Half Time

Some regulars from the bar went to the BEP show this summer and they said it was really really good.

There was some horrible problems going on with there mix...mic's muted etc...
Someones ass is on the frying pan over that fiasco

There was definitely audio problems. Not just mic but sound in general. There were times you could not hear the music very well, or the mics (when they were working) were drowning everything else out.

BEP are a great talent and have some great tunes.

You guys are old...

While there were technical problems even if they had not occurred the show still sucked.

DJ SVO said:

While there were technical problems even if they had not occurred the show still sucked.

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Very true, either you can sing in tune or you can't. You can't blame technical difficulties on talent limitations.

I like a lot of their studio work, but would not lay down a single penny to see them perform in a live setting.

It's not a case of being old, it's a case of seeing a lot of quality musicians perform over the years and knowing the difference between live musical performance talent and studio wizardry talent. Sometimes artists can do both, but here we have a case where they cannot.

It was a lot better than listening to Christina Aguilera skipping entire lines of the National Anthem!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCFpYLPw74

DJ J Mac said:

Well, BEP has once again killed the idea of having pop acts do the superbowl halftime. But it makes my prediction of next year even more likely...superbowl in Indy, I'm betting on John Mellencamp.

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Do people even care about him anymore outside of his own area? I don't know if he can still even draw 10,000 in Philly. I know he is coming to a smaller venue here.

ETA... I just checked. He is playing a venue with less than 3000 seats and it isn't sold out yet.

Last time he was in Green Bay i believe it sold out

Papa Deuce said:

Do people even care about him anymore outside of his own area? I don't know if he can still even draw 10,000 in Philly. I know he is coming to a smaller venue here.

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He's doing smaller venues this "tour" because half the show is poetry / Q&A.

Did the sound guy from MBLV work the Superbowl?

I thought their performance was good, aside from the technical glitches with the sound and part of the V in 'Love' not being lit.

I thought the choreography and use of LEDs on the dancers was innovative. At least they got the words right

patrickrlewis said:

He's doing smaller venues this "tour" because half the show is poetry / Q&A.

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OK, but I still doubt he could draw 10,000 in Philly these days.

Precisionpower said:

Some regulars from the bar went to the BEP show this summer and they said it was really really good.

There was some horrible problems going on with there mix...mic's muted etc...
Someones ass is on the frying pan over that fiasco

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Wanna bet? There's a huge pecking order of engineers that get to work that game, not to mention he/she is probably union. I doubt a word was said about it. That said, how friggin hard is it to screw up a mix between a track and a couple of vocals? Whoa, that was one for the books.

Papa Deuce said:

Do people even care about him anymore outside of his own area? I don't know if he can still even draw 10,000 in Philly. I know he is coming to a smaller venue here.

ETA... I just checked. He is playing a venue with less than 3000 seats and it isn't sold out yet.

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Well here's the big thing, he's got a lot of music that is able to cross generational boundaries...something sponsors and the folks setting up an event look for...can it reach out to a wide swath of the Superbowl Audience.

DJ J Mac said:

Well here's the big thing, he's got a lot of music that is able to cross generational boundaries...something sponsors and the folks setting up an event look for...can it reach out to a wide swath of the Superbowl Audience.

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In his day - 20 - 25 years ago - I really enjoyed him. Maybe you midwest folks are different than east coast folks. I never even hear him on the radio anymore... like NEVER. So he may still play well in your area, but the coasts are where the huge populated cities are - by and large - and I don't think the coasts care one bit about seeing John Mellencamp, 20 - 25 years past his prime.

I'm not trying to be rude, but I think he's irrelevant outside of the midwest. Homestly, even in his best of times, I think he was only big enough to be thought about for a SB appearance, but would, at the end of the day, been passed over by someone with a bigger name.

Maybe with a bigger name on the line up, he could be a small part of the show.

Here is a list of many - not all - of the performers since 1993.

1993 - Michael Jackson
1994 - Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, The Judds
1997 - Blues Brothers, James Brown, ZZ Top
1998 - Boyz II Men, Queen Latifah, and a slew of Motown folks
2000 - Phil Collins and Christina Aguilerra
2001 - Aerosmith, Britney, and N'Sync
2002 - U2
2003 - No Doubt, Sting, Shania Twain
2004 - Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Kid Rock
2005 - Paul McCartney
2006 - Rolling Stones
2007 - Prince
2008 - Tom Petty
2009 - Springsteen
2010 - The Who
2011 - BEP - Usher - Slash

Of the years I posted, I see 3 -4 "questionable" years... 1994, 2007, 2008, 2010, and possibly even 2011. Probably, 2011.

I enjoy or have enjoyed everybody I posted here, and probably all of them were as big, or bigger, that John Mellencamp... but even if not, they were not as far removed from their best years as he is.

BTW, here is the entire list of SB entertainers over the years... Up With People? WTH? :trirolleyes::trirolleyes::trirolleyes:

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DJBob said:

Did the sound guy from MBLV work the Superbowl?

I thought their performance was good, aside from the technical glitches with the sound and part of the V in 'Love' not being lit.

I thought the choreography and use of LEDs on the dancers was innovative. At least they got the words right

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Did they have sound problems (again) at MBLV this year?

Best was Prince he even did it in the rain....

drzinc said:

Best was Prince he even did it in the rain....

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I also liked Prince a lot, but marked him as questionable, since it had been a long time since he had had any hit music. And, I don't really think of him as mainstream USA.

I thought the best was Michael Jackson, but it was at the height of his child molestation problems and it was hard to have any respect for him.

Eventhough I dont like too many live acts.I liked it because they played my jam "The Time"