robinannhunt
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If only Christina sang it straight, she would be fine. She was trying to be cute and play around with the song !
I think she is covering up some vocal problems.
If only Christina sang it straight, she would be fine. She was trying to be cute and play around with the song !
haha one of my fav comments for the performance came from the actress Zooey Deschanel, she tweeted, "congrats to Xtina A. 4 breaking the record of most vocal riffs added to the nat'l anthem, she had to cut a few words but it was worth it!"....just so everyones clear...she was being sarcastic hahaha
^ For me, it's not even so much about the fact that she forgot the lyrics. It sounded awful even if she'd gotten the lyrics right, IMO. Way too many riffs. It's not about showing off, it's about honoring your country, and Christina was obviously more concerned with herself than she was about doing America proud.
She did it live beause Carrie Underwood can doit live. She was horrible even if she got the words right! Too much production for a simple and wonderful song. I couldn't even listen to it for long. Never got to the word goof.
But, she is a professional. If you can not step up to the plate and deliver, then don't accept the task. Christina should have declined to perform the NA in such a huge stage as the Super Bowl.
I dont want to be mean to Christina because that must be terrifying! To have to sing the national anthem, with no backup music or anything, live for like 100,000 (thats how many people watch the superbowl right? Haha I dont really know) must be so scary!
Sure, she embellished the anthem and it was over-the-top. That's been her style for a decade; what did people expect to hear? (
I have to say, I would have been devastated if this happened to Carrie last year. People really ripped Christina apart on twitter. At first, I thought it was kind of funny, but then I felt bad.
I think she did it live because Carrie did it live, too. I think she wanted to show that she could do it too.
I must be honest: I didn't notice the mistake...I really wasn't paying attendtion...I didn't know until this moring when it was on the news...but, it was way over the top...I guess now I understand why my mother complains when people add runs and everything...
I think on some subconcious level people are responding so negatively because of the way she was acting, not because of the words.
She was behaving very arrogantly and melodramatically.
She acted like 11,000,000 people came out and tuned in to hear her deliever the performance of a lifetime.
Like no thing and no body was more important than her in that moment.
It allowed for the viewer to remain completely detached and see the whole thing from a very external judgemental way.
And if you listened with a critical ear you would immediately recognize that she was over emphasizing, over stretching, over acting, over indulging, over singing, over playing.......and none of it had anything to do with helping people to enjoy the moment.
It was completely selfish. That is why people are able to remove themselvs and b completely judgemental about it.
Unfortunately it was no ones fault but her own. It was ego that killed the beast.