Indy 500 national anthem reaction ranges
from 'mangled' to the 'best I've ever seen'
Indianapolis Star [IN],
by
Joe Mutascio
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
5/28/2023 1:53:17 PM
Multiplatinum singer Jewel performed the national anthem before the 2023 Indianapolis 500 and fan reaction was ... mixed. Indy 500 fans called the performance everything from 'The best I've ever seen' to 'mangled.' As part of the opening ceremonies, New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base also sent four F-16 Vipers to this year's Indy 500. Here's the replay, and what fans had to say about the performance and opening ceremonies at IMS. (Snip) Jewel butchered the national anthem at the Indy 500. People were trying to sing along but couldn't because of the way she sang it. What a shame.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 5/28/2023 2:06:52 PM (No. 1479495)
I agree with OP. Why can't they just let a local college or military band perform it and be done with it. I am beyond tired of music "stars" mangling the Anthem in an attempt to "make it their own!!" I usually find myself muting the television and playing a recording I have on my phone.
20 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2023 2:17:08 PM (No. 1479500)
"Multiplatinum"? Never heard of this "Jewel" person, which I assume means that he or she is some sort of a trash "rap artist"....many of them cannot sing a lick.
17 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rathaven 5/28/2023 2:23:18 PM (No. 1479505)
Loved it. Once I had heard Jimi Hendrix perform the Anthem I could appreciate the pride and reverence the artist displays when performing. It's the same song, just more depth in the Patriotism.
6 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rama41 5/28/2023 2:32:09 PM (No. 1479512)
I couldn't get past "...the dawn's early light...."
4 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
vrb8m 5/28/2023 2:46:30 PM (No. 1479521)
I like Jewel, but this was awful.
10 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 5/28/2023 2:52:11 PM (No. 1479524)
My reaction to her rendition: Meh...
7 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Birddog 5/28/2023 2:59:51 PM (No. 1479526)
My consistent reaction ANYtime the anthem is played, an unstoppable tear...
Not this time though.
8 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
czechlist 5/28/2023 3:01:59 PM (No. 1479528)
I am a patriotic veteran. I turned the sound off
13 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
snapper451 5/28/2023 3:07:45 PM (No. 1479533)
Unlike comparing Presidents of the US, I can say I’ve seen worse, can’t say the same about Dementia Joe though.
4 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rand Al'Thor 5/28/2023 3:43:45 PM (No. 1479554)
Sounded ok to me. We can't all be Sandy Patti.
7 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
jj1319 5/28/2023 3:46:36 PM (No. 1479555)
Improvisational.
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Moritz55 5/28/2023 3:59:40 PM (No. 1479566)
Not my taste, but nothing to get upset over. From the outcry, I thought she might have changed the words or something.
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Encore 5/28/2023 4:26:18 PM (No. 1479577)
I think it’s disrespectful to change our national anthem to make a personal statement. The melody to be specific. The instrument/s you choose to play the tune with is all you.
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
spacer 5/28/2023 5:05:15 PM (No. 1479597)
She comes from a crack pot family in Alaska. They have a reality show exhibiting their lunacy on national tv. By the way nobody, I mean nobody hits that song like the beautiful ,RIP, Whitney Houston.
9 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/28/2023 5:34:01 PM (No. 1479600)
It kind of set the stage for the last 10 laps.
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
zoidberg 5/28/2023 6:16:39 PM (No. 1479612)
Jewel's a good singer. I expected better.
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
4Liberty2020 5/28/2023 6:39:50 PM (No. 1479616)
Played it for my husband who couldn't get to see it or the race.... he started to howl.
We both hate what these "artists" do to destroy a meaningful song.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 5/28/2023 7:09:37 PM (No. 1479628)
I don't have any problem with anyone singing it a little different. Even Jimi's version is very special. I would rather have the person/s sing it with passion and sincerity than to just mouth the words.
7 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/28/2023 7:38:49 PM (No. 1479640)
The tempo was meant to be that of a march - energetic, lively, positive, heroic, etc. Singing or playing it slowly makes it sound like a funeral dirge. If you want to hear what the instrumental version is meant to sound like, listen to the opening of Mark Levin’s radio show.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Lala 5/28/2023 8:38:33 PM (No. 1479659)
Chris Stapleton Super Bowl this year. Now that was an awesome rendition. I cry every time I watch it.
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
chumley 5/28/2023 8:55:24 PM (No. 1479671)
My daughter used to listen to her music in the 90's. She had a pretty voice, but a lot of her music was depressing. I dont think shes an A lister anymore. They might have got her cheap.
2 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
lana720 5/28/2023 8:56:21 PM (No. 1479675)
Probably not the right venue, but it was beautiful. Perhaps as a backdrop to a moving tribute to our veterans video.
Jewel’s rendition of Angel Standing By is stunning. You should look it up.
3 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/28/2023 9:57:53 PM (No. 1479712)
She took the lyrics of the “star spangled banner” and sang them (poorly) to some other unrecognizable tune. What gives her the right to take that artistic license with OUR national anthem? This was some other country’s anthem, not ours.
4 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Citoyen 5/28/2023 11:38:11 PM (No. 1479758)
Frankly I’m annoyed that over the past few years only women singers need apply to sing our national anthem. Some are good others atrocious but can we not mix things up a bit and hire a male singer once in a while? The best Star Spangled Banner I ever heard was sung by Josh Gobran.
2 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
PChristopher 5/28/2023 11:45:40 PM (No. 1479764)
That was probably the most tedious rendition of the national anthem that I can recall hearing. People in the dtands were all looking around like 'Is it over yet?!'
4 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
smokincol 5/29/2023 1:37:12 AM (No. 1479787)
our national anthem was originally a poem and was never meant to be sung
- I always thought "God Bless America" would have been a better national anthem but unfortunately Kate Smith couldn't live forever,
- something on the idea of Canada's "Oh, Canada" might be a better idea than these songstresses withering and yodeling their way through to the ending high note where their voice cracks because it's at a pitch considered unattainable to the human vocal cords
1 person likes this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/29/2023 2:20:27 AM (No. 1479801)
Oh my. Was Roseann Barr's rendition at the World Series years ago much better than Jewel's this year's Indy 500? Double dittos to OP's comment.
0 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/29/2023 6:26:36 AM (No. 1479842)
I won't participate in a National Anthem or raise the American flag at my home until Joe Biden and the democrat dictatorship is out of office because it just does not feel like America these days.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
varkdriver 5/29/2023 6:42:41 AM (No. 1479848)
Her rendition wasn't bad, in the sense of being disrespectful, or adding new notes, or octaves, as some have done. But her slow, folk-song version would have worked in a small venue coffeehouse, maybe. What amazed me was that the flyover team knew how long her version would take, and got the 4-ship over the track exactly on time as she finally got to the end!
0 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/29/2023 9:46:19 AM (No. 1479962)
#28, my late father in law flew the flag upside down on the pole in his front yard for the entire Carter administration. I’m glad that he only had to endure a few months of 0bama before he died in 2009.
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I hate when performers want to put their own artsy spin on the National Anthem. Hers was achingly slow and screechty.