Fergie fucking BUTCHERS The National Anthem at the NBA All-Star game

She is trending on twitter because of this.

Fucking DEAD @ Charles Barkley's reaction hahaha

Oh THAT Fergie. I thought you meant the one not invited to my wedding.

I thought she was going to burst out scatting any minute.

Oohhh saa-yy does that star spangled ban-ner ye-et waa-ve O'er the scibbity doo bop la-and of thuh freebity scree bob shim sham eeebity And the ho-ome of the bra-weebop scoop boop boop -aaaave

It reminded me of the SNL lounge singer parody.

That was a hilarious. All that was missing is her spelling out the title.

the announcer was funny too.

Wow that was a bad version.

"Let's play some basketball!"

She lost that Duhamel dick and lost her damn mind with it

Star Spangled Banner scat style. aye aye aye

I hope you know, I hope you know

I’ve got a bad yeast infection

It smells like dough, it smells like dough

That’s been left in the fridge too long

Who knew The Star Spangled Banner was such a sexy song?

Why is she doing the Queen Latifah look?

Fergie sang that Anthem so bad, Kaepernick stood up and told her not to disrespect the Anthem like that.

R13 If you're going to steal from Twitter, give a citation.

Her take on it was misguided, but I was surprised at how good her pitch is. She used a chest voice instead of a head voice for the hight parts, which is impressive. I honestly didn't realize her pitch was that good.

You have to admit, it is a very sexy song!

Damn that was HILARIOUS. I can’t stop laughing. R15, I too was surprised by her pitch and the strength of her voice. I always thought she had a breathy baby doll voice, so this was a pleasant surprise. But the jazzy lounge version was so wrong I can’t get over it! I had tears streaming down my face. Draymond and LeBron were both laughing and Barkley saying he needed a cigarette LOL!

She ought to go on an anthem tour of major sports stadiums with the Jazzy Vegetarian.

"We're gonna cook up some rockets' red glare... scooby doo wah bursting in air...."

It's the first time I've ever heard a war anthem being sung as a torch song. That was awful. And Fergie's dress looked about four sizes too small.

R4, did you mean this one with Maya Rudolph?

I look forward to the Alanis Morissette version.

Even more embarrassing when compared to Pink's version at the Super Bowl just a few week's prior.

And Pink had just gotten over the flu!

Truly atrocious. She was out of tune throughout most of song. All those drugs she has taken has ruined her voice. What a fiasco.

I bet that scumbag Jimmy Kimmel will praise her later on his show.

She made it her own! Don't we celebrate individuality in this country?

At least Christina Aguilera and Roseanne will be relieved people won't think of them as the worst anymore.

It's just not a easy to sing song.

I love how that guy towards the end was trying his hardest to hold in his laughter.

R15, get your hearing checked. She missed quite a few notes. And she sounded awful.

r27 we made it look effortless

The Simpsons spoofed this years ago.

That was deliciously awful. Jesus Christ. Don’t they have to audition or something, so the producers know they can pull it off?

R30, Whitney’s was flawless. Unbeatable. But Pink did it nicely, too, IMO. I’d like to see her do it again when she’s fully recovered.

There was only one definitive anthem sung at an NBA All Star game. Ever. and there will ever b anyone else like him.

[quote]Whitney’s was flawless.

Because she didn't sing live. It was a recording.

live it or love it

Fergie actually did alright with the hardest part of the song: "land of the FREE"

Jose, can you see by the donzerly light

What so proudly we inhaled...

Oh, the ramp parts we washed were so gallantly gleaming.

HEADLINE: The Star Mangled Banner

Sexy Secret

It wasn't that bad.

r5 wrote exactly what I was thinking before I watched it.

The guy at 1:59 is what made people laugh.

She's no Roseanne!!!

Carl Lewis

I loved it.

^She was better than that Jackie Evancho or whatever her name was (some has-been from one of those singing competitions).

Anyway, Fergie actually has a decent voice, but the whole goofy, stilted style just ruined it. If she just sang it normally it probably would have been good.

I personally think Christina Aguilera's Super Bowl version was worse—strained and overdone (sounded like a constipated cat, as one online commenter put it). I love Whitney Houston, but unfortunately one of her (and Mariah Carey's) legacies was popularizing the whole screechy, oversinging trend. Stop yelling and just sing the damn song ffs.

Well, she's no Enrico Pallazzo.

Fergie's singing was atrocious. There are no other words for it except what Danny Pellegrino said...

1st guy they show is epic. He senses, knows what is coming. Have a cousin who does that exact face. I call it Nostradomas Face.

Laughed so hard.

You mean Steph, r47? He looks like he's trying to zone out so he doesn't crack up on camera. I can't blame him.

OK, which one of you bitches turned off the autotune?

R48, yeah? Is that who R1 is referring to? I can't get enough of that guy. Not the bad smell face but the please no God it's coming face.

Real gentlemen. I couldn't.

I love you r45!

It *was* nice of them not to flat-out laugh at her.

What was she thinking? Is she back on the meth?

That was even worse than I thought it would be.

Pink and Gaga are laughing their asses off.

You’re doing amazing sweetie

Yep. It was awful.

A black eyed-pea, dear.

Fergie is a whore. When she's not sucking on cock, she's sucking on a crack pipe.

She took the concept of secondhand embarrassment to a whole new level. It was actually painful to watch.

[quote]Who knew The Star Spangled Banner was such a sexy song?

I can't help thinking of Marilyn Monroe infamous rendition of a very sexy "Happy Birthday" to JFK at a very public birthday celebration. Second hand embarrassment for everyone!

The players' reaction is priceless though.

Bad singing

[quote]If she just sang it normally it probably would have been good.

No, it wouldn't have been.

Why do artists insist on putting their own spin on the National Anthem? 😑

r64 exactly. Xtina tried it a few years ago and got dragged (appropriately). Fergie didn't learn.

It was like she was trying to impersonate Marilyn Monroe (Happy Birthday Mr President) and have a Boston or NY type of accent at the same time.

I feel bad for her. Especially since her husband just left her. I really wish this would have gone well for her

She truly was awful tonight... but this older performance where she sings it normally is so much better

She looked fabulous though

who hires such an old fugly drunk????

they oughta be fired on the spot.

That awful juke joint version of the National Anthem...WTF

I think she sounded incredible!

Now I have time to recollect, Lucy Lawless back in 1997 did it best of them all.

I clicked on this thinking it wouldn’t be that bad. Then it was.

eat me u washed up skag.

R67 that ones okay; it was in 2006. By 2011 she was much worse (see r63).

A country's national anthem doesn't need any embellishments, if that's what you'd want to call this. Just sing it straight out and don't try to improve it.

If her career wasn't dead it is now.

The commentator in R1's link: "I need cigarette after that." He got it.

You mean Charles Barkley. Lol.

sing this.....

r42, thanks for posting that - I'm laughing my ass off! Miss Carl sounded TERRIBLE, even worse than Fergie did

She sounded like Jessica Simpson and Jessica can’t sing for shit.

I thought she was a better singer than that.

What the fuck was she thinking?!?!?

The problem is the Anthem itself- it's simply one of the most singable songs out there. You have to be a singer with not only an incredible range, but one with the chops to really project it out, even though you're of course mic'd up and all the rest. There simply aren't that many 'Popular singers out there these days who can pull it off. America the Beautiful would have been a much better choice as anthem.

So many of you frauds are lifting comments directly from Twitter and passing them off as your own. Forget wit and wisdom, try thinking for yourself.

Thank you for this version Fergie...

That looks delicious R74

She can't sing.

For the most part, music has really sucked for the last 10+ years. Maybe it's because nobody listens to the radio any more, and we don't have a chance to hear new artists quite so much.

If this is what earns 8 Grammy's then I don't know what qualifies as award-winning artistry these days.

Is she the same 'artist' who once took a piss on stage? I forget...

School Music departments’ budgets have been slashed for decades now.

If you can’t read music or play music or understand music, this is the music you get.

Yes R90. She's also a former crystal meth addict.

What grated more than the style or missed notes was that she was very, very shouty. She didn’t need miking up.

Clueless and tasteless. She doesn't seem to get that the anthem is played to summon the national pride, emotion and unity of all assembled. She turned it into a cheap vehicle for displaying her quite questionable vocal prowess.

Hehe R38!!!!

This is what happens when you surround yourself with sycophants and let your ego get out of control.

R96 Funny, I just came across the same exact same comment on Twitter:

[quote]Seriously, she had to think about that, come up with the concept, practice it, & at no point did anybody step in. This is why you never surround yourself with sycophants.

#fergienationalanthem is now trending on Twitter.

*Damn the typo, I'm drunk on schadenfreude!

And she's on some talent show here in Canada as a "mentor". Mentoring them about what? How to prep a meth pipe?

I've never heard the National Anthem performed as a striptease before.

The US anthem is already written to drum up inspiration and pride, so there is no need to add all those runs and embellishments.

Fergie can sing... legitimately.

She was phenomenal in NINE... a mess of a movie, but she was brilliant. Truly.

And incredibly sexy.

But, this was bad.

Even I thought it sucked!

This shit would never happen in Bosnia&Herzegovina, Spain, San Marino, and Kosovo.

Ahem...

R90 Yes. At least she didn't pee her pants for the 3rd or 4th time while singing on live TV.

Well, what can you expect? She's not an American.

I wish they would stop having pop stars sing the National Anthem; everyone thinks they have to put their own spin on it like it is a Top 25 tune. It is the freaking National Anthem - just sing it the way it was written and get it over with in a minute. This is much more disrespectful, IMO, than players kneeling in a sincere protest.

Fergie looks a lot like that woman who laughed like a goat on The Soup. Remember that from years ago? Yeah, she's a real dick-wilter.

What? There wasn't some deserving local kid that could sing? We've gone too far with this shit.

I couldn’t watch more than 20 seconds. That was such a mess, and the worst thing is that she looked so proud of herself.... Yikes! That was a 9.5/10 on my pain scale.

It reminds me of about the seventh season of "Alice," when Linda Lavin took the once peppy opening theme and turned it into a painfully slow, boozy jazz routine.

It reminds me of about the seventh season of "Alice," when Linda Lavin took the once peppy opening theme and turned it into a painfully slow, boozy jazz routine.

LOL that’s funny and accurate - weren’t there like 16 variations of the theme song? Every time I saw that show she sang it differently. On one she scatted during the credits.

Appearance 10. Delivery 5.

She walked up to that mic like she was hoping to land a new (rich) man.

Yes R115. There was more than a whiff of Happy Birthday Mister President to her performance. It was grotesque.

Roseanne says even her version was better than Fergie

R113 Yes. With every season, the song got slower and moodier, to the point where it became a dreary torch song most appropriately heard in a smoky lounge where a neon flashing martini glass decorates the entrance and red woven citronella candles sit on the tables.

Did Linda Lavin ever sing publicly anywhere other than on that show? It seemed like she thought she was a great singer, but no one would pay to hear her.

It reminded me of Shug Avery singing Sista in the juke joint in The Color Purple

Fergie

No, Shug Avery was fantastic compared to Fergie.

R119 Linda Lavin was a Broadway musical theater actress before doing "Alice," so I guess she felt she had something to prove. "Look at me! I'm more than just a TV star! I'm a real Broadway baby with a voice! Honest!"

R121 It IS eerily similar.

I'd never heard Marvin Gaye's version. That man was sex and soul.

I would expect that kind of behavior from Lady Gaga.

Americans are stoned most of the time.

God those “Alice” theme versions are lousy as fuck. Linda Lavin was an idiot recording 40 shitty lounge act versions of a TV show theme.

Marvin could literally lay down and sing as well as he could standing up. He was that talented vocally. His version was different but amazing.

Fergie should have sang it the standard way and let her humps and lady lumps do the talking.

She's like Grandma Millennial demanding to be praised for making a big boom-boom of the national anthem on national television.

Suge Avery would have shoved her foot so far up Fergie's ass that only the rubber-tip bottom of the five-inch heel would show.

Are all of these "entertainers" as stupid and talentless as they seem?

Of COURSE they are.

At least she's not starring in a Taco Bell commercial.

Her performance goes in the 'Celebrity Second Hand Embarrassment ' thread for me.

R131 After that performance, she'll be lucky to land a Taco Bell commercial. She's no longer G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S.

She'll miss her fame like a child misses his blanket.

She sounds like she's back on meth.

r131=Fergie

Obviously we need Fergie to star in a reboot called "Alice 2018!" in which she records a new version of the theme every week instead of every season.

It sounds like Billie Holliday singing reggae

Reminded me of David Sedaris singing "Away In a Manger" in the voice of Billie Holliday.

Sort of original and certainly difficult. I don't really mind it. Aren't entertainers supposed to be eccentric?

It was awful, but people take this shitty song WAY too fucking seriously. Rosanne's performance is still being talked about 25 years later??

The person creating the most disrespect for Americans and causing the greatest embarrassment for the American people is actually the PRESIDENT. Not some fucking loony pop star who can't sing. Who gives a shit what any national anthem speaker does when the country is in the hands of a maniac?

I LIKED it!

R140 is too rational to post on DL

OK all you Linda Lavin queens, here's an "Alice" thread you might enjoy:

Alice, the TV series starring Linda Lavin

OP's video was so bad, my cat actually got up and left the room.

R84 maybe the Canadians could have sung it?

I don't always like Jen Hudson but she did a spectacular job with the National Anthem. Kelly Clarkson, The Dixie Chicks, Gaga, Luther and Whitney are the others who are memorable in my lifetime. It's a very hard song to traverse.

Fergie should not have tried to outdiva the great voices in the world or make the anthem sexy. What the fuck? She was atrocious.

now THIS was funny

R74 is perpetuating a FRAUD worse than Fergie's talent!

Lol, I visited Fergie's IG and noticed that she isn't allowing comments. Was it always like that or... ?

The fact that she thinks she's doing this amazing job is what makes it so hilarious (in conjunction with the players' reactions).

Still not the greatest, but if she had only sung it more like she did in 2011, people wouldn't be making fun of it.

Ugh she sounds horrible in "Nine" as well. If she strays even an inch from breathy pop, her voice is like nails on a chalkboard. The only song of hers I like is big girls don't cry.

R67, 2006 even sounds much better than 2011.

r140 nailed it. Thread closed. I mean it.

I will forever refer to it as the Star Spangled Bannerer now.

The best version IMO was Linda Ronstadt at Dodgers Stadium, World Series 1977? 78? She just sang the song.

"If you can’t read music or play music or understand music, this is the music you get."

What does reading music have to do with anything? Even many actual musicians can't read music. John Lennon couldn't and he managed to do okay for himself......

R157 same with Irving Berlin. He taught himself piano and never learned to read/write music. Someone else usually had to transcribe it for him.

Just say no to drugs, Fergie.

Today she apologized. For taking risks. For stretching herself. She's a risk taker.

While this is not the easiest song, it annoys me when people say it's 1 of the hardest ever songs to sing. A competent singer can pull it off. You don't have to be an amazing singer to do it. Weak singers obviously should not try.

The problem is for the last 20 years, most of the new singers who became popular in all genres of popular music aren't amazing, and few are even competent. There are plenty of amazing backup singers who will never be famous but carry the stars through their recordings and live performances. There are even more amazing singers out there who will never make it at all in the music industry. I've known some.

Fergie is a competent, but not amazing singer. She stupidly tried to do something very different that was outside of her range and consequently fell flat. Competent singers need to just sing the song straight. Don't embellish unless you're an amazing singer. She learned this week she's not amazing if she ever had any doubts before.

at least she didn't twirl her nipples and pee this time. Still not enough to get Josh back.

[quote]There are plenty of amazing backup singers who will never be famous but carry the stars through their recordings and live performances. There are even more amazing singers out there who will never make it at all in the music industry. I've known some.

Just to threadjack a little, this is why I don't understand the complaints about Liza's Sally Bowels being too good a singer to be in such a dive. But, as you said, the most talented don't often get the big breaks. Liza herself was lucky to have benefited from nepotism. Otherwise, she probably might not have made it, her outstanding voice notwithstanding.

Has Josh moved on?

R117 I don't see how Roseanne could possibly even remember which of her 7 personalities sang the national anthem?!

A vocal coach tries to make sense of it all.

[quote]Gerald doesn’t believe Fergie “altogether is a terrible singer,” but does say she had “a really, really, really bad day with a bad arrangement.” He singles out missed notes, “horizontal vowel placement,” lots of “nasality” and “tongue tension,” false vibrato that makes her “wobble out of pitch,” bizarre rhythmic choices, and so much more. He also mentions the unhelpful arrangement and that she seems to just plain be trying too hard.

"Rosanne's performance is still being talked about 25 years later??"

Well, it really was noteworthy. It was astoundingly ghastly. Whose idea was it for that fat pig to screech out the national anthem? Did someone think it would be funny? It was NOT funny. It was just awful and incredibly disrespectful. At first, after all the criticism was leveled at her she was defiant; she sneered "it's MY national anthem and I'll sing it any way I want." Married to Tom Arnold at the time, he beseeched her to apologize and finally she said "I'm sorry." But her apology was not what you'd call sincere. She got a lot of hate and deserved every bit of it.

R167, let it go, hon.

R168, that performance left an indelible impression on people's minds, hon, which is why it's remembered (not fondly) to this day. Have you ever heard it? I don't think you have. It's not something that can easily be forgotten.

Did Fergie follow this up with an encore of "Santa Baby"?

Late to the party, I had three funny observations, and you fuckers got 'em all already!

r168, for many newly minted eldergays the 80s and 90s happened just minutes ago. It will be a while until they adjust and realize how irrelevant their cultural memories and touchstones are to the living.

R169, your Geritol is ready.

It's the national anthem, it should be sung respectfully, not stylized. Everybody thinks they're fucken Aretha Franklin, when in fact it sounds horrible.

There's no law about the fucking national anthem. At first I was indifferent, now I'm glad she fucked it up.

Find a better song to faux-fetishize, snowflakes.

Why didn't she just sing it in her own normal voice? Why the Billie Holliday accent?

Because she's back on the meth pipe and she can't sing, R176.

her fug face reminds me of:::

cum oozing out of hole.

It seems to me that ours is the only national anthem fiddle-faddled with by its singers.

Why are freaks like r175 obsessed with "snowflakes"? So peculiar.

R167 Roseanne also spat on the ground and grabbed her crotch, which further riled people.

I wish they would just play an instrumental version of the national anthem, or better yet, dispense with it entirely. Why does the country's national anthem need to be played before sporting events?

Wasn't Roseanne's version of the National Anthem satirical? Please don't tell me she was sincere when she was singing it.

R183 after the fallout, she said it was supposed to be a joke and that she was encouraged by officials to make it a bit funny. But those in attendance (and watching on TV) initially thought she would sing it straight. The reason why it was such a big scandal, it's because by Summer of 1990 (when the incident occurred), ROSEANNE had just finished its second season at #1 (tied with COSBY) and Roseanne Barr was now an A-list TV star.

Every time I have a day like today this video makes me feel so much better.

[R166] that video is no longer available. Presumably Fergie's PR team complained to YouTube. The comments by the voice coach are hilarious!!