OT: - Super Bowl best ad | Page 7 | The Boneyard

OT: Super Bowl best ad

Gurleyman said:
there are a few modern acts I’ve liked that haven’t had a lot of staying power, including Lord Huron: I’ve seen the Head and the Heart a couple times, Houndmouth, Heartless Bastards, JJ Grey & Mofro, Band of Horses, Jamestown Revival. I have liked some of Black Keys. The Revivalists had some good stuff beyond their big hit (Wish I Knew You). Mostly its Pandora or Apple Music recs that point me in those directions.
Expand ...
Houndmouth is great!
 
RuffRuff said:
Sabrina fills the market share for breathy bubble gum young female pop star with a catchy synthesized sound, generic. Always a market for it with tweenage girls. Just have to time entry in just as the last one gets old (Megan Trainor type). Get your catchy hit out, get the summer tour kicking, make your money and then fade into the horizon. I’m sure the agent is like, hey Ariana Grande’s last hit is fading, release!! When these girls sing I feel their açaí bowl breath hitting my face.

It truly is the worst kinda music, but there are young ears out there that eat it up.
Expand ...
The Meghan Trainor success was so bizarre. She looked like something out of an SNL skit where she's the unpopular girl at a high school talent show trying to prove to the popular crowd she's a pop star. Chris Farley would've played her.
 
Husky25 said:
The most hilarious thing about this thread are the middle aged (or older) white guys complaining about the Super Bowl halftime show as if they are the target audience.
Expand ...
40 year old white guys is Kendrick Lamar's biggest demographic.

Screenshot_20250211_095743_Chrome.jpg
 
superjohn said:
The Meghan Trainor success was so bizarre. She looked like something out of an SNL skit where she's the unpopular girl at a high school talent show trying to prove to the popular crowd she's a pop star. Chris Farley would've played her.
Expand ...
Her sound wants me make me want to poke my eardrums out. It was different in that moment, a summertime high sound. But man it ages really really bad. All I feel when I hear the 5 seconds I’m listening is bleach blonde meets diner pancake breakfast.
 
.-.
NFL, which is a marketing machine, did a nice job appealing to both parties. Halftime got the blue crowd amped, booing Taylor appealing to the red. They’ve come a long way since the Colin Kap days.
 
Husky25 said:
The most hilarious thing about this thread are the middle aged (or older) white guys complaining about the Super Bowl halftime show as if they are the target audience.
Expand ...
Hey, we're the ones who built the NFL to what it is. And we're being taken for granted, ignored for the younguns. We're used to it and know we're not gonna like the music, but this was a whole new level.

Having old folks exposed to Lamar at halftime w/o a primer is like getting your social security check in Bitcoin. Wth do I do with this?
 
storrsroars said:
Hey, we're the ones who built the NFL to what it is. And we're being taken for granted, ignored for the younguns. We're used to it and know we're not gonna like the music, but this was a whole new level.

Having old folks exposed to Lamar at halftime w/o a primer is like getting your social security check in Bitcoin. Wth do I do with this?
Expand ...
Yeah! What is the NFL doing?!? Should’ve had Graham Parker and the Rumour perform!
 
superjohn said:
40 year old white guys is Kendrick Lamar's biggest demographic.

View attachment 106915
Expand ...
That's not what the above indicates. Adding up the 35-44 and 44-49 demo gives you 18.5%. Under 34 years old = 19%. Where is the other 62%? There is no indication of skin tone either.
 
.-.
storrsroars said:
Hey, we're the ones who built the NFL to what it is. And we're being taken for granted, ignored for the younguns. We're used to it and know we're not gonna like the music, but this was a whole new level.

Having old folks exposed to Lamar at halftime w/o a primer is like getting your social security check in Bitcoin. Wth do I do with this?
Expand ...
Yes we are. Just like why Verizon sells new plans at a deep discount to T-Mobile and Apple converts.
 
Last edited:
Martin84 said:
Sounds like your using Def Leppard as a punchline, fair point, but at least everyone would have known the words. The singer would have sang, whether he hits the high notes or not and they even have a one- armed drummer. 110 million records sold most legit sales and not internet bots fake playing/downloaded singles. Ken-Drake is like HulkHogan bitching about MachoMan.
Expand ...
If you live in Minnesota, they are playing the State Fair this year! Big gig. (Just being a tool...) Not a Def Lep fan in the least; although I admit Pyromania and Hysteria had cool cover art.
 
husky429 said:
The age ranges here are bizarre. 30-34 vs 35-44 is 5 vs 10 year sample. The 30-34 actually has more folks listening to him per capita (or whatever some mathy person would say lol)
Expand ...
True, white guys are the largest demographic of his fanbase. He should try and target middle age white guys even more, they have by far the most money in the country as a demographic.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Yeah! What is the NFL doing?!? Should’ve had Graham Parker and the Rumour perform!
Expand ...
Man, I though he died awhile back. Yeah, having GP on a bill with Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, maybe Dwight Twilley and Greg Kihn will sell a lot of Viagra.

I was always disappointed Talking Heads never got a shot at it.
 
superjohn said:
True, white guys are the largest demographic of his fanbase. He should try and target middle age white guys even more, they have by far the most money in the country as a demographic.
Expand ...
Tons of middle aged white guys in Compton!
 
.-.
superjohn said:
True, white guys are the largest demographic of his fanbase. He should try and target middle age white guys even more, they have by far the most money in the country as a demographic.
Expand ...

I would imagine that's true of most rappers. 60% of the country is still white after all. Black is, what, 10-15% or something?
 
superjohn said:
Tons of Kendrick Lamar ticket sales coming out of Compton!
Expand ...

Kind of the enigma of music written with a primary audience of poor folks. My wife and I both make six-figures with a lot of disposable income and paying 300 bucks to go see a popular artist is hard to justify anymore.
 
husky429 said:
I would imagine that's true of most rappers. 60% of the country is still white after all. Black is, what, 10-15% or something?
Expand ...
Yep and white householders have something like 10 times more money on average than black householders.

I've been to over one hundred rap concerts and the audience is always a majority white guys. Kendrick Lamar's wealth is built off of white guys spending money on his music.
 
husky429 said:
Kind of the enigma of music written with a primary audience of poor folks. My wife and I both make six-figures with a lot of disposable income and paying 300 bucks to go see a popular artist is hard to justify anymore.
Expand ...
The big name concerts in arenas are just not worth it anymore. Although I did go to Doobie Brothers/Steve Winwood at MSG this fall and it was good. Youngest guy there by a long shot though.
 
.-.
boog204 said:
If you live in Minnesota, they are playing the State Fair this year! Big gig. (Just being a tool...) Not a Def Lep fan in the least; although I admit Pyromania and Hysteria had cool cover art.
Expand ...
My wife set up a weekend trip with friends to Ocean City, MD as my Christmas gift for a music festival headlined by Def Leppard in May. Also playing are Motley Crue, Bush, Everclear, Nickleback, Three Days Grace, Alice Cooper, Candlebox, Fuel among others.
 
temery said:
I thought it was going to be Anna Kendrick and some guy named Lamar.

Thought she'd do a play on Cups, but with athletic supporters. Then I found out football players don't wear cups anymore, so I changed channels and watched Jag re-runs and yelled at some kids to get off my lawn.
Expand ...
Yeah..You wouldn't want them to mess up the snow angels.
 
RuffRuff said:
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.
Expand ...
I'm looking forward to however many more posts there will be from you over the next 9 pages (and counting). You've got so much to say.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,160
Messages
4,555,228
Members
10,438
Latest member
UConnheart


Top Bottom