AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler Defends National Anthem Performance
February 3, 2012, 12 years ago
Associated Press' Alicia Quarles reports:
Steven Tyler says he meant to sing the national anthem like that.
The AEROSMITH frontman and American Idol judge endured plenty of jabs after his rendition of the anthem at the AFC Championship game last month, but Tyler says he doesn't understand what all the fuss was about.
"I don't know. As I said before, I put emphasis on, 'In the land of the free' and I went up," Tyler explained. "Oddly enough I hit the note so I don't know what they are talking about. I emphasized 'free' which was for freedom. It was well thought out prior to. I wasn't messing with American tradition."Read more at this location. Footage of Tyler's performance can be seen below:
