Performing @ the Super Bowl Halftime this year is...

[Top Jimmy]

THE WHO!

Just read it in Rolling Stone,
they are expected to confirm/announce it this coming week.

Cool by me, as long as they don't pull an Aerosmith,
and have some Britney Spears bullshit with 'em...that was horrible.
I understand the business decision behind it, but it was fucking HORRIBLE.

You got some stupid rapper bitch that didn't want to share her mic with Steven Tyler...bitch PLEASE..If it wasn't for him, you would've been sitting on your fat ass that night....I don't care WHAT his junkie breath was like...

who the fuck are YOU?

Whhooo are you?
who who who who..
Who the fuck are YOU?

(see how I tied it all together at the end?):hitch:

So, anyway...The Who II is doing the Halftime gig this coming year.

Should be good, Daltry can't last more than a half-hour these days anyway..

Discuss.

[Seshmeister]

There really aren't that many 30 million + sales suitable artists around. I wouldn't have been surprised if Van Halen had got the gig next year or last.

Not that watching them run through Jump with taped keyboards to the Superbowl rent-a-crowd would have been the most exciting moment of all time...

Maybe they would have got the gig with the proper bass player and there was a better than 50% chance of Eddie turning up in good condition.

[chefcraig]

A few words on the subject from Lewis Black...


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[twonabomber]

i'm surprised they haven't gotten a country act yet. they're running out of mega-selling classic rock acts to pick from.

[FORD]

Garth Brooks seems like a logical choice, if they went country. Since he's coming out of his "retirement". Sort of.

[GAR]

I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"

http://www.thewho.info/images/74PT-PST-Pete_Townshend.jpg

I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin' punches around
And preachin' from my chair

[FORD]

I woke up in a library doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said "You can go sleep in Hell tonight
If you can get up and walk away"

I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember blowin' Jizzy around
And felchin' from my chair

go die in a fire GAyR

[NATEDOG001976]

Vikings should be up by 21 or so by half....

[Hardrock69]

go die in a fire gayr

slowly

[Sarge]

That is going to be a great performance.

I will say that the whole child porn charges against Pete Townsend a few years ago was weird.

Breasts,
Sarge

[Sarge]

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That Lewis Black guy is pretty funny.
I am going to have to google more of his stuff. I don't get comedy central over here..
Breasts,

[twonabomber]

I will say that the whole child porn charges against Pete Townsend a few years ago was weird.


the midday guy/PD at the local classic rock station did a rant about how stupid Pete was for writing a song called "Real Good Lookin' Boy" after the charges were dropped.

[FORD]

the midday guy/PD at the local classic rock station did a rant about how stupid Pete was for writing a song called "Real Good Lookin' Boy" after the charges were dropped.

Rough Boys was kinda self-incriminating too.....

[VanHalener]

Love the opening post. ~Righteous~
BS can fak orf.
Who at the Bowl
OWWWWW!



I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"

http://www.thewho.info/images/74PT-PST-Pete_Townshend.jpg

I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin' punches around
And preachin' from my chair


My angry stack of speakers is chewing up and spitin' out this song right now.

~FULL BLAST, BITCHES~

are you
are you
are you....

[chefcraig]

Since the Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS, you have to wonder if the set list will be comprised of the theme songs to the three CSI shows ("Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley"). It will still be better than Janet Jackson or N'Stink, Britney and Aerosmith.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

There really aren't that many 30 million + sales suitable artists around. I wouldn't have been surprised if Van Halen had got the gig next year or last.

Not that watching them run through Jump with taped keyboards to the Superbowl rent-a-crowd would have been the most exciting moment of all time...

Maybe they would have got the gig with the proper bass player and there was a better than 50% chance of Eddie turning up in good condition.

Well, if the assumption is still a 2010 tour, in which they'd better speed things up if that's gonna happen, would fit in pretty well with an appearance at the Super Bowl in Feb. 2011....

But I agree, Jump would be so damn lame if that were to ever happen...

[chefcraig]

I'm surprised that the organizers didn't choose KISS. I'm serious. Talk about an act tailor-made for tv. In that setting, it would be a spectacle. I'm not saying it would sound any good, but anyone that heard the astoundingly crummy performance by the Stones a few years ago knows that sound is the last thing the broadcasters concern themselves with.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

They just did it several years ago, didn't they ??

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I don't think we need to worry about THE WHO doing a performance that has rapping guests, even when its just Pete and Roge they'd never do that. Besides, since the overreaction to the Janet/Justin "moment" it seems to have been just one artist with no guests (with Prince and Springsteen absolutely showing the young 'uns how its done...and Tom Petty who, for some reason, didn't really come across on TV).

Apparently, THE WHO have a new album out in 2010. Roger was doing his solo tour to keep his voice in check whilst Pete worked on the material.

Even today, half of The Who can blow just about anyone off the stage. Best gig I ever saw: The Who at the Liverpool Summer Pops...just about 3,000 people in a specially errected (*s*******) marquee, hottest night of the year and humid as fuck...sweat dripping off everything in the room. Tickets for 2 shows sold out practically within seconds of them going onsale and I've never experienced an atmosphere like it. There was a moment during "Baba O' Reily" ("Don't cry/Don't raise your eye") where everybody was in tune with each other and together. Nothing else mattered to anyone but the song.



I will say that the whole child porn charges against Pete Townsend a few years ago was weird.

Breasts,
Sarge

It really exposes the media that one.

Operation Ore (as it was called) falsely accused hundreds of people in the UK of accessing child porn, with Pete Townshend being the highest profile person on the list. What he accessed wasn't illegal material-as with many other non-celebrity folk. Even though he took the caution, probably out of media and public pressure.

The media made a huge hoopla out of him being arrested, but hardly anything was written about the actual FACTS after it happened (ie-the authorities fucked up). Therefore, most people think that he was probably guilty...because most people trust the media as gospel.

The news media can completely fuck off. Lying tossers.

But, thats another rant for another thread.

[chefcraig]

They just did it several years ago, didn't they ??

Yep. In 1999 they played on the pre-game show, in broad daylight. To call it less than riveting television would be an understatement. :biggrin:

But I really think it would work at night. Hell, if the producers can make Tom Petty look like a larger than life rock god, they should have no problem with KISS' pyro effects or Gene Simmons spitting fire and drooling pig's blood.

[VanHalener]

The old boy could sing this one for me...

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[Ally_Kat]

Badass. I'll watch the superbowl just for them

[Terry]

I'm surprised that the organizers didn't choose KISS. I'm serious. Talk about an act tailor-made for tv. In that setting, it would be a spectacle. I'm not saying it would sound any good, but anyone that heard the astoundingly crummy performance by the Stones a few years ago knows that sound is the last thing the broadcasters concern themselves with.


That sound was matched by a fairly uninspired performance by the Stones.

Honestly, and I'm not even THAT big of a fan of his, but Prince is the only one that really stands out to me among the last decade of Superbowl halftime performances.

The Who do have the potential of turning in a good performance, though. Since Starkey joined up with band 13 years ago or so, they've had a bit of a resurgence not only as a band but as a live act capable of creating compelling performances...even after The Ox passed away.

[FORD]

Since the Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS, you have to wonder if the set list will be comprised of the theme songs to the three CSI shows ("Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley"). It will still be better than Janet Jackson or N'Stink, Britney and Aerosmith.

They would have to play the songs exactly as they're edited for the TV shows to be able to fit all three of them into a 12 minute set. :biggrin:

[Seshmeister]

Operation Ore (as it was called) falsely accused hundreds of people in the UK of accessing child porn, with Pete Townshend being the highest profile person on the list. What he accessed wasn't illegal material-as with many other non-celebrity folk. Even though he took the caution, probably out of media and public pressure.

The media made a huge hoopla out of him being arrested, but hardly anything was written about the actual FACTS after it happened (ie-the authorities fucked up). Therefore, most people think that he was probably guilty...because most people trust the media as gospel.

The news media can completely fuck off. Lying tossers.

But, thats another rant for another thread.

http://ore-exposed.obu-investigators.com/PC_PRO_Operation_Ore_Exposed_2.html

I never realized this. I thought he had accessed some child porn but used the reason/excuse that he was researching a book he was writing and was able to show the book in his defense.

Now it seems that he paid money to a porn network which did have sites on their books who had child porn but there is no evidence that Townsend went to those.


THE MUSICIANS - Rock stars Robert del Naja of Massive Attack and legendary The Who guitarist Pete Townshend were both arrested in 2003, after the police had leaked their names to the tabloid press. Both men's names are listed on Landslide records as signed up to Keyz websites. But the police never had any evidence that the websites concerned-which are shown as "Alberto" and "Spermed" -had anything to do with children. Nothing was found on their personal computers. The investigations against Mr del Naja were dropped within a month due to insufficient evidence. But the police didn't tell Townshend that their entire evidence against him was a single entry made on Landslide on 15 May 1999 for the purchase of the Alberto website. Under pressure of the media filming of the raid, Townshend appears to have confessed to something he didn't do. He was cautioned and his name was placed on the sex offenders register.

I not sure he was entirely whiter than white in this but I suppose he has to get the benefit of the doubt. If you were accused of visiting child porn sites and you hadn't would you deny it outright or admit to it making a deal for just a caution?

In his defense he paid for porn in 1999 when it was maybe harder to track down on the web. Nowadays there must still be plenty of people that do pay for porn on the internet as there is a huge industry providing it although I have no idea why people would feel they had to pay to find it? :)

[Shaun Ponsonby]

http://ore-exposed.obu-investigators.com/PC_PRO_Operation_Ore_Exposed_2.html

I never realized this. I thought he had accessed some child porn but used the reason/excuse that he was researching a book he was writing and was able to show the book in his defense.

Now it seems that he paid money to a porn network which did have sites on their books who had child porn but there is no evidence that Townsend went to those.



I not sure he was entirely whiter than white in this but I suppose he has to get the benefit of the doubt. If you were accused of visiting child porn sites and you hadn't would you deny it outright or admit to it making a deal for just a caution?

In his defense he paid for porn in 1999 when it was maybe harder to track down on the web. Nowadays there must still be plenty of people that do pay for porn on the internet as there is a huge industry providing it although I have no idea why people would feel they had to pay to find it? :)

He did have half a manuscript to back up his claims that he was researching. But there was no proof that he accessed an illegal site anyway.

And surely if he was a bit of a Glitter they would actually find SOME illegal materials within all of his possesions that they searched...any at all.

To be fair to him, if he was TOLD he accessed illegal material by a slightly threatening high ranking police officer he most likely would have said "I didn't realize that was illegal material, that was wrong...I know that its wrong whether I meant to or not so I'll apologize and accept the caution without causing even more of a fuss". That would make sense to me. In the same situation, I would probably do the same thing.

And good on Daltrey during all that...he really had his back on the PR side of things.