If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch the video of Kat DeLuna massacring the National Anthem on Monday Night Football, here. After butchering the melody, over-singing and delivering a ton of off-key and shaky notes, DeLuna was booed by the crowd.
Ashley Simpson’s infamous Orange Bowl performance notwithstanding (she was booed by a stadium full of fans), DeLuna’s sub-American Idol caliber performance is one of the most embarrassing musical moments in recent memory…Or is it.
The fact that DeLuna (a collaborator of Elephantman) is another pretty but talentless starlet isn’t too surprising considering the general state of pop music at the moment. TV stars and reality TV attention-seekers pump out albums faster than you can say “Brooke Hogan sucks.” Everyone tries their hand at overproduced dance pop with computer “enhanced” vocals that make them sound like malfunctioning Cher robots and as a result we’re stuck with a generation of one-hit wonders who lip-synch their mediocre songs in concerts and other staged television performances.
So, is DeLuna really any worse than Simpson? Or Beyonce? Or Christina Aguilera? Or any of the other over-singing, over-produced, under-talented singers flooding the airwaves? Not really. The only difference is that she tried to sing instead of lip-synching and revealed her true (awful) voice.
Shows like American Idol promote this sort of over-the-top Mariah Carey-esque singing style, ensuring that this horrible style isn’t going to disappear soon. Other than the girls who are trying to imitate this style in order to succeed in the industry, does anyone actually enjoy this kind of music?
Do you like Kat DeLuna? Is pop music getting worse?
Leave a comment and tell us what you think!
Marc says...
09.18.08 10:57 am
I believe there are certain songs that should be done as close to the original as possible, and one of them is the national anthem. Unless you’re going to do a full orchestral rendition (like Beyonce), just stay true to the song. Kats problem was she tried to put her own stamp on it. She just doesn’t have the vocal command that a Whitney Houston has (pre-bobby brown), and couple that with the fact that she was singing acapella, made it a tough outing. If she had music, that would have helped her stay on key.