The Best National Anthem I Ever Heard!!!!

[chanteur8604]

I think that she is an amazing singer! Great job! Great voice! :D

[icon3821]

broke my headphones =O

[picata1234]

Whitney houston super bowl still is the best version ever sang!

[SAINTSFANreggiebush]

READY FOR SOME COUNTRY MUSIC?!

Fans( .....

[gerrardnum8]

No this is the best national anthem youll ever hear America is all adevertisments, and fakeness :( and I am American !

/watch?v=bz8rHeJ3FAk&feature=r­elated

[KANE473]

@gerrardnum8 @machalot gerrardnum8 nailed it here and he is correct! same with machalot she made a mess of it. Whitney Houston singing it at the SB in 1991 was far and away better than this one.

[meskell02]

What is this? I was expecting a lot better of a national anthem than this... -.-

[mikesheen741]

HOW DO I REMOVE MY CAPS?

[khunauf]

Have you ever listened to Whitney version?

[DestinedUSMarine]

@Noeinalliance its not about how it sounds. The words are the most important. I get chills every time I hear our National Anthem. All though I do think it sounds perfect how it is.

[NoeinAlliance]

Good performance, but the American national anthem isn't the best in the world. The Marseillais and hen wlad fy nhadau (French and Welsh) are much better.

[brethynda123]

@dombramante

How many national anthems have you heard? And how many of these did you ever attempt to sing?

[fireott]

Y cant people sing the anthem how it's wrote

[JordanBeckworth]

You should check out the "Cactus Cuties" singing the nation anthem. It is AMAZING.

[Troublesome2008]

@JordanBeckworth

I'm not from The USA. But i like hearing different national anthems. And i agree, the Cactus Cutie's version of The Star-Spangled Banner is the very best version of that song i have ever heard in my life.

[JordanBeckworth]

@Troublesome2008 Yeah I remember the first time I heard them I was in awe! They're SUCH amazing singers!

[pyro999maniac]

@Troublesome2008 noooo.......take a look at Straight No Chasers version........now that is an insanely good bit of anthem singing

[Superchickenman159]

best national anthem would have to go to ukraine

[GunmanForTheRa]

yee put no passion in to yeer anthem, look up flow of scotland v spain our england fans god save our queen, maby yee can lern how to sing it properly

[DeedsResearcher]

Just remember: She's not Rene Rancourt!

Then again, NOBODY sings the Star Spangled Banner like Rene Rancourt! He's the best!

[9516530305]

dangg she wass yelling thee moment she got on stage to when she got off

[manutdfaithfulr10]

this still doesnt compare to the NHL All Game in Chicago.

[OliieTheEpic]

what does "remove your caps mean"?

[dombramante]

@OliieTheEpic everybody needs to take off their hats.

[OliieTheEpic]

@dombramante oh i thought it had somthing to do with getting shot E.G ima pop a cap into you.

[OliieTheEpic]

@dombramante Ohhhh I thought it meant the caps key, derp.

[xAriBenjaminx]

@OliieTheEpic everyobody turn off caps lock...

[Gjdmann]

@OliieTheEpic fucking idiot, what do you thnk it meant ?

[OliieTheEpic]

@Gjdmann Geeze i was just asking a question.

[twimama43]

@OliieTheEpic it's done out of respect.

[OliieTheEpic]

@twimama43 Oh I thought it meant somthing like remove your CAPS, as in the key.

derp.

[lucy9359]

@OliieTheEpic hats off!

[OliieTheEpic]

@lucy9359 Ok cool thanks man.

[fordno99]

Sing it like it's meant to be sung. Enough with the self-promotion hunnie...your not bigger than the USA.

[uncled39]

@dombramante The Best AMERICAN National Anthem I Ever Heard!!!! surely, because there are more National Anthems than just the American one you know.

[gongaspousao]

if you guys wanna hear a really good anthem check out the Portuguese one!

[generalbullmoose]

The only acceptable reinterpretation of "The Star Spangled Banner" is by José Feliciano!

[fagaluvn]

Whitney was the best

[gr8foppa21]

NOT THE BEST



[DemiGomez801]

Not the best I'VE heard, but yeah she i good. But listen to Demi Lovato sing the national anthem, it's like WOW!!!

[beatlesdude5]

Wow, that was sssssllllllloooooooowwwwwww. National Anthem should be lively, heroic sounding, not slow and country music sounding lmao

[goliath619]

@beatlesdude5 it's slow because, like the other the comment by @machalot, they changed the meter/timing of the song from 3/4 to 4/4.

[beatlesdude5]

@goliath619 well the meter is obviously altered, I'm just saying it's way slower than it should be, it's an anthem not a sad song

[brettsworld99]

thanks for show what you think the best national anthem is, now tell us what country its from

[nickyp28]

Why is the US anthem always sung by a celebrity? The anthem should be sung by the people! I have never heard an entire crowd of people giving it their all with the US anthem.

[ttmor]

How appropriate that the American anthem is all about showing off.

[kwahwerd]

Total crap as is usual by celeb singers. It is an Anthem, and not open to stylistic interpretation. Like someone else said look at the Cactus Cuties.

[54March]

Nice enough voice, but DO NOT showboat the National Anthem! Just sing it, pure and clear and quit making it about you! Sheesh.

[deadmauss34]

why dont the people sing along isnt that normal in your country ? 

[dombramante]

@deadmauss34 yes they were singing the sound was recorded by the mixs

[usteeler81]

@dombramante and @deadmauss34 a lot of American people don't sing along with the anthem, it's not showing disrespect, to them it's more of a solemn ocassion, in other words it's like it's that person's moment with their country and want it to be between themselves and their country, either way I don't see any disrespect with that as long as you stand, remove your hats, and place your right hand over your heart!

[sschank1]

@deadmauss34 Most Americans do not sing along with the national anthem for two reasons:

1) The song has very high highs, so it is VERY difficult to sing.

2) Therefore, most Americans don't even know the words.

[Rao665]

@sschank1

Yeah. it feels awkward to sing our anthem. I never really thought of our anthem that way. thanks for that. 

[dastaylor]

She did it well, but her voice is not powerful enough to handle much of the song. Off key a lot....

Whitney Houston set the bar of how a pop singer should sing the song and no one has touched it since.

[stuking87]

Why has the singing of the US anthem become a solo performance open to personal variations. National anthems across the world should be sung in unison with great pride by everyone. See how the Welsh do it! They could teach the Mariah Careys of the US how it should be done.

[JSchrecko]

There's enough comments about how this is sung, so I'll take a different route.

She's not the MC, she's not supposed to say a damn thing before she sings the National Anthem. Even though it's sung at every sporting event, concert, etc, it is still a prestigious position to sing it. She's not supposed to be a cheerleader. She is supposed to be introduced, and she's supposed to sing, that's it. That's just tradition.

[MSH786]

Why did the MC yell at the people "Don't sit down! Don't sit down! Don't sit down!" at the end?! He sounded crazy as hell!

[stmichelob]

Cactus Cuties at a Texas Tech basketball game was best ever. And right behind that, look up "Marine stuns crowd" on here and listen to a Korean War Marine Vet sing the lost second verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

Talk about sobbing and goosebumps....

[foxbat20351]

@natureboy99 As a vet I have to agree - this person should be banned from ever singing the Anthem again. It is hard to believe that someone could do a worse job on the Anthem than Roseanne Barr, but she managed to.

[duncancallum]

youtube flower of scotland then you will hear how to sing ones national anthem with real passion .Duncan.

[kirankumar439]

this is not national anthem ......its a same on usa that they dont know how to make natonal antem...foolssssssssssssssss of usaaaaaaa...never understand the nation feelingssssssssssssssss.......­...............fuck usaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....i taught of saying more words about antem....it should be inspirational and evreryone feel happpy and proud of they antem ....everyone know usa is a mixchure of fucking cultures.............i say fuck america .....its a fake country and fake nation...i mean it

[MrEdSnapshot]

why must people butcher the hell out of our anthem- this is crap - nice voice but you should NEVER alter the national anthem... ever... so many people try to jazz it up... pisses me off................even whitney houston's version makes me CRINGE when I hear it- ..............SING IT THE CORRECT WAY, PLEASE!!!!....................­................ just being honest

[dombramante]

@natureboy99 did you listen to her other video of the National Anthem .On Feb. 03 she is sing it for a Lakers Game

[scatmanwfm]

I'm confused, is this saying the best performance of the american national anthem or the best national anthem.. because I think Russia and Scotland have it beat by far, and this is coming from an american.

[wille35]

Nothing against this version but its just like every other American National Anthem, it doesnt differentiate itself from the others. You wanna hear, in my opinion, the best version of the anthem. Search any Chicago Blackhawks National anthem, or more especially the 1991 NHL All Star game in Chicago. I've witnessed this live plenty of times and it chills me every time i witness it. It's quite different because the fans are raucous the entire time, but it should be on everyone's bucket list.

[OpenGLSecond]

Soviet National Anthem is the best!!!!!

[Dheilbrun13]

This was lame. It's a woman with a pretty voice singing a song I'm sure she has no clue about. Do any of you know what was going on when this song was written by FSK? Our country risked being taken over by a massive insurgency by the British in the War of 1812. I think before any singer is allowed the privelege of singing this song in public, they should have to pass a quiz so they understand the meaning behind the words, rather than just hitting notes.

[broadband01]

listen to the words of the french anthem,really good:O)

[broadband01]

sorry,but the french have the best anthem,and the british have the best looking flag

[chitownsuperfan]

For the best anthem ever, type in: "chiseaanthem". Best ever. Period.

[KyleKleef]

It's clear this Girl's inspiration for the Anthem came from Kellie Pickler. Am I right, or am I right??? It's excellent nonetheless!

[Mickolboy1]

Sorry oi' boys but the Russian National Anthem just easily blows you away. Doesn't matter who sings the star mangled banner, but you still can't beat the beautiful melody of the Russian anthem, & their women, & I'm not even Rusian.

[machalot]

Her excellent voice is completely ruined because she did what almost every celebrity does: change the song to a 4/4 meter rather than its original 3/4, by adding extra counts on every phrase. Totally ruins the flow.

[dombramante]

@machalot thank you for your comment if you get a minute you shoulh check out her other National Anthem or songs

[ilovehersh]

@machalot can't agree with you more. I don't know squat about music technicalities, but somehow I know exactly what you mean. I think they all try to make it their own when they shouldn't, the Star Spangled Banner is not any other song that you just modify to suit your style, you know

[elmo987elmo]

@machalot Actually, she does sing it in 3/4 time, albeit quite slowly and with a fair amount of rubato. But she is definitely not singing in 4/4 time.

[machalot]

@elmo987elmo I would say she's actually singing without a consistent meter. In both the first and second stanzas, she extends "say" and "stripes" by an extra beat, as well as "proudly", "twilight's", "perilous", "gallantly". In the interlude she extends "rocket's" and "bursting". In the final couple of lines she finally sticks with a 3/4 and it sounds good.

[sepmidget777]

@machalot Who cares about timing... It sounds fine.

[machalot]

@sepmidget777 Music is about tune AND timing, but if you like it that's fine. There's no accounting for taste =)

[sepmidget777]

@machalot I agree with you on the tune. But I agree. Music dominates no matter what.

[hiss201]

@machalot is the original song really in 3/4? i thought it was in 4/4

[machalot]

@hiss201 Yep. The first "Oh" starts on count 3, then you can count 1-2-3 through the rest of the song. Find a good version of the song and give it a try.

[luccjoska]

YES, CANADA ROCKS.

[darkassassin611]

The best? Not even close. Josh Groban sings this song better than anyone else could possible dream of.

[electikkblues]

The best!??

[sids500]

Cant beat Hendrix at woodstock

[Jappstube]

it was very good. but its not the BEST!!

[LooneyTunesFan80]

This is the second best national anthem. After the Canadiian National Anthem of course.

[dombramante]

@LooneyTunesFan80 did you hear her Canadian National Anthem

[LooneyTunesFan80]

@dombramante I am Canadian. We have the world's best National Anthem.

[dombramante]

@LooneyTunesFan80 I like yours too

[badbav33]

@LooneyTunesFan80 Third best after the Canadian anthem and the Welsh National Anthem

[Xyoutubx3rsunit]

@LooneyTunesFan80 im canadian and its obvious USA has a better anthem. USA beats canada in almost every POSITIVE thing except hockey and lacrosse

[prcacowboy82401]

@Goderich1942 When you become an American, you sing The Star Spangled Banner any way you want. Meanwhile, I don't care how you sing "oh canada".

[anonymous5536]

@Goderich1942 see that's why you sing it slow. 2 reasons. it's only like 10 lines like you said. the other is to show respect

[awe0302]

i think she has a great voice, but I have to concur @college4life & @imaginelizabeth, the national anthem is not the place to showcase your voice and talent, but rather our freedom and patriotism

[dombramante]

@awe0302 She was singing at a country show did you check out her other National Anthem

[college4life]

I am sorry, but I don't care what anyone says, The national anthem is one of those things that should never be changed or altered. I know you want to make it your own, but it's not yours to make your own. Sorry, just my feelings.

[dombramante]

@college4life check out her other nation anthem on my video and let me know what you think

[Weezila]

@college4life true dat

[brethynda123]

@college4life

I agree.

[imaginelizabeth]

There is an appropriate way to sing your nation's anthem, and an inappropriate way to make yourself seem like the star.... This is the inappropriate way.

[dombramante]

@imaginelizabeth check out her other nation anthem on my video

[masterkey14]

\Nice but the national athem from the dixie chick is much better. To get tears in our eyes..

[dombramante]

@katarn321 did you check out her Canadian National Anthem

[dopafeind1]

Marvin Gaye 1983 NBA All Star game Anthem and Superbowl 39 Philly vs Patriots take the cake for me but this is good.

[ChRiSsYbAbYlEiN]

amazing ♥

[longfootbuddy]

alot of people forget that this song was written at a time when americans were fighting for theyr freedom against tyranny....now, when i see the flag of america, i think of tyranny....our government and the people that support it, have destroyed america...this is no longer a land of the free, it is the land of oppressive government and dictatorship...a land where the government is the master, and the people are subjects of the master...the opposite of the america over 200 years ago

[Lifeisincredible911]

Hey normal speaking voice is so sexy hehe

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

Why do Americans do this? Can't you get one of your greats singing the anthem like Jessye or Leontyne?  I would have loved to have heard Mario sing it.

[michaelroark]

She did change keys and jump. That was weird. My daughter does (I believe) a much better job than that. youtube.com/watch?v=JRHD4jxZyc­o is one of her singing at the local college graduation.

[dombramante]

@michaelroark did you check out her other national anthem on my site and she is my daughter and i check out your daughter video

[RRydnew]

Good but not the best. Not by a long shot. Check out Marian Anderson on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and find another one better than that?

[dombramante]

@Stolehome66 did you check out her other National Anthem 

[silvr90210]

changed the key.. and shes going up and down to much.. and breathing into the mic, but its good.

its my opinion

dont like? dont agree

like? agree

[BillSargentBands]

These are the best I've ever heard:

youtube.com/watch?v=jFO3hqX7h7­A

and

youtube.com/watch?v=OHgTDb_QH9­8

[PrincessJJ71]

She obviously has some kind of talent, though she has some pretty serious vocal problems, including a nasal quality at times and a very strained voice on the top notes. (Yelling rather than supporting and lifting "free," in particular) That said, the way she began was extremely inappropriate. After someone announces that hats should be doffed in respect, you don't shoot the s@#t and showboat with the audience. This is the national anthem, for goodness' sakes. It's about the song, not singer.

[TheArtofUTube]

@PrincessJJ71 I agree. The National Anthem is announced and you were honorably selected to sing it, you sing it, not announce other bullshit. For that I cannot say she sung it the best cause she showed disrespect from the start.

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233..this was actually pretty good..what did she add?i must've missed it

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000 She added a whole bunch of notes and gaps in the tune. The National Anthem is not a country and western song. I don't understand why people feel compelled to put twangy notes and dance their voice up and down the register while they sing it.

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233...dude get outta here,i juss listened to it again juss to make sure caue i kno i didnt catch it the first time..she sung it juss as normal as anybody else...she has no gaps,no runs,no added notes(since u can sing it however u wanna sing it..its only notes when you play it),so what the heck were you listnening to?

also tell me who u think sung it nice,and we can compare and see the diff

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000

Listen to her. She lilts the notes, adds tremelos to it, makes it into a country song.

This is how you sing the national anthem. Wayne Mesmer at the 1991 NHL All-Star game.

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233..oh please,i went and listend..it does sound ok,but that wasnt all that good.plus he kinda sings like he singin a lullaby..u crazy man.

besides,if you take garth brooks and have him sing gospel,wont it sound like country gospel since he sings country?!duh,if she a country singer its supposed to have that country kick in it..its a country event.

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000

No, he doesn't sing it like a lulliby, he sings it like it was written. He doesn't make it all about him.

I guess what I'm trying to say over all is that I hate country. I don't want a country version of my anthem, I don't want a country version of Gospel music and I don't want a country version of rock 'n roll (I'm looking at you Kid Rock).

Again, just sing the song the way it was written without putting your own spin on it.

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233..understand­able...i still think she rocked it tho.

lol why u gettin all patriotic on yourtube,talkin bout singin YOUR anthem?

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000

Because I'm an American, and so it's my anthem? If I was British, God Save the Queen would be my anthem. Why are you trying to make an ad hominem arguement?

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233...the same reason u makin a big deal outta how somebody sings the anthem..so as long as u keep whinnin about how somebody sings YOUR anthem,which you didnt write,or u prolly never even saw the sheet music for it,so long as u keep wiritng dumb comments,i'll keep replying..let her sing how she wanna sing,and i'll let u write what u wanna write

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000

Pft, whatever. You're the one who talked to me in the first place. I didn't ask for your two cents.

And how would you know if I've seen sheet music for it or not? Now you're just pulling stuff out of your ass. Dunno what you're being rude to me for.

Oh, and as to dumb comments, I'm not the one with the dreadful punctuation and spelling. If you're gonna call someone dumb, try not to look like you typed your message by pounding your face on the keyboard.

[demetriius3000]

@LordBizarre112233...punctuati­on,slang,and being dumb are all three diff things sir,i type it on purpose.please understand that..of course i came at u first,u had the first comment i didnt agree with,why not reply to it,thats why there are "reply" buttons...every time u reply u ask for the whole world's two cents,get it right..i never said u didn't see the sheet music,i said u probally didn't.not being rude,i'm replying to everything u writing.if u can't take it,juss stop replying u big baby

[LordBizarre112233]

@demetriius3000

Yeah, I'm a big baby. Pft, whatever.

[bossfan49]

She has a strong voice but the performance was sappy and trite.

Kind of like Christina Aguilera..great voice/can't sing worth a damn.

1.Get up, sing, sit down. Don't try to warm up the crowd like you're going to do stand up comedy.

2. Sing for the Flag's glory, not your own.

3. Speaking of which, why isn't she or anyone else looking at a flag?

[dombramante]

@LordBizarre112233 the you listen to her other National Anthem from the warthogs see if you like that one

[daniiirouuu]

@dombramante i know right?! haha

[dombramante]

@level242 no

[Farinadog13]

No disrespect , but this does not even hold a candle to the National Anthem sung by Wayne Messmer at the Old Chicago Stadium and now the United Center. Heck even Whitney Houston's (even though it was a Tape) at the Super Bowl was more impassioned.. Check out the 1991 NHL All-Star Game version. If you don't get goosebumps from that one then they clearly need to send a Paramedic to revive you!

[bencedars]

your anthem is a 15th century English drinking song. highly original. besides, i hate these pop versions.

[FrenchyMarine]

Far from being the best I've heard...try the Cactus Cuties...

[littleboyyy]

well, we can have different opinions, you know.

[iglaxattack10]

type in "US National Anthem by the Academy Choirs" in the youtube search box . (THIS IS AWESOME!!!)

[chiletumadrecabron99]

the best national anthem i ever heard was the mexican national anthem!!! VIVA MEXICOOO!!!!!!!

[afnica1]

all i can say is Wawaweee..she left me with my mouth wide open!

if she's not going to be a singer i'm going to hung myself

[dombramante]

@afnica1 i see that you like my daugher singing I can try to sented you some of the song she recorded

[afnica1]

@dombramante  yes please

[dombramante]

@afnica1 if you look in my favorites there another video

[dombramante]

@afnica1 if you look in my favorites there another video

[dombramante]

@afnica1 if you look in my favorites there another video

[afnica1]

@dombramante thanks =)

[paul6077]

So true. But we care. Not for assholes like you, we care for our pets more than jerks like you.

[saintbowen79]

@paul6077 my, how very american of you, i make a comment that aint even abusive and you have to start, your a sdad individual!!!!

[jrlinktx]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but mine is that the 1991 NHL All-Star game in Chicago is tops. This is just some chick singing by herself.

[tsuk00]

chicagohustler100 is right.... no one does it better than the Chicago fans. The '91 all star game takes the cake.

[vecditamer]

Great!

[gnark1ll1us]

I saw Mariah Carey do the anthem at a NASCAR race. Not a fan of hers, but wow what a version.

Regards to our US brothers form England

United we stand, divided we fall.

[liljayfludd]

it was very good. but its not the BEST!!

[kaky64]

Awesome !!!!!!

[tooBOMB231]

that shit wass bomb...idk how i found this but whoa...excellent

[qopha]

Heh... Being well-known doesn't mean it's good.

[chicagohustler100]

The best ever?It's OK,she did a great job. You want to see the 'best', type in 'National Anthem Chicago Stadium' for the 1991 NHL All-Star game.What you will see there is what you get for EVERY home game for the Chicago Black Hawks.Our players say it jacks them up and the visting team, well...it just kind of freaks them out.

[3405lpskot]

@chicagohustler100 Chicago gave us Health Care!

[kenkanif21]

@chicagohustler100 the all star game video is great but nothing beats jim cornileson and when he points to the flag and they have the vent making it flutter, gives me chills every time.

[zava5098]

@chicagohustler100

You got that exactly right, Wayne Messmer, best national anthem ever

[inthereel]

@chicagohustler100 check out the '91 bruins/canadiens game 5 playoffs after some montreal hooligans booed our national anthem. awesome. i guess 91 was a good year. the chicago one is awesome!

[BBH101]

Very tough song to sing. She did a good job.

[JasonRadley]

Some set of lungs on her.

[BlueEliminator1]

Really good.

[mysound4y]

who is the singer?

[dombramante]

She is my daughter

[surfdudezuri]

aw...

[Alexis6989]

Great Vocal Performance!!!!!

[b4rn35y]

whoever the hell she is... she's the best I've ever heard!