Posted on 02/04/2005 4:19:38 AM PST by beyond the sea
Yesterday the league scheduled a news conference to announce the most complex halftime show ever attempted ,then, in a moment so genuine it barely belonged to this week or any other in the Super Bowl's manic history, someone introduced Paul McCartney.
Bounding on stage in a faded red sweatshirt and jeans, Sir Paul offered a respectful salute and took questions. A thousand crabby, jaded journalists looked transported.
"Questions for Paul?"
What? Questions for Paul McCartney?
"Paul, what band will you be performing with?"
"My band."
"No, what band?"
"I have a band; it's called 'my band.' "
McCartney allowed a certain conceit that he's probably here as the anti-Janet, promised to keep the show mammary free, and acknowledged, "I don't have a wardrobe to malfunction, so no worries on that score."
A young woman asked, since he was wearing red and blue, was he a Patriots fan.
"This is just slung on, honey."
With the same breezy manner that was just as infectious yesterday as it was in 1964, McCartney figured that even though we're here hyping this thing eight days a week, he might be here to put a global audience totaling close to 1 billion back in touch with something grandly simple.
"The message of my music is generally peace, love and come together," he said, "and that's as good a message as I can deliver. It's the same old one, but I can't think of anything better."
This is probably just me, but shouldn't there be a Paul McCartney news conference before every game? Not just every Super Bowl, every single game. That'd make next year's Pitt-Youngstown State fray a little more palatable, wouldn't it?
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Good question. Who's producing the halftime show, McCartney's record label?
One thing that annoys me about the Super Bowl are all the non-football reporters that show up. These are the people who ask the players on media day what their favorie movie is.
How about having Kristy Jackson sing her 9/11 inspired song, “Little Did She Know (She Kissed a Hero)”.
He found some socks
She chose his tie
And when he left for work that morning he was just another guy
Going to work He'd have to fly
Out to a meeting in L.A. so she had kissed him twice goodbye
Little did she know she’d kissed a hero
Though he’d always been one in her eyes
But when faced with certain death
He’d said a prayer and took a breath
And led an army of true angels in the sky
Little did she know she’d kissed a hero
Though he’d always been an angel in her eyes
Putting others first, it’s true
That’s what heroes always do
Now he doesn’t need a pair of wings to fly
The phone had rung
His voice was calm
Before he could tell her anything she knew something was wrong
I love you so
The last words he’d said
She said I love you too
And then the phone went dead
Little did she know she’d kissed a hero
Though he’d always been one in her eyes
But when faced with certain death
He’d said a prayer and took a breath
And led an army of true angels in the sky
Little did she know she’d kissed a hero
Though he’d always been an angel in her eyes
Putting others first, it’s true
That’s what heroes always do
Now he doesn’t need a pair of wings to fly
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After hearing this song, I don’t think many fans could see the second half through their tears. A very beautiful, heart-wrenching song.
Maybe Dick Dale or Chantays or Tornadoes or Safaris or Belairs or....sorry...showing my bias here....
I can barely see thru my tears right now.
Personnaly I'm (beyond the sea) ready to see Kevin Spacey come on a do a little Bobby Darin.
;-)
Throw in a little Shanai and I'm 'wicha'.
Do you know the song? Heard it lately? That song tears me apart.
Whoa! What a great idea - the legends of surf music for halftime. It doesn't get much more American than that.
What football fan even watches the halftime show? I use that time to get more food and drinks and take care of other business. I think the halftime show is more for the non-football fans and women - gives them a reason to tune in.
Until I read it here on FR, I had never seen or heard the song.
I didn't even know about Janet Jackson until after the game.
Well, since he's not Irish or Scots, or West Virginian, there's one thing we probably CAN rule out...
too beautiful!!!
No apologies necessary! Any ONE of the five you mentioned are better than ALL the 'performers' quoted in this thread.
Real sad.
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