OT: Super Bowl best ad

[HuskyHawk]

But then again, jazz people always thought rock was lazy and lacked creativity and were frustrated that people could get famous strumming the same three chords and “making noise”.

I’d say rap was never my thing. But in my college years, I’d crank up Nuthin’ But A G Thing and starting singing “it’s like this and like that and like this and uh”. I couldn’t get the hook from OPP by Naghty by Nature (the actual correct spelling gets filtered - ha)out of my head. Heck I watched the Humpty Dance video enough times to get almost all those lyrics down. Those songs were catchy and fun and/or cutting edge.

Nowadays the creativity is largely on a computer, finding the right samples, beats and lyrics, and effects to put together the right hooks. It’s different - but it isnt necessarily not creative. I don’t particularly care for it - the lyrics and poetry feels authentic but the music part totally lacks humanity to me. But I have my biases from how I absorbed music in my formative years.

Rap has been front and center for 30 years now and may soon get old. Maybe something new will come along, or maybe guitar rock will become fresh again. There have been some rock elements to mainstream songs from Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish, who have had massive popularity, so it isn’t out of the question that a new Beatles or Nirvana could change the landscape again. Ideally (to me) stripping away the computers and auto tune and being more raw. But the old people don’t usually have a say in which way art evolves.

It's already shifting I think. Gen Z appreciates rap & hip hop, but they also love 80s music, the Cure is very popular and so are the Pixies. There are traditional rock bands out there doing better than anyone thinks. Arctic Monkeys for example. Fontaines DC is big now. Then new singer songwriter types like Noah Kahan are wildly popular with people who like rock, country, whatever. Hozier is very popular. They added a second Fenway show the other day because he sold the first out so quickly.

My sense of things is that Gen Z grew up with the worst excesses of autotune and overly produced music. So they are seeking authenticity. No sampling, real instruments played live. Lots of crossover genre popularity, as was the case in the 70's and 80s.

 

[Hunt for 7]

If the halftime show was a Time Machine and they could go back and have Zepplin, AC/DC, the Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Halen or even Guns and Roses in their prime then I might be in. I would settle for 3 Doors Down or Collective Soul for those a little younger. Rap/Hip Hop has never been my thing. But I will admit I did listen to 50 Cent when he was popular then recently I started to listen to little bit of Snoop Dog because he is everywhere right now.

 

[RuffRuff]

If the halftime show was a Time Machine and they could go back and have Zepplin, AC/DC, the Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd or even Guns and Roses then I might be in. I would settle for 3 Doors Down or Collective Soul for those a little younger. Rap has never been my thing. But I will admit I did listen to 50 Cent when he was popular then recently I started to listen to little bit of Snoop Dog because he is everywhere right now.

Snoop is an OG. Heard a story recently from Jim Grey, so great.



His dig the other day on Belichek was amazing. They don't make many like Snoop.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

My sense of things is that Gen Z grew up with the worst excesses of autotune and overly produced music. So they are seeking authenticity. No sampling, real instruments played live. Lots of crossover genre popularity, as was the case in the 70's and 80s.

That and, Gen Z likes someone like Tame Impala or Mk.gee where it's almost like "post-production" and certain sounds are hyper-compressed as an intentional textural decision versus production automating as a means for lack of talent.

 

[storrsroars]

That and, Gen Z likes someone like Tame Impala or Mk.gee where it's almost like "post-production" and certain sounds are hyper-compressed as an intentional textural decision versus production automating as a means for lack of talent.

I don't recall when or where, but I recall reading something awhile back that said production was the new music. It might have even been an article about Tame Impala. The theme of the article is that there's not much more one can do with a guitar, keyboard, synth or whatever and production is where the real art is these days.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Snoop is an OG. Heard a story recently from Jim Grey, so great.



His dig the other day on Belichek was amazing. They don't make many like Snoop.

Shows greatness is achieved not given. He was going to figure out a way to make it no matter what. The gang stuff was unavoidable for someone growing up like he did. Even when he was a nobody little kid he figured out how to get noticed. This is a great story thanks for sharing.

 

[fomalhaut]

I genuinely can't imagine someone with internet access (and access without paywalls in your case) not knowing who Kendrick Lamar is. He's been the face of rap for pushing 15 years now.

I know his name but none of his music. I grew up with the Beatles and the British invasion, and never developed any liking for disco, rap, punk, country, or any metal heavier than Led Zeppelin. None of the commercials did anything for me either: I haven't really liked any Super Bowl commercials since the back-to-back years of Cat Herding and Running With the Squirrels.

 

[fomalhaut]

Taylor Swift is pushing 40 and that's exactly her demographic.

35 is not pushing 40 by my definition. Slowly creeping towards it, perhaps.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

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

Truthfully this is the catalog that I like from Kendrick. I have not liked much from him after TPAB, outside of a handful of songs.

 

[Deepster]

The Lays Potato Chip ad with the girl planting a potato and taking care of it as it grew in the ground. Best ad.

They didn’t even show her spraying it with RoundUp or having a migrant worker pick it.

 

[Stinger92860]

I stopped watching after the first half ended. I had no further interest as I wanted both teams to lose anyway.

 

[Spaceman213J]

I don't even care about the halftime show anymore. It's just nice to see for the most part an apolitical show.
Anyways, if someone was going to target 14 year olds, woulnd' that be R. Kelly?

 

[uconngb]

It would have been a lot better if:

A: The crowd noise and background mysic was mixed in better
B: He played 1 or 2 classics
C: He brought on some other legends, for example Dre. Or featured some more in general.

I’m a huge Kendrick fan, as you can tell. I enjoyed it, I liked this last album, SZA is great, and his music is A LOT more interesting than most today. But, it definitely could’ve been a bit better. I gave it like 7/7.5

Out of 100?? I’d agree w that

 

[husky429]

I don't even care about the halftime show anymore. It's just nice to see for the most part an apolitical show.

You think Kendrick was apolitical? Lol

 

[superjohn]

You definitely have to turn over rocks to find it these days - still plenty in the Indy music scene where they use real instruments and real humans to create music.

Movies - I refuse to watch anything not Rotten Tomatoes >90% both critic/audience. There is so much bad cr@p out there you can't burn your time on. Because big box is all but gone and streaming has taken over, movie studios just don't have the budgets they used to and do everything on the cheap. There is CGI everywhere. This whole Marvels mix stuff is mind numbing (will probably be called old for that too). The last Deadpool made me want to burn my eyes out, shut it off after 10 minutes of listening to Ryan Reynolds and his corny schtick.

In 1994 Jurassic Park, Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Forrest Gump were all in theaters at the same time.

In 1995 Heat, Braveheart, Seven, The Usual Suspects, and Casino were all in theaters at the same time.

I've always been a film nerd and it's really sad what's happened to the industry. The last truly great movie IMO is Parasite and that's a Korean film from 2019. I have to go all the way back to 2007 for the last great year of movies and sadly I don't see Hollywood changing anytime soon.

I want great movies to be made again but would settle on them just making good movies again. Most of what is produced now is pretty unwatchable IMO.

 

[husky429]

In 1994 Jurassic Park, Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Forrest Gump were all in theaters at the same time.

In 1995 Heat, Braveheart, Seven, The Usual Suspects, and Casino were all in theaters at the same time.

I've always been a film nerd and it's really sad what's happened to the industry. The last truly great movie IMO is Parasite and that's a Korean film from 2019. I have to go all the way back to 2007 for the last great year of movies and sadly I don't see Hollywood changing anytime soon.

I want great movies to be made again but would settle on them just making good movies again. Most of what is produced now is pretty unwatchable IMO.

All the money is being investwdin long form TV. Severance, Shogun, The Bear... tons of TV this year alone has been phenomenal.

 

[superjohn]

All the money is being investwdin long form TV. Severance, Shogun, The Bear... tons of TV this year alone has been phenomenal.

I loved The Bear second season but hated the third season.

I want to watch Severance but don't have AppleTV. I'll give Shogun a try.

 

[RuffRuff]

All the money is being investwdin long form TV. Severance, Shogun, The Bear... tons of TV this year alone has been phenomenal.

I just ran through Peaky Blinders - effen phenomenal. You’re right, lots of great series out there. If you like that, give Taboo with Tom Hardy a try. Super cool era piece and well casted.

As for movies, the good ones are few and far between. Did enjoy Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, true story and I’m a sucker for all things Guy Ritchie.

 

[RuffRuff]

I loved The Bear second season but hated the third season.

I want to watch Severance but don't have AppleTV. I'll give Shogun a try.

Severance is borderline weird. I know people love it, yet to decipher whether they even know what they’re doing or just throwing weird sh%t against the wall and seeing what sticks.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I loved The Bear second season but hated the third season.

I want to watch Severance but don't have AppleTV. I'll give Shogun a try.

Shogun was great.

On your last post, I think you have to look deeper. I also consider myself a cinephile, and while the blockbusters haven’t been as impressive, A24 and some smaller Indie. companies still make great films. There are some tremendous Korean/Asian films out recently-ish. Aftersun was incredible, Another Round is one of my highest recommends, Past Lives, Perfect Days (Love Wenders). The Sound of Metal, The Father Banshees has grown on me a ton. I don’t mean to list…

 

[husky429]

I loved The Bear second season but hated the third season.

I want to watch Severance but don't have AppleTV. I'll give Shogun a try.

Shogun rocks. It's the first real historical epic filmed that I've liked since, idk, Gladiator?

Severance is weird. Incredibly well-written but it's a puzzle and takes time to digest.

 

[upstater]

What is likelier? That a human restaurant host sat him at this table in the rain and then ordered a shrimp cocktail without asking him? Or that AI would do such a thing? Or maybe it's McConaughey's fault for assuming they would have AI to prevent such a thing from happening, but he has given up so much of his own will, he'll sit wherever he is directed and eat whatever he's served?

 

[Spaceman213J]

You think Kendrick was apolitical? Lol

Sorry, the sarcasm doesn't really translate sometimes in writing and I could have written it better.

I purposely avoid things like the halftime show because I don't want politics interjected into my sports whether I agree with it or not.

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Shogun was great.

On your last post, I think you have to look deeper. I also consider myself a cinephile, and while the blockbusters haven’t been as impressive, A24 and some smaller Indie. companies still make great films.

Every generation does the “they don’t make them like they used to” about everything. You’re right, there are absolutely great movies being made that would stand up against anything that’s come before them. The issue is that the economics of the film industry don’t incentivize the major studios to make them, so you’ve gotta look a little more.