Comments on: The Inauguration: The Part That May Have Reminded You Of Your High School Band http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:57:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ObtuseIntolerant http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828552 ObtuseIntolerant Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:08:20 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828552 <p>Oh, I LOVED this performance, as I would run away with Yo-Yo Ma anyday (though the clarinetist could also totally have my number) but I thought you were going to refer to the marching bands in the parade.</p> <p>Because my thrill was that my literal, actual high school marching band was one of the first to pass the viewing tent, before the sun set.</p> <p>Alexis I. duPont Tigers Marching Band of Greenville, Delaware REPRESENT!</p> Oh, I LOVED this performance, as I would run away with Yo-Yo Ma anyday (though the clarinetist could also totally have my number) but I thought you were going to refer to the marching bands in the parade.

Because my thrill was that my literal, actual high school marching band was one of the first to pass the viewing tent, before the sun set.

Alexis I. duPont Tigers Marching Band of Greenville, Delaware REPRESENT!

]]> By: MameDennis http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828542 MameDennis Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:02:14 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828542 <P>I was kinda hoping for Keb' Mo', for I am a West Wing geek.</P> I was kinda hoping for Keb’ Mo’, for I am a West Wing geek.

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828562 T'Challa Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:48:51 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828562 <p>...and for my true cello/band geeks: Yo-Yo Ma was supposed to use a new hi-tech carbon cello made especially to withstand bitter cold:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/arts/music/19carb.html?_r=1&em">[www.nytimes.com]</a></p> …and for my true cello/band geeks: Yo-Yo Ma was supposed to use a new hi-tech carbon cello made especially to withstand bitter cold:

[www.nytimes.com]

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-862102 T'Challa Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:48:51 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-862102 <p>...and for my true cello/band geeks: Yo-Yo Ma was supposed to use a new hi-tech carbon cello made especially to withstand bitter cold:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/arts/music/19carb.html?_r=1&em">[www.nytimes.com]</a></p> …and for my true cello/band geeks: Yo-Yo Ma was supposed to use a new hi-tech carbon cello made especially to withstand bitter cold:

[www.nytimes.com]

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828572 T'Challa Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:36:33 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828572 <p>@<a href="#c10175690">juiceandgin</a>: I'm listening to Aretha's rendition again now--while it's not her best performance by a long shot, she definitely definitely took it to church!</p> @juiceandgin: I’m listening to Aretha’s rendition again now–while it’s not her best performance by a long shot, she definitely definitely took it to church!

]]> By: T'Challa http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-862112 T'Challa Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:36:33 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-862112 <p>@<a href="#c10175690">juiceandgin</a>: I'm listening to Aretha's rendition again now--while it's not her best performance by a long shot, she definitely definitely took it to church!</p> @juiceandgin: I’m listening to Aretha’s rendition again now–while it’s not her best performance by a long shot, she definitely definitely took it to church!

]]> By: Cam/ron http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828582 Cam/ron Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:58:19 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828582 <P>The performance didn't quite remind me of high school band. There weren't enough missed notes and nervous pauses, plus there were more than 10 people in the audience.</P> The performance didn’t quite remind me of high school band. There weren’t enough missed notes and nervous pauses, plus there were more than 10 people in the audience.

]]> By: Gnosis http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828592 Gnosis Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:49:37 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828592 <p>I thought Copeland was a nice choice too! He was a childhood favorite, but then in my adult years I wondered if his work was perhaps jingoist. Then I read about him in the New Yorker a while ago and realized that he was very progressive. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/27/070827fa_fact_ross" target="blank">Here's the abstract</a>.</p> I thought Copeland was a nice choice too! He was a childhood favorite, but then in my adult years I wondered if his work was perhaps jingoist. Then I read about him in the New Yorker a while ago and realized that he was very progressive. Here’s the abstract.

]]> By: the rich girls are weeping http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828602 the rich girls are weeping Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:45:45 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828602 <p>@<a href="#c10175690">juiceandgin</a>: Well, it was really cold out.</p> @juiceandgin: Well, it was really cold out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5135616/the-inauguration-the-part-that-may-have-reminded-you-of-your-high-school-band/comment-page-1#comment-828612 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:38:34 +0000 ce5372d854f093690f48554469060c0a#comment-828612 <p>I love her and hate to say this, but Aretha wasn't too good.</p> I love her and hate to say this, but Aretha wasn’t too good.

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