OT - Worst. Anthem. EVER.
Before today's futbol friendly between the US and Scotland, a young lady named Victoria Zarlenga sang the national anthem. At least, for a certain definition of "sang."
Francis Scott Key just shat himself in his grave.
JamieH above wrote: "It is possible that her earpiece was malfunctioning, causing her to not hear herself properly and therefore not be able to sing the proper notes."
I think that's the probably cause of her poor performance. She kept pressing at her earpiece, which is typically a sign a signer is having difficulty hearing. Plus, if you go back to the originally linked story, they have a link to her singing the anthem at a Florida Gators BBall game and her performance is pretty decent. She has at least some talent.
But what the hell ... all versions of the Star Spangled Banner pale in comparison to Fat Bob the Singing Plumber.
Yeah, I know Disney stars and all that, but one of the better renditions ever. Girl can sing.
Shameful plug for my nephew who sang the national anthem. I feel like he's got something going, and when people sing like the above it makes me feel better :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQeKI75ol1c
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My favorite "bad" version of the anthem
Great gesture by Maurice Cheeks to help out the young singer (who actually had a pretty good voice, just seemed to catch stage fright).
Speaking of butchering anthems, someone should have checked this guy's BAC before he sang the South African anthem (which is normally a very beautiful song):
Sure her performance won't merit any Grammys, but at least it didn't draw the ire of her audience. Borat, on the other hand...
I'm not a fan of our national anthem to begin with, but when people can't sing it, it's 10x worse. I went to a small private college and the national anthem at the basketball games was sung by people on a volunteer basis. Mostly students that just wanted attention. I've heard it all. You would be shocked at how many people forget the words.