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Eric Burton, a six-time Grammy-nominated singer, messed up the words to ‘The Star Spangled Banner as he was opening the first game of the World Series. The lead singer of The Black Pumas band performed the National Anthem on October 28 in front of the Astros and Phillies and all their fans with moments of lyrical mishaps and pitchy melodies. 

Burton sang,  “What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last streaming.”

After using the word “streaming” instead of the correct word, “gleaming,” the 33-year-old singer continued correctly through the following line. 

 “Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,” he repeated. “What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last streaming.”

He then skipped to “And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air” and finished the rest of the National Anthem properly. The crowd may have cheered as he finished, but Twitter lit up with mixed reactions following his World Series performance. Some people defended Burton and blamed his nerves, and others had no such patience.