Superbowl Commercials and Halftime

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Why doesn't this suprise me.....?
    Rolling Stones Decry Super Bowl Censorship

    NEW YORK - Nobody turns off the microphone on Mick Jagger without a fight. Censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was "absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary," the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday.

    The NFL, which produced the show seen on ABC Sunday night, silenced Jagger's microphone during sexually suggestive passages of two of the three songs the band performed before an audience of 90 million television viewers.

    "The band was aware of our plan to simply lower Mick's mike at the appropriate moments," said Brian McCarthy, NFL spokesman. "It was discussed with the group last week prior to the Super Bowl."

    He declined further comment on the Stones' statement.

    "The band may have known about it, but that doesn't mean they liked it", spokeswoman Fran Curtis said. "Jagger sang the full lyrics during his performance", she said.

    If you KNEW it was going to happen.....and still did the show....QUIT BITCHING!

    If it bothered them so much...they should have declined to do the show.

    But then there's the money and exposure thing.....:rolleyes:
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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