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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | For those of you who watched Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, during the half time show, what did you think of the performance. I thought he sounded very good, and I loved the guitar work from him and his band. It's nice to see a band that can play as well as they did. Real musical instruments being played live. On the down side, the beard made him look like an old man, and the mostly younger audience probably thought he was some relic from Woodstock. At least that's what I heard on the local sports talk radio today. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I thought he was typical Tom Petty. Good if you like him, which I do, not so much if you don't (i.e. SWMBO). There was nothing he did that would change any opinions but, let's face it, that's not what the NFL was looking for. Their shows, since the Justin/what's her name debacle, have been nothing short of safe and boring. Paul Mac, the Stones and Petty are truly classic acts but don't deserve to be there. They've turned that "halftime show" into a zoo, IMHO. I heard the Eagles turned it down before Petty accepted. Anyone know if that's true? |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | It was pretty much as I expected. The funny part was that before hand, my daughter (15) said she didn't like TP. Every song that came on - "I do like that song..." |
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Location: enid, ok | I'm thinking Rush or King Crimson for next year. Broaden our horizons a bit. Screw the kids. Why keep catering to tasteless morons? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Don't get me wrong, guys - my knock isn't Petty. It's the show the FCC is forcing the NFL to put on. My God - just put Michael Buble up there and call it a halftime already. Leave somebody with some dignity, for God's sake. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | I stopped working yesterday night at 2.am, turned on the TV - and first I was excited: Tom Petty doing the haltime show. Second thought: Envy. If there are some finals over here (soccer), the best we get to see - if so - is some crappy band from an aftermarket 'American Idol' casting show.
Wow! I never realized the big names doing the halftime show. Okay, for sure I heard about this Timberlake guy and Toyota Jackson (or her sister), but that was nothing to realize truthfully.
Just one word: Great! I wish we had some artists like Petty (even with his fuzzy beard) that could or would gig on such events.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm not much of a Petty fan. Never liked his voice. His show was well-rehearsed and performed. My wife said, "Boy, does he look old." |
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Location: NJ | i have it on good authority next year will feature a gong reunion with steve Hillage. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Hillage is going to perform with, Up with People! Wow, that'll be some halftime show. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I for one enjoyed it! Nice selection of axe's...For me, it was much better than some of the junk from the past...and for those who just gotta rag on it: Remember: it coulda been hip-hop! As for his looking "Old", most of us just have to look in the mirror: me included!
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I thought Prince kicked ass when he did the halftime show.
Not safe or boring......... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I guess the pyro and such helped. Don't get me wrong, I think Petty and crew did a fine job, but talk about wrong music for the wrong crowd. I'm sure they enjoyed it, but it's the freak'n SuperBowl... It should be upbeat, rock'n the house!!! Springsteen, Hank Jr, something with a "wow" factor. Even Prince knew what he needed to do for the crowd and did it. Even Janet and Justine... well we're still talking about it..
Like I said... I like Petty... sittin in the backyard with a cigar or pipe, just relaxing and soaking in the scenery it's perfect... but for the SuperBowl?? |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | [sound bite from The Simpsons]: "Boring!"
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great music or an exciting performance. However, it could have been much worse. At least there was some cool gear to check out. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It was fine. I liked it. He looks older with the beard but I do too. I only watched the game cause several friends(Wed night regulars) came over to eat all the left over food from the Grayson visit. We went downstairs and played our own halftime after Petty and came back up with minutes left in the fourth quarter. Our halftime show was better, at least we thought so. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
It was fine. I liked it. He looks older with the beard but I do too. I only watched the game cause several friends(Wed night regulars) came over to eat all the left over food from the Grayson visit. We went downstairs and played our own halftime after Petty and came back up with minutes left in the fourth quarter. Our halftime show was better, at least we thought so. Shoulda "you-tube'd" your show! |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | I was amazed that they let people on the pitch for halftime. Obviously they were either really vip-tickets, or they were part of the promotion. That said, does that place have real grass? Enjoyed it - he played what I expected him to, nice eye candy on the axe front, shame about the beard. At least it stops the confusion between him and Iggy Pop.
Please, no-one spoil the result - I managed to get to the 2nd half kickoff last night, and have avoided the other threads so far... Given that the Colts aren't there, I'm on the Giants side.
Why the Colts? I have no idea, other than that they caught my eye in the first game I saw this year on satellite. First full game ever, really as it wasn't on UK tv for years. Now I'm just rambling...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The people on the field were part of the promotion. A lottery was done back in December and 1500 "winners" were selected. They had a practice of it on Thursday showing them exactly where to go and what to do. They were staged just outside the south end of the building and ran in on que. There was special security to ensure that after the performance none tried to stick around and catch a peek of the game for free. For their troubles they got souvenior t-shirts and pizza after the show.
Phoenix did a great job with the whole event (not just saying that because I live here). The parties and a-list events were amazing. This goes on in Hollywood and NYC 7/24 but for Phoenix it was pretty special. Coupled with the PGA event going on at the same time, plus the Suns were home Thursday night, it was a pretty rockin time all around. Good for the economy. Phoenix is most likely going to bid for the 2012 Superbowl.
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Location: Omaha, NE | To me, Tom Petty has always been about the song writing. I've seen them live several times, and they always do a very good job and put on a very professional show (with freaky good sound too). Insane number of guitar swaps. Their tech crew earns its money.
The Traveling Wilburys stuff remains among my favorite ever. Hard to believe that's been almost 20 years! Where does the time go?
"Thy Wilbury Done" |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I thought that Petty was kind of an odd choice for the half time show. I thought he did a good good job and the band sounded very good. He sure looked very happy to be there. Mike Campbell has always been under rated in my book. My biggest problem with Petty's sound is that I don't happen to be a fan of that "Rickenbacker" electric guitar sound that Petty seems to love. |
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Location: enid, ok | Gong with Steve Hillage? YEAH, BABY! |
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Location: SE Michigan | I thought ole' Tom Petty looked pretty cool. They don't come much cooler than him. I thought the show was also great. At least it wasn't a lip-sync fake like past super bowl shows (or if it was a fake, it sure fooled me).
Like someone else said, would you rather have some Snoop-Doggie-Puppy-Turd-Fuzzy-Face-Bow-Wow-Boogie rap show?
Tom Petty was a great choice. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Damn! If I'da known Petty was doing a show I would have watched. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | If you missed it, you can catch the performance on youtube. I'm a huge Petty fan, but I thought it was a little flat. |
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Location: Colorado | So am I the only only one around here who has done two halftime super bowl performances - albeit they were in the 80s? The staging - set-up - and strike - are the real tricks - live sound for 80,000 - and for live TV on a one-shot deal is a production nightmare - I thought they pulled it off fine. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by stephent28:
I thought Prince kicked ass when he did the halftime show.
Not safe or boring......... Ditto here. Didn't he do it in the rain too? Didn't seem to faze him at all. I know a lot of people don't like him, but he's one hell of an entertainer. (and, he can play a mean guitar) |
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