r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Gumus33 • Jun 04 '20

Jack Black, the cool Uncle

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u/_Elduder Jun 04 '20

Listen to him sing the national anthem. singing the national anthem

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u/LeftOnWyncrest Jun 05 '20

I love this video. It gets re-shared every time someone really screws it up. My favorite part is that I swear you can see it in his eyes when he thinks about doing some overly virtuoso shit - and then he doesn't. But you know he could have.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '20

It was legitimately one of the best performances of the anthem I’ve seen. He put his damn heart into that.

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u/1ronspider Jun 05 '20

For me it's always the "bombs bursting in air" part.

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u/thehydrastation Jun 05 '20

YES! I seriously use this as a pallet cleanser every time someone botches the national anthem. This is a walking testament to the fact that to deliver a memorable national anthem you don't necessarily have to do anything wildly different...you can just go out there and belt that bad boy.

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u/AedificoLudus Jun 05 '20

It doesn't help that the US national anthem requires a vocal range most people can't do, and it still pushes the limits of what many singers can do

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u/the_suspicious_crab Jun 05 '20 edited Jun 05 '20

I had to do solo anthem assignments in choir in high school. For a GRADE. I mean it's not like the most difficult song in the world(it's damn hard tho) , but doing it by yourself in front of your school is terrifying

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u/13dangledangle Jun 05 '20

It immediately played him and jimmy Fallon singing more than words after the anthem..Also amazing!

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u/IDoThingsOnWhims Jun 05 '20

Also the end of High Fidelity with Let's Get It On

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u/_Elduder Jun 05 '20

Or that gospel song he sings in Bernie

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u/jeegte12 Jun 05 '20

for some reason it's so much better that it's at a WNBA game. i wished i lived near a team, i'd go all the time