🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To THE WORST USA NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCE FAILS!
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- 🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To THE TOP USA NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCE FAILS!
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Hi everyone, I’m Kabir and welcome to another episode of Kabir Considers! In this video I’m Going To React To THE TOP USA NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCE FAILS!
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The one with Natalie Gilbert and Maurice Cheeks was actually pretty cool. Natalie started singing on her own, but got nervous and froze. Maurice Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers (?) and stepped over to help her get through it. It started as a solo, but ended as a duet thanks to Cheeks stepping up to help a girl in need.
Makes you really appreciate Whitney Houston.
And Chris Stapleton
And Gladys Knight
Here's the issue. As someone who sang semi-professionally. The US Nat'l Anthem is actually a very hard song to sing. Even some people who are normally good singers, have trouble with it because it requires having an enormous vocal range, which not all singers, even good ones, have. So I think some singers agree to do it, having never sung it before, and not realizing it's not a good fit for their voice. It also requires very good breath control as some of the lines are very long without a break for a breath. If you are an amateur or poorly trained singer, this can be very difficult. And of course the other part is that some vocalists will try to "make it their own" or disguise the fact that it doesn't really fit their vocal range by adding a bunch of weird runs and singing an odd arrangement of the piece. Which is not what people are looking for when they want to hear the nat'l anthem.
Amen.
Nope. I’m not a singer just tried to sing it and as long as I don’t try to belt it out it was easy. Try singing Jerusalem some time.
@@cloverite Oh of course. I'm sure you know better than trained singers. I'm sure you sounded fantastic to your own special ears. :)
I'm super surprised Fergie didn't get #1 it was so bad and hilarious
Yes, Kabir, that is the main reason why most people wouldn't be one sing USA National Anthem. It is a hard song to sing. If you don't have a good or amazing voice. You may sound like a cat in a washing machine.
In Roseanne Barr's defense, she is a COMEDIAN, and they hounded her to do it calling her at least 6 times asking her to do after she kept refusing.
She NAILED it in 2011, I think it was. You should react to that performance.
Everyone is trying to belt out each and every note like they are Pavarotti, but it is really a poem to the tune of a bar song but at a slower tempo.
The man singing with the young woman at the basketball game was then Portland Trail Blazers head coach Mo Cheeks. The young lady forgot the words and Mo valiantly came off the bench to assist her
Now that's a class act!!! 💕
14:25 He was the head coach of one of the NBA teams. The girl started singing it and just had a brain fart halfway through and forgot the lyrics. She was obviously super embarrassed and looked as if she was on the verge of tears. So he went out there to support her, and even though his voice is terrible, I thought it was a very compassionate thing to do. IIRC, the girl was only like 14 or 15 at the time, too.
As a Brit I'd just like to say if anyone sang "God save the Queen" like any of these they would be instantly beheaded. In the UK we call this cats fighting in the back alleys
To be fair, even in America, it is rare to recover from destroying the National Anthem. It is usually a career ender.
Rule one: Remember the lyrics. If you just remember the lyrics, you can sort of get away with speaking the song as if you are doing a bar song.
Rule two: If you can't sing high, start as low as you can and for the love of Sam don't push those high notes.
Rule three: Grab earplugs so you can actually hear yourself and not your stadium echo. That's the main reason why you will doom loop your lyrics.
Rule zero: Don't be Roseanne
I was surprised Fergie wasn’t in the video but was in the thumbnail. I was looking forward to hearing the “bannernanner-ur-ur” line again! Anyways, of to go watch Whitney Houston as a palate cleanser
Who in the world thought Roseanne could sing?? her speaking voice was bad enough.
Ikr?!
She , herself, said she could not.
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Oh Kabir, the ONLY reason I would subject myself to this is that I love your reaction. 🤣
The Fergie performance was just....horrendous. I know the Star Spangled Banner is not easy to sing but damn. :/
I used to be a semi-professional singer (it wasn't my "main" employment, but I made as much money that way as I did running a cash register in a shop during the same period), and everyone who sings for events dreads the Star Spangled Banner - it's physically challenging, there's so many places you can screw up, and everyone knows it well enough that when you screw up it's obvious and not fixable.
Listening to Jim Cornelison sing it properly at a Blackhawks game can give you chills. I don't know anything about singing, but I know to not even try that one.
It really is stupid hard to sing. The Italians have the best national anthem for really getting into…
This reminds me of the speech from Heart and Souls. I don't doubt you are correct, but surely sticking to the right lyrics and the basic song helps?
@@RandomFandomDragon Nope. The "basic song" has a range of an octave and a half, which while well within most singers' ranges on their best days is quite a stretch on a not-best day - and you can't fool around with dropping pitch or riffing like you can with other songs if your throat muscles can't handle a twelve note jump that day. And because of the phrasing and cadence, you can't slide through words if you don't remember (which is likely, because even reciting the words as a poem is hard. English has a natural iambic meter, but the Star Spangled Banner was written as duples - which is close enough to the same thing that I can't even explain the difference, but you can hear it - so your brain is constantly telling you that's the wrong word because it's not a natural English pattern). This pattern also makes the tempo and signature weird - the song is usually written as 6/8 in older scores and 3/4 in newer ones, but it really should be notated as 8/8 - which you hardly ever see in written music and is unfamiliar for most performers. It's easy to get either ahead or behind your backing music.
@@davidray6962 you're right. And not only that, the music arrangement used is from an old English drinking song, "To Anachreon in Heaven."
The #1 cringeworthy national anthem performance of all time was Fergie at the NBA All Star game! The look on the players faces, especially Draymond Green, was priceless!
I am surprised that Michael Bolton messed up do bad! He was once of the biggest artists in the world, selling over 100M records worldwide. "When A Man Loves Woman" is a classic song and has been used in TV and movies for years!
It was soooooo cringe.
Nauseating
You should also watch a compilation of the best/most impactful renditions of the National Anthem as well. A couple that come to mind are the Boston Bruins after the Marathon Bombing, as well as the New York Jets following the events of 9/11.
I started to say I don't understand how Roseanne wasn't number one but then Carl Lewis started singing then I understood why
Wait...he was SINGING?
Carl Lewis should've just stuck to track and field.
Gosh man, I saw the thumbnail with Fergie and I got an instant flashback. I was in High School at the time, had an internship at a local place near me. We were sitting in the break room, and my coworker was on her phone and started DYING laughing. So we all huddle around the phone and watched that performance from the night before.
For the dishonorable mention to answer your question of who that man was behind the girl singing it goes like this. I believe the girl was singing the song and got distracted by the crowd and forgot her words to the anthem. The man is named Maurice Cheeks and was a coach of one of the teams at the time and he came over to help her out with the words since she was in shock. It was a very cool moment even though the rendition of the anthem was butchered. Cheeks got a lot of respect from me for that.
Gotta give Roseanne credit- at least she knew the damn lyrics and the tune, lol. I've heard before this song can be difficult for even trained singers, but honestly I think the biggest issue comes when a performer tries to add their own flair. Rehearse, and then sing the song the way it was meant to be sung. If you can't quite hit the highs and lows, fine. Don't screech, and we'll forgive you.
Some of the best singers have absolutely destroyed the song either by changing the words or putting more pitch changes that even a dog could endure
The main issue is that these professional singers try to put in their own personal flair instead of just singing the song as intended.
Yep, that's definitely my main beef---this is not a time when you should be tryin' to show you're cute!!
T his is one of the hardest songs to sing. It has such a range that is out of many singers abilities.
a lot of these people can sing really well but plenty of performers who didn't mess it up have also said that the sound systems in these places can really mess you up if your inner-ear pieces mess up which seems to happen a lot
I'm surprised the version by Robert Goulet wasn't included in here. His excuse was, 'well, I'm Canadian'.
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On the other side of this... one of the best renditions of the Star Spangled Banner was by Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All-Star game. It's pretty awesome.
The only time in history thousands of future Americans were conceived from a rendition of the national anthem
This is so fun, and something I'd never have thought to watch on my own. Thanks man!
Definitely my favorite reaction video on your channel... Lmao! "He kinda of looks like my dad"... I can't!!! ☠️☠️☠️☠️
I saw the video of the cop singing the Star Spangled Banner on the news and it was hilarious af.
As a proud American. This freaking hurts lol
Right!?! 😂🤣
The one you asked who he was, ND why they sang together, he was the NBA coach playing. The little girl forgot the words and he went out and sang with her so she knew the words.
I think you’ll be happy to know that Fergie’s rendition is now a children’s book. It is GLORIOUS!!
I REALLY CANNOT BELIEVE that they left out Queen Latifah's rendition of our National Anthem; she's singing it to a BEATBOX!
Maya Rudolf did a parody of Christina Aguilera’s Star Spangled Banner performance on SNL, and it’s hilarious!
The man with the young girl, is former NBA point guard, Maurice Cheeks (1978-1993).
I'm laughing so hard at you laughing so hard!! You are so fun Kabir. Love you ❤️
I think it's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS how Roseanne intentionally butchered the national anthem. 🤣
Sound issues are a huge thing in those big parks, so I believe Zarlenga. You could see her touching her ear- she had it playing back through the loudspeakers and it sounded different than the audio she was getting in her ear. Also, I think Bolton was having trouble with the reverb. Have you ever been on the phone and you can hear yourself talking back on a slight delay? It’s really confusing.
I KNEW Roseann Barr would be included. That was horrible. And then she grabbed her crotch and spat on the ground-she was punking the ball players who do that sometimes-but it came off as disrespect.
I don’t know if you’re aware but R. Kelly is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. He was convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering.
"I can't even look cuz he looks like my dad" 😂
I thought Roseanne Barr was the worst. I didn't know so many famous people were lousy 😋 It's like the beginning of American Idol 🤣
That is why the National Anthem is one of the hardest songs to sing.
Mel...LOL!!
The Star Spangled Banner is notoriously difficult to sing, with a pretty wide range of a twelfth from the lowest note to the highest. People either start too low and can't reach the low notes in the first stanza, or start too high and run out of range near the end.
I haven't heard the "Barr Strangled Banner" in a long time. Truly awful LOL!
Michael Bolton's singing was right. The last part was just a Mixolydian adlib which is common in rock and blues.
The guy that was helping the girl, was former Philadelphia 76er icon, Mo Cheeks.
As several others have mentioned, the song can be quite difficult, especially if a singer doesn't start out low enough. However, I know there have been at least a couple of famous singers who admitted they failed because they didn't practice, thinking they were already plenty familiar with the song. Or even completely forgot the words due to lack of rehearsal.
That Christina Aguilera one. I mean... yeah, we know you have the chops, the range, etc. etc. ...we get it. But don't do that to EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. YOU. SING. Sometimes you just need to sing the song the way it is supposed to be sung. The song is about the words and meaning, not about showing off. I remember watching the Osbournes reality show and in one episode Kelly Osbourne was making fun of Christina Aguilera for doing the same exact thing to some Christmas song like Jingle Bells. The way she was imitating her was so funny. I was laughing and thinking riiiight???
13:03 the man in the glasses laughing at the ESPN SportCenter desk 8s Charley Steiner. He used to be an anchor for them year ago. He could get into laughing fits over anything!! I'm not surprised he fell apart over that disaster by Carl Lewis!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😚
We need to have one standard rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. There are to many times when professional singers try to turn it into one of there songs and it turns out terribly.
Whitney Houston
Now you have to react to greatest NFL playoff game I've EVER seen. It just happened. Bills vs Chiefs Divisional playoff game. It was the craziest game. 25pts scored in the last 2 minutes. 3 lead changes.
In the Natalie Gilbert with Maurice Cheeks one, she was a 13 year old girl who got completely out of her depth at the start. Portland Trailblazers head coach Cheeks stepped in to help her along. It was actually kind of a heartwarming moment.
If you want to see an artist who did a really brilliant remake, check out Marvin Gaye at the 1993 NBA All Star Game, It's pure genius.
Yeah, it's actually a very difficult song to sing. Then, on top of that, the pressure of singing it at these events is just huge..it gets taken so seriously, it freaks people out. Lol
Yes, Cuba Gooding, Sr is the father of Cuba Gooding, Jr & Omar Gooding.
The Roseanne performance was just...she was disrespectful, but honestly the fact that they even asked her is disrespectful on the part of whoever booked her, because she's NOT a singer. She's a comedian. I can't imagine what they thought was going to happen when they booked her.
Ikr? Would love some back story on how this came about.
So these are all terrible but it's definitely an incomplete list, because no Fergie. Her sexy national anthem is the absolute worst, so painful
It's a strange song, it has lyrics adapted from a poem, so it's not your typical song in that way. I've heard from singers say, the big issue is the run-up, if you don't start low enough, you are a goner! Add in the social pressure, you have a recipe for disaster. I had an encounter with R Kelly years ago, the dude is cringe.
My all time fave is Carl Lewis when he goes "uh-oh". This is only matched by his throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game. It's a good thing he was an all time great at track & field, because he other talents seem to be limited.
Roseanne's singing before the 2021 cubs season would have been very appropriate.Zarlenga was bad and then they to watch a soccer game, talk about a double dose of bad.
After listening to all that we need to hear the famous Whitney Houston version to soothe our ears.
Somewhere on TH-cam a video, of Jack Black singing the National Anthem at a random, small town sports event, exist and it's sooo good.
We do have one of the most difficult songs as our anthem. It doesn’t take much to screw it up.
"Unsingable song of death and destruction becomes new US national anthem"
-The Onion
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To see something interesting, react to Marvin Gaye's rendition of the national anthem during the 1983 NBA All Star Game.
R. Kelly's version is a top 1 version of that song! I will not tolerate slander!!
On YT channel NorthwesternU, there's an interesting video called:
"Why Singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' Is So Hard"
I feel really bad for Roseanne, because they asked her to sing the anthem and she originally turned them down and told them she couldn't sing. They told her it would be funny if she just belted it out. Yet it was her reputation ruined, not whoever talked her into it.
And thus the phrase . . . "Only in America."
I like Jimi Hendrix's version the best.
No vocals.
You have to see the "bad lip reading" version of this. 😂
The Golden State Warriors made a remix of the Fergie national anthem fail
I just watched a reaction to meatloaf doing anthem.. it was fantastic and beautiful.. I recommend it as a watch.
Didn't know he did it. Thanks for info and...R.I.P. MEATLOAF!
This is horrifying for the performers. I can imagine the embarrassment they probably still feel and to have it out there for imperperuity is awful
At first I was thinking how is Carl not first, but then I saw #1 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Omg 😳 my dog just started howling to Cuba Gooding Sr.
“anonymous enthusiastic man” 🤣
I love your reaction and absolutely love your laugh! ❤
It only shows to me that us Americans chose an almost impossible, yet beautiful song to sing as our National Anthem. I'm a singer in a band, and I can't sing it properly. Can you?
Seeing this reminds me of naked gun movie when frank dribbin sang it lol
But Kabir, it really is *extremely* difficult to sing in a stadium! For one thing, the slap back echo makes you want to slow down and slow down and slow down, to let what you're hearing catch up to what you're singing. So you force yourself not to slow down, but still you have this much delayed sound of your own voice assaulting you and competing and interfering pitchwise. If you can't hear yourself properly, that can do horrible things to what's coming out of your mouth.
Yep. That's absolutely right.
Know your limit stay within it lol
Check out Marvin Gaye's performance before an NBA All-Star game. Classic.
You literally paused on the funniest part of that video. When Charlie Stiner makes the joke about the song being written by France Scott Key but in this case it was Francis Scott off key.
I'm going to watch Whitney Houston's performance of the Anthem to recalibrate my audio receptors.
My favorite anthem singers so far have been Pink and Lady Gaga. No horrible runs and they each stayed in their lane.
Why did they let a Canadian sing it?
Was wondering the same
Because sometimes when you have cross-border exhibition, regular season or playoff MLB, NBA, or NHL games between American and Canadian teams it's not always available to have a singer from each country perform their respective anthems, so sometimes a Canadian may have to do both and may not get it right. Have you seen an American sing "O Canada" flawlessly, let alone the bilingual English and French version?
I remember the USMNT vs Scotland match. Yeah... the anthem was horrific, but at least we spanked Scotland that night. LOL.
You always make my day!
When they ask for people to sing the National Anthem. I always say nope not even for 100 million
I do too. But maybe we can work up a killer duet. Lol!
@@brucedillinger9448 ha ha. Even the neighborhood cats and dogs would want the duet to stop.
Kabir you should react to songs by the Main Ingredient with Cuba Gooding Sr.
Love her or hate her Christina definitely has a set of pipes on her
I don't remember who it was, but I remember at least one incident where the singer didn't know the lyrics and the audience all started singing to help out.
2 of those were canadians, I wouldn't expect them to get it right
Yeah I wondered the same. But...if you're going to agree to singing it AT LEAST LEARN THE SONG AHEAD OF TIME!
I can tell you more about the hockey one. So the Memorial Cup is a tournament played against the team that wins their league under the 3 CHL (Canadian Hockey League) Umbrella, along with the hosts. The Portland Winterhawks, an American team in a Canadian league, ended up winning their league and thus qualifying for a tournament that usually hosts only Canadian teams
I love Michael Bolton as well. It's when they get over confident they screw the song up
Is that what you dad looks like
Christina has a beautiful voice but over sings so many notes
Casey...really? (You win understatement of the day).
The advice my music teacher gave me before I sang the National Anthem always sticks in my head when I hear the song going badly, she said that this is the one song that you can’t forget or mix up the lyrics or arrangement since everyone knows it by heart. The people who screwed up this song won’t ever live it down.
I kept waiting to see where Fergie was but surprisingly she’s not on the list. I remember that was a big thing on the news. But tbh it is a hard song to sing with a big vocal range so you can’t be too harsh except for the remixes and mumbling.
It is so incredibly that a singer like Michael Bolton would not know all the words to our national anthem. But believe it or not Kabir a former president didn’t know the words either and was caught on tape mumbling to look as if he were singing. That was both unbelievably sad and really embarrassing for this country. Rosanne Barr’s rendition was so horrible and offensive to so, so, so, so many in this country and many including then President George W Bush thought she was purposely trying to get a laugh at the expense of our national anthem that her tv show was cancelled the next day.
Was that same former president also the one molesting a flag at a pep rally?
It's hard to sing in the big stadiums. The sounds reverberate around the stadium, so the singers are rehearing their own lyrics, not always in the correct order. As some might bounce back to the singer before others.
🇺🇸❤.... This video needed a cringe warning lol🤣 George Washington is rolling in his grave! Love your channel!! from your cousin across the pond!
@@kingjellybean9795 I'm aware of that... I know it was Francis Scott Key.. it was just a joke though LOL
I think ALL the forefathers are rolling around after this mess!!!
@@brandyforsythe1882 absolutely
Thanks Roro :) yeah there were definitely moments where I was cringing pretty hard lol
Its really not hard to sing if you can sing even a little bit. The trick is to start off in a low enough key so when you hit the high notes you can handle them. Kind of like people singing "Happy Birthday". You gotta start low and most people don't remember to and then it gets screechy. lol
Oh my!