Whitney Houston Lipsyncs National Anthem

[Constantinos A. Caroutas]

Whitney Houston had to lipsync the national anthem at a recent
athletic event. Not that she could not sing --boy can she-- but
because officials considered a live "performance" too risky.
Constantinos A. Caroutas
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[Tim Russell]

In article <13...@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> cc43...@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Constantinos A. Caroutas) writes:
>Whitney Houston had to lipsync the national anthem at a recent
>athletic event. Not that she could not sing --boy can she-- but
>because officials considered a live "performance" too risky.

Actually, I heard on Entertainment Tonight from her father that she
didn't even know she was lip-syncing. He said that he was standing beside
her and she was singing it beautifully, unaware that what was coming out
was the recording until after she was done.

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[Jan Carlsson]

In article <13...@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> cc43...@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Constantinos A. Caroutas) writes:

>Whitney Houston had to lipsync the national anthem at a recent
>athletic event. Not that she could not sing --boy can she-- but
>because officials considered a live "performance" too risky.

According to MTV Europe she *did* sing but a recording of the
national anthem was also played. The crowd at the stadium could
hear both vocals while TV viewers only heard the pre-recorded version
(or was it the other way around?).
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[Greg Murphy]

In article <27...@enea.se> ja...@enea.se (Jan Carlsson) writes:
>In article <13...@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> cc43...@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Constantinos A. Caroutas) writes:
>>Whitney Houston had to lipsync the national anthem at a recent
>>athletic event. Not that she could not sing --boy can she-- but
>>because officials considered a live "performance" too risky.
>
>According to MTV Europe she *did* sing but a recording of the
>national anthem was also played. The crowd at the stadium could
>hear both vocals while TV viewers only heard the pre-recorded version
>(or was it the other way around?).

It was the other way around. The single supposedly has both vocals.
Personally, I see this whole thing as the press stirring up trouble over a
non-issue. Only the stadium couldn't hear her sing after all. Although, I
don't know why the NFL didn't mix out her vocal track when it was "for sure"
that she would be singing at 100%.

Greg