guy singing THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER .... YUCK. My opinion

[Trueblue1968]

[RandySF]

1. Was he drunk?

[DURHAM D]

2. Totally agree.

Also, he ran long so they really did not highlight the flyover by all female Navy pilots.

[House of Roberts]

3. That guy's vocal has negative amplitude.

They must really pump him up electronically to make him sound workable in concerts and on recordings.

[JCMach1]

4. Yuck equals trashy Eagles fans booing the Walter Payton awardee

Hope they lose by 40

[onecaliberal]

9. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

My thoughts exactly. Classless.

[JCMach1]

12. Nothing against most of the Eagles players, but their fans are toxic

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Hey! They have a legend to uphold!

They threw snowballs at SANTA!!!!

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/32872172

[DinahMoeHum]

20. And a fan ate horse manure to celebrate their SB victory in 2018.

https://www.google.com/search?q=eagles+fans+horse+manure&oq=eagles+fans+horse+manure&aqs=chrome..69i57.6256j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[PCIntern]

25. There's a story behind that...and it was a couple idiots

In fucking 1964.

[MyOwnPeace]

29. I 'feel your pain'........

and some 'legends' are tough to live down - but at the same time, you have some that thrive on that 'legend' and take pride in it. And there are others, like me, that like to keep throwing it back year after year after year....... you get the drift.

But, yeah, EVERY city has their fair share of 'idiots' - unfortunately for Philadelphia, theirs got them rated as an easy headline and sports 'special moment.'

But, HEY, with the help of PHILADELPHIA, we got FETTERMAN in the Senate instead of the 'Doctor' who did his grocery shopping somewhere in the Philadelphia area (at least he claims that where he was....).

[mobeau69]

5. Not Whitney Houston but it liked it.

[erpowers]

31. My feeling

That was also my feeling. It was a good rendition.

[Samrob]

32. I like Marvin Gaye's rendition at the basketball playoff. Best I ever heard acapella. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. I always skip that crap. Most of the time, it's "look at me! see how I distort this!"

[brewens]

8. Just got the game on in time for the kickoff. I missed the whole flag hump fest. Just the way I

like it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Thanks for the heads-up! Had it muted and wasn't watching the screen.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. It's Generally Played & Sung Too Slow

It's mostly performed at 65-75 beats per minute.
The song on which is based was almost always done at 90.
That gives the performers too much time to overusing it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. It seems to me that every "pro" doing it just milks it for camera time.

Military bands seem to do it right.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. I'm Sure That's True

But, I've heard military bands too, and they're doing it too slow.
It's tempo should be closer to this: (starting around 30 seconds)

[msongs]

7. crummy song. yuck is the baseline nt

[Paladin]

18. We have a genuinely dismal national anthem, don't we? (nt)

[Trueblue1968]

10. just sounded trashy to me. his enunciation was horrible. send him back to the 3rd grade

[zeusdogmom]

13. Not the best

America the beautiful was only so-so too. But better than the national anthem

Damnation I’m getting picky in my old age 😄

[yellowdogintexas]

14. There are only two really good ways to play the anthem

Full instrumental or
sung by the crowd.

Fort Worth Symphony does both. Full symphony with the entire audience standing to sing. It's just perfect.

[MyOwnPeace]

17. Wasn't George Santos supposed to sing it?

[LeftInTX]

23. He did. Can't you tell?

[Dorian Gray]

19. Songs tonight

Sheryl Lee Ralph nailed Lift Every Voice and Sing.

American the Beautiful was okay.

I thought Stapleton sounded like Cocker on Star Spangled banner. Not the usual sound, but i kind of liked it.

[yardwork]

22. What?! Chris was great!

[SYFROYH]

24. Chris Stapleton was great. IMHO

Country/Americana.
Its a genre

[Amishman]

36. Agreed! I thought it was an excellent rendition

I thought this and the Ragged Old Flag tribute were a fair and good contrast to modern pop halftime show. The NFL has a broad fanbase, and they did a pretty good job balancing the off the field entertainment and tributes.

[Renew Deal]

27. He was fine

[FakeNoose]

28. I wish we could dispense with the theatrics and have a military band play the SSB

People can sing along if they want to, but let the band get the attention. No more glory-hounds, please!

[MyOwnPeace]

30. BEST idea/suggestion of all!

Covers it all:

Presents the Anthem
Provides 'military' exposure

Gets the game started!

[MissMillie]

38. AWESOME idea!

The different branches of the military could take turns.

[Redleg]

33. I thought it was fine...

even though I am not much into country music. He did sound a bit shrill on the "free" at the end but it was fine to me.

[Emile]

34. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was in tears!

[Deuce]

35. I thought Chris Stapleton performed it with a lot of heart & soul...

[MissMillie]

37. Well, he may have been a nod to inclusivity

Let's face it, there was very little about this year's big game that catered to the white, southern, male crowd.

Having someone from the country music community helped to fill that bill.

Honestly, it's a very difficult song to sing. I think anyone agreeing to do it is opening themselves up to a large amount of criticism. It will be a long, long time (if ever) that someone comes up w/ a performance of the national anthem that measures up to Whitney Houston's.

(I also have to admit, I wasn't watching it. I was in the kitchen doing the last minute prep on the snack tray. Unfortunately, I also missed the all-female pilot fly-over.)

Same thing w/ the half-time show. There was an article not too long ago about how female performers have, historically, been heavily criticized for their Super Bowl performances.

For anyone performing at the "big game," it's high risk--low reward.

[jalan48]

39. A recording of Jimi Hendrix's version would work for me every time.

[hamsterjill]

40. I agree.

He was awful. He could have shaved or trimmed up a little, too, in my opinion. I know it’s all a costume but good grief.

And of course all of the Trumpers think he was awesome.

I’m not a Rihanna fan either unfortunately. But I can appreciate the choreography.