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[SolarLiner]

Even with all the missing players because of injuries, the French goalkeeper never really had to do anything because the German players almost always missed the goal.

Google says 7 shots on target, against 6 for France. Lloris did a very good job this match.

 

[Urwumpe]

Google says 7 shots on target, against 6 for France. Lloris did a very good job this match.

Must be a very liberal way of defining target.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Please... don't use a mezzo-soprano for singing the German national anthem. Its a drinking song, so please make sure its at least a Viking choir. :dry:

As was the American National Anthem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven

 

[Andy44]

Only with copious amounts of alcohol could I work up the courage to attempt singing the US national anthem, especially the "home of the free" line.

And only with similar amounts of alcohol could anyone stand to listen to my attempt.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Only with copious amounts of alcohol could I work up the courage to attempt singing the US national anthem, especially the "home of the free" line.

And only with similar amounts of alcohol could anyone stand to listen to my attempt.

 

[Quick_Nick]

the "home of the free" line

... Close enough, I guess.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Has anyone else tried the skins Orbiter-Forum?
They are really great.

The Apollo (Fluid) skin is one of my favorites.

Other skins that I liked my and caught my attention:

Dark Nights:

Looks like "Welcome to NASA web page"

Orbiter-Forum, I selected blue color.

Like the MM2 Central, a web to download add-ons for Midtown Madness 2, and with a logo that makes me think that the forum is a product of BuyNLarge

Great skins, thanks design team!!

 

[Andy44]

... Close enough, I guess.

Last time I drank enough to sing it, that's how I sang it.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

If you sing it as written the "free" isn't as high, not held so long.

 

[Linguofreak]

If you sing it as written the "free" isn't as high, not held so long.

And, as it tends to be butchered these days, "free" gets split into two notes, jumping up an octave on the second: "O'er the la-and of the _freee-^{heeeeeeeeeee...}".

It's done so consistently that I've picked it up and the "as written" takes me off guard when I hear it.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Same here... There's way too many vocalists that just use it to highlight their range (or lack thereof).

Stick figure theatre had fun with it with Jimmy Hendrix and his electric version. Him checking his watch was pretty funny.

 

[jedidia]

The Valkyrie maybe? Sorry - Die Walküre

You ever heard a wagner-trained soprano? Those gals have a vibrato large enough to drive a train through. It would sound even less than what Urwumpe had in mind.

 

[Linguofreak]

Today's XKCD falls flat on the last panel on account of quoting the LOTR movies rather than the books.

 

[Urwumpe]

Same here... There's way too many vocalists that just use it to highlight their range (or lack thereof).

Stick figure theatre had fun with it with Jimmy Hendrix and his electric version. Him checking his watch was pretty funny.

I can confirm this - it sounds way better on electric guitar if you ignore the pitch up and let the following notes also have some fun. Leave yodeling in the Alps, please.

 

[Notebook]

This is sinister, AI's brewing beer for.....robots!

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N.

 

[jedidia]

[ame="https://twitter.com/nomanssky/status/751141699880095745"]Sean Murray on Twitter: "It's happened. No Man's Sky just went gold. I'm so incredibly proud of this tiny team. 4 years of emotions https://t.co/YJoI6JVgxq"[/ame]

 

[Notebook]

Nice to see Brian Blessed in a proper job.
Gordon's Alive!!!!!!!!!!

N.

 

[Andy44]

Same here... There's way too many vocalists that just use it to highlight their range (or lack thereof).

You can probably thank Whitney Houston for that. Her rendition of it was absolutely stunning and everyone else has been trying to recapture that ever since, and failing.

 

[birdmanmike]

You ever heard a wagner-trained soprano? Those gals have a vibrato large enough to drive a train through. It would sound even less than what Urwumpe had in mind.

Who mentioned Wagner?. Apologies - Urwumpe asked for a Viking choir. Didn't realise deep bass called for :facepalm: Referring to various of the Edda - Norse and Icelandic, you get the Valkyrie, long, long before Wagner - see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie
Bet they could rustle up a few heavy drinking fallen heroes to sing for you anyway if you want bass and the girls are not low enough. Morally or tonally

As for Wagner trained, well my recordings do seem mostly mezzos, but agreed not deep and drunk enough for the purpose.
How's about a few of my Welsh boyo mates from the valleys? They can belt out Land of My Fathers and there's a few spare after they went home.
What voice needed for the Marsellaise again? (NOT :rofl: )

 

[jedidia]

Who mentioned Wagner?

You can't mention german music in combination with valkyries without invoking Wagner. It basically throws an exception :lol:

As for Wagner trained, well my recordings do seem mostly mezzos

I'm not very solid when it comes to tonal ranges (I know the values, but I can't make them out unless I'm hearing them side by side), but that Hoyo-to-hoOoOoOoOo doesn't sound very mezzo... :shifty: