So last night, the Rolling Stones stole a page out of U2’s book with their large catwalk performance at the Super Bowl half-time show.
\nI personally am not a huge Stones fan when it comes to their live show. It leaves me wanting.
\nMick Jagger sounds like he’s just saying the words and not singing them. As if he’s out of breath from all his arm flailing about.
\nBut I thought about the biggest half-time shows in recent years and I do believe U2 tops them all, with Paul McCartney coming in a close second and the Stones third.
\nAs NPR pointed out this morning, why is halftime at America’s biggest event of the year headlined by non-American bands?
\nIs there an American band who can even compete?
\nIs there even an American super group like U2, the Stones or the Beatles?
\nIs it because American music is more focused on solo-acts?
\nThe closest supergroup I can come up with is the Eagles – but I can’t see them rocking out at the Superbowl.
\nGreen Day did ok at the opening game of the season, but they don’t have the mass appeal of the fore-mentioned bands.
\nIf you got to pick next year’s half-time show performer, who would it be and why?
\nAnd anyone who votes for Brittney Spears is automatically disqualified (just because I can).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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