Unless you live under a rock or in a forgein country you should know the Super Bowl was this last Sunday. This is the first one I've watched in about 5 years, and the second football game I've watched this year. I expected it to be like the Rose Bowl, which every other moment was brought to you buy a corporation. That is no joke, it was the Doritos first and ten, and the Meryll-Lynch offense line and so on. The Super Bowl was not plastered with corporate sponsor. To me, this took away from the ability to enjoy the sporting event going on.
This Super Bowl was actually a very enjoyable game to watch. There was a strong back and forth between the Saint and the Colts. I thought the coach for the Saints made some ballsy moves that payed off in the end.
The Half Time Show was one of my all time favorite bands, The Who. Well, not really The Who, but the remaining members. To me, it was more along the lines of two old men and some other guys covering music played by The Who. Now Zak Straksey is a good drummer, better than his father Ringo Starr, but he is no Keith Moon. Pino Paladinno is also a solid bassist, playing along side such legends as Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, he certainly knows how to work that instrument. But at the end of the day, they are not Keith Moon or John Entwhistle. And along those lines, Roger Daltery's voice is shot as is Pete Townsheds. It was a sad boring affair that makes me appreciate Live at Leeds even more.
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No Keith Moon indeed. I didn't think it was that bad, but I couldn't hear it very well, and it just seemed kind of boring, despite the light show and whatnot. Just kind of blah.
ReplyDeleteMy dad summed it up best with a "Shame on you Pete" when he gentle placed his guitar on the ground. I also have a better voice than Daltrey does now...
ReplyDeleteCompare to the first US performance, when Keith Moon put gun powder into his drum kit and blew it up at the end of the song. This caused shrapnel to go all up his arm and made Townsend def in one ear.