Super Bowl halftime show 2012

The idea of Bon Jovi for NY/NJ is very strong. Maybe Bruce comes on as a guest -- but I dunno if the full ESB would be asked back.

 

I'm not a Black Eyed Peas fan at all, but I watched the halftime show, wanting to give them a chance. The group's biggest weakness, aside from crappy mic technicians, was the inability to sing.

 

The venue is going to be problematic for most acts. Tremendous difference in playing to a 100,000 seat football stadium compared to a 15-20,000 seat arena. Both the visual and the sound has so much more to fill that a very small populace of musical acts can really pull this off well.

The Peas did fine with the visual show, but not so good from the audio. Their music just doesn't lend itself to filling that room from a sound perspective. Put them in a 15K arena, and they probably do just fine. In my view, these shows almost need to be guitar based groups that really can fill the air. In that way, the one piece of their show that worked best was when Slash was pounding our Sweet Child of Mine.

 

I say they book a crew from the Weather Channel, who can use the gumbotrons to show everyone the snow that's going to keep them in New Jersey for an extra week.

 

Gumbotrons are only used in Louisiana. And they are dee-lish-ous.

 

I can only imagine what's in New Jersey gumbo.

 

The Goo Goo Dolls are now lame enough to put on a halftime show, I believe.

 

Now?

 

Why no Texans to perform is beyond me. After all, what better place than the Super Bowl to hold a reunion of Houston's Geto Boys.

That said, Jerry Jones' mind is playing tricks on him if he thinks he's getting another Super Bowl in his lifetime. Considering the uneven effort that H-Town presented in SB 39, and it's not a stretch to think the Lone Star State won't be hosting a Super Sunday for quite a spell.

Considering it's Indiana, I'd gladly bank that the Jacksons will have something to do with the entertainment next year.

 

I can see it now. A halftime musical and dance tribute to Gary, Ind.

 

Shirley Jones is available, but booking Robert Preston is going to be a bit of a challenge.

 

I love him -- dead or alive.