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
So there was just one song sung in the 1996 halftime show that was released after you were out of diapers.
Don't know why there needs to be decades of success, either. It wasn't until 1991 that the Superbowl really started to ditch the "marching bands plus assorted entertainers" and start to be more concerts in earnest.
- From 1991-1994, the acts were fairly current (New Kids on the Block, Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson (solo career 14 years old at that point), Clint Black, Travis Tritt)
- From 1995-1997, they went to older acts that had been around for 20-40 years (Tony Bennett, Patti Labelle, Diana Ross, Blues Brothers, ZZ Top, James Brown).
- From 1998-2004 they went with a mix of young and old in the same performance (Boyz II Men/Smokey Robinson/Queen Latifah, Gloria Estefan/Stevie Wonder/KISS, Phil Collins/Christina Aguilera/Enrique Iglesias, Aerosmith/NSYNC/Britney Spears, etc)
- From 2005-2010 they went with much older acts that had been around 30+ years (McCartney, Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Springsteen, The Who)
- From 2011-present they've mostly been more recent acts (Black Eyed Peas, Nikki Minaj, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Missy Elliott, Coldplay) with a few "older" standouts here and there (Madonna, Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott)
Personally, I kinda like the 98-04 era... with new current acts mixed in with some older acts.
As for what I liked about this show - I like Uptown Funk and Bruno Mars, and I thought they did a great job live with the choreography and singing. I like Coldplay, but the Ruled the World opener felt a bit flat for me. I liked Beyonce debuting new music rather than going back into the catalogue, and the choreography - leading into the "dance off" feel with the Bruno Mars group toward the end. I liked the video retrospective. Coldplay really felt like the weak link, and largely because the rest band didn't seem to be bringing the same energy as Chris Martin... and his songs were generally more mellow/slower than what Beyonce/Bruno Mars were bringing, so he had a harder time matching their vibe.
