Nice. No trying to wail and moan and improvise to 'make it your own' by butchering it like so many do. Neil is smarter and has more class than that. Best version I ever heard - Griffin GA Submission Fighting event 20+ years ago. At the local armory, tiny crowd, a shy blushing young girl, maybe 13-14 climbed up into the ring, began singing it straight, but with an angellic voice that made every jaw in the place drop. A perfect rendition. When she finished everyone sprung to their feet, yelling and applauding! She blushed an even deeper red, grinning from ear to ear, covering her face, I'll never forget that, it was wonderful. NO ONE I've ever heard has done it better, no professional singer or performer, not even Neil here. I wish I knew her name to give her a shout out! 👍
Sorry but That was definitely NOT Neil's finest moment. He rushed it, and didn't display his tone or range. I love Neil, but that was one of the worst renditions I've heard yet.
Superbowl record for fastest singing of the Anthem. 62 seconds. Well done, Neil!!
i was so proud of neil that night thank you for the posting🙂🙂🙂🙂
Nice. No trying to wail and moan and improvise to 'make it your own' by butchering it like so many do. Neil is smarter and has more class than that.
Best version I ever heard - Griffin GA Submission Fighting event 20+ years ago. At the local armory, tiny crowd, a shy blushing young girl, maybe 13-14 climbed up into the ring, began singing it straight, but with an angellic voice that made every jaw in the place drop. A perfect rendition. When she finished everyone sprung to their feet, yelling and applauding! She blushed an even deeper red, grinning from ear to ear, covering her face, I'll never forget that, it was wonderful. NO ONE I've ever heard has done it better, no professional singer or performer, not even Neil here. I wish I knew her name to give her a shout out! 👍
I'M A HUGE DIAMOND FAN but you can't knock Ray Charles version either. He Rocked.
This was America.❤ Thank you, Neil.
And thank you Kathleen for posting all your Neil Diamond videos - I love them all! 🎉
It's a pleasure to share Neil with as many as possible!!
Straight to the point loud and clear ! 💯
Gotta hand it to the Diamond man. He was on top of his game then .
WOW 🎉❤❤❤ awesome Neil 👏👏👏👊👍
Great job Neil ❤🇺🇸
GRANDE NEIL DIAMOND
ARTISTA DE FAMA MUNDIAL
SALUDOS 🤗 DESDE CHILE 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱👍👍
And CBS' college football theme...so appropriate for a game played at the Rose Bowl.
Thank the lord!…..for the nighttime. That was great!
Very nice; that's the fastest time I ever heard the Star Spangled Banner sung! Great Job!!!
And the worst.
I have never heard of any better version of this song.
Wow back when great voices sang that song ……of course he killed it !!!!!!!
If only the game was that good
Awesome, thank you! Shared.
Best ever performed national anthem!
I suggest you check out Faith Hill and Whitney Houston before uttering such nonsense.
@@birblife6611 Whitney Houston's was a lip sync, Neil's wasn't. Nonsense huh?
@@jogman262 If you took a RUclips poll, this wouldn’t even be a top-100 performance.
@@birblife6611 To each their own. I'll take a good live performance over a phony lip sync any day.
You guys the poster just said that for up-votes under a RUclips video. it’s not even worth it
Bravo Guapo❤
Sorry but That was definitely NOT Neil's finest moment.
He rushed it, and didn't display his tone or range. I love Neil, but that was one of the worst renditions I've heard yet.
I got to be honest he look like he was rushing through it like didn't really want to be there and do it, one of the worst performances in my opinion