[tweeterhawk]

Originally Posted by aeischeid

That tightrope guy was entertaining.
Made me cringe every damn time he hit the thing.

Me, too. I was hoping he was wearing a tin cup. Even then ...

[MikeDog70]

BTW, here is a video of the crazy leg. Watch upper right. Not the best quality, but at least I found something.

VID-20120205-00009 - YouTube

VID-20120205-00009 - YouTube

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

Originally Posted by 1977Hawkeye

I was thinking the same thing.. I looked at my wife and asked her "What's the over/under on whether she is actually singing that?" It sounded like the whole thing was being played off some pre-recorded performance. And is it just me (and I confess to not always watching the half-time show at the SB so maybe I've missed some good stuff) but why do they keep going for the 80's has-beens for the performances.. U2, Springstein, Madonna, etc. Have they gotten
any artists to perform who is big TODAY?

last year was supposed to be on that line of thinking with the Black Eyed Peas and failed. In all fairness,there will always be some part of the audience that will not be fully satisfied with whomever they bring on. I think they have grabbed the previous acts mostly based on then bringing the highest grossing touring acts from prior years. You can go to pollstar.com to see what has mass appeal.

In reality, it is a halftime act or side show anyways, so it really doesn't matter a whole lot to me.

[hwkifan4evs]

Top performers in recent history for me were U2, Tom Petty, and The Boss in that order. I'm not a huge U2 fan by any means but there halftime performance was the best I've ever seen.

[aeischeid]

Why can't they focus more on making the shows more concert-like? I know I know, choreograph the F*** out of it so it will appeal more to sheep.

[MisterLucky]

Unfortunately, the people responsible for the halftime show are not necessarily trying to appeal to football fans, but are pandering to the millions of people for whom this game is the one football game they watch all year.

[aeischeid]

Originally Posted by MisterLucky

Unfortunately, the people responsible for the halftime show are not necessarily trying to appeal to football fans, but are pandering to the millions of people for whom this game is the one football game they watch all year.

Yeah.

[FoolishFellow]

Originally Posted by aeischeid

Why can't they focus more on making the shows more concert-like? I know I know, choreograph the F*** out of it so it will appeal more to sheep.

I don't think what you're asking for is actually possible. Arena venues have always been about showmanship and choreography. In an arena you have to utilize all of the smoke and mirrors that you have available. Arena acoustics are inherently atrocious, and they try to make the show as visually entertaining as possible because the audience members are such widely varied positions; TV, front row, nosebleeds etc.

If you are searching for authenticity find a venue that only seats up to 1000 people.

I actually thought the halftime show this year was fantastic. One of the best I've ever seen. It clearly wasn't catered towards the NFL's base demographic, but I think thats fine. I think a lot of people get really tired of the onslaught of GoDaddy commercials and American Jingoism that makes up 99% of non-playtime. Madonna's performance was delightfully over the top, and a nice change of pace for people who aren't interested in watching washed-up country/rock stars singing military love ballads.

[MikeDog70]

Originally Posted by FoolishFellow

I don't think what you're asking for is actually possible. Arena venues have always been about showmanship and choreography. In an arena you have to utilize all of the smoke and mirrors that you have available. Arena acoustics are inherently atrocious, and they try to make the show as visually entertaining as possible because the audience members are such widely varied positions; TV, front row, nosebleeds etc.

If you are searching for authenticity find a venue that only seats up to 1000 people.

I actually thought the halftime show this year was fantastic. One of the best I've ever seen. It clearly wasn't catered towards the NFL's base demographic, but I think thats fine. I think a lot of people get really tired of the onslaught of GoDaddy commercials and American Jingoism that makes up 99% of non-playtime. Madonna's performance was delightfully over the top, and a nice change of pace for people who aren't interested in watching washed-up country/rock stars singing military love ballads.

Are you suggesting the 1% needs to occupy halftime?

[stevoskin]

The thing that surprises me is that they ought to know most of their viewers are men. Yes, Madonna may be meant to appeal to a male audience but for guys that are her age. I feel like Madonna is more appealing to women than guys. Why not just stick with performers like The Who, U2, and BS. I'm 20 and absolutely hated the Black Eyed Peas last year. They aren't a group meant for live entertainment. That is why they bring back bands from the 70s 80s 90s. They don't bring in any new artists because they don't have that ability to bring down the house.

[MNHawkeyeFreak]

Originally Posted by stevoskin

The thing that surprises me is that they ought to know most of their viewers are men. Yes, Madonna may be meant to appeal to a male audience but for guys that are her age. I feel like Madonna is more appealing to women than guys. Why not just stick with performers like The Who, U2, and BS. I'm 20 and absolutely hated the Black Eyed Peas last year. They aren't a group meant for live entertainment. That is why they bring back bands from the 70s 80s 90s. They don't bring in any new artists because they don't have that ability to bring down the house.

More men than women watch the super bowl but not by much from statistics I've seen. It's been increasing every year. That being said, I would agree that Madonna has more female fans than men. I was younger than you when she became famous...the Lady Gaga of my time. I didn't realize there were going to be all the other artists performing with her and I liked all of them as well. I like the black eyed peas too and I think they sucked last year. In interviews prior to the super bowl, Madonna said she was the most nervous she's ever been...probably because at a concert, the people that come to watch her are fans and less critical...at the superbowl there's a lot of non fans. She was also worried that it would be difficult to set up the stage and sound system in eight minutes. I am sure that is a challenge. If you remember the BEP from last year, the sound system sucked as they put on their live performance. Madonna obviously lip synced and the music seemed perfect despite all her dancing. All in all, all the performers seemed to do an okay job.

[aeischeid]

The halftime show still sucked....

[uihawk82]

Originally Posted by ColoradoHAWKEYE

last year was supposed to be on that line of thinking with the Black Eyed Peas and failed. In all fairness,there will always be some part of the audience that will not be fully satisfied with whomever they bring on. I think they have grabbed the previous acts mostly based on then bringing the highest grossing touring acts from prior years. You can go to pollstar.com to see what has mass appeal.

In reality, it is a halftime act or side show anyways, so it really doesn't matter a whole lot to me.

I still think the main SB audience demographics are in the 35/40 to 65 year old range. They spend the money for the products and they dont listen that much to the black eyed peas.

Madonna I thought was not that good.

Springsteen was great.

I think it would be neat to bring together a collection of acts or for a 90s group Pearl Jam.

Who wants Pearl JaMm?

[imported_ankle23]

Originally Posted by aeischeid

The halftime show still sucked....

it was terrible.