Did you think about your approach to the national anthem, you know, like if you were going to do any extra flourishes, how you were going to approach the last couple of lines?īAREILLES: My dad was always pretty vocal about his disdain for people who would kind of, you know, make the national anthem too much their own.īAREILLES: So I think I took a pretty simplistic approach. I thought this was important.ĮISENBERG: Now, I - you know, I know you're 14 and, obviously, that was a big gig. And somebody - as I walked to my seat, someone in the stands was like, it's California, chick, you know? Like, you - I'm like, I live here, I promise. So it's, like, an 11-hour drive or something like that. So my family drove down to Los Angeles from Eureka, Calif., where I grew up. And so they had me make a tape and send in a submission. Funkhouser (ph).īAREILLES: His brother somehow handled some of the bookings - the musical bookings - for the Dodgers. How does someone get a gig like that as a teenager?īAREILLES: So my math teacher in eighth grade, Mr. And you sang the national anthem on opening day at Dodger Stadium when you were a mere 14 years old.ĮISENBERG: Oh, my goodness. So.ĬOULTON: That's what I'm going for as well.ĮISENBERG: You know, Sara, I was reading about you.

But it's a mess (laughter).ĬOULTON: Can I just point out that you and I have both made the decision to put a thing on a Wurlitzer in view of our camera?īAREILLES: I'm clearly indicating that I am a musician. And now, you know, with everything, it's like, you see so much of your home.īAREILLES: And so I'm trying to just, like, manufacture something that looks remotely considered. It's truly - so I just moved into a new apartment in December.

How's it going? I like your backdrop, a tapestry.īAREILLES: Oh. JONATHAN COULTON, BYLINE: It's such a pleasure to meet you.ĮISENBERG: Thank you so much. She's the Grammy-winning artist behind the hits 'Brave' and 'Love Song.' She stars in the Peacock comedy 'Girls5eva,' and her new album is called 'Amidst The Chaos: Live From The Hollywood Bowl.'īAREILLES: Hi. It's because our next guest is Sara Bareilles. We're not just playing Sara Bareilles because it's the only thing in our engineer's playlist. You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. SARA BAREILLES: (Singing) You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug.

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