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59. I'd like to see a bunch of bands organize a competing entertainment show during the Super Bowl.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2014, 10:20 PM

Aug 2014

Maybe a charity event. Stream it for free. And screw the NFL.

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NFL to Coldplay: Pay to Play the Super Bowl [View all] groundloop Aug 2014 OP

Disgusting. Capitalists pigs. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #1

I'd love to see the halftime act at the superbowl be somebody's Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #2

I say the show should be a teaching tool. maddogesq Aug 2014 #18

Are you friggin' kidding me?!? TDale313 Aug 2014 #3

Any artist with any integrity at all will refuse. Of course there are quite a few with very Lint Head Aug 2014 #4

Rihanna will tell them to go fuck themselves. So should Katy Perry & Coldplay. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #5

Coldplay doesnt need the money or exposure big_dog Aug 2014 #10

Yes, and Coldplay just isn't a halftime stadium crowd type band. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #34

I stopped watching NFL games a few years ago because tom_kelly Aug 2014 #6

OMG, I hope nobody signs up LittleGirl Aug 2014 #7

I wish Andy Kaufman still lived--so Tony Clifton could play the halftime show. tblue37 Aug 2014 #42

fucking sick. it just keeps getting worse... whereisjustice Aug 2014 #8

Great idea -- I recall how well that turned out rocktivity Aug 2014 #9

Is that what happened to MTV and music videos? n/t xocet Aug 2014 #37

Yep -- their so-called groundbreaking cultural changeover to "reality programming" rocktivity Aug 2014 #48

Thank you for that information. xocet Aug 2014 #52

Didn't That RobinA Aug 2014 #56

Ugh. Chan790 Aug 2014 #11

i vote for weird al big_dog Aug 2014 #13

+1. historylovr Aug 2014 #15

If Weird Al did the half time show I would watch the whole freakin game Kalidurga Aug 2014 #20

What!! onecaliberal Aug 2014 #12

A friend in the industry tells me some performers are looking for appearance fees now Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #14

Aerosmith was paid a substantial fee for a Super Bowl big_dog Aug 2014 #17

Fuck all that! - I got FREE DirecTV Sunday Ticket Max this year + $30 off my monthly bill for a year Baclava Aug 2014 #16

Coldplay at the Superbowl? Has America lost its balls? Throd Aug 2014 #19

no shit d_b Aug 2014 #26

They need to pick someone very Republican who isn't Ted Nugent... jmowreader Aug 2014 #21

I nominate Meatloaf! Tanuki Aug 2014 #29

Meat Loaf would be a great choice! jmowreader Aug 2014 #38

Rich country's problems. Lost In America Aug 2014 #22

Coldplay; literally the only thing on earth Codeine Aug 2014 #23

You missed this year's Super Bowl, I take it jmowreader Aug 2014 #39

Yeah, why don't they get a proper band like the Moody Blues? (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #50

Yeah, cuz the National Concussion League The Second Stone Aug 2014 #24

Al Davis would have picked the band whose leader ran the fastest 40. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #31

after years of disastrous choices DonCoquixote Aug 2014 #25

Excellent idea. I wish they would. Thor_MN Aug 2014 #28

Better yet, they should arrange to do a halftime show ON ANOTHER CHANNEL! rocktivity Aug 2014 #49

Ted Nugent, definitely. Collective toilet flushing all over America. Shrike47 Aug 2014 #27

Dude, there's no way they'd ever book Ted Nugent jmowreader Aug 2014 #40

Nuge should totally sing the national anthem KamaAina Aug 2014 #54

This is an insidious trend in music Gman Aug 2014 #30

Yep. Exposure doesn't pay the rent, Codeine Aug 2014 #32

NFL should buy a monkey who grinds the organ. You know, to control the means of production. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #33

Extremely disappointing davidpdx Aug 2014 #35

I would like to hear, "Coldplay to NFL, go fuck yourself" olddad56 Aug 2014 #36

'...narrowed down to Rihanna, Katy Perry and Coldplay' -- nuff said tomm2thumbs Aug 2014 #41

Tax Exempt BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #43

They do that in overseas markets as well rpannier Aug 2014 #44

Sadly, this is what has become of music venues... Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2014 #45

Hope they all say FU NFL! GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #46

The NFL needs to do this IDemo Aug 2014 #47

One Bad Idea. . . ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #51

How can this not be The Onion? KamaAina Aug 2014 #53

LOL: What is "Up With People" doing next Feburary 3rd? FSogol Aug 2014 #55

Having enough sense NOT to go to Maricopa County as long as Sheriff Joe's dictator there! jmowreader Aug 2014 #57

They're gonna have to pay me tabasco Aug 2014 #58

Ya beat me to it. Paladin Aug 2014 #62

I'd like to see a bunch of bands organize a competing entertainment show during the Super Bowl. zonkers Aug 2014 #59

Excellent idea, especially since the halftime show will be lip-sync anyway groundloop Aug 2014 #61

Everything is for sale in America harun Aug 2014 #60