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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I dig the dude and his message, but NONE of that music resonated with me, and I am a hard-core, lifelong musician with a degree in music history. Other than it having a steady beat, it barely registered as music to me at all.

But I also recognize that not everything in America has to be approved by me. There were two targets for this show - Hispanics/Latinx, and MAGAs. I’m neither, so I’m just an observer, and I highly approve of any event where MAGA gets poked in the eye.

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RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Watch his Tiny Desk Concert on NPR, it’s amazing. Arena shows are just arena shows, the music gets a little lost in all the rest of what’s going on.

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- BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Arena shows used to be all about lights, lasers, and volume. Now it’s all about props and dancers. It’s like Broadway on the road. They’re trying to give people enough entertainment value to slightly rationalize the obscene cost of concert tickets these days.
  
  Of course, lights and lasers used to work better when the atmosphere was filled with weed smoke. Now everybody does gummies before the show.
  
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MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m not Hispanic or MAGA and I enjoyed it. I just enjoy reggaetón and think bad bunny is a great contributor to that genre.

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- BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s cool. I enjoyed Prince’s and Michael’s halftimes. That’s why they cycle through the genres.
  
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  - MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The most recent of those two was in 2007… There have been plenty of good acts that have played the super bowl since then. I think I might just not like most music.
    
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    BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I like MOST music, far more than most people do. Most people have very limited musical tastes, while mine are extremely wide. YOU probably dislike far more musical styles than I do.
    
    And I didn’t say that I didn’t enjoy any other Super Bowl performances other than Prince and Michael, I just said that I enjoyed theirs the most, and since they are universally accepted as the most popular Super Bowl performances of all time, I’m clearly not alone.
    
    I’ve actually enjoyed most of the Super Bowl performances I’ve seen. I even liked watching this one, I just didn’t dig the music, which isn’t aimed at me, and that’s okay.
    
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