It’s not in the narrow genre that I like, so I’d like to complain about it.
The 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show Sucks
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EMINEM TOOK A KNEE! 
I loved it. Looked great, sounded great, crowd seemed into it.
I loved it. Looked great, sounded great, crowd seemed into it.
Have you taken a look at the threads about this on TOS? Pretty much just what you mocked (quite appropriately) here.
I say bring back the Beavis & Butthead halftime show for the SB. I don't see how any real football fan can possibly like what they've done to halftime.
Snoop Dog and the Halftime show didn't sux... it was a first-rate toke fest. 
I’m a real football fan, and loved what they did last night. Just wish it was 2 hours, rather than 10 minutes.
Thought the halftime show was great. The wife and kids liked it, too. Well produced and good tunes.
I'm no huge fan of CA rap, but with the pathetically sorry state of our society right now, I actually got a bit choked up and dusty seeing actual performers perform actual hit songs that actually sound good.
That was an excellent performance of really great music. I applaud it.
That was an excellent performance of really great music. I applaud it.
I want football too and halftime is too long but the show was good. Maybe not prince worthy, but very good
I am highly motivated to convince everyone here that I liked the Super Bowl halftime show so I can say I am WOKE. , evolved, and better than all of you. Please don’t trip over my interweb-concocted superiority on your way out. Now go f*ck your narrow-minded self, twice.
, evolved, and better than all of you. Please don’t trip over my interweb-concocted superiority on your way out. Now go f*ck your narrow-minded self, twice.
I think it was AWESOME that Eminem threw some respect Tim Tebow's way by recognizing his greatness by kneeling and bowing his head in solemn prayer. Really nice of him to do that.
You and I absolutely have to sit down and have an O'Douls together one of these days.I think it was AWESOME that Eminem threw some respect Tim Tebow's way by recognizing his greatness by kneeling and bowing his head in solemn prayer. Really nice of him to do that.
Yes…this thread was intended to discuss how bad next year’s Halftime show will inevitably be…don’t need Carnak to tell me that many will have an issue with it and state that it’s terrible since it’s not one of the handful of artists that they like.
Seems like the reaction overall was pretty positive. That said, if they're going to lean this hard into music genres I'm good with doing a country/western themed halftime show next year. Get artists from the 90s do do a few hits - Alan Jackson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, etc. I'm not a big fan of that era of country but man, I know a lot of folks who are.
Or, just get Midland to play this song with these dancers.
And I heard a stunning bit of news concerning rock music; somone I follow said the Top Ten *most played* rock songs on the radio (according to Nielson), for the decade of the 2010s, is as follows:
Nielsen’s Top 10 Mainstream Rock Radio Songs of the 2010s —
1. “Smells Like Teen Spirit!”, Nirvana
2. “Man In The Box”, Alice In Chains
3. “Come As You Are”, Nirvana
4. “Plush”, Stone Temple Pilots
5. “Even Flow” Pearl Jam
6. “Self Esteem”, Offspring
7. “In Bloom”, Nirvana
8. “Enter Sandman”, Metallica
9. “Black Hole Sun”, Soundgarden
10. “Lithium”, Nirvana
The newest song on that list, 'Self Esteem' by The Offspring, was released in 1994.
Or, just get Midland to play this song with these dancers.
And I heard a stunning bit of news concerning rock music; somone I follow said the Top Ten *most played* rock songs on the radio (according to Nielson), for the decade of the 2010s, is as follows:
Nielsen’s Top 10 Mainstream Rock Radio Songs of the 2010s —
1. “Smells Like Teen Spirit!”, Nirvana
2. “Man In The Box”, Alice In Chains
3. “Come As You Are”, Nirvana
4. “Plush”, Stone Temple Pilots
5. “Even Flow” Pearl Jam
6. “Self Esteem”, Offspring
7. “In Bloom”, Nirvana
8. “Enter Sandman”, Metallica
9. “Black Hole Sun”, Soundgarden
10. “Lithium”, Nirvana
The newest song on that list, 'Self Esteem' by The Offspring, was released in 1994.
I'm highly motivated to convince everyone that I hated the show because I'm stuck in 1984 and can't handle that the world is changing around me. Now get off my lawn because I think everything should revolve around me.I am highly motivated to convince everyone here that I liked the Super Bowl halftime show so I can say I am WOKE.
I don't think that it really matters who performers. For some, it's an overhyped, rushed and needless addition to the championship game.
To the NFL, it's all part of making the SB a HUGE EVENT and promoting its product across the world.
Stick a pin in this thread; wash and repeat next year.
P.S. Great song list. LOL.
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I realize that I'm an old fuddy duddy but I tried to watch the halftime show with an open mind. I wanted to see and hear something that I might like. I didn't. None of the performers could dance. They were akward and ungraceful. None had a decent singing voice. I listened intently and could not understand one word that was said. I didn't find the show entertaining at all. Some of my younger friends said that the show was the best halftime show ever. I'm perplexed. Could someone please explain to me what was good about it? To me the show was like the SB organizers went to a random third grade class and choose 5 random kids and then told them to go on stage and babble any sounds that came to mind while they jumped around pretending to dance. What am I missing???
Most of them touched their crotch repeatedly. Sure, I can relate with the need, but not at the Super Bowl. Not on national and international TV.
Yea. That was repulsive. But Michael Jackson did that too. His halftime show was enjoyable. Jackson could dance and sing. You could understand the words he sang. Jackson was uniquely talented unlike the performers last Sunday.
If you "listened intently" and couldn't understand "one word" that was said, then it's time for some new batteries in your hearing aids. And those artists on Sunday have sold a couple hundred million more albums and have a few dozen more Grammys than your group of 5 random kids, so they must be doing something right.
It would be like me asking "what is it that I'm missing with Engelbert Humperdinck, couldn't a random dude off the street come up with the crap he sings", rather than just appreciating the fact that different people like different forms of music...and that those that are successful but not in my wheelhouse can still be extremely talented (and that just because I don't like it doesn't make their music "crap").
This is one of those situations when we should amicably agree to disagree. I am not a fan of Humperdinck, but I appreciate that he has a smooth, mellow voice that is pleasant to the ear. Maybe my problem is that the performers on Sunday really didn't "sing" or "dance". They postured in a way that some find satisfying. Their show intended to startle and titillate rather than to be pleasant. Sort of like some people enjoy bloody horror movies while others find them repulsive.
Reading some of the responses above, I can't help but think of past musical critiques (from credible news sources) like the following. Can you guess the musical act?
-The *** are not merely awful; I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are god awful. They are so unbelievably horribly, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music, even as the imposter popes went down in history as “anti-popes.”
-The *** vocal quality can be described as hoarsely incoherent, with the minimal enunciation necessary to communicate the schematic texts.
Two theories were offered in at least one household to explain the **** popularity. The specialist said: “We haven’t had an idol in a few years. The *** are different, and we have to get rid of our excess energy somehow.”
The other theory is that the longer parents object with such high dudgeon, the longer children will squeal so hysterically.
-Just thinking about the **** seems to induce mental disturbance. They have a commonplace, rather dull act that hardly seems to merit mentioning, yet people hereabouts have mentioned scarcely anything else for a couple of days.
Agreed. Very cool. And, it made old white men cranky. Better yet!EMINEM TOOK A KNEE!
I loved it. Looked great, sounded great, crowd seemed into it.
Ding ding. There were numerous others that I didn't include......https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-beatles-quotes-20140209-story.html
It was enjoyable for many of us because it brought us back to growing up or being in our 20’s in the 1990’s. It was a great time for many of us. That’s what music should do…connect you with a time or feeling that is enjoyable. By that measure, it succeeded for many of us.
With that being said, it seems like many of you would only be happy if the halftime show was Lawrence Welk or Buck Owens. By the way, I don’t think it has been called country western for several decades. That comment reminded me of the scene in The Blues Brothers when they go in to play at the honky tonk bar and ask the girl at the bar what kind of music the bands there usually play. She replies, “We have two kinds of music, country and western.”
And before anyone slams me for not liking country music, that isn’t the case. I’ve been to Garth, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, and Zac Brown concerts. They too take me back to certain times in life and good times. I like all kinds of music. It just depends on my mood that day.
I will say this though and it won’t be popular. I never understood the hype with the Beatles. Just isn’t my taste, I guess? Give me The Rolling Stones any day.
With that being said, it seems like many of you would only be happy if the halftime show was Lawrence Welk or Buck Owens. By the way, I don’t think it has been called country western for several decades. That comment reminded me of the scene in The Blues Brothers when they go in to play at the honky tonk bar and ask the girl at the bar what kind of music the bands there usually play. She replies, “We have two kinds of music, country and western.”
And before anyone slams me for not liking country music, that isn’t the case. I’ve been to Garth, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, and Zac Brown concerts. They too take me back to certain times in life and good times. I like all kinds of music. It just depends on my mood that day.
I will say this though and it won’t be popular. I never understood the hype with the Beatles. Just isn’t my taste, I guess? Give me The Rolling Stones any day.
They haven’t done a country music theme since 1994. Let’s keep it that way.
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