Fair comments, I don’t entirely agree though
First Jackson thinks Trump is a racist, that’s a big one for me
I don’t care for TS’s politics, but I like some of her music, and she would appeal to a different segment of the audience, better yet a good old fashioned rock band.
Second, according to Fox this was the most watched SB and halftime show, and the “entertainment “ chosen IMO, appealed to a small percentage of the audience, why?
Third, was there a reason that the performers were almost exclusively black? Other halftime shows have had a mix of genres and performers.
What would the reaction have been if the halftime show had been exclusively country music?
Fourth black “national anthem “, was there an Indian national anthem, Hispanic national anthem, Asian national anthem….
As a viewer there was no little that appealed to me
Just my 2 cents
Fair points. Let me clarify.
I don’t hate rap but, outside of one song, it’s not on my playlist. Many on FR are prolly in the same boat. I’d rather listen to free jazz or classical, but I’ll spin a Run DMC album before Springsteen. Parenthetically, I’ll listen to TSwift before Lamar, but that’s a very low bar for me.
That doesn’t matter - https://musicalpursuits.com/music-streaming/. R&B/hip hop make up about 1/3 of all streams. It’s big.
I suspect the demographics of SB viewers line up with that fanbase more than rock, pop, or country. Indeed, when the Who was the HT act the demographics lined up then. The times are changing, ergo why we see so many HT shows in the R&B/hip hop genre.
Mr Jackson may be anti-Trump, but at least he’s still living in America unlike the traitors (or people on the verge of being in a Diddy dragnet…) who moved to Europe. If he was an AOC- or Squad- or Michael Moore-level crank he wouldn’t have been in red, white, and blue. Point taken, though.
On the multiple national anthems, interestingly, the NFL caught heat for dropping the End Racism wording around the end zones. They made their bed.
Again, I want to be clear. I’m not saying that we are at the level of change we’d see with a Kid Rock HT show. But considering the filth we had over the past decade, this HT show demonstrates that the Authorities don’t want to alienate (or maybe they simply fear…) normal Americans vs previously.
YMMV. Thanks for listening.