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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I'd pay real money for that one..but, anyway, back to football.
Any good prognosticating threads going on? It's Friday already!!
My favorite, Phil Keaggy, sounds a lot like Paul M. but Phil has virtually no name recognition----even though he has recorded more than 40 albums over the years.
In my opinion they should just stick with football at the superbowl.
I would like to see it all American. Shania is a canuck, and that wasn't even good enough for her, so she bailed to Switzerland with Mutt.
Since I'm not too swift with computers, does anyone know a site I can go to to hear it?
In which sports does Pitt play YSU? i realize since Penn State fled the Big East, that rivalry is no more, but when i was at Pitt, granted, many moons ago, we never played Youngstahn in anything!
Who needs prognosticating threads? Everyone knows that it is going to be a Corey Dillon Day.
I didn't hear about it until about five hours later myself.
dang, you are making my makeup run!
I was listening to a post game show on the radio and one of the hosts said that the NFL and CBS were issuing an apology for the "incident". I didn't know what the heck they were talking about.
The entertainment at the Super Bowl has changed over the years.
http://www.superbowl.com/features/entertainment/entertainment-honorroll
67 year old grannie here.
Who crapped in your Wheaties this morning? Or is your deck short just a few cards?
What about Kristy Jackson (post # 7), Toby Keith and George Strait?
Since I'm not anti-canuck that doesn't bother me.
I just look at her talent and all those cute little parts.
When did the network fagots and lesbians get a hold of the halftime show? This is football's finest moment - or at least it used to be...
And.............. the pro players hate the extended, longer halftime. Stiffen up, come back on the field and there's so much smoke you can't breathe.
I guess you saw this one yesterday......
The Official "I can't stand any more hype, let's play the freakin' Game" Superbowl Thread
Yep.
And for what it's worth, I love ZZTop, but when they did a halftime show several years ago...it sucked as bad as the rest do.
You bet!.....it would be a screamin half time show!....
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