"And the rockets..." Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Candice Carrizales.
Subscribe for more social media news every day. The Star Spangled Banner. Ever
heard of it? If you're not familiar with it, it's a very popular song that is sung
before sports events, and people put their hand on their chest and they go...
Politics aside, whether you're into the song or you're not into the song,
people are good at flubbing up this song. I've been to live sports events where
the person singing it is bad, they're not good, they do mess up, but there's also
some viral hits of those. Growing up, my mom always said, "The National Anthem is
one of the hardest songs to sing, honey." And I said: "Whatever. Okay, Mom. Can I have
more spaghetti?" So, obviously, we all probably have heard Fergie's rendition
of the National Anthem. If you haven't heard it yet, let's take a listen.
Wow. Honestly? Great start.
That part? Okay. I wasn't like a big fan of that part, but
it's okay I'll just like, I'll let her finish.
Wow. Steph Curry is loving it. He has never heard anything like this. His face
is just like in awe. He's like... wow.
So like believe it or not, I am a trained singer. I know it doesn't look like it,
but I think one of her biggest issues in singing this song, not that I'm her mom
or anything, but she keeps pronouncing the "a's." She's like "par a las faght." Which
is like, it's like you hear it and you're like, "this is kind of go- oh no it's bad."
It's like almost good, you know what I'm saying?
Oh yeah. And that is Chance the
Rapper laughing at her. I'm gonna wrap this up, but I just want to share my
favorite part real quick.
It's beautiful. That's my favorite part.
The day after her remix of the National Anthem, she was quick to apologize. She
said: "I've always been honored and proud to perform the National Anthem and last
night I wanted to try something special for the NBA. I'm a risk-taker
artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended tone. I love
this country and honestly tried my best." Fergie. Honestly, you're doing great
because one time Michael Bolton was singing the National Anthem and forgot
the words. At least you didn't forget the words.
That crowd did not wait one second to boo. They immediately, they saw him go like
this and they were like "boo!" Also, I love that he had it written on his hand, like
he didn't have time to practice beforehand. He's like, they're like hey
come on quick you got to do the National Anthem. He's like okay and is like writing
it down on his hand real quick and he's like... Another one of my favorite bad
performances is by Alexis Normand.
Unfortunately, she didn't have a Michael Bolton cheat sheet, so she just started
mumbling the words and then she would have a few words that were recognizable.
She did have to sing "O Canada" after, which she nailed afterwards, but she was
speaking in French, and I feel like she was maybe nervous about singing O Canada
and then was thinking about O Canada while she was singing the National
Anthem and then her brain was just like there's so many things in here and then
she just started mumbling. I don't hate it though. She just kept going. She wasn't
like oh this sucks give me a second. She just kept going for
it and everyone was like okay. Nobody was really booing her, they were just like
well this is kind of weird but we're kind of into it. The next National Anthem
gone wrong is Roseanne Barr. We all know her from the lovable show Roseanne and
she's also a comedian.
Obviously a lot of people hated it. The whole stadium was booing her. Honestly
not bad. I'm like who let her do this? Was it planned?
This is wild. I got to know more. In an interview from 2012, Roseanne said this:
So, of course, I started too high and like about six notes into it I was like can I
stop and start again, but I knew I couldn't so I knew there's no way I'm gonna make
those high notes, so I just thought what the hell I'm a comic and I'm going to
make it funny. There you have it. She just started too high and so she decided hey
I'm just gonna be crazy with this and mess it up on purpose. I got a commend her
though. She didn't forget any of the lyrics. Another anthem mishap happened in
Tennessee. A police officer was asked to sing in front of a big crowd. What could
go wrong?
He definitely messes up, but he also just like doesn't have that great of a voice
so I don't even know... not that great... no he has a bad voice. I don't know who was
like you know what? You might be good for this. Like it feels like it was like a
mean prank. Okay so he messed up a little bit, but he still has the the tune going and
then this happens.
So we have the wrong tune, but the right words but the right
tune for earlier in the song. A for effort for getting it basically right.
Unlike other anthem fails, this guy did get a redo on Good Morning America.
Yes,
this guy is cute. Yes, he's trying his best, but that choir
cannot cover up how out of tune he is. Next we have Carl Lewis. His performance
can speak for itself.
My favorite part of this is he knows he's messing up and goes uh-oh and then
he goes I'll make up for it. He talks to the crowd. I'll make up for it. Don't
worry, don't worry, but he never makes up for it.
And last but not least, one of the
most memorable renditions of the National Anthem is by R. Kelly. Does R.
Kelly suck? Yeah. Does he beat women? Yeah.
Honestly... this rendition is a little indulgent. Like he definitely was trying
to make this his next hit song. It got mixed reviews like after it ends you
hear cheering, but then at the very end of the cheering, like right after the
cheering, you hear like a deep bass of like "boo." So like some people liked it, some
people didn't, some people were like what's going on?
So I guess the lesson of this is more power to you if you're willing to make
it your own. Chances are it won't go well, but you've got my support. I love crazy
sh*t. So what's your favorite bad National Anthem rendition, or what's your
favorite rendition that's actually good? Let me know in the comments down below.
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