Let's begin this ranking of the worst Super Bowl national anthem performances by stipulating that 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is a hard song to sing. It runs from the lowest lows to the highest highs, and if you can hold that ending 'free' for as long as it demands, you're a better singer than most. Plus, you're performing in front of 100 million people, which can pucker up even the finest troubadour. So let's admire the courage it takes to even attempt the song.
. Still, while anyone who can sing the anthem before the world is phenomenally talented, these brilliant singers picked a bad day to have a bad day ...No anthem is a bad anthem. For whatever reason, the NFL decided in 1977 not to have a national anthem, instead opting for singer Vikki Carr to perform"America the Beautiful." To date — and, likely, forever — it's the only Super Bowl not to feature a pregame national anthem.
— and much longer if you include the piano flourishes at the beginning and end — this one made anthem"over" bettors happy, but everyone else was ready to get started with the game.Again: this is not a criticism of the Queen, or of Neville or the good doctor. This anthem is a misfire not of the performers, but of the arrangement.
, adding a curiously restrained Dr. John to the mix, and then slathering a gospel choir on top just did not work. Too much of a good thing isn't always a good thing.The NFL was mixing politics and sports all the way back in 1980, when Ladd, one of the best-known TV stars of the era, dedicated the anthem to hostages then being held in Iran.
. He recovered well enough, but"remembering all the words" is the baseline for an anthem performance.Christina Aguilera is a national treasure, possessing all the skill and presence you could possibly want in a singer of her magnitude. And yet,, as she did when she somehow turned"O'er the ramparts we watched" into"What so proudly we washed.
is slated to sing this year's national anthem. Here's hoping he does absolutely nothing to warrant an addition to this list.
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