OT: Super Bowl halftime show

[ZenConn]

Nobody from Miami was in that arena, except A-rod.

It's just a recruiting tactic to have the midwest KC fans move to Miami. If I had a choice between farming in the midwest and watching the gyrating hips of Latinas in Miami, sign me up for Miami every time.

 

[CCSUblue]

Folks, if they were lip syncing it would have sounded better. They were not. If they were, you wouldn't have heard Shakira's crazy tongue thing.

 

[Hoophound]

Folks, if they were lip syncing it would have sounded better. They were not. If they were, you wouldn't have heard Shakira's crazy tongue thing.

It is way more sophisticated than that.

 

[krinklecut]

gosh dangit in the middle of the game where men rip each other apart and give themselves and each other lasting brain damage, these women were too sexy! How will I explain this to my grand kids?

 

[superjohn]

Wow, they get worse every year- thought it really blew. Can’t they get regular bands that play decent music anymore, or is that just not spectacular enough? When a “performer” has 20 assistants jerking and gyrating with them, you know they can’t sing.
At least the game is good!

Shakira and J-Lo shaking arses?!?? You can do a whole lot worse.

 

[storrsroars]

Folks, if they were lip syncing it would have sounded better. They were not. If they were, you wouldn't have heard Shakira's crazy tongue thing.

It's relatively easy to go in and out of lipsyncing if you've rehearsed for it. It's not uncommon for vocals during a heavy dance routine to be lipsynced while other parts of the performance are not. A backing track is used pretty much throughout and phased in/out. Additionally, Shakira's engineers have sometimes been sloppy about it (see YT evidence).

Consensus is, however, that J-Lo did not lipsync.

 

[Husky25]

Folks, if they were lip syncing it would have sounded better. They were not. If they were, you wouldn't have heard Shakira's crazy tongue thing.

That is not necessarily true. Audio was set up for a football game, not a concert. They had to be set up and cleared within 25 minutes. There is no sound check and even if there was, with the effort it takes to move and dance like that, it should not sound so nearly as flawless as to expect Wyclef to belt out the next studio quality lyric.

As far as Shakira's scat, technology does exist to utilize a hot mic, backed up by a recording to which to lip sync. After all, there was no instrumentation, so at best both J-Lo and Shakira were already doing karaoke to their own songs.

 

[Lefty2one]

My only question was who was the dude dressed as a metallic condom?

I don't care about halftime shows but I could watch Shakira all day. I enjoyed it.

 

[freescooter]

LOL Maybe next year we go back to Super Bowl 1 show. Up with People and Carol Channing. Wholesome as heck.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Listen fellow old people-WE are not the demographic they want to watch.The music playing was not my preferred genre, but the show was OK. SB I halftime was Carol Channing.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It's just a recruiting tactic to have the midwest KC fans move to Miami. If I had a choice between farming in the midwest and watching the gyrating hips of Latinas in Miami, sign me up for Miami every time.

It wasn't my thing and it was slightly more raunchy than it needed to be given the audience (stripper poles and crotch grabbing). No issue with choosing those two lovely ladies to be the entertainment. They could have done 90% of it without the negative responses.

 

[CCSUblue]

My only question was who was the dude dressed as a metallic condom?

I don't care about halftime shows but I could watch Shakira all day. I enjoyed it.

Apparently he is called "Big Bunny"

 

[Husky25]

Listen fellow old people-WE are not the demographic they want to watch.The music playing was not my preferred genre, but the show was OK. SB I halftime was Carol Channing.

There was no such thing as SB I as time elapsed. The AFL-NFL World Championship wasn't renamed until later.

 

[Robertelamin]

It was the best halftime show in years. Maybe Steely Dan will do next years for you malcontents.

 

[Husky25]

It was the best halftime show in years. Maybe Steely Dan will do next years for you malcontents.

Technically, this is correct. If only because Adam Levine performed last year. More than one necessitates the plural form.

 

[8893]

It wasn't my thing and it was slightly more raunchy than it needed to be given the audience (stripper poles and crotch grabbing). No issue with choosing those two lovely ladies to be the entertainment. They could have done 90% of it without the negative responses.

I thought the female crotch grabbing was an interesting twist. I've usually only seen male performers do that.

 

[storrsroars]

Technically, this is correct. If only because Adam Levine performed last year. More than one necessitates the plural form.

I gotta go back to Prince in 2007. Gaga was better than I expected, but it wasn't Prince-level.

 

[Lynyrd]

Time to outsource

 

[Husky25]

I gotta go back to Prince in 2007. Gaga was better than I expected, but it wasn't Prince-level.

Prince was among the Safe Wake of the Jackson/1st Timberlake appearance. The shows started incorporating more recent stars again in 2011 with the Black Eyed Peas.

Gaga, Timberlake II, and certainly Perry were all recent year shows that were better than this year's edition, IMO.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

It was the best halftime show in years. Maybe Steely Dan will do next years for you malcontents.

52 year old malcontent here. Hated it because I hate the musical genre. The jiggling was not enough for me to tolerate the "performance". Would a little bit of rock kill them? Foo Fighters would rock. I'm not a fan, but I would wholeheartedly embrace Dave Matthews. Anything. Living on a Prayer seems to be the most popular stadium sing along going, can they get Bon Jovi? Dual stages with a little of each type. I'm willing to share.
It was also the 100th anniversary of the NFL. Maybe find a period defining band (if available) from the 60's, 70's. etc.

 

[8893]

52 year old malcontent here. Hated it because I hate the musical genre. The jiggling was not enough for me to tolerate the "performance". Would a little bit of rock kill them? Foo Fighters would rock. I'm not a fan, but I would wholeheartedly embrace Dave Matthews. Anything. Living on a Prayer seems to be the most popular stadium sing along going, can they get Bon Jovi? Dual stages with a little of each type. I'm willing to share.
It was also the 100th anniversary of the NFL. Maybe find a period defining band (if available) from the 60's, 70's. etc.

Dude! Did you not hear the "Kashmir" sample or see Shakira playing guitar and drums?!?

 

[storrsroars]

Prince was among the Safe Wake of the Jackson/1st Timberlake appearance. The shows started incorporating more recent stars again in 2011 with the Black Eyed Peas.

Gaga, Timberlake II, and certainly Perry were all recent year shows that were better than this year's edition, IMO.

I assume Prince isn't your thing, but I have to chuckle at Prince = "safe", even in that social environment. And not like he wasn't still relevant. Three years off a hugely successful tour of Musicology that impacted how distribution/concert finances were handled.

As to the post directly above, yeah, maybe the Foos could do it, but Bon Jovi or Dave Matthews? lolz.

You liked the baby sharks, eh?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Dude! Did you not hear the "Kashmir" sample or see Shakira playing guitar and drums?!?

I didn't even notice it. Honestly, if there are lots of dancers, I'm not on board. Give me a band and just the band. I can tolerate maybe a maximum of 3 backup singers. But I'm roughly the same age as @Fairfield_1st.

I'll always remember Kashmir as the song Mark Ratner erroneously played on his date with Stacey Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Mike Damone clearly told him to play side one of Led Zeppelin IV, but I think the Rat did well with Physical Graffiti.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'm amazed how recent this stuff is. They used marching bands, often Grambling, for a long time.

I agree Prince was good. I recall the Blues Brothers and ZZ Top being good. Paul McCartney was excellent.

 

[storrsroars]

I'm amazed how recent this stuff is. They used marching bands, often Grambling, for a long time.

I agree Prince was good. I recall the Blues Brothers and ZZ Top being good. Paul McCartney was excellent.

Yeah, I looked at the history too. The first "rock" show was Chubby Checker in XXII, IIRC. Followed the next year by an Elvis impersonator (Elvis Presto).

 

[Husky25]

I assume Prince isn't your thing, but I have to chuckle at Prince = "safe", even in that social environment. And not like he wasn't still relevant. Three years off a hugely successful tour of Musicology that impacted how distribution/concert finances were handled.

As to the post directly above, yeah, maybe the Foos could do it, but Bon Jovi or Dave Matthews? lolz.

You liked the baby sharks, eh?

2005 - Sir Paul McCartney
2006 - Rolling Stones
2007 - Prince
2008 - Tom Petty
2009 - The Who
2010 - Madonna Cirque, Nicki Manaj, and Cee Lo Green

I didn't say Prince was "safe." I said he was among the "Safe Wake." Purely from an entertainment standpoint, whatever he did was not going to rise to the level of a nip slip, nor do I think that most people watching the Super Bowl could care much less about how concert finances are distributed.

It's been 28 years since the halftime show went to it's current format of live music concerts, as a result of FOX airing In Living Colour opposite Super Bowl XXVI halfetime. There were only 3 major networks, 2-3 "minor (UHF)" networks, a maximum of 54 other (yet more or less, niche) channels, and no Internet or streaming services to compete with the Super Bowl.

FOX took 22 Million viewers from the broadcast in 1992. Maybe it's time for the NFL and their broadcasting partners to either revert or think outside the box on Halftime entertainment. Make it Must-See again.

 

[8893]

I didn't even notice it. Honestly, if there are lots of dancers, I'm not on board. Give me a band and just the band. I can tolerate maybe a maximum of 3 backup singers. But I'm roughly the same age as @Fairfield_1st.

I'll always remember Kashmir as the song Mark Ratner erroneously played on his date with Stacey Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Mike Damone clearly told him to play side one of Led Zeppelin IV, but I think the Rat did well with Physical Graffiti.

Agree to disagree on the dancing and the purpose of the halftime show. I’m 53 and listening to and watching music is my greatest passion in life but I don’t expect the Super Bowl to scratch that itch any more than I expect a trip to Epcot to satisfy my passion for international travel. I go into both experiences simply hoping to be entertained, and I was.

Totally agree re Kashmir. That’s always my thought, too, and I thought about it instantly last night when I heard it. I always wondered whether that was Crowe’s mistake or Ratner’s because they never mentioned it in the movie and it’s a pretty obscure joke.

 

[Husky25]

I'm amazed how recent this stuff is. They used marching bands, often Grambling, for a long time.

I agree Prince was good. I recall the Blues Brothers and ZZ Top being good. Paul McCartney was excellent.

Super Bowl IV included a War of 1812 battle re-enactment. With today's technology, how can that not be entertaining?

 

[Husky25]

Agree to disagree on the dancing and the purpose of the halftime show. I’m 53 and listening to and watching music is my greatest passion in life but I don’t expect the Super Bowl to scratch that itch any more than I expect a trip to Epcot to satisfy my passion for international travel. I go into both experiences simply hoping to be entertained, and I was.

Totally agree re Kashmir. That’s always my thought, too, and I thought about it instantly last night when I heard it. I always wondered whether that was Crowe’s mistake or Ratner’s because they never mentioned it in the movie and it’s a pretty obscure joke.

Crowe toured with Led Zepplin. I'd be willing to bet it was intentional on his part...if he had anything to do with it. In fact Amy Heckerling posted not too long ago something to the effect of the song was meant to show Rattner's awkwardness around Stacey.

 

[storrsroars]

Super Bowl IV included a War of 1812 battle re-enactment. With today's technology, how can that not be entertaining?

For the old conservatives, you could do a Pearl Harbor reenactment like Monty Python.