redarmy990

what a fantastic spectacle this was.

Honoured to be part of it.

it was cool though

Jerseygirl

Glad you had a good time but I really can't see why all the fuss and expense...especially the expense...when he's been president for the last 4 year.

redarmy990

for me i think its because im now part of the DC community.

we live 8 miles outside DC just jump on the metro and in 15 minutes im outside the whitehouse.
it was my first inauguration day.
and it was MLK Day too

yes theres expence but i enjoyed this morethan anything the royal families ever done.

Jerseygirl

Off to The Tower with you.

Bob

Had friends that were there. They were at one of the dinners a few nights ago when someone at their table gave them tickets as they were going to the ball as well, so that was nice.

Practically front row and got a hand shake from the president as well as to say a few words.

Did look a lot of fun, but sound of things, glad we didn't have to drive any where around there

paddingtongreen

Says the woman who goes in for conspicuous consumption, $8,000 handbags and boots and such, and she's been around longer than four years.

RICH

Was Beyonce miming then?

Leslie

Nice!

I enjoyed it on the TV machine. Very proud of our president.

Pulaski

Cause indeed for celebration ..... Obama's final inauguration!

RICH

Bring on the next election. But lets do Valentines Day first.

SultanOfSwing

From what I heard on the news this morning she was although it was to a recording of her own voice, so that sort of doesn't make sense. Perhaps she was scared of cocking it up ...

Didn't hear the actual performance, though - did she still mime to that god-awful warbly can't-stay-on-one-note crap that everyone seems to use to butcher the National Anthem these days?

Poppy girl

I agree and boring!

Leslie

Yes.

This just proves what I already knew - Beyonce is offcially shit. FFS even James Taylor was legit - not perfect, but I don't think people expect perfect in that situation. Kelly Clarkson, who doesn't have half the commercial pull of Beyonce, did her job and sounded lovely. What's the point of being a "singer" and not even being able to sing?

SultanOfSwing

That should be considered an act of treason.

In a live performance, nobody expects note-for-note perfection. At an event such as the President being sworn in, one would think an American artist would put forth the effort to actually use their own voice, wouldn't one? If Taylor and Clarkson can do it, surely she can as well?

I honestly have no answer for that. Most singers I know, however, would have sung it live though. With no embellishments

Scouse Express

Would rather see "Trooping The Colour"


Jim.