9:50pm: Let's wrap this up. The Who showed that they are 20 years past when they should have called it a day and need about a million dollars of fireworks and lighting effects to look somewhat alive. Arcade Fire's promos for the NFL Network was just the part of 'Wake Up" where they go OHHHHH OHHHH OHHH HOHHH OOHHHHO OHHHHHH. OOOOOOOOOOOHH OOOHH. Hell, if the ads help with Haiti relief, do it. Maybe in twenty years, they'll play halftime.
That's it for me. I'm going to watch District 9 with the director's commentary.
9:47pm: Wow, New Orleans is rocking. A true American story. The Saints earned every inch of field. Even if you don't care about football, you have to recognize how this team lifted the spirits of the team. USA! USA! USA!
9:44pm: And Saints do it! Awesome win. Will be remembered for all the ages.
9:38pm: Wolfmother's "Woman" for CBS promo. By the time you read this, Andrew Stockdale will have fired the whole band.
9:30pm: Interception! Saints on their way to winning. New Orleans will be partying for five weeks straight after this win.
9:27pm: There's that Cheap Trick ad that takes Dream Police and changes it to Green Police. That's just high comedy there.
9:22pm: "Staying Alive" for CBS promo featuring that goth chick from NCIS.
9:21pm: "Funky Stuff" by Kool & The Gang for Honda
9:15pm: Bill Withers's "Aint No Sunshine" for video game Dante's Inferno. it's a comeback year for Bill with that Gorillaz song.
9:06pm: I think Beyonce would appear in an ad for toilet bowl cleaner if you paid her enough.
8:57pm: More Arcade Fire. Money from this ad goes to Haiti relief.
8:53pm: ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down" for Budweiser.
8:52pm: ha ha ha. It's The Heavy's "How You Like Me Now?" for KIA. Man, can I call it.
8:50pm: That Google ad should have had "how to get laid in paris".
8:39pm: I was wonder when I was going to hear Blur. It was for crappy beer with Lance Armstrong. As I've said many times, "Song 2" doesn't belong to Blur anymore.
8:30pm: Stevie Wonder punches Tracy Morgan when he "sees" a VW car. Get it? It's funny because he's blind. I didn't even realize it was a Grizzly Bear song, I had that part of my brain erased with memories of their music.
8:25pm: RT @sportsguy33 The White House just announced that the Who's halftime show will be classified as an act of terrorism on American soil.
Agree, for once, can we have an act that is under 50 years of age to do these things?
8:23pm: WHOA! Sean Payton has the biggest balls in the history of football -- an onside kick. About 85% of Americans who don't know football are being explained what an on-side kick is.
8:14pm: So the NFL is running out bands to do these halftime shows. U2 was the best halftime of all time -- the one after 9/11. The worst was the year before that with Britney Spears, NSYNC and Aerosmith. I can see Pearl Jam doing one. Maybe Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z. You know who really should do a halftime show? Flaming Lips. Have Wayne come out in his bubble over a crowd and have the world's largest gathering of furry animal costumes.
8:13pm: And it's over. No smashed guitars. It was what it was. A lot of fireworks. The Boss didn't need that last year.
8:09pm: It would great if they had David Caruso on just to put on his sunglasses right before the YEAHHHHHHHHH
8:07pm: They coached the crowd to sing along or that's some nifty audio engineering.
8:06pm: It's the CSI melody section. Hey, this is on CBS.
8:04pm: Baba O'Reilly. Remember that scene in Freaks and Geeks were Lindsay calls it "Teenage Wasteland" and Ken corrects him. Classic
8:03pm: They didn't do the crowd running towards the stage this year. Instead it all lasers and crap.
8:02pm: Okay, they looked at each because they are not singing together.
8:01pm: Here we go. Pre-recorded The Who! Starting with Pinball Wizard.
8:00pm: She's going the distance ... she's going for speed. I've seen Cake in concert once. The opening act ... Spoon. Oh snap!
7:54pm: Boston's "More Then a Feeling" for the lottery.
7:53pm: Not sure if that's Gotan Project for Acura. It sounds like them. Actually, it's a band called Bajofondo. The song is called "Pa' Bailar - Siempre Quiero Mas". Thank you, internet.
7:52pm: The Who's "My Generation" remixed by Will.I.Am. Violation. Unnecessary. Will.I.Am, the biggest corporate tool in music today.
7:43pm: It's almost halftime with The Who. I finally got around a few weeks ago to watching their documentary DVD, Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who. It has some great insight into the early years of the band. There was a lot of trivia I didn't know and it details some of the band's well known history, the meaning of Townsend smashing guitars, the whole mod rock scene, the death of Keith Moon and the tragic Cincinnati show where 9 people died. What I found interesting was how Daltry and Townsend tried to justify their existence now. They claim that they still get along, but watch as the two play halftime. I bet you they never look at each other.
7:38pm: Kiss. The biggest sell-out one-hit-wonder band of all time. They are the Michael Bay of 70s rock bands, all style, all flash, no substance.
7:37pm: That car commercial with Michael C. Hall is creepy. It's a bunch of static shots of guys with Hall doing a voiceover about the mundane things people do every day.
7:34pm: That's some Manning Face on the sidelines. He looked like Nicholson at the end of The Shining.
7:27pm: And there's the Arcade Fire for the NFL Network's 15-second promo.
7:25pm: Pierre Garçon just dropped a big pass. That's a great name, it sounds like a French New Wave director -- Godard, Truffaut, Garçon.
7:20pm: Holy crap. Leno, Oprah and Letterman in the same promo. They had to have done some crazy CGI for that.
7:05pm: Okay, T-Pain we get it. It still doesn't make you relevant or worthy of attention.
6:53pm: Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" used for Navy NCIS. apparently, that show is the most popular program on TV. I don't know anybody who watched that show. Must be a red state kind of show.
6:47pm: Oh dear lord. The Super Bowl Shuffle by the '85 Chicago Bears reworked for Boost Mobile. That was pretty funny, with Jim McMahon in a motorized scooter. One of the players wears a leopard print thong. As Mike Singletary would say, "Can't do it."
6:44pm: Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" being used for Survivor promos. Do you think if he were still alive, he would play the halftime? He would be 67.
6:38pm: Ah, yes. There's the song "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei, that was made popular in Kill Bill.
6:35pm: Now that some actual football is being played, We do know that we can expect Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" to be used for a PSA for Haiti relief, Cheap Trick to appear in an ad and The Who to play halftime.
6:25pm: Another reworked classic. "Light My Fire" for golf clubs.
6:20pm: Carrie Underwood sings the National Anthem. Good job.
6:18pm: Queen Latifah sings "America, The Beautiful." And now she takes off her ear pierce. Uh oh. Awkward! Don't worry, only 60 million people are watching. And now they do a little REMIX!!!! I remember when she use to rap "Who you callin' a ho?"
6:15pm: It's been 10 minutes and we've heard Jeff Bridges twice. The dude abides. I haven't seen the movie that will win him an Oscar, Crazy Heart. I will though.
6:11pm: The Colts come out to theme to CSI: Miami. Cue David Caruso, "Looks like our victim ... *puts on sunglasses* .... wasn't ready for some football." YEAHHHHHHHHHHH
6:07pm: The first of the ads that takes a classic song and re-imagines it. This time Ritz crackers takes Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" as done by a marching band.
6:00pm: Are you ready for some commercials? The festivies begin with an intro by Jay-Z and Rihanna set to "Run This Town". You have Jay backed by a whole orchestra intercut with scene of the Colts and Saints. They have some shot of coaches Sean Peyton and Mr. Excitement himself, Colts head coach Jim Caldwell. He's perfect the no emotion stare. They could have gotten a cardboard cutout. At the end of the clip, Jay-Z holds the Vince Lambardi trophy over his head. It's the one thing Jay-z has done in his career, win the Super Bowl. All he has to do is buy a team. I think he can do it.
How about 6 top albums that will win any music argument... plus how bad ass were those lights that The Who had!
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Posted by: Daniel | February 08, 2010 at 02:07 PM
Thank you SO much for this, been trying to figure out "Wake up" for forever!
Posted by: Becks | February 08, 2010 at 09:42 PM