I was ready to not like it. I did. There's only so much you can do with a 6 minute load in, 12 minute show and 6 minute load out. I though it was good. I don't think it was the best ever. I still have to give that to Prince. Purple Rain...in the rain...you couldn't script that any better.
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Not a bad halftime show
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I found it entertaining...even "I" recognized the songs, and I'm a Boomer. A lot of live rap/hip hop falls flat for me, but somehow they made this show pop.
Eight-pages in and no mention of the opening emcee bit by "The Rock"? I thought that was a hoot! He looked like he had so much fun playing that part.
Eight-pages in and no mention of the opening emcee bit by "The Rock"? I thought that was a hoot! He looked like he had so much fun playing that part.
It was cool. I didn't think about it beforehand, but it is way past time for a hip-hop halftime show, because for my entire life hip-hop was THE soundtrack of the football field. And Kendrick, c'mon, it was great that they got some contemporary rap in there, too.
A nice summary of His Royal Badness playing the Super Bowl halftime show in '07...
I love Prince.
Maybe you guys haven’t seen all of… her
Btw.
The new Prince, to me means creativity on more than one area.
Not copying him one on one.
Also btw.
I loved MJ love on the Superbowl more.
(but i’m a huge fan of his legacy).
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2022: Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak
2021: The Weeknd
2017: Lady Gaga
2016: Beyonce, Bruno Mars
Given the stature required to hold the attention of 100 million viewers, they don't rely as much on warhorses all that much.
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I haven’t watched a football game in 20 years, but I usually catch the halftime show on YouTube. This one was really good. Great production quality and great artists all around. The only thing that could have made it better for me would be if they played Gin ‘n’ Juice.
Hip hop and rap has never been my thing but I could appreciate that they had the grandfathers of the genre up there. It was akin to having Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd do the show.
Which . . by the way . . is not a bad idea.
Maybe next year.
Which . . by the way . . is not a bad idea.
Maybe next year.
The only problem with saying stuff like "H.E.R. is the next Prince" is that Prince had a few decades to be Prince, and time will tell if H.E.R. has that same level of lasting impact. If we are just basing it on pure talent and creativity, then yeah, her art is obviously more or just as impactful as pretty much anybody else you could name. You could call H.E.R. "the next Bowie" if you wanted to, it's not an overstatement if you are not taking into account length of career and a historical view of the cultural impact of the work - which is yet to be determined.
That was great. His arms are almost cartoonish big.
I did think he could have turned up 'The Rock' a little more, but I think he's trying to be more Dwayne Johnson now.
Full Rock might be too much for the NFL.
Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?!!!!
Hey ... I saw men playing bass guitars (plural) out there on the football field yesterday! That's good enough for me.
Slightly OT: It feels like St. Vincent would be the closest to the next Bowie, but yeah, longevity and cultural impact—as much as that’s possible in today’s world, with respect to the absolute paradise of variety we have at our fingertips now—are still to be determined for her, as well as, well… H.E.R.
The bass used:
He has some nice other axes too.
(this was for his MD/bass gig with Jlo/Shakira last year, he did JT in 2018 too)
He has some nice other axes too.
(this was for his MD/bass gig with Jlo/Shakira last year, he did JT in 2018 too)
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I dunno, if I'm going to watch a completely manufactured spectacle I'd just as soon go see "Carmen" again. That applies to the game and the halftime show both. There's just something in me that, when EVERYONE in the nation seems fixated on a particular thing, makes me want nothing more than to avoid it at all costs.
Kinda begs the question of how if it isn’t your thing, then this obviously isn’t your thread.
So…why are you here?
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Yeah I agree it was laid on pretty heavy. I've noticed that a lot of 90s things are coming back with the younger generations. And is seems like us gen x'ers are now the age that we're the new boomers and get targeted with the nostalgia stuff.
