Posted on 08/15/2020 4:19:19 PM PDT by Shark24
Among the annals of national anthems as a prelude to sporting events, few have topped the one delivered by Whitney Houston before Super Bowl XXV in 1991 in Tampa. A woman, her incredible voice and the bare minimum of extraneous notes. Her rendition came at a particularly patriotic time, just after the onset of the Persian Gulf War, and was released as a single. It was re-released after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Houston donated all proceeds to charity. She ranks among the best of all-time because of the circumstances and ... that voice..
She lipped synced this.
Tthat is what they say. But I never knew for sure.
Only 8 years ago.
Stunning how bad it has become in such a short time.
+1
Great vocal performance....recorded several days in advance and lip-synched for broadcast....FWIW.
Ok. I could not lip-sync if my life depended on it and I had a billion years of practice. So there is that.
For a long time, Whitney made the most of her God given talents. Her Auntie, Dionne Warwick did the same back in her day.
they’ve all been trying to out do her version ever since....not gonna happen.
“imho...the absolute best rendition of the National Anthem by any modern day singers. Absolutely knocks it out of the park.”
Agreed
Amazing!
How could you possibly kneel?
Always brings tears. Always.
Right on
Was wonderful.
Another version I absolutely love is Sandi Patty. A 2nd verse created for it about still being proud and free today. Our local talk show man played it all the time after 9/11 every day.
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