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1 posted on 02/09/2024 5:09:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
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They’re like Biden, they can’t remember the songs and how to exit the stage. My WAG. 😜


2 posted on 02/09/2024 5:13:48 PM PST by Equine1952
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I believe that the best Super Bowl halftime performance ever was ZZ Top.


3 posted on 02/09/2024 5:13:51 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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We turn the TV off during half-time.

When I got to see the Super Bowl in person, Diana Ross showed up in a helicopter. She was past her peak, but was still a recognized name. I am glad I didn’t go when Usher or Snoop Doggy Dogg or whoever was there. Bad enough I had to see the Cowboys and Steelers. (Neil O’Donnell in a Super Bowl? How very Rex Grossman of them.)

When I was a kid the Super Bowl had groups like “Up With People”, now they go with edgy.

I think the Michael Jackson half-time show was such a draw, the NFL was hooked.


4 posted on 02/09/2024 5:14:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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Rock bands do not play the Super Bowl because the NFL does not need to attract more dudes to watch the game, they all watch no matter who plays.


5 posted on 02/09/2024 5:15:04 PM PST by Round Earther
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Didn’t Kiss play one time?


6 posted on 02/09/2024 5:16:29 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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The NFL is pandering to the black audience.


8 posted on 02/09/2024 5:16:42 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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The same reason why Rock Bands aren’t at the Grammies .....


9 posted on 02/09/2024 5:17:04 PM PST by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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Only Rap is approved. Woke planners. Imagine someone suggesting having the Eagles or America as a half time show. They would be run out of town on a rail.


11 posted on 02/09/2024 5:17:48 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Because autotune doesn’t work in stadiums....


12 posted on 02/09/2024 5:18:04 PM PST by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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Informative link, that it makes it quite clear, I think. Especially when you bear in mind the demographics (rock fans tend older these days and are more likely watch the game regardless).

Simply put: the half-time show courts R&B/ hip-hop / pop, because that's where the market share is.

It just is what it is / good marketing sense.

I'd prefer a good rock artist myself, but I'm not going to fault someone running a commercial venture for choosing the widest audience.
14 posted on 02/09/2024 5:18:52 PM PST by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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Why Don’t Rock Bands Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show Anymore?

So they don't have to humiliate themselves.

16 posted on 02/09/2024 5:20:33 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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but plenty of worthy candidates remain. Among those who’ve never played are Guns N’ Roses, Billy Joel, Foo Fighters, Elton John, Eagles, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi and Metallica.

this guy is funny...


18 posted on 02/09/2024 5:23:40 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Rock is dead, long live rock.


19 posted on 02/09/2024 5:23:47 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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I'm old enough to remember when marching bands did halftime at the Super Bowl.

Speaking of marching bands on football fields, "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac is very underrated.

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (1979)

20 posted on 02/09/2024 5:24:46 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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Rock music is Boomer and Gen X music. Their heyday is over.


24 posted on 02/09/2024 5:27:32 PM PST by Wallace T. ( )
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The programners of the NFL are trying to attract viewers at halftime!

Who are the most popoular artists on the charts?

Classic rock bands are mostly dead. Except for the Rolling Stones, who already played there. Played there. (And only 3/5ths are so alive.

What contemporary rock bands are nearly as popukar as Drake, J.Lo, Shakira, Eminem. Dr. Dre, etc?

Even the great alertnative bands of the 1990s are all past their prime, many are defunct.

U2 might be the only exception I can think of that is still entact and perfotming. But they haven't had a charting record in a decade.

Boomers love football. X'ers like it too. The NFL is trying to get Milleniums and Zoomers to watch.

28 posted on 02/09/2024 5:28:44 PM PST by Vlad0
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What Super Bowl? No thanks, I’ll take a KNEE!!!!!


29 posted on 02/09/2024 5:29:32 PM PST by Dapper 26
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Taylor Swift to headline next year


34 posted on 02/09/2024 5:34:26 PM PST by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism .)
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Why Don’t Rock Marching Bands Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show Anymore?

Halftime shows should be performed by marching bands--as was the case with Super Bowl I.

35 posted on 02/09/2024 5:38:15 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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Don’t watch the game, but I’d certainly tune in for this: When Legends Rise

It’s already a football theme…

36 posted on 02/09/2024 5:38:19 PM PST by voicereason (When a bartender can join Congress and become a millionaire...there’s a problem.)
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