Video, Super Bowl National Anthem Flubbed by Christina Aguilera

[slamont61]

Originally Posted by Beretta

You are wrong. I used to watch her sing the national anthem at the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey games in the late 80's and early 90's when she was a little girl. She was very good back then, so sweet and innocent.

Filling in for Jeff Jimerson

[rhondee]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

I think they should have used Dallas' own Celina Ray. She was on American Idol many years ago and she now sings the National Anthem here in Dallas for all Dallas Stars games and does a knock out job. She also does the Canadian anthem and does it very well.

I don't know. I think Dallas had its share of bad luck pulling off this Superbowl just like Pittsburgh did, Celina might have screwed up in some way too!

Since CA used to sing the anthem at Pens games she DOES know the words, but she looked ill at ease at the SB. I think she was so nervous she lost her place.

She doesn't look good either. She needs to fire her Hollywood hair stylist and makeup artist. She has no color to her face. She needs a cute haircut and add some toner to make a nice shade of blonde to that white hair! UGH!

[WannaliveinGreenville]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

They should have chosen this local kid - he goes to my high school, Woodrow Wilson in Dallas:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_T6U...layer_embedded

He sings it with awe and respect.

Now THAT is HOW you sing it !

[Tober138]

Originally Posted by Bette

Let's bring some respect back for the song and for our country. We look like a bunch of idiots.

We look like idiots to a lot of people for a lot of reasons...this is nowhere near the top of the list.

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

This tramp needs to find a real job and not get paid for doing this and being a horrible tramp role model for our teens.

I guess I have to agree...how can anyone argue with such a well-articulated point like that?

[rhondee]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

That is the truth.

This tramp needs to find a real job and not get paid for doing this and being a horrible tramp role model for our teens.

It is very important that we NOT allow people like her to influence our kids.

That "tramp" also has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a women's shelter, yeah she's a god-awful role model.

But I do agree with the other poster that there is a slew of great vocal talent out there. I think that was a great idea and would be nice to see future SB anthems sung by non celebrities s.a. a high school glee club or other talent.

[GloryB]

Originally Posted by akm4

I wondered about that too. Where did you read that, GloryB?

Someone told me she got paid and I repeated it without checking the facts first. You can tell I work for a newspaper...huh?

Anyway...update:
Christina Aguilera Explains National Anthem Flub at Super Bowl XLV

The national anthem, the Super Bowl … it’s a lot for a girl to deal with, and Christina Aguilera says she just got caught up in the moment last night and lost her place in the song. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she says in a statement to the AP. Aguilera repeated a line—while mangling it at the same time—singing, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming” instead of “O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.”

[steel7]

I never cared for her plus shes trashy.

[cat1116]

Quote:
The national anthem, the Super Bowl … it’s a lot for a girl to deal with, and Christina Aguilera says she just got caught up in the moment last night and lost her place in the song. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she says in a statement to the AP. Aguilera repeated a line—while mangling it at the same time—singing, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming” instead of “O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.”
The national anthem, the Super Bowl … it’s a lot for a girl to deal with, and Christina Aguilera says she just got caught up in the moment last night and lost her place in the song. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she says in a statement to the AP. Aguilera repeated a line—while mangling it at the same time—singing, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming” instead of “O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.”

The national anthem, the Super Bowl … it’s a lot for a girl to deal with, and Christina Aguilera says she just got caught up in the moment last night and lost her place in the song. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she says in a statement to the AP.

Aguilera repeated a line—while mangling it at the same time—singing, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming” instead of “O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.”
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Maybe that's what she was thinking for herself that night - ya know, a Freudian slip and that's how she messed it all up after realizing her thoughts had somehow betrayed her.