I must say, Lady Gaga rocked that mofo out

[jpak]

yup

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How did the satanic ritual go?

You know, the one Alex Jones said she was going to do.

[MFM008]

4. stadium ringed by dead chickens?

I saw em...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

49. The dead chickens killed in the Bowling Green Massacre.

[MFM008]

50. lol

Bowling green eggs and ham.................

[jpak]

6. Satanically

[Agschmid]

7. #NotTodaySatan

[WinkyDink]

14. I'm really up on those symbols/images, but Gaga seemed...normal. Not at ALL like Madonna's.

[Initech]

17. And this guy is going to be in Trump's press corps!

[MFM008]

2. she did

and looked good doing it.

[Agschmid]

3. She did.

[DrDan]

5. Lady Gaga!!!!!

[kydo]

8. She is just a damn good entertainer

Not to mention an awesome musician. And an even better human being!

[narnian60]

47. +100

[tavernier]

9. Super human

Just wow!!!

[kimbutgar]

10. She totally rocked it

Between her and the dancers it was phenomenal.

But might cause some Bible Belt types to be outraged or turned on.

[shenmue]

20. They will find something to get mad about

[volstork]

34. Well, you hit the nail on the head.

Bible Belt types get outraged BECAUSE they get turned on...

[dchill]

11. Go go Gaga!

[mnhtnbb]

12. WOW! Opened the roof and she dropped in on cables...

Fabulous show!

[TDale313]

13. She was great! n/t

[Va Lefty]

15. Yeah not a fan but a good show!

Alex Jones promised a Satanic Ritual. Must have missed it.

[shenmue]

23. He's a satanic ritual

[jpak]

25. The Satanic Ritual was what Alex Jones was doing on the couch

during Gaga

yup

[MADem]

87. Ewwww! That's a WHERE'S THE BLEACH? image!!!! nt

[WinkyDink]

16. She's going on tour this year. Woot!

[JPPaverage]

18. Texas has some of the greatest musicians in the world

ZZ Top or Willie Nelson would have been better. Or Edgar Winter. Or Marcia Ball. Or the Dixie Chicks. Sorry, I don't like Lady GaGa's music.

[shenmue]

27. Pfffffft

Gotta be one grump in every bunch.

[DURHAM D]

38. lol

Maybe he thinks the Super Bowl is played in a retirement village.

[jpak]

42. Low posting Gaga Hater

It sucks to be you

[JPPaverage]

88. Wrong. It's great to be me

I enjoy being me. I guess it's wrong to express an opinion in here that differs from others. I won't say what I'm really thinking or else I may get scolded by the admins. See, I was here under another username previously with around 12,000 posts. So I know the ground rules.In the immortal words of somebody, "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya."

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. ZZ Top did a free concert last night, Gary Clark Jr opened n/t

[MADem]

53. Sorry, most people don't like that country stuff. It's popular in USA, but SUPERBOWL

has become a world event, and GAGA is a world-class entertainer.

Edgar Fucking Winter? Yeah, that would have been a hit (not).

I've never heard of Marcia Ball and I suspect I'm not alone.

And the Dixie Chicks? They've been in purgatory since 2003.

Willie's a fine entertainer but the anti-weed wingnuts would bust a gasket.

Not a single one of your selections had the broad appeal of Gaga. Even when they hate her, they sing along to her music.

And she was SUPERB.

[Horse with no Name]

58. I thought Edgar Winter was dead....lol

I live in Texas and no idea who Marcia Ball is...lol

[MADem]

62. I did too, actually....

But he's alive. I looked him up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Winter

He's TRUMP's age--seventy!

Yeah, that'll appeal to the Superbowl demographic...!

[jpak]

71. Marsha Ball has a pink trailer on telephone poles in Port Aransas

True dat

[maveric]

82. His late-great brother Johnny is dead.

A fantastic blues guitarist IMHO.

[Dulcinea]

78. Marcia Ball is fantastic!

She's a blues musician. But the SB halftime show does need someone with broad appeal.

I don't much care for pop music, but I really enjoyed Lady Gaga's performance.

[MADem]

86. I've nothing against her, just never heard of her. You're right though--blues ain't

the music of choice for the halftime.

As a die-hard fan of the late, great BB King (I've seen him live since he was a young blood on his feet sweating out the tunes to an old lion with the diabetes, sitting but still picking) I wouldn't ever miss an occasion to see him, but I wouldn't expect even him in his prime to carry that venue--it just requires a different kind of pizzazz.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

63. The Super Bowl is not just for Texas

Even I know that, and occasionally I forget whether it's about baseball or football

[JPPaverage]

89. I am aware that the Super Bowl isn't just for the host city

I was just trying to make a point hat maybe the NFL could have someone from the host city or region playing halftime. I love music and fully support local musicians. Too bad you don't.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

90. Super bowl had super stars not local musicians

This is hardly the platform for local musicians who I actually do support by going to local gigs

[alarimer]

72. I just like the fact that for once they chose someone who was not middle-of-the-road

Most of the time, the NFL seems to play it fairly safe and mainstream.

But I agree with you on Marcia Ball. Talk about entertaining! Just not very well known, sadly.

[GregD]

19. that was brilliant, every freaking moment

[jpak]

31. Best SB 1/2 evah

yup

[bullwinkle428]

43. This was great, but Prince's is still the best ever.

[jpak]

44. OK

[dae]

65. My wife and I said the same afterward. LGG was very good but

we liked Prince better.

[monmouth4]

21. And she did it with her clothes on..Great entertainer,love her.

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

22. Cheeto listening to Born This Way delights me!!

Excellent, Gaga!

[jmg257]

24. Great show!!

[m-lekktor]

26. She can sing a wide range of styles of music quite nicely. People often don't give her credit. nt

[Beaverhausen]

33. well she didn't do that in this show

sorry but they all sounded the same to me. and I know she can do better. But I guess she had to do her hits.

[m-lekktor]

36. yeah I wouldn't expect her to do wide variety in a short halftime show for a superbowl. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

28. She did awesome

I have to say I really wanted her to lay into Trump, or have some more symbolism in her stage or act. But I appreciated the first part with the Obama-like message of red and blue being one country. Anything more literal would invite all kinds of abuse against her and may just be worse in that it would open it up into a hate fest back and forth.

She kept her dignity and actually played 3D chess with all the pre-critics that were all ready with their poisoned pens to smear her. So she retains a reputation of impartiality which will serve her for any future moments when she wants to speak out more forcefully.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

39. She did hug an apparently hispanic women while singint the words.

"Why don't you stay?"

[mr_liberal]

46. Good catch. Never even thought of that but was obviously on purpose.

Also the beginning with "and justice for all" together with Born This Way lyrics about straight, gay, bi, trans etc.... made it political without being too obvious.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

61. Actually, I missed that too. My husband pointed it out.

So, yeah, looks like subtlety was employed, but anti-RW message sent within a kick-ass performance.

[imnKOgnito]

76. Bad Romance

I may be reaching, and haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, but I think her biggest political jab went un-noticed.

Bad Romance was about Trump-Putin. The song has the obvious doomed relationship theme, but there is a reference here that I don't think anyone got. When Bad Romance starts playing, and through most of the track, the stars coming out of the ground are red, a direct reference to a Russian national symbol. The kicker is this, though...

The music video for Bad Romance revolves around the kidnapping of a young woman who is then pushed into a chemical dependency (in this case, Vodka) before being sold into sexual slavery to the Russian Mafia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Romance or the music video itself.

Maybe I'm making a connection where there isn't one but, frankly, this was the song I expected her to make a statement with. Given that, it's quite possible I'm overreaching, but interested to know what others think.

[Achilleaze]

83. Caught in a Vlad bromance

[mcar]

29. Very entertaining

[Ilsa]

30. I didn't see much for anyone to get mad about.

She sang a montage of several different patriotic songs to start. Did her hits. No wardrobe malfunctions.

[Greywing]

32. Absolutely one of the best half-times in recent memory

I absolutely love her!

[LuvLoogie]

35. He'll yeah.

[appleannie1943]

37. She has a beautiful voice and a wide range. She can sing any kind of

music and be good doing it.

[NotThisTime]

40. She was awesome!!!

[femmocrat]

41. She was fantastic.

Loved it! Reminded me of one of those Olympic-style extravaganzas.

[kwassa]

45. Fun show, but lip sync, not live singing.

[narnian60]

51. She sang live.

[TexasBushwhacker]

52. That was what I thought

Actually, I'm pretty sure all the half time shows are pre-recorded. They want it to be perfect and there's no way to do a sound check.

http://www.mtv.com/news/1721827/super-bowl-halftime-shows-fake/

[Dave Starsky]

69. Usually a mixture of live and tape.

I'm pretty sure a great deal of her performance was sung live (she even seemed a little out of breath for a second), but some of that (like singing during the wire acrobatics) would have to be taped.

Lady Gaga is ridiculously talented. I remember one time her audio went out during a performance, and she just continued singing beautifully a capella without missing a single beat. She is the real deal.

[TexasBushwhacker]

75. Oh I agree she is super talented

I just know that the Red Hot Chili Peppers spilled the beans a couple of years ago. Pretend playing and singing to a pre-recorded tape wasn't their choice, in fact they almost dropped the gig when they found out they couldn't perform live. But there's just so many variables, performing in a semi-closed space that wasn't designed for acoustics.

[LiberalLovinLug]

81. Kept singing unlike Mariah Carrey when her audio went out on New Years

And having a snit fit.

I guessed at it being a combination of taped and live as well.

[WheelWalker]

54. Epic performance. Competence counts.

[mvd]

55. Loved it

Like the result so far and the show.

[Initech]

56. Yes that was an excellent halftime show!

BTW - iTunes has Gaga's whole back catalogue on sale.

[nikibatts]

57. She really socked it to the RW and Trump with her patriotic opening.

And she ignored him...I am sure they were waiting to pounce!

[Mrs. Overall]

59. She is so amazingly talented and her live vocals are stunning!!!!

[Liberty Belle]

60. Good story here in CNN, and he did have a lot of inclusive messaging:

Especially a bit on LGTB rights which she may have chosen known VP Pence was in the audience:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/entertainment/lady-gaga-super-bowl-halftime-show-2017/index.html

[orangecrush]

66. Agree

Incredible performance.

[sherlocksistah]

67. she was the bomb.com!!

mind you I'm a great grandmother but think that this woman is so talented and tonight's performance was the best superbowl half time ever! She's just the best ever and I celebrate her life, talent and let's hear it for Lady Gaga for whom I have great admiration and even at my age, I was rocking out to that music and her wonderful performance!

[Blue_true]

68. She cleverly constructed that show. Made a political

Statement (actually, several) without being obvious to most people.

[former9thward]

73. The NFL is traditionally has Super Bowl performers who are 20 years past their prime.

This Super Bowl was no exception.

[progressoid]

74. Well, she's 30 yrs old, so her prime was when she was 10?

[sammythecat]

77. Oh yeah,

I saw her in Rome when she was around 11 and still had it. Now when she flies down through the roof she has to resort to using cables and stuff. So sad. She had tremendous volume back then too. Now it's all microphones and giant speakers. She really needs to just let it go. Nothing is forever.

[former9thward]

80. I won't say an unkind remark.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

91. Yes women start rotting after 30

[scscholar]

79. But she refused to say anything

That proves she doesn't care.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

85. She was subtle. She was being paid to entertain

and give people a good time. I think that was the right thing to do to for that occasion. She has spoken up before. Most people know where she stands when it comes to politics. I think the point was to have some fun because people have been down about the election. Try to remind people we can still have fun together.

[moondust]

84. Tough act to follow.