O'ER THE RAMPARTS, O'ER THE RAMPARTS!

[NuclearDem]

Uh oh, somebody messed up.

[Poll_Blind]

1. What happened for those of us not watching?

???

PB

[MadBadger]

2. Christina Aguilera fucked up the anthem

[Poll_Blind]

4. I never understood this phenomenon. It is one of the main songs you don't want to fuck up.

So, you'd imagine everyone who ever sang the SSB at game or ceremony or whatever would be like "I am going to eat and sleep that simple fucking song until I can't possibly fuck it up."

PB

[SoCalDem]

6. they should have had this guy sing it

click ..don't worry, it's not Rick Astley

[Poll_Blind]

9. Is the corpse too far gone to dig up Robert Goulet?

:shrug:

PB

[msanthrope]

10. godamn you (and I mean that in the best way possible.....)

my eight year-old is laughing at me...

[csziggy]

18. Rick AStley would be an improvement over THAT! n/t

[csziggy]

20. deleete - posted in the wrong place

[NYC Liberal]

3. Not watching, but I try not to judge too harshly anyone singing that...

given it's a pretty difficult song to sing.

Though if she screwed up the lyrics, that's a totally different thing

[gateley]

12. She's one of my faves, but I get tired of people trying to cram in as

many runs as possible. I mentioned that to my best friends and he said he saw somewhere where they were taking bets how long her rendition would last because of her proclivity to do that. :7

[WCGreen]

17. The runs give me gas...

For once could someone just sing the song...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I am inclined to cut her some slack ... very difficult song both lyrically and melodically. n/t

[Ilsa]

11. She could have declined the invitation & let someone else actually sing it. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. ok...I vote you for next year...start practicing. n/t

[Ilsa]

15. It's not a draft. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. I know - aren't you relieved.

:D

[Ilsa]

30. I wouldn't claim to be able to do something and then drop the ball

the way she did. I expect a certain amount of professionalism from people getting top billing. And yes, I sang in college choir and public choirs into my early thirties. My voice has aged and I KNOW BETTER than to inflict it on someone.

For the record, CA is a great performer. This wasn't her tune. But I've heard many performers over the last season do a very good job with the national anthem, in different vocal styles, different group arrangements. It would have been a great opportunity for a new artist or group.

Why do you care, anyway? CA still has her career and awards.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. meh, don't really just voiced my opinion is all ...

why didn't you turn it down? sheesh, critics everywhere. I know. It's only rock-n-roll but, I like it.

I imagine she had a slight case of nerves but, maybe you never suffered from such.

[Ilsa]

32. I just voiced my opinion, that's all, same as you, without the

bogus "do-it-yourself" argument. By that standard, everyone on DU would need to run for president.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. oh my

:rofl:

if you were just voicing your opinion -- why did you see fit to reply to me directly?

and trust me on this:

I will never run for President...but, I would sure vote you to sing in front of millions of people and laugh when you make an ass out of yourself.

now then enough of this nonsense.

:* :hi:

[jbnow]

19. But it's disrespectful to the gods of drinking and

debauchery to mess up the melody of To Anacreon in Heaven

Perhaps they were drunk when they chose to put the lyrics of National Anthem to that tune of the old drinking song written a few hundred years

And long may the sons of Anacreon intwine
"The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine.

Now it is bombs and war, loverly.

There are so many better songs that could be the national anthem that have tunes people can carry and words not about war.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. face it -- Anheuser/Busch is the true winner today.

:patriot:

[Curmudgeoness]

28. No slack from me. I have know the lyrics since grade school.

And if I were supposed to sing it for the SB, I would certainly make sure I had it down.

And yes, it is an impossible song for most of us to sing. But I have heard great singers who can do it well.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

35. well then -- fuck her with a totem pole. sheesh.

[treestar]

39. I agree, given the venue she should have known the lyrics cold

Especially that song, which we all know cold anyway!

Just indicated lack of rehearsal and caring.

[Joe Fields]

43. Jesus, a person can't make a little mistake? I'll bet you that...

you could fill youtube with videos of professional singers who have flubbed the national anthem. Give the gal a break.

[ManiacJoe]

38. She does not get to use that excuse.

Christina has both the talent and the ability for that song.

[MilesColtrane]

41. Yet, I had mastered those aspects of it by 5th grade.

And, I assure you, I'm no singer.

[Ilsa]

7. She yelled it so slowly, she forgot where she was in the song. It was horrible.

There are so many talented people that live in DFW, and this is the crap they dished.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. "She yelled it so slowly"

Ding!

[Joe Fields]

44. You seem to have a real problem with such a non issue. Let it go.

You'll feel better.

[alp227]

8. the tea party's new pet issue i suppose, Janet Jackson anyone?

first time EVER I've heard someone butchering the natl anthem in public

[browntyphoon]

16. It was terrible. Fuck the flair just sing the damned song

[Barack_America]

22. +1000

[trumad]

45. Shorter version

sing it like a white person.

[csziggy]

21. Here is how it's done with style and no crap

Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Vince Welnick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH8ObibNCoo

[kas125]

25. Still, and always, the best version ever!!! n/t

[blaze]

27. Wow! That was nice!

I never heard that before. Thanks for the link!

I remember a trumpet solo once... I think it was Doc Severenson... I always thought that was one of the best I ever heard.

The Dead done good! :)

[csziggy]

37. I was looking for bad versions, but found that and quit with the best!

As much as I hate the National Anthem, that performance proves that it can be sung and sung well without a ridiculous range.

[Codeine]

29. Damn! I absolutely fucking hate The Dead and I still thought that one

was hit right out of the park, so to speak. Excellent.

[csziggy]

36. No matter what you think of their music, you gotta admit they know what they are doing

Those guys are/were superb musicians with solid abilities and great ears for tone. I like much of their acoustic work, little of the rest of their stuff, and the albums they made for children the best.

[Lint Head]

26. The melody of the The Star Spanking Banna

Was originally a bawdy beer hall song.

[Rhythm]

33. Maybe the GLEE chick should have done it instead?! n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. Not after she fucked up America the Beautiful....

"Purple Mountain... Majesties"

[Rhythm]

46. Quibbling a pluralization? Really? Still better than fucking the whole verse...

Besides, Lea Michele just plain sounded better.

[Bombero1956]

42. as I posted elsewhere

This is by far the best version I have heard at a sporting event. For the record Robert Goulet screwed up the national anthem so badly once that he refused to do it ever again. This version was done by the combined choirs of the US Military Academy at West Point, the Coast Guard Academy, the US Air Force Academy, the US Naval Academy and the US Army Herald Trumpets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePOe99DVDOQ

[Ganja Ninja]

47. I turned it off when FOX decided we needed to have a reading of the Declaration of Independence.

I waited until the game was underway so I could miss all the sickening jingoism.

[Lucian]

48. I don't know the words to the SSB.

And I don't care to know them.