[Aman]

How did you guys think Sir McCartney's performance was on the Superbowl?

Personally, I haven't ever seen better. It was a concert of one of the best musicians to ever live. He played only his top-knotch music, and with quite professionalism.

This was definitely the best Half-Time I've seen all year. Too bad the Patriots won AGAIN!

 

[Sean H]

Yes, I agree, an excellent performance. Live and Let Die was fantastic. The performance is being hailed at other discussion forums I've read tonight as well.

 

[MichaelFranks]

weird, when I clicked on this thread an ad appeared for Paul McCartney and Wings CDs.

 

[kramer5150]

Yeah.. nice to see the SB halftime commitee step it up from the joke last year.

His bass was mixed "funny"... It lacked definition... or something... IMHO
Amazing stage presence. Blows me away how one guy, a simple melody, basic 4/4 time signature(s) can sound so rich/detialed.

Amazing performer, IMHO he should do the show again next year...
Garrett

 

[Nightfall]

Great choice to go with Sir Paul. An ultimate class act. Not to mention how often are legends available?


JC

 

[TomN]

Excellent music, no wardrobe malfunction... I give it a 10!

 

[jmzzz01]

McCartney was excellent.

It's just nice that they went with performers with talent enough that they don't feel the need stage a stunt to hook you in.

All the performers did a good job. The sound was much better during the halftime portion than the pre-game. You could hardly hear the music but the vocals bowled you over.

You could really see the overeaction to the FCC fine BS in the commercials this year, though - real tame. The wildest one was the Go-Daddy "Congressional Hearings". No one wants to swat the hornets nest...

 

[Bunnyears]

McCartney was just terrific. Next year, I'd like to see the Boss.

 

[plus_c]

McCartney definitely exceeded my expectations. At the beginning I was thinking, "This is gonna be lame...maybe he'll at least play "Live and Let Die"". And then he ended up performing really well. I was very impressed.

And the pre-game performances of "America the Beautiful" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" were excellent as well. I've been a fan of Alicia Keys since the first time I heard her voice, and I thought she did "America the Beautiful" very well. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was beautiful in its simplicity - all in all, quite a refreshing change all around.

Except for the Patsies winning.

 

[patgod]

Agree with everyone else. Awesome performance. Nice to see real musicians playing real music singing with real voices. His back up band KICKED-*SS! Anyone know who those musicians were?

 

[rextrade]

I disagree with everyone here--the halftime performance sucked and as usual was too long, the whole game sucked too, who cares about the Superbowl anyway.

(OK--My comments may be slightly biased by the fact that I'm a bitter, heartbroken Eagles fan, lashing out at the world)

 

[britishbane]

I liked it. Better than Los Lonely Boys would have been by far.

 

[Canman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by britishbane I liked it. Better than Los Lonely Boys would have been by far.

The Los Lonely Boys were excellent when I saw them live. Paul did give a great performance, but c'mon, we've been hearing those same songs for 30 years

 

[plus_c]

I dunno...LLB would have been pretty good - and you would have been guaranteed no wardrobe malfunctions too. I think they should have gone with LLB over McCartney, those guys can do some awesome guitar stuff.

 

[Bunnyears]

Getting McCartney to do the show was like putting the g rating on it. With the possible exception of the first line of the first song ("buy some California grass") the whole was guaranteed to be inoffensive to the most conservative right wingers. The performance was highly competent, but far from groundbreaking and that's exactly what superbowl promoters want. No one goes home unhappy.