Best Star Spangled Banner

[kangsta]

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[FirstTimeLurker]

Marvin Gaye was not lip synced.

btw, today's version was just average.

 

[That's Right]

Whitney.

 

[Eastwood22]

How about the Declaration of Independence Tribute they did? It was chessy but I definately appreciate what they were trying to do. I really paid attention when Pat Tillman's widow was giving her piece next to his statue.

 

[texashorn]

I jam to Whitney's on my ipod every Sunday.

 

[GatorHorn]

Frank Drebbin.

 

[CottonEyedHorn]

The Link

 

[OpusOne]

1976 Super Bowl--Tom Sullivan--blind singer/motivational speaker--best ever national anthem--no discussion

 

[accuratehorn]

With all deference to the great Enrico Pallatzo, Whitney Houston wins hands down, and it isn't even remotely infintessibly close, even on the molecular level.

 

[redraidertkd]

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey National Anthem

 

[Bayerithe]

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[HornFan4Ever]

What Mandingo said. No one comes close to Whitney's version.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Faith Hill's didn't suck

Super Bowl XXXIV

 

[Bevoette]

that was awesome . too bad later in life the wheels feel off.. .

 

[PROVE EM' WRONG]

Another version - not lip-synced

Star Spangled Banner

 

[Statalyzer]

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[Drew Shirley]

Whitney gets my vote for #1, but for #2, I submit The Dixie Chicks from the Raiders-Buccaneers Super Bowl. This was before they pissed everyone off. Take out the politics and just enjoy the harmony.

 

[watashi]

Hendrix

Jimi...

 

[DRAG69]

You are all missing the best one ever.

John Popper of Blues Traveler did the most amazing version I have ever heard during the Braves/Yankees World Series back in the mid-90's.

He was supposed to play it in Yankee Stadium until Steinbrenner had a fit and said he would not allow it so he did it in Atlanta. It was incredible.
Wish I could find a link but all I could find was this ABC News quote about it.....

At the time, Hendrix' "Star Spangled Banner" was an affront to mainstream America. But 35 years later, John Popper of Blues Traveler would copy the Hendrix version, in all its thunderous splendor, and would be invited to perform it for before President Bush at the 2005 Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball, where nobody found it the least bit controversial.