Watch Lady Gaga Sing the National Anthem With Great Vocals, Only Moderate Gaga-tude

Slate ^ | 07 February 2016

[Lorianne]

video/adio at link

[SE Mom]

Lovely! I was surprised.

[mmichaels1970]

When they called her name at first I cringed, but she was amazing.

I knew she would do well. She does her outrageous stuff, but she can show humility, dignity, and class when called for. As an artist, she is wired a bit differently, but she's got some great classical talent and works hard at her craft. Thought she did a nice job in American Horror Story as well.

[freespirit2012]

Great performance by Lady...

[erlayman]

I don’t get anything from Gaga’s vocals either. She always sounds like she is on Broadway — emotionless, generic and overly theatrical.

[mmichaels1970]

Meh. My daughter said she was an hermaphrodite, but a 5 second Google proved her wrong. Apparently she’s all female.

[TTFlyer]

Very, very good by Lady Ga Ga. So good the refs evidently had tears in their eyes rendering them blind.

[onona]

She done good

[dp0622]

tony bennett likely saved her life

[dp0622]

once upon a time she was a sweet Italian American girl from a nice family.

Tony Bennett has brought her back to that

[FarNorth]

Yes, saw them showing the soldiers and heard the crowd response. Hard to see for a while afterwards.

[Tax-chick]

I’m glad it was a success. Any vocalist with a decent range can do an adequate job with “The Star Spangled Banner,” if it starts low enough.

[MLL]

Nicely sung. Well done Lady!

[DoughtyOne]

[~Peter]

Wow! Very nice. Kudos to Lady Gaga.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

It’s always better when sung by a person who knows what it means.

[TexasCruzin]

Looks like she cleaned up her act. She impressed bigtime! Incredible voice and performance!

[TChad]

That borrowed more than a little from Whitney Houston's rendition. Apparently that's required these days. Announcers should say, "And now to perform the Whitney Houston version of the National Anthem, here's..."

I don't associate Lady Gaga with self-restraint, but she definitely made an effort. Apart from a few minor pitch glitches, she did well, and looked good doing it.

[NormsRevenge]

Her hair was nicely done too. Good job.

[Uncle Lonny]

Not for me. All these ladies who need to show off their vocal ranges to boost their egos overdue it and mess up a good song. All those vocal gymnastics are distracting. Just my 2 cents worth.

[Lorianne]

Maybe I’m easily impressed. I wish I had ANY vocal ability at all. :)