We couldn't wait for it to go out of tune because it always sounded better out of tune.
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If a musician's vocals are frayed or their instruments are out of tune, it comes across in the interpretation (a "this is really bad" face might accompany an out-of-tune guitar riff).
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There's wrong notes, instruments out of tune, missed vocal cues.
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From the rehearsal building, an out of tune trumpet sounds.
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"You were out of tune, that was shit," he shouts.
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We made Lego villages, played music, sang out of tune.
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They go out of tune, or are rarely in tune.
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On Paranoid, those guitars are out of tune [with each other].
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The performance nearlystopswhen you, singingto God's dogs,fall out of tune.
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"It's a pity that the piano was out of tune," Putin said.
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But now the regime thinks Mr Yarrahi is singing out of tune.
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Its playing, while energetic, often sounded out of tune and distractingly scrappy.
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He would give it to us straight, like, 'You're out of tune.
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As always, it sounds anxious, racist, and distinctly out of tune with reality.
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I didn't want him to be playing badly or singing out of tune.
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The missing information about orbits is like musicians playing out of tune, he said.
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"Soulless Meat Puppet," banging away on a murky, out-of-tune harpsichord, is typical.
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Norway's female hunters reject the idea that they are out of tune with nature.
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Their conversation at times, however, might be described as just a little out of tune.
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An early GOP ad against Quist charged he was "out of tune" with Montana values.
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An ALMA antenna is useless when one of its radio receptors is out of tune.
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Ryan Zinke's former House seat, for being "out of tune" and "too liberal" for Montana.
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In this case, it describes the music being out of tune with other recorded music.
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But a message that resonates in some districts could seem out of tune in others.
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Throughout [the election], Berlusconi looked very old (well, he is), tired, and out of tune.
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Perhaps, these numbers suggest, Democrats are not so out-of-tune with the country after all.
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What sounds pitch perfect in Miami, Florida, may be out of tune in Miami County, Kansas.
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This policy is out of tune with human rights practices around the world and U.S. history.
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"We humans say it falls out of tune, but that's not exactly accurate," Mr. Sakamoto says.
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" One of the candidates began singing, albeit "terribly out of tune but sung with great enthusiasm.
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Once the rainforest loses a certain amount of area, this orchestra will fall out of tune.
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"It's out of tune," he declared, as he ran a floppy-tipped wand across the strings.
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The out of tune piano represents the deep anxiety, dissonance, and abuse lying under the surface.
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And then there's a motorcycle gas tank that we use as an out-of-tune steel drum.
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However, Mr. Sánchez successfully portrayed her as the establishment candidate, out of tune with ordinary party members.
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Because I'm MeAt the start it sounds like some kid singing out of tune about wearing shoes.
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Then there is a hip-hop guy singing and then the out of tune kid comes back.
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We live fragmented lives, completely out of tune with nature, the seasons, and the various cycles of time.
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"My brand is really out of tune with what Americans seem to respond to right now," she said.
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For decades, the country was under a Marxist-Leninist dictatorship that was out of tune with its needs.
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Then we have the higher strings, they echo the uncertainty of the piano, which is out of tune.
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If you're on a laptop, phone or tablet and have internet access, you'll never be out of tune again.
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And he's so drunk he plays only one chord over and over — and the instrument is out of tune.
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It might be said that Foy was out of tune with the times from the beginning of his career.
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But it's not gender or foreign-policy views that make the show feel out of tune with the times.
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I love the hyperactivity of the song and the mashed up vocals are out of tune just a tad.
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Some of its denizens are the same—out-of-tune organ grinders, peddlers of cow's-brain tacos and the like.
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Just out-of-tune, jagged strumming and a strained New England accent longing for a lost cat called Foot Foot.
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Grumpy Cat was always patient, allowing groups of kids to sing her an out-of-tune "Happy Birthday" between cuddles.
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Without proper babying, they can warp or crack, and fluctuations in humidity cause the guitar to go deeply out of tune.
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But this kind of deep thinking feels forced and artificial, and it's out of tune with the rest of the film.
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It's rusty, the guitars are a fraction out of tune, and the lead guitar lines amble in and out at random.
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Perhaps that's no surprise in rock music, but opera singers can sometimes be as far out of tune as shower singers.
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J.C. Scraggly, slightly out of tune guitar picking runs through "Body Count," but it shouldn't be mistaken for fragility or diffidence.
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In fact, I like things to be out of tune, because it makes the instruments relate to each other more interestingly.
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Meanwhile, Joylon Skinner's multi-tracked vocal parts drift in and out of tune, making the tracks a little bit more interesting.
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There, he says, "They be saying I sound like I'm out of tune / I ask them: "Do you cry in tune nigga?
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"Legend" and "Preach" display all of his signatures, and "With You"'s out-of-tune, whirring synths sound unmistakably like Party's work.
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D.R.A.M.'s voice is sweet, and when he breaks into his signature almost-out-of-tune style, it adds something extra special.
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But without warning, the roaring horns and strings drop away, leaving only a slightly out-of-tune barroom piano for the melody.
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Little about the agricultural situation in today's California seems wildly out of tune with this long history of rapacity and environmental abuse.
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Too many of the duets were so glaringly out of tune that they will have to be redone or adjusted before the broadcast.
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It sounds as if the waterfront has turned into the horn section of the loudest, most-out-of-tune orchestra in the world.
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"I really latched onto the pitchiness of older synths and how out of tune things can sound and still sound musical," he said.
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And when I sing to her, she opens her mouth wide and wails along, beautifully out of tune, trying very hard to harmonize.
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When the band mounted the makeshift stage for a few songs — all performed slightly out of tune — the audience waved signs and screamed.
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Those taxi horn blasts, subway screeches or jarring police-car whoops: She hears them as pure — or often out-of-tune — pitch tones.
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Before I'm even fully aware of what I'm doing, I find myself sloppily shouting out of tune, my hands manically raised above my head.
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Synth pads quiver with a dissonance that makes it hard to tell if Prophet is a programming genius or a little out of tune.
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And he starts belting out, 'staring at the blank page before you…' and he's singing it out of tune before the car drives away.
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Mr. Beck is virtuosic, he's dramatic, and he's in a permanent musical state of controlled volatility, and he doesn't ever go out of tune.
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It wasn't just that Sergey sang out of tune or that he sang with a gooey Russian accent, although those things bothered Vadik, too.
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Tip "Sing with tenderness, vulnerability and honesty even if you think you're out of tune," says Katarina Juvancic, a Slovenian singer-songwriter and anthropologist.
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"Fat City" is an Edward Hopper painting, a Robert Frank photograph, a midnight-choir Tom Waits operetta plunked on an out-of-tune piano.
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For that same reason, as my exasperated childhood teacher could tell you, it is also very easy to play a violin out of tune.
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Roberts Logan's goal was to show support to other people who feel out of tune with their faith-based communities supporting President-elect Donald Trump.
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Wheezing like an out of tune accordion, the music industry has struggled to catch up with the dramatic changes forced on it by the internet.
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The Australian lawmaker who recently urged a "final solution" for Muslim immigrants was only slightly out of tune with public debate about immigration in Australia.
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As the students began to play, the music was a bit out of tune, but there was no dismissing their passion and eagerness for performing.
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I'd start a DIY punk girl band and it would be absolutely terrible: We'd always be out of tune and never keeping to a beat.
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On Coloring Book, it's hard to imagine Chance being out of tune with anyone, until you realize he might be holding himself back for their benefit.
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"McRaven recalled that "one voice began to echo through the night" — one of the candidates began singing, albeit "terribly out of tune but sung with great enthusiasm.
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You can use a string plug-in, heavily compress and put vinyl sound on a track, and make it sound like it's a little out of tune.
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And when the world's weather is out of whack, organisms who rely on changing seasons to calibrate their internal clocks can be thrown out of tune, too.
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They also rarely speak the local language, Cantonese, also live apart and often seem no less — and sometimes even more — out of tune with ordinary Hong Kongers.
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Andrew Cuomo survived a primary challenge and was reelected handily, but his 1990s-bred brand of politics remains far out of tune with the current Democratic mood.
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The only problem, as YouTuber Tom Scott explains in the video above, is that the grooves weren't spaced out properly — so the road sounds badly out of tune.
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"The band suddenly realized they were out of tune and they had to get their act together," remembered their road manager (and future Apple Records President) Neil Aspinall.
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It was a debate where few voices defended the former president, and many said his comments seemed out of tune with the political and social climate of 6900.
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This might seem out of tune with the current U.S. stock market action, which features broad participation in the rally to new highs and leadership by economically-sensitive sectors.
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A day after Democrats tapped Quist as their nominee, the CLF spent $700,000 on a TV spot knocking the musician's credentials as "out of tune" with the state's politics.
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It doesn't matter whether you're singing in tune or out of tune, there's nothing better than singing in the shower in the in car along with your favorite band.
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"Lessons in Temperament," part of the Toronto company Soulpepper's monthlong residency at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York, is a memoir of minds gone out of tune.
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"It will go out of tune on its own, always," says Mr. Smith, a 31-year-old actor with an easy, unadorned charm, who is training at Soulpepper Academy.
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Whether Milán, Daniel or Anthony sing in or out of tune, we have courageously adapted to their sweet voices as our tough ears have learned to love every note sung.
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They were treated to an impromptu concert by the contralto Marian Anderson, who sang "Comin' Through the Rye" accompanied by their great-grandmother Sara Delano Roosevelt's out-of-tune piano.
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Relentless Republican obstruction didn't fit with Obama's tale of there being no red or blue America; rising chaos and nationalism were out of tune with his hymn of walls falling.
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In recent years the airline cartel of old has been accused of being out of tune with the times, particularly by low-cost carriers such as Ryanair, which is Europe's biggest.
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Moved by what she heard, she recorded a version of the "sci-fi fable" over the course of three days on an old out-of-tune piano in a rural studio.
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Jenn Blosil, Justin Bieber's "Sorry" I'm not sorry for giving out another free pass here — although this was an out-of-tune nightmare, Jenn's vocal quality and musical connection are undeniable.
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A single pluck from his young son's out-of-tune ukulele might, for example, serve as the basis for a 20-minute drone that's then edited with other sounds and rhythms.
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Noi hit her brother on the head and then the two curled themselves around the frayed, embroidered pillows they had found upstairs on a bench beside an out-of-tune piano.
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From the metallic drums, to the synthesizers focused into sharp points, to her own voice and the way she cultivates an exaggerated nasality, everything sounds out of tune, flattened into harshness.
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There's no question that his message will stand out from the Republican pack wherever he goes—but will voters in states like South Carolina find it refreshing or weirdly out of tune?
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Regulatory change, a deep customer mistrust, and a seriously out of tune with reality technology stack and physical infrastructure all contribute to the opportunity to build exciting new companies in Financial Services.
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Many foreign businesses complain about what they regard as a rise of protectionism in China, too—but no one could accuse Mr Xi of being out of tune with the Davos mood.
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Taking the expressive marking "con indifferenza" ("with indifference") to heart, Mr. Bresler played it with out-of-tune apathy of an undermotivated beginner, in what was perhaps the night's most astonishing transformation.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday an impromptu piano rendition he gave on the sidelines of a meeting in Beijing had been hampered by an out of tune instrument.
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You can imagine my disappointment when the performance was submarined by a microphone mishap, one that introduced unexpected, tinny plonks to the mix and seemingly pushed the British star out of tune.
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After the Spurs game, Ross played the Liverpool anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Gerry and the Pacemakers and everyone sang along, bellowing out of tune at the top of their voices.
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I don't care what you think of the Log Man, but no wine is finer than a group of tipsy women belting the words "forever and ever" in perfectly out of tune harmony.
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In much the same way that cancer can overtake a body if left untreated, Mr. Sakamoto also thought about how instruments like a piano will naturally fall out of tune without human intervention.
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Yet even the most well-rehearsed live shows are bound to have moments that are out of tune, mistimed or just plain mistaken: human, one-time moments that can make a performance memorable.
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With Waves, Shults continues that theme in a highly realistic setting, zeroing in on an ordinary American family with ordinary dreams and hopes, whose seemingly enviable harmony is beginning to go out of tune.
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Given those strains, the official Davos theme this time — "Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution" — may sound oddly out of tune, and the various panels on the topic could prove to be little more than sideshows.
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The old left-right split seems tired, out of tune with both a changing economy and the need to confront the populism of the National Front (FN), as well as a source of paralysing division.
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I met one of them for the first time last night, and 5 seconds later he was showing me a video of a dude whistling a super out-of-tune cover of 'Winds of Change'.
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His apartment windows face a brick building next door, and he composes on an upright piano that is out of tune because he cannot afford the $125 tuning cost "at this present time," he said.
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Often accompanying the ballads, popular in South Africa, is an enthusiastic, if out-of-tune, group of expatriates for whom the restaurant at the center of the housing complex La Balise Marina serves as a clubhouse.
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But Mr. Trump declared last week that he was perfectly happy to renew the arms race if need be, a declaration that was jarringly out of tune with his calls for a friendlier relationship with Russia.
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I was about to perform in public for the first time since my high school graduation in 1985, when I sang, very out of tune, the Kenny Rogers classic "Through the Years" with my friend John.
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In Cerro Gordo, a town nestled in the Inyo Mountains of California, near Death Valley, there's a single saloon with swinging doors, two out-of-tune pianos and a mysterious bloodstain on the wall beneath three bullet holes.
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"He doesn't realize how out of tune that sounds these days," Mr. Guajardo said, pointing to the potential conflicts of interest raised by Mr. Trump's business activities and those of his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner.
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It was only when we actually really got in the studio and I heard his voice and heard my voice that I realized what a great singer he was and what a shitty, out-of-tune singer I was.
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Instead of a speech, the sisters sang a goofy and out-of-tune, but incredibly heartfelt, mash-up of Tracy Chapman, the Jackson 5 and Backstreet Boys songs, rewritten with lyrics about their sister's relationship with her new husband.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party is not trying to curtail internal debate or even criticism with rules banning "baseless comments" but is simply trying to ensure no one is "singing out of tune", President Xi Jinping has said.
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But if you observe exactly the right distance between each note, you end up, for reasons that are still not clear, with an octave that sounds slightly out of tune, so the discrepancy has to be redistributed among all 12 notes.
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It had an out-of-tune piano, golden wicker-backed thrones, giant ceramic flowers on the ceiling that hid speakers, the option to have red light in the bathroom, and a view of an islet with a 15th-century castle.
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The very first shot of our pilot is a beautiful blonde girl singing South Pacific, and then you move past her to the awkward girl in the back who's painted freckles on her face and is singing out of tune.
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No more climbing up the ladder, hungry for applause; instead, the tiny joys of a bowl of soup carried without spilling to the table, or an apple crop shaken wildly down on the overgrown garden, or a song sung loudly out of tune.
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Did I conceive of my body as a musical instrument that belonged to no one in particular — banged up and out of tune, the property of some hospital's activity parlor, available for anyone to pick up and strum a vulgar ditty on?
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C.J. Johnson, Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" Much of this treacherously overdone Idol anthem was out of tune, and I hated all of the contrived moves: blowing a kiss, wavering in the middle of a word for no reason, GRABBING A RANDOM HAND (shudder).
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It pushes the entrepreneur to unnatural and harmful tactics to meet this valuation, or to eventually fundraise again at a lower valuation – or at a higher valuation from whatever out-of-tune investor they can find to do – then seriously struggle to exit.
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Sanders called on the old Cold Warrior to make the case that despite her claims to be the most qualified Democrat to serve as the next president, the more hawkish Clinton is out of tune with her party on foreign policy and national security.
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The story starts with a man in the wrong key, out of tune with the real world, loading up his traveling salesman's car every morning, lying on a motel bed every night, watching TV. The "unreal real" of the small screen becomes Quichotte's brighter world.
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But at the Mariposa in Sweetwater, you can walk in, order a shot of bourbon, and straight-up Aaron Burr a robot—all to the strains of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, courtesy of a player piano that happens to be ever so slightly out of tune.
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The solid professionalism of the cast was unfortunately not reflected in the pit: Daniele Tirilli worked hard to marshal his forces and kept the pace flowing, but the scrappiness of the frequently out-of-tune orchestra proved a jarring contrast with the elegance of the vocal soloists.
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The best part of the show is the sniping banter between Ms. Dockery and Mr. Botto, but there isn't enough of it, and it's so out of tune with the mystery and murder plot — which is grim and rather pedestrian — that you're never really prepared for it.
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He is tall and unfailingly well put together; that day he had on a navy blue shawl-neck sweater over a pressed white button-down shirt, dark, slim-fitted wool pants and large glasses with clear-plastic frames that were slightly out of tune with his otherwise sober demeanor.
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Since it was a national holiday, there must have been thousands of picnickers in the park, and this particular group were laughing when a man in a neighboring gathering, who had evidently had one soju too many, stood up and began swaying in the breeze while singing painfully out of tune.
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The further you go up into the extended notes above a chord—they still belong to the chord, but they cross over into the jazz threshold, and the more you do that, the more precision and technique is required to pull those notes off without it sounding out of tune.
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"Enigma" clatters and springs as snippets of human shouts ring out over the track, both interrupting and interrupted by the drums; "Kyanite" deploys similarly spliced shrieks and buzzes, like a quartet of air-raid sirens out of tune, over a drum track so acutely polymorphous it's as much Indian classical as Detroit techno.
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But Mr. Stewart, who was promoted to the cabinet only a few weeks ago, was out of tune with the majority sentiment among fellow Conservative lawmakers and never had much chance of reaching the shortlist of two contenders from whom Conservative Party members will select their new leader, who will be Britain's next prime minister.
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Wandering around the downstairs rooms stuffy with heat, their light thick with dust motes, the blinds at their windows lowered to half-mast, as they always were in summer, she pressed down keys—startling herself out of her own reverie—on the out-of-tune piano, which none of them had played with any talent.
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"I'm heartbroken that I was not home to celebrate with my girl today but I will close my eyes now and picture her wrapped up in my arms and hope that my out of tune FaceTime Happy Birthday song stuck in her heart and filled her up with all my unconditional love on her very special day!" she writes.
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In their case though, Nicolas leans heavily on the jangly, borderline-out-of-tune guitar sound favoured by acts like Gus Dapperton in the US, and Rex Orange County in the UK. Like Clairo, Boy Pablo sonically look backwards – Nicolas got bang into 60s pop on YouTube while starting to write his own stuff – while pushing ahead too.
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"My only comment would be my relief that the president finally recognized the crisis we face, but my distress that the entire response was so completely incoherent and out of tune with Americans' health and safety needs," Sara Rosenbaum, chair of the Department of health policy at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, wrote in an email to VICE News.
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Here, for instance, is the great virtuoso Itzhak Perlman decidedly not playing a section of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto screechily out of tune in a video called "Itzhak Perlman Shreds Mendelssohn Violin Concerto": Now the violin world is being transfixed by a new shred that few people have seen — but which is raising questions about satire, free speech, good taste and whether classical music can take a joke.
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So, against my instincts, I decided to stay dry and when, a few days into the Olympics, it became clear that so many others — Cariocas and tourists alike — were not making the same decision, I stuck with it as a form of self-sanction: a reminder that the negative backbeat leading into an Olympics so often ends up feeling out of tune, as the Olympics start making their own music.
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