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Who Does Madonna Have To Top?

Posted by DFO

Feb. 3, 2012 3:35 p.m. • 7 comments

This Sunday, in the midst of the war of attrition that will be Super Bowl XLVI, Madonna will roll her ridiculously ornate stage onto the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and attempt to blow some minds for eight or nine minutes. Madonna can certainly do it; she has the requisite deep catalog of hits, a theatrical approach to performing, and enough bold-faced numbers in her iPhone to unleash some surprises. “Give Me All Your Luvin’” probably won’t get the job done on its own, though luckily she has “Vogue,” “Holiday,” “Ray of Light,” and “Like a Prayer” in her pocket. So who will she have to eclipse to get mentioned in the greatest Super Bowl halftime performances of all time?/Kyle Anderson, Entertainment Weekly. More here. (AP photo: Madonna speaks during a news conference for NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI's halftime show Thursday)

Question: Which halftime Super Bowl show was the best ever?

Seven comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Shark on February 03 at 3:59 p.m.
The very first one!
duroc on February 03 at 4:07 p.m.
I think they’ve mostly all sucked, to be honest, although I haven’t seen many in the last 10 years. Too plastic and manufactured and “spectacular” for my musical taste.

I will say that I liked the performances by McCartney, the Stones, and what’s left of The Who, but that’s only because I like those artists and my kids got a kick out getting to see musicians they like in the middle of a football game. I tuned in to the Super Bowl for those games because I was interested in how those old dogs would do at halftime.

Madonna has never done anything but annoy me, even when she was young. You can bring back “Up With People” for all I care. ;)
Stickman on February 03 at 6:32 p.m.
Good stuff duroc, as always.
Stickman on February 03 at 6:38 p.m.
I did see The Who in the early days. Nothing like em’.
mrd on February 03 at 7:59 p.m.
I liked the Stones a few years back. Madonna, just like last year, will be a yawner.
Escapee on February 04 at 12:13 a.m.
I taped McCartney’s Super Bowl concert. I won’t do the same for Madonna’s concert. I’ll have the remote on hand so I can hit the MUTE button when she comes on.
poolman on February 04 at 9:47 a.m.
Madonna is the greatest single named entertainer in the modern era. And – I love how the rough around the edges girl from New Jersey has developed the ever so sophisticated British accent. Money can buy classiness. I’ve started by eating my Snickers with a fork and knife. Bravo. Best SB halftime show ever? I’ll have to go with last time true pop royalty that took center stage – Miss Janet.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.