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Superbowl halftime performance

Steven Bisig, Photographer

	Seattle \| WA \| USA \| Posted: 8:34 PM on 02.06.11
	->> That had to be one of the worse Superbowl halftime performances I have ever seen. The only thing I liked about it was Slash

Andrew Fielding, Photographer

	Denver \| CO \| USA \| Posted: 9:10 PM on 02.06.11
	->> I disagree, amazingly well choreographed and clearly aimed at the younger audience.

Dave Prelosky, Photographer

	Lower Burrell \| Pa \| US \| Posted: 9:16 PM on 02.06.11
	->> I've been seeing the same discussion on my FB page and Ill say the same thing here: It's spectacle, not a coffee house.

Caleb Raney, Photographer, Assistant

	Tecumseh \| Ok \| USA \| Posted: 9:24 PM on 02.06.11
	->> Well at least it was clear that no one was lip syncing.

Jeff Napier, Photographer

	Brush Prairie \| WA \| USA \| Posted: 9:52 PM on 02.06.11
	->> Have to agree with Steven on this.

Eric Canha, Photographer

	Brockton \| MA \| United States \| Posted: 10:43 PM on 02.06.11
	->> I think is was pretty awful.

Darren Whitley, Photographer

	Northwest Missouri \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 11:03 PM on 02.06.11
	->> It was bad. Lip synching or a second set of mics were badly needed.

Dianna Russell, Photographer

	Springfield \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 11:10 PM on 02.06.11
	->> The people responsible for that hatchet job of a sound mix should be fired. That was the worst. Ever.

Stew Milne, Photographer

	Providence \| RI \| USA \| Posted: 11:12 PM on 02.06.11
	->> And certain people thought last year was bad. I actually watched the first part ot the halftime show with the sound off. It was pretty boring and when I turned the sound on..... my thoughts.... well, that was crappy.

Joshua Brown, Photographer

	Raeford \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 11:19 PM on 02.06.11
	->> But it made a great time to get up and stretch, grab some snacks etc. without missing either game action or a nearly $3 million commercial.

Jason Joseph, Photographer

	Dublin \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 11:30 PM on 02.06.11
	->> Diana, I couldn't agree more! They clearly had the "suck" knob turned waaay too high.

Louis Lopez, Photographer

	Fontana \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 11:33 PM on 02.06.11
	->> Everyone here at our house liked it well enough. One of the more watchable halftime shows in quite a while. I definitely enjoyed it.

Gregory Greene, Photographer

	Durham \| NH \| USA \| Posted: 11:38 PM on 02.06.11
	->> Any time I watch the Superbowl halftime show I always think about the one after 9/11 and U2 doing "The Streets Have No Name" with a lighted scrolling wall of all the people who died on that day. Very difficult to match that.

Jon Cunningham, Photographer

	Lisle \| IL \| USA \| Posted: 11:42 PM on 02.06.11
	->> The visual part was pretty good, but the audio part, not so much. It made me think about; that last year's ubiquitous high school basketball warm up song was "Let's Get it Started," replaced by this years "I Got a Feeling." But both songs sound better on the average high school gymnasium PA system than they did during the Super Bowl half time show.

Brian Blanco, Photographer

	Tampa / Sarasota \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 11:45 PM on 02.06.11
	->> This is what happens when you hire a sound engineer off of Craigslist.

John Howley, Photographer

	Circleville \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 11:51 PM on 02.06.11
	->> if they hired the guy off Craigslist, does that mean they gave him "credit" instead of actually paying him?

John Tucker, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Cordova \| TN \| USA \| Posted: 12:23 AM on 02.07.11
	->> Half time show = perfect time to go get pizza..... and just why do they throw that "slash" guy in all of these horrible shows?

Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 12:45 AM on 02.07.11
	->> this is what I was talking about the other day to a photog friend-anything creative is highly subjective. Some may say it stunk while others thought it was great. Personally, I thought the half time show and Christina Aquilera were awful (an dI am not counting the fact that she got the verses wrong-she just sounded terrible)

Bryan Crowe, Photographer

	Fullerton \| CA \| US \| Posted: 12:52 AM on 02.07.11
	->> I'm guessing those who liked it were in the slightly narrow demographic it tried to reach and those who didn't weren't. I thought it had some good moments IE Slash and Usher. The choreography was pretty amazing...... But alas I'm 49 and probable outside the targeted demo.....

G.J. McCarthy, Photographer

	Dallas \| TX \| US \| Posted: 1:32 AM on 02.07.11
	->> You're all just mad you didn't see Fergie's nip. No seriously, I blame it on all our snow.

Stew Milne, Photographer

	Providence \| RI \| USA \| Posted: 8:56 AM on 02.07.11
	->> For those who were there, how was the sound live? I think visually it was a good show. Would someone please explain Usher. I don't get him.

Jason Joseph, Photographer

	Dublin \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 9:28 AM on 02.07.11
	->> I'm guessing those who liked it were the ones who were watching with the Closed Captioning turned on.

Matthew Sauk, Photographer

	Sandy \| UT \| United States \| Posted: 9:28 AM on 02.07.11
	->> Visually is was pretty damn cool. Audio, those guys can't sing. They are a studio group, not live.

Butch Miller, Photographer

	Lock Haven \| PA \| USA \| Posted: 9:33 AM on 02.07.11
	->> What half time show? ... that's when you go to the can and stock up on refreshments for the second half ... ;-) Can't remember the last Super Bowl halftime show I actually watched ...

Jason Orth, Photographer

	Lincoln \| NE \| USA \| Posted: 10:00 AM on 02.07.11
	->> I felt sorry for the people whose suit didn't light up. But at least it will be easy for them to tell their friends where they were on the field. By the way, they should donate the light up suits to NASCAR - they could change colors with each of the flags. Safety first!

Alex Menendez, Photographer

	Orlando \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 10:25 AM on 02.07.11
	->> Visually Stunning!!!! Audio- disaster......both the singers and the audio techs messed themselves on this 20 minute spectacle..... Feel sorry for the fans that bought tickets and then got screwed by the NFL by having to watch the game on TV , how pissed would you be?

Michael Johnson, Photographer, Photo Editor

Geneseo | NY | USA | Posted: 10:27 AM on 02.07.11

->> The game was great...all the "pageantry" was horrible.

I was lucky enough not to be able to hear the Star Spangle Banner but a fly over of the stadium with the dome closed? What the F! was that.

That made about as much sense as taking a deaf person to the half-time show to watch the Black Eyed Peas..... oh wait after that performance I was wishing I was deaf and blind.

Its time they just get back to playing football.

Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Jackson \| WY \| USA \| Posted: 10:38 AM on 02.07.11
	->> Christina Aguilera's gotta be happy the halftime show sucked so bad that it took attention away from the fact that she screwed up the words to the national anthem.

Michael Fischer, Photographer

Spencer | Ia | USA | Posted: 12:02 PM on 02.07.11

->> Silly rabbit...Trix are for.. opps.... you think the halftime show is to entertain you?

Silly you.

The halftime entertainment is to keep you from changing the channel. They're afraid in years where the game isn't close that you'll switch it and not switch back. It's all about eyeballs and keeping you there. Why? Of course, for the advertisers for the networks. The more profitable the networks are when they get to broadcast the Super Bowl, the more the NFL can raise the ante when it comes to negotiating a new contract.

You thought it was there to entertain you? HA!

On the other hand, some commercials sucked, but some of them were great. I loved the VW ad.

Jeff Stanton, Photographer

	Princeton \| IN \| USA \| Posted: 1:06 PM on 02.07.11
	->> I didn't watch one single snap of this game. It all has just got so ridiculous. When talking about halftime shows, my favorite was the 2002 Bowl, I believe when U2 performed. Don't know if it was lip synced or not, but it was still a great show.

G.J. McCarthy, Photographer

	Dallas \| TX \| US \| Posted: 1:33 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Stew: Sounded fine to me (shooting from an elevated position), but I'm no real audiophile. Agreed that visually it was very impressive; aspects of it reminded me of opening ceremonies from the Vancouver Winter Olympics. And yes, pretty sure Usher lip-synced vast portions of his performance. - gerry -

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:34 PM on 02.07.11
	->> I thought it was one of the better halftime shows I have seen. Must not have "translated" very well for all of you that watched it on a TV screen.

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:36 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Aerosmth a few years back was interesting show. I shot the rehearsals and the halftime show. Aerosmith actually played, if you were by the stage you could hear them. But what was piped over the stadium speakers and probably the TV feed was an audio track.

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:38 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Michael Jackson's halftime show many years back was definitely lip sync'd.

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:39 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Was fun seeing Slash and hearing "Sweet Child 'o Mine".

G.J. McCarthy, Photographer

	Dallas \| TX \| US \| Posted: 1:50 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Bert -- I had the same thought. That's actually the part that reminded me of opening ceremonies -- that it was probably a lot more visual in person than on a TV screen. I suppose one day it'll all be 3d, though, and it won't matter.

Tim Snow, Photographer

	Montreal \| Qc \| Canada \| Posted: 2:12 PM on 02.07.11
	->> The performance that stuck out to me was Springsteen a couple of years ago, but I have never seen him put on a bad show...this year was just blah, though my opinion is probably biased as I really don't like pre-packaged pop music. The audio feed was horrid, really surprising for the biggest television event of the year. I would have preferred Hooray For Everything!

Derick Hingle, Photographer

Hammond | LA | USA | Posted: 2:16 PM on 02.07.11

->> I watched on TV, I like the Black Eye Peas, but the singing last night was horrific, again I like some of their songs, but last night the audio was awful, don't know if it was something with the sound systems in the stadium or what, but most of it sounded like a bad weekend karaoke group, I was waiting for Randy Jackson to come out and say "Dawg, come on really? That was like scratching figer nails on a chalkboard"

I almost changed the channel but I was drawn into the train wreck. Fergie sounded the worst, maybe she had a bad night, not sure, but it ranks among the worst performances I've heard, now presentation was great, if I had the tv on mute I would have said it was among the best, but sound was terrible. That's my take.

Guy Rhodes, Photographer

	East Chicago \| IN \| USA \| Posted: 3:14 PM on 02.07.11
	->> "I was lucky enough not to be able to hear the Star Spangle Banner but a fly over of the stadium with the dome closed? What the F! was that." The Superbowl is a TV show, first and foremost. The spectators in the seats at the venue might as well be set pieces. I saw the jet fly-over on TV quite well! :-)

Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer

	McAllen \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 4:08 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Where's Janet Jackson when you need her?

Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor

Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 6:40 PM on 02.07.11

->> Even a nip-slip wouldn't have helped that show.

I didn't really pay attention to the singing after the first seven or eight times they flocked up Auto Tune. I then focused on conversation with my friends when the burned out half of the "V" on the stage caught my attention and just GRATED MY NERVES like you have no idea...

I mean I understand how logistically challenging getting that kind of stage on and off the field during halftime is on top of moving parts around, but it's not like they just got the script for this on Saturday. $50 says someone on the crew got fired over that.

Keith Tharp, Photographer

Londonderry | NH | usa | Posted: 6:52 PM on 02.07.11

->> I thought the glowing dancers on the field were intersting, but what nobody has mentioned here is the lack of showmanship from the Black Eyed Peas. They basically just stood there, like lumps, which is pretty noticeable when watching from home and the camera returns to them doing nothing. This is a good argument for lipsyncing, if you sound like crap live, then I'd rather see you put on a show while lipsyncing over standing still and sounding like crap.

Jeff Brehm, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Salisbury \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 6:58 PM on 02.07.11
	->> I thought the worst music of the whole event was the obnoxious fanfare, blasted over and over and OVER, when they brought out Roger Staubach (and the TEXAS STADIUM announcer couldn't remember in which Super Bowl he was the MVP!) to present the trophy. After about 15 repeats, I expected to see people attempting to strangle themselves with the TV camera cables.

Keith Crowley, Photographer

	Hudson \| WI \| USA \| Posted: 7:09 PM on 02.07.11
	->> Last night's show? One word--Ugh! People who can actually sing would be nice...and, I'd like to hear Slash playing the geetar...and, as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony! There hasn't been truly great Superbowl halftime show since Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing (yeah, that Carol Channing!) and Al Hirt did a tribute to Louis Armstrong. (Thanks Wikipedia!)

Jim Comeau, Photo Editor, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 8:29 PM on 02.07.11
	->> I say AC/DC should do it next year.

Dave Sizer, Photographer

	Seattle \| WA \| USA \| Posted: 11:46 PM on 02.07.11
	->> U2 was one of the best halftime shows in recent memory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk5SuyoNiYA&feature=player_embedded

Chuck Liddy, Photographer

	Durham \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 11:54 PM on 02.07.11
	->> What is this "Super Bowl" of which you speak?

Jason Joseph, Photographer

	Dublin \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 11:58 AM on 02.08.11
	->> I think this pretty much sums it up. Maybe the Black Eyed Peas are the answer to bringing our country back together since all of the states seem to agree for once. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollinde...

Larry Lawson, Photographer

	Portland \| OR \| USA \| Posted: 1:00 PM on 02.08.11
	->> The halftime spectacle was nothing compared to the incompetency by the Super Bowl seating organizers. 400 people having to give up their seats they paid for? Ridiculous. But that's another thread :)

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