That's actually how majority of American people prefer to hear our national anthem sang. Most of them don't want to hear it sang with arrogance, all-over-the-place vocals, it's offensive to the meaning of the song. It wasn't written to be sang with all the theatrics, excessive riffs, runs, and hoopin' and hollering. It symbolizes how our nation is still standing after all the wars. Not "who can out-sing the other pop girls who've performed this song before." I work at a big stadium and I get to hear the national anthem sang every night and what I gather is that people just want to hear the song sang and over with in a minute & a half. don't nobody want to hear u screamin, rewriting melodies and all that nonsense. You see how Christina aguilera couldn't get through the song without fucking it up. Don't nobody got time for that. So for you "journalists", this is one you know nothing about. She did a good job, she got through the song. It wasn't meant for her to do too much.