James Taylor sings national anthem

10/24/13: After honor guards from local emergency responders present the nation's colors, James Taylor performs the national anthem
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[@Meatbalzz]

EVERYTHING James Taylor does, sounds pleasing to my ears and my mood.

[@Trpt1968]

Thank you for posting the entire anthem. So many people just posted the first 19 seconds so they could poke fun. He more than makes up for his mistake, performing it beautifully.

[@NathanielByers]

A beautifully performed national anthem in all of its simplicity! I loved it!

[@earlmorse8897]

The most beautiful anthem performance I have ever heard, when you watch his face he was singing from the heart with joy and reverence

[@judysanders4365]

Oh, sweet baby James. Just a man and his guitar. No big brass band backin' him up. He gave it his own style. And after all the years of fantastic success, all the loving fans, all the awards and honors, I think he was a little bit nervous. How endearing.

[@christophertown7136]

Amazing, unique, composition of the anthem.

[@GabeDalmatian]

All you haters out there need to chill. He handled this like the PRO that he is - Beautifully done!

[@GrasiCarter15]

he is great even when he makes mistakes

[@kc9056]

A real heartfelt rendition. I really enjoyed listening to that :)

[@DcaCo123]

Absolutely Beautiful, Thank you James.

[@joeybuckethead]

Great rendition of his own arrangement...His guitar started to feedback at the end!

[@NAHAJI133]

Why is he being mocked? This is a beautiful rendition.

[@browneyes5136]

That was absolutely beautiful!!!

[@franknshank7439]

I get chills everytime I hear him sing... Magical Voice

[@skenney8325]

Did he start with, Oh beautiful...?

[@carterelliottmusic]

Yes. Later in the game, he had to sing it with his family.

[@m.h.1593]

I didn’t notice he messed up. He tied it in with the national anthem so seamlessly like he meant to do it.

[@itschris2]

I love mashups.

[@johnl563]

Much better than most other renditions you hear now and sung the way it’s supposed to be.

[@stargazersally6544]

beautiful, thank you James Taylor and MLB

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

May we be worthy of men who selflessly sacrifice for the greater good. May we honour them in ceremony as well as in honesty, faithfulness and courage in the face of deceivers. Lovely rendition...

[@guitarlovve77]

i really love james taylor! Was he planning on saying oh beautiful in the beginning? I don't think so lol but he sure made it sound like it wasn't a mess up.

[@LivGreene]

no, he started singing america the beautiful accidentally but then realized and quickly fixed it smoothly.

[@RandyKaplanMusic]

I assumed he did it on purpose to find the first note. Most people can’t sing “Happy Birthday” correctly if just given the first chord. And Johnny Cash humming through every modulation of “I Walk the Line”? Same deal!

[@vtrita]

awesome, that is how you handle a mix up. James taylor is the consummate professional....

[@marieanderson5989]

At least we know he was not lip synching.

[@paulinecamillo7045]

Remix or mistake it sounds pretty nice. Be kind to one another please. Peace

[@karlalethlean6214]

Did he really start to sing "America the Beautiful?"

[@TheWintersland]

He's older now.....boo boo's happen

[@CC2755]

Yes! How the heck do you do that? lol

[@seurynck]

He did it on purpose. That was simple, clever and cool. Love J.T.

[@skenney8325]

I don't think so... No rehearsal.

[@carterelliottmusic]

Yes. He had to sing it later that night with his family.

[@petefaders]

I like that he did the chords in his style.

[@GrasiCarter15]

i likehow he puts his own arrangement to it, it almost sounds like he wrote it himself

[@Outsighthaze]

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[@disneydanny2]

at least he had a good excuse for this one, (he was singing "America The Beautiful" during the 7th inning stretch

[@bobfritz4448]

Nice job!

[@1NatioNetwork]

well, it was no Rosanne Barr, but it was good. (That was sarcasm lest anyone actually think Rosanne was anything other than an embarrassment)

[@RavishingBeyond]

They need a few more honor guards there.

[@lindaleebove102]

I remember the time we honored the Police!!!!!!

[@4JBrewer]

1:27 James, this is Major League Baseball - Not Extreme Frizbee.

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

Perhaps this is the way it was first sung?

[@jameshernandezii793]

Where the Eagle Fly's There the Body Of Christ Shall Lay.

[@sandycollins1986]

and not one knee taken..........priceless

[@vibalacious]

Oh c'mon it wasn't THAT bad. Just a lil' stumble but he quickly got back on the right track. I think it's safe to say that we forgive him, lol.

[@jameshernandezii793]

i Love the Star Spangled Banner.

[@RjBenjamin353]

At least it wasn’t “Oh Girl” he started with.

[@CC2755]

Oh beautiful ... oh wait ...

[@seaasheim]

Tamara Yutkins

[@velenalamson5387]

Eh it wasn't that bad. Heard there's been a lot of flack. Gotta love James Taylor!

[@terrybruce5923]

His Family actually built Fenway Park...how fitting for him to sing on this night. But he is being mocked on liberal social media?? Don't worry James... you have plenty of Friends.

[@captainjack8319]

this cursed the red sox

[@ayotaylor3922]

Regelarshow

[@tommyjakks]

remix!!!!

[@stanfarr5625]

YIKES!

[@1broundtree]

Not as good a rendition as i expected from Sweet Baby James. 😞

[@1tishhead]

it was a great version, but i wish he had gone ahead and sung "america." much better song. our national anthem kinda blows.

[@madeinAmericasince-rz9cp]

I think its just about the most beautiful song ever. Anyone who says it blows has no good ear for music

[@eliweiss751]

@@madeinAmericasince-rz9cp I think the national anthem is fine, but nobody just listens to it for no reason. If you say you do, you're probably lying.

[@madeinAmericasince-rz9cp]

@@eliweiss751 i have 3 reasons. 1. I love my country. 2. I like the melody. 3. I heard some ed excellent versions of it in my time.

[@skenney8325]

Was that a blooper?

[@Eboy420ish]

You blow...1shithead

[@samsticka]

He didn't do it on purpose.

[@jpeluso50]

Big deal.

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

Brain fart LOL

[@litojonny]

ahahah messed up

[@jesselancaster7]

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[@januaryblack2021]

boston pube chins

[@januaryblack2021]

go yankees

[@catherineadair581]

Awful

[@RiskyMethods.81]

Whole performance was terrible.

[@paulcapparella4135]

james clearly messed up, but still sang well. he didn't fix the guitar and that ended up sounding pretty lousy.

[@RCROSSH]

He becomes older, just like the rest of us...We wish he ´d never do but he is human too

[@davidolson1243]

Didn't fix the guitar? What the heck does that mean?