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Friday, January 22. 2010

Fun with the Scott Brown family

Ayla Brown at a Celtics game (h/t, No Pasaran):

and, as Insty observes:

SCOTT BROWN�S WIFE IN 1984: �As you watch it, remember: Somehow this is supposed to make you like him and his family less.� Yeah, those stupid uptight repressed Republicans:

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You have to remember that the Democratic Party is based on envy and generally ignoring the Tenth Commandment.

Damn him for having a hot wife and talented daughter! It's not fair!

#1 NJSoldier on 2010-01-22 11:39 (Reply)

Why are all the political hotties associated with Republicans and/or conservatives? Perhaps it's the lack of anger and the apparent joy of life?

#2 phil g on 2010-01-22 11:58 (Reply)

The Celtic crowd loved her...what a babe! Nice job on the national anthem, something that many pro singers have problems with.

#3 bigjay on 2010-01-22 12:36 (Reply)

There's a famous song from the Broadway musical, "I Do, I Do" in which there is a lyric line "Men of forty go to town, women go to pot." As a woman, I can attest to the fact that, when you are a working mother and you get older and have two children, you might gain a pound or two more than you carried when you were in your twenties. The present [and only] Mrs. Brown may have gained a pound or two since the 1980s, but she is still a pretty woman who is married to an obviously devoted husband. And back in the 1980s, she was a certifiably gorgeous hottie.

What the MSM is trying to do is Palinize her and her husband -- who drives a truck for gosh sakes! It won't work -- at least it won't work with us grown-ups. And we're having a resurgence here. Finally.

Marianne

#4 Marianne Matthews on 2010-01-22 12:41 (Reply)

Before the election Scott was the third most popular person in his own family. Now everyone in America knows him.
An attractive and talented family. PIP

#5 jappy on 2010-01-22 13:13 (Reply)

jappy,

Dang!!...and she can sing too!

Cheers....

#5.1 Garry on 2010-01-22 20:26 (Reply)

It's as if the dems want us to believe that politicians are some kind of neutered, monk class. Dedicated to what ever it is they do, humorless, stark, plain, and not at all fun.

WTF? "my opponent appears to be a typical politician, but note in this photo that he has a life just like yours" [ewwww]

I really don't get these people, and believe it or not, this scares me more than a militant socialist. I understand what a wolf wants, that's easy. Not understanding, and now fearing, what ever these folks are on!!

#6 Phil on 2010-01-22 15:18 (Reply)

Ayla is a beautiful girl with a strong voice. However, I cringe when I hear our National Athem sung like a country song. It should be sung straight, without taking any liberties.

#7 ac chickadee on 2010-01-22 19:13 (Reply)

This is the video the libs were 'smearing' Mrs. Brown with? That's all they've got?? I mean seriously, that's it????

Poor libs! hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa

#8 toad on 2010-01-22 20:11 (Reply)

chickadee ... I agree with you about Ayla -- she ought to be beautiful with two such handsome parents, and she is. But I too cringe when I hear our National Anthem sung, or 'styled' like a country song or a rock song. It's a hymn to freedom, and to our forefathers who fought for that freedom, and it needs to be sung as it was composed, as purely and simply as possible, as Julie Andrews might sing it.

Marianne

#9 Marianne Matthews on 2010-01-22 23:22 (Reply)

I agree that the poem that Francis Scott Key wrote - i.e. the lyrics to the song we know as The Star-Spangled Banner - was written as a paean to freedom.

But the music was not original to that song; the tune to which Key's poem was popularly sung was written as a drinking song, commonly referred to as To Anacreon in Heaven. which was attributed to the British composer John Stafford Smith. You can read its history at http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/624/was-the-melody-of-the-star-spangled-banner-taken-from-an-old-drinking-song.

All that being said, I too prefer a traditional rendition of the music. But Ayla's rendition is still quite good - and unlike too many who step up to sing our National Anthem, she at least knows all the words!

As for the [gasp!] music video, I'm old enough to recall it being shown on V66 in Boston, when they showed music videos late night on that station. Gail Huff [aka Mrs. Brown] was and is a lovely woman, and seeing this again only makes me like her - and her family - more.

#9.1 wayfarer on 2010-01-23 22:09 (Reply)

Thanks for verifying what I wrote, Marianne. And your explanation was so much better.

#10 ac chickadee on 2010-01-23 08:44 (Reply)

Marianne/chickadee:
Although I do not wish to disagree, I think that in reality, there IS no particular manner in which the "Star-Spangled Banner" should be performed...

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
"The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), set to various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth ("O thus be it ever when free men shall stand...") added on more formal occasions."

So, the melody (an octive and a half! How could those British drunks sing it?) of the song was already well established before Francis Scott Key's poem was set to it. I agree that the Nation's anthem should be performed in a "respectful" manner, but I would hesitate to call Alya Brown's rendition inappropriate. Then again, I never saw her performances on "American Idol" either, so maybe I'm wrong!!

#11 cas on 2010-01-23 22:24 (Reply)

Marianne: Personally, I always felt that our National Anthem should be "America the Beautiful". But, of course, that's not going to happen. According to two voice teachers I studied with in the past, both were, adamantly, against taking any liberties with our anthem. I think it's like when I cantor in my church. It's not about me and my style; it's all about the words that I'm singing that are important.

#12 ac chickadee on 2010-01-24 10:25 (Reply)

Sorry, Cas, I meant to reply to you. I don't function very well in the morning, I'm afraid.

#13 ac chickadee on 2010-01-24 11:09 (Reply)

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Friday, January 22. 2010

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