I guess Bruce Dickinson must have been in charge of the halftime show. After all, he puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us, except once his pants are on, he makes gold records.
Posted on 02/02/2009 7:57:01 AM PST by Lucky9teen
Was Bruce & Co. paid to perform or did Bruce pay to be there to hawk his new album? I suspect the half-time show is a paid infomercial.
“A good person working the board can compensate, but there is still a lag while he notices that he needs to crank up the volume.”
Crank up the preamp gain then use a vocal compressor, feed that to the soundboard mix channel. Electronics then keeps the level nearly constant and helps with feedback too.
This solves the problem of a performer zooming around the mic, as well as suddenly varying levels.
It seemed to my eyes that there were several occasions when Springsteen’s voice was croaking out the speakers but his face was nowhere near the microphone and/or his lips were forming something else. I kept thinking, “This couldn’t be a lip-sync, a really bad lip-sync, could it?” But after Yo-Yo Ma’s fake performance at the inaugural, nothing would surprise me.
His lurching slide on his knees across the floor (and smack into the camera) was one of the more ungraceful things I’ve witnessed on television, too. With too-tight clothes (and a shirt that kept riding up on him, did you notice him tugging it down every ten seconds?), it’s clear Bruce needs a few weeks on Atkins. I just hope he didn’t give the cameraman a black eye.
I like him less than that. How could anyone enjoy his so called music?
Bruce always sounds like he’s trying to pass a bowling ball when he sings.
I guess Bruce Dickinson must have been in charge of the halftime show. After all, he puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us, except once his pants are on, he makes gold records.
Bruce Springsteen makes me want to puke.
I went outside for the entire halftime so I didn’t have to listen.
I think we have a new #2 bad idea. (Hard to beat #1)
Best: U2 and Prince.
That was pretty much my teenager's reaction -- "Mom, there's some really awful band on. I think they're called 'East Street' or something."
#11. Sliding into the NBC cameraman.
The new mics are directional and have no lag (or setting) time.
I thought he sang fairly well to be lip synching.
“For someone who claims he didn’t watch the game, you sure seem to have a lot of opinions on what took place. “
Unfortunately, I was in a restaurant with my wife, minding our own business, when the intolerable screaming of the National Anthem occurred. I missed the half-time garbage with the virulently anti-American “boss,” but I accidentally saw the ending of the game when the pro-Steelers referee crew ignored the forward movement of not only the Cardinal quarterback’s arm, but the actual movement of the ball, didn’t call it a fumble, and let the Steelers win (shades, once again, of the Pittsburgh “Steal” against the Seahawks a couple years ago).
I then proceeded to watch the Puppy Bowl . . . far more entertaining.
Normally we don't do halftime shows because they're mostly useless, but we tuned in to see if he was going to make an idiot of himself going off on an Obama praise-a-thon.
He did sound dreadfully out of breath, though.
The "crowd" near the stage was more of a cast. They were hand chosen and rehearsed.
Hey, as another FReeper noted last night, Bruce has the Four Seasons band backing him!
1. His presence.
He’s easily the most overrated musician of the 20th century and seems hell-bent on the 21st as well.
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