A.C. RANTED - What is "The National Anthem"

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On January 27, 1991 - 10 days into the Persian Gulf War-

Whitney Houston took the field at Tampa Stadium and performed "The Star Spangled Banner," backed by the Florida Orchestra as over 150,000,000 people watched on television worldwide.

She single handedly set the benchmark for this pregame Anthem and took it to the grave with her.


If you remember, this was the “Scott NorWIDE” game that eventually spawned Jim Carey’s career and the movie “Ace Ventura.”

Am I making that up?

NOPE!

How could the one white guy come out of “In Living Color” and rake millions over the next 15 years?

Anyway, it’s not about him. It’s not about Scott Norwood. It’s not about the Bills never winning a Superbowl (hahahahaha), and it’s certainly not about George Herbert Walker Bush’s war.

It’s about Whitney Houston. 

Since her signature depiction of what the "The Star Spangled Banner" should be like, many have tried, and all have failed.   

Why?



Will Whitney ever be out done?

Because they try to moss it up!





Whitney Houston SANG the song and belted it out there for the masses when they needed it most! 


Don't cry Robin, It's not your fault you suck!

Listening to Robin Meade sing the same song at a NASCAR event makes me want to yank my eyes out and stuff them in my ears! 

For me, there is only one version of the beginning of a sporting event, and it’s Whitney Houston.

Coked and cracked up or not, she did good.

She did real good!

Since I am old enough to have seen it happen on live TV, I am comfortable when I tell you, that if you listen to her rendition 2 or 3 times, and then listen to every other version for the rest of 2014, you will contact me via email and ask,

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME SOONER?!”

I have it in my IPod, my truck, and I even managed to wire it up to my snow blower, as I live in Upstate New York, in that snowy city that Houses the current #1 College Hoops Team...

Yep Still #1


We Upstater's uderstand snow blowing is a pass time so we make the most of it!

It’s cool, when I start the Toro, Whitney sings, and my neighbors, if they’re outside at the time, salute. So in closing, regardless of age, nobody will do it better, at a better time, at a better place, for a better reason, and definitely not under better circumstances.

"She was the right person for the job, and she delivered!"

I was fortunate enough to sing the Star Spangled Banner on opening day at P&C Stadium where the Toronto Blue Jays Triple A team plays.

I like to think most of the 2700 people that came out cheered for me. Whitney Houston though. She captivated a planet in under 4 minutes.

That’s for real.

A.C.

Here’s the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDSALCKH_Y