Super Bowl Halftime History
So..... we are just a little over a week away from this year's Super Bowl.
Or more like "Super Bowel", as both teams are stinkers.
I really have no care or concern for who wins. I'll be at the Super Bowel..... or Bowl..... Party for the food.
Even this year's halftime performance bores me..... Katy Perry. Big whoop.
Do I like her music? Some of it. Has she done enough in her career to warrant deserving being the halftime show? No way.
Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Prince, The Who, The Rolling Stones.... and Katy Perry?
She does not belong in that group at all. Talent-wise, she is so very weak compared to those others.
Maybe they meant to choose Steve Perry and somehow got their wires crossed?
Anyway, have you ever reviewed a full list of all the halftime show performers? I did not remember most of these. It's amazing to look at how the show has evolved thru the years (note the change in philosophy that seemed to take place between 1990 and 1991):
2014 — Bruno Mars.
2013 — Beyonce.
2012 — Madonna.
2011 — The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash.
2010 — The Who.
2009 — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
2008 — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
2007 — Prince and the Florida A&M marching band.
2006 — The Rolling Stones.
2005 — Paul McCartney.
2004 — Janet Jackson (special guest: her boob), Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake.
2003 — Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting.
2002 — U2.
2001 — "The Kings of Rock and Pop" featuring Aerosmith, 'N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly.
2000 — "A Tapestry of Nations" featuring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and an 80-person choir.
1999 — "Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing" featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and tap dancer Savion Glover.
1998 — "A Tribute to Motown's 40th Anniversary" including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations.
1997 — "Blues Brothers Bash" featuring Dan Akroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi. Also featuring "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown and ZZ Top.
1996 — Diana Ross celebrating 30 years of the Super Bowl with special effects, pyrotechnics and stadium card stunt. Finale featured Diana Ross being taken from the stadium in a helicopter.
1995 — "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" featuring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine and stunts including fire and skydivers. Finale included audience participation with light sticks.
1994 — "Rockin' Country Sunday" featuring Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd. Finale included flashlight stunt.
1993 — "Heal the World" featuring Michael Jackson and 3,500 local children. Finale included audience card stunt.
1992 — "Winter Magic" including a salute to the winter season and the winter Olympics featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill.
1991 — "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" featuring New Kids on the Block.
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1990 — "Salute to New Orleans" and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts' characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw & Irma Thomas.
1989 — "Be Bop Bamboozled" featuring 3-D effects.
1988 — "Something Grand" featuring 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker.
1987 — "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary".
1986 — "Beat of the Future."
1985 — "A World of Children's Dreams."
1984 — "Super Bowl XVIII's Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen."
1983 — "KaleidoSUPERscope" (a kaleidoscope of color and sound).
1982 — "A Salute to the 60s and Motown."
1981 — "A Mardi Gras Festival."
1980 — "A Salute to the Big Band Era" with Up with People.
1979 — "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands.
1978 — "From Paris to the Paris of America" with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt.
1977 — "It's a Small World" including crowd participation for first time with spectators waving colored placards on cue.
1976 — "200 Years and Just a Baby" Tribute to America's Bicentennial.
1975 — "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington and Grambling State band.
1974 — "A Musical America" with University of Texas band.
1973 — "Happiness Is." with University of Michigan marching band and Woody Herman.
1972 — "Salute to Louis Armstrong" with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team.
1971 — Florida A&M band.
1970 — Carol Channing.
1969 — "America Thanks" with Florida A&M University band.
1968 — Grambling State band.
1967 — University of Arizona and Grambling State marching bands.
Find out more info about each show here:
They haven't done country since 1994. It's time to bring that back. (note: I do not consider Shania Twain "country")
As for this year, what will Katy Perry perform? Time magazine has some ideas:
Honestly, I don't care.
I'd rather see Steve Perry.
Out for now.......
Matt
