Halftime Show Review
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Beyonce's 'Black Power' salute during Super Bowl 50 halftime show slammed by Rudy Giuliani as 'attack' on police
"This is football, not Hollywood, and I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive," he said. "And what we should be doing in the African-American community, and all communities, is build up respect for police officers. And focus on the fact that when something does go wrong, okay. We'll work on that. But the vast majority of police officers risk their lives to keep us safe."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/beyonce-halftime-show-draws-ire-praise-article-1.2524039
"This is football, not Hollywood, and I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive," he said. "And what we should be doing in the African-American community, and all communities, is build up respect for police officers. And focus on the fact that when something does go wrong, okay. We'll work on that. But the vast majority of police officers risk their lives to keep us safe."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/beyonce-halftime-show-draws-ire-praise-article-1.2524039
I sat around trying to think who I would like to see perform the Superbowl (Especially the 50th) and it was slim pickens.
Most of the Superstars have already played. My possible suggestions:
Billy Joel (Did he already play?)
Elton John
Lady Gaga (always good performances and I think she would get crowd going)
If we are looking for some crowd participation....
Village People (I know, I know)
Queen
Of course I would love to see Metallica, but that would throw off the crowd the Superbowl is catering to..
Most of the Superstars have already played. My possible suggestions:
Billy Joel (Did he already play?)
Elton John
Lady Gaga (always good performances and I think she would get crowd going)
If we are looking for some crowd participation....
Village People (I know, I know)
Queen
Of course I would love to see Metallica, but that would throw off the crowd the Superbowl is catering to..
I didn't see the halftime show, but I thought Beyoncé outfit was in honor of Michael Jackson who wore something similar at Super Bowl XXVII. I put Fox News in the same category as Black Live Matter... Stink starters. Some people over analyze the smallest thing as if the world depended on it.
I think a lot of guys just stop progressing with their musical tastes at a certain point... they just get to a certain age and say "enough is enough, all musical acts beyond this point are garbage".
Thought the halftime show was good overall. Coldplay was the weak link. Beyonce and Bruno Mars were both good, and the retrospective bit was good. As someone said, halftime shows aren't for the grumpy old man demographic.
Thought the halftime show was good overall. Coldplay was the weak link. Beyonce and Bruno Mars were both good, and the retrospective bit was good. As someone said, halftime shows aren't for the grumpy old man demographic.
I don't think it has to do with the grumpy old man demographic. They retreaded Beyoncé and Bruno Mars who recently were just up there and the mishmash with Coldplay was just bad. Its more of a case do these younger acts have the chops to pull of a Super Bowl halftime. In 1996 a helicopter picked up Diana Ross and flew her away from the field after she performed like 8 or 9 songs in about 15 minutes. That's a show
yes I caught that near fall but for one the song lyrics were pretty raunchy but of course how hypocritical is everyone about stuff like that.
You are the absolute archetype of the old, "things were so much better in my day" demographic, even though I don't think you're really that old. This entire thread is just the latest piece of evidence.
wait tell me why Im old because I don't like Beyoncé. I liked lady ga gas performance so that doesn't fit your narrative here. I like Coldplays music but wrong choice here and wrong choice paring them with two acts that are totally different from them. I just question why the retreads again with artists we just had.
So, I just went and watched it.
Diana Ross getting up and singing a medley of 30-year-old music from the 60s, most of which wasn't hers, was somehow a great halftime show? You're citing an act from 20 years ago that was performing music from 50 years ago as a great example of a halftime show... and at the same time saying it doesn't have to do with the old man demographic. The most modern songs she sung were Gloria Gaynor's "I will Survive" (1978) and her own "Reach out and Touch Somebody's Hand" (1970). The helicopter was a nice touch - but all the transitions that involved stage hands (like that one) were clunky.
The whole thing was just so very... dated. I know it was 1996... but everything from the direction to the staging to the camera work felt like 1985 (while the music was very 1965).
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Well, it has more to do with other threads, like "kids were so much more awesomer back in my day, now they're spoiled brats!" But as far as this thread, it's comments like, "The unfortunate reality is we have entered an era where all the megastars are old, dead or retiring or have played this already...Michael, Tina, Whitney, Madonna, Prince, Stones, Who, Bruce, U2, Diana, Bowie, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Zeppelin, McCartney, Elton, etc
We are left with current pop acts which have some current appeal and that's all they have to pull from. Reaching to Beyoncé and Bruno Mars even though they recently played to help out Coldplay who aren't really isn't that big on the pop scene says it al. Expect more acts like GaGa, Beiber, Adele, Swift, Rhianna to dominate in the next few years. Hip hop has basically killed rock somehow so there wont be many rock acts going forward."
I don't consider everyone in that first group megastars, or someone I want to watch 40 years out from their prime. I'd say the second group includes some megastars; they just don't have that 30 extra years of overextending their careers. So you're just over-glorifying the past using some acts that are every bit as "meh" in 2015 as Bruno Mars - in other words, "things were so much better in my day" old man talk.
I was going to look for that Diana Ross performance because I had a feeling I'd find it about as riveting as you found Beyonce, but RUChoppin summed it up pretty nicely without me having to sit through it.
first of all I was 26 in 1996 so I wasn't exactly Ms Ross demo either. You can diss the megastars all you want but everyone I mentioned are megastarts that had DECADES of success..that's my whole point...there aren't any superstars left with DECADES of success. Not many acts of the 90s made it to the 2010s make an impact so that's what hurts..ditto for the 2000s Beyoncé is a superstar yes but she recently did a super bowl. Coldplay and Bruno Mars aren't superstars and I bet you most people under the age of 18 don't even know who Coldplay is
Instead of trying to diss me as an old person which is the typical reaction when someone criticizes something..why not tell me why the show was so great last night. Was it the vocal sound of Coldplay? Was it Beyoncé's outfit? Her ass? Her thighs? Her black power salute?
I used Diana Ross as an example but I could use Prince, Michael Jackson, U2 or Bruce as examples too..but I guess since the acts are old I am just being an old man. Lets put Adele up their next time to sing some generic sappy song like Hello...Yay that's a youth movement right there
Instead of trying to diss me as an old person which is the typical reaction when someone criticizes something..why not tell me why the show was so great last night. Was it the vocal sound of Coldplay? Was it Beyoncé's outfit? Her ass? Her thighs? Her black power salute?
I used Diana Ross as an example but I could use Prince, Michael Jackson, U2 or Bruce as examples too..but I guess since the acts are old I am just being an old man. Lets put Adele up their next time to sing some generic sappy song like Hello...Yay that's a youth movement right there
No one's calling you old and it's not a diss. It's just how you come off. Repeatedly, not just here.
You're basically reaching all over the place (well, just into the past, really) to explain away why you didn't like the performance. Maybe it was just a bad show; doesn't mean that it's impossible to have a good performance with modern artists - unless, of course, your bar for a "good" is that it be performed by some aged "megastar" with "decades of experience".
You're basically reaching all over the place (well, just into the past, really) to explain away why you didn't like the performance. Maybe it was just a bad show; doesn't mean that it's impossible to have a good performance with modern artists - unless, of course, your bar for a "good" is that it be performed by some aged "megastar" with "decades of experience".
Coldplay is awful. They're marginally better than maroon 5, which are marginally better than a colonoscopy.
Beyonce should take the same advice offered to the countless self-important, so-called celebrities who have preceded her by the likes of Eddie Murphy, to wit, "Shut up and sing."
I like Bruno Mars, but whenever I see him perform "Uptown Funk" I always envision Morris Day picking up his phone and calling his lawyer. Which is to say that even though I like Bruno, I find his work derivative.
Beyonce should take the same advice offered to the countless self-important, so-called celebrities who have preceded her by the likes of Eddie Murphy, to wit, "Shut up and sing."
I like Bruno Mars, but whenever I see him perform "Uptown Funk" I always envision Morris Day picking up his phone and calling his lawyer. Which is to say that even though I like Bruno, I find his work derivative.
I watched Ancient Aliens. I have no idea who "coldplay" is and had no interest in finding out.
I think its back on NBC in 2018. Watch it be a promotion tool for the Voice with Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
I don't know, was I suppose to like Katy Perrys performance last year....the Super Bowl halftime is suppose to be a broad appeal show which means you are going to skew it towards an aging act simply because they have the confidence and the chops to pull something off in just a 15 minute window. Apparently Coldplay didn't because they got upstage by more relevant acts
I guess that's where we disagree: I don't think an act from 40 years ago necessarily brings "broad appeal."
I assume you can read since you post so much. So reread and tell me where I said anything like that. All I'm saying is you don't have to be a hoarse raisin that played the original Woodstock to play a good halftime show and if you are a hoarse raisin that played the original Woodstock, it doesn't mean you're going to be great and have broad appeal.
my whole argument is that todays acts don't have the appeal/charisma on their own, you keep arguing against that. Yes the old artists do, please try to refute that acts that I mentioned before don't transcend generations and even race and class
You realize that's all just, like, your opinion, right? I refuted it by saying that I'm of a different opinion. So are plenty of other people. Old has-beens like Diana Ross most certainly do not transcend generations; they look like old has-beens and give me a reason to go get something to eat in anticipation of the second half.
I like Coldplay, but the acoustics and visuals were bad and they seemed to small for the stage. I had a brief moment of hope when Bruno Mars started up, but even that felt a bit tired compared to his performance a few years ago (which I thought was really good). Beyoncé felt forced. There was just nothing about it that said 'Big Time'.
Probably a tough sell for some, but I think Metallica would be a great halftime act. A few others that haven't played that I would enjoy: Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Eminem/Rihanna, Guns n Roses, Muse
dude it was 1996...I didn't say she should be out there now...are you a millennial...I mean you have no respect for the stuff that came before you. Yes Diana Ross was a big coup for the Super Bowl in 96....rermember it hadn't been that long where big acts were performing there. At 52 or whatever she was then it was a big artist to have. I mean do you know history...she played to like 800,000 people in a legendary concert in NYC in 1983. She transcended generatiions from the 60s, 70s and 80s. I don't know you want. Ditto for Madonna...Bruce, Stones, U2.
please tell me todays current artists that you want to see at the Super Bowl that transcend generations. Is it Britney Spears or Justin Beiber. How about Black Eyed Peas. Tell me
Metallica would be a great act but they need to appeal to women and gays who basically control social media so it will never happen. I think Clapton is too old and retired now. Muse just isn't big enough in the US.
Guns N Roses would be alright but I mean their buzz factor is pretty low with the public with how f'd up Axl Rose is.
They probably end up going with Adam Levine and Maroon 5, Lady Ga Ga and Rhianna in the coming years
Coldplay should have just played the whole time. They are a global brand and have been for 10 years. Certainly have the chops to play the half time show alone.
Mars was not what he was two years ago. He got caught up in Beyoncé's militant Black Lives Matter wake that is just a horrible look for her. She needs new handlers.
Mars was not what he was two years ago. He got caught up in Beyoncé's militant Black Lives Matter wake that is just a horrible look for her. She needs new handlers.
I agree I'm sick of entertainers doing this. Just entertain us as you are paid for that. Don't want the other crap
Whether you're conservative or liberal, it was blatantly obvious that there was a desperate reach for the gay community (Coldplay's rainbows and love everywhere) as well as the black community. I won't get into the level of disgust that I have for the messages themselves, but I will say that the Super Bowl really should not be the forum for voicing your political views. I don't want to hear or see how you feel about political topics at hand. Play your songs and leave.
It was absolutely sickening to watch and I'll leave it at that.
It was absolutely sickening to watch and I'll leave it at that.
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