The worst national anthem shows of all time
Come on, people-it's just eight lines!
For many celebrities, singing the national anthem is a coveted honor. But it is also a surprisingly difficult tuning to nail and the complexity of the melody combined with the pressure of the execution in front of a captive public is alsoThis patriotic performance that many singers dreaded. Not to mention, if you spoil, it could be a real career killer (or at least a few weeks of very bad press).
Do you think that could never happen to your favorite stars? Reflect again - and read to find out who really bombarded dramatically.
1 Christina Aguilera
Nobody can debate that the singer has got the pipes to perfectly perfect the "starred banner". But during the 2011 Super Bowl, in addition toBoozer the lyrics By mixing the fourth and second line of the song, she also had the last note completely false.
2 Roseanne Barr
In 1990,Roseanne Barr Started too high and continued to sing key and speed. It was the kind of performance you expect to hear in a diving bar at 4:00, not one of the biggest events of the year. The boos came quickly and badm took a performance that thenPresident George H.W. Bush called "shameful". Barr return shot,narrativeBoth, "Well, I'm sorry not to sing as well, but I would like to hear him sing that."
3 Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler Performance 2001 We met the controversy when he made last minute changes to the emblematic song, starting with the harmonica and finishing by singing "for the country of the free and the house of Indianapolis 500" instead of " The brave. "(People did not kindly take the throat and rock star"Yeaaaa"He included either, but, hey, at least he was on key.)
4 Michael Bolton
In a2003 Red Sox-Yankees gameMichael Bolton essentially has the crude of the national anthem and he was uncomfortable to say the least. And he got up when he had to check very visibly the palm of his hand to remember the words "last glow of Twilight." Safe to say that it did not read the public well.
5 R. Kelly
If you needed another reason to hateR. Kelly, look no further than his2005 rendering of "starred banner" in a boxing game in Las Vegas. The R & B singer has put a little too much soul in the performance, which was complete with synths, backbaths and a hand applause request. It's good to put your own spin on the classic song, but trafficking as an original R. Kelly was considered offensive.
6 Aaron Lewis
In 2014,Aaron Lewis, the main singer for the Rock Strip Strip, messed the lyrics and created newWhile performing before the match 5 of the World Series. Unfortunately, what could have just been considered a tiny error has been overshadowed by the fact that Lewis had already blown Christina Aguilera for ruined his own performance of the national anthem.
"I do not understand how people who sing the national anthem can be so self-absorbed and trying to change this song. If there is a single song in the history of this country that does not deserve any creative interpretation, c is that one, "says Aguilera in 2011." It's been a long time "since his own" creative "rendering, but many still remember the starhypocritical performance.
7 Fergie
The interpretation of the emblematic anthem of the 2018 All-Star match has been widespread on social media, thanks largely to its openly sexual grow. She sounds less like her greeting a nation and more as she makes aCover of "baby is cold outside" with his words. She later apologized, tellingTmz, "I've always been honored and proud to accomplish the national anthem and last night, I wanted to try something special for the NBA. I am an artistically, but clearly that this interpretation does not have Struck the desired tone. I like this country and honestly doing my best. "
8 Rachel Platten
Mounted pop starRachel Platten forgotten the words of the national anthem no once buttwiceDuring his performance Before a NWSL football match in 2018. After starting the song once before, the Nerves de Platten have thebest of her a second timeWhile she stopped again by saying, "I'm so sorry, can anyone tell me the next line?" We know it's the nerve-wracking, but come, people-it's eight lines!
9 Dierks Bentley
WhileDierks Bentley successfully remember the words of the national anthem successfully, it was certainly notspared. The viewers took to Twitter immediately afterHis performance Before Match 4 of the Stanley Cup final in 2017 to tear the rendering of the country's star. "Dierks Bentley singing the hymn sounded like the drunk guy at the bar that tries to listen"A Twitter user wrote.
10 Keri Hilson
While not at all one of the worst delinquent we saw, Keri Hilson always managed to performance One to remember - and no common sense. After Messing Up The Lyrics During a Basketball Atlanta Hawks in 2010, the R & B singer blamed the poor performance on the technical problems with its integrated, tweeting: "Bad sound can really distract U !!"
11 Carl Lewis
Arouse The worst butcher of "star banner" never caught on the film, this interpretation at the final of the 1993 NBA by icon of the 1980s and forever, Olympian Carl Lewis is so serious that ESPN has promised to present only the performance "in the extracts" -Because 'Listening to the thing, especially when it sounds terribly "the red glare of the rocket", is too painful.
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