Superbowl XLI Billy Joel national anthem

go Billy Joel

It may have been less noticeable if they had the retune speed set lower. That is painful to listen to. He crapped on the national Anthem as not being a very good song in a press conference before his performance. Maybe someone behind the scenes was upset about him insulting the anthem and got some payback!!

LOL, people aren't saying he was using auto-tune because it sounded good!

The over use of auto-tune is what made it sound bad! It's blatantly obvious. Once you've used auto-tune and understand how it works, you will be able to hear when it's being used... and it was used.

the most damning evidence of auto-tune: 0:36 - the dawn's ear-ly light. I have never ever EVER heard an American sing the -ly in early as a natural fourth. even people who have never had musical training know how to sing that note, as a leading tone to the fifth. billy joel is a consumate musician too, there's no way in hell he sang that note. sorry rog turner, but what we have here is a case of auto-tune disgracing our national anthem and I think it's rather obvious

Well it is possible that he just didn't sing the right note. But I do think you're right. And it's really stupid of him to have used something that stops him from singing out of key in a piece where he's supposed to sing a note that isn't in the scale.

I cant believe there is even any debate over this! Cher never used so much autotune as Billy is using for this performance !

Just a couple of points here about this performance and Autotune. If he was using Autotune then I say you can hardly hear it. Billy can sing in tune as he has proved for decades before pitch correction was dreamed up. If he was, then for a guy of 60-something with probably no foldback on the Superbowl stage then I say he has an excuse. What I find inexcusable is the terrible sound that Michael Buble and co make. Just imagine what Johnny Cash would sound like compressed and pitch-corrected. Ugh!

dude, are you deaf? the autotune is obvious as it trills between the half steps. first one is on the word SEE, small one at :41 (proudly) 1:17 thru 1:21 is obvious. Another at 1:42 (yet) Not to mention the PITCH is spot on. Most people can't sing that perfect on key.

You can hear some of the mess ups that the auto tone made in the beginning

i love how the crowd cheers when the troops come on