Eddie Vedder- National Anthem Live at NBA Finals

[fixgear23]

How the heck did Eddie know the lyrics. Was this on the fly or he prepared for it. I love how he sets the mic down and walks off before anyone could congratulate him! Tight!

[markand4503]

Sounds like Scott Stapp whispering, talking and grunting his way through it.

[Sirlongfarts]

Foxy with long AND short hair!

[dmccausland529]

He's the only singer I've ever heard that makes this song sound good.

[jamiekrista]

God must have been on a good mood on the day he made this guy, that's for sure.

[GangreneVagina]

What's Bob's problem?

[TheBever64]

this man has the most beautiful lips in the world.

[Quball2011]

Only Eddie.

[rickram1961]

Christina who? Eddie is absolutely awesome!!!

[lancersbaseball]

simple..he doesnt drag it out like all the singers do nowadays

[paragshah2112]

good job.  thats how it should be done

[1962RJP]

Costas is a weenie, Eddie rocks

[MsStiffler69]

okey... what was up with that total look of disgust from the turd in the suit @ 0;11??? Then a lil disrespectful asshole look @0;37?? Dude you couldn't ever be even as talented and amazing as the shit Eddie took last night....

[Carrie3840]

Eddie should sing the national anthem at next years Superbowl.

[evanw2192]

love dem bulls and eddie vedder

[mmtna]

it would be funny if kurt cobain did it and just screamed his ass off hahaa

[pearljamma209]

Costas looks like the guy from 'Honey I shrunk the kids'.

[PaulMercedes]

Bob Costas is a piece of trash

[kissthebunnie123]

I'd be able to hear his wonderful voice if it wasn't for all the pre-menstrual teenagers squealing like stuck pigs.

[FenrirLycan]

Eddie Vedder and Marvin Gaye are good, but the best cover of national anthem is Matt Barlow's one :)

[hOOdilol]

@FenrirLycan I wonder how difficult can it be to just enjoy a song without competing....

[hdruktenis]

i could suck the lips off that boy

[smp894]

It always annoyed me when people cheered while they were still singing the anthem. I know you're proud, but show respect for the full two minutes, hold your tongue. and then when it's over you can cheer your heart out.

[Atraa]

goosebumps on this version.. and I'm not even american.

[Dargall327]

hell effin yeah!

[akeagleTL]

I wish people would shut up while their singing

[homelessdeadguy]

What a great version of our nation's Anthem! His voice communicates something beyond the usual "belt it out" versions. There is a quiet, tender respect for the object of the song - the flag - and a sense of deep strength and valuation of the nation it represents. Thanks Eddie.

[F4stFow4rd25]

Eddie Vedder and Marvin Gaye did the best job

[iversonfan75]

wow so young

[drjamyma]

@showmedamoney not trying to put anyone else down in comparison, just a fan of eddie and the nba, and the fact that eddie is a fan of the nba.

[jeangenie1271]

GOOD JOB!

(I agree, rilee4 . . . "pig")

DJ

[drjamyma]

Vedder is the man

[showmedamoney]

@drjamyma as opposed to who?

[rilee4]

sorry to bother you bob costas

[itsallgroovy]

@ SHOWMEDAMONEY-U R NOT MONEY

[showmedamoney]

this guy loves the sound of his own voice way too much... he has only one freakin octave and its the blandest one... vedder and pearl jam suck along with chris cornell.

[georginhohellas]

@showmedamoney 350,562 people must be wrong then...

[showmedamoney]

@georginhohellas yep! check out how many tone deaf idiots have videos with 100,000+ views. rebecca black ring a bell?

[eqsmooth]

Not a good rendition at all (he barely pulled it together, where was the thundering voice?) but Jim Gray and Bob Costas are and were assholes, which is worse. What were they thinking filming this in that way?

[hOOdilol]

@eqsmooth Lol, who told you the thundering voice was a must have. You can sing it whatever the fuck you feel like it.

[JoeyClimax]

hey costas, you lost us!

[TheDolph100]

Yeah Bob, very patriotic!

[Seanjkbs]

ugh I hate bob costas

[creepycoyote]

Whoever filmed this should've been fired. I can't even believe the unprofessionalism! That being said, Ed sounded amazing! At least we have the last half of the actual singer in the video.

[northie66]

That voice! That bod! Those lips! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)

[showmedamoney]

@northie66 bob costas is a married man, calm down!

[PJfan77]

Ed can do no wrong!

[courace]

i'm canadian but i've said for yrs that boob costas is a fucking idiot!

[joheckster]

what a tool costas is

[MyTwoCentsAreFree]

Eddie Vedder is so hot!

[chica10987654321]

@MyTwoCentsAreFree i think anyone would agree with you there ;)

[xtremehardy388]

Nothing too fancy, straight through and to the point. Good

[universitycatering]

THATS HOW YOU SING IT CHRISTINA A. !!!!!!!!!

[all4pearljam]

@universitycatering

was gonna say the same thing :)

[sneak108]

but when the song starts he has arm around that woman smiling. what a joke bob costas. you freakin nerd

[sneak108]

come on bob costas. thats ed veder and the national anthem. you need to respect both more then that. im disappointed in costas. The good ol usa stayed strong that night and our flag stood thru all the war. and he doesnt even take a minute to respect that ..grrr

[PaleMaggot]

The king never lets others interrupt him. Nice!

[MissusFingerBottom]

omg young Vedder is so cute. I love watching these grunge gods during the 90s, they have evolved so much!

[bobo2moon]

and he is AWESOME

[scroggdogg28]

go bulls!!

[LorraineGC]

Bob Costas, the reporter, appears to not have known what was going on because his network was not involved in introducing the Great Vedder who did a brillant job singing.

[DeanGoulding]

Wouldn't catch him singing that these days...

[Tranc0069]

@DeanGoulding But maybe because he expects more from the country he loves. His idea of country is not what he sees. just maybe, I don't really know. I'm from Spain, I love my country (family, friends, culture...) and I see things I don't like and I complain about it. It doesn't mean I don't like Spain. I suppouse the same with people like Eddie. Sorry for this long story.

[DeanGoulding]

@Tranc0069 I know. It isn't a negative reflection on him, but on the country and the way it was run during the Bush administration. The Vedman deserves a better country!

[Tranc0069]

@DeanGoulding I agree with you.

[persbol]

@DeanGoulding ye he should come to canada lol

[MrHutchie87]

@DeanGoulding Like New Zealand

[cardinalfan72]

what the fuck is costas doing?

[angelsoflightbpagean]

nicely done Eddie!!!!

[supermanfan62]

no one like eddie

[munchkiecocoa]

Eddie looked a young Jim Morrison here. Wonderful. From the short hair cut to the cupping of the mike. And Eddie's voice soars. Magnificent!

[sneak108]

Wow Bob Costas youre killing me. ed is tearing up the national anthem , and all the people that lost there life in this battle the song was made over, and all you can do is worry about the camera and yourself???

[vincenttuzar73]

I agree WTF! Costas is a asshole.

[kellypresto]

bob costas is a twit

[sneak108]

This was beautiful. ed nailed it. Bow down Bob Costas!!!!

[henhun]

Hey, is that bob costas being an ass? Yep I believe it is. Yay Eddie!

[eiredub]

i want 2 marry him love from ireland

[eiredub]

i want 2 marry him love from ireland

[eiredub]

i want 2 marry him love from ireland

[AngeliaClaire]

well that was fucked up!

[sportsbettingman]

Bob Costas is all about Bob Costas. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just another fool. Go watch a soap opera. That's what Costas tries to make sports out to be.

[baxi87]

hahaha i bet he was looking forward to this his whole life and eddie fucked it up for him... well done vedder!

[mfbinc]

bob costas= jagoff...

[TheDeadCenterlive]

ahaha i like how the love for eddie vedder and the hate for bob costas is about 50/50 in everyone's comments...

Yeah, Costas is a tool, and YES, VEDDER is the fckin man!

[cannedplastic]

fuck bob costas

[melissabradley]

Eddie u are truly gifted

[melissabradley]

Fuck u Bob Costas

[erzurum25dadas]

fuckin redneck of a popstar

[edgecator]

@erzurum25dadas Redneck? Popstar? Ok.

[Galby82]

fuck you and that smug look Bob Costus or whatever the fuck your gay NBC ass name is I'm a Canadian and thats gotta be one of the best versions of the US anthem I've ever heard

[davidmalone2157]

eh thrashatarium, if you would like to get better in basketball, you should start sticking with a authentic workout routine. I used the famous nba workout training here at "50inch vertical [dot] com". I didn t even tell this to my college teammates yet ha

[pica624]

thee best version ever it is completely understated and not over the top as so many amrican idol finalists try to do :) lol;

[alihondrow]

Bob Costas is a tool

[thelmaflauto]

What a wonderful voice!

[shweatyninja]

Vedder doesn't even budge when the crowd cheers while he's singing.

[PearlJamGirl627]

He's so adorable, he finishes singing and is he's like "Ok, here's the mic, I'm outta here" lol I just love how he has the mic cable all bundled up too! :D Eddie Rocks.

[miamad]

Bob Costas AND Eddie Vedder are BOTH ass clowns.

[cstar75]

@miamad no sir, YOU'RE the ass clown

[TTGBMR]

Haha Eddie is OUT!

[MyNegativeCreep]

Eddie was great there ;)

peace

[emilogistics]

thst reporter is a cock sucker!!! eddie vedder for ever!!

[lastdaysguitar]

Eddie = classy

Bob = not

[wedontgiveadamn]

Well said snoglobe68. If Costas wasn't such a sports genuis, I would say he'd make a fine gay midget porn producer.

[snoglobe68]

Costas is a pretty ignorant little fuck. If the anthem is playing...pay tribute you little dweeb.

[ALEXisSPANISH]

He was so conservative.

That's Eddie man, he's no ham.

[Ken4201]

Vedder for ever

[etrigan123]

how young is he here?

[xxkman1986xx]

it's great having a cool grunge take on an old classic! Bravo, Eddie!

[carecevas]

Great fucking singer... Awful Anthem

[franknshannon]

FUCK YOU! Don't like the anthem... get the fuck out

[KindlySpastic]

More like: "Don't like other people having opinions different than your own? Then get the fuck out."

[mr6616]

that fucken sucked!!!!!!

[NevasterDarkness]

Fuck you guys. Both Bob Costas and eddie Vedder are kick ass.

[fitnessfreaky]

beautiful voice

[CatAndMousee]

he sings it the best of everyone. We LOVE YOU VEDDER.

[smooveXXX]

Fuck Vedder is cool - that version was a sick rendition of SSB - a million times better than the bullshit versions we get these days from chumps like Aguillera, Knowles, and multiple random American Idol winners. Bob Costas?! hahahah! - what a freaking Revenge of the Nerds'esk character that muppet is!

[Str8Rydah11]

@smooveXXX fuck yea man u feel that shit!!!!!

[Totalmachine09]

Pooor reporter everyone hate him now. He's just doing his job you pricks!!

[VicInNocal]

That's the way you do it.  No embellishments, no "look at me" histrionics or changing the words around, or taking 2 and a half minutes to sing it.

Just sing it the way it's drawn up and let the words of the song be the star, not yourself.

It figures E-Vedder would be smart enough to know this, as opposed to some of the dummies out there like the Jessica Simpsons and Beyonces of the world.

[FlannelTuke]

I maybe wrong, but I understand that Eddie was singing an encore. He sung the anthem, Bob was about to begin his thing, then Eddie sang the anthem again due to crowd demand. That is, I think, why Bob looked like "what the" when Ed starts up the song.

[Burdensea]

he makes me want to be an american citizen. What a beautifull man.

[dirtyfrank81]

fuck you bob costas. you need to respect eddie you piece of shit. if i was there and saw you do that, i would have threw something at your head. you suck you asshole!!!

[gandy1]

that reporter is an ass

[SgtBastard101]

Eddie is Bob Dylans and Tom Waits replacement.

[HowDaddyIsDoing]

Bob Dylan's still around...so is Tom Waits...how can they be replaced just yet?

[SgtBastard101]

Not replaced yet,but when they go.....

[cannedplastic]

bob costas is a piece of shit

[HowDaddyIsDoing]

poor Bob Costas...why was he confused? i don't get it?

[1900maniac]

read

FlannelTuke's

comment

[SniperPatryk]

Screaming and shouting like Indians in XVII century is unnormal against national anthem. You should sing aloud and be proud of it

[AGHHF]

not when it's eddie vedder

[bbbicf]

well then you have never been to the united center, watch a blackhawks game when they play the national anthem its rediculously loud

[endocry]

So is that faggot Bob Costas too good to stand facing the flag with his hand on his heart or what?

[criticalzen]

That's what I was thinking. What a chode.

[xXElMananaXx]

@endocry Why would anyone want to do that?

[munchkiecocoa]

@endocry Say it loud, brother. Costas should be shot for the mother fucker that he is. Disrespectful of our national anthem, and disrespectful of a superior talent in Eddie Vedder. And what bothers me more, is that this asshole has a job, and is making millions for being a dick!

[toonuraccoon]

This takes balls, and one of the few times it was sung awesomely

[Argamis]

so damn young! :O

[d15er]

great job eddie,.

[corkkyle]

That was beautiful.

[darthtrabia]

jazz got robbed that series

[sorega]

Jazz got robbed that series? MJ took them all by himself.

[RockBanditPhil]

Best singing of national anthem EVER.

[pjlover10]

Oh my God, that was amazing. Eddie Vedder is indescribeably sexy. I will have some good dreams tonight.

[honeydooda]

Great to see/hear this...never saw it before.

Glad you put it here...I love Eddie Vedder!!

Damn, I'd forgotten how cute he was when younger.

[lrgrjg]

disturbingly fucking sexy

[Totalmachine09]

He looks soo cute!

[L4A7PearlJam]

hubba hubba

:)

[vituia]

eddie actually made me tear up, bob is definitly a fucking scumbag...we hate republicans!!!!!!!!!!

[Chickenhawk9932]

And Democrats and the rest of the mindless masses!

[atxchingon]

Had Vedder been doing rhythmic gymnastics with the mike cable before he started singing.... why is is it all wadded up like that? And is he wearing man-pris?

[julian2b]

shut up rick moranis and listen to eddie vedder

[happyhoppinghippy]

hes in the zone!!

[cannedplastic]

costas, what a fuckwad

[wretchedwon]

Costas you're a douche

[scrapplecheesesteak]

Vedder did a decent job.

Sidenote: Not sure who I dislike more, Bob Costas or Joe Buck...Not sure what's with Bob's facial reactions??

But I am leaning towards that pompas ass Joe. He's a twit

[JonathansGurl91]

was he at a funeral? Cause it sounded like he was singing to someone dead or singing to some librarians.

[collagerock]

verdad,, en argentina con 25 años rockeo con ellos desde sus comienzos gracias a dios y sigo hoy!

keep on rocking!

[pinkpoop24]

eddie makes everything sound awesome

[jumpincatmusic]

WTF is wrong with Bob Costas?

[cloudchaser07]

you are a lier you are 29 year old uneducated fuck, you weren't even around during the Grunge days in Seattle. U were sucking of your moms tits at the time of nirvana and Alice in chains, Remember that we can go anywhere and kick anyone's ass. what the fuck did you Canadians do for the world, half of you speak french. and if it wasn't for us on your border Russia could have invaded your sorry us and butt fuck you one by one.i guess you enjoy to get fucked so you welcome that with open legs. lol

[chrstnd]

Hey,

How can you call uneducated someone, when you speak this way? I am a latin america, and you respect our people okay? I would be sad to be your countryman. Thanks god I am not US. War is nothing. War is the result of the world now.

[cloudchaser07]

another moron on youtube.

[blackflag277]

wtf .i am not u.s . u just called ur self latin "AMERICAN" if some one black there african american but there still mainly from america so u are u.s

"thanks god i am not u.s " wonderful grammer

[chrstnd]

I cant believe I am reading your comment. Listen: America goes from the very south of Argentina, To the north of Canada. America is a continent, not a country. I am from the center. Mean, centralamerica. Costa Rica. I can call myself a latin american, because I am from America, and I speak Spanish. Latino. I dont know where you are from, but I think you need to read more books before posting comments.

-- Long life Simon Bolivar!

[blackflag277]

florida. and i was merly insulting the fact that u called urself latin american and then said thanks god i am not u.s

[robdmhaze]

delusional fag! lol

[cloudchaser07]

if chris cornell sings the anthem it would be one of the best ranked performances, this one is not even a 2/10