The Weekend


Well, just watched the half-time Super Bowl, and I am impressed and (should I say it?), surprised by The Weekend.  Perhaps it's my biases at play here, but I am shocked and happy about it.  Or as I was coached at my job, my "unconscious bias".  I loved it!
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My daughter was meh on The Weekend as well. She considers Michael Jackson’s appearance before her time back in early 90’s the one to beat.

I think I recognized some tunes I have heard before there underneath all the production and glitz but not enough of a Weekend expert to say for sure.

I’ll stick to the studio versions of most things over live Super Bowl performances over the years. Granted sound and acoustics are much improved in newer NFL stadiums. I was in the sweet spot for Paul McCartney at Fedex Field a few years back and that was actually veeery good.  But most Super Bowl halftime shows to me are just a big hot mess....at least on TV.
I’m on the side of thinking it was a flop of a halftime show, and I generally find them entertaining and dare I say fun.

My three kids think that The Weeknd is pretty lame.

But you know what, if you liked the show and the singer more power to you, everyone has their own tastes.  
" And ya, dill, I am sure your motivations were innocent. Not."

-Before I give you the reason I mentioned it twice, please tell me why you think my prior posts where "obviously racist"
I don’t know what that music is called, as I only listened for the first minute before I turned it off.  If I had to guess, I would say Pop but who knows.  It is not we older people that have strange music taste, it’s the children of today.  Many of these phenomenons don’t play any instruments or write their own songs.   I never really cared for pop or as we called it in my youth, bubblegum music.  I am Rock guy, real Rock, jazz and some Classical.  I like certain female vocalists, but not Lady Ga Ga.  Today’s youth seem to care more about the choreography than the actual music.  Growing up, you never saw Hendrix, The Who, Tull, Floyd, etc with dancers behind them.   
Well, this old guy is going to take a nap now.