Humor Break - Sarah (Heath) Palin plays the flute in the Miss Alaska competition

[VolcanoJen]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

For real!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0OZ9W2K_z0

[TheCoxwain]

1. She was quite good for that simple tune...nt

[VolcanoJen]

2. The orchestra was gawd awful

I couldn't help but laugh at her serious eyes during the performance though. :rofl:

[WeDidIt]

10. They were trying to drown out her sour notes

She reallky was lousy.

[regnaD kciN]

57. I don't think it was an orchestra...

...I think it was a canned backing tape.

Which leads us to one of two possible explanations:

1) Sarahbou didn't bother to tune her flute to the backing tape before the performance, or

2) since this happened in 1984 (early enough in the CD era for the technology to have not become generally available), it was probably an analog tape, either reel-to-reel or cassette -- if there was any pitch instability in the tape duplication or the playback machine (say, a battery-powered cassette deck that started running low on power), it is possible for the recording to drift out of pitch with the performer even if they had tuned properly to begin with.

I would tend to go with the second explanation, since it sounds to me like she started off in tune with the backing track, and they got seriously off-pitch starting about midway through, and getting worse until the end.

[TheCoxwain]

3. I take it back .. she was off tempo ... and seemed off scale at times

[TomInTib]

12. She ran out of breath at every turn, as well.

And the claim was that she had been playing for ten years.

Yeah, sure.

My girlfriend hasn't played regularly in thirty years, and can do a better job than that.

[LynneSin]

31. She was good? Her flute playing was flat on the lower registers

Sounded like something you'd hear during a 5th grade music recital

[TheCoxwain]

32. I said I take it back ... Pls read earlier post

[LynneSin]

36. Yeah I saw it after I posted

:pals:

[TheCoxwain]

52. No problem

Giving you a :beer:

[Raineyb]

73. What are you talking about?

Her lower register was awful and she seemed to be running flat as though once she'd actually tuned the thing she didn't continue to run warm air through the instrument to make sure it remained in the same condition. Either that or she tuned the flute in an air conditioned room which is not a good idea.

Regards

[kath]

4. I wanna see the interview question.

We've seen the swimsuit and talent competitions, but I really want to see the Q & A bit - I'll bet she sounded like the infamous Miss Teen South Carolina -- heck, she *still* sounds like that.

[fed_up_mother]

5. I'm SO GLAD my parents didn't have a video camera of me at that age! LOL

[TomInTib]

6. And she had been playing for TEN YEARS?

I've heard Middle-Schoolers do a better job.

She barely had any air, at all.

Damn, that was funny!

[AspenRose]

13. My thought exactly

Former flautist here

[DangerousRhythm]

61. Same, self-taught...

What you guys said about air. She was fairly awful! :wow:

[grasswire]

7. at first I thought this was a sex thread...(eom)

[VolcanoJen]

19. grasswire!!!

:spank: :spank: :spank:

:rofl:

[Ian David]

8. Stephanie Miller says that girls who play the flute are always sluts. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

23. I take offense at that.

I played the flute for many, many years, and I wasn't -- oh, wait. Sorry. Never mind. :blush:

[PCIntern]

39. My daughter plays the flute...

[1Hippiechick]

54. Whose damn flute had she been playing for 10 years?! This was a BEGINNER piece if I ever heard one!

OMG!

[grantcart]

60. I was thinking some how someway this is going to make it into the porno they are making

[Starry Messenger]

Is it Jazz flute?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF5vlT01JNc

Ron Burgundy plays Jazz Flute.

[Ian David]

9. Here's Sarah Palin playing the trumpet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8

[Obamarama]

37. Holy Mother Of GOD....tell me this was the friggin' GONG SHOW???

That is painful.

[patrick t. cakes]

65. that was damn funny

:spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray:

[TooRaLoo]

72. oooooooooooooooouch.

[Solomon]

74. Damn. That made my brain hurt.

That was hilarious!

[LiberalAndProud]

11. Ok, that hurt my ears.

My office-mate didn't appreciate it either. ("What on earth are you listening to? A junior high concert?")

[TornadoTN]

14. I hear they also need her to do a porno - no anal required!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7270561

[Inkyfuzzbottom]

15. wow

amazin'

[MagickMuffin]

16. OMFG, that was awful

I noticed the orchestra was drowning her out. Perhaps it was for the simple fact she blows:rofl:

And that dress:puke:I can see why she lost.

Thanks for posting this VolcanoJen, I needed a GOOD laugh.

[VolcanoJen]

25. My pleasure!

I'm still laughing my ass off!!!!!

:rofl:

[nam78_two]

17. lol-our elections here keep getting more and more surreal.nt

[Obamarama]

41. Wow...what a wonderful photo of the Obama family. Iconic.

[PA Democrat]

18. She should bring her flute to the debate.

It woudl be a better performance that the Couric interview.

[RichGirl]

28. That's funny!

She might even win me over if she whips that thing out every time she doesn't know the answer to the question.

[TheCoxwain]

40. Ifill: Governor Palin - How do you think Russian actions in Georgia affect the resurgance of the ..

Cold War... Specifically at a time that the US is weak Militarily and Financially?


Sarah Palin: Oh I dont know about that - But I can play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars for you" ......

[JimGinPA]

20. One Time, At Band Camp...

:rofl:

[FVZA_Colonel]

33. Ron Burgundy is not pleased with that comment.

[TexasObserver]

49. I knew it would be here!!

[Essene]

70. i bet SHE has some good band camp stories...

[jillan]

21. Maybe she shoulda joined an Orchestra rather than get into politics.

The world would have been a better place if she would have.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. That was really not good, especially for someone who had been playing 10 years.

[msallied]

24. Oh NO! I was a flue player. I'm tarnished. LOL

[JeffR]

26. Eek. I play flute, though it's not my main axe. After hearing that,

I have a much higher opinion of my own skills.

Hey, maybe I'd be a better VP candidate too!:think:

[Blue_In_AK]

42. JeffR, are you a slut, too??

Stephanie Miller says we're sluts. Who knew? Or did she mean only "girls" who play the flute? :shrug:

[JeffR]

50. I used to be.

I wonder what Stephanie plays.

[Botany]

27. 10 years she had been playing?

:rofl:

I loved the back up band.

[Vinca]

29. The tablecloth she was wearing was attractive . nt

[mtnsnake]

30. That was almost as bad as hearing her talk. No wonder she switched to playing skin flute after that

to work her way up in the state.

[Obamarama]

34. Contrast Sarah with THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqhSkwrU_M&feature=related

[Genevieve]

38. Democrats do everything better! nt

[elkston]

44. And Bill could actually improvise a bit too, quite versatile!!

Sarah is no Hubert Laws or Eric Dolphy for that matter.

[Kukesa]

45. What a hoot! Or toot . . . or flute. Thanx, Jen. n/t

[VolcanoJen]

53. You're welcome!

I love you, Mom!

:loveya:

:hug: Kukesa :hug:

[Genevieve]

35. I tried listening to the whole thing, but my dog started crying. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

43. I'm stuck for words!!!!

:rofl:

[GoesTo11]

46. Unlistenable and what's with the crossed eyes?

One foreshadowing of current tactics: picks an approach that she hopes can fake her lack of expertise. Here, she's got four simple notes da da da da da da dum played against a background with more complexity.

[gmoney]

58. yes, they are still crossed...

the fancy glasses are an attempt to conceal that

[DangerousRhythm]

62. Her face was SCARY during that mess.

And yeah, her eyes... (___.) (.___)

:rofl:

[Obamarama]

47. Contrast her with THIS, too....

When looking for the Bill Clinton sax video above, I stumbled across this. How cool...never saw this before. Oh, to have a president again that is admired by the rest of the world.

First, Clinton is no great singer, but consider Palin wouldn't know who anyone in the front row. And could you imagine someone enthusiastically inviting the Boy King up to sing in such a setting? Hell no...they'd boo him off the fucking stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0F_6plYyTM&feature=related

[rug]

48. She's not too bad but Bill is a hell of a lot better on the sax.

[JitterbugPerfume]

51. that was painful

to listen to Toodletoodletoodley tooo (repeat)

[Born_A_Truman]

55. Ouch!! That hurt my ears.

I couldn't listen to the whole thing.

[mitchum]

56. With that clip and the swimsuit clip, the freepers are now masturbating with both hands

[whistler162]

59. She's a Flautist.... I hope she didn't flaunt it!

[Berry Cool]

63. I don't know, you guys.

I hate to speak ill of the dead, but she does seem to be a little better than was Tony Snow.

[SwampG8r]

64. swimsuit competition!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUriWHPnjeU&feature=related

[Swamp Rat]

66. toot toot!

[Bluebear]

67. Good heavens. HORRID intonation, weak embouchure, no vibrato - and bug eyed too

[smalll]

68. LOL - She's not the first clueless conservative named Heath with a musical bent --

[FrenchieCat]

69. I played the Flute. She is embarrassing to all Flute players all over the world....

as well as being embarrassing to all women all over the world.

[beac]

71. Looking forward to video of the 'gotcha questions' part of the contest!

[texas1928]

75. No sex threads.

:spank:

[Maine-ah]

76. as a floutist myself, I can say she really sucked.

[stuntcat]

77. hahhah, thank you!

I needed to laugh a little today :rofl:

[workinclasszero]

78. Were her eyes crossed and bugged out the whole time?

LOL I couldn't watch the whole thing and yeah the band sucked!