5 Halftime Show of the Super Bowl who made the history of music on TV
Today it is one of the most anticipated and discussed musical events of the year: it is theHalftime Show of the Super Bowl, the miniconce in the interval of the NFL final, the American football championship. It is a relatively recent tradition: from ’67 – the year of the first Superbowl – until 89 that space was occupied by a show of Marching bands university.
But in 1990, together with a choir of children organized by Disney, a group performs: the New Kids on the block. Two years later, in 1993 Michael Jackson arrives: he was called to raise the listenings beaten, and is the first of a list of giants who have made that space not only the most viewed musical event of the year, but also the most spectacular .
In the 90s, Country singers alternate, Latin music star (Gloria Estefan) and black music (Diana Ross), and gradually the bar rises more and more. But it does not always work, because over the years we have seen great shows, but also epic failfrom Janet Jackson’s “Wardrobe Malfunction” to Trash that you can’t, to artists who were simply not suitable for that stage, like the Black Eyed Peas, protagonists of that considered the worst ever.
Waiting for that of this night we chose the 5 best Halftime Show both for musical quality and for spectacular surrender.
Lady Gaga (2017)
Perhaps the most beautiful, as it unites an impeccable musical performance and the hyperspector show. Trump has just been elected for the first time, there is an indication of not talking about politics, but Gaga begins by singing “God Bless America” and “This Land is your land” by Woody Guthrie, managing to send a message of unity Without risking being branded as an anti-patriotic. Then he launches into the void, the fireworks, metaphorical and literal fires begin. But the most beautiful passage is “A Million Reasons”, only voice and plan: exciting.
Prince (2007)
The first to make a Halftime Show in the rock version were U2 in 2002, with a touching tribute to the victims of the attacks of 11 September. Then, after Janet Jackson’s flop in 2004, a long sequence dedicated to rock with Paul McCartney (2005) began, the Rolling Stones (2006), Tom Petty (2008), Bruce Springsteen (2009) and the Who (2010).
The best of this slip was Prince, who gave the world a lesson in history of rock and style, starting from a reinterpretation of “We Will Rock You”, passing through Dylan (“All Along the Watchtower”) and Foo Fighters (” The Best of You “), Creedence Clearwater Revival (” Proud Mary “). Without forgetting his “Let’s Go Crazy” in guitar version, “Baby I’m a star” with a Marching band and the final triumphant on “Purple Rain”. 12 minutes that look like an entire concert, one solo behind the other, with a mastery of the single stage.
Bruce Springsteen (2009)
How do you condense a 3 -hour concert in 13 minutes? Springsteen has succeeded. A few concession to the format: the fireworks, a gospel choir on “Working on a Dream”, just accen for promotional duties (the album had just come out). But the rest is a concentrate that goes from “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” – the history of the formation of the and Street Band – to “Glory Days”, the most “sporty” song of the boss.
Springsteen said she was terrified of the event: and in fact at the beginning, you can see the moment when you cling to the microphone, passes fear, let it go and enters the competitive trance. Springsteen told this performance in a writing that was also the spark from which the autobiography “Born to Run” was born.
Michael Jackson (1993)
The Halftime Show that changes everything. The year before Fox had made Superbowl counterprogramming, which had gone down listening, so the NBC called Jackson. Result: 133 millions of spectators, one of the most viewed moments in the history of American television. In itself, the show is very simple with a choreography in the stands for “We are the world” and “Heal the World”. But it is still Jackson, the king of pop, in one of his best moments. He made everyone understand that this was a gigantic stage and pushed noble colleagues to climb us.
Beyoncé (2013 and 2024)
Another almost perfect Halftime in the spectacular system: few know how to keep the stage like Beyoncé. From the initial frame in the backlight, to the walk on “Crazy in Love” to the guitar that shoots fireworks at Kiss, to the reunion with the destiny’s child on “Bootylicious”, at the ending on “Single Ladies”: a lesson on how yes yes makes music on TV. Which then repeated in 2024, at Christmas, when the NFL landed on Netflix. N Halftime Show not for the Superbowl but for a “normal” game, with country theme, in its Texas: the Beyoncé Bowl.
Bonus: Dr. Dre, Eminem and Snoop Dogg (2022)
It is more recent, but it is considered one of the best ever: a tribute to the American hip-hop, with dre in console, surrounded by gigantic names of different generations, from Eminem to Kendrick Lamar
