Quicklist: 3category: title: Cyndi Lauperurl: text: The "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" singer fudged the lyrics to the song last year while performing at the U.S. Quicklist: 2category: title: Steven Tylerurl: text: The Aerosmith singer caused a stir at this year's Super Bowl when he screeched out the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner" with ear-splitting high dia: 15418736caption: related: Then on his second attempt, he accidentally sang "no Jose" instead of "oh say." media: 16757183caption: related: Quicklist: 1category: title: Scotty McCreeryurl: text: Botched lyrics and technical difficulties made it tough for "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery to get through the national anthem when he performed it at game one of the World Series last year.įirst, the 18-year-old country singer had to start the song over after the microphone malfunctioned. Here are some other famous faces who have mangled "The Star Spangled Banner." "Even the most jaded singers, they usually just start weeping."īryan isn't the first to catch flack for singing the national anthem - not by a long shot. "Once they start looking at the words, the thing that strikes every person I've worked with on this, is how moving the text is," Dean said. When singers understand how powerful the poem is, the words become easier to remember. Singers forget the words because they haven't thought about how meaningful they are, Dean said. Some offended fans even called him "unpatriotic."īryan took to Twitter to apologize, writing, "I had a few keys words written down to insure myself that I wouldn't mess up. Country music star Luke Bryan (pictured above) received widespread criticism after he read the words to the national anthem off his hand while singing at the Major League Baseball All-Star game Tuesday night. Many famous anthem singers have had the vocal range for the song, but got tripped up on the words. "One hopes and prays that they start it correctly because in the end they're going to be in a lot of trouble." "Very few people have perfect pitch," Dean said. The song is also usually performed a cappella so there is no accompaniment to help the singer find a pitch they can manage, so some start in the wrong key.
"They feel overwhelmed by the piece and they're intimidated by it and they should be." When they are asked to sing "The Star Spangled Banner," "suddenly they're presented with a song with an enormous melody," he explained.
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