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sir pball

(5,201 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:33 PM Oct 23

Most people who sing at the Inauguration lip-synch...

…for a lot of good reasons; it's one of those events where you need to be perfect, or else. They use their own recordings, so it's not like Milli Vanilli, but it's not entirely honest.

But the young woman that was asked to sing in 2020 was so sure of herself, she decided to go no-net, as a vocal coach breaks down:

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Most people who sing at the Inauguration lip-synch... (Original Post) sir pball Oct 23 OP
M'Eh ProfessorGAC Oct 23 #1
I only used his video... sir pball Oct 23 #2
Got Ya! ProfessorGAC Oct 23 #3
He can shut his trap piddyprints Oct 23 #4

ProfessorGAC

(75,279 posts)
1. M'Eh
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:08 PM
Oct 23

I thought she sang it well and I feel like this guy made the video for political points and not actually reaction to her performance.
Plus, the dude is not as entertaining as he seems to believe he is.

sir pball

(5,201 posts)
2. I only used his video...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:22 PM
Oct 23

…to source my claim. If I had said "she did it live" with no citation, I would have had to post this, or something, to back it up.

At any rate, it was an epic performance.

ProfessorGAC

(75,279 posts)
3. Got Ya!
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:26 PM
Oct 23

I'm not surprised she went "without a net". She's been a risk taker her whole professional life.
Worked for her so far.
Also, for all we know, she did have a prerecorded version, in case she had a sore throat or something.
If she woke up that morning feeling fine, it was "let it rip".

piddyprints

(15,044 posts)
4. He can shut his trap
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:54 PM
Oct 23

About all that “sleepy Joe” bullshit. I don’t give a crap what he says about anything else.

As far as the singing, I have heard our National Anthem (which I don’t like and think is one of the worst) so many times and have cringed through most of them. But it still gives me chills when I hear this rendition by Lady Gaga. It really meant something that day after what we had all been through for 4 years and on Jan. 6. She nailed it so perfectly.


Oh, and anyone with eyes and ears could tell she was singing live. We don’t need an obnoxious “vocal coach” to state the obvious.

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