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What a Disappointment

February 5, 2007 3:14 AM

ootball doesn't interest me in th least. However, I usually enjoy the Super Bowl because of--what else?--the commercials. But this year's commercials were pitiful.

There weren't any so-cool-you've-gotta-talk-about-them-the-next-day commercials. And, strangly, there were a lot of really depressing commercials. For example, that commercial with the car-building robot that fucking kills itself? That was just . . . wrong! Why would the ad company spend all this time humanizing a robot, making me identify with it, only to have it jump off a bridge. And then, oh, it's ok--it was all a dream. No, that one sucked.

And so did the one with the dog that wanted to be a dalmation. The Snickers one, with the guys accidentally kissing each other, was just bizarre. The only real highlights were the Career Builder ads, but even those weren't spectacular, and one of them outright sucked.

To make matters worse, the halftime show was one of the most offensively bad things I've ever seen. See it for yourself:

In one fell swoop, the self-indulgent hack formerly known as "the artist formerly known as Prince" ruined songs by CCR, the Foo Fighters and Bob Dylan/Jimi Hedrix. Seriously, what the fuck? Somehow, despite the fact that the man can obviously play the guitar, this was the least energetic ten minutes of pseudo-music I've ever heard. And why in the hell were there dancers? There are so many things wrong with the performance, I can't even come up with a adequate way of articulating my rage. Let's just say this: this was even worse than the Aerosmith/N*sync debacle.

I guess there was also a game, but I didn't really care. I vaguely favored da Bears, but only because of the old SNL sketches.

Here's one of those sketches so that you might erase the memory of that horrible, horrible Prince performance:

In any event, the whole night would have been a loss had it not been for the excellent company, the expertly applied peer pressure, and the completely shirking of responsibility. Good times, good times.

Update:
The fact that Prince performed in the pouring rain has been getting a lot of media coverage. It's pretty cool that he did that, I suppose. But the best play-on-even-though-it's-raining moment of modern times was delivered by, surprisingly, Bush. Remember when Gavin Rosdale stood on stage in the rain and played an awesome version of Glycerine? Well, maybe this will jog your memory:



10 Comments


tRJ said:

Prince can do no wrong. Last night was no exception.

The commercials did suck, though. That one with the robot was just wrong. I think the only one I laughed out loud at was the one with Mapasaurus.

February 5, 2007 10:04 AM



Ismael Tapia II said:

What is everyone's deal with Prince? He fucking sucks! He always has, he always will, and he absolutely, definitely, undeniably sucked last night. There are exactly no arguments to the contrary.

None!

February 5, 2007 10:35 AM



Santi said:

I must concur with Ismael; how Prince could ever appeal to anyone who's awake is beyond me. Anywho, I did catch the second half of the game (which was enjoyable), but the time before that was better spent with Adelina watching "Letters from Iwo Jima", which if I might say, is simply a beautiful and amazing movie.

Yes, the main purpose of this post was to pimp "Letters from Iwo Jima"... and to diss Prince, who sucks by the way.

February 5, 2007 1:26 PM



NT Is All In said:

I guess the sub-zero temperature in Madison froze the part of your collective brains that deals with musical tastes. Otherwise, I don't understand how you can say (1) that Prince sucks and (2) that his halftime show sucked. I get not liking certain types of music and musicians, but c'mon! Prince is a legend. He sings, writes and plays a ton of instruments and he does them all very well. Everyone watching the game with me (yes, we were awake) thought that Prince (1) rocks and that (2) his halftime show was excellent. I saw the game with young and old, white and not, straight and gay, and the overwhelming consensus was that he killed it. Everyone I spoke to and most of the media reviews agreed. However, don't take my word for it.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/specials/playoffs/2006/02/04/tv.review.ap/index.html?eref=si_nfl
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/243107,CST-FTR-super05.article
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/OPINION03/702050379
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_mu/fbn_super_bowl_halftime_show_2
To each his/her own I guess. I gotta admit; Prince is one of my all time favorites.

February 5, 2007 5:38 PM



New Guy said:

I'm gonna agree with Santi overthere and pimp "Letters from Iwo Jima". I'm going to be sorely disappointed if it doesn't win Best Picture.

February 6, 2007 5:39 AM



TheExpat said:

Prince is a talented artist with a hot/cold career. He is also, as of now, a self-made millionaire who not only plays guitar, but keys, bass and drums, writes all his own music and tours his ass off. Finally, he is always full of surprises, be it assless pants, a symbol for a name (which he used in a bid to cancel contractual obligations with Warner Bros.--c'mon ismael, I thought you hated contracts!), or the latest bombshell: he's a Jehova's Witness.

So I don't give two shits for your opinions on Prince. He's ten times more entertaining without even getting on stage than any act you have heretofore lauded.

Bush sucks my ballsack, by the way. Overrated tripe in the rain is still overrated tripe.

February 6, 2007 6:58 PM



Donnie said:

Wow, I'm going with TheExpat on this. Having had fourth row tickets to a prince show, I can say without hesitation that Prince is one of the best entertainers that I have ever seen. That said, I didn't think the halftime show was that great. I wish they would just get rid of the whole special halftime show. They always suck--even when a boob gets on tv. Just have the Florida A&M band do its thing, and get back to the game. Or, maybe they could take a cue from hockey and have some peewee teams play each other.

As for Bush . . . the only good version of Glycerine is a silent one. That song blows.

February 6, 2007 9:19 PM



Ismael Tapia II said:

I just don't understand what Prince's appeal is. Yes, the man is talented. But the songs are standard over-produced 80s crap. Some of them are fun--you've gotta love 1999. But most of them are just not that good, in my opinion.

And given that Prince is now a Jehovah's Witness and no longer performs "Pussy Control," I just don't see the point.

Donnie,
As far as Glycerine is concerned, I guess I can understand why someone might not like that song, but I think it's good. In fact, I'm going to admit right here that I consider the album Sixteen Stone to be decent to good.

February 7, 2007 2:11 AM



TheExpat said:

Good point on the whole Jehovah's Witness thing. I guess the reason Prince is still interesting to me is that tomorrow, he'll say he's given up on the JW church and decided to come out of the closet...as an alien from another galaxy.

February 8, 2007 7:55 AM



Nt Is All In said:

Interesting comment from a member of the Foo Fighters:
Hawkins Stunned by Prince Tribute
The Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins is still scratching his head after watching Prince cover the group's "Best of Me" during his Super Bowl halftime performance -- he thought the pop superstar hated the rockers.

The band recorded a cover of Prince's "Darling Nicky" in 2004 and asked the "Purple Rain" hitmaker for permission to release the track, prompting the reclusive star to rage at them.

Drummer Hawkins recalls, "We wanted to put it out here in the States, but Prince wouldn't let us. I heard that he didn't like our version. Or maybe he just didn't like us doing it."

Prince then publicly blasted the Foo Fighters, urging them to write their own songs, so Hawkins was bemused when the superstar performed "Best of You" at the Super Bowl in Miami, Fla., on Sunday.

Hawkins tells MTV News, "I have no idea why he did it, but I'd love to find out. ... The thought went through my head that maybe he was doing it as a sort of '[Bleep] you' to us, or maybe he really likes the song.

"Either way, it was pretty amazing to have a guy like Prince covering one of our songs -- and actually doing it better than we did.

"I was watching the game at our producer's house. I mean, I'm outside smoking a cigarette and someone sticks their head outside and goes, 'Uh, dude, Prince is doing your song.'"

February 10, 2007 4:29 AM



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