XIXth Nervous Breakdown
Well, it looks like the British Invasion is definitely here to stay. Last year, the Super Bowl Halftime Show was by Paul McCartney because if he were to show his nipple, no one would complain. Last night, it was announced that the Rolling Stones would perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XL in January, a perfectly fitting musical tribute to its host city, Detroit.
While I do not know exactly how this selection of the Rolling Stones was made, I do not find it surprising, since the game will be broadcast on ABC, and the commercials for Monday Night Football this year have included a song from the new Stones album A Bigger Bang.
Let us pause to look back at 40 years of Super Bowl Haftime Shows. Here's a link to the "Honor Roll." A few highlights:
1. The first act that was not a college band: Carol Channing in Super Bowl IV. Channing returned two years later with Ella Fitzgerald for a Salute to Louis Armstrong becoming the first star performer to appear in two different Super Bowl halftime shows.
2. Most frequent act: Up With People (Super Bowls X, XIV, XVI, and XX) Two time individual performers include Al Hirt, Gloria Estefan, and Nelly.
3. Perhaps we should not just the past on what we know now, but there is something a little creepy to me about Super Bowl XXVII's halftime show by "Michael Jackson & 3500 local children."
While I do not know exactly how this selection of the Rolling Stones was made, I do not find it surprising, since the game will be broadcast on ABC, and the commercials for Monday Night Football this year have included a song from the new Stones album A Bigger Bang.
Let us pause to look back at 40 years of Super Bowl Haftime Shows. Here's a link to the "Honor Roll." A few highlights:
1. The first act that was not a college band: Carol Channing in Super Bowl IV. Channing returned two years later with Ella Fitzgerald for a Salute to Louis Armstrong becoming the first star performer to appear in two different Super Bowl halftime shows.
2. Most frequent act: Up With People (Super Bowls X, XIV, XVI, and XX) Two time individual performers include Al Hirt, Gloria Estefan, and Nelly.
3. Perhaps we should not just the past on what we know now, but there is something a little creepy to me about Super Bowl XXVII's halftime show by "Michael Jackson & 3500 local children."
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