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		In its never-ending quest to reach the bottom of the well, the NFL is having Madonna perform at the Super Bowl halftime show (content.usatoday.com)		306
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ElLoco		2011-10-03 03:53:39 PM

FreakinB: Gaslight Anthem would be good too, but not enough people know who the fark they are.

Yea, um... that included me. I'm listening to some of their stuff now. http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem/music (new window)

Not bad. Not bad at all. Good traveling music, and I travel.

Big Beef Burrito		2011-10-03 03:55:40 PM

What's Foghat doing that could possbibly be more important than this?

markyp09		2011-10-03 03:58:07 PM

einsteinsbabysister: Good Superbowl Bands/Artists:

Band of Horses

P.S. its OPPOSITE DAY!

/although I would love to hear all of them live

Are you saying Band of Horses sucks? Or just that they wouldn't make a good Super Bowl halftime act? The opposite day comment confused me.

I at least agree with the second half of that statement.

strapp3r		2011-10-03 03:59:36 PM

'Making love to Madonna 'was like cuddling a piece of gristle'

static.guim.co.uk

vudukungfu		2011-10-03 04:00:29 PM

Superbowl?
the fark's that?
bunch of thinly desguized homoerotic fan boyz jerkin off to a bunch of over grown bears in tights.
I've seen more honest fandom at a ren faire.
And the drinks were stiffer, too.
Jesus, guys, just come out of teh closet already.

dj1s		2011-10-03 04:03:15 PM

Is football still relevant?

Natas Nwaps		2011-10-03 04:03:38 PM

Be thankful, their first choice was the cast of GLEE...

Dahnkster		2011-10-03 04:03:45 PM

Ray of Light?
i.cdn.turner.com

She'd murder that song.

just passing through		2011-10-03 04:05:59 PM

A_Listless_Wanderer: just passing through: Does anyone even watch the halftime show? Isn't that the part where you go use the restroom and grab another drink?

Why do you keep your drinks in the restroom?

Wait, where do you keep yours?

ISubmittedThisYesterdayWithAMuchFunnierHeadline		2011-10-03 04:07:08 PM

Balchinian: Well I think it is the perfect choice. A dried up old has-been performer that nobody really gives a crap about singing at a dried up old has-been event that nobody really gives a crap about in a dried up old has-been league that nobody really gives a crap about. The fact that she is undoubtedly charging the "cash-strapped" NFL a ridiculously huge amount of money is even more apropos. I think it is absolutely a match made in heaven, and I can't wait to not watch it.

Good Lord, what planet are you from?

FeFiFoFark		2011-10-03 04:10:05 PM

iollow: Why do they insist on a musical number? They're all bad. Get a circus in there, or like 1,000 t-shirt cannons, or maybe gladiators (yeah, like in ancient times).

exactly!
or:
demolition derby
motorcycle jumps
robot battles
whirling dervish
mongolian cluster f*ck
giant pillow fight
giant water balloon fight
giant fist-fight!

CapnBlues		2011-10-03 04:10:53 PM

keylock71: This is what happens when you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator... Lots of bland, middle of the road pop.

Couldn't agree more. Note that the same thing happens in many sectors of the economy and government -- when you appeal to the middle, try to capture something that is inoffensive to as many people as possible, you get something that works well for nobody.

The day they get Motorhead to do the half-time show is the day I'll actually watch the SB Half-time Show.

I don't even listen to Motorhead and I want this to happen.

PanicMan		2011-10-03 04:11:05 PM

just passing through: A_Listless_Wanderer: just passing through: Does anyone even watch the halftime show? Isn't that the part where you go use the restroom and grab another drink?

Why do you keep your drinks in the restroom?

Wait, where do you keep yours?

Isn't that what the back of the toilet is for? Throw some ice in there, a few cans of cheap beer...

WhiskeySticks		2011-10-03 04:15:31 PM

Stopped reading in page 3 because I had the ultimate idea...

MOTORHEAD!!!

Madonna's a whore, isn't she a grandma or something?

Gabrielmot		2011-10-03 04:17:55 PM

just passing through: A_Listless_Wanderer: just passing through: Does anyone even watch the halftime show? Isn't that the part where you go use the restroom and grab another drink?

Why do you keep your drinks in the restroom?

Wait, where do you keep yours?

If you ever come over to my house, I keep the good beer for guests in the toilet bowl... either that, or you can have Bud Light.

RobFMJ		2011-10-03 04:18:54 PM

Pocket Ninja: You could put just about any singer in existence in place of the name "Madonna" in this headline and the thread would play out identically. I mean, what's the NFL supposed to do here? There are very few bands in the world that command universal respect, and they're very difficult to schedule. I mean, sure, they could ask someone like Kings of Leon or Cold Play, but what are the chances they're available? Green Day, is another, I suppose, but cutting-edge punk isn't really the sound you want for the Superbowl. And they've already had Aerosmith. There's just not much else left to choose from.

kindly leave, sir

/kindly

All_Farked_Up		2011-10-03 04:19:52 PM

Jamdug!: That would have been a good get 20 30 years ago.

FIFY

Moonvale		2011-10-03 04:23:12 PM

Springsteen was the last one i really liked. the who were kind of disappointing. Prince was awesome though

BigMevy		2011-10-03 04:24:58 PM

/my vote

mynamebackwards		2011-10-03 04:25:26 PM

SultanofSchwing		2011-10-03 04:27:04 PM

Pocket Ninja: You could put just about any singer in existence in place of the name "Madonna" in this headline and the thread would play out identically. I mean, what's the NFL supposed to do here? There are very few bands in the world that command universal respect, and they're very difficult to schedule. I mean, sure, they could ask someone like Kings of Leon or Cold Play, but what are the chances they're available? Green Day, is another, I suppose, but cutting-edge punk isn't really the sound you want for the Superbowl. And they've already had Aerosmith. There's just not much else left to choose from.

Green Day...cutting edge punk...hahahaha

AgentOrangeDrink		2011-10-03 04:30:13 PM

interluder: what a GIS for halftime show may look like -
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Anything involving the Trailer Park Boys would be the greatest non-Prince halftime show ever.

Killer Cars: halftime serves first and foremost as a piss and more beer run.

Not to get all John Madden on you, but if you buy enough beer before the game, you don't need to go get beer during the game.

MadAzza		2011-10-03 04:32:54 PM

Big Beef Burrito: What's Foghat doing that could possbibly be more important than this?

Eww, Greek yogurt on my keyboard!

/one vote for Slayer

iollow		2011-10-03 04:35:19 PM

FeFiFoFark: giant pillow fight

Cheerleader lingerie pillow fight would be the most watched half-time ever.

MadAzza		2011-10-03 04:35:52 PM

SultanofSchwing: Pocket Ninja: You could put just about any singer in existence in place of the name "Madonna" in this headline and the thread would play out identically. I mean, what's the NFL supposed to do here? There are very few bands in the world that command universal respect, and they're very difficult to schedule. I mean, sure, they could ask someone like Kings of Leon or Cold Play, but what are the chances they're available? Green Day, is another, I suppose, but cutting-edge punk isn't really the sound you want for the Superbowl. And they've already had Aerosmith. There's just not much else left to choose from.

Green Day...cutting edge punk...hahahaha

OK, that's three on the hook. Not bad, Pocket Ninja.

Forecaster18		2011-10-03 04:36:29 PM

LinkTheShavingofOccam123: Tony Bennett and the greatest big band ever assembled. The acoustics would be a biatch but we don't have too much of Tony left.

ecx.images-amazon.com

These guys would fill the bill nicely.

robsul82		2011-10-03 04:36:54 PM

ElLoco: Yea, um... that included me. I'm listening to some of their stuff now. http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem/music (new window)

Not bad. Not bad at all. Good traveling music, and I travel.

i63.photobucket.com

The new Springsteen.

Blitherakt		2011-10-03 04:40:15 PM

AgentOrangeDrink: Not to get all John Madden on you, but if you buy enough beer before the game, you don't need to go get beer during the game.

Defining "enough beer" is difficult, though. "Not enough beer" is an easier definition: more than I have right now.

germ78		2011-10-03 04:47:23 PM

I think Gwar and Insane Clown Posse would be good choices for the halftime show of the super bowl.

dickfreckle		2011-10-03 04:48:12 PM

ISubmittedThisYesterdayWithAMuchFunnierHeadline: Balchinian: Well I think it is the perfect choice. A dried up old has-been performer that nobody really gives a crap about singing at a dried up old has-been event that nobody really gives a crap about in a dried up old has-been league that nobody really gives a crap about. The fact that she is undoubtedly charging the "cash-strapped" NFL a ridiculously huge amount of money is even more apropos. I think it is absolutely a match made in heaven, and I can't wait to not watch it.

Good Lord, what planet are you from?

You keep farking up the mobile page! No big deal. ;) Next time, use some spaces or underscores for your username. Not that I'm one to criticize usernames with one like mine.

SuddenlySamhain		2011-10-03 04:49:13 PM

I was not a fan of hers when I was in highschool,I was AAAALLLL about Judas Priest,But I got her Ray of Light album back in 98 and have been kind of a fan ever since.

dickfreckle		2011-10-03 05:10:02 PM

SuddenlySamhain: I was not a fan of hers when I was in highschool,I was AAAALLLL about Judas Priest,But I got her Ray of Light album back in 98 and have been kind of a fan ever since.

That's not a bad album. My then-GF bought it and I have to admit eventually loving it. Later, "Music" came out. Also a good one. The rest, meh. Well, I did own Like a Virgin on cassette when I was a kid.

Lt. Cheese Weasel		2011-10-03 05:19:34 PM

germ78: I think Gwar and Insane Clown Posse would be good choices for the halftime show of the super bowl.

Hmmmm, not enough dark. I'd go with August Burns Red and Black Dahlia Murder. Nobody would understand a word of it but their faces would get peeled off like Nuskin Plenty of Shubs and Zuuls would know what it was to be roasted in the fires of the Sloar that day, I can tell you.

MadAzza		2011-10-03 05:34:22 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: germ78: I think Gwar and Insane Clown Posse would be good choices for the halftime show of the super bowl.

Hmmmm, not enough dark. I'd go with August Burns Red and Black Dahlia Murder. Nobody would understand a word of it but their faces would get peeled off like Nuskin Plenty of Shubs and Zuuls would know what it was to be roasted in the fires of the Sloar that day, I can tell you.

I saw Black Dahlia Murder a few months ago, or last year or whenever it was, in a small venue here in Honolulu. Good music, very entertaining but not "face-peeling," IMO.

Leader O'Cola		2011-10-03 05:38:33 PM

Marine1: The_Sponge: Marine1: Also, she's terrible. I want AC DC or Anthrax.

Or KISS.

True. Megadeth would be a good show too. Judas Priest, Foo Fighters, and if their over-inflated sense of ego would let them, Metallica... all would be good choices.

Seriously, I want something masculine. Football is masculine. Songs by Madonna are not.

Darth Goodell's vision of the NFL game is certainly not very masculine.

Onkel Buck		2011-10-03 05:40:02 PM

I was wondering what I was gonna miss as I stepped out to smoke a blunt during halftime

cwolf20		2011-10-03 05:46:47 PM

She's better than Baldy Spears I mean Brittany.

Big Man On Campus		2011-10-03 05:50:44 PM

You think there are men in this country who haven't seen your...?

Swoop1809		2011-10-03 06:02:26 PM

Rush could play every Superbowl halftime show until they die in my opinion. Id rather them play Rush over the loudspeaker and watch midget wrestling on the field than Madonna.

TheJoe03		2011-10-03 06:07:54 PM

I'm still waiting for the Wu-Tang halftime show.

cetacei		2011-10-03 06:12:58 PM

Still the best halftime show ever

i104.photobucket.com

Halftime Heat (new window)

ani23		2011-10-03 06:21:14 PM

cant we just get some pix from when she was hot

SomeoneDumb		2011-10-03 06:29:11 PM

The NFL doesn't need to hire someone to bring in the highly desirable 15-30 year old male viewers. They're already gonna be watching, anyway.

/Some tiny percent of them will keep us entertained in a Fark thread, too!

SDRR		2011-10-03 06:31:31 PM

ISubmittedThisYesterdayWithAMuchFunnierHeadline: Balchinian: Well I think it is the perfect choice. A dried up old has-been performer that nobody really gives a crap about singing at a dried up old has-been event that nobody really gives a crap about in a kdried up old has-been league that nobody really gives a crap about. The fact that she is undoubtedly charging the "cash-strapped" NFL a ridiculously huge amount of money is even more apropos. I think it is absolutely a match made in heaven, and I can't wait to not watch it.

Good Lord, what planet are you from?

Trollcury?
Trollnus?
Trollliter?
Trollurn?
Trollanus?

Yep, Trollanus. It. Has to be Trollanus...

Devil's Playground		2011-10-03 06:33:52 PM

OHDUDENESS: How about an 11 minute version of "Crazy Game of Poker (new window)"

The 17 minute version is better

SDRR		2011-10-03 06:36:41 PM

I think they should get Joan Jett. I would rather see her than Madonna.

Oak		2011-10-03 06:37:13 PM

Devil's Playground		2011-10-03 06:44:02 PM

I would suggest a good Phish show, but most of their songs run longer than 15 minutes so I guess that won't happen any time soon.23 Minute Y.E.M. (new window)

RockChalkH1N1		2011-10-03 06:44:56 PM

Van Halen
Def Leppard
RHCP
Green Day
Foo Fighters

I would settle for any of those, because they are universal and would appeal to a lot of people. Though I like these bands, others that I like wouldn't fit the superbowl