Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?

I was disappointed with CA's national anthem.

BEPs performance was about what I expected, at least when the mikes were working.

As one local reviewer pointed out, at least BEPs actually attempted to perform their stuff in that environment rather than lip synch. SO they should get some credit for that.

However, performances of teh national anthem should be held to the highest standards at a landmark symbolic event like the Super Bowl. No excuses for anything less than perfection there ever!!!!

They should just play a tape of Whitneys Anthem during Desert Sheild/storm and be done with it.
PEP on the other did sing live but if you listened close you could hear autotune being turned on while they were talking.........premature launch of it but you could hear it for a second.
Sad that they had to load the show with lights and dancers, I guess its like magic act, distract the audience with one thing while hiding another (in this case they were trying to hide lack of talent).
Sa for CA, nerves must be a bitch but she is payed for this and its not like she has never done it before, prepare and be prepared, or do what others do a lipsync.

"close you could hear autotune being turned on while they were talking"

It's no secret that a lot of modern pop music uses this technology.

So what if the act is electronically enhanced? That's progress.

It beats lip-synching and pretending to sing completely which has been going on for decades.

Whitney lip synched, but it was still the best anthem performance of all time.

It may have been a vocoder effect, not autotune. It could have been a vocoder and autotune. It's hard to say.

"Whitney lip synched, but it was still the best anthem performance of all time."

I'll accept lip synching for the anthem if needed to assure a sterling performance.

Otherwise, let people who are supposed to be singers just give it their usually best. No big deal.

Agreed Whitney's was perhaps the one for the ages.