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Jinzo Prime
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Cool.
ManaByte
Gold Member
The NFL handed the half time show over to Jay Z in 2019. You're never seeing anything like Prince or U2 performing there ever again.
Toytown Assassin
Member
You know you're an old git when you can remember good 1/2 time shows.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
why doesn't this guy go away?.
I'm fucking sick of hearing not like us everywhere I go .
I'm fucking sick of hearing not like us everywhere I go .
March Climber
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RedC
Member
It's apparent some of ya'll have absolutely no idea what you're talking about with Kendrick Lamar
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Metallica snuffed again.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Exactly. You're only getting hip hop and R&B from now on. Jay Z and Beyonce produce the half-time show and book the acts. You'll never see a rock band playing it again as long as they run it.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Isn't that the problem though? He doesn't have the broad appeal of Usher or Rhianna. Plus that isn't a stadium song you linked.
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March Climber
Member
The Weeknd performed in 2021 and Shakira performed at the 2020 show.
sharp weiner
Member
Would rather be entertained by Lamar Odom
Edit: actually can’t think of a less entertaining Lamar than Kendrick.
Edit: actually can’t think of a less entertaining Lamar than Kendrick.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Neither of those are considered rock bands. 15 years ago you had people like Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Springsteen, The Who, Tom Petty, etc. You're not going to see that again.
Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister has been pressing the NFL for a long time about it and it's not going to change.
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TommyCronin6969
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
They won’t be doing that forever. It’s not like they have a 20 year contract to produce the half time show.
But yeah, rock music has faded in popularity in general. But I imagine many of the 2000s acts that are trying to have come backs would be contenders for the job in the next several years.
RedC
Member
It's highly unlikely due to the music no longer matching the audience, which were the complaints in previous years when they had groups like Coldplay perform.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
They pretty much have an infinite contract:
Onstage and behind the scenes: The history of Beyoncé, Jay-Z and the Super Bowl
Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation will produce the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show once again. Here's a look at Jay and Beyoncé's impact with the show.
www.usatoday.com
March Climber
Member
My response was more in regards to your point of 'only rap and R&B from now on' being incorrect.
If you want rock music to come back, rock in general would have to make a comback like
RedC
stated.There is a much higher likelihood that a country artist or two will be featured in the next few years since that genre is currently on the rise with younger demographics.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Nah he'll just have his wife do it again and torment the billions watching the show with her cover of Jolene.
RedC
Member
Coincidentally enough, there's been heavy speculation that Beyonce's next album is a Rock album and will conclude her trilogy of albums recorded during the pandemic that spotlight the overlooked contributions of African American pioneers to American musical and cultural history.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
No he doesn’t and nothing you quoted suggested he does lolThey pretty much have an infinite contract:
Onstage and behind the scenes: The history of Beyoncé, Jay-Z and the Super Bowl
Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation will produce the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show once again. Here's a look at Jay and Beyoncé's impact with the show.www.usatoday.com
March Climber
Member
Based on your responses you seem to have a general gripe against Jay Z, so I'm not sure where to go from here conversationally.
Just know that there's a high likelihood of Shaboozey being featured as one of the country artists in question since he is one of the primary people boosting the country genre this year.
ManaByte
Gold Member
My gripe is the same as Dee Snyders. Due to Jay Z and Beyonce controlling the half time show you'll only ever have very specific genres of music performed there.
March Climber
Member
I just showed you evidence of Pop, Latin, and R&B being featured recently along with Rap. That's 4 genres.
At a certain point this becomes less about specific genres and more about your favorite genre not being in the spotlight anymore. No one can do anything about that except rock artists themselves.
Edit: On a side note, I will say that this is a pretty fun moment for me. Usually me and you never really clash on anything here, so it feels like one of those friendly wrestling matches between two faces in WWE.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Country music is on the rise (Jelly Bean, Mickey Guyton)
Hip Hop is the most popular genre of music (which itself can bridge other genres)
Pop music isn't going anywhere in popularity (which, again, can bridge other genres)
Rock has been on the wane for a while now... Not saying it isn't still popular and has lots of fans, but it isn't what it was in the 80s and 90s. It just didn't keep up with the times in the 00s like other genres did. Country is just now really reaching new audiences because of its new diversity (charlie pride and Johnny Mathis can't be the only diversity in country music) ...
I predict years from now we'll have Irish and African fusion Country music as music from Ireland and some African countries have similar music to American country music.
Kendrick Lamar is one award away from being an EGOT (IIRC) and he's a sought after talent.
Oh, and Michael Jackson was Rock... He performed different genres since the Thriller album (Thriller song itself was Rock) ... A lot of his most popular songs cannot be called R&B ...
Hip Hop is the most popular genre of music (which itself can bridge other genres)
Pop music isn't going anywhere in popularity (which, again, can bridge other genres)
Rock has been on the wane for a while now... Not saying it isn't still popular and has lots of fans, but it isn't what it was in the 80s and 90s. It just didn't keep up with the times in the 00s like other genres did. Country is just now really reaching new audiences because of its new diversity (charlie pride and Johnny Mathis can't be the only diversity in country music) ...
I predict years from now we'll have Irish and African fusion Country music as music from Ireland and some African countries have similar music to American country music.
Kendrick Lamar is one award away from being an EGOT (IIRC) and he's a sought after talent.
Oh, and Michael Jackson was Rock... He performed different genres since the Thriller album (Thriller song itself was Rock) ... A lot of his most popular songs cannot be called R&B ...
Ristifer
Member
Lol. Some of you have no idea and it shows. Whether you like Kendrick or not, the dude has a ridiculous amount of appeal. Way more widespread than you seem to think.
IntentionalPun
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He’s insanely popular, and still currently relevant. Everything Kendrick does becomes the most popular thing for ages. He just doesn’t put out an insane amount of music like other modern rappers do.
And rap is an insanely popular genre too, this thread is weird lol. Like the most popular genre for about the last 20 years.
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RedC
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March Climber
Member
It's less weird and more understandable if you understand the average demographic and age here.
There was a small period of time where rap and rock fans saw eye to eye and shook hands, as both were disliked by older audiences in the late 90s and 2000s. That time unfortunately passed right after rap became the new #1 go to genre while rock was stuck in the same place since the 2000s.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Sure but he has only been mainstream popular for maybe 10 years, not really long enough, especially in the streaming era, to be familiar to you, your grandma, and your kids which is what the Superbowl half time show generally goes for.
IntentionalPun
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10 years of mainstream popularity (more like 12) is longer then several artists in the past.
And we’ve had several artists so old/out of the mainstream that young people barely heard their music or couldn’t name their songs lol. It’s fine to do both.
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dorkimoe
Member
Have they ever? Didn’t Kendrick already do it?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
People talking about Kendrick likie this...damn.
Am i the only guy in his mid 30's still not stuck at the "good ol days" and hears everything that's new and comes out?
Even the newest Billie Eilish new album is great.
I was talking with my sister yesterday about this and she's like 31 and the most recent stuff she hears is from like 2011, unless if it's a HUGE thing that comes out. I hope i'll never be that person.
Even if you're not a mainstream kind of guy there's so much music coming out every week. Spotify is great to discover new stuff like that tbh.
Am i the only guy in his mid 30's still not stuck at the "good ol days" and hears everything that's new and comes out?
Even the newest Billie Eilish new album is great.
I was talking with my sister yesterday about this and she's like 31 and the most recent stuff she hears is from like 2011, unless if it's a HUGE thing that comes out. I hope i'll never be that person.
Even if you're not a mainstream kind of guy there's so much music coming out every week. Spotify is great to discover new stuff like that tbh.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Metallica is significantly better than Kendal Gill.
Debatable.
March Climber
Member
You sound like a fellow New Music Friday enjoyer. There aren't many of us here but I always appreciate anyone willing to actually give new music and artists a listen.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Yup that's me. Every friday i'm like "what just released?"
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DeafTourette
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Tiago Rodrigues
March Climber
I got put on to Jidenna, XG (Japanese K-Pop girl group), Jelly Roll (I mistakenly said Jelly Bean earlier LoL), Janelle Monae, Mickey Guyton, etc. I really like these folks ... I like some of the new music being put out .. just depends who puts out the music. I love everything XG has put out with their musical fusion. It's amazing!
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Scott Stapp doing the hanging on white sheets like Pink was really into for a few years would have been awesome.
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Metallica will keep people in the seats. This means people NOT buying $100 shots of beer and $150 nachos.