Martha Reeves ripped for abusing national anthem

We still love Martha.

Blog King, Mass Appeal

SPRINGFIELD — “🎵O say, can you seeee. By the dawn’s early light…🎵” I’ll preface this opprobrium by saying Martha Reeves is a legend. Back in the 60s, she and the Vandellas scored gigantic hits like “Dancing in the Street” and “Heatwave.” Martha was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. And she received her own star ⭐ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024. Again, Martha is a legend. Her legacy is cemented in greatness. But Martha’s off-key rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the inauguration of the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) ⚾ ain’t one of her proudest moments. As a matter of fact, Martha was downright brutal. All hell broke loose when the Motown luminary took the field on August 1, 2026 at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois — before the game between the New York Heights and the Los Angeles Queens.

That’s when Martha grabbed the mic and proceeded to howl like a sick coyote. Her vocals broke glass and she warbled the strongest vibrato in sports history. Players and coaches struggled to keep a straight countenance. Fans were like, “What the f*ck?” Martha’s singing was so offensive, the WPBL almost experienced a grand closing on the same day as its grand opening. Martha was that bad.

The white backup singers attempted to succor by drowning her out.

But Martha got louder and louder.

She damn near cracked my computer screen.

Social media reaction was priceless.

One commenter wrote, “She woke up all of my dead dogs.”

Another chimed in with, “The American flag 🇱🇷 went limp, lol.😂”

A third person added, “And I thought Fergie’s national anthem was bad. This takes the cake.”

After suffering a savage beating from critics, Martha blamed poor field conditions for the terrible performance.

“Having just celebrated my 85th birthday, I’ve learned a great deal over more than 60 years of performing live,” she told TMZ.

“It was an incredible honor to be invited to perform at the inaugural Women’s Professional Baseball League event and to help celebrate such a historic moment for women in sports. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. The field conditions were wet and windy, and without stage monitors I wasn’t able to hear myself as I normally would. While it wasn’t the performance I had hoped for, I’m grateful to have been there in support of these remarkable athletes and this groundbreaking league.”

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