February 1, 2009

Bruce Springsteen’s Douchey Halftime Performance

Man, I love Bruce Springsteen. He writes some amazing music and is more in shape than my dad and doesn’t look stupid in vests. But what the heck was up with his Super Bowl Halftime performance? I can almost forgive his slide into the camera — things like that happen when you’re going crotch-first. But that schtick with the referee? No sir. Come back to us old, cool Bruce Springsteen. America needs you.

On a sort-of related note, how great was Jennifer Hudson? Rhetorical question. Freaking awesome great.

UPDATE: Bruce’s act with the ref starts at 5:18, in case you missed it because you were watching Throw Momma from the Train on the CW.

13 Responses to “Bruce Springsteen’s Douchey Halftime Performance”

  1. On 02/1/09 9:30 PM, Howard said:

    Now 1…2…3, GO!!!
    *wheeeeeeeeeeneeneeneeneeee*
    Wow, that big gay sax player dressed like Batman Zorro really can blow.

    That was just… sleepy.

  3. On 02/1/09 11:14 PM, Emo Superbowl said:

    i hate to break it to you…but springsteen always has and always will suck. somewhere along the way, it became cool for scene-kids to like him. let this be a reminder to you – as an older guy, he’s pretty rad..but as a musician, he’s a steamy load of cheese with a handful of decent songs.

  5. On 02/2/09 2:54 AM, snake said:

    it seems clear to me that he was quite wasted.

  7. On 02/2/09 7:18 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

    I especially loved his lecture on economics. I stopped doing my taxes to take it all in.

  9. On 02/2/09 7:47 AM, Sean said:

    I could’ve sworn that Jennifer Hudson wasn’t really singing.

    DRAMA!?!

  11. On 02/2/09 8:53 AM, Danny said:

    I’ve always loved The Boss, but this performance was entirely lackluster. At least “Born to Run” was good.

  13. On 02/2/09 11:43 AM, Matthew C. Jenkins said:

    I think Hudson sounded like she was using a track…

  15. On 02/2/09 12:50 PM, Andrew said:

    Needed more Nebraska.

    And when he slid his crotch right into the camera, that was pretty hilarious.

  17. On 02/2/09 3:06 PM, Wilhelm said:

    The girl singing the national anthem at last year’s superbowl was clearly lipsyncing.

    If you watch her performance, she closes her mouth a VERY small amount of time before the audio stops. Plus, the muscles in her throat were not moving in the slightest.

    So, you are all probably right for saying that Hudson was using a track. I didn’t see that part, but it makes sense.

  19. On 02/2/09 5:24 PM, matthew said:

    i wish the boss would slide crotch first into my face..err…camera.

  21. On 02/3/09 12:13 AM, HatePlow said:

    Jennifer Hudson was lipsynching, unfortunately. I guess she was kind of emotional, considering that this was he first performance after half of her family was murdered.

  23. On 02/3/09 2:16 AM, Howard said:

    Springsteen should consider lip-syncing in the future. And some curls.
    Please tell me The Boss can afford a Perfect Pull-up.

  25. On 02/4/09 8:17 AM, Sean Cannon said:

    i agree on both counts, howard.

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