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turtle777 · 11:15 AM

It was so boring.

Even a German newspaper titled "Janet Jackson desperately missed"

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,340538,00.html

-t

mac-at-kearsarge · Feb 7, 2005, 11:30 AM

Actually, all the friends I watched the game/show with (We're all twenty-somethings) throught it was one of the best 1/2 time shows ever done. We all agreed it was nice seeing someone who wasn't a sell out from the past decade doing something edgy or controversial just to get there name smathered in the media.

Although someone did quip for the selout piece "No, they found a sell out from 40 years ago"

Still it was nice to not hear that cheesy rap/hip hop garbage (I like Rap and hip Hop, just not when it's cheesy and heavely over played)

Mafia · Feb 7, 2005, 11:31 AM

music was good, show was

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by mac-at-kearsarge:
Still it was nice to not hear that cheesy rap/hip hop garbage (I like Rap and hip Hop, just not when it's cheesy and heavely over played)

Ok, agreeed. But there is more to music than (Ex-)Beatles and cheesy rap/hip hop garbage.

-t

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Mafia:
music was good, show was

What show ? All I got was music.

-t

Mafia · Feb 7, 2005, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by turtle777:
What show ? All I got was music.

-t

lol exactly.

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by Mafia:
lol exactly.

But at least we got spared another wardrobe malfunction.
Just imagine that happening to Paul...

-t

Mafia · Feb 7, 2005, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by turtle777:
But at least we got spared another wardrobe malfunction.
Just imagine that happening to Paul...

-t

paul said in an interview that he was pretty sure there wouldn't be a wardrobe malfunction this year. i thought that was pretty funny. lol maybe paul flashing the crowd woulda spiced things up a little bit

wdlove · Feb 7, 2005, 11:38 AM

I didn't watch the half-time.

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by wdlove:
I didn't watch the half-time.

YOU would have liked it

-t

paully dub · Feb 7, 2005, 11:45 AM

I must have seen Paul McCartney do his Beatles/Wings medley about a thousand times.

And every time I'm reminded of how he's my 3rd favorite Beatle, and that I can't remember the last new (non opera) thing he released. I love his first solo album, and the Say Say Say - Michael Jackson era was fine and good, but still. He has loads of talent, but is boring as hell.

Oh yeah there was that Freedom song. Nevermind.

Sherwin · Feb 7, 2005, 11:58 AM

Not me. I fell asleep about a minute into the game. I still don't know who won (I suppose I could go read CNN or something to find out but hey I haven't got that far yet).

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by Sherwin:
Not me. I fell asleep about a minute into the game. I still don't know who won (I suppose I could go read CNN or something to find out but hey I haven't got that far yet).

See, that's why I didn't turn on the game until the halftime show.

The effect was the same though

-t

Xeo · Feb 7, 2005, 01:02 PM

What game?

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 01:04 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
What game?

True dat.

So, there was no game and no show. Just some old-fashioned music. *yawn*

-t

demograph68 · Feb 7, 2005, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by mac-at-kearsarge:
... it was nice seeing someone who wasn't a sell out...

Perform during super bowl halftime = Sellout

BTW, I'm curious if anyone else does not have a tv. Anyone?

maxintosh · Feb 7, 2005, 02:15 PM

Did anyone else notice that he stood up at one point while playing the piano but the piano was still playing w/o him?

mitchell_pgh · Feb 7, 2005, 02:18 PM

I thought it was better then seeing a bunch of teens jumping around on stage while lip-sinking to their one hit.

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I thought it was better then seeing a bunch of teens jumping around on stage while lip-sinking to their one hit.

Paul could have used some girls jumping around on stage, just to have some show

-t

york28 · Feb 7, 2005, 02:29 PM

It was prerecorded anyway, right?

dfiler · Feb 7, 2005, 02:30 PM

I thought they should made him use a chair for as much energy has he displayed.

Good musician, Bad show.

dcmacdaddy · Feb 7, 2005, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:
Perform during super bowl halftime = Sellout

BTW, I'm curious if anyone else does not have a tv. Anyone?

No TV here. Not even a stand-alone unit for watching videos.
I haven't had one of my own for years and I hardly miss it.

historylme · Feb 7, 2005, 04:16 PM

no TV here as well.

Daracle · Feb 7, 2005, 06:27 PM

Can someone tell me what Paul played?

I am wondering if I could find some online video of the performance...Might be a lot harder to find the the "slip"

Edit: Fixed bad typing.

Mafia · Feb 7, 2005, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by Daracle:
Can someone tell me what Paul played?

I am wondering if I could find some online video of the performance...Might be a lot harder to find the the "slip"

Edit: Fixed bad typing.

hey jude, and some other wings/beatles medly.

kenazo · Feb 7, 2005, 06:32 PM

Apparently a friend of mine fell asleep just after. But hey it was what 3am? by that time over here.

lavar78 · Feb 7, 2005, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by Daracle:
Can someone tell me what Paul played?

Drive My Car
Get Back
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude

It wasn't a medley at all. He played each song in full (well, he didn't play Hey Jude for the full 7+ minutes). I was a bit surprised to hear Drive My Car. Rubber Soul's my favorite Beatles album.

I thought it was great! Paul was in better voice than I expected. I also enjoyed seeing Earth, Wind & Fire before the show. Classic music is never old-fashioned.

demograph68 · Feb 7, 2005, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by dcmacdaddy:
No TV here. Not even a stand-alone unit for watching videos.
I haven't had one of my own for years and I hardly miss it.

Awesome. I no longer find the appeal of watching that crap.

york28 · Feb 7, 2005, 08:32 PM

I don't have a TV either. Never have, never will.

saab95 · Feb 7, 2005, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by maxintosh:
Did anyone else notice that he stood up at one point while playing the piano but the piano was still playing w/o him?

KInd of guessed that show was pre-recorded

saab95 · Feb 7, 2005, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by york28:
I don't have a TV either. Never have, never will.

You're not missing much.

Albert Pujols · Feb 7, 2005, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by saab95:
You're not missing much.

He is definitely missing Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!

MilkmanDan · Feb 7, 2005, 09:35 PM

the show was lame. My flat full of 20 some year old guys thought it blew.

Ghoser777 · Feb 7, 2005, 10:29 PM

That's the funny thing - I don't think the show was tailored for the 20 something crowd. For half-time shows in the past, I always found it funny how they would have this pop artist(s) performing in the middle of the stadium and you have all these football fans who, stereotypically, would be both older and not into pop music watching it live. I think the crowd there could actually enjoy this show. And I don't understand the sell out comment at all. He performed at an event... who did he sell out too and what did he sell? I get if you're a sellout if you rage against corprotism (sp?) and then you become co-opted by it, but I don't see how he's a sellout.

rhansen_x · Feb 7, 2005, 10:33 PM

I think the whole lot of people who play or listen to that hip hop crack whore **** could learn a thing or two from Sir Paul. Things like melody, tone and lyrics that make sense. Not some uneducated urban ******** who is "bling bling ching ching mumble whore blunt blah blah blah {insert loud rumbly bass}"

lavar78 · Feb 7, 2005, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by Ghoser777:
That's the funny thing - I don't think the show was tailored for the 20 something crowd.

Well, this 27-year-old loved it. Paul McCartney or Justin Timberlake? Sorry, but that's no contest... and I actually like a couple of Justin's songs. Besides, anything is better than Nelly. I'm still cringing over that one.

Looking at some of the comments from the press, I see I wasn't the only one who saw the irony in "Get Back" being played in the "safe" performance. Things sure have changed.

lavar78 · Feb 7, 2005, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by rhansen_x:
I think the whole lot of people who play or listen to that hip hop crack whore **** could learn a thing or two from Sir Paul. Things like melody, tone and lyrics that make sense. Not some uneducated urban ******** who is "bling bling ching ching mumble whore blunt blah blah blah {insert loud rumbly bass}"

Whatever. There's nothing wrong with hip hop... well, good hip hop (i.e., not Nelly). Here's a tip: it's usually a good idea to present your viewpoint without offending people. Of course, that was probably your intention.

BTW, if you don't live in Clute, TX, you're not in the Mosquito Capital of the World.

iDriveX · Feb 8, 2005, 12:02 AM

Was Paul's wife Eileen there?

grayware · Feb 8, 2005, 12:25 AM

McCartney is probably the only performer whose instrument climaxes his own image (THE Hofner).

saab95 · Feb 9, 2005, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by grayware:
McCartney is probably the only performer whose instrument climaxes his own image (THE Hofner).

Funny you should mention the Hofner.

Hofner's chief product is a violin!

Now I thought that Hofner's interest in electric basses was spawned by the Beatles, but they have been making then since 1962.

I did play bass guitar, and Hofner was one of my favorites. However, bass purists will scoff at that Hofner because its bridge doesn't lend itself to being finger-picked (I used to flat-pick my bass)

TailsToo · Feb 9, 2005, 11:32 PM

I'd rather then NFL drop the whole darn music thing... I watch the SuperBowl to see a football game (ok, and well, the ads are good too) so I'd much rather have a shorter halftime and get back to the game quicker.