Poll:Worst Halftime show ever?
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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.
The NFL is no doubt thrilled to learn they nailed the retired cryptographer / bus driver demo perfectly.
And this kids is why you shouldn't do lsd while listening to music.
Would the Grass Roots make for a great half-time performer for the SB?
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.
Someone should explain why it was on the stage. Was it too making fun of Drake? When the beef between two rappers becomes the promoted entertainment for the halftime, we have probably sunk to a new low.
His new album is titled GNX, the vehicle had significant cultural implications where he is from.
I agree that the producers and KL should have tried to be more interested in being a fun performance than continuing to rag on Drake but they didn't for some reason.
Given every white kid in middle class America wanted a GNX, and now most middle aged people would love to have one, he must have come from Lexington, Kentucky.
I'm 60 years old, so yeah I'm definitely on the back 9. Newer popular music just doesn't do anything for me.
Not even close.
I will put The Wknd and Bruno Mars up there.
This will get me some heat here, but I thought a clearly washed up The Who several years back was pretty lame, BUT they were long gone from the mainstream shortly after I was born so that’s my parents music as far as I am concerned.
I will put The Wknd and Bruno Mars up there.
This will get me some heat here, but I thought a clearly washed up The Who several years back was pretty lame, BUT they were long gone from the mainstream shortly after I was born so that’s my parents music as far as I am concerned.
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As someone who is exactly 45 years old, you have to understand rap/hip hop came from our generation. Gen X started it and millennials took it and ran with it.
The genre really took off from 1985-88. Someone who was 10 years old in 1985 is 50 this year. The genre exploded in popularity in the early to mid 90s and was easily outselling most rock acts by the late 90s. A 20 year old listening to 2Pac in 1995 is also 50 this year.
Most American kids who are now 35-55 likely listen to/listened to rap regularly at some point in their lives unless they grew up in a house that didn’t allow that kind of music for various reasons. So, to imply those older than 45 don’t like rap is not true.
I get it. My parents are pushing 80. They always hated my rap and metal as much as I hated their 50s bubblegum. Music tastes will always be generational and subjective.
I will challenge this a little. Don't disagree that generations have different taste. But most Gen X that I know liked everything from rap/hip hop to metal, country, rock anywhere from the 60's up, etc. I still listen to everything from Elvis to Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, NWA, Enya, Keith Whitley, etc.. Pretty diverse and I think most of us appreciated must from any generation. That is until the 2000's when this horseshit country started to kick in, rap because unbearable and rock pretty much has been lost for the most part with the exception of a few new bands and old farts putting out new albums. My son is 21 and has migrated completely away from new anything back to the 80's & 90's metal, grunge and old hip hop. I am ever hopeful that we have a future generation of Metallica's and NWA/Ice Cubes/2 Live Crew's, but time is running out. Lol. Anyway, just maybe a different perspective but it does seem like Gen X offspring are more into Offspring than Kendrick Lamar's lame halftime show.
I'm 62, and Straight Outta Compton came out when I was in my mid twenties. Not unreasonable at all that I would like hip-hop.
I also like:
Jazz (real jazz that is)
Classic Rock
Opera
Punk Rock
Country
and many more.
There is whole wide big world out there. Check it out sometime.
I also like:
Jazz (real jazz that is)
Classic Rock
Opera
Punk Rock
Country
and many more.
There is whole wide big world out there. Check it out sometime.
I am 53 and like some rap stuff like the Beastie Boys, Big E, Run DMC and some other 80's & 90's rap
In my Spotify 'Liked Songs', I've got:
British Invasion
Classic rock (V. Morrison, Creedence, Yardbirds, R. Stewart, Doors, etc.)
Motown/Stax
80s groups (Petty, Journey, Gin Blossoms, REM, etc.)
70s punk
Texas country
Blues - both modern (Marcus King, Larkin Poe, Joanne Shaw Taylor, etc.) and classic (3 Kings, Otis Rush, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, etc.)
Some basic pop from several eras (Gaga, LeAnn Rimes, Monkeys, etc.)
Newer rock - (Pretty Reckless, Blackberry Smoke, Robert Jon and the Wreck, Lukas Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, etc.)
Classic country - (Willie, Johnny Cash, etc.)
Pretty much no metal/heavy rock, no grunge, no rap/hip hop. At least once a quarter I dig deep into Spotify's 'bands you might like' to find newer music to include. So, I'm not exactly that guy that only listens to what was popular when I was a teenager. I appreciate good music that gets my adrenaline flowing and recognize what I feel are talented people playing and singing. It can be one of any number of genres - if it's good and I get a rush from it, it goes into the rotation. The above genres have been absent because they don't do it for me. To each his own.
British Invasion
Classic rock (V. Morrison, Creedence, Yardbirds, R. Stewart, Doors, etc.)
Motown/Stax
80s groups (Petty, Journey, Gin Blossoms, REM, etc.)
70s punk
Texas country
Blues - both modern (Marcus King, Larkin Poe, Joanne Shaw Taylor, etc.) and classic (3 Kings, Otis Rush, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, etc.)
Some basic pop from several eras (Gaga, LeAnn Rimes, Monkeys, etc.)
Newer rock - (Pretty Reckless, Blackberry Smoke, Robert Jon and the Wreck, Lukas Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, etc.)
Classic country - (Willie, Johnny Cash, etc.)
Pretty much no metal/heavy rock, no grunge, no rap/hip hop. At least once a quarter I dig deep into Spotify's 'bands you might like' to find newer music to include. So, I'm not exactly that guy that only listens to what was popular when I was a teenager. I appreciate good music that gets my adrenaline flowing and recognize what I feel are talented people playing and singing. It can be one of any number of genres - if it's good and I get a rush from it, it goes into the rotation. The above genres have been absent because they don't do it for me. To each his own.
Just a heads up to all the old heads on here, Jay-Z and Roc Nation play a big role in coming up with halftime show performers and have done so for the past 5-6 years so prepare yourselves for just not liking the halftime show if you didn't like this. Also, doing jazz for the halftime show simply because you're in New Orleans is lazy and has been done SEVERAL times already.
