Obama quartet admits faking performance at inauguration – Times Online
Deep down I suspected this was true because it just sounded too good to be a live performance in such cold weather. I don’t want to know it was a recording. I want to cling to the illusion.
I’ll get over it. Sigh.
Musings from Sumigirl 
January 23, 2009 at 10:34 am
There’s a great think piece about this:
http://secondguessmedia.com/2009/01/23/no-no-ma/
January 23, 2009 at 11:44 am
If you’ve ever played a stringed instrument outdoors you’ll appreciate why they did it. This was one gig where it had to be perfect and it sure wouldn’t have been if the musicians couldn’t feel or move their fingers.
January 23, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Actually, I played violin for 8 years as a child so I do appreciate why it was necessary. I just loved the illusion too much.
January 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm
It surprised me, although the beauty of the music and the moment were wonderful – some things shouldn’t be shared with the masses and, for me, this is one of them. Too bad they didn’t lipsync the swearing in!