Paulie's Super Bowl show

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Just saw it - wow. Shockingly tight, fluid performances of "Drive My Car" and "Get Back." I'm one of Paulie's worst critics, but he sure gave professionalism a good name tonight.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 7 February 2005 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

How does the drummer stay so fat?

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 7 February 2005 01:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, he did "Get Back" ... but was it my imagination, or did he change the last word of the first line?

― Brad Cahoon, Monday, 7 February 2005 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Get Back" had marijuana AND transvestite references! Quick, call the FCC!

― mike a, Monday, 7 February 2005 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

"Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California [RAISINS]."

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 7 February 2005 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the red, white and blue cards being held up by people in the stands to spell "NA NA NA" during Hey Jude were insane.

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 7 February 2005 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

it'd been great if everyone got confused and started singing journey instead

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Because Live and Let Die was by far and away the best attempt at subtext that criticizes sport and war, the perfomance was good.

Because every football and war fan thought missed the irony, it was kind of sad, too.

― M. Gravol (Gravol), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

you didn't actually see it did you?

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I was very impressed...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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― peepee (peepee), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

that was the most boring performance I've ever seen. More tits, less predictable hits, thanks. The only thing shocking about the performance was that he didn't end it with "Hey Jude". Oh wait, what's that? Oh...right.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 7 February 2005 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

anyone realize the following connection?

paul used to be a member of the beatles. their catalog was purchased by michael jackson. michael and paul do not like each other. also, he has a sister named janet. janet's boob graced us with its presence at last year's half time show.

that boob is the reason why we're getting mccartney!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 7 February 2005 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

big up to john fogerty for playing "fortunate son," which came across as a pointed anti-bush moment, and then following up with "bad moon rising," which rammed the point home quite nicely. too bad his slot was about two and a hours before the game. still, it was a nice effort.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 7 February 2005 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Those were ballsy picks. I was really startled while watching his performance. Of course, the only way he got away with it was because he played on the pre-pre-pre-game show. Had he played on a show that people actually watch then FOX would have been tighter about the content.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 7 February 2005 07:05 (twenty-one years ago)

the boob was Paul.

― peepee (peepee), Monday, 7 February 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

And of course, Paul's picks were anything but ballsy, and the more I think about it, the more confused I am. He's got more money than God herself, and unlike the Dixie Chicks, wouldn't be imperiling his status on the charts (he's made the U.S. Hot 100 exactly twice since 1990, IIRC) -- I'm not sure exactly what he would have had to lose by saying something like "Dubya, you imbecilic theocrat, go sit on your fist."

I guess Paul just thought he had a job to do, and did it just well enough (nice fireworks, though).

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 7 February 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess Paul just thought he had a job to do, and did it just well enough

but he neglected to give the other fella hell!

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 7 February 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

For the most part I agree that it was dull, but "Drive My Car" rocked surprisingly well. Could've done w/o the auto footage - made it look like a car commercial.

As much as I'd like to see Paul lay off the hits (my fantasy is that he reads my McCartney II review in Lost in The Grooves and gets inspired to make a similar LP), this wasn't going to be that occasion. It doesn't get more mainstream in America than the Super Bowl. At least he didn't play "Freedom" again.

― mike a, Monday, 7 February 2005 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

For mainstream entertainment it was funky, and his choice of songs subversive if you choose to hear'em that way. I'll bet a stack of Wings 45's that when he sang the bit about California grass on "Get Back" he smirked a little.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 7 February 2005 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

noone mentioned that the entire thing was lip synched..a big fuzzy microphone cover hiding Maccas mouth th entire time.,and u could hear the countdown on the tape for Hey Jude..lameeeeeeeeeeeeee

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 7 February 2005 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

noone mentioned that the entire thing was lip synched..a big fuzzy microphone cover hidina Maccas mouth th entire time.,and u could hear the countdown on the tape for Hey Jude..lameeeeeeeeeeeeee

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 7 February 2005 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't see it but the AP article made a point of stating that it was obviously NOT lipsynched. were they wrong?

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

didn't seem like it to me. i mean, his band played that stuff all the time on the last tour. and it was obviously those guys doing the background vocals.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it was really sad. And they had these (mostly young) people around the stage pretending to be exited.

― daavid (daavid), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

John Fogerty sounded like HAGGARD ASS. I was on the verge of tears. I hate to hear such a powerful singing voice turned to butternut squash jello.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

fogerty did indeed sound like haggard ass, though not merle haggard's ass, nor the band the haggard's ass. just plain haggard ass. but it doesn't matter because he sang "fortunate son" and "bad moon rising" on the fox network before the super bowl, and no matter how haggard his ass may have been, he still got it on the record that he ain't no senator's son and he ain't no fortunate one and there's a bad moon rising and war sucks and bush is the devil. he didn't specifically say the latter two things, but, in a way, he kinda did.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i like how paul started out with a critique of car culture, went into a plea for the us to return to it's liberal traditions that he contrasted in the next song with the ruthlessness of the current administration's foreign policy and then closed with a mindnumbing soulsucking mantra to really drive the point home. and on fox!

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't see it, but the fuzzy microphone windscreen covering his mouth is a good sign.

Usually what makes lip-synching obvious is that the singer changes position with respect to the microphone while the sound stays constant. Especially in a bad reinforcement situation (like, for instance, a cavernous and windy stadium surrounded by thousands of people), you really need to sing straight into the diaphragm.

Of course, Paul has been around long enough (and sung in enough arenas) to know what looks like lip-synching and what doesn't. So it's possible that a) he did a good imitation of someone not lip-synching, or b) he played live, but is a seasoned performer surrounded by a very professional technical staff and backing band.

You may hate the man and/or his music, but you've got to admit that he's been doing this stuff a while; he and his band are pros and can probably play these songs in their sleep. I find it consummately easy to believe that they can turn in a drum-tight live performance.

Whether the Super Bowl people can adequately capture and amplify it in that setting is another question.

― The Mad Puffin, Monday, 7 February 2005 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

i like how paul started out with a critique of car culture

are you sure about that? i thought that song was about deion branch.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

It wasn't lyp-synched.

Also not lip-synched, from the mouth of my son: "What's so great about Paul McCartney? Couldn't they get Jessica Simpson or somebody?"

― briania (briania), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

if it wasn't lip synched why were pauls asides in a completely different frequency than the songs and why did he countdown hey jude yet not move his lips....

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmmm..from animation artist.com......
The only flaw was a one- or two-frame audio delay, which made it appear that McCartney was lip-syncing, when he actually wasn’t.

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The most predictable half time show, but far from the worse.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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