"That was barley recognizable as ANYTHING."
Which still makes it infinitely better than Flea's abomination of a performance. I'm on record for thinking that your very dear national anthem is not the greatest melody on earth nor one that really echoes the dynamics of your wonderful country, but even it (the anthem, not the country, well, both ...) deserved better. Those horrible chromatic runs he did would get you kicked out of any decent Guitar Center. Keeping his hat on wasn't Flea's only insult nor the most severe one. Borat would have done better. Those poor athletes, they could barely wait for it to be over.