{"id":4436,"date":"2008-05-17T12:57:51","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T20:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/17\/open-link-comment-thread-annie-ross-is-cooler-than-you-are-edition\/"},"modified":"2008-05-17T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T20:17:39","slug":"open-link-comment-thread-annie-ross-is-cooler-than-you-are-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4436","title":{"rendered":"Open Link &amp; Comment Thread: Annie Ross Is Cooler Than You Are Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use this thread to post whatever you&#8217;d like; self-linking is encouraged. Meanwhile, here&#8217;s Annie Ross singing &#8220;Twisted&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/StDLnFrbi78&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/StDLnFrbi78&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Although I love this clip because Ross does such a great job with gesture and expression, I wonder if she had a cold that day; her voice sounds a bit flatter here than in any other old recording of her I&#8217;ve heard (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6lcxY8OAGIo\">for example<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Ross&#8217; singing partners Lambert and Hendricks were also cooler than you, by the way:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DqmUgDUx7o0&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DqmUgDUx7o0&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Lambert and Hendricks passed on some time ago, I think, <em>[<strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: I am informed in comments that Hendricks is alive and well. Sorry, Mr. Hendricks!]<\/em> but Ross is still performing today.<\/p>\n<p>Curtsy: <a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/random-youtubery-vocalese-care-of-annie.html\">Shakesville<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use this thread to post whatever you&#8217;d like; self-linking is encouraged. Meanwhile, here&#8217;s Annie Ross singing &#8220;Twisted&#8221;: Although I love this clip because Ross does such a great job with gesture and expression, I wonder if she had a cold &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4436\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-farms","category-mind-blowing-miscellania-and-other-neat-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}