Thursday, January 31, 2013

Beyonce' and the National Anthem.



This is Beyonce'.  Formerly of Destiny's Child, and star of the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show, which will happen this Sunday.

She also sang the Star Spangled Banner at the Inauguration of President Obama a couple of weeks ago.

Depending on who you believe.  Yep, you read me right...it would seem that in the middle of an historic event like the swearing in of the President of the United States, one who was re-elected to boot, the national media pounced on the most trivial of topics: that Beyonce' lip-synced the National Anthem.

Really?  Seriously?  In 200+ years and 57 inaugurations of 44 Presidents the best history that can come from the second President of the 21st Century is that the woman who sang the Anthem did not 'really sing' the song?  Come on, people!!

Though I'm not a fan of Beyonce', I like some of her music.  She is indeed a very talented lady.  She did a good rendition of the song, though a bit on the scream/yell side.  

At the end of the day, as long as she got the words right, who cares whether or not she lip-synced the song?

I'll bet you Christina Aguilera wishes she thought of it two Super Bowls ago.  She left out a couple of lines before the game between the Packers and Steelers before Super Bowl XLV.


So it could be worse.

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