Super Bowl

IT’S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL BUT THE NFL LIKES IT…
MORE IMPORTANTLY…THEY TRUST IT…
NO WHERE WAS THAT MORE EVIDENT THAN IN 2002…
JUST MONTHS AFTER 9-11…THE LEAGUE HANDED THE SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW TO U2…
IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFULL AND EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME…
THINK ABOUT THIS…
THE NFL…A CORPORATION WHICH DOES $8 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR WORTH OF BUSINESS…
NOW FIRMLY BELIEVES…
”ROCK AND ROLL” IS A DEPENDABLE BUSINESS PARTNER…
IT’S MORE PROOF THAT IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH…YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING…
BUT IT ALSO EXPLAINS “WHY” THIS SUNDAY…AT THE SUPER BOWL IN MIAMI…“THE WHO”…WILL BE ON STAGE AT HALF TIME…
NOW IN THEIR MID-SIXTIES…ROGER DALTRY AND PETE TOWNSHEND ARE SEEN IN THE EYES OF THE LEAGUE AS…“NICE AND SAFE”…
IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT WAY…
LET’S GET IN THE “WAY BACK MACHINE”…AND SET THE DATE TO…THE 60’S
“THE WHO” WAS A BAND…SCREAMING ABOUT “MY GENERATION”…
THEY HAD NASTY HABIT OF TRASHING THE STAGE AND THEIR HOTEL ROOMS…
AND THEY LOST THEIR DRUMMER…KEITH MOON TO A DRUG OVER DOSE…
IN 1971…THE WHO RELEASED…”WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN”…
FOR THE RECORD…IN 1971…THE HALF TIME SHOW AT THE SUPER BOWL WAS
“ANITA BRYANT” AND THE GOLDEN EAGLES MARCHING BAND…
IN FACT IN THE FIRST 25 YEARS OF THE SUPER BOWL…THE HALF TIME SHOWS INCLUDED…
CAROL CHANNING…ELLA FITZGERALD…AND OF COURSE…”UP WITH PEOPLE”…
WHICH AT THE TIME WERE CONSIDERED…”NICE AND SAFE”…
IN FACT…IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1993…WHEN LEAGUE FINALLY STARTED TO EMBRACE A YOUNGER AUDIENCE…WITH MICHAEL JACKSON…
BUT THAT ALL CHANGED IN 2004…WHEN MICHAEL’S YOUNGER SISTER “JANET”…EXPOSED THE WORLD TO “NIPPLE-GATE”…
SINCE THEN THE JOB HAS GONE TO VETERAN ROCKERS…
SUCH AS PAUL MCCARTNEY…THE ROLLING STONES…TOM PETTY AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN…
IN THE WORDS OF THE WHO…”MEET THE NEW BOSS…SAME AS THE OLD BOSS”…