Man, fark this. There are so many newer and better musicians and bands that deserve to play.

Why? Fark you that's why.

Minarets: Man, fark this. There are so many newer and better musicians and bands that deserve to play.

came here to say this

Can't be worse than last year.

How does this warrant a "WTF"? It's not like the NFL has ever been on the cutting edge with their halftime shows. And, really, we're talking about a halftime show. Those things are meant to be lame. Just be happy you're not getting Up With People and a tribute to beef, America's Meat.

Minarets: Man, fark this. There are so many newer and better musicians and bands that deserve to play.

The sad thing about that is that if they were to choose a newer band, we'd likely end up listening/watching Death Cab for Cutie or something far, far worse. Least this way we know she could possibly fall back on earlier hits that were popular...

They need to get Megadeth or Iron Maiden to play the halftime show.

Hey, Madonna.
Wanna know what your self esteem is going to feel at the end of the show?
Pain. Pain.
These people are going to remind an egotistical fark machine what it felt like to get farked over so hard that you'll remember the very first time you screwed someone over.
Pain. Pain.
Hence: Die Another Day.

Wow. Those people have no clue what mainstream America wants to see. Madonna would have been a fantastic halftime show a couple of decades ago. Why not drag Cher, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick and Bette Midler onstage with her? The entertainment value would double just for the "Who's gonna break a hip first?" factor.

7th Son of a 7th Son: They need to get Megadeth or Iron Maiden to play the halftime show.

Wouldn't be universally loved, but I would really, really love to see it. That would be epic.

She didn't like to perform at Super Bowl before it was popular

As long as they don't use any closeup lenses,,,,,

I'd rather see Katy Perry, or if you want to go old school, Spinal Tap.

SnakeMan: What a bunch of hypocrites y'all are. First you whine endlessly that music today isn't as good as it used to be, so then the Powers That Be select a legend of the 1980s to give you a show and you're all "TOO OLD". Well which is it?

That's because she's a pop star. Pop stars age like beer. Rock stars age like whiskey.

Devo.

7th Son of a 7th Son: They need to get Megadeth or Iron Maiden to play the halftime show.

You and your username.. I think we can agree upon this. Up the irons \m/

SnakeMan: In all fairness, what band/artist of today's era WOULD be appropriate?

Don't ask; we'll get a nickleback\kesha mashup

There's a show during halftime? And people watch it?

I thought halftime was for grilling the meat to be consumed during the second half...

lohphat: As someone who's actually been in a Super Bowl halftime show (XXI 1987) -- and on camera -- I have an interest in this discussion.

Sad that it was all downhill since then.

I'd rather watch the Icy Hot Stuntaz.

And yes, Snake Man, this is a step backwards even from the Black Eyed Peas.

Some realistic and infinitely better choices for the target demographic (men aged 18-55):
ZZTop
Jimmy Buffet
Tom Petty
Santana
Robert Cray

Pratty: Can't be worse than last year.

Yea, last year was pretty craptacular. I felt sorry for Slash.

AC/DC
Beyonce


Rush?

rynthetyn: I don't usually pay attention to the halftime show anyway. The worst halftime act for me was U2, only because I was in college at the time and the U2-loving nerds from my brother dorm decided to watch the game with us just to see U2 and I ended up spending much of the first half explaining the concept of downs.

/missed the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction because I was channel surfing for something less cringeworthy than that performance

I missed the malfunction because I decided to get another 20 minutes of Knights of the Old Republic in and show the game to my buddy.

You know what would be awesome? If Justin Bieber headlined the halftime show. Then, while he was singing, Selena Gomez came out and they started singing duet. Wouldn't they just be the cutest couple ever singing at halftime?

rynthetyn: DubyaHater: You know what would be awesome? If Justin Bieber headlined the halftime show. Then, while he was singing, Selena Gomez came out and they started singing duet. Wouldn't they just be the cutest couple ever singing at halftime?

And then maybe we'll see a scripted wardrobe malfunction designed to help both of them break out of their images as clean cut tween stars so they can appeal to a broader demographic. After all, it worked really well for Justin Timberlake.

If it's like that couple on Dancing With The Stars-Argentina who lost all their clothes by the end of it, I'm in.

Yay... The Colts have sucked all this year (maybe on purpose so they didn't get in the Superbowl (Tinfoil)). Indianapolis traffic is going to suck for the week of the Superbowl. And now the halftime show is going to suck in a major way.

All of this "sucking" and I am surprised that the world doesn't vanish into a singularity centered in Indianapolis.

/Hope the commercials are better this year.

all this and I hear Kenye is available...

Every year since the NFL decided to try to bill the halftime show as some sort of actual entertainment we get the same old thing. The NFL hires the sort of act that is willing to do the gig and immediately after the announcement all hell breaks loose because dipshiats swarm out of the woodwork to declare the halftime act unworthy and crybag because the NFL refuses to book relevant musicians to play at halftime.

Allow me to clue you in.

There are no relevant acts at halftime during the Superbowl. Halftime is filler to keep the drinking crowd at the game from getting restless and entertaining themselves in dangerous ways and also to keep the people watching on TV from wandering off when they could be watching commercials.
They dont even really pretend to try to make the musical act sound right at the stadium much less at home on your television.. Their main worry is that the stage and act gets on and off the field fast and safe and ready to make enough music-like noise to hear at the stadium. Sound quality is not only comprimised, it is not even prioritized above stage hand work. I cannot think of a single relevant talented musician who cares more about roadie efficiency than they do about sound quality.
The superbowl halftime show is a great gig for acts that havent made it on their musical talent yet, and acts who used to be relevant and want publicity or miss the attention. Its also a great gig for people who largely just want to be famous for singing and playing unstruments. People who want fame and exposure as opposed to people who want to make great music.

A relevant musician in my book is someone who wants to sound good every time they give a concert., Superbowl halftimes are best left to people who want to be seen by the most people even if they have to sound awful to do it.

Halftime acts always have been and always will be the equivalent of warm up comedians that have been glittered up lit up and set up by a turbocharged American Idol hype and stage crew.

It is still must see TV and an important part of the Super Bowl and an American Icon if you listen to the people hyping it instead of listening to what comes out of your speakers though.