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Post by Dianna on Feb 8, 2016 13:30:24 GMT -5
Absolutely Stunning.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 8, 2016 15:40:14 GMT -5
and speaking of what did everybody think about the 1/2 time show. Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Coldplay.
I thought it was pretty boring .I like Bruno Mars but part of the problem is many of these artists dance around the stage as if they're Michael Jackson and nobody can move the way Michael could. it isn't physically possible for most..
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Post by jhar26 on Feb 8, 2016 18:56:29 GMT -5
and speaking of what did everybody think about the 1/2 time show. Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Coldplay. I thought it was pretty boring .I like Bruno Mars but part of the problem is many of these artists dance around the stage as if they're Michael Jackson and nobody can move the way Michael could. it isn't physically possible for most.. Coldplay - I'm not a fan, but I don't mind them either. This setting was much too kitschy for a band like Coldplay though. It's like putting Dylan on stage with a clown's red nose. Bruno Mars - Agreed, this was a poor man's Michael Jackson. Beyonce - A poor women's Janet Jackson I suppose, at least in this performence. In general I like Beyonce more than most other contemporary pop-ettes, but this didn't do anything for me. Michael and Janet Jackson took choreographed dancing in pop/dance concerts as far as it could go. Everything since is inevitably just a poor copy. Bring back spontaneity where not every milisecond is carefully planned. |
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Post by jhar26 on Feb 8, 2016 19:03:37 GMT -5
This was good. After hearing this tune 50.000 times already I'm a bit bored with it though. But I'm sure that they enjoyed it in Syria.  But to end on a positive note - strange as it may sound, Lady GaGa is better than her music. |
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Post by erik on Feb 8, 2016 19:10:51 GMT -5
With respect to the National Anthem, I thought Lady Gaga did a bang-up performance of it, easily one of the best performances of it at a sports event that I've heard it done in recent memory. It's an opinion shared by a lot of people that I talked to today.
As for the halftime show--well, I managed to keep myself awake through it because I wanted to see how the game turned out. I have to agree Dianna, I found it about as predictable and mind-numbing as it could be. I found Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" to be very 70s-ish on the radio, but yes he tries to be somebody he isn't, which is Michael Jackson. Coldplay, I have always found to be kind of repetitious in their music, though, just as a sidebar, on "Viva La Vida", they were joined by the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) under L.A. Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel's direction.
Beyoncé--well, have you seen how much invective on the Internet and the general media she's getting for her part of the show? Apart from that, I really don't get what anyone sees in her.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 8, 2016 23:56:26 GMT -5
Beyoncé--well, have you seen how much invective on the Internet and the general media she's getting for her part of the show? Apart from that, I really don't get what anyone sees in her. As I was watching I had no idea it was a political message (Black Lives Matter) shows you how much of a Beyonce fan I am lol So Kudos to her for that... I'm with you Erik.. she bores me .. even fashion sense I don't get it ...does nothing for me.. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 10:18:35 GMT -5
Beyoncé--well, have you seen how much invective on the Internet and the general media she's getting for her part of the show? Apart from that, I really don't get what anyone sees in her. As I was watching I had no idea it was a political message (Black Lives Matter) shows you how much of a Beyonce fan I am lol So Kudos to her for that... I'm with you Erik.. she bores me .. even fashion sense I don't get it ...does nothing for me.. Me either.. all flash without much substance in my book. However, I did found the right wing backlash to her mildly political performance amusing... |
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Post by erik on Feb 9, 2016 10:40:16 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel:
Yes, I too have to chuckle at all the backlash Beyoncé is getting for her Black Lives Matter-inspired performance. But what I find most weird is that Linda herself has had a lot of great things to say about her--and what it is Linda sees in Beyoncé, I guess I don't see.
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Post by jhar26 on Feb 9, 2016 11:36:26 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel: Yes, I too have to chuckle at all the backlash Beyoncé is getting for her Black Lives Matter-inspired performance. But what I find most weird is that Linda herself has had a lot of great things to say about her--and what it is Linda sees in Beyoncé, I guess I don't see. Well, if Linda likes her and the right DOESN'T like her she deserves three cheers, I'd say.  Seriously though, I think she's ok-ish, sorta, kinda. Definitely a step up from most other "queen of pop" contenders we have at the moment. Descent entertainer, charismatic, a few hits that I like ("Crazy in Love" is really a killer record imo). It hardly makes her a Linda, Dusty, Janis, Aretha or Joni, but she's not a Britney or Miley either. Well her wardrobe (or more often the lack of one) might put her in that latter group, but she has more potential/talent than them imo. Rihanna is also someone who could be better than she is considering her potential. Unfortunately, even those among today's pop-ettes that have some talent seem to be more interested in being a celebrity than artistic excellence. Lady GaGa is an even better example. She could be VERY good. But hey, we're just a bunch of old farts that perhaps just "don't get it."  |
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Post by moe on Feb 9, 2016 13:54:53 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel: Yes, I too have to chuckle at all the backlash Beyoncé is getting for her Black Lives Matter-inspired performance. But what I find most weird is that Linda herself has had a lot of great things to say about her--and what it is Linda sees in Beyoncé, I guess I don't see. Well, if Linda likes her and the right DOESN'T like her she deserves three cheers, I'd say. Seriously though, I think she's ok-ish, sorta, kinda. Definitely a step up from most other "queen of pop" contenders we have at the moment. Descent entertainer, charismatic, a few hits that I like ("Crazy in Love" is really a killer record imo). It hardly makes her a Linda, Dusty, Janis, Aretha or Joni, but she's not a Britney or Miley either. Well her wardrobe (or more often the lack of one) might put her in that latter group, but she has more potential/talent than them imo. Rihanna is also someone who could be better than she is considering her potential. Unfortunately, even those among today's pop-ettes that have some talent seem to be more interested in being a celebrity than artistic excellence. Lady GaGa is an even better example. She could be VERY good. But hey, we're just a bunch of old farts that perhaps just "don't get it." Old fart eh? I believe I resemble that remark! LOL |
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Post by Dianna on Feb 9, 2016 17:55:30 GMT -5
I don't recall the exact wording but I felt Linda was commenting more on her looks (Beyonce) that to make it nowadays as a pop star one would have to be a hottie (like Beyonce) I think she was just using her as an example
Moe.. I'm more intrigued with Rihanna visually.. to me she's more edgy and interesting than Bey
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Post by erik on Feb 9, 2016 18:24:32 GMT -5
Quote by Dianna:
Yes, I do believe Linda did indeed praise Beyoncé along the lines of image and fashion, in 2006, but she also cautioned that the women's movement had run into a wall, saying: "You almost can't make it now if you're not a babe."
Of course, Linda herself was more or less a "babe" in the late 1970s, but to me she always seemed so very naturally beautiful, and this while wearing wardrobe that could hardly be called the height of fashion. To me, she really made it "hip" for female singers to be naturally themselves, which is what I guess I look for, and have found in Trisha Yearwood; Tift Merritt; Caitlin Rose; and, most recently, Lindi Ortega.
In terms of Bruno Mars--the weird thing, and maybe this is along the lines of a "guilty pleasure", excluding the rap part of it, "Uptown Funk" is really rather good. At least it's different from the other tripe that's out there, including the stuff that Mars himself has done.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 9, 2016 21:42:53 GMT -5
Of course, Linda herself was more or less a "babe" in the late 1970s, but to me she always seemed so very naturally beautiful, and this while wearing wardrobe that could hardly be called the height of fashion. To me, she really made it "hip" for female singers to be naturally themselves, which is what I guess I look for, and have found in Trisha Yearwood; Tift Merritt; Caitlin Rose; and, most recently, Lindi Ortega. A lot of the pop stars nowadays seem to try too hard.. and that includes Ms. Knowles.. for me, I think the only song by Beyonce I really like is "If I were a boy." and that includes the stuff with Destinys Child..Fashion wise. in the 70's when rock stars like Linda, Stevie Nicks and even Ann and Nancy were popular I loved their styles and they were all beautiful women and so were their album covers. I'll include Donna Summer too. I don't get that with todays female pop singers. |
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Post by erik on Feb 9, 2016 22:12:40 GMT -5
And getting back to Lady Gaga's rendition of the National Anthem--one could make a convincing argument that, given the often-bizarre nature of past performances of hers, she did the anthem the way it was supposed to be done, and not spread a note over ten to twenty seconds. That just gets under my craw no end. LG, though, did it right--she did it her way, but she did herself proud as well.
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Post by Dianna on Feb 9, 2016 22:34:54 GMT -5
I agree Erik..her version IMO is one of the best in recent times.. including Whitneys. GaGa has a real vintage sound almost like Judy Garland or even Liza. I loved it and it seems so did many other people.
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Post by moon on Feb 9, 2016 22:56:41 GMT -5
Lady Gagas version was one of the best but l would have to give it to Whitney as the best. She set the standard for the Anthem.
Beyonce is overrated . She is gorgeous but her music is truly boring and she has basically one dance move she repeats over and over while she is whipping her hair around. Hope she doesnt get whiplash
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Post by goldie on Feb 10, 2016 2:10:11 GMT -5
It may have been more effective had she been draped in hot dogs or whatever they sell at those games. One can never underestimate the meat locker wardrobe effect. To me it was a tame version of Whitney's. I especially liked the eyelid effect but couldn't quite make out the letters they spelled out.
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Post by jhar26 on Feb 10, 2016 2:10:51 GMT -5
Lady Gagas version was one of the best but l would have to give it to Whitney as the best. She set the standard for the Anthem. Beyonce is overrated . She is gorgeous but her music is truly boring and she has basically one dance move she repeats over and over while she is whipping her hair around. Hope she doesnt get whiplash Well, if you compare their "product" with their popularity than ALL of these contemporary pop and r&b stars/queen of pop contenders are overrated. Rolling Stone magazine, which insanely still has the status of the equivalent of a rock'n'roll bible and a rag for whatever there remains of a counter culture has completely sold it's soul though. They give four and five star reviews to Beyonce and Rihanna albums these days. I'm not a snob, so a new album from these women shouldn't automatically result in a zero or one star review as far as 'm concerned. But four, or even five stars? Are they serious? As for the Star Spangled Banner - I also liked the Dixie Chicks version. I hate all those twenty notes for every syllable versions where the singer is so eager to impress but only ends up butchering the tune. |
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But to end on a positive note - strange as it may sound, Lady GaGa is better than her music.
