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Aguilera Fumbles National Anthem At Super Bowl
Ooops! Pop songbird Christina Aguilera had a hard time remembering the lyrics to the National Anthem during the opening ceremony of the Super Bowl yesterday.
I can see how she might screw it up, I mean we've only been singing it since 1814 so she's only had like 200 years to work on it.
Instead of singing "O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming," she mumbled something that sounded like "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last reaming" - it was hard to tell, since she was clearly mumbling the lyrics in an attempt to throw us all off to the fact that she had forgotten the words.
Aguilera, dressed up as a witch to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Christina also managed to put extra syllables into single syllable words like "wa-a-a-ave" and "fre-E-e-E." I personally hate when singers do that to the National Anthem. The song is pretty enough as it is, you don't need to use it as an excuse to show off how many notes you can hit with one word.
As if forgetting the words wasn't bad enough she also finished the song early. It was supposed to be 2 minutes flat, but she clocked in at 1:55, another blunder for someone who is supposed to be a "pro" in a show that has been perfectly timed out.
"This was the biggest performance of her career and she blew it," an unnamed source with a VIP view told MTV News. "To mess up the lyrics was a disaster." Another source said that a "hush" fell over the stadium as everyone looked at each other in disbelief. I mean how could you screw up the National Anthem during the Super Bowl?
It didn't take but a few minutes for the blunder to pick up steam on Twitter and other social networking sites, and before the game was even over the singer's Wikipedia page had been updated to include details of her prime-time mega mumble mistake.
Thanks to YouTube, you can now enjoy Christina Aguilera mangling our National Anthem again and again!
In a statement to the press Christina blamed her blunder on nerves. Seems she was overwhelmed by the whole gig. Maybe she shouldn't have taken the job, if she was too overwhelmed to pull it off. I think she should at least return whatever money she was paid to sing the song, since she didn't deliver on the goods.
It IS a hard song to sing and a lot of past recording stars have pre-recorded the song and lip-sync'd during the Super Bowl. She did have the balls to sing live, it's just too bad that she didn't have the nerve and the talent to pull it off.
Did you watch the Super Bowl? Did you see Christina's blunder? What did you think? Am I being too hard on her?
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idkwhat
19 weeks ago
aw I can't watch the vid :(
WTFsanta
49 weeks ago
most of us in America don't know the song, but if i had to sing it at the superbowl i would've memorized it.
babyjane(t)
55 weeks ago
Really? Can YOU belt the National Anthem? Didn't think so.
Also, I've lived in America all my life & I don't even know the lyrics unless I'm actually singing it.
& It's the frigging SUPER BOWL. Give
LegendOfAGamer
56 weeks ago
Where did she mess up, you ask? Let's start with the fact that she said the phrase "o so proudly we hailed, at the twilights last gleaming" TWICE!
chocolate909
61 weeks ago
i live in america and i dont even know it. were did she mess up????
Jewelie
63 weeks ago
Think you were too hard. I don't even know the anthem, being Canadian.
N8 The Boi
64 weeks ago
I, being Canadian and not knowing ANY lyrics to that song, didn't understand a WORD.
smoshisepic556
64 weeks ago
wow...epic fail xD
skatebord300
66 weeks ago
mhnkj
montyyy.g
67 weeks ago
i didnt c wot was wrong with it, but i guess i kinda have to know the american national anthem to judge...
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
VV then you seriously must be tone deaf.
takano
67 weeks ago
i hate her voice...
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
@rmxpokeman
upload a vid and then ill be convinced.
until then... i doubt you have the vocal skills.
half of america doesn't even know the national anthem...
and dude PROFESSIONALS STILL GET NERVO
AgentZero_rules
67 weeks ago
I don't care about this, but for those saying its just a song. Its the U.S. National Anthem. I'm pretty sure other countries would be upset if their national anthem was sung incorrectly.
dzeina13
67 weeks ago
doesnt matter if the lyrics were right i sounded awesome :)
DWANG
67 weeks ago
That was just a test :3 V
DWANG
67 weeks ago
Damn firetruck candy Ass
Angrybearsaregreen
67 weeks ago
ANNOYING
WHHHYYYYYY does it go around the world, on the news.. ITS JUST AAA SOONNGG
Even here on the other side of the world.. ARGH i wont EVER waste my breath on this again.
Angrybearsaregreen
67 weeks ago
It's just a freaking song.. lol.. some americans are such draaaaamaa queens.
IIITS JUST A SONG. If you dont want any flaws, hire a robot.
FIRETRUCK1231
67 weeks ago
WTF
rmxpokeman
67 weeks ago
I could have done better. When people get full of themselves and don't practice enough. There's no excuse for getting nervous, these people are supposed to be professionals.
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
So I'm done ranting now. -_________- *sigh*
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
the superbowl was probably her BIGGEST audience at once.. and you can imagine how nervous she was. So what if she messed up ONE line of the song,.... "Her Style... Her way."
It was a small oopsie..
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
SHE DID SING IT LIVE TOO... people flamed the all amazing Whitney Houston for lip-syncing it... However Xstina had the balls the balls to sing it live. No matter how many people she's sang in front of
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
called runs and are extremely difficult. You have to have tons of vocal control. So until I hear one of you sing it better than Stina... Shut the firetruck up... kay?
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
so much my ears bled."
FIRETRUCK OFF BRO... Let me hear you sing better! She's has a phenominal voice. SO much power andvery listenable.
And Christina is famous for her "extra syllables." They are
LoChristina
67 weeks ago
THAT GIRL CAN WAIL! DON'T HATE! We've all messed up the lyrics here and there. And famous artists STILL get nervous... no matter how many times theyve performed.
To the person who said "She sucked
Mas19
67 weeks ago
She sang well, and I didn't even notice the lyrics missing. I can get why that's a big deal though.
Killer Panda
67 weeks ago
You're being way too hard on her, along with the rest of America. I personally love her voice, and so what if she messed up the national anthem. I don't know the words myself, so does that make me una
ateet
67 weeks ago
she suck so much my ears bleed. lol
sploncky
67 weeks ago
I barely noticed. she mumbled a few of the words. no big deal.
Toribug1996
67 weeks ago
I don't think she can bounce back from that. It hurts and really angers Americans when you screw up our national anthem. If she hadn't tried to put her own spin on it in might not have sucked so terri
crgrlvr13
67 weeks ago
dont apologize if she cant pull it off then dont do the job
missezula
67 weeks ago
It kinda sucked.... 0_0
kimberlyhecox
67 weeks ago
I used to sing the National Anthem while I was cleaning the house.
hahaha
bluemoss
67 weeks ago
I though it sucked hard core. They should have had someone else to do it.
iGetBored.T_T
67 weeks ago
Ok, fling hate comments at me, but even I have a hard time remembering the words to the National Anthem. She was probably nervous to sing there. >.>"
theaprilyarber
67 weeks ago
she says as gladly as we watch that doesnt even sound right ha she says plane instead of flag wtf lol and she mumbles i mean learn the lyrics if you're going to do it in front of millions of people
Jessayyee
67 weeks ago
**Was going to sing that song she should have learned all of it..
Jessayyee
67 weeks ago
She should have know the song if she was going to sing it for the Superbowl..I thought it was disrespectful..I mean yeah mistakes happen but how often does she sing in front of people? If she knew she
madlytheeds916
67 weeks ago
i didnt catch it the first time but i just noticed it!
Lindaful4XP
67 weeks ago
hehe i dont even know the song ^_^
lx33
67 weeks ago
good thing i don't know the american anthem
kferg
67 weeks ago
**as far as the screw up went, mistakes do happen, but she had how long to practice it? Besides, she has sung it before at events all over the country.
kferg
67 weeks ago
I agree with you on when singers put extra syllables into words for songs. Christina IS known to do that though, wtih EVERYTHING she sings, so it should have been expected. And as far as the screw up
snarkattack
67 weeks ago
i think she's still a great singer, hawt for her age, and it still made those other d00ds cry! at least she sings it live and doesnt auto tune. i didnt even notice she sang it wrong till someone menti
memyselfndI
67 weeks ago
I'd lie to see her try to sing the Irish national anthem. Now, she'd definately fumble that one up!
LukeAP
67 weeks ago
Dont you think you guys are taking this a bit too seriously? I dont know my national anthem that well. If you think you are patriotic because you know your anthem then your wrong. If you wanna do some
xxhellokittenxx
67 weeks ago
(the last of my comment got cut off D:)
CassieBlue13
67 weeks ago
As a girl who was in choir I know almost every different harmony part of that song, so I don't think you're being hard enough on her. Like you said, it's our OLDEST song and everyone knows it so it's