SB Halftime show

[TheBrownBear]

37 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

I loved last year's show with The Weeknd also...he wasn't some old fart rocker

Yeah, I mentioned the generic pop stars too.  (Weeknd ain't giving us another House of Balloons anytime soon).

[BillsFan4]

52 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

horrible halftime show only hitting half the population that likes this type of music. 

You could literally say that every single year.

 

48 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

No, but for example Country music. people dont hate it, its not for them.. for this style of music there is more the hate factor 

Not true. I know plenty of people who can’t stand country music, including myself. It’s actually one of the only genres of music I don’t/won’t listen to.

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by BillsFan4

[TheBrownBear]

5 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

I liked the stage and how they made it look like a city, but wasn’t a fan of the music. Bad lip syncing and Mary J. Blige trying to look like J-lo.

 

I still don’t get what the NFL has against rock music. Metallica is played a lot in every Bills home game, would love to see them in the halftime show.

I love rock music, but it is absolutely dead at this point, unfortunately.

[BillsFan4]

Really enjoyed this halftime show but I do kind of wish they would’ve went with a different song selection. Eminem, Snoop and Dre all have songs I would’ve rather heard than the ones they chose.

[Jerry Jabber]

Just now, TheBrownBear said:

I love rock music, but it is absolutely dead at this point, unfortunately.

If they’re gonna have old acts play like the ones tonight, there’s no reason Metallica, Ozzy or other older rock bands could be on the halftime show.

[SirAndrew]

56 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

No, but for example Country music. people dont hate it, its not for them.. for this style of music there is more the hate factor 

I hate country 😂 at least the new stuff, and that’s what we’d get at halftime. 

Edited February 14, 2022 by SirAndrew

[muppy]

what I liked about it was it was soooo much less glitz than what we are used to seeing///flash bang Boom yeah whatever...this was Chill, it was cool  it was creative, I Loved the 2 floors and versatility that also helped create the flow from song to song..I danced  my @ss off

[MJS]

I think they should bring together a mix of genres every year, personally.

[SirAndrew]

Just now, MJS said:

I think they should bring together a mix of genres every year, personally.

Love this idea, but let them perform independently. I don’t need the type of collaboration where country stars are rapping and vice versa. 

[PrimeTime101]

1 minute ago, SirAndrew said:

Love this idea, but let them perform independently. I don’t need the type of collaboration where country stars are rapping and vice versa. 

who cares if its independant... everyone enjoys something..

3 minutes ago, MJS said:

I think they should bring together a mix of genres every year, personally.

I would love this!

[transient]

55 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

No, but for example Country music. people dont hate it, its not for them.. for this style of music there is more the hate factor 

I’d sooner watch a halftime show featuring Kenny G, Yanni, and that guy who plays the pan flute than watch a country music halftime show. I HATE country music. 

[SirAndrew]

5 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

If they’re gonna have old acts play like the ones tonight, there’s no reason Metallica, Ozzy or other older rock bands could be on the halftime show.

I love rock music, it’s a huge part of my life, so I’m not putting it down. Here’s the issue, those rappers might be “old”, but social media is abuzz about their performance right now. That doesn’t happen with Metallica. Everyone 50 and under knew those songs, people of both genders, and fans of all music genres. That just isn’t the reality of Metallica. 

1 minute ago, PrimeTime101 said:

who cares if its independant... everyone enjoys something..

I would love this!

My point was that I’d love to see different genres, but not interested in cross genre collaborations. Seeing Britney Spears perform with Aerosmith for example, was not one of halftime’s finest moments. 

[muppy]

approx 50-50 split in the 2bd brethren. I love it.  "Vive le difference" we'll see if that margin holds.

 

2022 Halftime show RAD okay I'll shut it 

 

lol-m

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

It was OK...but not “Ecstasy of Gold”....

[Jerry Jabber]

12 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:

I love rock music, it’s a huge part of my life, so I’m not putting it down. Here’s the issue, those rappers might be “old”, but social media is abuzz about their performance right now. That doesn’t happen with Metallica. Everyone 50 and under knew those songs, people of both genders, and fans of all music genres. That just isn’t the reality of Metallica. 

My point was that I’d love to see different genres, but not interested in cross genre collaborations. Seeing Britney Spears perform with Aerosmith for example, was not one of halftime’s finest moments. 

I sure as hell didn’t know all the songs or the artists and I’m under 50.  I’ve been checking Twitter and the halftime show is getting mixed reactions from people that loved it and those that hated it. IMO, best halftime show ever was Prince.

Edited February 14, 2022 by Jerry Jabber

[DrPJax]

22 minutes ago, Rico said:

Winner if only because they don't have the fake, planted crowd on the field going crazy for it.yeah 

 

 

 

 

Yeah , but what do you think all the crowd noise was?  Fake noise obviously. Been to two superbowls , one with Michael Jackson as the halftime show( SB 27) and it was in a venue ( rose bowl) where it was perfect to retain sound and I can tell you those shows don’t generate all that much crowd interest.  Lol.  It’s a big bunch of fake NFL hype, no one is up screaming and cheering like that for these overproduced , bloated half time shows while actually there, except the kids they usually pipe in around the stages like you mentioned. 

 

Everybody is too busy snapping selfies to prove later they were there or trying to hang on for the second half after a week of partying around town there.😀😉🍸. It’s this type of hype , crap , that I wish the NFL would stop trying to “ top” each year. I think they could do a normal halftime and their ratings would never show a drop off. It gets to a point where a whole day of junk entertainment actually detracts from the game which rarely lives up to even the divisional games or wildcard weekend regarding exciting play( especially with the Bills never playing there since 94) , and these halftime shows for TV just interrupt the game flow/ tension and every year taylor to niche audiences. Just old I guess , but the half time shows are not essential entertainment as a football fan. How much money does the NFL need to keep trying to squeeze out of a single event?  

[TheBrownBear]

23 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

If they’re gonna have old acts play like the ones tonight, there’s no reason Metallica, Ozzy or other older rock bands could be on the halftime show.

I'm saying they don't move the needle with the under 40 crowd.  Hip-hop and pop are kings these days...like it or not.

[SirAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

I sure as hell didn’t know all the songs or the artists. I’ve been checking Twitter and the halftime show is getting mixed reactions from people that loved it and those that hated it. IMO, best halftime show ever was Prince.

Fair enough, it wasn’t my thing, but it seems like most younger people enjoyed it from what I see on social media. That’s what the NFL wants with demographics. Prince was phenomenal, and I loved all the rock halftime shows. I’m not a rap fan, but those guys have a much wider appeal than Metallica for instance. Metallica’s entire appeal is to middle aged men. 

1 minute ago, TheBrownBear said:

I'm saying they don't move the needle with the under 40 crowd.  Hip-hop and pop are kings these days...like it or not.

Absolutely, that’s the entire point. My wife hates rap, but knew most of those songs from early 2000’s pop radio. Many of our Facebook friends are talking about it also.

[Jerry Jabber]

Just now, SirAndrew said:

Fair enough, it wasn’t my thing, but it seems like most younger people enjoyed it from what I see on social media. That’s what the NFL wants with demographics. Prince was phenomenal, and I loved all the rock halftime shows. I’m not a rap fan, but those guys have a much wider appeal than Metallica for instance. Metallica’s entire appeal is to middle aged men. 

 

6 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I'm saying they don't move the needle with the under 40 crowd.  Hip-hop and pop are kings these days...like it or not.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dee-snider-super-bowl-halftime-show/
 

"Hey @NFL! Your go-to songs at EVERY game are metal" he wrote. "'Enter Sandman,' '***** On Feel the Noise,' 'Thunder[struck],' 'Crazy Train,' 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' 'We Are the Champions,' 'Final Countdown,' 'I Wanna Rock,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'Welcome to Jungle.' NONE of those bands have EVER played half-time show!"

I agree 100% with Dee. I’ve been to games in Buffalo, NJ, Baltimore and DC and heard rock music in each stadium. 

[SirAndrew]

7 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dee-snider-super-bowl-halftime-show/
 

"Hey @NFL! Your go-to songs at EVERY game are metal" he wrote. "'Enter Sandman,' '***** On Feel the Noise,' 'Thunder[struck],' 'Crazy Train,' 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' 'We Are the Champions,' 'Final Countdown,' 'I Wanna Rock,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'Welcome to Jungle.' NONE of those bands have EVER played half-time show!"

I agree 100% with Dee. I’ve been to games in Buffalo, NJ, Baltimore and DC and heard rock music in each stadium. 

The crowd at a stadium on Sunday is different than the Super Bowl audience. Everyone watches the Super Bowl, getting a bunch dudes hyped at the stadium is different from targeting a wide audience. I think this is great music, I love those songs, and your enthusiasm for rock, but they aren’t dragging out an obese Axl Rose for a halftime show at this point. 

Edited February 14, 2022 by SirAndrew

[TheBrownBear]

8 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dee-snider-super-bowl-halftime-show/
 

"Hey @NFL! Your go-to songs at EVERY game are metal" he wrote. "'Enter Sandman,' '***** On Feel the Noise,' 'Thunder[struck],' 'Crazy Train,' 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' 'We Are the Champions,' 'Final Countdown,' 'I Wanna Rock,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'Welcome to Jungle.' NONE of those bands have EVER played half-time show!"

I agree 100% with Dee. I’ve been to games in Buffalo, NJ, Baltimore and DC and heard rock music in each stadium. 

Yes.  And for most young adults that's the only thing they know that music from.  Kind of how Gary Glitter was for us forty something's who grew up in the 80s/90s.

[Jerry Jabber]

2 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:

The crowd at a stadium on Sunday is different than the Super Bowl audience. Everyone watches the Super Bowl, getting a bunch dudes hyped at the stadium is different from targeting a wide audience. I think this is great music, I love those songs, and your enthusiasm for rock, but they aren’t dragging out an obese Axl Rose for a halftime show at this point. 

Lol at Obese Axl Rose. He looks like Mama Fratelli from the Goonies. 50 Cent looked like 75 cent with the weight he put on.

[Offside Number 76]

It's not THAT long ago that The Who played, right?

 

Oh.  Wow.  It is.

[klos63]

10 minutes ago, Offside Number 76 said:

It's not THAT long ago that The Who played, right?

 

Oh.  Wow.  It is.

2010.  My youngest was 1, I was holding him in one arm, doing windmills with the other.

[ALF]

I'm old , watched it , not my type of music but happy for those who enjoyed it.

[Irv]

2 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

Was hoping for a Mary J Blige nip slip.

She did camel toe

[billybob71]

1 hour ago, Jerry Jabber said:

I liked the stage and how they made it look like a city, but wasn’t a fan of the music. Bad lip syncing and Mary J. Blige trying to look like J-lo.

 

I still don’t get what the NFL has against rock music. Metallica is played a lot in every Bills home game, would love to see them in the halftime show.

I think Bands present way more of a challenge since instruments are actually being played, therefore amps. drums etc all have to be mic'd up, so there is way more sound production involved with little time to make it happen. With what they did tonight they are basically rapping to pre recorded backing tracks way easier to pull off. Also bands like Metallica etc with musicians who have 10,000 plus hours of practicing and mastering their instruments are going to want to play for real and not fake it to pre recorded tracks.

[BarleyNY]

2 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

No, but for example Country music. people dont hate it, its not for them.. for this style of music there is more the hate factor 

I vehemently hate country music.  This show was quintessentially California and it was good.  My only real complaint is that the sound work could’ve been better.

Edited February 14, 2022 by BarleyNY

[billybob71]

1 minute ago, BarleyNY said:

I vehemently hate country music

I don't like alot of the new "country music" but when you look back on the history of it there are alot of great musicians who were masters of their craft who came from Country music. Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Buddy Emmons, etc etc etc musicians who can really play their instruments and spent countless hours learning to do so. Also so many great songwriters who crafted countless songs that had substance-Merle Haggard, Waylon, Willie, etc etc etc. What i watched today took little to no talent or work to pull off, all production no substance.

[QB Bills]

2 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

horrible halftime show only hitting half the population that likes this type of music. 

You seem like a guy who doesn't wash his hands after using a public bathroom and walks around with pee stains on his cargo shorts.

[BillsFanNC]

The NFL plays one game a year where the halftime is twice as long as every other game. The Super Bowl. For this reason I've always hated these halftime productions, even if it's an artist that I enjoy.

 

This year they apparently thought it was a good idea for the Rock to do whatever the hell he did on the field after the coin toss and before kickoff. Seriously, wtf was that and who thought it was a good idea?

 

It will never happen, but it would be great if they cut out all this bs and focused instead on just playing a damn football game.

[WotAGuy]

I mean, it was no “Up With People”, but it was alright for the youngsters. That Mary J Bilge has rather large thighs. 

[billybob71]

1 minute ago, BillsFanNC said:

The NFL plays one game a year where the halftime is twice as long as every other game. The Super Bowl. For this reason I've always hated these halftime productions, even if it's an artist that I enjoy.

 

This year they apparently thought it was a good idea for the Rock to do whatever the hell he did on the field after the coin toss and before kickoff. Seriously, wtf was that and who thought it was a good idea?

 

It will never happen, but it would be great if they cut out all this bs and focused instead on just playing a damn football game.

totally agree you can't have any music performance of any authenticity or substance in so little time, so what you get is fake cheesey production that takes away from the football, its pointless and only done for the money

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Look, I’m an old white guy. I should have hated the halftime show, but I found it well done and entertaining for music that won’t make my Spotify playlist, except maybe “Lose Yourself ”  … I’ll give it a solid B

2 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

No, but for example Country music. people dont hate it, its not for them.. for this style of music there is more the hate factor 

I know PLENTY of people who detest so called country music 

[BarleyNY]

4 minutes ago, billybob71 said:

I don't like alot of the new "country music" but when you look back on the history of it there are alot of great musicians who were masters of their craft who came from Country music. Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Buddy Emmons, etc etc etc musicians who can really play their instruments and spent countless hours learning to do so. Also so many great songwriters who crafted countless songs that had substance-Merle Haggard, Waylon, Willie, etc etc etc. What i watched today took little to no talent or work to pull off, all production no substance.

This it true.  I actually like some of that stuff.  Some bluegrass too.  Country music today isn’t just bad on its surface and in its soul, it also came at the expense of destroying the music you are talking about, which was superior in a lot of ways.  Too bad it is all but gone. 

[Ross Murdock]

Country music absolutely sucks. Music for those with slack jaws, and missing teeth. Washed up entertainers go country when their careers are over. There are only 3 topics in country music - Drunk - Divorce - Dogs. That's it.    

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

2 hours ago, H2o said:

It was cool enough. 50 looks like he's eating good off that "Power" $$$. All of our hip hop icons growing up are now in their 50's. Seems crazy, but we're getting old.

Been watching Power on Hulu … solid show

[billybob71]

Just now, BarleyNY said:

This it true.  I actually like some of that stuff.  Some bluegrass too.  Country music today isn’t just bad on its surface and in its soul, it also came at the expense of destroying the music you are talking about, which was superior in a lot of ways.  Too bad it is all but gone. 

well my old ass is still playing it lol along with rock and blues,  i am not getting rich or famous thats for sure, but i am making enough to pay the bills and make a living, most people in the places i play, wineries.breweries, bars etc. still wanna hear it thank god, but most who go out to hear live music are the older generation like myself

[SinceThe70s]

 

I watched most of it - that's more than I can say for a lot of other SB half-times. I liked that it wasn't an over-blown production. Not my music but there were parts I liked.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

1 hour ago, Jerry Jabber said:

I liked the stage and how they made it look like a city, but wasn’t a fan of the music. Bad lip syncing and Mary J. Blige trying to look like J-lo.

 

I still don’t get what the NFL has against rock music. Metallica is played a lot in every Bills home game, would love to see them in the halftime show.

I don’t generally watch the Grammys, but I caught a performance a few years ago where lady Gaga sang with Metallica … it was outstanding, and that type of halftime show would work