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Coldplay Set For Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show; More Acts Expected

LKellerIII said:
Agreed. Network TV shows are full of political and moral messages all the time. I don't see a problem - unless the views are espousing hatred or violence. In my view, police are much more likely to target African-Americans for anything - traffic stops, broken tail-lights, drug-arrests, etc. And once they do confront Black folks, they are much more likely to use deadly force. I'm sure this has always been true, but we're starting to realize it because people now carry mobile devices that can reveal these acts.

A few of years ago, a white female friend of mine lost her purse. The local police called to tell her they had found it, and to come pick it up. When she arrived, the desk sergeant told her they were keeping the little paper bindle of white powder they found in her purse - a gram of cocaine. Then he gave her back her purse and she left. Can you imagine a black male getting a break like that?
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Wow. Did they have reason to go through the purse? A warrant? If not, maybe that's why they acted the way they did.
 
LKellerIII said:
Agreed. Network TV shows are full of political and moral messages all the time.
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But still...they didn't do anything political or moral. They sang the song, and some people have ascribed their own personal meanings to the performance.

It's getting to the point where no one can sing anything at the Super Bowl without it being turned into something else.
 
They had to go through the purse to determine the identity of the owner. She likely wasn't arrested because the purse wasn't found in her possession, had been out of her possession and proving the powder was hers would've been difficult, at best.

Yes, I can see any citizen getting the same break if the circumstances were the same. Had they found her prints on the bag she might've faced prosecution.

I think you should choose better friends.
 
LKellerIII said:
You and I must have been watching a different half-time show.The issue with Janet Jackson was, of course, that she exposed her breasts. Beyoncé certainly wore revealing clothing, but she did not expose any 'naughty parts.' So unless you are offended by a shaking booty - and you may well be - there is nothing to be done. Certainly the FCC can't do anything about a performer "appearing to be wearing nothing at all."
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Let me repeat: " ... right after the performance was over. I guess you would call it a commercial."

And Justin (accidentally) did the exposing. And it was one breast.
 
CTListener said:
I wasn't implying that the 55+ crowd would find Coldplay (and Beyonce and Bruno Mars) offensive, but rather that they'd switch channels, go to another room, etc. because they didn't want to hear that kind of music. A lot of baby boomers stopped listening to current popular music sometime in the late '80s/early '90s, when rock splintered irreparably and hip-hop and other purely rhythmic music types started to dominate the CHR scene. What do you think fueled the country boom of those years?
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I know that's how I feel. In fact, I pretty much abandoned current music long before that. And country wasn't much better.
 
I have very mixed emotions about the content of the halftime performance. I wasn't aware of the Panthers and Malcolm X references, and appreciate that insight. I live in Illinois within earshot of everything that's happened in the wake of Ferguson and Michael Brown's shooting and subsequent unrest.

Coldplay was clearly upstaged by some imagined need for diversity in an industry largely dominated by black athletes.

That said, I enjoyed Beyoncé's dancing (not necessarily from a quasi-sexual perspective, despite her efforts to portray softcore to the masses) as an art, and showed well-executed choreography.

Bruno Mars proved his talent but was relegated to third banana (depending on which side of the color line you're on). I do not prefer his music but can perceive talent (or what's left of it in today's diversity-driven programming). To me it's like giving every kid in the league an equal-sized trophy regardless of the outcome of the season.

The whole West Side Story motif (coming in from the sides gangland-style) was hackneyed and clichéd beyond comprehension.

Coldplay was wonderful, the production (lighted stage floor and aerial shots the highlight) was great, but they were upstaged by diversity.

The Cumbaya ending was well-intended but obviously an afterthought.

Commercials sucked as badly or worse than last year. Should've spent the money feeding hungry kids or fixing the water in Flint, Michigan.

Rant over.
 
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I'm over 50 and I thought Bruno Mars put on a fantastic show a couple of years ago.
Not at all surprised they brought him back.

Everyone wants to know however....where was Left Shark?

I agree 100% on the commercials. Just the same-old boring stuff, but with big name actors.

They should really just bring in the marching bands from Grambling and Southern U. and let them go at it.
 
nowhereman said:
I have very mixed emotions about the content of the halftime performance. I wasn't aware of the Panthers and Malcolm X references, and appreciate that insight.
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Then again, those "references" were only the opinions of a few Tweeters. Beyoncé herself is not old enough to have any direct knowledge of either. One might as well say that because she was wearing jackboots that she was invoking military images. She's been wearing that kind of costume for a long time, and it wasn't unique to this performance.
 
I am also over 50, and I like Coldplay, but apparently that makes me a bad person. I also like some of Bruno Mars songs, and Beyonce not so much.
 
nowhereman said:
I have very mixed emotions about the content of the halftime performance. I wasn't aware of the Panthers and Malcolm X references, and appreciate that insight. I live in Illinois within earshot of everything that's happened in the wake of Ferguson and Michael Brown's shooting and subsequent unrest.

Coldplay was clearly upstaged by some imagined need for diversity in an industry largely dominated by black athletes.

That said, I enjoyed Beyoncé's dancing (not necessarily from a quasi-sexual perspective, despite her efforts to portray softcore to the masses) as an art, and showed well-executed choreography.

Bruno Mars proved his talent but was relegated to third banana (depending on which side of the color line you're on). I do not prefer his music but can perceive talent (or what's left of it in today's diversity-driven programming). To me it's like giving every kid in the league an equal-sized trophy regardless of the outcome of the season.

The whole West Side Story motif (coming in from the sides gangland-style) was hackneyed and clichéd beyond comprehension.

Coldplay was wonderful, the production (lighted stage floor and aerial shots the highlight) was great, but they were upstaged by diversity.

The Cumbaya ending was well-intended but obviously an afterthought.

Commercials sucked as badly or worse than last year. Should've spent the money feeding hungry kids or fixing the water in Flint, Michigan.

Rant over.
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Coldplay was the weakest link of that whole show. They needed to bring on Bruno and Beyonce to make the show interesting. In general that was one of the worst halftime shows in recent memory. Maybe the black eyed peas show a few years ago was worse. Why bring back Bruno and Beyonce after performing a few years ago. We needed a new act. Coldplay was just too mellow for halftime.
 
seatownmedia said:
I am also over 50, and I like Coldplay, but apparently that makes me a bad person.
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A 50-year-old liking Coldplay doesn't make one a bad person (they're not my thing, though). Liking Bieber, on the other hand.... :D
 
TheBigA said:
Then again, those "references" were only the opinions of a few Tweeters. Beyoncé herself is not old enough to have any direct knowledge of either. One might as well say that because she was wearing jackboots that she was invoking military images. She's been wearing that kind of costume for a long time, and it wasn't unique to this performance.
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Something tells me that she's a bit more aware of those "references" as a somewhat-aware well-to-do black woman (I'll bet her husband is aware too).

Marching band is for sissies (I know; I used to belong), they should enlist two top DCI drum corps to battle it out in 11 1/2 minute shows like they do every summer on tour ( I know, I marched with the Belleville Black Knights in their heyday as a DCI corps in the 70's).

Blue Devils and Cavaliers would blow minds with superior drumming, not that "Drumline" movie crap. Werd to Beyonce's mother.
 
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I was NOT a fan of the halftime show at all. For the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl, they should have had a music legend for the show, not a bunch of 2010s pop stars. A show with Elton John, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones or Paul McCartney could have been so much better.
 
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