Please give Madonna a letter grade. I give her a B.

She looked and sounded a lot better than I thought she was going to.
A-

I liked it. I give it a B, but only b/c I wish she hadn't sang ALL of Vogue and added in some great old stuff like Borderline, or some stuff off Ray of Light. Music is a great song. So is Don't Tell Me.

Was that her real voice?

C+

Does anybody sing live at the Superbowl? The acoustics are terrible in stadiums.

A- I thought it was well produced, she didn't try to be mutton dressed as lamb, it was tight.

She would have gotten a full A from me if she'd sung Ray of Light.

I'm no longer confused by Squid's post.

I ended up staying home by myself and avoiding most of the game, which made both of us happy, but did flick to the half-time show when it started. I was sniggering a bit at the "gladiators" pulling that weird chariot-y thing at the beginning. So campy. I can't really give a grade, because, well, obviously I didn't watch the rest, but she sounded pretty okay. However, there is some controversy over rapper M.I.A. (no clue who this is) giving the middle finger of scorn during one of the numbers.

I didn't even notice her give the finger.

I agree with 'tato A-.

I think the over-the-top-ness suited Madonna and she did a great job. Not sure I care for her new song but it's certainly dance-y.

I fixed it above ED. WITH Ray of Light she gets the A.

I saw the finger, and I swear I heard one of them say "Shit" too - I just didn't care, and it seemed so:

"No one knows who I am right now, but if I create a stink I'll get famous."-y to me, that whatever.

Truth is, my kids hear me swear far more than any half-time show, and if Addy starts busting out "SHIT!" I'll know who to blame, and it won't be anyone on TV.

God I hope that has no legs. We've got more important things to worry about. Like how Tom Brady is NOT the greatest of all time, and Joe Montana can rest assured that his legacy is safe.

C+. The plus is for her looking good and covering her arms up as they frighten me. The whole show was just kind of meh for me. My fav bits were the guy on the tightrope and the high school drumlines, but that's just my band mom bias coming through.

I give her an A. I thought she was fabulous. The tightrope guy was amazing too. I loved it!
The production was AMAZING.


Madonna is 53 years old, and she was flipped upside down for gosh sakes, and was able to dance right afterwards. She deserves a lot of credit.

What impressed me most was being able to dance in those heels, even if she did slip a bit on the bleachers.

I think she also deserves credit for being an original, an innovator.

Peoples' memories are too short. And having a 17 year old tell me they are embarrassed for her b/c she's "old" and she's no Lady Gaga makes me want to upchuck.

I give her an A as well. I woke up during Vogue and was like, "Oh, hey - I've heard this song before", then there were these two weird looking guys with headphones on and that made me think, "Oh great, she's got guests. Here come the goddamn Black Eyed Peas", but the Black Eyes Peas never showed up, so then I was like, "Not bad."

Land sakes alive, the steak's alive.

This is why you = boss.

It's funny that people consider her old. I don't know many old people that can move like that. She's aged, she's not old.

It was a lot tamer than I expected. I give it a solid B. Entertaining but forgetable.

The middle finger was just silly.

I missed the middle finger, but MIA is a disgusting little pig in general so I'm not surprised.

I give Madge a B+. I'd give her a B if I was comparing to entertainment in general but the superbowl halftime shows the past few years have been in the C- to D territory, and this was soooo much better.

I don't know many people her age who thrust their hips in your faces either. But at least Madge covered her vadge somewhat so that was refreshing.
Shes the queen of pop and deservedly so but shes a hanger on. Whatever the hottest act or style of music is popular at the moment shes sure to cling on and make something of it to remain relevant. Wheres the originality in that? And that whole English accent makes me want to puke. YOURE FROM MICHIGAN! Her whole persona is MEEEEEEEEE, MEEEEEEE, MEEEEEEE. 300 clams for a concert ticket? Disgusting.
She reminds me of a sober Demi with her desperation.

/rant over but Monday's pissy mood remains.

She still did it first. Nobody can take that from her. I sat there last night and said, remember when Pepsi pulled their advertising campaign with her b/c she kissed Jesus in the video for Like a Prayer? Blank stares. Lady Gaga isn't fit to carry her vadge armor.

Man, I'd never heard "Born this way" before a radio story this morning. I had heard of a little flap between Gaga and Madonna about it, where I thought Madge was mostly mild in her reaction to a potential plagarism claim. I filed it under, 'eh, Gaga's been pretty out there that she's derivative...'

After hearing the song - it's not derivative, it's a total rip. Madge was measured and cool not to sue her ass in my mind.

And you know what on the $300 tix? That's all they have left in the digital era - being dancing monkeys on stage. So if she can get $300, good for her. If the market won't support it, her venues will be empty, and ticket prices will come down. I'm not sure I'm against a functioning capitalist market for concerts. I don't like the corrupt parts with ticket resellers - but that's different and examples where the market is not perfectly functioning.

If some fans can't afford to go (I myself could not conscience spending the equivalent of a plane ticket to my kid's grandmother's house in Portland, OR for a ticket to any concert) - do they deserve to, just because? Isn't this the price we all paid for downloading all that music for free? Whose actually PAID FOR a Madonna song recently? How much of that went to her do you think? I guess for concerts I don't see any civil rights for fans - because fans self select and vote with their behavior.

So, we're left with, "That never should have happened!" and neither should the steam drill should have replaced John Henry, and well, we know how that turned out.

This was on recently. Madonna about going on tour. Dang freeloading downloaders!



Her new movie does sound interesting...

"Ta Friggin da"

I completely agree with Squid regarding respect for Madonna being so cool headed over the blatant GAGA rip off.

Also agree with Ginny about the many previous horrific Super Bowl halftime shows. And based on that, I give Madonna an A. I liked it. I am glad she did "Music" mixed in with oldies. She looked FANTASTIC. I even liked the little slip she had on the bleachers. She's so cool.

Watched a part of that video, her face does not move. It's the oddest thing.

Someone mentioned M's age.
She is as old as I am.
Her, Michael Jackson and I have(had) birthdays within weeks/days of each other.
August 16, 29, 31

53


If I had the moola either of them do/did, I'd be the current Jack LaLane or Brad Pitt.

Oh, and Alec Baldwin, 4 1/2 months older than us.

When the Mermaid said, "Meh" to her peformance last night, I said something very close to that SpaceTrucker.

I said, "Look, contrast Madge with MJ. Look where she is and how she's doing, and look what happened to MJ. You could argue they were in the same fame strata. MJ probably had the edge, but whatever. Madge is a little kooky with the Kabbalah, the fake accent and the gross arms. But she still sounds good, that song will sell, and lookit her go for a woman in her 50s. Winning."

I totally agree Squid

She gets a super milfy A-

the A is for being old as dirt and shaking it and not breaking it...

the minus is for not doing Get into the Groovy...seriously, you have to do that song Ciccone...you left me disappointed, standing there with my chicken wing in my hand

She would have gotten an A or A- if it wasn't for that super lame cheesy "WORLD PEACE" at the end. What the hell. I was watching the AbFab marathon before that and had to remind myself what I was watching. It was super 1995 pseudo chic.

She meant it sarcastically. Better?

Not really. Is that something to be sarcastic about? How about sing your song and entertain like an entertainer, Mobama.

That's funny, Ginny. SO-BOO did a whole round of "SERIOUSLY?" over the World Peace dealio.

I'm with Caps and Mermaid. meh

Don't get me wrong, she's fit totally, does not look 53 at all and can work a stage in heels for sure. I never bought her stuff but totally got into the Holiday vibe when she first came out.

Yet....I don't need to see her thrusty vaj any more. The new tune is beeboppy saccharin fluff, I don't know who her audience is. It ain't me and the teens I know think she's well past it. Neat how her new album and single are being released now.

Just thought the performances were just slight diversions from her vids. meh, seen them many times.

It was ok, nothing mind blowing or different. Maybe I'm looking for too much fab to fill a 15 minute pee break, I dunno.

I'm with Caps and Mermaid. meh

Don't get me wrong, she's fit totally, does not look 53 at all and can work a stage in heels for sure. I never bought her stuff but totally got into the Holiday vibe when she first came out.

Yet....I don't need to see her thrusty vaj any more. The new tune is beeboppy saccharin fluff, I don't know who her audience is. It ain't me and the teens I know think she's well past it. Neat how her new album and single are being released now.

Just thought the performances were just slight diversions from her vids. meh, seen them many times.

It was ok, nothing mind blowing or different. Maybe I'm looking for too much fab to fill a 15 minute pee break, I dunno.

And MIA is juvenile

-doh-

What's this about Madonna having "gross arms"?

I can't post pics from this dumb iPad, but google it. Not pretty.

Ooh. Sinewy!

Off the stage, Grandma!

D-.

LOL @ BOH!

What did you all end up having for food? I ate a lot of Cabot sharp cheddar, some chili, and Ben & Jerry's frozen yogurt (Cherry Garcia). I was gonna pop popcorn but both my husband and I fell asleep. He actually fell asleep I think right after the 1st quarter or so, so I watched the whole thing by myself. I was out I think for the whole 4th quarter until about 15 minutes before the clock ran out.