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Yesterday evening, we saw Madonna’s Half-time Super Bowl concert in Indianapolis. It was 12 1/2 minutes long, the pop icon gave us an overview of her career. She wore an exquisite Givenchy Haute Couture outfit by Riccardo Tisci. She performed at the set thatYesterday evening, we saw Madonna’s Half-time Super Bowl concert in... more
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The cost of the set alone could have built several wind turbines and fed Africa for a year!The cost of the set alone could have built several wind turbines and fed Africa for a... more
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Pop music review: Madonna at the Super Bowl
The halftime show? A spectacle by the Cleopatra of the game. It also was a well-planned — and shockingly transparent — ad for her new album, 'MDNA.'
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Cee Lo Green and Madonna perform during halftime of the Super Bowl game Indianapolis. (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)
By Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
February 6, 2012
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To label the selection of Madonna as a halftime performer at the Super Bowl as curious is to neglect the surreal history of what has become one of the year's most discussed 10 minutes of music on American television. From the high-water mark Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake nip slip to the weird nonsequitur Rolling Stones gig to a children's choir singing "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," the Super Bowl has never been short on ridiculousness.
But all different kinds of musical craziness had nothing on this year's Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show performance. Madonna was defiantly unconcerned with the more conservative red state wing of the football fan base who'd never be caught dead singing along to one of her songs, and her halftime show was pure spectacle by the Cleopatra of the game.
Think about it. In less than 10 minutes, America watched marching warriors pulling a massive chariot; faux trumpeters announcing the arrival of Madonna; a man name Redfoo with a ridiculously large afro fronting a duo called LMFAO; a polyglot British-Sri Lankan rapper slyly flipping the bird at the camera; a cartoonish multiple-personality Nicki Minaj; and a charismatic Buddha of a singer with a golden voice in one of the best bandleader outfits ever created, to say nothing of his stunning black choir robe.
At the center of it all was Madonna in her element, vogueing with a break-dancing lyre player, riding a bejeweled human serpent, slipping into her best single of the '00s, "Music," dancing near a tightrope walker who did a back flip as she passed, and sitting on Redfoo's shoulders during a mash-up with LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem." We saw Madonna looking absolutely silly as a 53-year-old cheerleader with equally noncheerleaders M.I.A. and rapper Minaj, and, perhaps most improbable of all, Madonna in front of a church choir pretending to be chaste.
In fact, if you break down the show, produced by Stuart Davis (known to dance fans under his moniker Les Rhythmes Digitales), the whole thing was arguably more outrageous than the notorious Jackson nipple shot. Madonna's new album, "MDNA," is a sly reference to the drug Ecstasy; M.I.A.'s father was part of a Sri Lankan rebel group called the Tamil Tigers (once listed as a terrorist group by the State Department); LMFAO is an acronym in text slang for "laughing my ... ass off;" and singer Cee Lo Green hit the big time with a song about a middle-finger kiss-off. In this company, Minaj looked positively PG.
But despite its success AND extravagance, this whole halftime package most of all was little more than an ingeniously well planned — and shockingly transparent — advertisement for "MDNA," and not much more. The rollout for the album began with the announcement that she'd be performing at the Super Bowl and was teased by a music video released Friday for her new single, "Give Me All You're Luvin'," featuring Minaj and with a remix also featuring LMFAO, which, of course, she performed. Talk about marketing to a lot of eyeballs.
But then Madonna is Madonna for a reason. And we saw it firsthand Sunday.
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MADONNA - SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW: VIDEO|Ft Nicki Minaj & Mia - Give Me All Your Luvin, LMFAO Sexy and i know it , And Cee-Lo. Madonna gave all of her luvin and she's still sexy and we know it when she took the stage for her performance at the Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, February 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
http://www.pinoyhalo.com/2012/02/06/madonna-super-bowl-halftime-show-watch-now/MADONNA - SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW: VIDEO|Ft Nicki Minaj & Mia - Give Me All Your... more
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“Ewwww! Really?”
That’s the reaction people get when they hear that Madonna will be performing at Super Bowl XLVI half-time show with other musical guests M.I.A, Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj and LMFAO combined with a performance by Cirque du Soleil.
Together these artists cover a variety of music tastes. However, is this variety even appealing to viewers?
It’s like the idea of mixing all of your favorite candy into one bowl. The idea sounds great but the result is not as sweet.
Last year approximately 111 million people watched the Super Bowl. However, are the advertisers of Super Bowl telecasts reaching their target audience with the half-time show?
According to Sports Business Daily, the highest percent of people that watched the Super Bowl for the half-time show was the age group of 55 and up.
If advertiser’s desired audiences are not being reached, then why do they continue to pour so much money and time into this event?
The wardrobe malfunction with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake added a little life to the half-time show in 2004.
After this “malfunction” (which is still debatable if intended or not) half-time shows have become more focused on “wardrobe security” and having a full lineup and instead are just becoming a mess.
The acts that have been performing at the Super Bowl the past eight years are the networks attempts to get viewers interested in the show by combining an older music artist or legend with a newer musical artist.
The performer collaborations don’t mix well together and new performers just lack the experience needed to perform at such a big event.
Black Eyed Peas and Slash, Prince and Flo-Rida are some of the collaborations that just don’t make the cut.
Madonna, 53, is a music legend. This queen of music has been performing since 1979. Madonna opened the door for individuality in music and created a pathway for female performers. However, only so many comebacks and reinventing of one’s self can be done before all their acts seem to be the same.
Performers at half-time shows fail to represent the demographic that advertiser’s want.
M.I.A, the British singer, song-writer has been releasing songs since 2000 that have an ethnic edge that separates her from other artists. Songs like “Paper Planes” have given M.I.A her name and have been seen on movie soundtracks like “Slumdog Millionaire,” which contained three of her tracks. M.I.A’s genre has been classified as alternative dance and electronic.
Now how do you combine the genre of pop, rock and combine it with electronic, dance?
Today, collaborations and mash-ups of two different artists have become more popular. However, in a live performance, there is hopefully no auto tune, no editing and no mixing of low bass, beats and cross-overs. How is the performance expected to come out sounding like one smooth song and not like oil and water mixed into one bowl only to separate into a mess of a song making the stage slippery and hard to stand.
Now reconsider the half-time show, add four other acts to the Madonna equation. This Super Bowl show will look like a circus even without Cirque du Soleil.
People watch the Super Bowl for the football, the quality time with friends and commercials. The half-time show has merely the perfect opportunity for a bathroom break or grabbing your favorite snack from the refrigerator.
Now consider this: It is reported that in 2011 advertisers paid up to $3 million for a 30-second- commercial spot during the Super Bowl. Other companies like Chrysler, paid up to $12 million for a 2-minute-commercial slot.
Doesn’t this leave a bad position for advertisers? The half-time show viewer ratings from age 18 to 55 and over is a high of 7 percent out of the 111 million people watching the Super Bowl.
If this is the time when people get up to stretch their legs and get more pizza it is likely that an advertisers commercial will be missed and their millions of dollars paid will be wasted.
With 44 percent of people watching the Super Bowl solely for commercials, there is already a higher viewer rating than the half-time show itself.
Perhaps the networks should make the half-time show visible for only those attending the Super Bowl and allowed the viewers at home to continue to watch commercials during the 15-minute break. Then again, if this were to happen when would we all get our bathroom break?
(Super Bowl XLVI will premiere Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana while the NY Giants take on the New England Patriots.)“Ewwww! Really?”
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Hollywood, California -- Former superstar Cher has fallen victim to a bogus Tweet, which announced that she had passed away last Thursday. It appears that the 65-year-old singer/actress has no way of proving that she is indeed still alive.
“Cher hasn’t done anything worthwhile since giving permission to Chastity to become Chaz,” said a leading film producer who asked to remain anonymous. “Now that’s entertainment.
“But as far as her own music and movie career is concerned, Cher has been code blue for years.”
A publicist speaking on behalf of Cher protested that today’s reality stars are granted celebrity status without any significant achievements or noticeable talent.
“Oh, I didn’t realize that Cher’s last name is Kardashian,” the producer responded.
Upon hearing of her own untimely demise, Cher checked herself into Mount Sinai Hospital for tests. But the medical staff there kept busy finding ways to ignore the former star.
“We’ve moved on to acts like Madonna and Gaga,” a hospital spokeswoman said. “It’s time for Cher to move on too.”
Cher has requested an open coffin, according to her publicist, “so that her few remaining fans can enjoy her haunting beauty until the very end. I guess this beats skiing into a tree.”Hollywood, California -- Former superstar Cher has fallen victim to a bogus Tweet,... more
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A 1989 profile of Tampa-based American Family Association leader David Caton, by Bob Andelman (before he became Mr. Media). http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=3583A 1989 profile of Tampa-based American Family Association leader David Caton, by Bob... more
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