Go Back   Gun and Game - Firearms Forums > General > The Powder Keg
Reload this Page Kelly Clarkson's Performance of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl

 
Like Tree67Likes

Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23
 
Thread Tools
Old 02-05-2012, 05:22 PM   #1
Resident Curmudgeon
 
Cyrano's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 19,460
Kelly Clarkson's Performance of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl
How many times do I have to say this?

NATIONAL ANTHEMS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO "INTERPRETATION" BY VOCALISTS!

Someone take Kelly Clarkson out behind the stadium and yank her vocal cords out, please. Steven Tyler was bad enough at the AFC Championship game, but at least he was on tempo. Kelly Clarkson had a drum line behind her and still couldn't stay on beat.

NFL, in the name of all that's holy, PLEASE do away with the vocal "interpretations" of the National Anthem and replace them with a precision field band!
PAPA G, Big Dog, Brother Bob and 11 others like this.
Cyrano is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 05:35 PM   #2
Firearm Zealot
 
Ninja Piper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Watertown, WI
Posts: 4,139
Amen brother!
PAPA G, Big Dog and Brother Bob like this.
__________________
Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.

Now offering FFL transfers in SE WI!
Ninja Piper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 05:59 PM   #3
Site Founder
 
Chris's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 6,986
Blog Entries: 6
I disagree. I think the drums are what caused an issue in hearing her beautiful voice. She did a complete and great job with her style of singing. She did a great job with it.

Check out this video on YouTube:

High Noon and Drowzy_Shooter like this.
Chris is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 06:01 PM   #4
Firearm Zealot
 
Brother Bob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Wanette,OK
Posts: 10,979
Angry
Let's get Seal Team VI out there with their weapons trained at the singers head, and see how well they do! What's next? A rendition of the National Anthem in rap?
big shrek likes this.
__________________
Warning! My dog has a gun and refuses to take his meds!
Brother Bob is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 06:08 PM   #5
Firearm Zealot
 
jerry's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 17,756
Blog Entries: 2
There's some sorta game today?
Brother Bob and BigEd63 like this.
jerry is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 06:15 PM   #6
Firearm Zealot
 
Brother Bob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Wanette,OK
Posts: 10,979
Wink
After watching the video, since I'm not partaking in the game, it wasn't all that bad. God knows we've heard worse.........much worse!
__________________
Warning! My dog has a gun and refuses to take his meds!
Brother Bob is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:13 PM   #7
Firearm Zealot
 
.22hustler's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 5,112
After she sang the first line, I muted the tv, as I knew it wasn't going to be the National Anthem that I used to sing. I wonder whose anthem that was???. Yep, I'm a redneck, and I believe people who sing the National Anthem wrong should be fined, and banned forever from singing it at any venue.
.22hustler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:14 PM   #8
Firearm Zealot
 
Rambo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Iowa
Posts: 10,308
I only sing to my steering wheel so I'm not gonna say anything. I did hear Steven Tyler's rendition and thought it was "Steven Tyler".
Chris, Earl Easter and scienceman like this.
__________________
If you run, you'll just die tired.
Rambo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:14 PM   #9
Firearm Zealot
 
Dragunov's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: TEXAS! And FREEDOM!
Posts: 3,297
If I said what I really thought of it, I would get banned.
.22hustler and Glenn62 like this.
__________________
Everytime someone sells a gun without buying another, a nice kitten is placed into a wood chipper.
Dragunov is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:32 PM   #10
Firearm Aficionado
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 660
I missed the live rendition but saw the TuberculosisTube replay and after seeing past performances, I don't see where the gripe is. There's just no pleasing some people. I'd call this progress....as far as national anthems go.

The half time show will yet again be wrought with controversy. I'm pretty sure that I saw "the finger".
__________________
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"! Ben Franklin
High Noon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:50 PM   #11
Firearm Aficionado
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 658
From the reaction you guys are giving, bitching about the National Anthem performance has become as much a part of the Super Bowl as the performance itself, she did a good job from what I can hear.
Chris and shop tom like this.
__________________
Vetroue in God en die Mauser
Next generation shooter and a young 2nd amendment supporter!
caopai is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 07:59 PM   #12
Firearm Zealot
 
bobvonb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Apple Valley, CA
Posts: 2,599
Blog Entries: 20
Chris, I'm looking forward to you're adding .wav types to attachments so I can here the renditions by the locals.
__________________
Climb that mountain!
bobvonb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 08:12 PM   #13
Firearm Zealot
 
Huey Rider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Great Lakes Region
Posts: 6,548
There's not been one to compare to her's since she sang it in '91:

__________________
No Promises,
No Shortcuts,
No Retreat,
No Surrender......
Mike
Huey Rider is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 08:20 PM   #14
Firearm Zealot
 
Deersniper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 10,770
Messing this up is no longer a coincidence.
Deersniper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 08:31 PM   #15
Firearm Zealot
 
shop tom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Northeastern Lower Michigan
Posts: 3,934
Quote:       Originally Posted by .22hustler View Post
After she sang the first line, I muted the tv, as I knew it wasn't going to be the National Anthem that I used to sing. I wonder whose anthem that was???. Yep, I'm a redneck, and I believe people who sing the National Anthem wrong should be fined, and banned forever from singing it at any venue.

I have a feeling Clarkson did a far better job than you would have.



tom
__________________
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
shop tom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 08:51 PM   #16
Firearm Zealot
 
Tigercat200's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Middle of the USA
Posts: 1,519
My only comment is that I very much prefer to hear it the way it was written and not the way it is interpreted. There is a certain reverence I feel when it's sung the way it was written. Doesn't matter who sings it.
Glenn62 likes this.
__________________
Bob
Beware the fury of a patient man......John Dryden
Tigercat200 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 09:59 PM   #17
Global Warming Enthusiast
 
ACfixer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: L35-KAPV
Posts: 1,835
She sings a heck of a lot better than I can. I do prefer it to be in a more traditional sense, but I don't think it was bad or anything.
__________________
NRA Lifer. God bless our troops.
BUY USA MADE.
ACfixer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 10:12 PM   #18
Firearm Zealot
 
Capt'n Mil Coll's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member-
Posts: 6,280
Blog Entries: 1
At least she didnt grab her crotch and spit after it.
.22hustler likes this.
__________________
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Capt'n Mil Coll is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 10:22 PM   #19
Firearm Enthusiast
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 27
Cyrano,

I don't agree with you. I found Clarkson's singing to be good.

And I am one who favors Frank Sinatra and Eydie Gorme!
Chris likes this.
A. Rifleman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2012, 10:38 PM   #20
Firearm Aficionado
 
FN FAL's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: central illinois "pit of the prairie"
Posts: 540
What irks me is most of the players look bewildered as the National Anthem is being sung. I would be willing to bet that none of them could tell you who wrote it and what battle it originally was from.

One thing good about the game today,,, I had the range pretty much to myself.

tim
.22hustler and FortyXDM like this.
FN FAL is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23

Gun and Game - Firearms Forums > General > The Powder Keg

Tags
anthem, bowl, clarkson, hell, kelly, national, performance, super

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
National Anthem Before the Game grizcty The Powder Keg 11 08-02-2010 04:52 AM
Woke to the National Anthem DannyV The Powder Keg 10 05-28-2010 03:01 AM
Denver: Woman substitutes Black national Anthem in place of National Anthem CrazyIvan The Powder Keg 22 07-03-2008 11:30 PM
Get Rid of Our National Anthem???? Brother Bob The Powder Keg 67 03-31-2008 08:14 PM
The Palestinian National Anthem: Trey45 The Powder Keg 37 09-18-2006 08:59 AM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:57 AM.

Contact Us - Gun and Game - Firearms Forums - Archive - Privacy Statement - Rules - Top



Recent Discussions

Proud Sponsors


NRA NETWORK



Advertise Here • GunandGame Swag
"It don't cost nuthin' to be nice." -- Mike West