Apparently Fergie (of The Black Eyed Peas) did a terribad rendition of the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
People are upset over that??? I’m old enough to remember a really bad rendition…
[pic of Roseanne]
I won’t link to any actual video, because it would violate the Geneva Convention. 😛Piqued my curiosity, so I watched it on Youtube. Yes, that was awful, but not as bad.
First, either Roseanne very obviously can’t sing so any attempt by her is going to be bad, or else she was deliberately butchering it. But she’s Roseanne, so what do you expect? Second, she sang through it really quickly so the pain of listening was not drawn out.
Meanwhile, Fergie is an accomplished professional musician. She can sing well, and she should know better. She didn’t butcher the song by sheer lack of effort like Roseanne; she tried to sing it this way. She practiced it. She even had an accompaniment track. Plus, she sang the song sllooowlly, and gave listeners time to realize their brain cells were dying while the torture was still less than halfway over.
NPR had this on the radio the other day (i forgot about it till now). They also seemed to think it important to make everyone listen to clips of both performances. I did not appreciate them for it.