Will Madonna have a talent malfunction in the half time show?

[mxvet57]

Discuss.

[cbsnbiker]

I'm watching the Kitty Halftime Show from the Puppy Bowl.

 

[DredheadV2.0]

I heard someone say on the radio that we will see a lot of men tossing around a sack of tanned leather today, and also there will be a football game.

[Meemuh]

Looks like her talent is malfunctioning.

[greench440]

What the fuck is this over processed lip synced bullshit?  A cheerleader team set to shitty music?

Madonna, you're 50+ fucking years old, it aint working.

Edit: now she's doing some of her old shit re mixed with T-Pain.    or maybe its fucking cLo. Cant keep up with there hipster rapper douche bag clones.


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[DredheadV2.0]

It was C. Lo

Honestly, that was - technically speaking - one of the best halftime shows I've ever seen.  Compared to 2 years ago with the Who's stage missing entire sectors of video (props to the TV director for switching cameras artfully) and last years abortion of in-ear monitors not working, mics not turned on, and a whole host of lighting and video problems...  seriously for someone who does production for a living it was marvelous to watch.  The video mapping on the downstage side of the field was breathtaking, especially during the intro to Like A Prayer.  Some seriously amazing content, and all around topnotch production in the sound, staging and lighting.

Honestly, as far as lip-synching is concerned, the only one who sounded completely prerecorded was Nicki Minaj, who I detest anyway.  Madonna was at least half live, and C. Lo was definitely live.

[Meemuh]

The Super Bowl half-time show is always a good indicator of who's career is either over or almost over.

But, yeah - NBC shouldn't be embarrassed about the quality of the spectacle - just who is in it.

[BradleyRas]

anyone catch Madonna having a hard time stepping up on the riser...took her like three tries..  

[Fourstring]

Agree- amazing production. Must have had the techs going crazy for half the year setting this up.

Performance? Singers, so-so. Dancers busted their asses.

[Meemuh]

Off topic...I now want to by Dannon yogurt.

[R Doug]

meh.

I liked her outfit.    

[garry]

Not a fan of the spectacle. I'd much rather watch a great band perform live and kick ass.

[DredheadV2.0]

I live for spectacle.  I've seen enough kickass bands to last a lifetime.  

[Mr.Black]

The Super Bowl was tonight?

Who played?

[cbsnbiker]

The Super Bowl was tonight?

Who played?

 

[antvq]

I thought it was pretty well done.   Not enough LMFAO for me.  Coulda done with a little less C Lo and some more LMFAO.     It was better than past years.

[Fourstring]

Yeah, needed more cardboard box head.

[DredheadV2.0]

I thought it was pretty well done.   Not enough LMFAO for me.

Surely there was enough in the commercials before and after?  

I thought it was funny watching (I think) Redfoo pretend to scratch for a couple seconds on a CD player before they went to join Madonna at centerstage.  Er, yeah.

Not turning their mics up right away was kind of a blunder.  Could barely hear 'em at first.

[Fourstring]

To be fair, the NFL probably fired their primary sound guy and were on the backup.  Anyone else catch the massive feedback during the coin toss?

[R6Chick]

The Super Bowl was tonight?

Who played?

Isn't the super bowl the one you use for the really big salad or popcorn?

[Mr.Black]

Isn't the super bowl the one you use for the really big salad or popcorn?

I would assume so, yes.

[Stripes]

The Super Bowl was tonight?

Who played?

Yeah, I don't watch hockey, let alone the half time show...

[cbsnbiker]

The puppies were cute.    

[Mac]

Isn't the super bowl the one you use for the really big salad or popcorn?

See below:

[steve.ski]

The Super Bowl was tonight?

Who played?

I thought it was done last year about this time...

They did it again?

[Papa Lazarou]

Wales beat Ireland in the 6 Nations yesterday....

[TBone]

Wales beat Ireland in the 6 Nations yesterday....

You say that as if it means something.  

[phoenix]

not a single guitar in the performance.  

They could have shown more skin. I was really expecting those robs to fly off near the end. I was so disappointed.

[wibornz]

I think it was one of the best half time shows in years.  When you consider the amount of time they have to set it up on the field, do their thing and get off the field.  It was amazing.  You would/should expect something to not go just as planned.  

With that being said, being better than the other half time shows is not a high bar to be reached.

[Giaka]

I think it was one of the best half time shows in years.  When you consider the amount of time they have to set it up on the field, do their thing and get off the field.  It was amazing.  You would/should expect something to not go just as planned.  

Well you either like Madonna or hate her. Seems to be no middle ground for most people. I think the show was great. In my opinion it would have been better with just Madonna and C-Lo. The other "singers" were crap and if the douche nozzle MIA wench has to flip off the world for recognition, what does that say about her actual talent (or lack of)? I guess she is just another "look at me" popular music moron.

Oh and the Anthem was done perfectly in my opinion. Good job Kelly Clarkson.  

[ConPilot1]

Best halftime show I've seen in years. HUGE stage set + lighting, and Madonna still delivers with her music and presence.
I thought it was a nicely choreographed act.

Last years Black Eyed Peas was the most pathetic suck ever.  

[JReazor]

Not a fan of the spectacle. I'd much rather watch a great band perform live and kick ass.

+1. It made for good comedy on Twitter though.

[Jeff]

I thought Madonna and Cee Lo did alright. Definitely better than last year.   The rest of them weren't on screen enough for me to give a crap.

The best halftime show in recent years however is still Prince in 2006.

Jeff

[stew71]

The best thing about the halftime show is that I had enough time to turn the chicken on the grill, refill my beer glass, and take a dump without having to pause the game.

[DredheadV2.0]

Last years Black Eyed Peas was the most pathetic suck ever.  

My friends and I - all involved in live production in some way - were sitting having beers slack-jawed and marveling at all the huge technical errors, wondering how many people had a career-ending day.  

[Jeff]

That brings up a questions - was last year's Super Bowl on Fox? And if so, would the BEP suckfest have anything at all to do with it being on NBC this year?

[sammyseaman]

Wales beat Ireland in the 6 Nations yesterday....

And I am none too pleased about that    Now if Ireland loses to France next weekend there's gonna be blood! i.e. I will drink a lot of Tullamore Dew  

[stew71]

And I am none too pleased about that    Now if Ireland loses to France next weekend there's gonna be blood! i.e. I will drink a lot of Tullamore Dew  

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around using the words France and rugby in the same sentence.

Silly Frogs.

[Papa Lazarou]

And I am none too pleased about that    Now if Ireland loses to France next weekend there's gonna be blood! i.e. I will drink a lot of Tullamore Dew  

 

[stromgal]

Technology of the show was great. I thought everything was pre-recorded 'cept for Cee Lo, but I'll bow to Dred's superior knowledge in that regard.

Still like His Purpleness' show best.

[bassjones]

The best halftime show in recent years however is still Prince in 2006.

Jeff

It's Prince. Of course it was great. That little bastard is the greatest performer of any of our lifetimes. A helluva musician too.  U2 was also really good.

[X1Glider]

I thought the halftime show was tastefully done and executed, especially by the standards Madonna set for herself decades ago.  The ghetto trash guest singers detracted from the show IMO.  Madonna is an original.  She set the standard that her successors haven't risen to.  No middle ground with her.  You love her or hate her.  But you can't deny that she's a top notch showperson.  Which also makes the point that the half time show was not a Madonna concert.  It's a stage production.  She, like others before her, are simply performers in the show.

There's been a lot of flack about lip synching over the years with these halftime shows.  The pre-recording is done for a good reason and that's sound quality.  The way the PAs are laid out all over the stadium and the inherently poor acoustics of the architectural design do not make for good sound.   You just can't give everyone a live mic and not expect to have the sound coming from all over the place to re-enter the mic and regenerate as if you were singing through an echoplex set at 10 ms with regen on max and no decay.  Not to mention trying to tame mic feedback.

Technically, the show was great for the allotted time to set up, perform and break down.  At 53, she looked great.  Not as agile and flexible as her younger self.  But she did a mighty fine job.

Now, back to my Dream Theater...

[Scratch33]

You just can't give everyone a live mic and not expect to have the sound coming from all over the place to re-enter the mic and regenerate as if you were singing through an echoplex set at 10 ms with regen on max and no decay.

Next year's 1/2 time show will be Lou Reed performing his Metal Machine Music album in its entirety  

[DredheadV2.0]

Technology of the show was great. I thought everything was pre-recorded 'cept for Cee Lo, but I'll bow to Dred's superior knowledge in that regard.

I could be wrong.  I'll know in a couple days, though.

[Fourstring]

I could be wrong.  I'll know in a couple days, though.

Watching Cee-Lo "singing" in front on an army of snare drums had me   .  That's one amazing mic.

[DredheadV2.0]

Watching Cee-Lo "singing" in front on an army of snare drums had me   .  That's one amazing mic.

Considering he was barely audible when he started, much like LMFAO (and Fergie last year) I'm gonna go with "live mics" in Cee-Lo's case.

As far as the model - maybe you can identify it?  It looks like a Sennheiser SKM 5200 MKII.   Put a super- or hyper-cardioid capsule in there, and I'll betcha you wouldn't hear a grenade going off 10' away if it was properly gained.  Which actually might explain why we couldn't hear him at first.

[cbsnbiker]

Next year's 1/2 time show will be Lou Reed performing his Metal Machine Music album in its entirety  

The following year should be La Monte Young and his drones.  

[Fourstring]

Considering he was barely audible when he started, much like LMFAO (and Fergie last year) I'm gonna go with "live mics" in Cee-Lo's case.

As far as the model - maybe you can identify it?  It looks like a Sennheiser SKM 5200 MKII.   Put a super- or hyper-cardioid capsule in there, and I'll betcha you wouldn't hear a grenade going off 10' away if it was properly gained.  Which actually might explain why we couldn't hear him at first.

Yeah, I think it's a MKII, but who knows what's under the shell?  I do think he was live at least part of the time, especially when the two of them were on the riser, but I'd bet he was tracked for at least that portion of the show.  A row of snares like that would be almost impossible to gate; the volume those things put out is just ridiculous.

Edit to add- be really curious to hear what you find out. 

[antvq]

Holy crap!  Microphone NERDS!    

[Kneescrubber]

Next year Travis Pastrana and Mike Metzger.  


I quit watching the halftime show when they outed the marching bands. 1991.  



All kidding aside. It's a football game for me and I'm a football junkie. I really don't need all the "other" stuff. I mostly blame Up With People and Walt Disney Productions. I'm sure Madison Avenue and Pete Rozell had something to do with it too.  

[mxvet57]

Next year Travis Pastrana and Mike Metzger.  

Now that I'd pay to watch.

[stromgal]

There's been a lot of flack about lip synching over the years with these halftime shows.  The pre-recording is done for a good reason and that's sound quality.  The way the PAs are laid out all over the stadium and the inherently poor acoustics of the architectural design do not make for good sound.  

I beg to differ; it can be done. That's why I'd love to see Prince again, with modern lighting and visuals. His Superbowl show was live.

[cbsnbiker]

Holy crap!  Microphone NERDS!    

It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. You'll love it.

With leather?

[Mr.Black]

[DredheadV2.0]

It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. You'll love it.

The guys in the crew got a present for you.

[coho]

The guys in the crew got a present for you.

Unfortunately, they got it for you in Salt Lake City.

[garry]

It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. You'll love it.

If you want to get a bit more mic nerdy, Telefunken was just a distributor for Neumann and AKG mics, they never made their own mics. U47s were only made by Neumann, but re-badged by Telefunken. When Germany was split in half, Georg Neumann ended up on the west and his factory in Gefell in the east, which is how Gefell mics got started. So if you go way back, that U47 design could be found wearing three different badges.

[zer0netgain]

Madonna is a talent malfunction.

Not sure when, but I'm pretty sure she was "past it" after the 1980s.