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WarGamer

(16,585 posts) Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:34 PM Feb 9

At least I'm old enough to remember good halftime shows of the past. [View all]

Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna... Lady Gaga and Springsteen, Beyonce and U2...

Hell even Shakira and J-Lo with Bad Bunny were better than tonight.

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At least I'm old enough to remember good halftime shows of the past. [View all] WarGamer Feb 9 OP

This is horrible Emile Feb 9 #1

I agree!!😢 demosincebirth Feb 10 #78

Remember UP WITH PEOPLE BOSSHOG Feb 9 #2

Apparently, they are still popular in Mexico LeftInTX Feb 9 #58

Tom Petty so many good ones ALBliberal Feb 9 #3

This looks like a Jr High talent show DenaliDemocrat Feb 9 #4

Not watching senseandsensibility Feb 9 #5

Ditto on the Prince show Traildogbob Feb 9 #34

Coldplay, roscoeroscoe Feb 10 #82

I hate coldplay Dorian Gray Feb 14 #103

Here's the You Tube roscoeroscoe Feb 14 #107

Bruno Mars!!! AkFemDem Feb 9 #6

My brother is a very dedicated amateur musician TexasBushwhacker Feb 9 #23

Is it horrible? Can't watch and yet feel I have the ALBliberal Feb 9 #7

It's Certainly Targeted At... ProfessorGAC Feb 9 #11

Oh good, it's not just me NT Tickle Feb 9 #8

I liked the halftime show from Super Bowl XXXIII in LogDog75 Feb 9 #9

I love Kendrick tishaLA Feb 9 #10

Maybe it's my age... loved snoop, dre and fifty cent in LA a few years ago... WarGamer Feb 9 #12

Kendrick doesn't have the laid back style of Snoop tishaLA Feb 9 #13

I thought it was brilliant. harumph Feb 9 #15

I don't think True Dough Feb 9 #27

Me too, I loved it! still-prayin4rain Feb 9 #52

I Couldn't Make Out the Lyrics DET Feb 9 #61

Lyrics are words in a song. The last thing I would call that is a song. Emile Feb 10 #83

root of song and memory is rhyme. harumph Feb 10 #93

Funny Dorian Gray Feb 14 #104

Not watching the game at all. But fwiw Alliepoo Feb 9 #14

Shakira bats 1.000... never misses WarGamer Feb 9 #17

She's also a huge tax cheat True Dough Feb 9 #30

She is Colombian DeepWinter Feb 10 #85

And no less a tax fraud! True Dough Feb 10 #86

That's a lot of dough. Mosby Feb 13 #95

I only saw a little bit of it RandomNumbers Feb 9 #16

My secret fantasy is a Metallica halftime show. WarGamer Feb 9 #19

LOL I could go for that RandomNumbers Feb 9 #20

the last chance for Metallica would be Super Bowl 2026 in San Francisco... home of Metallica. WarGamer Feb 9 #37

Next Year let's have BOSSHOG Feb 9 #31

Then others won't like it. How funny. Its like this every year. Srkdqltr Feb 9 #39

I'd like to have them play in my back yard BOSSHOG Feb 9 #42

Or TOOL proud patriot Feb 9 #54

The one I'll never forget is Janet Jackson and whatsisname and the whole circus that followed. Dave Bowman Feb 9 #18

There's now a crater on Mimas named after Janet Jackson ... eppur_se_muova Feb 9 #48

Tonight was pretty good malaise Feb 9 #21

I'm old enough to remember marching bands at half time. LOL 2 Meow Momma Feb 9 #22

I liked it and real hip hop fans recognize the greatness that is K-Dot tulipsandroses Feb 10 #74

I'm over 50 and grew the fuck up on hip hop. Kdot has slowly grown on me over the last few months. Watching closely. SoFlaBro Feb 10 #81

I also remember the days of ChazII Feb 10 #89

Drake fan? nt LexVegas Feb 9 #24

Ari Melber probably enjoyed it. Paladin Feb 9 #25

I switched to Celebrity Jeopardy 49jim Feb 9 #26

Who were the contestants tonight? True Dough Feb 9 #32

Margaret Cho was the winner 49jim Feb 9 #41

$47.5k is not too shabby, True Dough Feb 9 #44

PRINCE! FalloutShelter Feb 9 #28

oh is it time for people to show their age again lol WhiskeyGrinder Feb 9 #29

Yeah, trying to decipher Kdot's performances is a cultural phenomenon itself. Lol tulipsandroses Feb 10 #75

Wasn-t meant for me. Didn't pay attention. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 9 #33

I left in the middle of it. murielm99 Feb 9 #35

Gotta love people offering up their opinions as if it's fact Docreed2003 Feb 9 #36

Music is personal. WarGamer Feb 9 #40

I did, see how that works Docreed2003 Feb 9 #50

Plenty of anti-Trump imagery, you say? W_HAMILTON Feb 9 #67

I cannot remember a Super Bowl half time that everyone liked. The ones in the past were panned just like these are . Srkdqltr Feb 9 #38

Bring back The McGuire Sisters sisters and Dynaflow transmissions! Hassin Bin Sober Feb 9 #43

Yah, dig 'em up and let 'em sing. Srkdqltr Feb 9 #47

Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna are mostly liked... by all. WarGamer Feb 9 #46

I gave it a chance.Though I've no doubt B.See Feb 9 #45

Rap is not my thing, and I would never listen to it for pleasure, Music Man Feb 9 #49

I'm old and I thought it was great! still-prayin4rain Feb 9 #51

Black empowerment seems to bother a lot of people. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 9 #53

That's just it Sucha NastyWoman Feb 9 #60

I thought the GNX was the amazing Polybius Feb 9 #66

I hear ya but RandomNumbers Feb 10 #73

Exactly. Not saying he doesn't deserve his props, but B.See Feb 10 #77

It sure does. OR the cultural divide is quite evident. Kendrick's performances have been tulipsandroses Feb 10 #91

Nailed it malaise Feb 14 #105

Unwatchable, low energy, boring Bread and Circuses Feb 9 #55

60 years of playing less than mediocre guitar, horns, mandola, etc., makes me respect musicians of all genres, except Silent Type Feb 9 #56

Brilliant Vanguard Art Comrade Citizen Feb 9 #57

Get off my lawn! iemanja Feb 9 #59

In Living Color Morbius Feb 9 #62

I watched the whole thing, even though these 76 year old ears couldn't keep up with the lyrics. Greybnk48 Feb 9 #63

Kudos to you! "Drake VS Kendrick Explained to White People" vanessa_ca Feb 14 #96

How about Zackzzzz Feb 9 #64

2022 was amazing Polybius Feb 9 #65

Might not be your style, but Kendrick won a Pulitzer Prize for music. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 9 #68

I think this U2 performance is the last Superbowl halftime music I really enjoyed. It was right after 911. dgauss Feb 9 #69

I didn't mind it. GoCubsGo Feb 9 #70

That was likely the worst ever IbogaProject Feb 10 #71

My annual hot-take tradition: Prince was vastly overrated Tommy Carcetti Feb 10 #72

As bad as Meatloaf? canetoad Feb 10 #76

Strong disagree Mountainguy Feb 10 #79

Music is 100% subjective... I thought it was hot trash. WarGamer Feb 10 #80

Someone that likes NWA and Pac but not Kdot? That tells me you know nothing about Kendrick tulipsandroses Feb 10 #90

He may be a poet... but I don't hear music. WarGamer Feb 10 #92

Interesting because Dre is one of Kendrick's biggest fans vanessa_ca Feb 13 #94

My granddaughters loved it ribrepin Feb 10 #84

Face it, you're OLD justaprogressive Feb 10 #87

You would have loved the halftime shows MineralMan Feb 10 #88

Like this? LeftInTX Feb 14 #100

Maybe not quite.. MineralMan Feb 14 #106

Not sure why a liberal doesn't get the Gil Scott Heron referrence right off the bat FHRRK Feb 14 #97

I just didn't HEAR MUSIC. WarGamer Feb 14 #98

Yeah, I get that FHRRK Feb 14 #99

Prince doing Purple Rain and U2 doing MLK/Where the Streets Have No Name AZJonnie Feb 14 #101

I'm old enough to remember them too Dorian Gray Feb 14 #102

Re: the stats WarGamer Feb 14 #108