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February 6th, 2011 at 7:56:27 PM permalink
On the world's Biggest Stage, Aguilera flubbed singing "The Star Spangled Banner."

Stupid bitch.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:27:51 PM permalink
I'm not her biggest fan. But geez, relax. Plenty of people have screwed it up.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:30:14 PM permalink
It's not the first time that some stupid broad thought it was more important to show her vocal range than her knowledge of the lyrics. I'm sure it wont be the last.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCFpYLPw74
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:47:57 PM permalink
At least she won't get fined for it.

But she should not accept any offers to sing the national anthem of Mexico, at least not in Mexico.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:59:55 PM permalink
Quote: FinsRule

I'm not her biggest fan. But geez, relax. Plenty of people have screwed it up.



Never in a Super Bowl.

C'mon, how hard can it be to learn the words to our National Anthem?

Christ on a crutch, she should be horse whipped.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:03:07 PM permalink
Is it just me but any time I can hear a hot chick utter those magic words "twilight’s last reaming" it's OK in my book.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:22:07 PM permalink
In case anyone is wondering, she evidently messed up the fourth line, and mostly repeated the second line.

Correct 2nd verse: What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Correct 4th verse: O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
C. Aguilera 4th verse: What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming?

Not that it is a good excuse, but how many of us can get past the first verse? If I had my way we'd make This Land is Your Land the national anthem, but not a cause that I put much hope in.

I'm not going to throw any stones. It is a difficult song and the toughest of audiences.

Regarding my props, I won on the over for time of the whole song, but lost on how long she held the word "brave."

p.s. What is "Rampart" anyway. I live off Rampart Blvd. here in Vegas, so I should know.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:27:58 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

p.s. What is "Rampart" anyway. I live off Rampart Blvd. here in Vegas, so I should know.



A mound of dirt behind which a soldier takes cover. A kind of field fortification.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:28:15 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

In case anyone is wondering, she evidently messed up the fourth line, and mostly repeated the second line.

Correct 2nd verse: What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Correct 4th verse: O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
C. Aguilera 4th verse: What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming?

Not that it is a good excuse, but how many of us can get past the first verse? If I had my way we'd make This Land is Your Land the national anthem, but not a cause that I put much hope in.

I'm not going to throw any stones. It is a difficult song and the toughest of audiences.

Regarding my props, I won on the over for time of the whole song, but lost on how long she held the word "brave."

p.s. What is "Rampart" anyway. I live off Rampart Blvd. here in Vegas, so I should know.



Rampart=battlement, lookout. As in, the fortifications at Fort McHenry.

I think that's still pretty bad--essentially, blowing the entire fourth line. This from a person who should have been used to being on stage.

I actually know the whole bloody thing, but I doubt that many people bother to learn the remaining verses. It's a terrible song (the melody is from a drinking song), damn near impossible to sing properly, and the words are...just OK. I favor switching to "Send in the Clowns", especially appropriate on Election Day (and come to think of it, at the Super Bowl, too).
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:29:07 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

If I had my way we'd make This Land is Your Land the national anthem, but not a cause that I put much hope in.



Woody's national anthem. I think that would have amused him.

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.


I wonder how many people really caught CA's flub? I know everyone says they did but...
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:17:09 PM permalink
The woman Rene Marie who subsituted a different song , "Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing" , in place of the National Anthem because she felt like it, was grotesquely inappropriate. Christine Aguilera just screwed up.
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:19:14 PM permalink
Quote: Wavy70

I wonder how many people really caught CA's flub? I know everyone says they did but...



I admit that I watched but never caught the mistake.
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:57:30 PM permalink
Quote: Wavy70

I wonder how many people really caught CA's flub? I know everyone says they did but...



I wasn't paying close attention, but I had the TV on. When she got to that part I thought something sounded off. I figured if she made a mistake it would be on the web and on the news later. And so it is.
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:57:42 PM permalink
I missed the whole first quarter. I was checking on my bets on the Puppy Bowl.
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February 7th, 2011 at 4:45:35 AM permalink
Quote: pacomartin

The woman Rene Marie who subsituted a different song , "Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing" , in place of the National Anthem because she felt like it, was grotesquely inappropriate. Christine Aguilera just screwed up.



I remember hearing about this. That is a time when the audio guy should have cut her mic.

Here's a question--are they being que's or reading some kind of teleprompter to know when to end the song? Ever notice how good the flyovers are timed? How can airplanes flying a few hundred mph get over the exact spot at the exact time every time? Last night it really hit me. Clearly she was notg lip-syncing, but is there a karaoke-style thing showing when to hit "brave?"

And if there is, does this give an edge on the prop bet if you knew?
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February 7th, 2011 at 5:12:26 AM permalink
Quote: Wavy70

I wonder how many people really caught CA's flub? I know everyone says they did but...

I was at my brother's house watching. As soon as she screwed up the line, we were looking at each other saying "She screwed that up..."

Before she was done, my wife was on her iPhone, checking her FaceBook, and there were already comments about it.



Quote: AZDuffman

Ever notice how good the flyovers are timed? How can airplanes flying a few hundred mph get over the exact spot at the exact time every time? Last night it really hit me. Clearly she was notg lip-syncing, but is there a karaoke-style thing showing when to hit "brave?"

It's not that hard to nail the fly-over.

Think about it.

Those jets are just circling, say, a mile or so away. As the singer hits "home" in the last line, they make their turn, and it takes less than 10 seconds to get to the stadium, so the fly over happens during the extended "brave".
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February 7th, 2011 at 5:47:32 AM permalink
The screwed up words were an embarrassment. The vocal embellishments I wouldn't have minded if she'd actually been anywhere in earshot of staying in key, but she was all over the place, and that was an embarrassment of a different kind.
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February 7th, 2011 at 8:37:06 AM permalink
(AP) "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 reaming," repeating and mangling an earlier lyric, with the word `watched' instead of `hailed' and `reaming' instead of `gleaming.'

After it was announced that Aguilera would be singing the national anthem for the 2011 Super Bowl, she said in a news release that she had been performing the song since she was 7 and was "excited to be part of such an iconic event." "

I rest my case for horse whipping.

Caning would work, too.

"The twilight's last REAMING?"

She should be reamed ...
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February 7th, 2011 at 10:56:42 AM permalink
At least now we know NFL doesn't make them lip synch anymore :)
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February 7th, 2011 at 11:14:57 AM permalink
They should get Lucy Lawless to sing it next year. ;)
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February 7th, 2011 at 12:07:42 PM permalink
I thought you only got Yanks to sing it :)
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February 7th, 2011 at 4:41:18 PM permalink
Quote: waltomeal

They should get Lucy Lawless to sing it next year. ;)



Some people may not know why you're suggesting it. Here is a video for those of you.
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February 7th, 2011 at 4:53:40 PM permalink
Now that's a wardrobe malfunction.

I thought Christine sounded great and was surprised that it was a live performance (evident when she messed it up).
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February 7th, 2011 at 5:32:00 PM permalink
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I thought Christine sounded great and was surprised that it was a live performance (evident when she messed it up).



Oh, puh-leeeese. She was awful. Ruined a beautiful song. I can forgive a high-schooler forgetting lines at a HS football game, but there's no excuse for a professional on a national stage to screw up like that. Plus, she put her own spin on the song so much that she altered the whole tune. Towards the end, it was barely recognizable anymore, as she turned one-syllable words into five syllables, oversinging every line. And she was hardly singing at the end anyway. It was yelling, it was screeching. It was laughably horrible. Certain to hurt her career.

And by the way boymimbo, her name's not Christine. It's Christina.
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February 7th, 2011 at 6:02:08 PM permalink
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Some people may not know why you're suggesting it. Here is a video for those of you.



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February 7th, 2011 at 6:16:06 PM permalink
I remember this as the definitive version.

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February 9th, 2011 at 10:22:41 AM permalink
In her defense, check out the top google searches the day of the match:

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X&date=2011-2-6
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