The NFL announced the Super Bowl half time act earlier this week... The Black Eyed Peas. They wanted to stay away from faded rockers (I understand) but did they have to go to such an awful unimaginative band? This band, to me at least, is a great example of what is wrong with 90% of popular music, it is brainless and dull and I've seen them play live (on TV) and they just aren't entertaining.
Say what you will about The Who (I liked the show they put on), yes they looked old (They are old after all) and yeah... No one wanted to see Pete Townshend's belly (lol), but the music and stage show was great. The Super Bowl has done well recently, Paul McCartney was a little stale, as was Tom Petty, But the Rolling Stones, Prince and Springsteen were all great picks that put on a hell of a show.
So now we have this... A "band" who is hyped as great but they have few memorable songs and for being young we know that there will not be much of a "show" just a lot of stalking the stage and acting like a bad ass while rap singing horribly. There is not one song of theirs that will be remembered in 10 years and that is what is needed for this honor.
Who would I like to see? It's in Dallas... How about Garth Brooks? I'm not a big country fan, but he puts on a great show and has actual memorable hits. I would love to hear 80,000 fans singing "Friends In Low Places" not so much a boring version of "Let's Get It Started" where 80,000 go to the bathroom in the stadium and millions more do the same at home.
Wanting to pull a younger audience is understandable, but there are more credible acts out there, maybe a package of 3-4 young exciting bands, how about a current band that is still making hits (and used to playing stadiums) like U2?Wanna get crazy? How about the Monsters of metal tour that ruled Europe? Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer would be AWESOME!!! (And never, EVER happen, LOL)
I for one will not be watching this Half time show or even DVR the game (I will either be watching or if I'm not home I'll get the score later) I DVR'd in the past just for the half time show, not this year though.
I would love to see some comments on who else you'd like to see play
-G
Slayer at the Super Bowl. There would be a shit ton of flags thrown the second half.
ReplyDeletePeople want exciting? People want younger? The monsters of metal would satisfy that, lol
ReplyDeleteI think it wouldn't be asking all that much to do what Greg originally proposed. The Super Bowl is in Dallas. Would it really have been that hard to get Garth? Or if not, how about something remotely relevant to country; Sugarland, Chesney, Brooks & Dunn (since they're retiring), etc?
ReplyDeleteChesney, Strait, Jackson... Country Music is HUGE, and it would be a nice change up.
ReplyDeleteChesney would be good too, forgot about him and he does have stadium experience. I think the NFL is missing the mark with their fan base on the BEPs. It's a middle aged and older audience, especially inside the stadium
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