Steven Tyler ‘Meant’ to Sing the National Anthem Like That…
- Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:19pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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NORTH GREENFIELD, Ind. (The Blaze/AP) — Steven Tyler says he meant to sing the national anthem like that.
The Aerosmith frontman and “American Idol” judge endured plenty of jabs after his rendition of the anthem at the AFC Championship game last month, but Tyler says he doesn’t understand what all the fuss was about.
“I don’t know. As I said before, I put emphasis on, ‘In the land of the free’ and I went up,” Tyler explained. “Oddly enough I hit the note so I don’t know what they are talking about. I emphasized ‘free’ which was for freedom. It was well thought out prior to. I wasn’t messing with American tradition.”
Enduring negative criticism at that football game did not stop Tyler from enjoying pre-Super Bowl festivities with Carrie Underwood. The duo is in Indianapolis for CMT’s “Crossroads,” which brings acts from different genres together to perform. It’s not the first time the two have sung together: They performed a duet at the Academy of Country Music Awards last year.
“I just love to sing and I love her stuff. A good friend of mine writes songs with her. When I heard ‘Undo It,’ I said, ‘What is that?’ That is an Aerosmith song, right? I am going to finish recording that with you. He said, ‘No, I wrote that with Carrie, it is coming out in a week,’” he said. “I met her and it was all over after that, once I looked into her eyes. She opened her mouth and sang and she is that good. I loved singing with her.”
The two rehearsed Thursday evening in North Greenfield, just outside of Indianapolis, ahead of their scheduled Saturday show (it will air the same night on the network). The former “Idol” champ says she enjoys working with the lively Tyler because he “makes everybody all warm and fuzzy.”
While Tyler, closely connected to Boston for years, made clear he was rooting for the New England Patriots in Sunday’s game against the New York Giants, Underwood demurred when asked to name her pick. In her house, she says hockey is the main focus, since husband Mike Fisher is a professional hockey player in Nashville.
“He is Canadian so I have had to switch his focus from so much hockey to a little football because we watch a lot of hockey,” she said. “I love watching him and I love watching the Predators.”
To refresh, below is Tyler’s rendition:
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Comments (126)
BMroxy
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 7:17amWhen the “front” man from Aerosmith is singing the anthem you are going to get the “front” man from Aerosmith singing it. He did well I think, singing it in the same manner we have grown to love him for over the years. Love me some Aerosmith!
Report Post »anyidiotsbff
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:09amWhat’s the big deal? He’s always sung like that…. Love me some Aerosmith too :-)
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:15amGreat job redirecting and distracting Steven!
It wasn’t the note that bothered people, it was the flubbing of the words in the prior staff, the song goes, “and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.”
But, by defending your note publicly, it makes latecomers think that is all it was about.
Red herring alert.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:24amWe have every right to be outraged whenever we want, about absolutely anything. Freedom means carping day and night about anything artsy for example and if you disagree you can just get the H out of our country, like any honorable veteran would do.
TEA
Report Post »kgranger
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:54amI loved it… Geeze, if you wanted ADELE, ASK FOR ADELE. talk about mangling… Let’s talk Whitney… Tyler is a rocker, and got 2 small words wrong, I believe , a and the or some such. The song was done the way you would expect it to be done by the front man of Aerosmith. I agree. Rock on, dude. I was quite proud .
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:28pmJust think if Janis where alive and choosen! It would be the end of her career.
Report Post »Or how about Tiny Tim!
You blow a tuba, you get a base sound, morons.
Ethereal
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:09pmDid anyone actually think Tyler would sing this song as beautifully as Carrie Underwood? Tyler if a brilliant front man and not a highly skilled vocalist. He is perfectly suited to be what he is. Flubbing rhett words is so common with the national anthem I’m beginning to think none Tete of the people who doing it actually grew up attending sporting events.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 4:04pmhere’s what “to get” from this story. divide and conqure.
Report Post »turn everyone against everyone…
lillymckim
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:04pmI love Steven Tyler and admire him greatly I’m currently reading his book which made me love him even more!
Rock on Steven! Rock on!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:16pmThat idiot may as well have said corpse man! He should leave our country immediately.
TEA
Report Post »SoCalSE
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:39pmTotally agree.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 7:58pmSteven Tyler singing the National Anthem … I can’t believe this is an issue! It’s Steven Tyler!! Most anybody will recognize his voice! He did a great job! End of subject, please!!
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 9:15pmIt’s not an issue….sounded good to me
Report Post »taxx
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:56amI see no problem with it. He stumbled on the verse “….as bombs burst–ing air,” [the bombs bursting in air] but other than that I thought it was appropriate and patriotic.
Report Post »DRSAVAGE24
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:57amAh corpse-man hehe…gets me thinking now that these super pacs are out there, whichever Republican runs against Obama, can you imagine the super pac ads that will be out there against Obama? Hello Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Navy corpseman, breathalyzer, etc. I know Barry has a war chest to tear down his eventual opponent, but I’m pretty sure none of our candidates have racist, Jew-hating, america hating pastors, marxist parents and friends, and terrorist cronies…bring it on, you go ahead and lie about our candidate, we’ll just tell the truth about you.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:35amFor anyone who doesn’t already know, “monicne” is a troll under a false flag, PRETENDING to support the TEA Party, while making OUTRAGEOUS and often disgusting remarks, in an effort to try to make the TEA Party look bad. He also goes by, “encinom,“ and ”moncine” among other anagrams.
The best way to deal with him is to IGNORE him and not engage him.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 8:59amI agree, it sounded like classic Aerosmith. The complaints must be from people who have never heard him.
Report Post »I liked it.
oneshiner
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:24amHad no idea who this person was. For the longest time I assumed it was one ugly woman.
Report Post »brknhrt
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:44amSeemed to me that he was singing it from the heart, which is all that matters to me.
Report Post »VicksVaporub
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 2:06pmLet Ozzy sing it next time.
Report Post »GeoInSD
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 3:55pmI agree with BMROXY. I didn’t have a problem with it in the slightest. I feel there was no disrespect by Mr. Tyler at all. I can’t say the same for some other national anthem performances.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:19pmKelly Clarkson just sang it BEAUTIFULLY, and didn’t miss a word or note!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:49amThat’s how he sings folks. Sounds pretty good with Aerosmith behind him. Get an opera singer to sing “Rats in the Cellar” and it would be equally bad.
Report Post »BBReggie
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 7:07amI agree – he has always sung like that. I don’t get this story.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 7:21amI agree, that’s just how his voice sounds when he sings. No story here at all, I thought he did a pretty good job, considering.
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:06amGood comparison – Love me some Aerosmith too!
Warning: Aerosmith Lyrical content is usually not Vanilla!
Report Post »CynicalPatriot
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:54pmI wouldn’t mind hearing The National Anthem performed by the whole band.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:32pmOr how ’bout Uncle Salty?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:13amWhat the Hell, is everybody on this thread a bunch of old bags or what ? I enjoyed the Hell out of Steven Tyler singin the anthem ! And i think he did a fine job, now go eat your bread pudding and change your Depends…. Sheeese !
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:51amDetroit >
At 60 plus, have enjoyed Aerosmith for years, but since the wife enjoys Stevie Ray Vaughan more, got to listen to Mr. Tyler and the guys when there’s nobody else around
Actually cracked a crystal glass once … That was impressive
Not exactly Itzhak Perlman, but a spirit gets rolling just the same
Isn’t Mr. Tyler the son of the man who owns (or owned) the Hon furniture firm?
Report Post »john m h
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:57amYou must be a druggy just like that ***!!!
Report Post »Anne G
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:02amI may be wrong, but wasn’t this game shown on NBC? What else would you expect? They know exactly who to choose to insult our country.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:51amActually he is disgusting. He’s an act. That act has made him money. Now he’s preserving the image with televised ridiculousness. It‘s the only place a wealthy moron that’s made a living as a weirdo can remain.
And yes, IDOL has gone to hellishness with the rest of TV. It’s all there as a tool of satan to finish killing your kids! Soooooooo…. kiss ‘em goodbye. That is, of course, those of you parents that care.
Report Post »freethinking
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:00pm@KC
Report Post »To each his own, I suppose.
Maybe I just like the song, but I am brought to tears when I see and hear it.
Lighten up.
cuinsong
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:04amSteven give me a break, Its not that the arrangement was so bad it was the quality of your singing that was in question! If you are going to sing the National Anthem you need to do it with respect and if you can‘t do it right don‘t do it at all. As for hitting the high notes I think even the audience was looking like hey is he doing another Rose Ann Barr. Maybe what you were doing would sound better if you had a lot of scramming guitars & drums to cover it up, maybe? It may be that you have no respect for the flag? I really don’t know. But if you thought you could get away with this half hearted swipe at it you failed miserably!
Report Post »This is a video about patriotism to remind you what it’s all about. http://youtu.be/lJXb0LLkx1Y
and a song to tell you why we are in trouble now called “What’s wrong with this song?” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
KingCanon
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 6:07amPatriotism? What is that?
An entire generation (a majority combined with illegals) does not understand patriotism. Patriotism once taught in our PUBLIC institutions and on television is barely alive. Anything barely alive can not survive without revival.
Tyler wasn’t concerned with revival, but rather, destruction. There is NO OTHER explanation. Period! Tyler is just another CANCER on AMERICA!
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 4:49amA spokesman for the Mitt Romeny campaign released the following statement today: “Yeah, what he said. That’s the ticket – meant to sing it that way.”
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:57amOh for cr@p’s sake! Are you kidding me with this????
Silversmith
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:38amI think he did what he thought was best for him, i don’t think he was trying to produce a backlash on himself, or for people to think he is some anti American a s s hole.
Report Post »What do musicians and actors know anyway?
AmeriCat
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:33amYes! It was very clear…
Steven Tyler intended to sing the National Anthem exactly as he did.
He hit every note, as originally written, without swirls
and loops of unnecessary distraction.
No! He was not singing a wus.sified version of our Anthem
to a brie and Chablis crowd.
Simple, direct, without frills….Tyler glorified our Anthem.
Now, harken back to that night of our Revolution,
and the waiting for first morning light….
You can feel Tyler’s determination and see his fearless stance,
….and joy!
As a very skillful artist, Tyler’s singing calls to our soul….
“Wake Up America! WAKE UP!
Worthy of listening to again and again……
Report Post »Thank you, Steven Tyler.
freethinking
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:20pm@cat
Report Post »What you said!
IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:37amI have pretty much stopped watching Am Idol because he has to have so many words bleeped out.
Report Post »rock-n-roll-rebel
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:55amWhen singers like any other artists perform a song that they didn’t write they always create their own rendition or what-ever you may call it, even if the words aren’t changed something will be unique about the song. That is why they call it art. Remember when Jimmy did this song on his guitar? What a controversy that created. The fact that these men considered the song important enough to perform says it all.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:07amIn fact, Whitney Houston is still warbling and trying to finish her rendition of the Anthem. She just wont end the song…..for the record, she drug out the song for a record 3 minutes, for a song that is supposed to last about 60 seconds. No one seemed to be up in arms about that.
Report Post »A Conservatarian
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:29amMmmm at his age I‘m of the thought that he can’t be trying to bust out his vocal chords like he could when he was 30.
He’s on American Idol though, so, he served up his own plate of ass to eat :)
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:01amWhere are my post(eses?) posts?
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:02amSorry, I see the post. I think I need to slow down. LOL
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:18amlol
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:49am“Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.”
Steven Tyler
Nobody’s perfect.
Report Post »A Conservatarian
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:31amYou, like, missed the ‘like’ between really and is in the quote.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:18amOn purpose.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:45amWhen they pick these people to sing they know excactly whats going to happen and i thought he sounded like Steven Tyler just the way they knew he would sound, so i liked it.So move on people we’ve got a country to rescue because while we talk about Tyler, we probably just lost a few more FREEDOMS on the SLY if you get my drift…………………
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:15amI agree, he was chosen for the sensationalism aspect, and while he was truly awful, at least we can be thankful they didn’t arrange a “wardrobe malfunction”….that would have been more than I could take.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:02amTXPILOT I agree Malfunction of wardrobe would be painfull to see eeewww………………….
Report Post »barber2
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:34amI think he was meant to do a Rose Ann Barr duet ?
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:58amSounds right. They have no respect for this country and think it is cool to be that way. That ugly sucker looks like an old woman who was rode hard and put away wet. This country needs to bone up and teach something besides ‘coooooowellllllness.’
Report Post »R.A. Bullseye
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:14amo’er the land of the Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……
Report Post »Knucklenose
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:09ami didn’t expect perry como or wayne newton. Steven Tyler showed up and that’s who they got. Rock on my man!
Report Post »Knucklenose
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:34amand i HATE barbera striesands (sp) version of jingle bells! now thats worthy of complaint!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:08amI’m a rocker, Steve’s a rocker…Wouldn’t you like to be a rocker too?
Rock on Steven. You’re a good American!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:50amTRONINTHMORNING, He sang it in his style whch is to be expected. Did I love it? no, but it didn’t surprise me . I don’t see what the big deal is. Hey, at least he put his heart in it and didn’t make a mockery of it like RoseAnne Barr. I agree with you.
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:01amIt was Steven Tyler of Aerosmith singing like Steve Tyler of Aerosmith, DUH! What did you expect? Frank Sinatra? Get OVER IT BLAZE!
Report Post »Sumrknght
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:54pmAre you kidding me???? I WISH I could sing the national anthem like that! It’s not like Rosanne Barr going out there and TRASHING it with disrespect! Steven did one H&LL of a job. :) Every right to be proud of that!
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:39amCompletely agree…!
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:45pmSounded great to me!!
I saw Aerosmith in concert once…they rock!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 2:18pmSounded just like him… as usual; You get what you pay for!
Report Post »TexasKnight
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:44pmI guess I am in a big minority, but I liked it.
Report Post »He showed it respect and sang the song.
Captain Crunch
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 1:10amMaybe a minority, but not alone. I think he intentionally wanted to butcher the song out of contempt and disrespect for the United States. Anybody who put forth half an effort could do better than him.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:45amI LOVED it!
Now THAT’s our National Anthem! THAT’s America!
….strong, powerful, unafraid…and glad to still be FREE!
Tyler was terrific. The perfect man to belt out exactly how we feel!
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:42pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPqH_cG1UQ What do you expect, America?
Long version, in three parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSxQse70KGA&feature=related
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:36pmWe hired Steven Tyler to sing the National Anthem and that s.o.b. sounded like Steven Tyler! Outrageous!
Report Post »AhLeahIris
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:44pmYou mean he’s supposed to sound like that? Sheeeesh. This guy is a star?
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