How did I miss that? I would have been shocked, shocked.

Charlie Freak: Who?

This.

better question: Will MIA still have a career this time next year? I'm guessing no, but that's only b/c I have a lawn you need to get the hell off of & I'm blissfully unaware of such folks anyway.

If I was Madonna, M.I.A. would be now DOA.

I didn't even notice her during the performance. I would much rather have heard Madonna than Madonna featuring LMFAO. And the Blake Shelton/Amanda Lambert song at the beginning sucked. The harmony was spotty.

Her new video is pretty dope (new window)

that was pretty entertaining

Haters gonna hate.

She's evil because she stole from poor English The Clash, is married to rich person and Pitchfork wrote something good about her. She hates real artists like Gaga and America too

I think Cee Lo was the only one actually singing. He seemed to be improvising mostly as backup.

My friend used to share a flat with Maya years back before she was famous. She was a toxic thunderc*nt then, and fame soesn't have seem to have changed her for the better. And getting in all the producers in the world and spending $10 mil on music videos still doesn't hide the fact her music flat out gargles hobo's balls.

"M.I.A. flipped America off during Madonna's 2012 Super Bowl halftime show, just as the Mayans Nostradamus predicted she would"

FTFY

Yes, the whole thing was lip-synced. And yes, the whole thing was more of a carnival spectacle (thanks to LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., & Cee Lo Green for the assists) than a musical performance. But Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show entertained the hell out of me, and that's what matters more than anything else, right?

QFT

A dick move considering it wasn't her halftime show she's taking attention away from. I guarantee she never performs with Madonna again.

Who?

I can't wait for the full story to come out about how some poor fan was harassing her and screaming obscenities, thereby ruining the entire halftime show for all of the volunteer crowd members, etc.

Are we worrying about an uncovered finger this year?

(yawn)

Krymson Tyde: Charlie Freak: Who?

Good question.

They played the halftime show at the Superbowl once

On the outlandish idea the NFL doesn't want this buzz, they could threaten to not pay the performer for breach of morality if they specifically spelled out rude behavior in the contract. Or, Madonna could sabotage whatshername's career.

I think they're blowing it out of proportion. There's content on TV that's a lot worse than someone flipping the bird, but nobody's complaining about that content

cryinoutloud: How did I miss that? I would have been shocked, shocked.

You're thinking of a different gesture.

Does this mean no one under 60 will be able to headline the Half-time show?

the ancient whore ciccone is boring

ooooh the pretty lights

nubians never know how to act

whether dey got a dollar or not

I realize I'm old because apart from Cee-Lo, I had no idea who any of these people were.

But to lipsynch the entire halftime show? I think the last person to do that was Elvis Presto.

//Back in my day..
//Off. Lawn. Yadda yadda.

I'm a reasonably big fan of music, and I have teenage daughters. I still had never heard of her.

Nobody saw Slumdog Millionaire? Really?

You know, if anyone can make or break your musical career it's the combination of Madonna and Cee-low pulling for you or pushing against you. I wonder how that finger will play out for her a year from now.

.also, WHO?

How long until CeeLo is doing a Weight Watchers commercial?

I have a feeling that when he watches the video of that performance, he's going to be motivated to do something about how round he is.

nopokerface: How long until CeeLo is doing a Weight Watchers commercial?

I have a feeling that when he watches the video of that performance, he's going to be motivated to do something about how round he is.

He hasn't done so at all yet. Why now?

KatjaMouse: Why now?

I think the sparkly robe shot should be persuasive.

Also, I think he is swelling up exponentially.

the_neums_show: I think Cee Lo was the only one actually singing. He seemed to be improvising mostly as backup.

yep.

Said to the Missus during it (she wanted to watch the performance, then it was time for Highlander Rifftrax):

"Why do we even bother pretending these people are coming out and singing? Just play the songs on the PA and have a dance performance at this point"

LMFAO missed at least half their own lyrics (and we won't get into them not even needing to be there except to say two lines from their songs out of nowhere that didn't even mix with the music: Every day i'm shufflin'... i'm sexy and i know it')

When Nicky whatever came out, we had to figure out which one was her... we seriously thought MIA was some "doppleganger" so people thought there were two Nicky whatevers as part of the "spectacle".

Cee Lo got an audible groan but then I remembered TO CATCH CEE LO GREEN ON THE VOICE ONLY ON NBC PREMIERING NEXT AFTER THE SUPERBOWL

but at least he did seem like he was singing because you can't lipsynch half the sounds he made at random times.

I think the weirdest thing was all the cell phone screens in the crowd serving as props.

Lotta goddamn cell phone screens.