Wow, I heard Scotty McCreery
sing the National Anthem before the World Series last night (Hurray Cardinals!) and I thought he did a terrific job once he finally received a working microphone. But now some people are saying
he flubbed it saying "No Jose does that..." instead of "oh, say does that" and I sure did not hear that. So I had to go listen yet again to one of the billion
videos of him singing it and I thought, "wow, if this isn't the most brilliant marketing idea ever!" Here we now have a bunch of people who may had forgotten about Scotty from Idol, but now they are all listening to him sing the "Star Spangled Banner" almost perfectly. Plus those same people have to read anonymous comments insulting an 18 year old clean cut, country boy about how he "flubbed" our anthem when all he did was add the "n" consonant sound to the beginning of one word (which many people simply attribute to his Carolina accent). As they often say "there is no such thing as bad publicity" and all this does is put Scotty McCreery more in the news, especially on the same morning when it is announced he will be
performing at the CMA awards next month. I could even see some Southern country fans taking offense of those "snooty yankees" making fun of his accent and maybe going out and helping a fellow Southerner out by buying a song on iTunes or picking up a copy of his album. Especially once they hear his voice and think, "oh yeah, I voted for him on Idol and he sounds pretty good. I should go check out that #1 country album of his".
Here are a few of the many YouTube clips of his performance :
