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Worst rendition of the National Anthem ever?

Maybe she would have done better to just sing the freaking song rather than playing it up. The song is perfect as written without singers of her ilk trying to hit notes they can't hit and jockeying to be the one to scream out "land of the FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE" louder than anyone else. It does not require anyone to make it their own. The best rendition I ever heard I believe was at a Jazz game. The girl was maybe 15 and her voice was clear, each note was perfect, she never wavered up and down half an octave on single words ("FFrreeEEEeeEEee..yeah!!!") with emphasis on the right words at the right times. And it was beautiful. She sang with power and confidence and it was wonderful. Everyone was so taken by it that virtually no one cheered crazy at the last note, but afterward it was the loudest cheer I have heard following an anthem. Emotionally moving as it should be, not bowel moving like Aguilera's was today.
 
KatieMCR said:
You say this based on what exactly? Lady Gaga has a far better voice than Christina.
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She has a category 5 vocal style known as melisma. I bet you anything her range would own Gaga's. Gaga would never be compared to someone like Houston like Christina has.
 
Archie Moses said:
What leads you to believe this? Because she's a blond? Does she have a track history of not preparing for her performances?
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Common sense. She's done performances thousands of times so by now, I'd presume she's immune to nervousness. I'd also presume that had she practiced the song hundreds of times, it would be ingrained in her head so much so that she wouldn't even have to think what to sing. The words would just come out.
 
KatieMCR said:
I present the following two examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXpHQfMGYBU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdSa7WKwo7A
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Wait, your examples consist of a 16 second clip of Gaga? Brilliant. Let me show you a 45 second highlight clip of Ronnie Price thus demonstrating he is quite obviously the best point guard in the NBA.
 
Speaking of Lady Gaga, this kid would have done a better job than Christina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDlC7YV5is
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Common sense. She's done performances thousands of times so by now, I'd presume she's immune to nervousness. I'd also presume that had she practiced the song hundreds of times, it would be ingrained in her head so much so that she wouldn't even have to think what to sing. The words would just come out.
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Michael Jackson was shy and super nervous before every performance.

Source: This is it.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Wait, your examples consist of a 16 second clip of Christina? Brilliant. Let me show you a 45 second highlight clip of Ronnie Price thus demonstrating he is quite obviously the best point guard in the NBA.
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What are you talking about? I posted no clips of Christina. I posted Lady Gaga clips. I also edited the post to add a third video from Lady Gaga.
 
Archie Moses said:
She has a category 5 vocal style known as melisma. I bet you anything her range would own Gaga's. Gaga would never be compared to someone like Houston like Christina has.
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This. I can't help but think that Katie loves Lady Gaga because of her semi-androgynous persona. Seriously, that's not meant to be an insult. But I can't help but feel there's some truth to that.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Wait, your examples consist of a 16 second clip of Christina? Brilliant. Let me show you a 45 second highlight clip of Ronnie Price thus demonstrating he is quite obviously the best point guard in the NBA.
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I'm not a big pop-artist follower, so I wont act like I am. However, I've read and heard lots on Christina's amazing voice from such a small body. I'm betting, just my opinion though, she's a more talented singer than Gaga.
 
Archie Moses said:
I'm not a big pop-artist follower, so I wont act like I am. However, I've read and heard lots on Christina's amazing voice from such a small body. I'm betting, just my opinion though, she's a more talented singer than Gaga.
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I'm in the same boat and would bet a ton on it.
 
Truly a dreadful performance though, as much as I like her. Doubt it's nerves, could be high or something. Or some other distraction.
 
I happen to like Christina as well, but in my opinion Gaga has the better voice. Also Christina really butchered the anthem. It was pretty bad. I honestly believe Lady Gaga would have done a far better job with the anthem.
 
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