Confirmed: Christina Aguilera screws up the Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLV
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Christina Aguilera singing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Christina Aguilera flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl Sunday night. When she was supposed to sing the line "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming," she instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation. She sang "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming," which is the same line from earlier in the song but with the word 'watched' instead of the word 'hailed.' The mistake immediately set social networks abuzz with people commenting on the error. Aguilera's representative did not immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment. She's not the first person to mess up the lines of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 2001, Macy Gray was famously booed for her off-kilter rendition of the national anthem. She garbled the words at the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game in Canton, Ohio, her home state. She later told The Associated Press: "That was definitely life's most embarrassing moment." Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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February 6, 2011 at 11:08PM EST Reply to CommentI hope one day a trained singer who is tastefully attired can just stand there and sing the national anthem without excessive warbling, uncalled for grace notes, "soulful" growling and other unnecessary embellishments. Concentrate on the song and what it stands for (this means paying attention to the lyrics) and letting the moment be about national pride rather than ego.
Shitegeist It's certainly a shame that she got the words wrong, but the real crime is the warbling and embellishments. Awful, just awful. They should've just let Lea Michelle sing it.
February 6, 2011 at 11:15PM EST
February 6, 2011 at 11:30PM EST
February 6, 2011 at 11:18PM EST Reply to CommentWrite a comment...
February 6, 2011 at 11:19PM EST Reply to CommentI agree with the others, just sing it like it should be sung! No screaming!
February 7, 2011 at 12:30AM EST Reply to CommentWell at least we know she was live. There's no way they'd pre-record a national anthem with the wrong lyrics. If they had people would be griping about how someone like Christina Aguilera was lip-syncing to the national anthem. Either way she's not liable to win. I wonder if she was nervous. I'm pretty sure she's been singing that song for things since she was 10.
joni
February 7, 2011 at 4:35AM EST Reply to CommentPresenters drawling on Aguileraaaaa is just hilarious. Christina owned the anthem, literally.
Shitegeist Hmmm, I'm not sure that you know what literally means.
February 7, 2011 at 7:30AM EST
February 7, 2011 at 2:46PM ESTWhereas if Joni had said 'Christina owned the anthem,' and left off the 'literally,' she would be implying that Christina nailed it perfectly. That's what the phrase 'owning something' means.
So, in turn, I'm not sure YOU know what literally means.
Shitegeist It's clear that you're giving Joni far too much credit.
February 8, 2011 at 10:33AM EST