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Summing up the Fourth…
By Brian | July 5, 2009 | Share on Facebook
I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July. My family and I spent a wonderful day out & about with friends, and then came home and watched three great fireworks shows in High Definition & Surround Sound. A quick review:
- Washington, DC: Best pre-fireworks show by far – Aretha Franklin (who looked like she was battling a cold), Barry Manilow (who looks more like 46 than his actual 66 years of age), the Sesame Street Muppets (the gang is 40 this year – just like me! Their premiered on November 10, 1969 – exactly eight days before I, er…premiered), Natasha Bedingfield, the cast of The Jersey Boys, Michael Feinstein & Andrew von Oeyen doing Rhapsody in Blue, and of course, the National Symphony Orchestra. Top it all off with the President of the United States wishing his daughter a happy birthday and then introducing Elmo. Top notch. The fireworks, though? Meh…
- New York: Best fireworks show. Macy’s is always the biggest in the country and despite the recession and talk of cancelled fireworks shows, this year’s edition was the biggest Macy’s has ever done. The pre-fireworks show? Meh. Jewel did a stirring rendition of America the Beautiful and Rob Thomas sounded OK, but the cast of West Side Story looked foolish. “America” is not a patriotic song – it’s a song that makes (somewhat racist) fun of Puerto Ricans. If they had to have a Broadway Cast perform, they should have picked someone else…
- Boston, MA: Most hip fireworks show. “Fireworks on the Clamshell” combined the standard Sousa and patriotic fare with some Kenny Chesney, some Rodney Atkins and even some John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It’s not often your toe starts tapping while watching fireworks. The pre-fireworks show? Meh. Neil Diamond looks every bit of his 68 years old, and talked through his two songs as much as he sang. And I swear he injured his back attempting to point to the sky for that classic pose at the end of “They’re Coming to America.”
Anyway, I hope your Fourth was a much fun as mine. I leave you with a video from the JibJab boys, in which various Presidents of the United States come together to sing(?) our National Anthem. Enjoy…
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Topics: Random Acts of Blogging | 3 Comments »
Macy’s? Beats out the National Park Service? Hell, perhaps they’d like to take care of Iraq and the bailout too?
PS — that previous comment looks to me like linkback spam, recommended you delete.
As for the previous comment, it’s an aggregation site to be sure, but it’s driving a few actual hits to my site, so I’m not complaining. ;-)
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