Alanis Morissette - National Anthem (USA) 11/2/2009 HD

[Arlekean]

Sorry, but seems this was NOT live. In fact, it seems that this a fake-singing, cause somebody found this version is exactly the same as the 2005 version at NBA finals.

[bazzatheblue]

I thought she was a canadian,whats worse is she has won 9 grammies,shit must have been slow years.

[oscarjoaquinphoenix]

it is beautiful the way she sing it. wow, so much passion!!

[iSoccy]

simple + elegant + classy .... Alanis!!!

(not like some other so called singers)

[runincircles70]

She made the boring national anthem exciting.

[dimestarr91]

@runincircles70 I would have to disagree but at least it sounds better than taylor swifts.

[UTube327]

She kind of rushed through it. I liked how the backstreet boys took their time with it when they sang it the year before.

[Magglepuff]

Yay Alanis! <3

[rago1996]

That was great but the one glee sang mainly amber Riley was omg amazing I'm not Americans but when I hear this song sang by the glee cast I fall in love with it and cry :)

[ReezeGoingSenseless]

Actually the singing of the National Anthem is often better than the whole Event.Still, nice Anthem and well sung.

[udaberria1]

ke mierda de actuacion no me gusta nada su voz es horrible

[Marteena007]

@udaberria1 Are you mad? Her voice is amazing!

[jessica32742]

@udaberria1 andaa envidiaa!! y no es sana la tuyaa !! ja

[molotovhotride]

I am not an american but this melody gives me the chills. Alanis has one of most unique voices i've ever heard!

[Marteena007]

@molotovhotride I agree with you, she's unique. :-)

[sharerx]

She is Canadian, isn't she?

[Ari666man]

Это очень по американски когда гимн минечица поёт. Epic shit

[jaywalkinc]

Wow! She did an amazing job! And. looked good while doing it!!!!!

[sickoicko12]

thank you canada :)

[bonaje7]

This is so awesome, I wish we had such a patriotism in Germany.

[elysad]

@bonaje7 Haha, vergiss nicht Sarah Connor's epic fail 'Brüh im Lichte'...

[BelialfromAbbadon]

OMG She is so Beautiful . .

[DaPhils]

she does a nice job, no doubt, but its always interesting to hear the American national anthem done with a Canadian accent

[fuzzb0y]

nice legs

[thumpthing]

from imdb: "Became a U.S. citizen on 11 February 2005. She now considers herself a Canadian-American."

[hebron85]

@thumpthing She is a citizen of the Planet!

[leafyutube]

Canadian chick. Ya baby!

[MusicIsLifeLessThan3]

isn't she canadian?

[jedijim3]

@MusicIsLifeLessThan3 Yes, she is a Canuk, but she takes U.S. Dollars, just like everyone else! (Akroyd, Trebeck, Shatner... should I go on?

[gidget0429]

I usually like her, but this sounded like she was singing it in an Irish Pub.

[LuvSilly]

I like her outside performances of the National Anthem. Her voice resonating through the stadium goes well with her singing style.

[iSoccy]

simple & great !

[SATTAR000002]

shes ayt but is there sumtin wrong wid her???

[fortheloveoflaughs2]

I think you mean her style of movement when singing. it's how she articulates the notes to get that wonderful tone to her words to come out. You wanna see interesting singers when they sing, look up Joe Cocker! he's great, lol....

Go Alanis! Boo Yanks! LOL

[x3paulaabdulfanx3]

whats ayt

[SATTAR000002]

ayt= alright

[x3paulaabdulfanx3]

o ok thank you

[SATTAR000002]

np= no problem lol

[x3paulaabdulfanx3]

i know that lol i just thought ayt was a diease lol i feel stupid after u told me though lol ive even spelled alright like ayt before.

[SATTAR000002]

lol

[SATTAR000002]

i kno wat u mean they wouldnt let me in so i gave a fake age i gave 19 and im only 11 lol

[x3paulaabdulfanx3]

let u in where? lol

[SATTAR000002]

to make a youtube account lol

[x3paulaabdulfanx3]

OHHHHH i gave a fake age too cause some videos i cant watch inless if im 18 and i watch like cat fights lol and i watch like people who do self harm and those kinda videos sometimes

[SATTAR000002]

lol ye thts y i made 1 too

[sweetflowerr]

love her.. damn..

[Yokonono99]

How did I miss this?

[flakskuk]

cuz, it's got to be-e-e-e-e-e-e, so long

[nonstop511]

She is so hot I wonder why she cant keep a man? I wonder if she really has issues with all men?

[orero1717]

good

[Marteena007]

just amazing!

[steg0979]

Amazing,better than the three divas!!!

[faintingfrontrowfan]

love how the crowd cheered during her highlights!!

[hsxlukas]

she sounds amazing *______*

[patrick69go]

She is 100% Canadian. So this is only a friendly performance. chill out:)

[Xerxes115]

She actually is also an American Citizen now.

[matracapx]

AMAZING!!!

[esducodj]

she´s so unique! i love her!

[buckwheat116]

omg!!! her vocals were AMAZING!!!

[hollynat]

@buckwheat116 ALWAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[1210laurie]

She is now a US citizen....amazing...best vocals I ever heard

[beardedoneder]

Huh? She's Canadian.

[simsInnovation]

go alanis! :)

[lbmtl4644]

Sell out. Just kidding... teehee

[LoveLabels101]

that was terrible and i love alanis whitney did it best!

[fallingskyz]

yes, if you hold citizenship in the US, you are an American citizen regardless if you were born in a different country. citizenship is attained civically in the US, not ethically. no such thing as more american than others. people need to stop clinging to their ideologies and philosophies when it comes to western citizenship. sorry for saying citizenship so many times. citizenship... you say it so many times, the word begins to sound foreign. XD

[anteracmacash]

@fallingskyz actualy there is one difference between citizens by choice and citizens by birth...the ones by choice can't run for president...I hope one day I'll get to call my self an american citizen ;)

[fallingskyz]

@anteracmacash i cant believe you replied to an 11th month old comment... lol. but anyways, what you described is still a civic path to citizenship.

[anteracmacash]

@fallingskyz I can't belive it when I get replys for comments that are over 2 years old either :D

I guess that's what happens when no one in 11 months writes a comment worthy enough of being the highest rated :)

[hellenazona]

god bless the usa!

from isarel!

[words12345]

That was great thanks for posting this!

[neutrino78x]

I love alanis, been listening to her since high school (grad 1996)!!! I didn't know she was an american now :-O well of course, the most awesome people are americans ;-) she's so beautiful :) and I loved her singing of the star spangled banner :)

[Axlellism]

She is MORE American because she choose to become one. Americans by birth did not choose to be American citizens.

[SparXXXie]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

American(s) may refer to: * A citizen or attribute of or from the United States (see also Names for U.S. citizens) * A citizen or attribute of one of the nations of the Americas * A person who considers himself/herself to be ethnically American (see American ethnicity) * The indigenous peoples of the Americas

She holds an American citizenship. End of fight, move on people. You all are so primitive in your thinking.

[lilahh]

Hahaha, Youtube can turn ANYTHING into a drama/bitchfight. LMAO

Alanis sounded just like herself. Sounded good to me. I sure as hell can't sing the national anthem without clearing the room.

[jablend]

nice camel toe

[n3rdy88]

wtf was this ....uhhhhh the worst shit i ever hear

[ElPopularVale]

You guys are lame arguing about who is a real american, the only real americans were the indians.

[Roflb3rryPwncakes]

I totally agree with you. We're all non-American if you get down to it.

You know what DOES make us American however? Judging a nine time Grammy winning artist and saying she sucks based on individual taste.

[duane51377]

Getting tired of every time I see a post someone has to bring up slavery. Has nothing to do with her singing our anthem! By the way good job singing. Slavery ended before all of us were alive. We have come a long way still more to go! To all who think they should go back home sorry we invited them so they are free to stay, all who think I owe them because of it, sorry never owned a slave! BTW look at slavery who sold slaves to the white man? a black man (rival tribes)! Back to video great job!!!

[n40798]

Relax. It's only a shorter way to say United States of America. You can call yourself an American but most people around the world will think you are referring to USA ;)

[theflatheadkid]

i love her!

[demskigirls]

Off Key!!

[Bradstrohmeyer]

@demskigirls you obviously don't know what the key is then, because she is def in the right key.......maybe you should know something about music before you leave a comment about it....

[queenmaddsta]

that was weird....

[Foderick]

this totally sounds pre recorded...

[Yerizzo]

woo check out them legs.

[adambullock]

no nukes

[ollieroks]

NO SOUL.

[krinnin]

I agree. She sang it very well, but she didn't SING it.

[Odenkay]

She's pretty good actually.

[leoca]

What a sad day for America.

A Canadian butchering the Empire's anthem.

[ejuatco]

Omg I love you Alanis!

[PhizzleOut]

we beat the canadians in wwII

USA! USA! USA!

[dantejmvcdd]

canadian traitor!

[thecalmiceman]

Yay for Canadians singing the US anthem!

Also, I really enjoyed this rendition. None of that cocksure jazzing up you see so many attempt and often fail at. Sure some might hit those technical points, but rarely does the song sound as good as when it's nice and simple.

[tiabran]

Isn't it IRONIC, a canadian singing USA national anthem, don't you think?

[pinoypogi1983]

omg.. i saw a lot of niggers in the stadium. i hope that america will be like in the 1700's where we can buy niggers for househelp

[LoosaFace]

Umm.. No WHITE people could buy em for househelp.. and shit if it was like the 1700's they could buy damn near all the OTHER colored folk.. like say.. filipinos? C'mon dude, you can't be serious. That's hella disrespectful.

[Mariusz0Industries]

Lookin good, she lost all that frickin weight from a few years ago.

[Yokonono99]

She always looked good. Even when she was heavier.

[TheFunnyEagle]

she sang it in a non caring way idk if you see it but i do

[elie721]

It's hard to take our beloved Country & Nation seriously with the clowns we've got in congress, the Office, & the Puppet "I mean President." All of thee above with the damn Federal Reserve need to be taken down and done away with completely if we were to EVER regain footing with ourselves, this Nation, & with the rest of the world! There you go. :-p

[nusret01]

omg horrible.

[dawno5678]

she has a bit of a lisp...

[Erinsaidhello]

uh, no she doesn't.

[WhiskeytheCowboyCure]

Jesus, she's terrible

[x2pheralph]

sucky...

[fromme93]

i dont understand why some are disliking this

alanis is amazing!

she hit each note perfectly

thats her singing style, listen to her other songs

[markeliotness]

I am really quite bloody impressed! always thought she had a very unique voice/style but that performance was amazing; the clarity & flawless delivery blows me away. Oh, Canada - Whatever,Great singing!

[thatbastardson]

that was good. i hate when all the niggers get out there and pull their, "and the land of the freeee hizzee frizzee heeeeee.....and the home....of the.....brizzel frizzenn yadda yadda weee boo bee bop ching chang yadda bing bang.......brave.....

[Rdp2440]

agreed :D

those ppl was jsut tryin to show that they can hit high notes ..resultin in over-singing the anthem.

[KojachBaumherr]

that sounded horrible with a canadian accent

[OnefourthAsianguy]

LOL @ "pure" American. Boy, racist morons never fail to amaze me. Anyway, fuck everything that the history(His story) books state that this nation was founded on. I'm proud to be a U.S. BLACK American. Pure as pure gets. Plus, Ms. Morrisette ROCKED it!!!

[sickphil71]

Things are bad enough without ignorant exaggeration, looking for non-existent conspiracies in perfectly innocuous words. History doesn't come from His Story, you ignorant fuck--it comes from the Greek word historia, meaning "inquiry." How about focusing on the stuff that's actually BAD?

[OnefourthAsianguy]

Please, don't waste my time(and yours) replying with butt-hurt, denial filled responses to whats obviously the truth. You live in your little fallacy driven YouTube world, and I'll maintain an existance in the real one--which has a HISTORY of racism and supremacy, imbecile.

[sickphil71]

"Butt-hurt"? Please, don't drag the fact that you get fisted by the owners of the restaurant at which you bus tables into this discussion. Further, you're the one living in denial, illustrated by the fact that you have to create these idiotic conspiracies to justify your skewed world view.

[HungOverBat]

I thought it kinda sucked... LOL

[eripla]

She just gets better with age. If you think about what is an American, we are all races and nationalities all rolled up between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

[amineisunltd]

funny.. a Canadian sang it without stupid mistakes

[Rdp2440]

i like it... she wasnt over singing it like other ppl does..

[nanoc22]

Funny, a Canadian singing the National Anthem. Cool!

[Sonia1055]

i dont think she sung it too well

[scoopsofinformation]

What's up with the camera angle?

[KNIGHTWATCHCAM]

Were all the Americans too busy to sing this for us?

[ViperRob42]

Blapshemy.. shes CANADIAN!!! lolz I like her original voice, almost made it seem like a 'cover song' of sorts rather than just someone singing our anthem

[FTrain4750]

can someone tell me the name of the music that is playing a th begginging of the vid thanks.

[DoubleDklondike]

sounds like she has a lisp

[KnightKiller1000]

Shit... After reading some comments I've got to say that MY people from the USA are bigots and ignorant assholes... I don't know why people hate Alanis, she is a Canadian-American now... Deal with it... What about other singers/celebs that are not "pure" Americans like some African-Americans or some other minority group... It makes me feel sick to see these "American" people on YouTube to be so damn racsit and bigots... God...

[Lagomort]

How the hell are African Americans not pure Americans KnightKiller? How are minority groups not pure Americans?

[KnightKiller1000]

Lagomort:

One word: SLAVERY!!!!

Read your history book...

[Lagomort]

What the effin' hell does slavery have to do with it you unbelievable twit? How does slavery, which ended over a hundred years ago, have to do with Afro-Americans or minorities being pure Americans or not?

[KnightKiller1000]

Lagomort:

History 101 mate... The slaves of Africans were FORCED to leave their country to work in AMERICA... They didn't have their "free will" yet to be FULLY-AMERICAN yet until it was ended... Nuff said, but once they have settled in America that's when they are pure American.

[Lagomort]

OK, for one, I have a degree in History. Just saying, "History 101 mate," does not amount to a cogent argument.

Slavery has been in most nations through-out History. What does that have to do with the claim that, "African-Americans and Minorities," as not being, in your words, "Pure Americans??"

Yes, there were slaves in the US like in every other nation in the world at one time or another. What does this have to do with pop singers singing the national anthem of the US?

[crashinglikehc]

out of every racial group african americans are most likely to be pure americans, that was a funny example to pick knightkiller

[bebeinpa]

Gee, tell us what a "pure" American is.

[crashinglikehc]

well, i dont think there is such a thing. but the last user used the minority group of african american as an example of a minority group who would fit into the less pure american category, per se, and not only is it likely that if you pick a black person out of a crowd that they have had family here for centuries, but african americans are the foundation for a lot of american culture, be it music or politics. not that it really matters, i hate america. just thought it was a weird thing to say

[bebeinpa]

Most of us tend to think of Americans as those who came here legally.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

bebe. Most of us think of Americans as those who have American blood in them. All the rest that you call African Americans, Italian Americans, English Americans, Irish Americans etc. are all foreigners. The Lone Ranger is not a true American, but Tonto and Silver are.

[thatbastardson]

its a hillbilly term. according to some, "real" amercians live in the south, and drink mello yello, and eat "real" bbq. there is no such thing as a "real" american. its nonsense.

[PattehPatrick]

I thought she butchered the song.

>.>

and whoever said she's american, i didn't know that Canadians like to associate themselves as such.

[nkatong]

JobDDT your internet just sucks.

[JobDDT]

YouTube is horrible. It took three minutes for this video to load completely.

[LBLlama]

damn alanis looks hot in those pants. i'd beat.

[ASxSniper]

sound lik she is wearing a retainer lol

[SlightlyStoopid100]

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[thetito626]

dam i think everyone in the world has an lockerz invite stop trying

[squatch4ever]

Sounds good, I like her accent. She sings very good and does not boast of her voice.

I <3 U Alanis

[k425m]

what accent is it?

[Pinggolf21]

She's Canadian. :)

[Kueller917J]

I know ironic right

[notjuliusyes]

@Kueller917J pun intended? good onneeee

[k425m]

Haha, so weird that she's like, pledging her alliegance for another country.

[desk267]

I love Alanis!!! She was great!

[88cutty]

Oh SHHAAAY indeed !

[cassidy99ful]

she sang very well and had a nice camel toe to boot

[TheBlindManShow]

Interpertation:

O, Say'ss, can you ssee, by the dawn'sss early light. What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight'ssssssss last gleaming?

Whossssssssse broad stripesss and bright stars, thro' the perilousss fight. O'er the rampartsss we watchdss were sso gallantly streaming? And the rocketss red glare, the bombss bursting in air, Gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O sssay, does that ssstar-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the bravesssss?

[Fronket]

wow it's amazing how many haters there are and how they are willing to express their ignorant comments ... she's a great singer and I think she honored the song... and who the hell cares if she's American or not... WHICH SHE IS BY THE WAY!!!

[Erinsaidhello]

True that.

[joehwang91]

lol such a weird accent. never heard the anthem sang quite like this haha

[tlsegura13]

Well, she grew up with Hungarian and French influence so her accent would be a bit unique right?

[dreambrew]

At least she didn't over sing like all those divas tend to do.

[mothglitter]

I'm the only poster focusing on what a horrible singer she is instead of politics LOL

[sept0975]

she's amazing amazing singer

[dan19884]

she's Canadian ?

[4countrygal4]

She didn't do very well...

[ctran057]

alanis is canadian

[tlsegura13]

That was beautiful. I can't help but cry everytime I hear the anthem.  I cry for everything we are capable of being but fall so short of as a nation.

[asphyxiafeeling]

It's true we fall often fall short but remember the arc of the universe bends towards goodness! it just bends at a unreasonably huge angle!

[johnandamanda123]

agreed she balled it ..........old girl can blow. its crazy when she sang i felt home...........again.