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Coldplay to Torture Us All at the Super Bowl
Daily Beast ^ | December 4, 2015 | Amy Zimmerman

Posted on 12/04/2015 6:51:42 AM PST by C19fan

he Super Bowl is an annual celebration of Just Guy Things: homoerotic tight pants, dude-on-dude grappling, sports, balls, brews, and chili. Conversely, the Super Bowl halftime show is an incredibly flamboyant tribute to all things over the top, featuring big-name celebrities, elaborate pyrotechnics, and some of the best wardrobes (and wardrobe malfunctions) this side of the 2001 VMAs. No one has ever adequately explained the pairing of these two inherently disparate spectacles, and it’s difficult to imagine the Venn diagram of dedicated sports enthusiasts and people who are psyched to watch an extended Bruno Mars medley. Nonetheless we, the non-sports fans of America, are annually grateful for the Super Bowl halftime show, the saving grace of every game and the highlight of every Super Bowl party (also, a reassuring reminder that we’ve already made it through half of the Super Bowl).

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Sports
KEYWORDS: bowl; football; nfl; super
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1 posted on 12/04/2015 6:51:42 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Where do they find this has-beens to play there???

The only decent one was The Stones


2 posted on 12/04/2015 6:53:13 AM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: C19fan

Will the perform a conscious uncoupling?


3 posted on 12/04/2015 6:54:45 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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"he Super Bowl is an annual celebration of Just Guy Things: homoerotic tight pants, dude-on-dude grappling, sports, balls, brews, and chili. Conversely, the Super Bowl halftime show is an incredibly flamboyant tribute"

Until I looked at the author's name, I thought a queer must have written it.

4 posted on 12/04/2015 6:54:48 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: Mr. K

I thought Bruno Mars put on a good show.


5 posted on 12/04/2015 6:55:18 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Mr. K

I thought Bruno Mars put on a good show.


6 posted on 12/04/2015 6:55:18 AM PST by C19fan
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As I recall, that was the last time I paid any attention at all to the halftime show.


7 posted on 12/04/2015 6:58:28 AM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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Enjoy The Season!


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8 posted on 12/04/2015 6:59:24 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Halftime is when you take the dog for a walk, hit the can, and make sure there’s enough food for the 2nd half.


9 posted on 12/04/2015 7:02:19 AM PST by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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To: C19fan
How's about Van Halen?

Then again, depending on who's playing, they might upstage the game... ;)

10 posted on 12/04/2015 7:04:18 AM PST by W. (Make that rubble BOUNCE!)
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To: C19fan

Perhaps they will play their new song in which they included Barack Obama singing?


11 posted on 12/04/2015 7:04:38 AM PST by machogirl
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Best Halftimes Shows:
1) Prince-2007—phenomenal!!!

2) Tom Petty-2008—simple set—well done...

3) Bruce Springsteen —2009-a lefty but puts on a great show

4) U2—2002-—911 tribute was great

5) Stones 2006-—just because Kieth can still bring it...


12 posted on 12/04/2015 7:12:09 AM PST by Willie From Austin
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This sort of stuff doesn’t belong at football games. Bring back marching bands!


13 posted on 12/04/2015 7:13:46 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: CatherineofAragon

Did a queer write it? Why pick an author that hates football, and men, to write about the Super Bowl.

Anyone who understands football at least a little, and who has grown up with it, couldn’t help to tear up a little watching Bart Starr embrace Brett Favre when Favre’s number was retired.

Anyone who’s ever wanted five more minutes with your grandfather couldn’t help choking up a little. Starr had real trouble making that date, but was determined to be there for Favre.

Starr was looking at Favre, remembering what it was like to be Favre, and Favre was looking at Starr coming to the realization he was headed to where Starr is.

And Rodgers was looking on, knowing one of these days Favre will come out a much older man to help retire Rodger’s number.

I’m not a Packer fan, by any stretch, but you can’t really deny that the Packers are the ‘people’s team’. They are owned by the people of Green Bay.

Kenny Stabler died this year. The Snake was something else. He was Terry Bradshaw’s arch-enemy.

It’s a great game, for all its flaws.


14 posted on 12/04/2015 7:13:49 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: CatherineofAragon
The headline mistakenly assumes that "Us All" are going to be watching the National Felons League's annual ThugFest.

(Spoken as one who from childhood through the mid eighties was an avid Football Fan.)

15 posted on 12/04/2015 7:15:59 AM PST by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: C19fan

The touch football league is hell bent on putting teams in England,so they can sell the rubes a 9:30 Sunday package. Goodall,Kraft and Jones can go F themselves!


16 posted on 12/04/2015 7:17:55 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: C19fan
I found this on the interweb...a giant smashable mute button.


17 posted on 12/04/2015 7:19:11 AM PST by xp38
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To: C19fan

Coldplay has some of the only songs I’ll stop on the fm dial to listen to. If the prerequisite is politics, you might as well throw your radio and tv out the window.


18 posted on 12/04/2015 7:21:25 AM PST by bramps (Islam is a preview of Hell)
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To: day10

The last superbowl halftime show I watched had a marching band.


19 posted on 12/04/2015 7:22:03 AM PST by Ken H
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To: C19fan

First I would have to watch it.


20 posted on 12/04/2015 7:22:39 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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