Martha Reeves Viral National Anthem

**Hammer** (0:00)
Did you hear the butchered National Anthem by Martha Reeves at the first ever Women's Pro Baseball League game?

**Nigel** (0:10)
Oh, I thought it was a joke. I thought it was AI or something. You're telling me that was real?

**Hammer** (0:15)
And Martha Reeves, for those who don't know, is an iconic Motown voice. The longtime front woman of the hit Motown group, Martha and the Vandellas.
Nowhere to run, heat wave, dancing in the streets. That's her. That's Martha and the Vandellas.

**Nigel** (0:32)
Not what I heard on social media over the weekend. That can't be.

**Hammer** (0:35)
No. Now, I got a problem with Jerry Lopez, Indy Spanglish, and I'm going to tell you what my problem is after we hear Martha's rendition of the National Anthem.

**Nigel** (1:00)
This can't be real.

**Hammer** (1:00)
And the rock is red glare. Oh, it's real. Okay, you can stop that.

**Nigel** (1:12)
I love the women trying to harmonize with her.

**Hammer** (1:15)
And that's a Motown legend.

**Nigel** (1:17)
Oh, I thought that was fake.

**Hammer** (1:19)
But my problem is, wow, is that Jerry Lopez today. Well, first of all, he called for mood music and totally stole our bit. And if he does that again, we're going to break his legs.
But second of all, mood music. He said that that was the worst anthem of all time. And he tried to compare it to Carl Lewis. But the problem is, he didn't play the worst part of Carl Lewis' National Anthem.

**Nigel** (1:43)
OK.

**Hammer** (1:43)
See, this is why I have mixed feelings about Jerry. Do you want to keep getting invited back, Jerry? Because if you're going to play the Carl Lewis part, you got to play the Carl Lewis part.
Oh, uh-oh. I'll make up for it now. For the land of the free. He didn't play that, though. Oh, no.

**Nigel** (2:25)
Oh, no. By the way, Martha Reeves made Carl Lewis sound like Marvin Gaye.

**Hammer** (2:31)
So you think Martha was worse than Carl?

**Nigel** (2:33)
I do. I thought that was ridiculous. I thought that was a joke.
And really, you could tell by how I think I sent that to you guys, not believing it was real.

**Hammer** (2:43)
That was a Motown legend.

**Nigel** (2:45)
That was at the first Women's Pro Baseball League.

**Hammer** (2:47)
Right. So here's my question to you, Nige. OK, was Martha Reeves National Anthem better or worse than Lieutenant Frank Drebben as Enrico Palazzo?
Dude, I was yelling at Spanglish today. I was yelling at my radio. It's like, you got to play the right part of the Carl Lewis National Anthem, or you're going to rip on him.

**Nigel** (3:27)
He did his job. He kept you listening.

**Hammer** (3:29)
He did too. It was an angry listen, but I was listening, man. I was tuned in.