Apparently, it isn't all French to this guy.
At Wednesday's tilt between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens, anthem singer Max DeFrancesco seems to inexplicably bring Italian into the mix — while singing sweet nothings to a capacity crowd.
What's he singing about anyway? The organ, at least rings true and certainly has hints of our national chestnut, "O Canada". But whoah, Canada, is that really you?
Say what you will about his voice — a threadbare pitch that careens into downright disaster by the end of the song — but you'd think an anthem singer might have committed the lyrics to memory at this point.
Or, at least sang from a piece of paper.
The crowd at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the teams met for Game 1 of their playoff series, didn't seem to notice. But it must have been a little awkward for visiting Habs, who still managed to triumph over the Lightning 5 to 4.
Don't laugh, America, it could happen to you.
At Wednesday's tilt between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens, anthem singer Max DeFrancesco seems to inexplicably bring Italian into the mix — while singing sweet nothings to a capacity crowd.
What's he singing about anyway? The organ, at least rings true and certainly has hints of our national chestnut, "O Canada". But whoah, Canada, is that really you?
Say what you will about his voice — a threadbare pitch that careens into downright disaster by the end of the song — but you'd think an anthem singer might have committed the lyrics to memory at this point.
Or, at least sang from a piece of paper.
The crowd at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the teams met for Game 1 of their playoff series, didn't seem to notice. But it must have been a little awkward for visiting Habs, who still managed to triumph over the Lightning 5 to 4.
Don't laugh, America, it could happen to you.