Friday, June 11, 2010

Anita Baker Sings The National Anthem - FAIL

I am a big Anita Baker fan. I have loved her forever, but last night she absolutely butchered the National Anthem. I don't know if she did not warm up or can't sing anymore or had just watched the best of William Hung or taken advice from Roseanne Barr, but it definitely makes you cringe to listen.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

She did not warm up. It's mediocre.

chihuahuense said...

it's not that bad. it's a hard song.

Syd said...

Her voice has always been nails-on-a-chalkboard to me. Sweet Love makes me want to murder somebody.

Maja With a J said...

I've heard worse, for sure. I've also heard better...*L*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284

MontanaMarriott said...

Oh damnnnn Anita, u r threading on Whitney territory lol

Meg said...

@Syd - LOL

Bless her heart. I think Denise Richards & Roseanne tie for worst Star Spangled Banner.

chihuahuense said...

I think that you are thinking of Denise and Roseanne singing "take me out to the ballgame" which should, I think, be our National Anthem. :) But they were really really bad

LET'S GET SOME RUNS!!! ;)

Meg said...

@chihuahuense - OMG you are totally right! I'm an idiot. I just remembered them/baseball/singing and posted before thinking. :)

chihuahuense said...

The only way I can see "Take me out..." is if I am really drunk. Otherwise, I think it is a hard song, too, though. Maybe because in the beginning it seems like you should be "talking" it, not singing, but then in the end, you kinda have to sing it. lol, am I over-analyzing it?

Here Right Now said...

Just wanted to pipe in here in defense of Anita. I'm a professional singer and voice teacher, and I can tell it's not her singing that is the problem- it's the terrible sound quality of whatever the person recorded that video onto. It's so warbled and distorted, I can't even hear the true sound of Anita's voice. All of her notes were totally on, and she didn't go off key at all. Find a better video and it should sound 1000 times better.

bionic bunny! said...

i'm with here. it wasn't THAT bad. couple of garbled words, maybe, but her sound system sucked!

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