JAMES TAYLOR does the anthem!!!!!

[Bluebear]

[MADem]

1. He did a good job, too! nt

[jjmalonejr]

2. Man, that was awesome!

Best Star Spangled Banner rendition I've ever seen at a baseball game.

[Bluebear]

3. That really touched me.

Of course I love him anyhow, but done softly, sweetly, without wailing ten notes for every one.

[redstateblues]

4. He is so good-Does everything with style-He's For Kerry Too

[Bluebear]

5. Absolutely right!

[BoX o BooX]

6. Please be advised:

The "Sweet Baby James" he refers to in the song is his nephew... not himself. He has never owned that nickname.

[Bluebear]

7. Duly noted.

[BoX o BooX]

11. Didn't mean to be a dick about it.

He told an incredibly sweet story about the song on Howard's show... his reconciliation with his brother after the birth of Sweet Baby James, and all... I just thought it was pertinent to note that he was not singing about himself.

For that matter, "Billy the Kid" is NOT Billy Joel singing about himself... he's singing about a friend whose name was also Billy.... in addition to singing about William Bonney, of course.

[Bluebear]

12. You weren't a dick

Actually I know it's an album title, I think the media has used it so much referring to him that it stuck in my head. Is he Mud Slide Slim? :)

[BoX o BooX]

13. He can call himself whatever he likes.

He's aces in my book. And he banged Carly Simon! Whoo-Hoo!

[Dudley_DUright]

8. Pulled it off

with his usual artistry and class. Nice job JT.

[curse10]

9. blech, I can't stand him

even though I know he's on our side

[Bluebear]

10. Well idn't that a buzz killer.

lol

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Is he the dude who sang the song while Homer was an astronaut?

If so, I like him.

(Haha, how sad that the only way I know him is via The Simpsons.)

[Bake]

15. Soooo much better than Steven Tyler's screeching rendition

Some people just ought not attempt the National Anthem.

Bake