Better yet - shoot them. Despite the goofy things said in that AP article, if you’re playing the Super Bowl halftime show, you’re the definition of safe.
Turn on any music video channels (other than country) lately?
You could also blame the shortness of the set. If a band briefly falters during an otherwise excellent concert, it’s not really a big deal. Hardly anyone will care. But during a three-song set, you’ve got to knock them all out of the park or you’re going to look substandard.
I have to give them some slack in that they had no time to do any practice on that stage with those acoustics. There’s a lot of adjustments that they really had no chance to make to improve the technical quality of the sound. The set list could have been improved. I’d have led off with Street Fighting Man, then Start Me Up and then Satisfaction. That second song was a little obscure for most of us and the censoring didn’t help.
According to The NY Post (I know…I know) it was the NFL 5-second delay:
Yep, NFL did mute Mick twice.
I’m surprised he would even attempt to sing that lyric on broadcast TV.
I liked Mick’s answer when asked whether this was a really big thing for him:
Laughingly, “No, not really.”
What I couldn’t figure out was why Mick Jagger didn’t even attempt to carry out the note for “cry” in “You make a grown man cry.”
Every time he sang that note last night, I cringed. He sounded like one of those American Idol wannabes trying to sing a Stones song.
Was I the only one hoping that the Stones would rebel against the “Safe Grandpas” label and sing that anti-Bush song off the new album? What do they have to lose?
I pondered it with a raised Pinky and the Brain eyebrow momentarily, but decided the ensuing “OMG LIBORAL MEDIA” thread (by a poster who shall remain nameless) wouldn’t be worth it.
But it would have been great to have them shrug off the McCartney-teddy bear yoke and state “Hey, we’re the Rolling God Damned Stones, and we’re Moderately Dangerous older British gentlemen!”
Well I thought they were fantastic! For the venue, I didn’t think they sounded bad at all.
No one works the stage like Mick Jagger. I’ve never seen anyone over 50 (let alone 60) with the energy level and enthusiasm that Mick displayed last night (and every night he is one stage). The guy is a freak of nature!
As usual, Keith, Ron, and Charlie were spot on. And Keith looked like he was really having a lot of fun.
And I loved that stage setup. Awesome.
The final bow almost had me in tears. 40+ years built up to that moment. I wonder if I’ll ever see them again.
Rock on Stones!
I used my DVR to spot all the narcs in the crowd.
I know I’m gonna get slaughtered for sayin’ this, but I really do think it’s time for the Stones to hang it up. It’s just ridicuous to see a 60-year-old man trying to act like a young stud. Watching Mick prance on the stage was as creepy as watching Mae West in her '70’s still trying to act like a contemporary sex symbol. Rock is a young man’s game.
Thank God there wasn’t a “wardrobe malfunction” this year. That’s all I have to say about it.
Did anyone notice the mix was fucking horrible during the first song? It’s the goddamned superbowl! Put somebody competent on the soundboard!
Yeah that was pretty weak, but hey - at least it was live. To me, little flubs like that are comforting to hear this day and age.
I just hate the way Mick sings live anyway - and at one time I was a hardcore Stones fan.
Just sing the real tune, you big pain in the ass!
Nonsense. The Stones are firmly rooted in the blues, and they’ll hang on to the bitter end just like their blues heroes did. No one ever told Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf they were too old and should hang it up. As for Mick’s prancing, it would be ridiculous only if he could no longer pull it off. I wish I’d had the stamina he has when I was half that age.
I didn’t see the performance, but for crying out loud, how many songs did they do, three? And of those, two had to be censored for broadcast. And while “cocks” got bleeped from “Rough Justice,” I assume they still got away with “So put your lips to my hips, baby.” They’re hardly playing it safe for the networks.