NEW YORK (AP) -- Nobody, but nobody was worried when Paul McCartney stripped off his jacket midway through his halftime performance at the Super Bowl. All he revealed was a long-sleeved red shirt. Nothing malfunctioned. And if he wore any nipple jewelry, he mercifully kept it to himself.
NFL officials wanted a safe halftime show after last year's Janet Jackson fiasco, and McCartney delivered. It was sweet nostalgia for the people stunned by Jackson's MTV-produced spectacle, if a bit off-putting for the kids: Each of his four songs was more than 30 years old. Surely you recall last year's climax to a body-shaking, crotch-grabbing festival: Justin Timberlake yanking part of Jackson's top off to reveal her bare breast to some 90 million viewers.
McCartney's stage set -- a giant cross of video boards on the stadium floor with the singer at the center -- was visually arresting, although it made his opening song, ``Drive My Car,'' look like one of the broadcast's dozens of auto commercials. McCartney's theatrical James Bond theme ``Live and Let Die'' was a perfect backdrop for a stadium fireworks show. The lights, placards and video images also made ``Hey Jude'' a sight to see, although it was odd to see the red, white and blue placards co-opt one of the original British musical invaders for an all-American event. There wasn't any danger of a lip-synch controversy, either. You could tell it was the lived-in voice of a 62-year-old singing.
P.S. Patriots won the Super Bowl 24-21
Monday, February 07, 2005
Now That's Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nobody, but nobody was worried when Paul McCartney stripped off his jacket midway through his halftime performance at the Super Bowl. All he revealed was a long-sleeved red shirt. Nothing malfunctioned. And if he wore any nipple jewelry, he mercifully kept it to himself.
NFL officials wanted a safe halftime show after last year's Janet Jackson fiasco, and McCartney delivered. It was sweet nostalgia for the people stunned by Jackson's MTV-produced spectacle, if a bit off-putting for the kids: Each of his four songs was more than 30 years old. Surely you recall last year's climax to a body-shaking, crotch-grabbing festival: Justin Timberlake yanking part of Jackson's top off to reveal her bare breast to some 90 million viewers.
McCartney's stage set -- a giant cross of video boards on the stadium floor with the singer at the center -- was visually arresting, although it made his opening song, ``Drive My Car,'' look like one of the broadcast's dozens of auto commercials. McCartney's theatrical James Bond theme ``Live and Let Die'' was a perfect backdrop for a stadium fireworks show. The lights, placards and video images also made ``Hey Jude'' a sight to see, although it was odd to see the red, white and blue placards co-opt one of the original British musical invaders for an all-American event. There wasn't any danger of a lip-synch controversy, either. You could tell it was the lived-in voice of a 62-year-old singing.
P.S. Patriots won the Super Bowl 24-21
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