Posted on 02/04/2005 4:19:38 AM PST by beyond the sea
Yesterday the league scheduled a news conference to announce the most complex halftime show ever attempted ,then, in a moment so genuine it barely belonged to this week or any other in the Super Bowl's manic history, someone introduced Paul McCartney.
Bounding on stage in a faded red sweatshirt and jeans, Sir Paul offered a respectful salute and took questions. A thousand crabby, jaded journalists looked transported.
"Questions for Paul?"
What? Questions for Paul McCartney?
"Paul, what band will you be performing with?"
"My band."
"No, what band?"
"I have a band; it's called 'my band.' "
McCartney allowed a certain conceit that he's probably here as the anti-Janet, promised to keep the show mammary free, and acknowledged, "I don't have a wardrobe to malfunction, so no worries on that score."
A young woman asked, since he was wearing red and blue, was he a Patriots fan.
"This is just slung on, honey."
With the same breezy manner that was just as infectious yesterday as it was in 1964, McCartney figured that even though we're here hyping this thing eight days a week, he might be here to put a global audience totaling close to 1 billion back in touch with something grandly simple.
"The message of my music is generally peace, love and come together," he said, "and that's as good a message as I can deliver. It's the same old one, but I can't think of anything better."
This is probably just me, but shouldn't there be a Paul McCartney news conference before every game? Not just every Super Bowl, every single game. That'd make next year's Pitt-Youngstown State fray a little more palatable, wouldn't it?
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I only recently found out about that. I might have to try it out, as it's closer to me and they probably have parking.
you must be a pointyhead having gone to CMU ; )
Guilty as charged.
SD
Watch a game on ESPN classic from the 80's and it's shocking how much better the quality of play was then compared with today's game.
The game will be over by halftime when the Pats are up 21-3. People who want to sleep will be able to go to bed early.
Oh yeah, they can actually shoot, they have a concept of what it means to pass the ball, there's defense (of course with the shooting percentage in today's game I can see why nobody bothers to play defense). The NBA needs a lot of help.
If Philly falls behind early I can see them start to panic and begin to turn the ball over. If that happens the game will get away from Philly very quickly.
I remember back then it was considered a great defensive accomplishment to hold a team under 100 points.
engineer or architect?
The former. Mike Brady was the only architect I'd ever heard of, and what kind of role model is that? He designed his own house and he has 6 kids sharing one bathroom?
SD
He was rehearsing "Hey Jude" yesterday, so don't be surprised if you hear it.
i just asked bc i heard CMU had a good architecture school. my brother did chem/petroleum engineering at Pitt.
They do, but it's brutal. 5 years of hell if you don't get weeded out before that.
SD
'Why can't they just give us Toby Keith, George Strait, and Dolly Parton for the Superbowl and dispense with all the Pop crap?! That's real Americana.'
And better music.
Oh my yes!
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