# Nice job, Mark Anthony!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 13, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262 "2011-06-13T00:02:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262/1 "2011-06-13T00:02:58Z")

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Finally, somebody sang it right. 😉  
That would be the Star Spangled Banner, tonight, 6/12/2011 at some basketball game.  
I wasn’t paying attention until he started singing.  
Game 6?  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262/2 "2011-06-13T01:35:35Z")

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I think he spells it “Marc”, but yes, he did a credible and remarkably non-annoying version of the tune.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262/3 "2011-06-13T02:22:50Z")

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[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfpKGi3SJr0)?

I have a feelign most Dopers would say it had too much melisma, but we’ll see.

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262/4 "2011-06-13T02:53:19Z")

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I prefer a much more [traditional rendition](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A)…as meant by the writer of the piece.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-job-mark-anthony/585262/5 "2011-06-13T03:51:50Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfpKGi3SJr0)?
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> I have a feelign most Dopers would say it had too much melisma, but we’ll see.

I didn’t hear much melisma, but he sure had a mess of vibrato.