Levy: "That Whitney Houston presentation, I'd never heard anything like it. Whitney Houston's memorable national anthem before Super Bowl XXV resonates 30 years later. Her prerecorded version of "The Star Spangled Banner" is perhaps the most famous and well received in Super Bowl history. And I'm thinking, 'Look at this!' And I think Parcells was yelling, and we were back at it." Whitney Houston and the crowd I just happened to glance up and there they were. In the midst of all that, unbeknownst to most of us. I kind of looked up and there was two big Apache helicopters with the guns out and just hovering inside the stadium. Jeff Hostetler, Giants quarterback (1985-92), after being shaken up during the game: "I can remember seeing eyes and thinking, 'Uh-oh.' And they all kind of left and there was this short period of time when nobody was around.
All the players had to do it like everybody else.
Never walked through a magnetometer before to get into a game. Jim Ritcher, Bills offensive lineman (1980-93): "The security going in was much more than I'd ever seen. They had to see if your camera was a bomb." Remember the film camera? They took the film out. Lions' coach wears feelings on sleeve »Ĭross: "When you walked into the stadium that day for the game, they took your camera.Hiring grades: Sirianni, Campbell, more ».The first one wasn't all it was cut out to be because of. We really got a chance to experience the Super Bowl week. But it was a little jarring to see that."Ĭornelius Bennett, Bills linebacker (1987-95): "It wasn't what we thought the Super Bowl was about, especially after going back three more times. I'm thinking to myself, 'What in the world is going on? Are we going to play this game?' That really stood out to me. Howard Cross, Giants tight end (1989-01): "I remember seeing my first machine gun with troops walking around the streets with guns. Super Bowl XXV was played during the Gulf War at Tampa Stadium, a venue filled with red, white and blue, representing the patriotism of the moment. 28, so security for the game was strict, though there were no known credible threats of an attack. It ended a month after the Super Bowl on Feb. There was speculation the game could be postponed or canceled as the United States and its allies were in a war with Iraq that began Aug. ET, CBS), fans can only hope they replicate the type of drama the Bills and Giants provided 30 years ago. The Bills haven't been back to the big game since that run in the 1990s, a streak that continued Sunday after their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game.Īs the Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepare for Super Bowl LV on Feb. To this day, that hurts for many Bills fans and former players. It was the first of four straight Super Bowl losses by the Bills, and in retrospect, their best chance to win a title. It was the second of four times Tampa, Florida, has hosted the event, and the Giants won 20-19 in a game best known as "Wide Right," because of Norwood's miss. She passed away in February 2012, leaving a recorded legacy that singers all over the world still strive to emulate."I remember the wonderful flyover, the unbelievable presentation before the game with the Star Spangled Banner with Whitney Houston," former Bills coach Marv Levy said last week.
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In the 2000s, Houston stepped away from the pop spotlight, appearing on Brown's TV show. Houston had star turns on film and on record with 1995’s Waiting to Exhale and 1997's The Preacher’s Wife, and on the next year’s My Love Is Your Love, she teamed up with other female stars of R&B and hip-hop, including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott. national anthem to church at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, and in 1992 she starred in the pop romance The Bodyguard, which had a Whitney-focused soundtrack that included her world-conquering version of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” That year she also married R&B singer Bobby Brown, with whom she’d have one child, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Her 1985 self-titled debut was a blockbuster, her voice lending power and poignancy to singles like the slow-burning “Saving All My Love For You,” the buoyant “How Will I Know,” and the inspirational “The Greatest Love of All.” Its 1987 follow-up, Whitney, blended the glittery club hits “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” and “So Emotional” with emotion-packed ballads such as “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” further establishing Houston as one of the decade’s premier pop stars. Born in Newark, NJ, to gospel singer Cissy Houston in 1963, Houston, a model and singer in her younger years, was taken under the wing of legendary music mogul Clive Davis in 1983. With a towering voice and a singing style that was rooted in revival halls and massive arenas, Whitney Houston helped define pop-R&B in the late 20th century.
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