oh say can you please not butcher the
nation’s anthem welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down another
top ten national anthem fails before we
begin he published new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
instances where singers messed up
performing either the u.s. national
anthem the star-spangled banner or
Canada’s national anthem Oh Canada if
you don’t see the particular egregious
performance that’s etched in your memory
check out our original list number 10
Josh Groban and flee sometimes polar
opposites come together to make
something new and incredible other times
you get well whatever this was whose
broad stripes for the 2010 BCS National
Championship game Josh Groban and flea
of the Red Hot Chili Peppers got
together to perform the national anthem
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it was a strange pairing to say the
least with Josh staying committed to his
operatic style of singing and flee
accompanying him on bass
[Music]
the version was slow and seemed stilted
despite a drummer kicking in to liven it
up and while it wasn’t the worst
rendition we’ve ever heard it definitely
left us with more questions than answers
namely why number 9 Kat DeLuna
performing the anthem at a major game
can be a great way for an aspiring pop
star to broaden their fan base at least
that’s the best-case scenario if they
kill it unfortunately for Kat DeLuna she
got her big chance to perform at a
Monday Night Football game back in 2008
and most likely lost fans rather than
gained new ones she gave a very diva
fide performance of the song complete
with vocal runs and matching finger
wagging
[Music]
DeLuna had the confidence of Aretha
Franklin but did not exactly have the
vocals to back it up the crowd wasn’t
kind and ended up booing her by the
songs end
[Applause]
number eight Misha bruegger Gausman
sometimes you have to wonder who’s
booking the talent for these
performances it’s not too often that we
hear an operatic version of the
star-spangled banner or o Canada at a
sporting event and that’s for good
reason
[Applause]
at a 2012 senators versus Penguins game
opera singer Misha bruger Gausman gave
one of the most dramatic renditions of
both songs when she belted the mountain
her full over-the-top style it was clear
that she was a classically trained
singer but you have to know your
audience
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
overly drawn-out she made it feel less
like the start of a sporting event more
like a brand of cruel and unusual
punishment number 7
Madison rising this band was doomed from
the start
before Madison rising even began to play
the announcer at a 2014 NASCAR race
introduced them as America’s most
patriotic rock band a big claim for
anyone to make
what started off as slow but fairly
run-of-the-mill rendition took on a new
life when the bass kicked in and they
attempted to turn the national anthem
into a rollicking rock and roll song not
that this hasn’t had done successfully
before Jimi Hendrix anyone but this
particular version was a resounding flop
to aggressive and just totally off the
performance was an example that
sometimes it’s best to stay in your lane
number six Steven Tyler Steven Tyler may
be a rock legend but even legends have
their off days performing the national
anthem at the Indy 500
Steven started off nicely by doing a
little harmonica riff before he started
singing but as soon as he opened his
mouth and went downhill pretty quickly
it was a bit too rock and roll and he
sounded more like he was screaming
rather than singing for much of the
performance toward the end he slid into
a particularly egregious note that
sounded like he was fighting off an
assailant not singing the nation’s most
important song we feel bad for all the
ears in the stadium that day number five
Clint Bowers there must be something
truly intoxicating to a performer about
just going for it when they sing the
star-spangled banner perhaps it’s some
mixture of the crowd around them with
the swell of patriotism that makes
singers push their limits too sometimes
disastrous results that has to explain
actor Clint Bowers who had one of the
most cringe inducing final notes in his
performance of the anthem at an NBA game
[Applause]
poor dude really thought he was going to
hit the high note but instead his voice
cracked and warbled all over the place
but we guess kudos to him for really
committing number four Aaron Lewis your
eyes and ears will be forever stained by
this rendition of America’s anthem Aaron
Lewis the lead singer of the after
mentioned alternative metal band and now
a country music crooner went lyrically
rogue at Game five of the 2014 World
Series
[Music]
you’d think such a self-consciously uber
patriot would like have remembered the
words to the most iconic song in the
country’s repertoire but no he’d done
goofed replacing at the twilight’s last
gleaming with a wrongfully place were so
gallantly streaming
maybe he should have had the lyrics
tattooed on his neck number three Jesse
McCartney when you’re a professional
singer one of the lowest bars to clear
is knowing the words to the song you’re
performing but time and time again we’ve
seen performers let that get the best of
them
[Music]
that’s exactly what happened with singer
and actor Jesse McCartney who completely
skipped a line while singing the
national anthem at the 2009 NASCAR Pepsi
500 from the gecko he seemed nervous and
timid unlike his usual stage presence we
don’t know what was going on with him
but it had to be bad to completely flub
it like that
and the
number two Dennis Casey parks confidence
can go a long way in selling a
performance and if Dennis Casey parks
brought nothing else to his rendition of
Oh Canada it was that we see the in 1994
the Canadian Football League tried to
expand the league with new American
based teams like the Las Vegas Posse God
keep our land free for a game against
Saskatchewan parks a lounge singer was
chosen to sing the opening anthems but
too bad he never listened to the
Canadian song beforehand he made it
sound like the Christmas Carol o
Tannenbaum which stunned Canadians in
the crowd
parks became a laughingstock but two
weeks later he redeemed himself by
singing it correctly at another game
number one Fergie
it’s not that Fergie is a bad singer or
even though she didn’t hit most of her
notes it’s more like what the heck was
she thinking what so at the 2018 NBA
all-star game for whatever reason she
decided to perform the song with a jazzy
arrangement complete with scatting
instead of mixing it up and creating a
new classic the result was a weird
sexual rendition of the song that had
players and spectators straining to keep
from laughing her version was breathy
and seductive the polar opposite
feelings the national anthem should
inspire she got roasted on social media
and apologized that her performance
didn’t quote strike the intended tone do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
nation’s anthem welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down another
top ten national anthem fails before we
begin he published new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
instances where singers messed up
performing either the u.s. national
anthem the star-spangled banner or
Canada’s national anthem Oh Canada if
you don’t see the particular egregious
performance that’s etched in your memory
check out our original list number 10
Josh Groban and flee sometimes polar
opposites come together to make
something new and incredible other times
you get well whatever this was whose
broad stripes for the 2010 BCS National
Championship game Josh Groban and flea
of the Red Hot Chili Peppers got
together to perform the national anthem
[Music]
it was a strange pairing to say the
least with Josh staying committed to his
operatic style of singing and flee
accompanying him on bass
[Music]
the version was slow and seemed stilted
despite a drummer kicking in to liven it
up and while it wasn’t the worst
rendition we’ve ever heard it definitely
left us with more questions than answers
namely why number 9 Kat DeLuna
performing the anthem at a major game
can be a great way for an aspiring pop
star to broaden their fan base at least
that’s the best-case scenario if they
kill it unfortunately for Kat DeLuna she
got her big chance to perform at a
Monday Night Football game back in 2008
and most likely lost fans rather than
gained new ones she gave a very diva
fide performance of the song complete
with vocal runs and matching finger
wagging
[Music]
DeLuna had the confidence of Aretha
Franklin but did not exactly have the
vocals to back it up the crowd wasn’t
kind and ended up booing her by the
songs end
[Applause]
number eight Misha bruegger Gausman
sometimes you have to wonder who’s
booking the talent for these
performances it’s not too often that we
hear an operatic version of the
star-spangled banner or o Canada at a
sporting event and that’s for good
reason
[Applause]
at a 2012 senators versus Penguins game
opera singer Misha bruger Gausman gave
one of the most dramatic renditions of
both songs when she belted the mountain
her full over-the-top style it was clear
that she was a classically trained
singer but you have to know your
audience
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
overly drawn-out she made it feel less
like the start of a sporting event more
like a brand of cruel and unusual
punishment number 7
Madison rising this band was doomed from
the start
before Madison rising even began to play
the announcer at a 2014 NASCAR race
introduced them as America’s most
patriotic rock band a big claim for
anyone to make
what started off as slow but fairly
run-of-the-mill rendition took on a new
life when the bass kicked in and they
attempted to turn the national anthem
into a rollicking rock and roll song not
that this hasn’t had done successfully
before Jimi Hendrix anyone but this
particular version was a resounding flop
to aggressive and just totally off the
performance was an example that
sometimes it’s best to stay in your lane
number six Steven Tyler Steven Tyler may
be a rock legend but even legends have
their off days performing the national
anthem at the Indy 500
Steven started off nicely by doing a
little harmonica riff before he started
singing but as soon as he opened his
mouth and went downhill pretty quickly
it was a bit too rock and roll and he
sounded more like he was screaming
rather than singing for much of the
performance toward the end he slid into
a particularly egregious note that
sounded like he was fighting off an
assailant not singing the nation’s most
important song we feel bad for all the
ears in the stadium that day number five
Clint Bowers there must be something
truly intoxicating to a performer about
just going for it when they sing the
star-spangled banner perhaps it’s some
mixture of the crowd around them with
the swell of patriotism that makes
singers push their limits too sometimes
disastrous results that has to explain
actor Clint Bowers who had one of the
most cringe inducing final notes in his
performance of the anthem at an NBA game
[Applause]
poor dude really thought he was going to
hit the high note but instead his voice
cracked and warbled all over the place
but we guess kudos to him for really
committing number four Aaron Lewis your
eyes and ears will be forever stained by
this rendition of America’s anthem Aaron
Lewis the lead singer of the after
mentioned alternative metal band and now
a country music crooner went lyrically
rogue at Game five of the 2014 World
Series
[Music]
you’d think such a self-consciously uber
patriot would like have remembered the
words to the most iconic song in the
country’s repertoire but no he’d done
goofed replacing at the twilight’s last
gleaming with a wrongfully place were so
gallantly streaming
maybe he should have had the lyrics
tattooed on his neck number three Jesse
McCartney when you’re a professional
singer one of the lowest bars to clear
is knowing the words to the song you’re
performing but time and time again we’ve
seen performers let that get the best of
them
[Music]
that’s exactly what happened with singer
and actor Jesse McCartney who completely
skipped a line while singing the
national anthem at the 2009 NASCAR Pepsi
500 from the gecko he seemed nervous and
timid unlike his usual stage presence we
don’t know what was going on with him
but it had to be bad to completely flub
it like that
and the
number two Dennis Casey parks confidence
can go a long way in selling a
performance and if Dennis Casey parks
brought nothing else to his rendition of
Oh Canada it was that we see the in 1994
the Canadian Football League tried to
expand the league with new American
based teams like the Las Vegas Posse God
keep our land free for a game against
Saskatchewan parks a lounge singer was
chosen to sing the opening anthems but
too bad he never listened to the
Canadian song beforehand he made it
sound like the Christmas Carol o
Tannenbaum which stunned Canadians in
the crowd
parks became a laughingstock but two
weeks later he redeemed himself by
singing it correctly at another game
number one Fergie
it’s not that Fergie is a bad singer or
even though she didn’t hit most of her
notes it’s more like what the heck was
she thinking what so at the 2018 NBA
all-star game for whatever reason she
decided to perform the song with a jazzy
arrangement complete with scatting
instead of mixing it up and creating a
new classic the result was a weird
sexual rendition of the song that had
players and spectators straining to keep
from laughing her version was breathy
and seductive the polar opposite
feelings the national anthem should
inspire she got roasted on social media
and apologized that her performance
didn’t quote strike the intended tone do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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