Superbowl Half-time Shows

I agree in theory, but I think the NFL has tried to get away from the "dinosaur" acts of the 60s/70s.

I think the NFL embraced those artists after the Janet thing because they felt "safe", but since the Who played in 2010, no 60s/70s acts have headlined halftime.

Heck, outside of Madonna, no one from the 80s has headlined since then either!

It's all been 90s/00s acts as headliners.

So I'd be surprised to see them hire Elton - they seem to want a younger audience for halftime, and even though "Rocketman" has done decent business, he's not gonna draw that crowd.

If the movie had done "Boh Rhap" business, I could see it, but "Rocketman" hasn't been nearly as successful...

 

Prince was my fave, and I was not a particularly big fan of his before seeing it.

Biggest disappointment for me was The Who. After a lot of good shows by artists from their era (McCartney, Stones, etc), their set was a weird medley of their hits. Wasn't exactly bad, just not as good as the others.

 

Prince, by a country mile.

I did enjoy seeing the Boss slide & wipe out a camera-man though.

 

Absolutely.

 

The Bad Brains halftime performance in 1987 was stellar!

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And I think this is a mistake since a lot of these legends are in their twilight of performing and can draw an audience who cant be arsed to watch Black Eyed Peas or Katy Perry, two halftime performers who are essentially over (poor BEP couldn't even muster a top 200 debut with their latest) so why not snatch them while they can the way they did Petty and Prince

Hopefully the lackluster reception to Timberlake and Maroon 5's shows will make them realize it's okay to mix and match. One year a legend and the next being a present day superstar again and again would be beneficial

 

Yeah, but nowadays they replay every single play at least once during the game. How many highlights does the average person need at halftime?

 

Stones
Boss

Nothing else.

 

Prince was great. Some other ones were horrible (Aerosmith, Black Eyed Peas, Madonna).

 

Yeah it does seem the nfl is done booking the classic rock acts for the superbowl, but still, kinda mind boggling he wasn't considered at the time

 

I wish rock bands wouldn't do it.

 

Michael Jackson. I was there and it seemed surreal. I still have my ticket stub. I paid a season ticket holder double the face price of $175.