Superbowl Commercials and Halftime

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,858
    edited February 2006
    For those of you that think The Stones are washed up, nothing could be further from the truth!
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Jesse, you can't tell me that what you saw on TV from their performance would inspire you to go and see them in concert so you could throw a few Franklin's at that, could you?
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited February 2006
    IMO...all commercials suck...I turned them all down, and the Stones did pretty darn well considering the venue.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,858
    edited February 2006
    Brett,

    The last time they toured people said they were washed up. Well, I saw them play then and I was blown away at how good they sounded, at how long they played (4hrs. almost unstop) and how fit all of them actually are. They actually sounded better than the previous couple of times I saw them. It was one of the best concerts I've ever seen and I've seen hundreds upon hundreds. This time around I was unable to see them locally and didn't feel like traveling. However, a good friend that went with me the last time was able to attend the Baltimore show this time. His comment, "Fu*king great, just as good as the last time we saw them." As I've known him most of my life and that he plays guitar and therefore knows good music when he hears it, I have no problem taking his word for it.

    As for the half time show....name one show that truely represented the performing act. To form an opinion based on a half time show is just silly.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,822
    edited February 2006
    All I know is my ears are permanently damaged by that performance. And its not because we had it turned up either...

    I think it was them guys with pacemakers and a hip replacement shaking around on stage)
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Rather than just sing a couple of 20 year old songs, I'd prefer to see a 'show' instead of just twitching around in circles......

    They're not my style of music (can't please everyone I know), but it just seemed to be lacking for what a halftime thing should be/has been.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    are you refering to ****..!! :eek:

    or the lipsinking stylings of other various "artists"..?!! :rolleyes:

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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited February 2006
    As far as Super Bowl halftime performances go this was one of the better ones IMO.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,822
    edited February 2006
    It could of been worse...

    it could of had some guy playing the piano for 15 minutes....

    Oh wait...that was last year.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Who was last year?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,858
    edited February 2006
    Sid, maybe in ten or twenty years they will have someone or group you like doing the half time show, until then......... :p

    BTW, thought you were calling me about those finishing questions.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,822
    edited February 2006
    Paul McCartany (sp)

    I was/am -- man...with school, this truck buying thing... Ive been too busy...
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,858
    edited February 2006
    Oki.....
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    In terms of pianists.......I think Elton John or Billy Joel would be great performers at halftime......

    But what REALLY should have happened was to have brought a bunch of Motown greats in and had them do some songs together. Nothing against Stones, but I think it would have been nice to have some local culture in the mix....
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    nothing wrong with the Rolling Stones.. there's a reason they are the oldest living band around.. they've been playing now for what 40 yrs? That says something right there. Few bands make it 5 yrs tops. Longevity means they still have and always will have a following.

    After the lame Superbowl XL i was watching Bono on 60 Minutes.. he pondered the question. what would the Beatles have accomplished in their lives had they still been around today?

    If given the chance to see the Stones.. i'd do it.. but i would have trouble paying $250 per ticket.

    No matter who the halftime show is.. it's never going to please everyone.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,858
    edited February 2006
    Brett, agreed. Motown artists would have been very cool.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2006
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote:
    It could of been worse...

    it could of had some guy playing the piano for 15 minutes....

    Oh wait...that was last year.

    I thought McCartney was one of the better half time shows in recent memory.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    ^^ And even if it wasn't...the fact he was playing the piano made up for it. :p

    But I didn't see it, so...idk...
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2006
    Who were the Ad Wizards that came up with "Brown and Bubbly" for Diet Pepsi? Worst slogan ever, fire those clowns.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    PolkThug wrote:
    Who were the Ad Wizards that came up with "Brown and Bubbly" for Diet Pepsi? Worst slogan ever, fire those clowns.

    HaHAHAHA, I forgot about that. Seriously, how that one made it not only to the air, but DURING THE SUPER BOWL, when an ad costs 2.5million or more, you'd think someone would have ... said something.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    Brown and bubbly was a terrible idea. The Diddy/Pepsi ad from last year was funny. I'll give them that, but thats where it should have ended. Brown and bubbly makes me think of what I do on the toilet in the morning. Not something I want to put in my mouth and swallow.
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited February 2006
    i like jackie chan


    wasn't really funny, though =(. Better than the singing one. the stunt double with coke


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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2006
    I would have tuned in to see that!

    But out of all the Motown artists, (at least the good ones) How many are still alive, have voices & don't hate each other? & they might have needed a bigger stage!

    The reason the NFL is going with the older performers is thanks to Janet Jackson being stupid & pulling off half her costume!

    They don't have to worry about that happening with these guys, cause they don't want anyone seeing there sagging body parts to begin with.

    And with the 5 sec delay they can bleep out offensive words. That's what happened during a couple of the songs last night, from what I heard on the news this morning.
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    Brett, agreed. Motown artists would have been very cool.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2006
    Yep, in the first song, "START ME UP", they cut part of the line "you can make a dead man ****".
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    I would have tuned in to see that!

    But out of all the Motown artists, (at least the good ones) How many are still alive, have voices & don't hate each other? & they might have needed a bigger stage!
    Forget the "names"....just get the Funk Brothers, many of whom are still alive. They are the ones that made most of the "Motown Sounds" anyway. If you're looking for a great Motown concert/documentary DVD, find "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". I've seen it for less than $10. These guys would put the Stones to shame (and they are older).

    http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    And with the 5 sec delay they can bleep out offensive words. That's what happened during a couple of the songs last night, from what I heard on the news this morning.
    ND13 wrote:
    Yep, in the first song, "START ME UP", they cut part of the line "you can make a dead man ****".
    yep...
    NEW YORK (AFP) - Age, it seems, has mellowed the Rolling Stones, who agreed to have their half-time performance at Sunday's Super Bowl censored twice for lyrics deemed too sexually explicit for family viewing.

    The National Football League (NFL) said Monday that the British rock and roll legends had been consulted about the cuts prior to their appearance at the championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers.

    In an apparent compromise, Mick Jagger actually sang the offending lyrics, but the NFL, which produced the show, switched off his mike so that they went unheard in the stadium and on the broadcast by the ABC television network.

    "As planned and agreed upon with the Stones, we turned down Mick's mike for two specific seconds," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.

    The cuts included lyrics from the songs "Start Me Up" and "Rough Justice."

    "The Stones were fine with it. They didn't have an issue. Mick knew that's what our plan was," McCarthy said.

    Producers have maintained tight controls on the content of the Super Bowl's half-time show ever since Janet Jackson's right breast was exposed two years ago in what was famously blamed on a "wardrobe malfunction."

    The incident, which was broadcast to millions of TV viewers worldwide, led to the CBS network -- the broadcaster for that year -- being fined 550,000 dollars.

    This year, ABC showed the half-time event on a five-second delay, the first time such a precaution against profanity or Jackson-like exposures had been taken in Super Bowl history.

    ABC spokesman Mark Mandel said the network had played no part in censoring the Stones.

    "ABC had nothing to do with it," Mandel said. "There was nothing that was heard in the stadium that required ABC to do anything."

    The Stones sang three songs on Sunday, wrapping up with the anthemic "Satisfaction" which went untouched by the censors.

    "Here's one we could have done at Super Bowl I," Jagger, 62, said as he introduced the golden oldie.

    "Everything comes to those who wait," he added -- again without interference.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2006
    Who the heck are the Funk Brothers?
    shack wrote:
    Forget the "names"....just get the Funk Brothers, many of whom are still alive. They are the ones that made most of the "Motown Sounds" anyway. If you're looking for a great Motown concert/documentary DVD, find "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". I've seen it for less than $10. These guys would put the Stones to shame (and they are older).

    http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    Who the heck are the Funk Brothers?
    Follow the link Cathy.......
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Here's another link.....

    http://www.history-of-rock.com/funk_brothers.htm
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  • Tour2ma
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    edited February 2006
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