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laogaiguk
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Location: somewhere in Korea
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 Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: Pop star's butchering of O Canada prompts rare apology |
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Embarrassment Official says auditions will now be required
Mary-Ellen Saunders
Telegraph-Journal
As published on page B1/B2 on October 28, 2006
PETER WALSH/TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
Kenny MacLean
SAINT JOHN - Saint John Sea Dogs management are hanging their heads in shame after aging pop star Kenny MacLean slaughtered the national anthem in front of thousands of shocked fans Thursday night. |
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| The bass player of '80s pop band Platinum Blonde who took centre ice appeared to have no memory of O Canada. Singing in English and French, the artist made up most of the words, mixed up the song's order and tripped over the lyrics he tried to read from a piece of paper. "It was just wrong," said Turk. "It wasn't offensive, he wasn't trying to make a statement, he just didn't know the national anthem." |
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The reaction was as unnerving as the band's poodle-permed hairstyles. The audience booed him off the stage screaming "learn the lyrics."
All day Friday Harbour Station and Sea Dogs management were flooded with angry e-mails and phone calls from proud Canadians.
Turk said he was deeply sorry for the embarrassing and offensive version of Canada's anthem.
The Sea Dogs issued a press release stating, "Mr. MacLean's performance was disgraceful and an embarrassment. It is deeply regretted."
When the team agreed to have MacLean perform, Turk was told the artist was a "veteran performer and a professional." In an admittedly huge mistake, the team did not require MacLean to audition. |
http://www.canadaeast.com/tp/news/article.php?articleID=60253
The link won't work though, cause I think you need a password (and I am not giving you mine)  Anyway, you can understand from what I put up.
BTW, the guy is a Scot, damn Scots
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do we even have to play the national anthem before each and every sporting event? Couldn't we just save it for international matches or the Stanley Cup Finals? It's not like we're Yanks or Koreans. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Sure, perhaps the expectation of crowds standing, hand over heart at the start of every single game of anything is a bit much.
Still, aging, Scots, poodle haried or otherwise, any idiot who knows he's getting up to sing, in front of a crowd of more than three, should show enough professionalism and respect to learn the song beforehand.
This is real life Krusty the Clown stuff. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Sure, perhaps the expectation of crowds standing, hand over heart at the start of every single game of anything is a bit much.
Still, aging, Scots, poodle haried or otherwise, any idiot who knows he's getting up to sing, in front of a crowd of more than three, should show enough professionalism and respect to learn the song beforehand.
This is real life Krusty the Clown stuff. |
Man, he didn't even need to know it. It's not as if O'Canada is a difficult song to sing. All he had to do was rehearse it once and keep the lyrics on an easle in case he fudged it.
My guess is he didn't rehearse...or he was too out of it to remember. Either way, it's a very effective way to commit professional suicide. |
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mindmetoo
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I remember once in Vegas, before one of those temporary CFL expansion teams, a Vegas lounge singer got the job of singing the anthems. He didn't bother to learn how to sing the Canadian anthem and sung it to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
Rock on! |
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kimchikowboy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Why "O" and not "Oh"? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| kimchikowboy wrote: |
| Why "O" and not "Oh"? |
O: 1. Used before the name of or a pronoun referring to a person or thing being formally addressed.
Oh: 1. Used to express strong emotion, such as surprise, fear, anger, or pain. |
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kimchikowboy
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: |
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OK.
Did you know that, or look it up somewhere? Where? |
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Moldy Rutabaga
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| The bass player of '80s pop band Platinum Blonde |
Standing in the dark, dark, dark... he still has a career that he can commit professional suicide with? What.. Gowan was busy playing a Super 8 Lounge?
Ken:> |
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Moldy Rutabaga
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Moldy Rutabaga
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| kimchikowboy wrote: |
| Why "O" and not "Oh"? |
It's sung, 'Oh, Canada' in Quebec.  |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Platinum Blonde, in all its 'glory'...
Fewww. I had to browse through a lot of pictures to find this on Google Images. Who would have thunk that a search for 'platinum blonde' would have come up so many pictures of blonde-haired women stuffing their nether regions with assorted latex toys? |
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mindmetoo
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| kimchikowboy wrote: |
OK.
Did you know that, or look it up somewhere? Where? |
A dictionary. When I'm curious about words and their meanings I've found there's a book called a dictionary that provides a list of words and their meanings. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
I remember once in Vegas, before one of those temporary CFL expansion teams, a Vegas lounge singer got the job of singing the anthems. He didn't bother to learn how to sing the Canadian anthem and sung it to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
Rock on! |
I remember that! That was hilarious. But wasn't it at a Shreveport Pirates game? You'd think that with stuff like that and marines marching in with the Canadian flag upside-down they could just can the whole silly business. At least it's not like going to an NHL hockey game in St Louis where they have a public service announcement at the beginning that includes a request to refrain from using foul language during the game. |
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