OT - No more geezer rock
February 7th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
except we still have the Moody Blues and Iron Butterfly to cycle through.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^
Iron Butterfly- the first one song Super Bowl halftime show.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:02 AM ^
This sounds like rock and/or roll!
FWIW, my dad suggested they start going way back. He said with some shovels and enough electricity, we could get the Grateful Dead to do a show. Awesome!
February 8th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
The funny thing about that is The Dead had the 5th highest grossing tour last year, and that was only with spring shows and 1 summer concert at Rothbury. The only artists who made more in concerts were Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Britney Spears, and Elton John/Billy Joel. Do you see a theme? These older acts sell, and they have a wide appeal. The only young performer is Spears, and she has done the Super Bowl. Even if she hadn't, I am sure no one would care to see her perform at the Super Bowl in the future.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
Needs more Beyonce
February 7th, 2010 at 10:11 PM ^
We got us some commercial Beyonce...
February 7th, 2010 at 9:21 PM ^
the NFL wants a safe Halftime show and thats why you get "The Who" instead of a more current and exciting singer/rapper/band.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:49 PM ^
I think America would prefer some more woman boobs instead of all the man boobs we've been getting.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^
That was pretty bad. They are way to old to be doing this. Their songs are worthy of a halftime show, but they should never have to be heard that way. I think the whole Janet Jackson boob thing has scared them away from that. They know that these old farts aren't going to flash the audience.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:49 PM ^
God I hope they don't flash the audience
February 7th, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
It is Miami after all, they could have worn some short, old-man shorts. And we all know what can happen when old men wear short-shorts. An old-man bowling bag flash would make the Jackson nipple incident look like Jesus holding a kitten.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:42 AM ^
I don't see how flashes of Pedophile Pete's old-man-belly is any more decent
February 7th, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^
If it's not Up With People, it's not too bad.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:28 PM ^
I really thought Bruce was amazing.
The Who, in contrast, made me want to wash dishes.
Substitute....anyone for them....
February 7th, 2010 at 9:30 PM ^
yea this is pretty good. I hope to hell our D can at least be competent and not give up so many huge gains, or 3rd down big plays and the no fly zone really does come into effect. It is gonna be funny as hell when Dorsey does do well and people are afraid to take him on in the future.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:42 PM ^
I wouldn't have minded it so much if I could have understood one word they sang. But I couldn't, so yeah it needs to go.
And I'm sick of another commercial break after only one play.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:59 PM ^
It's a good thing the game is exciting because that halftime show and the lack of decent commercials has been very disappointing. Springsteen was ok, but that was awful.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
Enough with the 50+yr-old halftime entertainers already. The vast majority of the best popular music always has been and always will be done by people 30 and under.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:05 PM ^
...only the quality of the performance. For example, Clapton can still bring it, and the Cream reunion of a couple of years ago was very HQ. Neil Young is still one of the finest performers out there, and the ex-Dead people can still play well, too, as can the Allman Brothers. Also, because they never make millions, most blues and jazz musicians play until they drop dead, and some get better as they age.
As a 57 year-old musician, I have known for years that neither age nor genre has anything to do with quality. It's as ignorant to criticize "geezer rock" as it is to judge and blow off rap or any modern genre just because he doesn't resonate with it. Blanket statements (except, of course, this one) and stereotypes are almost always ignorant, and those about music are no exception.
As for the Who, I thought the beginning was terrible, they saved it in the middle, and phoned it in at the end. There has always been a backing track on Won't get Fooled Again because they didn't used to have a keyboard player, but most of it was played live. You could definitely hear Pete's guitar, and he appeared to hit a few random notes on purpose to demonstrate just that.
I would rather have seen someone else, but the main reason the Who were there was because the game was on CBS and their music is used as de facto theme songs for the CSI series.
C'est la merde.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
You are completely correct. Age is nothing, but performance is everything. I thought Prince brought it very strong when he did halftime a few years ago, but The Who were just terrible today. Didn't help that the guy replacing Keith Fucking Moon looked like he was younger than me. Get a heavy hitter to sit in if you are replacing a legend during the biggest TV event of the year.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:42 AM ^
Is Keith Moon's son, I believe. Also, I am 100% in agreement re: Prince- I was shocked; he absolutely killed it, including his guitar solo during "Purple Rain," which was actually pretty badass.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:42 AM ^
I think the Who's current drummer is Zach Starkey, Ringo Starr's son.
You're right about Prince a couple of years ago. But, as much as I've loved him in the past, I'm not sure he should be allowed around football after he wrote that Vikings fight song.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:48 AM ^
The drummer is Zak Starkey, who's been drumming with The Who since the mid-1990s. You might have heard of his father, Richard Starkey--better known by his stage name Ringo Starr. When Zak wanted to learn drums, Ringo sent his son to learn from his good friend and the boy's godfather Keith Moon, hence his current affiliation with The Who. He also drummed with Oasis for a few years.
While he does look quite young, he's actually in his mid-40s.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^
There haven't been any women, period, in the Super Bowl halftime show since the Janet and Justin incident.
I'd love to see something like Jay-Z/Rihanna, but there's no way that will ever happen.
Edit: Whoever negged me, I'm not asking for Lilith Fair or anything, but it would expand the pool of potential acts. Just sayin'.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
This raises an interesting question: what is the median age of a Super Bowl viewer? 40? It may be that the old rockers have the most mass appeal among viewers. I don't know.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^
I actually thought the Who were fantastic.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:39 PM ^
Grandpa?
February 7th, 2010 at 11:01 PM ^
They were only fantastic if you compare them to other people 64, 65 years old.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:55 PM ^
I just wish they'd let Pete Townshend smash his guitar.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
They were lip syncing as they missed the word "pray" twice.
Can't risk having them mess up live at the biggest tv event of the year after all.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:53 PM ^
Tom Petty was nice, Springsteen was decent (I've seen him better live recently). Keep in mind, we got The Who instead of LADY GAGA or something. We should be deeply thankful.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:59 PM ^
One of these days the show is going to be Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus and then that is when the apocalypse happens.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
If by "apocalypse" you mean the WLA gets their way, then yes.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:43 PM ^
If Lady Gaga or Miley did the halftime show it would be a sign of the impending apocalypse.
Other people who should never do the haltime show are: Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas, and other teeny bopper that comes along next.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
use these little tiny-bopper side kicks as a "thank god it wasn't" alternative. There are a few modern rock bands out there imho that would kick ass in the halftime show better than the current Who. Green Day, Dave Mathews, Linkin Park, and Three Days Grace would be great alternatives.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:13 AM ^
I'm not hating on anyone, but the mass-appeal (let alone basic knowledge) of Linkin Park and especially Three Days Grace is extremely low among your standard Super Bowl audience, and neither are so popular today they could possibly headline.
DMB isn't exactly an act in its prime either, though certainly they could put on an excellent show. Their long popularity makes them a very plausible (I'd say likely within 5 years) choice.
I'd love a Jay-Z/Rihanna, Kanye/Alicia Keys type of thing - you get huge current popularity, something a little more musical for the geezers that is a little more relevant for everyone else.
But keep in mind, when you're wishing for that, you're 50 times more likely to get Lady Gaga, Coldplay, or (god forbid) NICKELBACK than bands like Three Days Grace.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^
especially Gaga but I do like Three Days Grace and Linkin Park sounds great live. I just wish we would get away from Teenies and geezers for every show, mix it up a bit please.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:53 PM ^
Petty was great a couple of years ago. Enjoyed Bruuuuce last year.
I'm 37 and from the suburbs, so more rock and less rap is good for me.
And none of those mash-ups where you have Britney Spears singing with Aerosmith.
If he's recovered from his heart attack, David Bowie should perform next year.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:58 PM ^
Yeah, instead of world-famous rock bands, let's bring back Justin fucking Timberlake. N Sync and Janet Jackson's skeleton, that was a great show. And Britney Spears! Bubblegum pop and football go together great. Shania Twain. Wooo.
I like geezer rock, dammit.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
And Get offa my lawn...!!
February 7th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
I love rock just as much as the next white guy raised in the suburbs, but bashing Timberlake got old about 4 years ago. He's easily one of our best, most exciting musical acts today.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:03 AM ^
but bashing Timberlake got old about 4 years ago.
But his halftime show was 6 years ago.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:49 PM ^
I hope.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:07 PM ^
I think the poster above had it right. The people actually actively WATCHING the super bowl are probably mostly a bunch of middle-aged men.
Trust me, if you dragged the corpse of Steve Perry and the rest of Journey out there and they did "Don't Stop Believing," there would be a couple of hundred million people singing at the top of their lungs along with them.
Was it the Orange Bowl a few years ago where Ashley Simpson actually got booed offstage for singing so badly?
February 8th, 2010 at 1:57 AM ^
Last I heard, Journey had hired a Filipino lead singer whose voice is practically indistinguishable from Steve Perry. It's uncanny.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:13 PM ^
a kick ass 80s band play, like a GNR or Motley Crue...I'm sure Ratt isn't too busy.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
I'm sure you would.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:43 PM ^
but whats with the snarky comment?