# Superbowl halftime discussion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460 "2021-02-08T17:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/61 "2021-02-09T16:05:16Z")
My name is Borborygmi and I’m here to say “The Weeknd” is misspelled in a major way ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/62 "2021-02-09T16:05:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > But again, **Dinsdale** admits he’s not familiar with popular music. Undoubtedly he’s misclassifying a lot of music because he doesn’t know the difference. Or is that also racist? > And the Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Really? Not good examples or relevant to this conversation since rap wasn’t (as far as I know) around then. I do think that assuming a black artist with a slightly fun name is a rapper is, at the very least, problematic. The strange division of all pop music into rap and non-rap music also raises my spidey senses a bit, tbh. I was discomforted when it was first said, but I kept my mouth shut until @Chingon kind of said what I was feeling. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/63 "2021-02-09T16:10:03Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > > [@Chingon](#): > > > > He expected him to be a rapper because he’s black. They’re all rappers don’t you know. > > That’s a little harsh. Why is it such a stretch for someone who admittedly isn’t into popular music but knows rap is very popular, to see an unfamiliar, oddly spelled name to assume that act will be rap? I will btw, quote the OP: > [@Dinsdale](#): > > I had heard of “The Weekend” previously from when he performed on SNL, but I had no recollection of him. I expected him to be a rapper. He did not realize that the artist had a fun spelling of “Weekend” when he postulated that he was a rapper… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/64 "2021-02-09T16:11:34Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > And the Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Really? Not good examples or relevant to this conversation since rap wasn’t (as far as I know) around then. The claim that it was the oddly spelled word that signaled “rap artist” strains credulity. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/65 "2021-02-09T16:41:31Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > The claim that it was the oddly spelled word that signaled “rap artist” strains credulity. Doesn’t strain my credulity whatsoever. However, **ISiddiqui** has now pointed out that the OP wasn’t aware of the spelling so now I don’t know what to say. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/66 "2021-02-09T16:43:52Z")
Boy - I must be some kind of crazy clueless, because someone going by the name “The Weeknd” does not impress me as more or less “fun” or weird than “The Weekend.” Nor would I imagine one or the other to be more likely to be any particular race/ethnicity/gender. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/67 "2021-02-09T18:02:43Z")
**Modhat** : Tweet! No more about the Op and his admitted cluelessness. If you want to talk about the halftime show, please do. If you want to talk about **Dinsdale** , take it to somewhere in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/68 "2021-02-09T19:13:36Z")
To get things back on track, I’ll throw in that I am another terminally uncool middle-aged dude who’d never heard The Weeknd’s music before his SB show. My only complaint was that I didn’t hear it _then_, either. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460/69 "2021-02-09T19:30:22Z")
I’ve heard all those songs on the radio. I thought the show relied more on pyrotechnics and Michael Jackson references, was pretty flat, and didn’t mind it as background spectacle while making lunch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460.md?page=3)