Exactly. I can understand maybe getting nervous or emotional and botching the lyrics to a song, but not this one. It should be as automatic as brushing your teeth. What really irritated me was not the mistake, but bastardizing the song with all the artistic impression, voice inflection, etc. Just sing the Anthem...it's not about your career this time.
Agreed. Why do so many singers performing the national anthem at football games attempt to make it sound like a Negro spiritual? Is it for all encompassing diversity or because black players are the majority?
Time after time, amateurs to renowned professionals screw up or make a mockery of the national anthem in pregame festivities and it makes me wonder as to how much more will the public endure before we say, ENOUGH!!!
Why do we denigrate the national anthem to the role of an opening act at every sporting event, even the Super Bowl???