Posted on: November 24, 2024, 12:25h.
Last updated on: November 24, 2024, 12:27h.
Boyz II Men grabbed some unwanted attention from the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday by butchering an a cappella version of the national anthem.
It was clear that the four-time Grammy winning soul stars, known for their chart-topping 1992 hit “End of the Road,” were in trouble from only their third note. Their attempt to harmonize on the “Oh” in “Oh say can you see?” resulted in a flat clunker from which the trio never fully recovered.
Oh Say Can You Sing?
Immediately, social media did what it does best — attack.
GPFans editor Chris Deeley tweeted: “Congratulations Boyz II Men for the worst anthem rendition of the season.”
“Ears are bleeding,” echoed Threads user @casperalizander.
“Maybe they didn’t have in ears,” reasoned Threads user @formulawhat. “The wind can be lethal. (I’m coping. This is me 90s rnb coping.)”
Judge for yourself…
About a month before the race, band member Wanya Morris made last night all the worse by raising expectations.
“I’m not sure if F1 has ever experienced hearing a Boyz II Men anthem,” he said, “but we’ve been told it’s pretty sexy.”
Banner Bad
Boyz II Men’s version was by no means championship-level awful. The high bar for screwing up “The Star-Spangled Banner” remains, of course, comedian Roseanne Barr. Her 1990 rendition at a San Diego Padres game included singing nowhere near any of the notes, grabbing her crotch and spitting on the pitcher’s mound.
After that atrocity, every bad performance finished far behind. They include Christina Aguilera’s Super Bowl XLV attempt that included wrong notes and lyrics, flubbed high notes from Olympic track star Carl Lewis prior to a 1993 Chicago Bulls game, and a slow, throaty rendition by former Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie that cracked up basketball stars Draymond Green and Steph Curry at the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend.
