BEST version of the national anthem I personally have ever heard

[BigBearJohn]

[nilram]

1. Nice. Beautiful voice with great support.

Very pretty (and appropriate) flourishes and modulations. A couple of missing consonants, but we all know what they are anyway, and it was gorgeous.

[Enthusiast]

2. Lady Gaga is a marvel.

[mdbl]

3. Very Nice

thanks for posting this since I missed it live.

[MrMickeysMom]

4. Beautifully done...

Wasn't that the actress Marlee Matlin who was SIGNING?

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Yes that was Marlee Matlin signing the anthem. Two most excellent actresses Gaga and Marlee.

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[dicksmc3]

6. GAGA Does it!!!

She had me tearing up with that version!! I was quite impressed with her rendition. Just the way the Beautiful lyrics should be told by the performer. THANKS LADY GAGA!!! YOU NAILED IT!!

[kentuck]

7. Gaga nailed it!

No doubt about it.

[LittleGirl]

8. That's the second time

I've listened to it today. goose bumps!

[mr_liberal]

9. Yep, best ever.

I bet she does the halftime next year.

[Joe Chi Minh]

10. The best renditon I've ever heard, of the best national anthem I've ever heard, and

how apt that it should be US-American. It had me close to tears as well.

I've often disrespected or disparaged you Americans on here, perhaps as much as I do my own fellow-countrymen in the UK, but that childishness (or is it 'childikeness') that the French long ago identified in you so clearly, is very much a factor, it seems to me in the energy, enthusiasm, elan, originality, joie de vivre - you've often seemed more Latin than Nordic to me - and that ability to work and share together for an ideal, a common aim in the face of, in the teeth, of incredible powers of wickedness in your land at the highest levels, and is always a source of wonder and inspiration to me. Well, I'm, 75 now, but really between 25 and 29.

God made 'the sixties', that new Renaissance, that time of hope, just for you, Yanks, I think, but I'm glad we Brits were able to purloin some of it. They were the centre-piece of what the French call, 'Les Trente Glorieuses'* - when you could go from one job to another the same day, and earn enough to buy a Harley or a Buick ('on the never never') or whatever. And that, on top of having food to eat and an actual pad you could afford to rent. The pop songs often had crazy names and were incredibly original, even having a brief story-line.

If only our spiritual growth had kept pace, I think we would have avoided being pillaged. Next time we get our foot on a higher rung of the ladder, we must remember those we've just left ; and then 'they' won't be able to 'come for us', as that wisest of poems by Martin Niemoler put it. 'First they came for the Jews,' etc.

* For those unfamiliar with French, The Thirty Glorious (Years) ; i.e. after WWII

PS : Incidentally, as well as a beautiful voice and feeling for the song, what beautiful hands Lady Gaga has : those beautiful, long tapering fingers some women have.

[Plucketeer]

11. just...... WOW!

I do believe that's the BEST rendition my ears have ever been treated to. And up til hearing this, I couldn't have cared less about Lady Gaga or anything she's been noted for (nor football, for that matter). This made my Veteran veins flow with pride. Thanks for posting it here where I'm most likely to have encountered it.

[Arby]

12. GaGa has suprised

and moved me with her talent time and time again. Her duets with Tony Bennet, her character in American Horror, and now this rendition. Truly a talent.

[Joey Liberal]

13. Lada Gaga really nailed it!

I became a huge fan of Lady Gaga after watching her concert on HBO. Very talented .

[RoccoR5955]

14. Best version I have heard in a long long time. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

15. IDK about best ever....

but she did a good job.

There was a lot of pre-game hype about the selection, but she nailed it.

[lark]

16. OMG, wasn't she awesome!

I knew she had a great voice, but she absolutely owned this song! She looked so beautiful too, was really proud of her and her performance and happy we got to hear and see this moving performance.

[serbbral]

17. She was awesome...

but I would say she was ONE of the best. I still think I like Whitney Houston's rendition better.

[GreatInDayton]

18. This is, indeed,

excellent. Let's get in the wayback machine and go back to 1991.
Goosebumpe, every time.

Skip forward to about :45, when the tune starts.

[KentuckyWoman]

19. This one is tied for 2nd

1st is Sandy Patty back in 1980 something or other July 4. I was there in person while she sang and fireworks in the background.

tied for 2nd is Whitney Houston.

[Herman4747]

20. You Truly Need to Listen to the version by Jimi Hendrix. n/t