What Is This?
This is the Dykstra 6 lounge while The Who is performing the Super Bowl halftime show.
Hate It Or Love It?
Don't you hate the fact that all Super Bowl halftime shows have been ultra-conservative after the Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson incident?
Here's the list of Super Bowl halftime performances, year by year, after the Justin/Janet performance in '04: Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Just as a side note, four straight performances since '04 were produced by Don Mischer Productions while two before '04 were produced by MTV. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with any of these acts because there isn't. And I guess you can't blame the big networks with their big reputations to protect. But it wouldn't hurt to have more modern and exciting acts once in a while either. That means you, Don Mischer Productions.
Here's another related thought: Don't you hate the fact that all live performances sounds significantly worse than you expect?
Otherwise, it's shaping up to be a great Super Bowl. How 'bout that gutsy onside kick by Sean Payton? Saints down 1 heading into the fourth. If this Super Bowl turns out to be anything like the last two, we're in good shape.
EDIT:
My Top 3 Super Bowl Commercials
1. Brett Favre 2020 MVP Hyundai commercial. (A well-executed Brett Favre joke)
2. France Google commercial. (Very cute!)
3. "Lost" Bud Light commercial. (Bud Light always puts on good ones)
4. Barney Stinson "Call Me!" poster commercial
5. VW "Punch Buggy" commercial
It's just a bummer that the GoDaddy.com commercials were more censored this year. Congrats, Saints!
Regarding the halftime performances, I remember reading an interesting article about the Bruce Springsteen concert last year. It was about the experience of someone who was part of the crowd that got to stand around the field stage during the concert. It was a volunteer spot, so it was apparently a great way to get a free Springsteen concert.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the author had no idea that there was a requirement to attend three rehearsals that lasted 4 to 10 hours, in which the audience would be taught how to act, cheer, and behave when on TV. Additionally, the volunteers had to gather up at the stadium hours before kickoff, then had to wait in a tent outside all the way until halftime, when they would go onto the field for the concert. The kicker is that the audience was so close to the stage, the sound was deafeningly loud and they couldn't even hear a thing!
Anyway, after reading that article and your blog post, I feel like the way the volunteer audience's behavior was controlled is representative of how conservative the organizers were being.
i REAAALLYYY liked the google commercial, call me a sucker for corny but so simple, so cute and probably the cheapest commercial anyone has ever made (SHOULD BE NUMBER 1) and sorry no comments on the halftime show because i didn't watch (who's the who?)
ReplyDeletehands down the google one was the best. i got those... heart tremble whatever when i watched it no homo
ReplyDeleteWHAT ABOUT THE DORITO SLAPPIN' KID?!
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