Review: This Is The Worst National Anthem Rendition Ever

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by Fiosfan, Jul 30, 2012.

  1. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    There's no good reason to have the National Anthem at sports games anyway.
     
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  2. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    Stepping away from the girl's parents for a moment, let's look at a different culprit. I'm trying to imagine the meeting in the Dallas front office:

    "Wow. What a great night coming up! We're going to have our largest crowd of the year in front of possibly the largest TV audience of the season."
    "Yeah, it's going to be great. What could go wrong?"
    "Hey. I know a guy who's got this cousin who's daughter is a singer."
    "Really? Is she any good?"
    "Well, she's on facebook. And she'll do it for free."
    "Good enough for me. Let's do it."
    "Man, this is going to be one sweet night. I bet people will talk about this for days to come."
     
  3. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For as bad as that was, at least Roseanne Barr more or less sped through it.

    The singer/songwriter, on the other hand, draaaaaaaaaagged it out.


    -G
     
  4. Etienne_72772

    Etienne_72772 Member+

    Oct 14, 1999
    To be fair - when nerves come into it, a whole bunch of stuff can throw you off, and if you can't hear yourself very well, then it can go south really fast. This is why most singers use a monitor, if they can - either on the ground or in their ear.
     
  5. Shopping Cart Man

    Sep 21, 2006
    Jacksonville, FL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I cut away from the channel for the anthem (Olympics were probably on) and I was wondering why it took so long for the anthem to finish. Now I know.

    I love that NBCSN shows the procession (ESPN has started doing it regularly, too). I don't love the fact that NBCSN shows every national anthem (I think they've only missed one or two). For all the other major sports, national anthems are only broadcast when it's an All-Star game, or a Championship game (ironically, we haven't had anthems broadcast for either of those events in years; not since they picked it up on accident in DC back in '07 I think :laugh:). Outside of that, anthems usually go during commercials (or are at times talked over, which is quite odd).

    If NBCSN could cut away after the procession & right before the PA announcer comes on like ESPN has done recently, that would be great (we'd get an extra pregame segment out of it, too). Likewise, if ESPN could show national anthems for those two special occasions, that would also be great.
     
  6. NC Soccer United

    NC Soccer United BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jan 25, 2011
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Oh please, she was auditioning for American Idol or whatever show is on now by pimping the national anthem. Fortunately, the karma gods took care of it.
     
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  7. Kayak

    Kayak Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Columbus
    Umm, this wasn't her first rodeo either... second video.
     
  8. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't even want to click on the second video, so for you masochists that did, was it as bad as the FCD one?
     
  9. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    Not quite as bad. I think there is something to the previous notion about being able to hear herself. It was still waaaay over done though.
     
  10. profiled

    profiled Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Not being able to hear herself or not wanting to hear herself?
     
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  11. itcheyness

    itcheyness Member

    Jul 30, 2012
    Milwaukee
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I watched the whole thing.

    I'm pretty sure I have cancer now...
     
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  12. Mucky

    Mucky Member+

    Mar 30, 2009
    Manchester England
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Parents pushing their children as stars makes me want to vomit and her website is full of hideous pretence.
    Yeah, back your children and tell them they can achieve whatever they want, just don't tell them they have a particular talent when they don't.
    That was horrible for all concerned.
     
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  13. Fiosfan

    Fiosfan Red Card

    Mar 21, 2010
    Nevada
    Club:
    New York City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The same as parents at kids soccer game.
     
  14. Fiosfan

    Fiosfan Red Card

    Mar 21, 2010
    Nevada
    Club:
    New York City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thinks he sound much better ...

     

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