Undoubtedly, when anyone mentions a Super Bowl National Anthem performance, Whitney Houston’s name comes up. I think it’s safe to say she’s got the #1 fan favorite but…
Enter Charlie Puth. And I found out Kenny G was playing sax on the performance?? I mean, what the!! I kinda love that he got no close-up shot and I’m going to assume that was his request. Just a man playing an instrument he’s mastered for the honor of the country, no recognition needed. But back to Charlie. I don’t know all the technicalities of what singers can do with their voice so I’ll just say this as a music listener…
Goodness gracious.
His choices for when to make a run or which notes to use on any particular phrase, just wow. It was understated yet built up to a crescendo topped off with the flyover by 8 aircraft from the Air Force and Navy. The two larger jets are B-1B Lancers– Bombers in the line of the stealth bomber and the B-52 bomber. The B-1B is known as “The Bone” because B-1, when written out or spoken, looks and sort of sounds like Bone.
With Charlie and the timing of the flyover, the camera work, the orchestra with Kenny G (and was that Matthew Gray Gubler conducting??), I’m giving this Super Bowl National Anthem performance a 10/10 and I’ll say it’s the best of my adult life, too. I don’t want to ruffle any feathers but it gave me goosebumps and *might* stick with me even more than Whitney’s. I’ll end with a laugh, check out this guy’s minor notes he’d recommend to Charlie, just a few tweaks to take his performance to the top.
-Out of the Wilderness
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