Well he gave a shit when he ripped Christine Aguilara for Botching it during a Superbowl. Seriously its your business be a professional. Do it right and study up or turn down the gig. I always hear its so difficult to sing. Well I'm not a singer but I can recite it word for word as I have herd it so often.

Yes

I thought Santana's national anthem was freaking great. But I don't hate America like Jay Cosmo does.

Im sure the guy knew the words. But singing it a cappella in front of 40k+ fans and millions more on tv might be a little intimidating. Pressure makes people screw up all the time, the guy is human.

And he didnt rip Christina Aguilara for botching a line...she purposely changed the words.

Aaron doesnt even touch Carl Lewis's classic rendition


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I actually think we need a new national anthem.

I see that Islam and Muslims are taking over CP....

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry",[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in the Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one octave and one fifth (a semitone more than an octave and a half), it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. "Hail, Columbia" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", whose melody is identical to "God Save the Queen", the British national anthem,[2] also served as a de facto anthem.[3] Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs emerged to compete for popularity at public events, among them "The Star-Spangled Banner".


It's too old. We need a new one.

do you know all the lyrics, or just the first verse?

I don't "have a problem" with it. It's been done as long as I remember and I know it isn't going anywhere. But the God Bless America thing is relatively new and should DIAAF.

Yeah, he shouldn't have made a mistake, but WTF are we to do? Have a national panic and hang him from a tree?

And, keep the stupid DC shit in DC, especially when it is as stupid as the comment you just made.

I'm outraged that this guy that I don't give a shit about made a small mistake!

To be honest, I would probably **** it up. Lost interest in it.. Doesn't mean I'm not patriotic, just tired of it. Someone could come up with a much better anthem.

For as long as I live, the 2014 World Series will live on in my memory as the one where that guy I don't give a shit about made a mistake singing a song.
He ruined the World Series, and really, baseball.
Baseball should just be cancelled now. It has been forever tainted.

If you're a liberal then you just hate on America all the time its what they do PB.

No, I meant have you ever read the lyrics to the whole song?

sorry for the confusion.