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Video: Christina Aguilera Sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLV
Like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé before her, Christina Aguilera was the latest diva to have the honor of performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl. The blonde superstar, demurely dressed in all black, put her powerful pipes on display at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, before the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Green Bay Packers on Sunday (Feb. 6). Xtina made a slight blunder with some of the lyrics, but that couldn’t stop even the toughest NFL players from shedding a tear.
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Amazing as always!!! What a voice!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Even though I’m a Britney S. fan, I loved this! She has such a powerful voice!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
she screwed up, right ?
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
XTINA!!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
God, I wish I had voice like hers!
What an amazing voice!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
SHE KIILED IT!! Once again
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Is this a joke? I love Christina but she sounded like shit and on top of it, she fucked up the lyrics. Jeez Louise…
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
it wasn’ really good, and she got the lyrics wrong
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
*DEAD* This bitch SHOULD quit her day job!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
How has no one else noticed she screwed it up?
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Really, a New Yorker who doesn’t know the words to the National Anthem…sad! :-(
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
even tho she skipped a whole verse she’s still my fav pop singer luh u Chrissy!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Although she is my favorite singer in the whole world…it’s pretty sad that she forgot the words to the National Anthem. Also, that last high note was quite dreadful. Lastly, with all of that riffing it really makes the song lose a lot of meaning. Just sing the song. Thank you.
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
OMG She screwed it up!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
that was the worst rendition of the anthem since rossanne barr.
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Learning the words would be great!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
SuperGood..)d
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
uh….sorry folks- that is not our National Anthem- not even close to the original melody- and let’s just say-she made the words up as she went along. She may have an amazing voice, but she missed the boat on this one.,
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
What an idiot….she forgot the lyrics….and she sounded horrible. Everyone should have bet how many flat notes she was going to hit…
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
LOL y’all didn’t notice she messed up the lyrics? WTH!? And she was a little off.
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
She is a skank and screwed up the lyrics to the National Anthem – she’s a disgrace!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
That was terrible. She messed up the words!
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Terrible. Can’t believe she forgot the words.
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February 6th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Awful…if you are going to accept singing the National Anthem at least take the time to learn the lyrics. You were AWFUL Christina…go back to lip syncing.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
never heard such a strangulated mess in my life. AWFUL!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Holy Smokes…get it right….
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I can’t believe some people. She’s an amazing singer & this redition of the National Athem gave me chills. I guess people just need something to complain about.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Pitiful!!! Terrible singing and didn’t even know the words to our country’s National Anthem. Furthermore, who ever heard of saying thank you at the end of this song. I thought singing this was about patriotism, not about showmanship. She sucks!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Embarrassing performace… Apology to the country appreciated.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I know right! She totally fucked it up! Yeah she sang it pretty but, she didn’t get the words right! How embarrassing, what a dumbass. I’m so mad at her.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
One of the worst renditions I have ever heard. Almost as bad as Rosanne. And she screwed up the words!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
LOVE HER!! YEA, SHE MESSED UP, BUT WHOCARES!! WIT PIPES LIKE THAT SHE COULDA JUS DID HELLA RUNS, I WOULDNT GAVE A RATS A$$!! STILL HER #1 FAN NO MATTER WHAT! U DID AN EXCELLENT JOB CHRISTINA!! =)
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
F**k you haters! Go xtina!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
That was pretty horrendous tonight. Not only was 99% of the song oversung, I’m sorry, screamed, but apparently the ramparts no longer exist with the entire rest of that phrase. I was VERY disappointed in this performance.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Oh yeah..she definitely messed up the words.. maybe if she hadn’t tried to show off on every note she would have remembered the words of our national anthem.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
C’mon Xtina. (ha Xtina!!!) Did you even warm up? I’m willing to bet you didn’t even sing it last night in front of the mirror. That melody had no rhyme or reason. “O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?”
What happened to that verse?
I forgive ya girl. Shake it off!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Dammm, that hurt my ears. And she messed up, should have known…dumb as a doorknob.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
At a time when people need inspiration and healing in the world and in this nation, how could such a performer not care enough to get this short song right? This song is meaningful in so many ways to so many people. She could have delivered it for this generation the right way. Why not?
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
It was crap.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
OK people who loved it, first of all, she didn’t sing the correct words and she left out two verses. She also sounded like she was belching beer when she hit a few of the low notes. I am usually a big fan, but she blew it, big time. Most Americans learn that song in kindergarten and never forget it. I don’t know what happened, maybe too much celebrating before the game? She was terrible!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
SHE TOTALLY EFFED UP THE LYRICS..HOW IN THE HELL DID SHE DO THAT? EVERY AMAERICAN SHOULD KNOW THE LYRICS TO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Now THAT was awful! Right down there with the Rosanne version!
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
GROSS! I love her voice but Xtina girl what happened? I was excited to see was she was gonna do :( maybe she didn’t practice. Whitney’s version is still SUPERB in my book.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
bitch cnt catch a break…. :/
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
i dare any of you to show me the ORIGINAL melody.
it was an olde english drinking song.
as soon as any one of you fucks come up with a recording of the ORIGINAL melody i will eat my tri-corner hat.
who cares if she messed up the words of a poem written by a lawyer who stole a melody.
if she would have sung this….
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
would she have been correct?
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
In the name of brevity I guess she just combined a couple of sentences. Thank God because it was horrifically executed.
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February 6th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Hey i dare ya! I dare ya to stick to what has traditionally been sung!! Lest your lyrics be as obscure.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
That was absolutely the WORST!!
She should have apologized at the end!
I thought she was talented, but now she’s in
competion with Rosanne for that pitiful
rendition of our National Anthem.
This deserves a PUBLIC apology!!!
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
“i dare ya,” you are partially correct, so get to eating. Francis Scott Key, a poet and a lawyer, was inspired by a battle he witnessed in the War of 1812 and wrote a poem. It was later made into a song, set to the tune of a British bar song (much like “Amazing Grace”) and was adopted as our official National Anthem later. Francis Scott Key didn’t steal the melody, he didn’t even write it as a song. Get your facts straight and eat your tri-cornered hat while you are at it. It has been sung everywhere since 1814, so the lyrics are well known to all Americans, along with the tune, of which Christina butchered both.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Ok, she screwed up but it was still wonderful to hear it and I bet the soldiers in Afghanistan loved it. Thats what it about folks.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
This was not her best. She strained way, way too much. SMH
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Eww… I used to be a big supporter of Christina. But this is horrific and embarrassing as an American. We all know her voice is not the same as it used to be.. the least she could’ve done is practiced singing it last night and today. This is one of those songs that just singing it right is beautiful, but when you try to do all that fancy stuff like holding out a note, it just sucks.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
i bet the soldiers were disappointed…they know the words to the song.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Christina is the kind of artist who has to remember many lyrics to many songs.
Most other artists don’t sing live, therefore they have no lyrics to remember.
Christina is great. People need to stop being so envious of her super-human talents. We all know that’s the only reason people are hating. People hate that Christina is talented. Not that she forgot lyrics. I mean, please.
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Not one of us should be complaining! Nerves can really set in no matter how much experience she has. She continue to finish without making a complete fool of herself! Give her a break!
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
love you cristina…don’t look what people talk!
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
COMPLETE embarrassment to our country… how can you mess up the words to our national anthem not to mention sound bad and she is a horrible person according to my dad who has been her pittsburgh limo driver for years
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February 6th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Please people don’t get it twisted the NFL were not crying over her screaming, I think it’s more the fact they are PLAYING THE GAME OF THE LIVES
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February 6th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Not all singers lip sinc, Christina was chosen for her talent, but she effed up big time. Not only is that the worst I have ever heard her, but she didn’t even sing the well-known lyrics correctly. It would be the equivalent of messing up the “Happy Birthday” song. If she would have spent less time trying to “personalize” the song, she could have done it beautifully without messing it up.
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February 6th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
She totally sucked. You don’t scream out words to the Anthem like she did. Terrible and embarrassing. She owes the people in the armed forces an apology for all the screeching and lines she forgot. I don’t care if she is a celebrity, it doesn’t give her the right to butcher the Anthem. This is why our youth have no pride in their country, because of people like her who are the “supposed role models.” It was terrible and crappy.
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February 6th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Toni braxton tweeted “ive sung the national anthem acapella on more than one occation and its NOT an easy song, everyone awaits that” so i guess it does make u kinda nervous
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February 6th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
It would be tough for anyone who cannot easily sing an octave and a half range. However, for Christina it should have been a piece of cake. She blew it. If Whitney can do it, so can Christina, but she didn’t…sad.
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
OMFG I LOVE THIS WOMAN but she keeps on fucking ^ w| everything, ever since “Bionic,” she’s just been a screw up. The last note was a mess too. Please Christina, get it together. Idk the lyrics either, nor do I give a shit but if my ass is singing @ the super bowl I’ll make SURE I’ll have that shit down pact!
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
ok, she forgot some words that can happen but christina sounded again not like she used to be years back. i guess the whitney and mariah effect is catchin up with her really fast.
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
‘made a slight blunder with some of the lyrics’? That is like me telling the IRS that I only earned $1200 instead of $120,000. Just a slight blunder. Hey, she totally screwed up the song. It isn’t that hard to remember. She is a total bimbo and a f***up now.
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
People throw the word diva around so much the word has no meaning anymore. Every female performer seems to be a diva these days.
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February 6th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
And to the fu*king fool who said if Whitney can do it so can Christina – are you really comparing the greatest technical singing voice in history (no matter what she may sound like now) to someone who thinks runs make her a great singer? Get your “genie in the bottle” supporting azz somewhere and sit. All hail Whitney.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
she’s sung the anthem a million times; i have no idea why the fuck she messed up the words. now people are really gonna trash her. she needs to take a break & rest.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Wow I don’t even know what to say…that was terrible IMO. It’s not even the fact that she forgot a verse but she just sounded awful; like she was trying way too hard. Honestly I am speechless but laughing at the same time. First the failure of “Bionic,” then “Burlesque,” and now the National Anthem at the Superbowl?? She is slippin.’
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
actually “i dare ya” the melody wasn’t “stolen” until long after Keys wrote “Defence of Fort McHenry”. the “The Anacreontic Song” melody already had “americanized” veriations and “Defence of Fort McHenry” was just assimulated to the melody over time.
but… she should have rehearsed a little more (thank god it wasn’t a duet)
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Christina is the kind of artist who has to remember many lyrics to many songs.
Most other artists don’t sing live, therefore they have no lyrics to remember.
Christina is great. People need to stop being so envious of her super-human talents. We all know that’s the only reason people are hating. People hate that Christina is talented. Not that she forgot lyrics. I mean, please.
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First, I admire any artist that doesn’t auto-tune and/or lip-sync, as both are annoying. I agree that people are being somewhat heavy-handed about her performance, but to say that because she has to remember the lyrics to many songs doesn’t wash at all for me. It is NATURAL to forget because of nervousness, but please don’t use such a ridiculous excuse. Americans typically learn the national anthem, like any other country, in school – in childhood – and we heard it all the time, whether it’s at a sports event or somewhere else. We’re not allowed to forget, but it does happen. Given the fact that it’s an abbreviated form of the original, there’s hardly need for further abbreviation. She was nervous/affected some way, and she forgot. Period.
For myself, I am not jealous of any other human being on this planet, whether they’re rich, talented, beautiful, whatever. I’m objective. Look that word up. It means “not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased”. But there are some “haters”, yes.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
We “hear” it all the time, I meant.
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February 6th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
She did screw up but are you guys serious, all of a sudden everyone loves America?! “Our song” WHAT THE FUCK?! No one gave 2 shits about the game or the National Anthem when Janet’s boob popped out.
I was pissed off for like 5 minutes that she messed up and then I got over it. Wanna know why? I’m still breathing, still got my own issues to deal w|, & don’t care that CHRISTINA AGUILERA fucked up lyrics to a song. Doesn’t affect me, doesn’t help me.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
FAIL!
She is really packin on the pounds!
NOT HERSELF TONITE!
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
How do you butcher the national anthem AT THE SUPERBOWL !?
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Her last note at the end sounded like a loud yell with a sore throat!
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
I am a big fan of Christina and I have to admit that it wasnt very good. Too bad.
I wish Jennifer Hudson sang it though.
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
“Ore the ramparts we watched” She only missed one line.. Oh well.. I messed up too not alone but with a crowd at my graduation Schools dont even have us say the pledge anymore. Now all of a sudden ppl get patriotic when mistakes are made or something bad happens ha ha.. SHE CAN SING HER BUTT OFFFFFFFFF!!!! GO GIRL!…
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February 6th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
I’m freaked out by all the negativity people have. Get a life.
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
The national anthem is not meant to be voiced in an artists own way. It is meant to be sung one way. Express your voice all you want without changing the melody. Its the spotlight of a career to sing at the super bowl, and to not know the words is horrible. This doesnt make her a bad person or anything like that, but it is a terrible thing to mess up. If you get this honor, you better be ready to perform well. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SAYING she did a great job and she sounded good… You are exactly what is wrong with the USA. If i’m a golfer and shoot 20 over par did I do good? Absolutly not! Your the people who keep telling their kids are great singers and when its time to sing, they get embarrassed! Shame on anyone who says she did good. Lets stop keeping score in sports too, because its all about trying your best right? We are becoming a nation of “average is ok”! Embarrassing America!
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February 6th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Why don’t the people that are asked to sing the National Anthem just sing it the way it was intended to be sung. Don’t add anything to it. If you want to add some zing to a song…do it to one of your own songs. I have heard people on American Idol sing better than Christina. I guess I’m not as upset with her forgetting the words because I truley believe that you can get caught up in the moment. Since mistakes can and have happened, why don’t they put a teleprompter out there on the field for the singer to glance at if needed. It should would relieve a lot of stress on the performer and then we all would get to see a better more respectable performance. Again, as for her changing the melody and making the song hers….no excuses. Just sing it the way the country deserves to hear it.
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February 6th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
maybe next year they will get a good singer, Like James Taylor. He could do a better halftime show then the black eyed dimwits too. Leave it to Fox to really mess things up.
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February 6th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
uhm… that was a mess. she messed up the words her notes were wrong … wow christina… this is not like you…
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February 6th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
@DD I SOOOOOO FEEL YOU!!!
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February 7th, 2011 at 1:17 am
wow she got fat
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February 7th, 2011 at 1:34 am
So that’s “fat” now? I’m a thin woman even by other country’s standards and I don’t think Christina is fat. She has put on weight, yes, but exactly HOW is that affecting your personal life?
@DD – Good point!
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February 7th, 2011 at 5:20 am
NOT GOOD
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February 7th, 2011 at 9:05 am
We still love you girl and it takes guts to sing it live at the Super Bowl with the acoustics and largest audience ever.
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February 7th, 2011 at 10:11 am
she was probably nervous! she sounded great and the song always gives me goosebumps! i love AMERICA!
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February 7th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I don’t think it was one of her better performances. Apparently, a lot of people don’t either. I think her problem is that her personal life problems have affected her singing/career. There are reports that she is drinking heavily- to me-my thought what is she on?-she seemed out of it to me. I like the anthem sung straight up- Ms. Martina McBride’s version at the AFC championship was great and I am not a big fan of Xtina but let’s hope she gets herself back together- I think she is adrift right now. But everyone makes mistakes so let’s cut her some slack. And all of you people saying mean things are acting very un_American like to me. There is so much negativity and mean-spirited comments- that’s what’s wrong with America today.
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February 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
LMAO at people being so mad at Christina for singing the song in her own style. Poor envious fools!
Christina can and WILL sing the national anthem how she wants to. The same YOU are all allowed to sing it how you want to. Christina is NOT your puppet.
You are all enraged by the fact that Christina is extremely talented. Stop pretending that you’re upset over a small lyrical mistake from a National Anthem that was sung for a football game. You’re just mad that Christina is amazingly gifted.
Therefore, you fail. Xtina owns you.
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February 8th, 2011 at 12:23 am
at least she sings live, not like other artists…
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February 8th, 2011 at 5:29 am
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, she cant sing and she messed up the national anthem, holy shit
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February 8th, 2011 at 5:35 am
people gettin it right, the anthem is one of the symbols of america and shouldnt be toyed with by a retarded bitch who forgets the lyics, just sayin
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February 8th, 2011 at 6:28 pm
im not a fan but yall are so judgemental. shit most of us dont know the whole song. get off your high horses, its a loong as song that most of us dont hear that much, it was pretty good.
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February 9th, 2011 at 7:32 am
wow
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February 9th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
lol
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February 14th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Yeah that performance was awfull
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