Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Star Mangled Banner

Today is National Anthem Day. The Star Spangled Banner became the U.S. National Anthem on March 3rd, 1931.

Seems like the right time to look back at some memorable renditions of the anthem from the past...good, bad, and ugly. In no particular order:

Roseanne



Head Banger at the hockey game



Cop Rock



Mo Cheeks' best assist ever



Marvin Gaye



Whitney Houston



Wayne Messmer at the 1991 NHL All-Star Game. I still miss the Chicago Stadium.



Cop Rock the Sequel



I could only find the audio of the classic Carl Lewis butcher job.

Someone named Sissel, who at least knew the melody