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It’s tempting to write a rebuttal of that halftime show but it turns out Alanis Morissette was there first:
OK, that jab is a little unfair. Since the act was the Black Eyed Peas, today’s show was about the best we could reasonably expect.
The one mystery was Fergie’s ridiculous double shoulderpads. Maybe the NFL wanted to be doubly sure to avoid another wardrobe malfunction.
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Teflon93| 2.6.11 @ 9:59PM
Watching this Super Bowl you'd think Generation X never existed. Baby Boomer everything---including ridiculous commercials touting American history which apparently stopped with Woodstock.
Slash playing on "Sweet Child O' Mine" for 30 seconds was it.
I shouldn't be surprised---Baby Boomers have largely ignored Generation X ever since conceiving it.
Patriot| 2.6.11 @ 10:14PM
What's with the hate for The Black Eyed Peas? Who do you think you are, Greg Gutfeld? It's the first Super Bowl halftime entertainment I've enjoyed in years.
Fergie sang great and looked beautiful, even if she was wearing funky shoulder pads. No need to be mean.
Thomas Aquinas| 2.6.11 @ 11:14PM
"Watching this Super Bowl you'd think Generation X never existed."
Sadly, the Baby Boomers' used up all the good chord progressions for their pop tunes, and all the good lyrics as well. So, by the time we reach today, there is really nothing left except techno-crap, including the splicing of Baby Boom music backed by an incessantly annoying techno-drum.
So, even though Gen X does exist, given their contribution to culture, it's almost as if they didn't.
You parents fed you crap, and thus you produced crap.
Patriot| 2.6.11 @ 11:41PM
LOL. I thought the same thing but didn't want to be mean and post it, especially after my first comment.
Teflon93| 2.7.11 @ 8:40AM
Except that Gen X's musical heydey was the 80s and early 90s, when quite a lot of quite excellent music was produced, almost any of which is far superior to the folk crap shat out at Woodstock.
Sure, the Boomers claim The Beatles, but somehow neglect to turn their check ticket in for The Monkees or The Vanilla Fudge.
Meanwhile, I'm quite happy with The Pixies, U2, Iron Maiden, Stevie Ray Vaughan, et al. Anything beats The Black Eyed Peas----anything which doesn't need Autotune to function, anyway.
Chris| 2.7.11 @ 8:43AM
Really???? Boomer music went from a sixties drugged out haze of over-indulgent guitar solos to seventies disco. The Eighties were a return to upbeat, optimistic music which people could actually listen to while not being stoned. My mother-in-law, a Boomer, actually says it was the best era of pop/rock music.
Get a clue| 2.7.11 @ 9:30AM
Thomas Aquinas is obviously your typical self-absorbed boomer. 80's music kicked a** all over sixties music. Most retro stations play 80's early 90's not sixties.
Patty| 2.7.11 @ 10:59PM
80's music was better then the 60's?
I think your momma dropped you on your head too many times when you were a baby. Fool.
RJ| 2.7.11 @ 1:10AM
In watching Super Bowl half time shows (among several other things), I realize I am not part of the target demographic which the networks are going after. It just looks and sounds strange and freaky to me. I am hoping to go back home to my universe; this one is too weird for me.
Hillary| 2.7.11 @ 4:55AM
Dude, chill out. Rock music has been freaky for nearly half a century. Mick Jagger's lips scared the hell oiut of me when I was just a kid.
Where have you been?
Dollface| 2.7.11 @ 6:45AM
I thought the half-time show was horrible.
Will| 2.7.11 @ 7:39AM
I watched a segment of a documentary on monkeys during the break. I also avoided most of the commercial crap in a similar manner.
David W| 2.7.11 @ 8:37AM
When halftime started, I went into the office to do a little reading (American Spectator, Chicks on the Right, and other evil web sites). I suddenly heard this obnoxious noise coming from my TV. I walked into the living room and saw the halftime show. Needless to say I changed channels and watched a rerun of the Rifleman. I missed the first part of the second half because I wanted to be sure I wouldn't catch any more of the Black Eyed Peas "singing". P.S. - anyone else think that some of the Doritos commercials were a little creepy (one guy sucking on another's finger, same guy ripping off the pants of another so he could smell the Doritos crumbs that the second guy had wiped on them)?
Chris| 2.7.11 @ 8:44AM
I ended up on Puppy Bowl VII.
LarryK| 2.7.11 @ 9:14AM
My wife and I watched the Black Eyed Peas in amazement ( that the planners thought that would pass as entertainment), then when they did the number with the dancers with the boxes on their head, we were on the floor Laughing our asses off.
Debra| 2.7.11 @ 10:20AM
My husband went into the kitchen to wash dishes during the halftime show (what a man!). He heard my shrieks of hysterical laughter at the "squareheads" and came back to see it for himself. Hard to believe that Fergie is the same girl I saw on Kids, Inc. when my son was young and infatuated with that show. Enjoyed The Who much more last year, but then, I'm 52.
LarryK| 2.7.11 @ 10:33AM
Rock & Roll!
Get a clue| 2.7.11 @ 9:44AM
Sadly, Aquinas you don't have a clue. Look at YouTube, lots of millennials compliment 80's music some even desiring to be teens during that time. You'll never hear Xer's wishing to grow up in the 60's, desiring their music and especially not wanting to be like them ( Who would want to be the a** clown generation that practically wrecked western civilization single-handily and definitely sealed(ing) the deal). That's why boomers ignore/hold down Xer's we highlight their multitudinous of sins.
dennis2j| 2.7.11 @ 12:36PM
Last year's pathetic Who concert was the Boomer generation's jump the shark moment. This far-from-hip 57 year old thought yesterday's half-time show was the best one he had ever seen. Weird, over-the-top, and thoroughly entertaining. I would now consider paying good money to see the Black Eyed Peas in concert.
Patty| 2.7.11 @ 11:00PM
I agree.
southernsue| 2.7.11 @ 2:22PM
christine agulara sp? black eyed peas, ect., ect. all prefab music generated in the studio. who knew the voice enhancers would not work in live performances? i feel sorry for the kids of today, listening to music that isn't even real. just manufactured and packaged singers.