Re: Your best and worse National Anthem Performance

**Soonermark890** Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:47 am

Canvas wrote:The Black eye Peas are awful.

Auto tune can do wonders huh?

Guest Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:55 pm

GrantZilla wrote: We can add Christina Aguilera list off terrible National Anthem performances. Not only did she fuck up the words, but she did everything you can possibly imagine to the song

I started laughing when she got the lyrics wrong. If you're gonna add 2000 notes to a simple melody? At least get the words right.

**freakzilla** Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:07 pm

Soonermark890 wrote:
Canvas wrote:^ that was horrendous. She is a perfect example of the modern "R&B" atrociousness that I despise
At least she wasnt as bad as the halftime show. DAMN Fergie can not sing one note.

Fergie and Gwen Stefani are awful live. Surprisingly Pink is excellent.

bird Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:25 pm

the obvious choice for best is marvin gaye, so im gonna go the crazy route, Im going with Whitney Houston becuause the one thing that automatically kills the anthem is Divaness, the ultimate Diva straight up killed the anthem (in a good way) plus with the Gulf War just starting it was pretty emotional for alot of people. She sealed her spot as a darling of america (man how things can change) with this moment.

but seriously its Marvin Gaye

**captainanddew** Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:09 pm

Soonermark890 wrote:
Canvas wrote:^ that was horrendous. She is a perfect example of the modern "R&B" atrociousness that I despise
At least she wasnt as bad as the halftime show. DAMN Fergie can not sing one note.

who cares about her singing!! one look at her face and I'm going to have nightmares for a month.

**Soonermark890** Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:14 am

captainanddew wrote:
Soonermark890 wrote:
Canvas wrote:^ that was horrendous. She is a perfect example of the modern "R&B" atrociousness that I despise
At least she wasnt as bad as the halftime show. DAMN Fergie can not sing one note.

who cares about her singing!! one look at her face and I'm going to have nightmares for a month.

LOL what you dont like the tranny look?

flapanther2001 Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:00 am

Best: Faith Hill
Worst: Carl Lewis

All the others mentioned are spot on also.

bird Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:39 pm

this one is amazing simply for the crowd, right at the beginning of the Gulf

Guest Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:40 pm

Soonermark890 wrote:
captainanddew wrote:
Soonermark890 wrote:
Canvas wrote:^ that was horrendous. She is a perfect example of the modern "R&B" atrociousness that I despise
At least she wasnt as bad as the halftime show. DAMN Fergie can not sing one note.

who cares about her singing!! one look at her face and I'm going to have nightmares for a month.
LOL what you dont like the tranny look?

she looks like she has a lot of hard miles on her, much like a career bar maid.

**freakzilla** Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:52 pm

She was a crystal meth addict.

Shaun Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:04 am

Weezer

Another good Underwood one.

Shaun Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:10 am

Jermaine Taylor vs. B-Hop (not sure if it was 1st or 2nd fight), but R-Kelly just doesn't get it.

Shaun Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:19 am

Ok, Grant has me on a YouTube national anthem craze right now.

This is my last one:

**GrantZilla** Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:17 am

Cut to last Sunday, when Christina Aguilera lost her place in the anthem before the Super Bowl and repeated a line. The uproar over the botched lyrics focused on the effect instead of the cause. Perhaps if Ms. Aguilera wasn't so intent on turning a simple song into a soulful, bluesy two-minute opera, she wouldn't forget the words.

We call it the American Idol-ization of the national anthem, but it predates the TV show by decades. Jose Feliciano (1968 World Series) and Marvin Gaye (1983 NBA All-Star game) caught people's attention with moving, nontraditional interpretations. Not all reviews were kind. It says here their real transgression was inspiring a generation of feckless imitators.

These days anthem singers typically suffocate the song with wailing personal flourishes and dramatic pauses. And while the song has been debased by the likes of Roseanne Barr and Carl Lewis, it is Aguilera who best serves as the face of the genre.
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