Hmmmm, so you wanna know more on why I think the Springsteen performance didn’t work? I’ll explain more…
1. Springsteen’s lame opening intro where he says, “I want you to step back from the guacamole, put down the chicken fingers and turn the television all the way up!!” Lame, lame, lame. Shut up Boss, we want to hear the music, not hear you running your mouth throughout most of your 12 minute set.
2. Lyrics were cut out and Springsteen sang very little of each song. It’s not like he forgot lyrics, I’m sure he’s got every single song he wrote memorized by heart, and I’m sure he shortened the songs to fit the 12 minute time, but cutting out lyrics was not needed in my opinion.
3. The end of the set, a referee came on stage, gave the Boss a signal to delay a game, meaning to stop the live music so they can get on with the game, Little Steven yells through the mic, “It’s Boss time”. Yep, I guess the E Street Band are a bunch of egos.
I understand that the E Street Band played hundreds of stadiums from football stadiums to baseball stadiums all the time, but they were never televised, this was their first televised stadium appearance, that’s why they went for this opportunity.
I was expecting the E Street Band to play an actual music show but it turned out to be a damn circus. I’m dissapointed Bruce, what a let down performance. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from last year was the best. I don’t think a future Halftime performance of the Superbowl will ever top Tom Petty.
With the referee thing at the end of the Bruce gig, I know it was all done for humor and laughs, but still it was done in poor tastes. I wonder what the audience really thought of that?
On top of that, I enjoyed the overall game, a historic game, I saw that 100 yard run touchdown and that was an incredible play. This is how a Superbowl game is supposed to be played.
Kev
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