[Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl National Anthem

[Stephen G Barbone]

How many of us were so put off my the musicality of Ms. Aguilera's  
performance that we missed the fact that she mangled the words? Note  
that millions of the hoi polloi noted that fact almost immediately.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

NY TIMES - FEBRUARY 6, 2011, 9:52 PM - BY ELIZABETH HARRIS
Singing, Aguilera Trips O’er Ramparts


The Star-Spangled Banner can be a notoriously difficult song to sing,  
with its broad range and piercing high notes. But usually, the lyrics  
work out just fine.
At the opening of Super Bowl XLV, less than a minute into the song,  
Christina Aguilera mangled some words of the national anthem.
Instead of “O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly  
streaming,” Ms. Aguilera belted out, “What so proudly we watched at  
the twilight’s last reaming.” That line was a repeat of one she’d  
already sung a few seconds earlier, except with some personal  
embellishments, like her replacement of the word “gleaming” with  
“reaming.”
Ms. Aguilera’s flub was heard by tens of millions of viewers. Twitter  
was immediately abuzz with talk of her mistake, and by the third  
quarter her Wikipedia page was changed to include the incident.
“I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and  
that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” Aguilera said  
in a statement after the performance, The Associated Press reported.