I've got to agree with the other guy. If you get a plum gig like singing the National Anthem at a big time event you have to come prepaired-prepaired to do something other than turn it into an empty star vehicle (aren't we sick of that already-it's a tribute to our country not scantily clad divas) and you have to know the words. How many people that had no idea who she was (like me) are now going to avoid her at all costs? Let me tell you it's millions more than bought this album. She blew it but "popsters" like her are a dime a dozen anyway. The big stars don't choke-they hit it out of the park.