Best Super Bowl National Anthems

[jingram058]

There's Whitney in 1991, then everyone else. I can't even remember the others. All the others shrink away to insignificance. And hers came after the Roseann Barr fiasco. That one is noteworthy for how God awful horrendous it was.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by jingram058

There's Whitney in 1991, then everyone else. I can't even remember the others. All the others shrink away to insignificance. And hers came after the Roseann Barr fiasco. That one is noteworthy for how God awful horrendous it was.

Roseanne Barr wasn't at the Super Bowl fortunately.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Roseanne Barr wasn't at the Super Bowl fortunately.

True, but Whitney's incredible version was most definitely in response to it.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by jingram058

There's Whitney in 1991, then everyone else. I can't even remember the others. All the others shrink away to insignificance. And hers came after the Roseann Barr fiasco. That one is noteworthy for how God awful horrendous it was.

Whitney has my vote for the best voice, male or female, in recorded history. (And she's from New Jersey.). So yeah, she's tough to beat.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

Whitney has my vote for the best voice, male or female, in recorded history. (And she's from New Jersey.). So yeah, she's tough to beat.

Are you including jazz? Opera?

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Are you including jazz? Opera?

Thought about it. Yep, I'll stick with Whitney.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

Thought about it. Yep, I'll stick with Whitney.

Great voice of course, but for me behind Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Sarah Vaughan. On the pop side I would say Celine and Mariah are pretty close too. If we were making this "greatest singers" and not just "greatest voice" would have a much longer list.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Great voice of course, but for me behind Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Sarah Vaughan. On the pop side I would say Celine and Mariah are pretty close too. If we were making this "greatest singers" and not just "greatest voice" would have a much longer list.

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

Once removed. Different generations. But yes.

[bk400]

Chris Stapleton moved the stadium in 2023. Upon further reflection, I think he's my pick for number 2 all time. Simple and classy, just as it should be.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by bk400

Leontyne Price was Whitney's cousin, I think.

My Leontyne Price story:

A friend and I were standing outside the Four Seasons in Boston waiting for some rock person. Leontyne Price walks out the front door and I tell my friend who she was. You could not miss her hair. We walked up to her and I asked her for an autograph. Her response - 'You want mine?'. Me - 'Well of course, I know who you are.' I guess she was surprised that two 20-30 something Caucasian guys wearing t-shirts and jeans knew who she was. She happened to be in town to receive an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by bk400

Whitney has my vote for the best voice, male or female, in recorded history. (And she's from New Jersey.). So yeah, she's tough to beat.

Even if we're sticking with popular music I'd take Aretha over anyone else ever, and she'd have to be in the running for greatest regardless of genre.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Even if we're sticking with popular music I'd take Aretha over anyone else ever, and she'd have to be in the running for greatest regardless of genre.

Did she have a great voice or was she a great singer? To me those are different things.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Did she have a great voice or was she a great singer? To me those are different things.

Well Pavarotti was so entranced by her performance stepping in to cover for him at the last second at the Grammies one year (where she performed HIS song) that when she explained she was terrified of flying and couldn't appear with him in Europe, he promised to fly with her and hold her hand the entire flight, if she would agree to come.

Pretty sure he knows better than me.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Well Pavarotti was so entranced by her performance stepping in to cover for him at the last second at the Grammies one year (where she performed HIS song) that when she explained she was terrified of flying and couldn't appear with him in Europe, he promised to fly with her and hold her hand the entire flight, if she would agree to come.

Pretty sure he knows better than me.

Interesting. An unlikely duo. La Scala meets Motown (well technically she did not sign with Motown but I think broadly speaking is part of the sound). I always thought her strength was her phrasing and timing and spirit, but maybe the great voice was there too.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Interesting. An unlikely duo. La Scala meets Motown (well technically she did not sign with Motown but I think broadly speaking is part of the sound). I always thought her strength was her phrasing and timing and spirit, but maybe the great voice was there too.

Well to be fair Pavarotti enjoyed pop music and singers and performed with them a lot, but he tended to pick REALLY good ones.

He has two charity concerts that he put together called Romanian Angel Appeal, in addition to American pop stars there are lots of world stars that we don't know of, he performs duets with his favorites. You get to hear him duet in opera with Cheryl Crow and Jon Secada and pop with Eric Clapton and Elton John etc.

Two awesome albums. Probably available on youtube as well.