Nope, this is not how the National Anthem should sound, not at all.

Metallica performed the National Anthem during Metallica Night in San Francisco.

Watch what happens when a condor gets loose during the Nationa Anthem at a hockey game.

To quiet the haters, Beyoncé sang the National Anthem at a Super Bowl press conference.

Watch a "Bad Lip Reading" rendition of Beyonce's National Anthem performance.

Beyonce's incredible national anthem performance was lip-synced, which makes it somehow illegitimate to many it seems.

Over the years I've become quite adept at being able to time exactly when I need to leave my house -- or anywhere else in the town I'm living in for that matter -- in order to make it to a sporting event precisely when kickoff or tipoff is taking place.