Uhhh Oh...National Anthem FAIL

[MadBadger]

[stevedeshazer]

1. Anyone time it? The over/under was 1:57.

She dragged it waaaay out too long. Terrible.

[MadBadger]

3. She fucked up a verse

[dhill926]

9. and sang it way too freaking slow..........

enough already......

[tyedyeto]

25. Everyone sings it too fucking slow.

The song was written as a march not as a funeral drudge.

[thereismore]

27. The song was an Irish drinking song, not a march. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. What happened? I wasn't/am not watching.

[MadBadger]

5. She fucked up a verse

[no_hypocrisy]

13. If there was any a time to be lip-synching . . . .

I thought everyone knew the words by first grade, not to confuse with understanding them.

[gateley]

4. Who sang it? Just now tuned in to the radio, caught the "home of the brave" and

that's it.

Thanks.

[alp227]

7. Christina Aguilera n/t

[NuclearDem]

8. Christina Aguilera

She said "what so proudly we watched".

[alp227]

6. I was watching it, when Aguilera got to line 4 i thought "something sounds wrong"

I went to Wikipedia to look up the Star Spangled Banner lyrics. She sang "oh so proudly we watched" where it should've been "o'er the ramparts we watched." People on twitter are starting to get mad at Aguilera. This year's Janet Jackson moment.

[Ilsa]

10. She didn't sing. She screamed. My son said, "That lady is scary." nt

[TheDebbieDee]

24. She didn't scream. She yodeled!

[TwilightGardener]

11. Verse Fail + laughably overwrought.

[Uzybone]

12. yep....she damn near flamed out

[alp227]

14. oh yeah googled "so proudly we watched" this was result #1

and now there are like 330k results for that phrase up from just six a few minutes ago

[bluestateguy]

15. The patriotism police will be all over here in no time flat

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Who sang it and why Fail?

[tammywammy]

29. Christina Aguilera

And she totally messed up the lyrics.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/06/super-bowl-201...

[NYC Liberal]

17. @OnionSports: Cyndi Lauper looking great during National Anthem nt

https://twitter.com/onionsports/status/3439302422614016...

[yankeepants]

18. She sucked

That was painful

[liskddksil]

19. who cares about the lyrics - at least get the melody right!

[hfojvt]

20. it isn't supposed to be

"o'er the ramparts we waterboarded"? and "what so proudly we renditioned"?

[corpseratemedia]

21. imo it's good when the excesses of empire that are supposed to be perfect show imperfection

sorry christina not watching but wish it was the chimpy mcdoodle sideshow that would have the guffaws

[alp227]

22. other natl anthem gaffes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performances_and_adaptatio...

[monmouth]

23. Kathie Lee Gifford sang it the best I have ever heard....n/t

[browntyphoon]

26. and she's not lookin good. She lost points on plating and presentation

[astral]

28. This is too funny. She did look it up, tho . . .

Quote from the updated Wikipedia entry:
"Her mistake matched the lyrics from The Star-Spangled Banner's article on Wikipedia, which had been vandalized."

Well, maybe kids don't have to learn it in gradeschool anymore, like when I was a kid.