Did Martha Reeves dethrone Fergie's infamous anthem performance?
Afternoons with Zweli on 947 · 3 August 2026 · 9m
Speaker 1: Afternoons. What's swelly? I'm nine four seven. Speaker 2: Dropping all your favorite afternoon beats from twelve to three. Shall we talk about what Speaker 2: in the world is going on in the United States of America. America what a Speaker 2: weird place. It's a wonderful place as well, to be completely honest. You know, I've Speaker 2: been to Vegas, LA and yeah, really really awesome, but it is filled with a Speaker 2: lot of weird people, starting with their leader, their president. But not here for that Speaker 2: nonetheless, so at least once a year there's someone who is booked to sing the Speaker 2: American national anthem and. Speaker 1: They absolutely buter it. Speaker 2: Now, I was trying to think back to South Africa and how many times we've Speaker 2: had our national anthem, you know, absolutely torn apart. And our anthem as well is Speaker 2: quite tricky, just given that it's in so many different languages. We've got to be Speaker 2: multilingual. But so the Africans seemed to do a much better job of one remembering Speaker 2: the lyrics sing it in tune. I think the two people that I can counter Speaker 2: or think off the top. Speaker 1: Of my head. Speaker 2: It was odd Matthews all those years ago when he had a bit of a Speaker 2: howler live on National television. And then there was the guy with the dreads. I Speaker 2: forgot his name. I don't even think he knew the national anthem. It was really Speaker 2: really bad. Now enter Martha Reeves.
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