I was there it was a dud<\/p>\n
But Post Malone at the Pregame was great<\/p>\n
Adam Altman<\/p>\n
Boy do I hear you Bob.<\/p>\n
The biggest event of Super Bowl weekend was the Madden Bowl. Much like you suggest, our headliners were Tucker Wetmore, Shaboozey, Jellyroll and Chris Stapleton. \u00a0Trombone Shorty played from the opera boxes in between sets. \u00a0All to a packed New Orleans house of NFL players from Peyton to Derrick Henry. \u00a0Yes we went country and the response was through the roof. \u00a0 You know me\u2026 we made this decision last year and went all in. I believe this was the best party of the weekend driven by the musicians we chose to represent our brand.<\/p>\n
Steve Schnur<\/p>\n
I agree!<\/p>\n
John Huie<\/p>\n
95% of the comments on X state it was the worst halftime show in history. Also, I may have missed you mentioning that Taylor Swift was booed and Donald Trump was cheered.
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\nErnie Canadeo<\/p>\n
DUD!<\/p>\n
Wayne Forte<\/p>\n
Should at least have had captions<\/p>\n
Michael Fremer<\/p>\n
My 12 year old daughter liked SZA and watched specifically for her. She was tuned out and drawing on her iPad during Kendrick.<\/p>\n
Ken Madson<\/p>\n
About eight minutes and I texted my kids \u201cwhen does the song start?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill Siddons<\/p>\n
You aren\u2019t alone. It\u00a0was\u00a0a dud. I couldn\u2019t understand a word of what Kendrick was saying, but I thought it was the sound system not picking it up.<\/p>\n
I almost turned on closed caption.<\/p>\n
I did hear \u201cturn off the TV.\u201d<\/p>\n
So I did.<\/p>\n
Kim\u00a0McAllister<\/p>\n
Amen! It lacked in every performance aspect.<\/p>\n
David Spero<\/p>\n
100%. Agreed.<\/p>\n
Bobby Houck<\/p>\n
It\u2019s was to boring to even say it sucked.<\/p>\n
David May<\/p>\n
Two minutes into Kendrick, I was longing for a marching band, or a livelier version of Bebop Bamboozled.<\/p>\n
The halftime show was a stinker, just like the game itself.<\/p>\n
John McCormack<\/p>\n
Shocker. Who could have seen this take coming?<\/p>\n
Be the tiniest bit less predictable, maybe.<\/p>\n
John Rybicki<\/p>\n
I agree.\u00a0 I thought that, while it was very well produced, visually it lacked dynamism.\u00a0 It also wasn\u2019t particularly musical.\u00a0 By contrast, the last several\u00a0 halftime performances were terrific spectacles that I thoroughly enjoyed, even though I wasn\u2019t familiar with the music.<\/p>\n
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By the way, country music hasn\u2019t been in a halftime show in years because country doesn\u2019t attract the same worldwide audience that pop and urban music do, nor does it lend itself readily to the kind of dynamic, outsize spectacle that has become the hallmark of recent halftime shows.\u00a0 Taylor Swift could probably pull it off (although she\u2019s hardly \u201ccountry\u201d these days), but it doesn\u2019t seem as though she wants to do it, at least not yet.<\/p>\n
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Don Friedman<\/p>\n
If you are under 30, it worked just fine and was a breath of fresh air to the stale spectacle.<\/p>\n
Many of the commercials catered to the oldsters. \u00a0I heard Zeppelin. the Who, Bruce.<\/p>\n
Jon Uman<\/p>\n
I thought so as well, but did not say so to my friends as we were watching.<\/p>\n
Loren Parkins<\/p>\n
Hip hop to me has always been about the vibe. And Kendrick playing halftime looking in the camera telling Drake \u201cI hear you like em young\u201d will never get old to me. I loved the performance.<\/p>\n
Van Patton<\/p>\n
There was no surprise. And if Kendrick has embodied anything the past few years, it\u2019s been surprise.<\/p>\n
Hence, a mild show. Nothing surprising, nothing worth noting.<\/p>\n
Unfortunate!<\/p>\n
Tim Brunelle<\/p>\n
Kendrick Lamar was not exactly\u00a0bad, it\u00a0was just\u00a0lifeless and boring.<\/p>\n
The Squid Game dance numbers were a yawn.<\/p>\n
Jeff Capshew<\/p>\n
Did you pre-write this?\u00a0 Hip hop will not get off your lawn.<\/p>\n
Nate Dorough<\/p>\n
I was bored stiff. Total dud.<\/p>\n
Carl Lenox<\/p>\n
It was a load of bang average bollocks \u2026 grist to the hate mill<\/p>\n
NICK HANSON<\/p>\n
Completely and utterly underwhelming<\/p>\n
Josh Cohen<\/p>\n
it was\u00a0incomprehensible<\/p>\n
from a whole different planet<\/p>\n
the nfl has lost\u00a0touch with mainstream america<\/p>\n
the commercials sucked<\/p>\n
the game was a blow out<\/p>\n
boring evening<\/p>\n
average tkt price $5400? absurd<\/p>\n
ilt523<\/p>\n
Agreed<\/p>\n
Max Gunther<\/p>\n
Respectfully, it wasn\u2019t for you. He showed up<\/p>\n
To do a performance that was a critique of being a black performer in America. this is insane:<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to beat a dead horse here, but in reality this was the year country should have headlined the Super Bowl. Hip-hop has been losing market share and mind share and country has been burgeoning. If I was sitting in a board room deciding what to program for this year’s Super Bowl would I really have chosen Kendrick to rap to tape?”<\/p>\n
Dude won best record and best song categories at the damn Grammys. And Beyonc\u00e9 won this years best country album, Hip hop continues to<\/p>\n
Transcend generations! You don\u2019t get it and that\u2019s ok but don\u2019t call for country on a Super Bowl broadcast when the masses are not listening to it!<\/p>\n
They are about Charlie xcx and Sabina and Chappell<\/p>\n
Bridget Bland Bogee<\/p>\n
It\u2019s cool not to like it. Everyone doesn\u2019t like something.<\/p>\n
Can you really think of an act that would have had the entire country talking? I doubt it.<\/p>\n
Patrick Charles<\/p>\n
Super dud!!!<\/p>\n
Sandra Vaughan<\/p>\n
Kendrick Lamar sucks<\/p>\n
Patricia Rainer<\/p>\n
Agree that it sucked. Country is better<\/p>\n
Tim Madigan<\/p>\n
“There’s something happening here and you don’t know what it is\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026 do you, Mr. Lefsetz.”<\/p>\n
I'm nearly 50 and don't know who Kendrick Lamar is but this has been fantastic!<\/a>
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