The Who to perform at Super Bowl, Sports Illustrated says

[Scurrilous]

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"According to a Sports Illustrated blog post (which cites anonymous sources), The Who will be the halftime performers for Super Bowl XLIV at Land Shark Stadium in Miami.

The '60s English rock band is known for such hits as "My Generation," "Baba O'Reilly," "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," which has been the theme song of CSI:Miami since 2002.

If The Who does play at the Super Bowl, it would be the latest "classic rock" band to do so since the Super Bowl decided to take a "safer" route with its halftime performances after the 2002 Janet Jackson nipple fiasco. Recent performers include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Prince, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney."

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/miami-music/2009/11/the-who-to-perform-at-super-bowl-sports-illustrated-says.html


The Who will be performing at the Super Bowl.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/extramustard/hotclicks/11/12/the-who-to-perform-at-halftime-of-super-bowl-xliv/index.html

[Condem]

1. Love it!

My Generation. Won't Get Fooled Again. Baba O'Reilly. And for the encore. See me. Feel Me. Touch Me. Heal me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7AHblQ3_oM

[madinmaryland]

3. This is the half-time show that I want to see...

:hi:

[Captain Hilts]

14. I would MUCH prefer seeing a good marching band.....

[ailsagirl]

35. Do they rock or what???

Songs Townshend wrote in the seventies are still explosive,
leaving 99% of the rock groups in their dust!!!

Love them!!

:toast:

[madinmaryland]

2. I don't know if I have ever watched a half-time at a pro game. Give me a colleg

marching band anytime over some OVER commericialized commercial crappola!

[Condem]

4. Come on, mad.

Give ya' a reason to stick around. Instead of taking a piss.

[madinmaryland]

5. I'd stick around for THE OHIO STATE Marching Band!

[Condem]

6. See if the Fuckeye marching band can do this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVI0aTUon4o&feature=related

[madinmaryland]

7. I'm watching Countdown, so I can listen to that. I would watch the Iowa Band

also. Hell, I would watch the Ada High School Marching Band.

The Ada Bulldogs are 11-0 with their second round game coming up this weekend!

[Condem]

8. Okay, Ada.

Tell them to play this fucker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GE8nR-5kL4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[madinmaryland]

9. Fucker! Check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[Condem]

10. Back at ya, hole of ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ktWPrWPDc&NR=1

[Condem]

11. And to close the show, mad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ktWPrWPDc&NR=1 Yes, indeedy.

[madinmaryland]

12. The Horror!

:puke:

:hi:

[Condem]

13. Ladies and Gentlemen....The Who

Goodnight, mad.

[madinmaryland]

69. Shall I repeat this Condem.

:puke:

They suck. Goodnight, Condem!

[PVnRT]

22. The OSU marching band? The one dressed like a fascist paramilitary brigade?

[Captain Hilts]

47. No, that's Texas A&M's band!

[Captain Hilts]

49. OR have Ohio State AND Michigan's marching bands in a College Band Death Match!

[Capt. America]

15. TBDBITL !!!! Dot the I.

[Capt. America]

16. Boy the Superbowl folks really know how to connect with the "kids" these days. (sarcasm added)

[Condem]

17. WHO give's a shit about the kids, Capt.?

The geezers draw an audience. Obvious. End of story.

[TZ]

19. Hmm. The Who are icons that appeal to several generations

I went with my MOTHER to a concert of theirs years ago. They really are very very good. I would take them over a boring ass marching band...a dime a dozen anyday. Christ comparing a marching band to the Who is like saying Oasis is as good as the Beatles...:eyes:
I have to say, I like this revivial...The MTV/Janet Jackson halftime show was one of the worst things I have ever seen, wardrobe malfunction aside.

[ailsagirl]

56. It always amuses me when people call The Who "over the hill"...

I guess that means that Chuck Berry, BB King, Fats Domino,
Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Taj Mahal, and John Mayall are
"over the hill" as well. :eyes:

Age discrimination is an insidious thing...
:dilemma:

[Scurrilous]

18. The Kids Are Alright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmowtt9vhLY

BTW...my kid (18 year old daughter) loves the Who. :thumbsup:

[trumad]

20. Yeah--- put Kanye West out there and put us all to sleep.

[PVnRT]

21. Great, more dinosaur rock at the Super Bowl!

:eyes:

Don't get me wrong, I like The Who, but these halftime shows just get worse and worse. Just feature a couple local high school marching bands or something and get on with the fucking game.

[TZ]

23. Would you rather have Brittney Spears ...

Or other "pop" music? At least the Who have talent.....

On edit: How about Rush? :P

[PVnRT]

26. I made my preference known

Invite the state champion marching bands from the states where the Super Bowl teams are from, and give the kids a chance ot perform on a national stage. I'd rather watch that than 60-year-olds creaking about on stage, playing songs 40 years old, or pop starlets who wonder why the ball they use during the game is shaped so funny.

[Captain Hilts]

50. That's a cool idea too. I like the idea of marching bands...nt

[Capt. America]

24. Agreed. Ever since Janet Jackson they have gone old white man rock (Prince excluded). Apparently

America is a bunch of fucking pussies that cannot see a woman's nipple for .05 second, but is gung-ho in throwing young men's lives away in a war based on lies.

I remember they used to have both old rockers and new popsters together (Aerosmith and Britney, Sting and No Doubt). Why can't they do that again and attract both audiences?

[PVnRT]

28. The only halftime show I liked

was U2 in 2002. They at least put on a decent, poignant show following 9/11.

[madinmaryland]

25. +1. I was suggesting above a couple of the top college bands

put on a much better half time show than the old commercialized rock groups.

Besides, marching bands are traditional half time entertainment!

[PVnRT]

27. Screw college bands

Let high school bands from where the teams are from play. It would mean a hell of a lot more to them.

[madinmaryland]

29. I would love to see high school bands, also! Since I was in the

High School Marching Band years ago, I think it would be really cool!

[LisaM]

31. Me too! What did you play?

I played clarinet the first year, then switched to alto horn (marching band version of the French horn) the rest of the time.

[Condem]

32. Here you go, guys

Some primo Marching band shit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWuF6_UJoM&feature=related

[av8rdave]

44. I was a trumpet and bariton horn player in HS marching band

Had a blast!

[Captain Hilts]

46. ABSOLUTELY!! Top college marching bands! GREAT idea!

[ailsagirl]

34. Dinosaur rock??? Don't think so!!

:smoke: :rofl:

[Onceuponalife]

37. Best rock album ever.

[ailsagirl]

41. AMEN to THAT ! ! ! :=D

:hi:

[PVnRT]

42. Yes, that was a great album 38 years ago

Now, they're just another washed-up Boomer act charging $100 for the cheap seats.

[ailsagirl]

55. Some people just don't get it... tsk, tsk-- too bad

I suggest you watch The Who blow all the other acts away
at the Concert for NYC, then tell me they're "washed up!!"

:bounce: :loveya: :hi:

I won't bother leaving a link cuz you wouldn't watch it anyway

:eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

48. How about a Mick Jagger - Susan Boyle duet! Now THAT would be entertaining!!

I, too, loved "Who's Next." LOVE "Going Mobile..."

[LisaM]

30. They should get those show bands from the traditional black colleges

They do not get the exposure they deserve.

That, or the two bands from the MNC game. I would vastly prefer marching bands, too.

That said, when the Who performs, I think they should sing "Substitute", as a salute to the second and third-string players who will never get the MVP.

[Captain Hilts]

53. BIG AGREE!!! Norfolk State performs at one Redskins game every year. They're GREAT!

[ailsagirl]

33. YES-S-S-S-S!!!

:bounce: :toast: :yourock:

[Bluzmann57]

36. If they are going to have old guys

They may as well have Mr. Buddy Guy. He is in the R and R Hall of Fame and helped to set the standard for all Rock music. Of course, Mr. Guy might sing about the crumbling inner cities in this country so I guess he wouldn't be a great choice after all.
And one more thought. Since the Super Bowl is an American phenomenon, why not have an American Band? Grand Funk Railroad. Ah, never mind.

[RockaFowler]

38. Grand Funk would be cool

How about a 1980's revival?? Could be Duran Duran, Huey Lewis & the News, The Go-Go's, etc. I don't understand why we have to go all the way back to the 70's music.

[DinahMoeHum]

39. How about Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer band?

They're right there at home, no need to pay for transportation, etc.

[Capt. America]

40. How about the reanimated corpse of Jimi Hendrix?

[av8rdave]

43. I just saw Mr. Guy perform a couple of months ago

Amazing show! Would love to see him do a halftime show!

[Captain Hilts]

52. Times like these I'm pissed that Ella died. nt

[Captain Hilts]

45. That's pretty lame, and I really like the Who. It's a lot of old white men since JJ.

[BulletproofLandshark]

61. They managed to squeeze Prince in their at least. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

51. Okay, how about a really good symphony playing William Tell, 1812 or Common Man? Why always Rock?

[Dinger]

54. I've Heard William Tell Overture At Football Games Before. That'd Be Cool, And

the 1812 Overture would be outstanding! Fireworks and all!

[Botany]

57. 2 of the 4 are dead .... w/out the Ox John Entwistle and Keith Moon it isn't ..

.... The Who.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUBTX9kKEo

[hughee99]

58. How can you spot a "Classic Rock" band?

The lead singer says, "I'm going to play something of the new album" and the fans rush to the bathroom or concession stand so they don't miss any of the good stuff later on.

I love The Who, and I'm looking forward to seeing them, but the Superbowl seems to be all Classic Rock now.

[Condem]

59. kick

[Poiuyt]

60. Painful

[Condem]

62. I thought they did just fine.

Loved the crowd singing along.

[Onceuponalife]

63. Why do you hate rock n roll?

They are the best ever. Loved Pete's windmills. I kinda wished he would have smashed his guitar, though.

[Poiuyt]

64. It probably would have looked like Mr. Burns trying to smash something

Sorry, I loved the Who when I was in college - just about wore out my copy of Live at Leeds. But that was 35 years ago. There are a lot of things I can't do as well today as I could back then. I thought they embarrassed themselves.

[El Supremo]

65. I read that you had to be there.

Roger Daltry is holding up well.

BTW, I met these guys in their hotel room after a concert in about 1972. The hotel put up plastic sheets to protect the room.

[Poiuyt]

66. True. I heard the crowd was into it

So maybe the mix for TV was bad. Or maybe the audience was just really drunk. The light show was cool though.

[Onceuponalife]

67. So you're an ageist? They got too old for you?

You didn't take Pete seriously when he said "hope I die before I get old" did you? :P

Seriously, is there a certain cut-off age that rock n rollers should just pack it in? So other people won't feel uncomfortable? Y' know, some people think the Stones can still bring it. I think as long as they're still having fun and people still want to see them, I don't have a problem with it. I saw The Who in about early 90s and thought it was a lot of fun even though Pete was already going deaf and had to dial it down a bit.

[ProfessorGAC]

68. I Wanna See Earth, Wind and Fire!!!

Bunch of country pukes next year. After that, let's move the pop stuff into the 70's and 80's at least.

EW&F is a classy, pro band, with great chops, a ton of hits, and they're every bit as "safe" as the Who or McCartney or Springsteen.

I'm nominating EW&F for the 2012 SB.
GAC