so how is it "supposed" to be sung? i didnt know that there was a guideline on how to sing it, what pitch and tone, and how long it is supposed to be. i thought she did well....what was the problem with it??????? maybe i missed something....i mean it was no aerosmith, PUKE! i thought that was in poor taste........

Couldn't agree more Tom, I put this in the same category of those that don't remove their hats when the anthem is being played.:thumbsdown:

Tom,

I am in total agreement. If they want to "showboat" their style, do it on something other than this nations National Anthem. It is getting so bad, that many times you barely recognize it. As a high school & college athletic official, I have had the opportunity to hear it sung by many students who can do a much better job than these so called "entertainers".

I prefer for the military to perform it, otherwise I prefer Memorex.

At least it wasn't sung in Espanol which is the way it will be sung in about five freakin years at the rate we are going! :headbang

Murry, I do thank you for fighting for our rights and freedoms. Without people who have done so, we wouldn't still be Americans.

That said, it's OUR National Anthem. All of us. There were plenty of men standing in the audience Sunday with tears in their eyes who also fought for that same National Anthem. It didn't matter to them who sang it and how it was sung.

The point isn't how the song is sung, it's that we are allowed to sing it: Anytime, anyplace and by anyone that wants to do so. I enjoy it if three year olds sing it and if the military band plays it. I even enjoyed it when Tyler from Aerosmith sang it.

I didn't even mind it in the Seventies when the Record would skip or when the eight track would change in the middle.(True Stories. If you never had an eight track, then you wouldn't understand.)

If you think the NA was bad at Indy, you should have been at Anderson Sat. night.

Not only could this girl not sing, she did'nt even know the words.

RE: For instead of oer, just an example.

I've posted this link previously, so you can bypass if you've heard it enough. But, I still like the way these young ladies (Cactus Cuties) handled our National Anthem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284

Gives this old Navy man goose bumps. That said, I usually don't mind a little artistic expression by the artist. The Jose Feliciano and Steve Tyler versions were a bit over the top, even for me, however. :wink

I think that is the best I have heard! Huey Lewis and the News also do a good one.

Bring in Jimi Hendrix or Carl Lewis...they have mastered it