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So, the powers that be in New England decided to invite hometown hero and hard core Patriots fan Steven Tyler to sing The National Anthem before Sunday's AFC Championship game between New England and Baltimore. Now Steven has a VERY distinct voice......it's a sound he actually developed early in his career to make him stand out from other singers at the time....and it obviously worked.....propelling Tyler and his band Aerosmith into rock and roll icon status.....also when Steven sings, there's no mistaking him for someone else. He's got a raspy, nasally, voice and a trademark scream/screech that he generously uses throughout his songs..........he's one of the top male rock and roll vocalists of ALL TIME because of his unique style. So the 63 year old, on again-off again drug addict, raspy voiced scream rocker, stood there in 32 degree winds in front of millions of people and sang the already hard to sing song EXACTLY like Steven Tyler......his voice was slightly off, but again......it's Steven Tyler.......his voice is always slightly off......THAT'S HIS STYLE. Before the game was even over, the media was already crucifying Mr. Tyler for "butchering" The National Anthem. I don't know what people expected.......we got Steven Tyler singing like Steven Tyler and in the end sounding exactly like Steven Tyler! If people wanted country, they should have hired Garth Brooks..... If they wanted opera, they should have hire pavaroti. But apparently they wanted Steven Tyler and that's EXACTLY what they got......Steven Tyler. He sang the song with dignity and respect.......listen to Roseane Barr's version if you want to hear disrespect for our national song. He DID mess up the words......he sang "as bomb bursting in air" instead of "the bombs bursting in air." Ooooooh.......you want to hear messed up lyrics listen to Christina Aguilera's version.......she changed entire lines of the song......not to mention she "showboated" through the entire song......The Star Spangled Banner should not be used for showboating! (Steven Tyler is the unquestionable KING OF SHOWBOATING.......he didn't....) Anyhoo.......I could rant forever about this......but 50% of myLotters probably haven't even read this far. Anyways......GOOD JOB STEVEN! You'll always be at the top of my list. BTW.....if you read the reader comments in ALL the "Steven Tyler Bashing" articles, you'll see that like me, 99.9999999% of the readers, like me, also support Mr. Tyler.........just another example of the media and their "monkey see - monkey do" journalism. .......your thoughts?