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Black Eyed Peas to perform Super Bowl Halftime show?

eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,411
edited September 2010 in Other Music
Rumor has it they will be this years performers :eh: Not a huge fan, but can see why it could be them. SAtill would rather see Pearl Jam, Metallica, or even Green Day.
I gotta feeling that the Super Bowl halftime show is going to be even more unwatchable than usual.

According to a report on Sports By Brooks, the Black Eyed Peas will perform at halftime of the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas. This is great news for the Puppy Bowl, which will undoubtedly see a surge in viewers as people flee from CBS during the 12-minute performance.

I kid, I kid. This is actually a pretty good move by the NFL. The Black Eyed Peas are at least relevant and have songs people under the age of 25 will have heard outside their parents' minivans. It may not be yours or my particular cup of tea, but at least the Peas are inoffensive provided they don't play "Boom, Boom, Pow".

The Black Eyed Peas would be the first current musical act to perform at the Super Bowl since 2004. Not coincidentally, that was the year Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed their impromptu strip tease in front of 90 million live viewers. Since then the NFL has veered toward somewhat-irrelevant aging white rock bands (The Rolling Stones), mostly-irrelevant aging white rock bands (The Who), completely irrelevant aging white rock bands (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) and Prince (Prince).

MJD predicted in Februrary that the NFL would go younger and hipper with next year's show and a few commenters on the Dallas Morning News website correctly called The Black Eyed Peas as the next halftime entertainers.

If you're upset about the choice, consider this: There had been whispers earlier in the year that The Eagles were the favorites to play Super Bowl XLIV. Remember that on Feb. 6 when you're critiquing Will.I.Am's fashion choices and wondering why Fergie's audio is out of sync with her lip movements.

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  • Yield151Yield151 Posts: 267
    please Pearl Jam NEVER play half time
  • geckogecko Posts: 1,712
    12 minutes? That will be enough for how many songs? Let's see...17?
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    You know what, while I'm not a fan, it's nice to see a band that wouldn't qualify to live in a nursing home.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Yield151 wrote:
    please Pearl Jam NEVER play half time
    I never understood the big deal about bands doing the Super Bowl. Guess that's just me.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Yield151 wrote:
    please Pearl Jam NEVER play half time

    ...or if you do, please play a 12 minute long rendition of Bu$hleaguer...
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Let's hope Fergie has a nip slip so they will FINALLY put the kibosh on these lame music acts of modern day. I would much rather see Tom Petty, the Boss, the Who, or the Stones any day over these lame pop acts.
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,874
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Yield151 wrote:
    please Pearl Jam NEVER play half time
    I never understood the big deal about bands doing the Super Bowl. Guess that's just me.

    Hundreds of millions of people watching is a pretty big deal.
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