OT: Super Bowl best ad

[uconnfan68]

Those Monday sloths were me.

 

[storrsroars]

Shane Gillis is one of the few ad spokespeople who we know actually uses the product.

 

[Devland]

This is the game where I want to see Kelce's mom and Taylor Swift and they're not showing them.

 

[cellocgg]

Nike had everyone in their women's sports ad except Paige

 

[dogpause]

The game sucked, the ads sucked and the halftime show sucked. I guess when you pay $8,000,000 for a 30-second spot, you feel obligated to cram as much crap into it as possible.

 

[uconngb]

This is the game where I want to see Kelce's mom and Taylor Swift and they're not showing them.

Funny how that worked out….she probably bolted at halftime

 

[RuffRuff]

The game sucked, the ads sucked and the halftime show sucked. I guess when you pay $8,000,000 for a 30-second spot, you feel obligated to cram as much crap into it as possible.

Halftime show took the cake of sucking. What a weird choice to have a truly meh artist that only 14 year olds know run out there. God music is getting bad.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Halftime show took the cake of sucking. What a weird choice to have a truly meh artist that only 14 year olds know run out there. God music is getting bad.

Man, some of you are really entertaining.

 

[ctchamps]

Adidas Love, Hurts!

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

His comment made me laugh out loud. My daughter had friends over and they came downstairs specifically for the halftime show. My wife and I were laughing about all the dudes in Wranglers pounding their lazy boys when the halftime act wasn’t Def Leppard.

Man, some of you are really entertaining.

 

[Dove]

I saw local attorney Brook Goffe had at least 3 ads. I wonder what she had to pay. At least 15 seconds each.

 

[RuffRuff]

His comment made me laugh out loud. My daughter had friends over and they came downstairs specifically for the halftime show. My wife and I were laughing about all the dudes in Wranglers pounding their lazy boys when the halftime act wasn’t Def Leppard.

Who in their right mind thinks this noise is music? How has a 5’2” guy mumbling in a sea of white hoodies become cool? Has nothing on Pour Some Sugar on Me. I’d have settled for some friggin Pink, anything but that.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Who in their right mind thinks this noise is music? How has a 5’2” guy mumbling in a sea of white hoodies become cool? Has nothing on Pour Some Sugar on Me. I’d have settled for some friggin Pink, anything but that.

Listen to ANY of his other songs, literally. He gets criticism for NOT putting enough radio plays out. He did this song to show his versatility. This just shows you either don’t know Kendrick, or you don’t care enough to, which is fine, but stop acting as if you know enough to speak on it.

He’s already universally considered one of the GOAT rappers. It’s 2025, entertainment sells and there aren’t any world renowned rock bands making big enough waves to catch a Super Bowl halftime show, just deal with it or turn it off.

 

[bballgrda]

I am a massive Kendrick fan and was pretty disappointed in his half time show. Not a single song from Section.80, GKMC, or TPAB

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Halftime show took the cake of sucking. What a weird choice to have a truly meh artist that only 14 year olds know run out there. God music is getting bad.

Huh? He’s almost 40 and has been big for over a decade. I assure you 14 year olds are not his target demographic.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Who in their right mind thinks this noise is music? How has a 5’2” guy mumbling in a sea of white hoodies become cool? Has nothing on Pour Some Sugar on Me. I’d have settled for some friggin Pink, anything but that.

This is awesome.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I am a massive Kendrick fan and was pretty disappointed in his half time show. Not a single song from Section.80, GKMC, or TPAB

I would’ve loved a mix in from GKMC. He really just wanted to put the nail in the coffin with Drake I guess

 

[uconnfan68]

I saw local attorney Brook Goffe had at least 3 ads. I wonder what she had to pay. At least 15 seconds each.

They give local cable operators and stations to ability to air local commercials. They weren’t the $8mill spots.

 

[UCfor3]

I'm not going to judge Kendrick Lamar's music because music is largely subjective. To each their own. I grew up when rock music dominated in the 70's, 80's and 90's. Liked some rap like NWA, Public Enemy, etc...for a minute. If you grow up today, You are going to listen to what's popular and being shoveled down your throat just like people from previous generations. My only comment about the show would be that his type of music(or the songs he played), didn't seem like it played well as stadium music. Just seemed kind of low energy for a stadium show and an event like the Super Bowl where you only get like 12 minutes and need to shock and awe to make an impression on a very broad audience.

 

[UKemba15]

This is awesome.

Kendrick about to drop a RuffRuff diss at 11:59pm.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I'm not going to judge Kendrick Lamar's music because music is largely subjective. To each their own. I grew up when rock music dominated in the 70's, 80's and 90's. Liked some rap like NWA, Public Enemy, etc...for a minute. If you grow up today, You are going to listen to what's popular and being shoveled down your throat just like people from previous generations. My only comment about the show would be that his type of music(or the songs he played), didn't seem like it played well as stadium music. Just seemed kind of low energy for a stadium show and an event like the Super Bowl where you only get like 12 minutes and need to shock and awe to make an impression on a very broad audience.

I agree with that, it didn’t seem mixed well. The volume was very low, found it odd.

 

[RuffRuff]

Kendrick about to drop a RuffRuff diss at 11:59pm.

I’m team Drake baby.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I’m team Drake baby.

And you complained about 14 year olds and bad rap songs? Man this just keeps getting better!

 

[Gurleyman]

Who in their right mind thinks this noise is music? How has a 5’2” guy mumbling in a sea of white hoodies become cool? Has nothing on Pour Some Sugar on Me. I’d have settled for some friggin Pink, anything but that.

Prince was 5-3. But he called game, blouses. Our parents probably called him noise.

Honestly, I get that the younger generation has moved in a different direction. I grew up with classic rock, and was into the grunge scene in college and alt rock stations in the 1990s (my go to right now is the new Pearl Jam album, which is awesome, but not sure they’d be what the Super Bowl would be looking for). But after a few decades, rock had no new directions to go. Everyone has been experimenting with guitar riffs in their bedrooms and garages for 50 years. Can’t really come up with a new sound or be rebellious doing exactly what’s been done for two generations. So youth found their own new sounds and new voices. Rock could come back in another wave down the road, but it’ll need to be fresh and rebellious again.

I don’t really know Kendrick Lamar - just that his signature album was called To Pimp A Butterfly, which came out in 2015. So he’s not a flash in the pan. And I recognized one of those halftime songs (Humble) from pregame music at basketball games. But he’s been less omnipresent than Kanye, who I haven’t been able to avoid.

 

[HooperScooper]

I have no dog in this hunt. Before the Super Bowl halftime show was announced I never heard of Kendrick Lamar. I just saw this article and laughed and figured I'd post it.

Super Bowl 2025: Kendrick Lamar halftime show ranks among the best ever

Super Bowl 2025: Kendrick Lamar halftime show is one of the best in NFL history, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams.

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