because it has to be said.. Bruno Mars

[SuperPippen]

Yeah but have you ever seen them done by a man that small???

Prince is like 5'3", and he's a legend.

[Akrazotile]

Prince is like 5'3", and he's a legend.

Forreal??

Damn, World B. Short these days.

[oarabbus]

Bruno Mars was very good, but the Chili Peppers were the real halftime show MVP.

[BlazerRed]

this thread is tetrrible

[Myth]

Forreal??

Damn, World B. Short these days.

Google search actually says 5'2".

[Akrazotile]

The weird thing about height tho is that some guys are visibly small and everyone knows it, like Joe Pesci, and then with other guys people never realize it until its shown in a completely obvious context.


Wonder why dat is doe

[Akrazotile]

Bruno Mars was very good, but the Chili Peppers were the real halftime show MVP.

They did like half a song

[Myth]

Shit was lame. Seen the style a million times already, and liked it those first million better. James brown, Michael Jackson, and Prince you name'um, been there done that.

So him having a similar style to those guys is a bad thing? I guess you'd prefer to see Justin Bieber perform with Kesha or something.

[Myth]

Prince is like 5'3", and he's a legend.

Prince is a legend, but as far as Superbowl performances go, Bruno was better than Prince.

[DonDadda59]

Prince is a legend, but as far as Superbowl performances go, Bruno was better than Prince.

Nah.

[andgar923]

Here's the whole performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxaGugRXcs4

How is this not live?



Sure he's using auto tune for correction problems and it's EQd and mixed like crazy (specially possible on a delay) but this is obviously all performed live.

The dude is an old school artist.

He was brought up the old school way, performing at a young age, doing tons of shows live honing his act in different venues.

Is he comparable to MJ, James, Prince or others from the past? of course not. But this dude for is great for this era. Once you factor in all facets I don't have a hard time listing him amongst one of the best when you consider how he produces, writes, sings, most of his music unlike some of the greats from the past. So I'd say he's a top 25-30 all time, dude does have some good songs that aren't the run of the mill pop songs.

[rufuspaul]

I dunno dude. Watching it at the time I thought there was a mix of live and recorded songs. I don't think it was entirely live.

There was definitely a mix going on, which I guess is preferable for a stadium performance. People have learned from the debacles of The Who and The Stones, although Prince, McCartney, Springsteen, Petty and U2 didn't have the same vocal audio troubles.

The dancing and light show were very polished. I'd give him an A-.

As for RHCP, aging rock stars need to keep their shirts on.

[cos88]

it was very good

[hateraid]

I've seen Bruno Mars live on The Jungle Tour. This looked pretty authentic.
I loved this performance even though I'm not a Bruno Mars fan (My son's favorite singer in case people ask why I went to a concert)
I am comfortable with people saying this was better than the Prince halftime. I don't think people are saying Mars is greater than Prince, I think Mars brought that currentness that inflicted energy to this SB. I was at the bar and I saw oldie biker men bobbing their heads, Something that probably wouldn't have happened during Prince.

[-p.tiddy-]

wow, heard on the radio that SB performers pretty much always do their acts for FREE because of all the publicity they get from it, and that after Beyonce did her SB act her sales and fan base went up over 40%

for Beyonce performing at the SB almost doubled her already gianormace fan base...that is amazing