newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
I have to agree with Harry and Chris...just listening to the audio alone without the video you can hear Karen struggling to take her breaths something she never had a problem with before, there were a couple spots that I heard her literally taking breaths like she couldn't get enough air in.
For us fans....we treasure what we can get and even in this dire performance it's nice to see and hear. I'm still grateful for whoever found this and shared it with the fans.
I have to say I've listened over and over to this and I don't hear any times where she's struggling with her breathing...yes she's a bit more 'breathy' than normal but I think that's down (in part) to the sensitivity of the microphone she's using. It's very close to her mouth (as was her usual style) so it's very unforgiving. I also don't think the backing track is balanced properly with her live mic - they have the track a little too low or her mic too high, take your pick.
I also think it's far from what I'd call a "dire performance". Not her best, but then she was always perfect so I think we're viewing this from the standpoint of sheer perfection .
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