# Fuck you, Christina Aguilera **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488 "2011-02-07T04:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/61 "2011-02-07T20:36:06Z")
[Here…get that bad taste of CA out of your mind and feast on Whitney.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_KwLvf0is) Damn, that was already 20 years ago. This song can be great song if sung by a great singer, not a trendy. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/62 "2011-02-07T20:47:47Z")
**Yeticus Rex** , was expecting some kind of fuck up with the Whitney Houston version. That was fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/63 "2011-02-07T20:53:46Z")
Let’s face it. We have a really crappy national anthem. Maybe it wouldn’t get slaughtered so routinely if it were better suited to its purpose. I can’t get all worked up because some air head chick screwed up the lyrics, even if she’s supposed to be a pro singer. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/64 "2011-02-07T21:03:01Z")
What do you mean, “learn the lyrics” ? The US anthem is like every other anthem in the world. The lyrics go: FIRST LIIIIINE Second line Third line mumble mumble … final LINE **CHORUS!!!** There’s no second stanza, it’s all mumble mumble CHORUS from here on out. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/65 "2011-02-07T21:03:59Z")
Our national anthem has no chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/66 "2011-02-07T21:08:43Z")
> [@AshenLady](#): > > What a horrible rendition of our National Anthem. Hope they get someone who can sing next year. The Black Eyed Peas should be available 😃 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/67 "2011-02-07T21:12:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Let’s face it. We have a really crappy national anthem. Maybe it wouldn’t get slaughtered so routinely if it were better suited to its purpose. I can’t get all worked up because some air head chick screwed up the lyrics, even if she’s supposed to be a pro singer. Exactly. I’ve said it for years: our national anthem is a sucky PoS. I still say we change it to “Rock Lobster”, which would be much more entertaining for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/68 "2011-02-07T21:15:51Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > [Here…get that bad taste of CA out of your mind and feast on Whitney.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_KwLvf0is) > > Damn, that was already 20 years ago. This song can be great song if sung by a great singer, not a trendy. It wasn’t Aguilera’s ability that messed it up, it was her choice of delivery. I have very little time for her music, but it’s indisputable that she has a great voice and is an outstanding singer. She could have done it beautifully if she wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/69 "2011-02-07T21:38:16Z")
I wonder if the OP noticed she wasn’t wearing a flag pin either. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/70 "2011-02-07T22:00:34Z")
They should play Jimi Hendrix rendition at all sporting events and forget the singing. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/71 "2011-02-08T01:48:00Z")
America is not the only country with stupid playing of anthems. Once I was in the Philippines and the screen told us to all stand as the Phillippine national anthem was played before a movie. It felt insane, like something out of 1984. That only ever happened once though, I’ve seen maybe 10 movies in the philippines. ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/72 "2011-02-08T01:55:46Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Should’ve got Jim Cornelison who sings the National Anthem at the Chicago Blackhawks games, [like they did for the recent Bears-Packers playoff game](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Blackhawks-singer-leads-Bears-fans-in-rousing-na?urn=nfl-308250). He’s been singing it for years; he knows how to belt out a straightforward, fast version. Oh yeah, and though the article notes that his day job is real estate, [he is a trained opera singer](http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63064). (Only side effect may be 'Hawks fans cheering it throughout, which is also a tradition.) We’ve got a [Cop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK87OCy1upA) here who does a pretty good version as well. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/73 "2011-02-08T03:46:37Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Exactly. I’ve said it for years: our national anthem is a sucky PoS. I still say we change it to “Rock Lobster”, which would be much more entertaining for everyone. Especially if Seth MacFarlane (as Peter Griffin) does the “Official” version. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/74 "2011-02-08T04:06:59Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > This song can be great song if sung by a great singer, not a trendy. Whitney Houston wasn’t a trendy 20 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/75 "2011-02-08T05:17:36Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I managed to avoid the entire circus simply by leaving the TV turned off. Well aren’t you special? My sister, who thinks because she was a music major that she is THE authority in music, insists that Aguilerra was wonderful, and keeps harping at us how “she sang it all a capella!!! The other singer had a _back-up band_!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FrWindyShephardHenderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FrWindyShephardHenderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrWindyShephardHenderson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/76 "2011-02-08T09:53:01Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Oh, i guess you’re right. > > In that case, the answer is no. In Ireland for Hurling and Gaelic Football matches the national anthem is played, with the last few lines drowned out by shouts of “Come on (Insert County / Club)”. Gotta love the GAA. For rugby the national anthem is only played for international matches. And even then only at [home](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland%27s_Call) of course! Watching Australian Rugby League they seem to do this at some matches too. Oh and if you want to hear a really mangled rendition of a national anthem, be in a pub in the darker parts of the Irish countryside at closing time. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/77 "2011-02-08T10:12:14Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Oh, i guess you’re right. > > In that case, the answer is no. Actually, the answer is yes. In Australia now, they do the national anthem before the Grand Final of any of the major footy codes (AFL and Rugby League in particular) And before the Melbourne Cup too, but I don’t think the gee-gees give too much of a toss. They don’t know the words any better than the footy players. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/78 "2011-02-08T11:09:31Z")
Cripes! Her performance of that song was atrocious. A hideous melding of Michael Bolton’s overwrought technique with Mariah Carey’s overblown melisma. It’s just an anthem, Christina, not some operatic tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/79 "2011-02-08T11:13:11Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Last night, I thought she looked like Cyndi Lauper. Holy crap, so did I! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488/80 "2011-02-08T11:21:31Z")
FWIW, so did I. Lauper should sue for defamation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-christina-aguilera/570488.md?page=5)