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Aretha, J-Lo defend Beyonce's inaugural http://hotnewsof.blogspot.com/backing tracks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="thumbnail" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 13px 8px 8px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 600px; z-index: 1000;"><div class="holder" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Beyonce" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-51002790/turbine/la-et-ms-aretha-jlo-defend-beyonces-inaugural--001/600" /> Singer Beyonce performs the national anthem during the ceremonial inauguration of President Obama at the Capitol. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images / January 23, 2013)</div></div> The world may never know just what, exactly, was coming through the speakers during <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/beyonce-PECLB002839.topic" id="PECLB002839" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; text-decoration: none;" title="Beyonce">Beyonce</a>'s performance of the national anthem at Obama's second inaugural Monday. <div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Fans and critics applauded her virtuoso take on "The Star-Spangled Banner," but then sources at the U.S. Marine Band confirmed that she had used a pre-recorded version, a common practice for large televised events (especially those held outdoors in cold temperatures). It's still unclear whether or not she used an entire backing track and lip-synced, or used a mix of live and pre-recorded vocals.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The Marine Band followed up with a cryptic, almost Donald Rumsfeld-ian "unknown unknowns" walkback: "Regarding Ms. Knowles-Carter's vocal performance, no one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded," Capt. Eric Flanagan said in a more recent statement.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Now other vocalists, including 2009 inaugural singer <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin-PECLB001793.topic" id="PECLB001793" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>, are coming to Beyonce's defense in the matter. “But, when I heard the news this evening that she was pre-recorded I really laughed. I thought it was funny because the weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather,",” she told ABC News. “When I heard that I just really cracked up. I thought it was really funny, but she did a beautiful job with the pre-record ... next time I'll probably do the same.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">On "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/jennifer-lopez-PECLB003044.topic" id="PECLB003044" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a> pulled back the curtain on these types of big public performances, saying, "Sometimes it happens when you are in certain stadiums and certain venues and things, they do pre-record stuff because you're going to have that terrible slap-back."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Of course, leave it to "American Idol's" classiest act,<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/aerosmith-%28music-group%29-PECLB0017764436.topic" id="PECLB0017764436" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Aerosmith (music group)">Aerosmith</a>'s <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/steven-tyler-PECLB0038794794.topic" id="PECLB0038794794" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Steven Tyler">Steven Tyler</a>, to cut right to the quick of what really matters in the story: "Beyonce's so hot she can do anything,” he told TMZ. “Let's just get real."</div></div></div>

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Singer Beyonce performs the national anthem during the ceremonial inauguration of President Obama at the Capitol. ( Mark Wilson/Getty Image...

Aretha, J-Lo defend Beyonce's inaugural http://hotnewsof.blogspot.com/backing tracks

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