Seasonal & Holidays
Listen to Aretha Franklin’s 4 Minute, 35 Second National Anthem Spiritual
The queen of soul took her sweet time with "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings Thanksgiving Day game.
DETROIT, MI — Some Detroit Lions fans said queen of soul Aretha Franklin offered a stirring rendition of the national anthem at the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game against the Minnesota Vikings — even if they did qualify for Medicare while listening to it.
Playing piano on Ford Field as she sang, Franklin’s version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" lasted 4 minutes, 35 seconds. That’s longer than elite runners take to run a mile, and some Twitter users thought it was too long.
Others said Franklin deserves more R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Listen to the video and read the tweets below and tell us what you think in the comments.
Bro I got married and had a child and Aretha Franklin still isn't done
— netflix & just chill (@JustChillin247) November 24, 2016
I cooked my whole turkey, ate and did the dishes during Aretha Franklin's National Anthem performance.
— B. Miller (@BlaiseInKC) November 24, 2016
@hanae_56_20 The Queen of Soul can sing it all day and I'll still listen and listen. . .
— kate winfree (@kate_winfree) November 24, 2016
@hanae_56_20 @clydefrogg007 @NFL The woman is 74,a legend,1st female in rock n roll hall of fame..18 grammys..it was long, but so what.
— BrandiNicoleRollins (@BrandiNRollins) November 25, 2016
@BrandiNRollins @hanae_56_20 @clydefrogg007 @NFL Not to mention out in the cold, singing live. She refuses to lip sync.
— Angelica Naguib (@angelicanaguib) November 25, 2016
@hanae_56_20 She had grown men crying. Complainers are stuck in their fast paced, self absorbed, "gotta get to football" minds. A classic.
— Gordon DelGiorno (@FilmBros) November 25, 2016
Aretha Franklin for every national anthem ever.
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) November 24, 2016
Aretha haters: You guys can wait an extra 30 seconds for a football game, JFC.
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) November 24, 2016
Photo by joe ortuzar via Flickr Commons
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