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Nov 26, 2010 9:41 AM
Won't even know, that will be the dog-walking timeslot. No desire to watch it.

I don't know what the NFL is thinking, I understand wanting to be more contemporary after several years of "older" acts, but it doesn't get any more cheesy or "corporate-y" than the BEP, and they peaked years ago.
Nov 26, 2010 9:41am
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Nov 26, 2010 10:06 AM
Has Dave Matthews been on?
Nov 26, 2010 10:06am
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Nov 26, 2010 10:22 AM
At least they won't be marching out someone they have to prop up who doesn't even know where he is like Mic Jagger.
Nov 26, 2010 10:22am
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Nov 26, 2010 10:22 AM
It amazes me that they will play hip hop, hard rock, and pop music during the games but won't put any of these acts on during the half time shows.
Nov 26, 2010 10:22am
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Nov 26, 2010 11:01 AM
raiderbuck;575776 wrote:It amazes me that they will play hip hop, hard rock, and pop music during the games but won't put any of these acts on during the half time shows.

Umm, the Black Eyed Peas are doing the halftime show this year. They are the definition of hip hop and pop music right now. And they have two songs that have been used almost ubiquitously at football games the past two years with Boom, Boom, Pow and I Gotta Feeling.
Nov 26, 2010 11:01am
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Nov 26, 2010 11:04 AM
The Black Eyed Peas aren't that bad... they're just not very good Live. But at least they have some good, catchy tunes.
Nov 26, 2010 11:04am
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Nov 26, 2010 11:29 AM
The general public, who are the people who watch the SB and bring the ratings (ie, not the football fans who watch every week anyway) all seem to love the BEP. I dont know why, cause I dont think they are great (though not terrible). But the older, but still hip, crowd loves them. There is a reason they have been everywhere for the last few years and their hit songs have lasted in the top 40 for months.
Nov 26, 2010 11:29am
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Nov 26, 2010 11:31 AM
At least they broke the trend of musicians WAY over the hill...Tom Petty, Springsteen, The stones, The Who, Prince, ect. They went into old people mode as soon as the Janet Jackson incident occured
Nov 26, 2010 11:31am
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Nov 26, 2010 11:48 AM
Hb31187;575809 wrote:At least they broke the trend of musicians WAY over the hill...Tom Petty, Springsteen, The stones, The Who, Prince, ect. They went into old people mode as soon as the Janet Jackson incident occured
old people, lol
Nov 26, 2010 11:48am
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Nov 26, 2010 12:02 PM
Yes, old
Nov 26, 2010 12:02pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:17 PM
krambman;575787 wrote:Umm, the Black Eyed Peas are doing the halftime show this year. They are the definition of hip hop and pop music right now. And they have two songs that have been used almost ubiquitously at football games the past two years with Boom, Boom, Pow and I Gotta Feeling.

black eyed peas=hip hop???
Nov 26, 2010 1:17pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:17 PM
BEP=Pop
Nov 26, 2010 1:17pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:21 PM
Questionable at best...

Nov 26, 2010 1:21pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:30 PM
Nov 26, 2010 1:30pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:36 PM
Lol...

Nov 26, 2010 1:36pm
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Nov 26, 2010 1:37 PM
krambman;575787 wrote:Umm, the Black Eyed Peas are doing the halftime show this year. They are the definition of hip hop and pop music right now. And they have two songs that have been used almost ubiquitously at football games the past two years with Boom, Boom, Pow and I Gotta Feeling.

BEP is as close to hip hop as Nickelback is to good rock music
Nov 26, 2010 1:37pm
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Nov 26, 2010 2:03 PM
there's been worse... that abomination that allowed Britney Spears and NSYNC to share the same stage w/ Aerosmith was pretty bad
Nov 26, 2010 2:03pm
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Nov 26, 2010 3:49 PM
darbypitcher22;575865 wrote:there's been worse... that abomination that allowed Britney Spears and NSYNC to share the same stage w/ Aerosmith was pretty bad

This. My God that was bad. I lost all respect for Aerosmith for that show.
I actually liked Prince, McCartney, the Stones and Petty. The Who was disappointing.

This year's will be ehh.
Nov 26, 2010 3:49pm
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Nov 26, 2010 6:07 PM
Double edged sword... while I'm not a Black Eyed Peas fan, at least they are actually shooting for a demographic outside of 50-60 year old white males for the first time since Janet Jackson whipped out her tits.
Nov 26, 2010 6:07pm
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Nov 26, 2010 6:12 PM
The Who/The Boss were worse in my opinion. Better topic would be last good one, Paul McCartney?
Nov 26, 2010 6:12pm
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Nov 26, 2010 6:35 PM
The Who was terrible
Nov 26, 2010 6:35pm
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Nov 26, 2010 6:36 PM
Prince was pretty good.

It all comes down to song selection. If The Who started off with Won't Get Fooled Again, went into Behind Blue Eyes and finished with Baba O'Reilly it could have been epic. Starting off with a song from a rock opera (Pinball Wizard) and including another song from said opera was just a poor decision (additionally Who Are You has never been a fan favorite). You have 3-5 songs to entertain - not a full concert. Springsteen made the same mistake although not as pronounced.
Nov 26, 2010 6:36pm
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Nov 26, 2010 6:52 PM
DeyDurkie5;575842 wrote:black eyed peas=hip hop???
Hb31187;575843 wrote:BEP=Pop
raiderbuck;575853 wrote:BEP is as close to hip hop as Nickelback is to good rock music

Okay, if what they do isn't a fusion of hip hop and pop then it's pop that's been heavily influenced by hip hop.
Nov 26, 2010 6:52pm