The Fray performed the national anthem before the NCAA Championship game Monday night.
(Bill Haber / AP)
Renditions of the national anthem that precede big-time sports events usually fall into one of several clearly defined categories: Marvin Gaye, stirring, Roseanne Barr and “learn the lyrics already.”
The Fray added a new one before Kansas and Kentucky played their NCAA national championship game Monday night: a version that made you want to curl up in the corner and drunk text an ex.
It was acoustic, emo and mercifully quick. (Why did no one think to add a tambourine to “The Star-Spangled Banner” before this?) And Isaac Slade, the Denver band’s big-time Broncos fan who narrated a Tim Tebow video for ESPN last fall, got the lyrics right. So there’s that.
At least they didn’t attempt “One Shining Moment.”
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Other national anthems:
The recent: Steven Tyler’s Super Bowl national anthem
The good: Jim Cornelison
The bad: Cristina Aguilera
The truly great: Marvin Gaye
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