM
killer hat , man killer hat...
Marty | January 20, 2009 6:55 PM
I think they should've brought in Mike Bones to do, "I'm A Little Bit Country, I'm A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll," but that's just me. Here's to President Obama and the next four years. Cheers!
disbot 3000 | January 20, 2009 4:14 PM
Where I was watching it, they had subtitles on and, let me tell you, it was hysterical to see "let it ring. let it ring. let it ring. let it ring. Ring, ring, ring, rriiiinnnnggg." scroll across for 2 minutes straight!