The Who/Super Bowl XLIV

[wonkadog]

I really hope they do something new this year for the Super Bowl halftime show..

Im thinking washed up band..... stage with fireworks..... 100 dancers around the stage.... 100 fans up next to the stage cheering.... big inflatables dotting the field....

Wow, now that would be innovative for sure! The key is making sure the band is really washed up, someone who hasn't had a hit song in probably 30 years but brings back memories to all the stoners who don't even care about the football game.

Seriously, I don't know what the solution is. Maybe team up an old, washed-up group along with a young, hot piece of *** to pull in all demographics.

 

[isukendall]

Pinball Wizard. Mark it now....

 

[MNCyGuy]

Infinitely better than the years they had Disney doing the halftime shows though. I seem to remember a year with African dancers and weird giant giraffe puppets. At least with the rock acts you've got a chance of seeing Springsteen hit his crotch on a camera.:biglaugh:

 

[thatguy]

How about classic rock bands fighting bears?

 

[thatguy]

Ooh... I Can See for Miles is a fantastic song, but I have to give my favorite to Love Reign O'er Me. The timpanies at the beginning are awesome, and the orchestra is sweeping. It's also too slow for the show.

"See Me Feel Me" is my favorite Who song, but also doesn't fit the Super Bowl. In the Kids Are Alright when Daultry belts out that tune as the sun comes up. It is amazing. Also adds to the amazement that somebody acid spiked there water before the performance and they were all trippin-billies.
It is the Jerry Bruckheimer effect on everything. People only want the loud fast song, and don't appreciate the emotion that goes into Love Reign O'er Me and See Me Feel Me.
This all goes back to my theory that MTV, Jerry Bruckheimer and the TV show "Friends" is what ruined our culture.

 

[st8]

How about classic rock bands fighting bears?

you may be on to something!! let ozzy stumble out there with a samurai sword, then release like 7 grizzley bears. That would be epic, and I gaurentee more people would wathc then do now!!

 

[usedcarguy]

I read a story online today that according to Florida law, Pete may have to register as a sex offender because of that "research project" which he was doing which culminated in an arrest due to a bunch of child porn on his computer.

Of course laws are bent for people all the time so maybe they'll look the other way...........

 

[EddieISU]

Any way The Who will allow Eddie Vedder to sneak on the stage to do "Baba O' Reilly". with them?

 

[Angie]

I read a story online today that according to Florida law, Pete may have to register as a sex offender because of that "research project" which he was doing which culminated in an arrest due to a bunch of child porn on his computer.

Of course laws are bent for people all the time so maybe they'll look the other way...........

It's possible. It depends on how the registry translates from the UK to here. He was never actually charged over there, but had to register:

Townshend Avoids Kiddie Porn Charge - CBS News