Sunday
Feb062011
Slash and Fergie at Super Bowl XLV
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 08:46PM
Slash and Fergie perform a bit of "Sweet Child O' Mine" during the Super Bowl halftime show. I was not impressed - Fergie sounds off key. But here it is in case you missed it live:
Reader Comments (19)
And was that really Slash, or a Disneyland audio-animatronic figure of him? It was a little tough to tell. I mean, the last time I saw him live was with GnR back in 1992, so I guess 20 years really takes a lot of mobility from you...
All in all, about as lousy a halftime show as anyone could have anticipated.
Just for fun heres a short list of Big name artists that I think would do a way better job.
1.JUDAS 'FRIGGIN' PRIEST!!!
2.Van Halen
3.Iron Maiden
4.Disturbed
5.KISS
All of these artists have been significant in the past year so People would knwo them.Also though here is a list of artists probably no one would remember but still be 100x better than this.
1. Exciter
2. W.A.S.P.
3. The new King Kobra lineup
4. Railway
5. Nitro
Yes I said Nitro and Railway :P . I still ahven't watched the actual game yet! I couldn't get a stream over here in Austria but they should haved taped in on main campus and they'll show it tonight nobody spoil the results for me PLEASE!
I actually enjoyed the futuristic motif of the whole thing, but Shadow is right, they should have someone like Van Halen.
Black Eyed Peas aren't really my bag, but they got the hits so they were a logical choice and probably more relevant than most of our heroes, unfortunately, to the Super Bowl crowd.
That said, here's an idea...
Since so much of our music gets played during the games, and has been consistently throughout the years, why don't they do a medley of some of the most widely played songs from the list (Who goes to a lot of games and can tell me that list, by the way? My memory escapes me...).
So, those in charge of halftime entertainment would get Steel Panther as the back up band and have different singers and guitarists dash on together.
It could start with Ozzy and Zack popping on to do "Crazy Train". Then Vince and Nikki could pop on to do "Kickstart My Heart" and then roll into Page and Plant doing "Whole Lotta Love". Something like that.
Of course, really what they should do is get a Journey reunion together, as they are so hot right now. "Don't Stop Believin'" gets cranked at every game of the season. Journey's music constantly played on the radio, featured in commercials and is a staple of "American Idol" and "Glee", etc..
Imagine the hugeness of getting Steve Perry reunited with the boys on the Super Bowl? That would be their ticket to launch a subsequent tour, as well.
Well, here's to Shadow for dreamin' of putting Nitro on during halftime. Killarious! Have 'em open their set with "Freight Train", hahaha!!! OTSK! Too bad it could never happen in a million years.
You like that Nitro reference? What better way to describe a Superbowl halftime thatn O.F.R.!!! LOL
Don't know about Journey though, as great as Be good to Yourself and I'll be alright without you would sound live after all these years. Slash kinda looked disinterested to me.
Hopefully the backlash from this performance with have whomever is in charge of halftime next year,(probably Bridgestone again, the've done it for the past five years now) thinking more along the lines of what we're coming up with here.
But still, as much as I'm not a BEP fan, I thought they were fine. They played their hits, they had an entertaining stage show, and it was fun.
@longhairedrocker - If Iron Maiden played, I would expect the world was coming to an end. That would be so epic. Van Halen would be a more likely choice and I would have loved to see something of VH1.
Awesome!
Yeah.. I know...it's the Superbowl halftime show with millions watching around the world. Just seemed like a bad idea from the beginning. I guess that is why I'm not too surprised at the outcome.