Besides the fact that last night was one good game, the entertainment part of it was.....ehh...it was okay....Just that...okay. For starters lets talk about Christina Aguilera
This has been a trying couple months for Christina Aguilera. Her last album "Bionic" failed to reach the level of success that her previous albums have done, and her breakout role in last years Burlesque did little to garner much hype and the movie turned out to be a major FLOP. I really feel bad for Christina. I had really high hopes for her....and I still do, but she seems to keep making one bad move after another. Last night was definitely another bad move. The pop diva was slated to sing the "ever so cliche'" National Anthem at the opening of the Super Bowl. All seemed to be going well until she got to the second verse...the line reads "For the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming". What Christina sang sounded nothing like that. I think the only word she got right out of that line was "watched". To see the full performance, click here. What really tripped me out was right after she flubbed the line and the two players for Green Bay looked at each other like "Huh?? That aint what it says" right before they realized they were on the big screen! LOL!! I thought that was hilarious!
The night's highlight (or lowlight, for some) was the once-great-but-watered-down-because-of-Nipplegate Halftime Show. I've witnessed this show go downhill ever since someone decided to show a little "nip nip". It was once a great spectacle to see; like Michael Jackson in 1993 & Tina Turner's highly energetic 2000 performance, and also the great N*SYNC/Britney/Mary J. Blidge/Aerosmith/Nelly mash-up of 2002. However, after the disaster of 2004 the Halftime Show turned into something you actually get up and get refreshments to, not actually watch! This year the NFL decided to liven it up once again with the Black Eye Peas. The all-star group performed a string of hits from their vault. They're performance was a good one, but seemed to lack a certain rawness about it. (Like when did the BEP start doing choreography?) Even when Fergie tried to cut loose with Slash on Gun's n Roses classic hit "Sweet Child O' Mine", it just seemed too rehearsed. All in all, it was cool, I guess.
What really took me by surprise was Usher's surprise performance of "OMG". Now THAT was a performance! He should have just performed the whole thing!....Wait, nevermind, I take that back.
After his all too brief performance, the Black Eye Peas resumed the stage to deliver a few more hits. Am I the only one who noticed they didn't do "My Humps"? I guess it was too "risque" for censors. For the full Halftime Show, click here
I can tell that the Halftime Show is slowly starting to regain its glory. Even though this show was more or less lackluster, it was still the best Halftime Show they've had in years....and that says a lot!
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