Poll:Worst Halftime show ever?
- Thread starter DrH. Lecter
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It's in New Orleans do jazz.
I'm watching with a bunch of Millennials who are laughing at how bad it was.
I'm sure Michael Buble and wynton marsalis would have really been popping off.
I'm sure they probably share your opinion on music. I said it wasn't great, but it's far from the worst. Did you see the corpse of the rolling stones just a few years ago?
Mentioned this in another thread.. if you want to make Rap work, it's really gotta be an established artist with recognizable hits (id argue this probably applies to any non-pop genre). Jay-Z, Eminem, a pre-crazy Kanye West..
On top of that, they gave him no other artists to share the stage with, aside from SZA for 30 seconds.
The hip-hop ensemble halftime show a few years ago was great. This, was not. And it's really nothing against Kdot. He's a very talented rapper.
Agreed. I really only knew the one song. Past that it was rather boring to me. The Eminem, Dre, snoop show was great. It wouldn’t happen but seeing Jay Z do ‘can I get a…’ at the halftime show would be amazing
I performed with Up With People. I am hurt by your characterization of a group I put much hard work into in order to entertain families during the Super Bowl as cheesy. We did our best and while we weren't hard rockers or as talented as the Osmonds, we tried. It hurts to read this more than 40 years after our last performance.Back in my day we had up with people, and people liked it!
The above post was written in jest.
I don't care about the Super Bowl or it's halftime show.
But I think most ex Up with people performers are drunk and angry.
I don't care about the Super Bowl or it's halftime show.
But I think most ex Up with people performers are drunk and angry.
You are old. That means you know that Rap is not music.
I don't think it was the worst. There have been several that I had to turn off very quickly. I watched all of this one. Couldn't hear the lyrics clearly at all so pretty much every song sounded almost identical. Not sure why every show seems to require 50 dancers on stage or a 'special' guest. Is the headliner just not good enough on their own to carry a 14 minute performance? Was not impressed by KL who did not distinguish himself from previous SB performers, imo.
SB halftime has to be one of the hardest gigs ever, to be fair. Huge, diversified audience of which 1/3 or more will hate the performer regardless. 300 million critics online. Run on, perform, run off. Horrible acoustics in these huge stadiums. So far from an actual audience that it's impossible to get that instant energy boost. How much can you do in such a short time? Tough gig.
SB halftime has to be one of the hardest gigs ever, to be fair. Huge, diversified audience of which 1/3 or more will hate the performer regardless. 300 million critics online. Run on, perform, run off. Horrible acoustics in these huge stadiums. So far from an actual audience that it's impossible to get that instant energy boost. How much can you do in such a short time? Tough gig.
Wish there was an "I didn't watch" option. Cleaned the dishes while it was going on because, IMO, modern hip hop sucks.
I wonder...if the younger generation does NOT watch sports to the extent as older generations do (I believe that's pretty established) and would, presumably, not be watching the SB most years (this year an exception as I'm sure there were viewers who tuned in just to get a glimpse of Taylor Swift), why continue to run out musical acts for halftime that would generally only appeal to the younger generations (who aren't watching)?
Now, I'm not suggesting a replay of the Stones or McCartney or other 70+ year old rock and rollers, but there are plenty of good musical artists in a variety of genres that would appeal to the viewing audience whose average age, I'm completely guessing, skews towards 45+. Surely market research has determined that the SB may be the one game millennials and younger WILL watch and that's why the halftime artists are more geared towards those age groups. But, I just wonder if they're kidding themselves that the younger generation are going to tune into the game to watch a very abbreviated performance by some musical artist they like and, miraculously, fall in love with pro football and become a fan. I just don't see that happening. If you only go to church for a 30-minute mass on Easter Sunday, are you REALLY a staunch Catholic? And, BTW, if the average age of the SB viewer is 45+, don't those age groups (and older) have a LOT more money than the younger ones and, thus, more likely to buy products being advertised?
Now, I'm not suggesting a replay of the Stones or McCartney or other 70+ year old rock and rollers, but there are plenty of good musical artists in a variety of genres that would appeal to the viewing audience whose average age, I'm completely guessing, skews towards 45+. Surely market research has determined that the SB may be the one game millennials and younger WILL watch and that's why the halftime artists are more geared towards those age groups. But, I just wonder if they're kidding themselves that the younger generation are going to tune into the game to watch a very abbreviated performance by some musical artist they like and, miraculously, fall in love with pro football and become a fan. I just don't see that happening. If you only go to church for a 30-minute mass on Easter Sunday, are you REALLY a staunch Catholic? And, BTW, if the average age of the SB viewer is 45+, don't those age groups (and older) have a LOT more money than the younger ones and, thus, more likely to buy products being advertised?
A Super Bowl halftime show should not require its audience to do homework to understand it.
Zero stars. Fire the guy who made that terrible decision.
Zero stars. Fire the guy who made that terrible decision.
I think it's kind of funny that country music is one of, if not the most popular genre of music and yet there hasn't been a country music act since Shania Twain in 2003.
I agree that I don't listen to hip hop music but if I listen to it, the singer is not singing in a foreign language and I still need subtitles to even know what they are saying then it's crap.
Bunch of Old Fogies in here.
Stick to starching your shirts, talking about escrow, and handing out Werther's Originals...
Stick to starching your shirts, talking about escrow, and handing out Werther's Originals...
The NFL is no doubt thrilled to learn they nailed the retired cryptographer / bus driver demo perfectly.
It is insulting to singers to mention singers in the same sentence a Rap-talkers.
That would be the only thing to make it worse than it already was. The world needs less Olive Oil.
