Queen Latifah……..
I love the Queen, lawd KNOWS I do. I own like, all her jazz singing albums even just on GP. But this performance right here? Sweet Minty Jesus will not let this pass because Queen Latifah doesn’t have enough squall or church or power in her voice to pull THAT one off. That required a Fantasia blessing. A kick off your shoes and run around the end zone type anointing! Queen Latifah tried, but around the 1:40-ish mark I had to log off eternity and page Michael the Archangel to bring that note back to where it was supposed to be.
That CHOIR outsung the mess out of her. Not in terms of people, I mean in terms of precision. Why the backup always better than the star!? LOL. God bless her Maybelline ministry. She must have been singing about the America that is tainted w/ racism and doesn’t recycle their trash because that was ugly at points!
Carrie Underwood is usually a FANTASIC singer — that being said and acknowledged, this performance was borderline terrible. She had a strong vocal throughout, but unfortunately, that strength continued as continually slid down pitches as she sung. I mean, it culminated with that last and final note that I’m sure had everyone scratching their heads like “Did she just swallow a firecracker?”
Props to her (and Queen) for singing live, but still, come on. It was like a long walk off a short pier and that final note was the unexpected drop ROFL. I love Carrie though, but she is gonna go home and watch that on the TV and hide under her covers for a day or two. Maybe she is the one that jinxed Peyton Manning, and Queen Latifah’s faux church blessed the Saints! “WHODAT!”
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February 8, 2010 YTMatt
ok, so the Queen Latifah…she took her ear piece out at the very beginning, and was struggling to stay on beat from the get-go. I don’t think she was concentrating too much on the performance as much as just trying to sing and hear the music. I’d assume (since I lack the actual experience) that when you have 30k people screaming you can barely hear anything but the kick drum when your ear piece isn’t working. Given that, she was, for the most part, on key, but I think she had no chance of pulling off a great performance given the obstacles.
Carrie too…the rehearsal performance was 100 times better…the difference is that she had to sing with 30k people screaming back at her, and likely couldn’t hear much either.
I commend them for singing live, but there is a reason people typically pre-record these.
February 8, 2010 KBJr.
Well I suppose the NFL and the network are now vindicated for forcing artists to pre-record these performances. J-Hud caught all of that flack last year for lip-syncing…but as has been stated above, there’s a reason for it.
Queen Latifah sounded nervous and certainly couldn’t hear herself. She tried to soldier through it, but it was excruciating to watch and hear. And I’m not sure what the show handlers were thinking anyway, since when is Queen Latifah the go-to vocalist? I can think of dozens of artists before her who could have put in a strong performance even with the jacked up sound.
Carrie had the same issue. It’s too loud in those places, you HAVE to lip-sync.
I’d rate that the hands down worst kickoff show in the history of the Superbowl.
February 9, 2010 Meka
“I commend them for singing live, but there is a reason people typically pre-record these.”
Valid point. I was shocked to see Queen Latifah performing (and I’m a fan). Alicia Keys killed “America the Beautiful” a few years ago (during Nipplegate, I think) and it was pre-recorded. I know Carrie can sing her a– off so I was pretty disappointed by the last notes of the anthem. Guess they won’t be doing “live” performances for many years to come…