squirrelscientist said:

Same here. Purple Rian in the rain was a lot more exciting.

Tom's not flashy at all - just a straight up rock and roll dude. I did like that he did "Free Falling" - one of my fave TP songs. We gotta give him props, though - he's been around 30+ years and after all, he was a Traveling Wilbury.

You guys can blame Janet and Justin.Ever since their controversial performance,the half-time shows are gonna be "safe" and boring from now on They're gonna bring out tired old acts like Tom Petty.

I thought is was good ....He stuck to his style. Just rock and roll...No stupid dancers or gimmicks ....just the music.

Yeah i knew Tom was going to get shit like "oh hes boring" which is why i was surprised he did it, but than again, the check you get for it will make you deal with people saying "oh thats boring". As far as playing, the shit was tight, im not a huge Petty fan, i have a few of his records, but his band is on the ball. And im sorry people, last year Prince's perormance was Good, that was it, Good, i have seen him light years better than he was, his band was not good last year.

Thought it came off extremely well.

When the crowd started to sing in unison it was moving.

Tom Petty and his band including Mike Campbell are fantastic and sounded great on the harmonies.

He is not flashy by any means yet he writes better albums post 40 then most young bucks could at 20yrs old.

Who cares what he looks like... He is a musician.. you guys must want an entertainer like Akon who would lip sync and dance, cause that's more impressive than someone who plays an instrument and writes songs.

I thought Prince was good last year too.
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They should stick 2 FOOTBALL related activities at halftime. PERIOD.

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

i would have been jumping out of my seat if he did refugee or don't come around here no more

Timmy84 said:

I forgotlast night was Superbowl Sunday

DarlingDiana said:

....to the Bitter Orgers and Booters out there... It does.

Just read a report over on Comcast that put an interesting spin on Petty's performance: said, "He made it look effortless."

I'll say...

I thought it was very much as entertaining as the Prince Halftime Show.....minus the cheesy poses and go-go dancers.

Well, to each his own Avenueman. I'm glad you liked it.

Trouble is, this is a Prince related forum so comparisons to P's performance last year are inevitable and he has the equivalent of a home field advantage so the majority of the posters here are going to prefer cheesy poses and go go girls over guys who just stand there and strum.

Maybe way down deep we're just shallow.

Yeah, it was kinda boring.

very low energy but i liked it.


but atleast the guitarist didnt fuck up his solo like Prince butchered purple rain

I thought he did just fine. I much preferred it to Paul McCartney's snoozefest.

roodboi said:

Please the game was far more impressive than tom petty and the old
fartbreakers. Anytime a defense like the giants can hold a bunch of arrogant
fuckers like the patriots to 7 points at halftime and hold them to 14 for the game and get beat by an ex steeler plaxico burress i'm going to

InsatiableCream said:

DarlingDiana said:

Good thing I didn't watch it then.

(We already have a halftime show thread... fuck yo mouth off there-2Jay)

InsatiableCream said:

he should have played gold instead and there wouldn't have been a fuck up

Did Tom do Mary Jane's Last Dance?

Lammastide said:

he was already told he couldn't do that song

L4OATheOriginal said:

Why!?! Did they assume it was a drug reference?

Lammastide said:

I thought it was a decent show. "Runnin' Down a Dream" was nice.


"a"
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STEVE FERRONE (O.G. OF AVERAGE WHITE BAND) ON DRUMS.....
WAS WORTH IT ALONE!!!!!

I thought it was backwards, Alicia Keys should've done the halftime show and Tom Petty the pregame. I mean god damn those stupid motherfuckers had Stevie Wonder doing the pregame, I was cool with that cause I can understand an older artist who's not contemporary then they hire Tom Petty, who's not only "older" but doesnt create excitement. Pluss even when he was in his prime he didnt have the success Stevie had. They still have some collateral left for Prince last yr so I dont hate them totally.

Lammastide said:

obviously