PJ Please play Super Bowl half time show next year!

thefixer9

DewieCox wrote:

They were awful when Petty, The Who and Springsteen played too, so I doubt PJ could fix it. I'm not sure any of their songs would even be that great for a halftime show.

I disagree, I thought it kicked butt when Petty played.

Bigda

sounds like All Fools' Day joke to me.
the second the do it will turn their LPs into frisbee..

Mamasan23

Wma31394 wrote:

Please dont.

^^^^^

mydogmookieblaylock

:roll: The Who did none of this. Why would PJ?

And I'm guessing 20 years before, folks said they wouldn't do it either.

Who cares what Cobain thinks? His judgment obviously wasnt too good.

It would be cool, but I dont care either way. When there's someone I want to see, I pay attention. When there's not, I dont. Free will and all. You know?

+1

Ed could do that thing with the guitar and spotlight and shine it all through the crowd and Mike could do laps around the stage like he did in Chicago 2010 8-)

peacefrompaul

vant0037 wrote:

All I'm saying is that it would become a lot harder to dismiss knocks against PJ that have been made in the past by guys like Cobain if PJ went and played some commercialized circus like the Super Bowl. Hard to reconcile some of the things Pearl Jam has said, done and stood for with playing a spectacle like the Super Bowl.

I just hope it never happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-QYAWXK7fo

Tboz51

vant0037 wrote:

Spoken wrote:

Didn't mean to get anyone agitated....
I do think if they ever decided to do the Super Bowl half time show-
everyone would be excited and trying to get tickets...
:roll:

I would want 10c tickets for this only if I got to be one of these kids during the National Anthem.



During the anthem, I'd be the kid with his eyes closed next to Kelly Clarkson...

That kid was interviewed after the anthem and he said he smelled a very heavy presence of tuna. It was blinding his eyes.

Jason P

I think the Foo Fighter could pull it off.

kasedoug

+1. Just suggested this to people at our Super Bowl party last night. Oh, and I thought Prince's halftime gig was awesome. Other than that though, most have been disappointing.

Jason P wrote:

I think the Foo Fighter could pull it off.

pjradio

no...please do NOT do this

vant0037

peacefrompaul wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

All I'm saying is that it would become a lot harder to dismiss knocks against PJ that have been made in the past by guys like Cobain if PJ went and played some commercialized circus like the Super Bowl. Hard to reconcile some of the things Pearl Jam has said, done and stood for with playing a spectacle like the Super Bowl.

I just hope it never happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-QYAWXK7fo

I think that just furthers my point.

peacefrompaul

vant0037 wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

All I'm saying is that it would become a lot harder to dismiss knocks against PJ that have been made in the past by guys like Cobain if PJ went and played some commercialized circus like the Super Bowl. Hard to reconcile some of the things Pearl Jam has said, done and stood for with playing a spectacle like the Super Bowl.

I just hope it never happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-QYAWXK7fo

I think that just furthers my point.

All I'm saying is they've collaborated with Target and Ticketmaster.

What's the big deal if they play the superbowl?

Spoken

I still believe everyone here will watch it and be psyched...

pjradio

when was the last time a performer/band really benefited from the 15mins of exposure during the SuperBowl...

hasn't been any benefit to the last 5 as far as I can tell...

Madonna...over-the-top lip-synching
Black Eyed Peas...like the majority of reviews, I agree that this was pretty unspectacular
the Who....the sound quality killed this one...showed their age as well
Springsteen...got to admit, not bad. But, what did he gain? A few sales on iTunes? He seems better than that.
Tom Petty...zzzzzz. Same ol. same ol...& I LIKE Petty

the last good one was Prince & he didn't exactly light up the Soundscan charts after it either...but it was a pretty solid performance. Rain & all

it all seems like a huge money grab to me.....just my opinion though

& yes I would watch PJ do it, but I'd still feel a little sad inside

Chief Broom

peacefrompaul wrote:

All I'm saying is they've collaborated with Target and Ticketmaster.

What's the big deal if they play the superbowl?

That wasn't really a Target commercial per say...
It was really a commercial for Backspacer that was being sold at Target or on itunes.
As bad as that "video" was, at least there was a reason behind it.
I don't think Pearl Jam would ever play the SB. It just doesn't seem like their bag.
Besides, who would want to see a bunch of radio singles crow-barred together for a 15 minute set.
I think Prince and Petty both have a better catalog for a "hit and run" kind of show...
Just my 2 cents.

12345AGNST1

After watching that terrible "performance" by Madonna I would NEVER want PJ to perform the superbowl.

That entire show was just an overproduced waste. 99.9% of the talent in that performance was everyone except Madonna. PJ doesn't do stupid circus act shows like this, so performing at the super bowl would be too "boring" for the general sheep. And if they did turn it into a circus act, they would be complete sellouts.

Im not the type to call out a band for selling out, didn really care about the target deal, but PJ+super bowl= sellout.

peacefrompaul

Chief Broom wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

All I'm saying is they've collaborated with Target and Ticketmaster.

What's the big deal if they play the superbowl?

That wasn't really a Target commercial per say...
It was really a commercial for Backspacer that was being sold at Target or on itunes.
As bad as that "video" was, at least there was a reason behind it.
I don't think Pearl Jam would ever play the SB. It just doesn't seem like their bag.
Besides, who would want to see a bunch of radio singles crow-barred together for a 15 minute set.
I think Prince and Petty both have a better catalog for a "hit and run" kind of show...
Just my 2 cents.

Uh.... Alright man.

peacefrompaul

12345AGNST1 wrote:

After watching that terrible "performance" by Madonna I would NEVER want PJ to perform the superbowl.

That entire show was just an overproduced waste. 99.9% of the talent in that performance was everyone except Madonna. PJ doesn't do stupid circus act shows like this, so performing at the super bowl would be too "boring" for the general sheep. And if they did turn it into a circus act, they would be complete sellouts.

Im not the type to call out a band for selling out, didn really care about the target deal, but PJ+super bowl= sellout.

They don't have to do a show like that.

Chief Broom

I think the NFL has more say, in the "show" aspect of it, than PJ would be comfortable with.
That's all.

vant0037

peacefrompaul wrote:

12345AGNST1 wrote:

After watching that terrible "performance" by Madonna I would NEVER want PJ to perform the superbowl.

That entire show was just an overproduced waste. 99.9% of the talent in that performance was everyone except Madonna. PJ doesn't do stupid circus act shows like this, so performing at the super bowl would be too "boring" for the general sheep. And if they did turn it into a circus act, they would be complete sellouts.

Im not the type to call out a band for selling out, didn really care about the target deal, but PJ+super bowl= sellout.

They don't have to do a show like that.

I'm pretty sure the artist doesn't produce the half-time performance. In other words, PJ probably wouldn't have a lot of say in how much of a circus the show turned out to be.

I'm surprised that more people don't agree that the Super Bowl is completely not PJ's thing.

WaveRyder

the people concerned that if PJ played the SB they would have rappers and dancers and backup singers on stage must not have watched the superbowl with Tom Petty...... a great band doesnt need all that crap and Pearl Jam certainly wouldnt want it.


The reason they have to have 9 different entertainers (not musicians) on stage for one halftime show is because it takes 9 of them to add up to 1 actual good band....... if even.


With that said, I dont want Pearl Jam to play the SB.........because you have to be a sellout to accept that offer.