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leejas
United States440 Posts
Anyway they had "The Who" playing. I was at a party with a lot of people who had no idea who they were, so (like most of the time anyway) I was probably the only oddball excited to hear them play. Of course, it was a great (American) football game, but hey, how often are you gonna see the who play as years go on? I had a whole couch to myself at halftime because everyone else went to go stuff their face. Good times good times, but moments like these make me feel old.  | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25993 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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aidnai
United States1159 Posts
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Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
On February 09 2010 01:50 meeple wrote: Heh... I think they're destined to fade into the background like so many others. I didn't watch the game, so I didn't see them play, but I'm glad they got such a high profile gig. You think The Who will fade, and you're happy they got such a high profile gig? You do realise that The Who is one of the most influential rock bands in history right? I mean, it's possible that they can fade eventually, but they've already been famous for like 45 years, so it's impossible that they'll fade "like so many others," because there are almost no other bands that have had a career as long as they have. Also, one of the reasons I don't see them fading out any time too soon is because they have/had some of the truly great musicians of the classic rock era in them: Pete Townsend and Keith Moon. Even if The Who fades, their members will always be a link back to them for new generations IMO, The Who are as likely to fade as Pink Floyd or the Rolling Stones. It's possible but it will be a sad day. Sorry if that reply came out quite harsh, it was just a very strange comment! For some reason, the sound on ESPN was delayed during the half-time show, so it looked like they were lip-synching very badly. I eventually changed channels cause it was too bad :p EDIT: Maybe it's a US/rest of world thing? | ||
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bioboyAT
Austria1764 Posts
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Pyrthas
United States3196 Posts
It'll be a sad day, though. I've seen them live a couple times and they always give a great show. I thought the halftime show was about as good as it could have been, but there was no way it was going to be really excellent with so little time. | ||
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ErOs_HalO
United States167 Posts
They still got it, out there showing they love music and still playing as though they were young.. Rockstar Legends. | ||
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
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Hittegods
Stockholm4641 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On February 09 2010 02:15 bioboyAT wrote: yeah it was out of sync here too, annoyed me very much because it really looked like bad lipsyncing Yeah this... also the guitar when he did the hand looping looked really bad lol. | ||
DivinO
United States4796 Posts
On February 09 2010 01:55 Chill wrote: I remember saying to someone at an old job "I made it here in one playing of Stairway to Heaven!" and they were like "What's that?" and then I polled the staff and around 75% of people didn't know what it was. Oh, the death of good music. :/ | ||
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littlechava
United States7221 Posts
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NotJumperer
United States1371 Posts
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Foreplay
United States1154 Posts
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
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citi.zen
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The real problem is the organizers deliberately chose a very old band yet again. Ever since "the incident" they lacked the guts to do anything slightly moder or remotely edgy. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 09 2010 02:00 Pokebunny wrote: The Who were actually pretty disappointing imo. The stage/lighting/setup was amazing, really deserved a better performance lol. Yep. I was at a similar party as the OP and I'm a fan of The Who, but I thought their performance sucked. To be fair, The Rolling Stones performance wasn't very good either. Only Pink Floyd and Zeppelin have kept it up. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On February 09 2010 03:44 citi.zen wrote: Honestly, the performance was a bit terse, regardless of how much you liked them. The band was founded over 50 years ago (1967) - so that is to be expected I guess... The real problem is the organizers deliberately chose a very old band yet again. Ever since "the incident" they lacked the guts to do anything slightly moder or remotely edgy. Yeah that's true; the Who is good but old, old but good. I'd rather that than Rhianna or Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga etc. | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
The lighting and laser show/firework thing was really cool looking though. Best halftime show I've seen was Prince. That was dooooope. | ||
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leejas
United States440 Posts
On February 09 2010 03:44 citi.zen wrote: Honestly, the performance was a bit terse, regardless of how much you liked them. The band was founded over 50 years ago (1967) - so that is to be expected I guess... The real problem is the organizers deliberately chose a very old band yet again. Ever since "the incident" they lacked the guts to do anything slightly moder or remotely edgy. It's possibly the demographic. The people going to the Super Bowl are more likely to know who the Who are while not give a crap about justin timberlake. | ||
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Neivler
Norway911 Posts
On February 09 2010 02:15 bioboyAT wrote: yeah it was out of sync here too, annoyed me very much because it really looked like bad lipsyncing Ruined the whole experience for me  | ||
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
But I will admit my own personal bias as a fan of the band and that the amazing production values did give an artificial boost to the overall feeling of quality. Edit: And the sound seemed to be in perfect sync for me. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
Even so, they didn't sound that bad, and rock and roll isn't about who can sing the best. They rocked , and I don't expect hardly any Americans to know who the who are, I don't actually expect many of the football fans there to know where England even is on the world map. | ||
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lone_hydra
Canada1460 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 09 2010 04:39 3clipse wrote: Instrumentalists usually stay strong, but it is damn near impossible to sing like you did when you were 25 at 65. Every old band still performing has this issue, and they sometimes even lower the key of their songs because their vocalist simply can't hit the high notes anymore. Not every band. It's perfectly understandable that Daltrey and Jager can't sing like they used to (or arguably can't sing anymore) but then I don't think they should do reunion tours for exorbitant ticket prices and a subpar show. | ||
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
Well Robert Plant blows just about everyone out of the water. Your example is unfair. xD That was a very good performance, but you can still tell Plant's range has decreased significantly since his prime. On February 09 2010 05:39 Jibba wrote: It's perfectly understandable that Daltrey and Jager can't sing like they used to (or arguably can't sing anymore) but then I don't think they should do reunion tours for exorbitant ticket prices and a subpar show. Really? I would much rather see a sub-par Yes or Pink Floyd or Zeppelin in my lifetime rather than never get to experience them live at all. | ||
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Jlab
United States217 Posts
They were good IN THEIR TIME. | ||
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On February 09 2010 02:27 Hittegods wrote: I guess the Superbowl was a good enough reason to dig up their graves. Seeing these really old musicians play their thirthy year old hits is, at least to me, kinda sad. Let the music live, but the artists retire. Have to agree with this. I'd rather see The Who play than a lot of other more current bands/artists, but it's still kind of...well, not depressing, but weird in a slightly sad way watching them play music they wrote 40 years ago without two of the original members. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 09 2010 06:46 3clipse wrote: Really? I would much rather see a sub-par Yes or Pink Floyd or Zeppelin in my lifetime rather than never get to experience them live at all. To me, it almost seems anti-rock and roll to see them try and hang on to something that's not there anymore. I guess I don't know what bands they could send out there to give a good performance. The impromptu, center stage setups they use just aren't good for live music, especially rock bands. | ||
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