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Christina Aguilera messes up the National Anthem lyrics at the Superbowl

12,104 277 February 6, 2011 at 05:51 PM in Sad (2)
Does anyone else think she looked a little drunk/high? She definitely looked a little off.

Linky [radaronline.com]

"The first big goof of the Super Bowl was not committed by the Green Bay Packers or Pittsburgh Steelers. No, credit the first mistake to Christina Aguilera who botched the lyrics to the national anthem!

Sure the players were nervous as the success of an entire season came down to 60 minutes of football. But Aguilera recently stated she's been singing the national anthem since she was a little girl – so no one expected her to goof!

The singer's mistake happened on the fourth line, which should have been: "O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?" Instead, Christina sang: "What so proudly we (garbled) at the twilight's last gleaming."

Believe it, everyone, because it will live forever on video!"

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thikthird
02-06-2011 at 06:53 PM.
02-06-2011 at 06:53 PM.
who cares?
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pepsiman2011
02-06-2011 at 07:11 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:11 PM.
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let's leave your parents out of this.
owned ps y didnt u acept my frned request Wink
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SlicKitty
02-06-2011 at 07:25 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:25 PM.
Commie!!!!!

I had to leave the room.
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OwenKealy
02-06-2011 at 07:29 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:29 PM.
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Commie!!!!!

I had to leave the room.
Because of her botching the lyrics, or her because of her "I'm going to warble and scream" approach to the song?
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SlicKitty
02-06-2011 at 07:30 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:30 PM.
Quote from OwenKealy :
Because of her botching the lyrics, or her because of her "I'm going to warble and scream" approach to the song?
Lots of people warble and scream. I'm used to that.

I left the room, because she botched the words to the National Anthem. That's just unforgivable.
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boodles07
02-06-2011 at 07:31 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:31 PM.
Quote from OwenKealy :
And they booked the Black Eyed Peas for the half-time show.

This year's Super Bowl music brought to you by Epic Fail.

Atrocious, absolutely deplorable. And having to see George Bush was less than a treat as well! And Condaloser Rice...
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arjunsr
02-06-2011 at 07:33 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:33 PM.
the only important thing is she hit the under for length, over for brave. knew i hit it when she took the deep breath Whee
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02-06-2011 at 07:34 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:34 PM.
Quote from OwenKealy :
And they booked the Black Eyed Peas for the half-time show.

This year's Super Bowl music brought to you by Epic Fail.
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the only important thing is she hit the under for length, over for brave. knew i hit it when she took the deep breath Whee
Huh, what?
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DNC
02-06-2011 at 07:34 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:34 PM.
Not the oops I was hoping for regarding Christina's performance.
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OwenKealy
02-06-2011 at 07:37 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:37 PM.
Quote from SlicKitty :
Lots of people warble and scream. I'm used to that.

I left the room, because she botched the words to the National Anthem. That's just unforgivable.
The song isn't even that complicated. It's pretty astounding that a "professional musician" couldn't remember the lyrics.

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Atrocious, absolutely deplorable. And having to see George Bush was less than a treat as well! And Condaloser Rice...
I didn't even notice them. I filter out crowd-shots as being completely unimportant.
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luckyyear2009
02-06-2011 at 07:39 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:39 PM.
You messed up the spelling of her name. It's Christina, not "Cristina."
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pepsiman2011
02-06-2011 at 07:56 PM.
02-06-2011 at 07:56 PM.
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You messed up the spelling of her name. It's Christina, not "Cristina."
who cares shake head
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marg_fan
02-06-2011 at 08:06 PM.
02-06-2011 at 08:06 PM.
At least it proved she wasn't lip-syncing. laugh out loud
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Thrifteh
02-06-2011 at 08:06 PM.
02-06-2011 at 08:06 PM.
Quote from OwenKealy :
The song isn't even that complicated. It's pretty astounding that a "professional musician" couldn't remember the lyrics.



I didn't even notice them. I filter out crowd-shots as being completely unimportant.
I know right?! It's like a world famous guitar player not being able to play Stairway to Heaven. Crylol

Oh and DNC, we had the wardrobe convo in our house tonight. laugh out loud
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Hawk2007
02-06-2011 at 08:59 PM.
02-06-2011 at 08:59 PM.
WTF?

Why can't people sing the national anthem normally? This artistic stuff is bullshit. fark that woman. stupid attention whore, sing it right or don't sing it at all.

I'd rather have someone sing it in an offnote, but try to make it sound like an anthem than some golden voice singer (no, christina is not that) who jacks up the timing and shit.
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