The Who land the Super Bowl halftime show

Glorified_G

Not confirmed, but Sports Illustrated is reporting that The Who will playing the halftime show of this years Super Bowl. That makes me happy.

pandora

Me I wish it was PJ

Glorified_G

I agree completely. But it at least it's not some over hyped pop star!

cajunkiwi

pandora wrote:

Me I wish it was PJ

No no no no no no no no 1,000 times NO.

Playing the Super Bowl halftime show is basically announcing to your fans "You can buy the last remnants of my dignity on eBay. I'm going to duet with the Black Eyed Peas now, if you don't mind." I gave Bruce the benefit of the doubt last year when it was announced he was playing - then he did that ridiculous thing with the people dressed as refs, and changed the words to Glory Days to make it about football. Then there was the line about guacamole and dip. And the reference to "Boss time." It was painful, and it took me a month before I could listen to Springsteen again. It was like he'd lost a bet - he'd refused to play the Super Bowl halftime show for years, and for good reason. The entire show is basically MTV for a non-MTV audience (just how much cheese can you cram into 10 minutes, sir?).

Seriously... PJ... stay as far away from the Super Bowl halftime show as possible. Call Pete and tell him to cancel as well. The entire thing is for bands like Bon Jovi who relinquished their dignity long ago. Or Fergie, who gave the world the very Bob Dylan-esque lyric "T to the A, to the S, T, E, Y, girl you tasty." Shit, at least Gwen Stefani could spell.

Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe the Lady GaGa generation of fans on this message board thinks it would be awesome if Ed came out wearing eye black and a Bears jersey, singing "she lies and says she's in love with Cutler, can't find a better man..." or "hold on to the ball, the defense will shift, glide you towards the running lane..." They also can't wait to see Roger Daltrey singing "I won't get tackled again" and "out here on the field, I fought for the first down."

Then again, they just wrote a song that includes the line "Lemme know, c'mon let's go, yeah!" repeated throughout... maybe a Super Bowl is in their future.

The Stones... the Who... Bruce... these guys have more money than they'll ever spend, they have no problems selling tickets to their shows, and plenty of younger people get into their music because it's GREAT MUSIC - why do they feel the need to look like idiots for 10 minutes just to make a few extra bucks?

fife

cajunkiwi wrote:

pandora wrote:

Me I wish it was PJ

No no no no no no no no 1,000 times NO.

Playing the Super Bowl halftime show is basically announcing to your fans "You can buy the last remnants of my dignity on eBay. I'm going to duet with the Black Eyed Peas now, if you don't mind." I gave Bruce the benefit of the doubt last year when it was announced he was playing - then he did that ridiculous thing with the people dressed as refs, and changed the words to Glory Days to make it about football. Then there was the line about guacamole and dip. And the reference to "Boss time." It was painful, and it took me a month before I could listen to Springsteen again. It was like he'd lost a bet - he'd refused to play the Super Bowl halftime show for years, and for good reason. The entire show is basically MTV for a non-MTV audience (just how much cheese can you cram into 10 minutes, sir?).

Seriously... PJ... stay as far away from the Super Bowl halftime show as possible. Call Pete and tell him to cancel as well. The entire thing is for bands like Bon Jovi who relinquished their dignity long ago. Or Fergie, who gave the world the very Bob Dylan-esque lyric "T to the A, to the S, T, E, Y, girl you tasty." Shit, at least Gwen Stefani could spell.

Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe the Lady GaGa generation of fans on this message board thinks it would be awesome if Ed came out wearing eye black and a Bears jersey, singing "she lies and says she's in love with Cutler, can't find a better man..." or "hold on to the ball, the defense will shift, glide you towards the running lane..." They also can't wait to see Roger Daltrey singing "I won't get tackled again" and "out here on the field, I fought for the first down."

Then again, they just wrote a song that includes the line "Lemme know, c'mon let's go, yeah!" repeated throughout... maybe a Super Bowl is in their future.

The Stones... the Who... Bruce... these guys have more money than they'll ever spend, they have no problems selling tickets to their shows, and plenty of younger people get into their music because it's GREAT MUSIC - why do they feel the need to look like idiots for 10 minutes just to make a few extra bucks?

i don't know but i thought U2 did a great job at their superbowl

Glorified_G

U2 definitely set the bar for Super Bowl halftime performances, and I thought Tom Petty did well too. With all the promotion PJ has done for Backspacer it would not have surprised me if they did the show this year. I mean hell Fox basically did the entire World Series to Backspacer. And if you look at it from this point, Bruce, Tom Petty, and now The Who are all bands/artist that influenced PJ and they have performed with at some point in their career. Would the Super Bowl be my first choice as a place to see The Who? No way. But as a sports fan who definitely watches the game, I would rather see The Who than the Jonas Bros. And they could easily shove the Jonas Bros down our throats if they wanted too.