Rihannas halftime show was BORING

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by Anonymousreply 320February 19, 2023 11:45 AM

Didn't sing, didn't dance, didn't even change outfit (which is de rigeur for divas now).

by Anonymousreply 1February 13, 2023 1:47 AM

was unbelievable. truly boring and zero.

by Anonymousreply 2February 13, 2023 1:52 AM

Is she preggers? she did nothin. and that zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz outfit. gosh.

by Anonymousreply 4February 13, 2023 1:55 AM

She should retire from music. She’s got an empire that I’m sure is much more important to her now than singing. She can live a wonderful life.

by Anonymousreply 6February 13, 2023 1:59 AM

She walked like a fat child who’s bored

by Anonymousreply 7February 13, 2023 2:01 AM

OP you reply to yourself a lot Get help.

by Anonymousreply 8February 13, 2023 2:02 AM

I love the fact that she said fuck the status quo for pop starlets. I'm not changing outfits and yall know I'm not a Beyonce so I'm not gna sing, dance, and sweat in 6 inch heels. It was the originality for me.

by Anonymousreply 9February 13, 2023 2:02 AM

She would have lost Lipsync for your Life with that performance.

by Anonymousreply 10February 13, 2023 2:02 AM

It is just me or she didn't even bother to lip synch?

Seems like there were MANY times the mike was away from her mouth and her "singing" continued?

by Anonymousreply 11February 13, 2023 2:03 AM

R10 Loved every time that her voice kept going even when her mic was hanging out by her knees.

by Anonymousreply 12February 13, 2023 2:04 AM

Matt Walsh said RiRi was acting uppity

by Anonymousreply 13February 13, 2023 2:05 AM

Who is Matt Walsh and why should we give a fuck what he thinks about Rihanna?

by Anonymousreply 14February 13, 2023 2:08 AM

If you critique RiRi that’s misogynoir.

by Anonymousreply 15February 13, 2023 2:12 AM

I thought it was nice of riri to pantomime for the deaf folx

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by Anonymousreply 16February 13, 2023 2:14 AM

You win some, you lose some. I thought last year's half time was the best in a while. This was pretty boring.

by Anonymousreply 17February 13, 2023 2:17 AM

I thought it was great. I like that she focused on the songs and not putting on a big spectacle. People seem to want a cartoon show like Katy Perry and GaGa instead of the music.

by Anonymousreply 18February 13, 2023 2:17 AM

She’s always been boring onstage. She’s been away for so long, people have forgotten she was a singles artist with great music videos.

I bet one can post a memorable Rihanna performance.

I knew what to expect.

by Anonymousreply 19February 13, 2023 2:18 AM

Ugh I meant I bet no one can post a memorable Rihanna performance. The only ones I remember are her really bad ones.

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by Anonymousreply 20February 13, 2023 2:19 AM

I also felt like her performing all her hit songs was a reflection of how poor pop music and the radio has been. Those hit songs have all come and gone and faded away. I forgot some of the songs she performed and they were big hits. Like when was the last time you heard “Only Girl in the World”? Lmao.

by Anonymousreply 21February 13, 2023 2:20 AM

did she sing the black panther song?

by Anonymousreply 22February 13, 2023 2:21 AM

R21 lives under a rock, because all her songs are still always playing on radio, streaming or satellite

by Anonymousreply 23February 13, 2023 2:25 AM

dats why she sells clothes n stuff, her concerts/music suk bad.

by Anonymousreply 24February 13, 2023 2:29 AM

Deadline is just industry cocksuckers now

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by Anonymousreply 25February 13, 2023 2:33 AM

I think I'd rather be roofied and fingered by Bowen Yang than watch that again

by Anonymousreply 26February 13, 2023 2:33 AM

madonnas show was one of the best ever, agreed. TAKE SOME LESSONS RHI RHI, UR SUCKED

by Anonymousreply 28February 13, 2023 2:39 AM

R18 Gaga's halftime performance wasn't cartoonish at all. It was basically like Rihanna's except she has energy and can actually sing.

by Anonymousreply 29February 13, 2023 2:40 AM

Jazz hands and slapped her pussy throughout the performance.

Awful

by Anonymousreply 30February 13, 2023 2:40 AM

Whatever she was paid should be considered reparations.

by Anonymousreply 31February 13, 2023 2:40 AM

OP “me and my family”, “has now fell asleep”? Is this satire or are you just really really stupid?

I’m going with the latter.

by Anonymousreply 32February 13, 2023 2:41 AM

She’s never been much of a performer anyways… she’s also pregnant so I’m not sure why people expected a big show.

by Anonymousreply 33February 13, 2023 2:43 AM

SHOULD hve gotten a fun performer once they knew the bich was preggers.... IT WAS A NON PERFORMANCE. shittiest halftime show of my 76 years. u cunts !

by Anonymousreply 34February 13, 2023 2:47 AM

R20 That’s my drunk aunt doing karaoke at a wedding reception during last call.

by Anonymousreply 36February 13, 2023 3:11 AM

I don't give two shits, give me a four piece band and some rock and roll any day and I'll be happy. But she's probably giving the people what they want.

What I LOVE about this Superbowl is all of the people of color TROLLING the right. You know it'll give Cucker Tarlson and the idiots on Fox aneurisms for the next couple of weeks. Even the electric truck and car ads seemed to troll them. I hope they all die in a pool of their own bile getting outraged over this entertainment.

by Anonymousreply 37February 13, 2023 3:17 AM

R37 You doing 🍄 🍄 on a Sunday night?

by Anonymousreply 38February 13, 2023 3:18 AM

R39 her wallet does not care!

by Anonymousreply 40February 13, 2023 3:20 AM

[quote] I love the fact that she said fuck the status quo for pop starlets. I'm not changing outfits and yall know I'm not a Beyonce so I'm not gna sing, dance, and sweat in 6 inch heels.

She's been out of shape for years, now. If she had been in better shape, she would have been changing outfits and making an attempt to dance.

by Anonymousreply 41February 13, 2023 3:21 AM

Well she’s no Kim Carnes that’s for sure!

by Anonymousreply 42February 13, 2023 3:24 AM

She has always been a low-energy performer and her voice is decent for the material she does, but nothing more than that. She's been smart/lucky in her studio collaborators, but for a while she was churning out albums as fast as Taylor Swift, and many of them were mediocre (Talk That Talk was mostly crap).

If you're going to be the center of an extravaganza, you better have a bit more personality as a performer to pull it off.

by Anonymousreply 43February 13, 2023 3:28 AM

I love it. Very clean look to all of it. It was a manic bullshit mess with 50,000 different acts trying to get attention on stage. She stood out to the masses! A beautiful visual and good music is all that is needed!

by Anonymousreply 44February 13, 2023 3:29 AM

I tuned in to watch her and she looked pregnant to me.

by Anonymousreply 45February 13, 2023 3:29 AM

Rihanna should've performed before her hiatus from music. Beyoncé should've returned this year as a way to promote Renaissance and the upcoming tour. Over the past decade or so, Madonna, JLo, Gaga, & Beyoncé each gave performances that were worth rewatching. I have no desire to watch Rihanna be pregnant in red and give some half-assed dance moves. The floating stages were cool, though.

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by Anonymousreply 46February 13, 2023 3:29 AM

I love Rihanna but that was awful. God I miss 80s, 90s, 2000s Madonna. Showmanship is dead.

by Anonymousreply 47February 13, 2023 3:32 AM

ONLY a miscarriage on stage could have saved that sorry assed performance.

by Anonymousreply 48February 13, 2023 3:37 AM

She’s at her best when entering the Met Gala.

by Anonymousreply 49February 13, 2023 3:39 AM

In a weird way, I kind of admire Rihanna's "I don't give a fuck" attitude. It's actually genuine and somehow inspiring, unlike Madonna with her fucked-up face and sheer insecurity and defensiveness.

I love how Rihanna is like "Oh, I'm supposed to go in hard during this dance breakdown" and instead just flaps her arms, even with less precision or enthusiasm than a drugged-up Britney. Or she's like, "Yeah, I haven't been on stage for almost a decade but here's another plug for my Fenty line".

She gives zero fucks but still looks amazing.

by Anonymousreply 50February 13, 2023 3:40 AM

[quote] Or she's like, "Yeah, I haven't been on stage for almost a decade but here's another plug for my Fenty line".

How is that refreshing? She made a billion dollars on that makeup brand and is shilling her own brand during the Super Bowl? While giving a half-assed performance?

by Anonymousreply 51February 13, 2023 3:42 AM

Maybe she could’ve clutched her uterus like Ma’am did on Webster when she was miscarrying.

by Anonymousreply 52February 13, 2023 3:43 AM

I don't see what's attractive about a low-energy performer who has an "I don't care attitude". I guess it's okay if you are not paying to see her perform.

by Anonymousreply 53February 13, 2023 3:46 AM

[quote] How is that refreshing? She made a billion dollars on that makeup brand and is shilling her own brand during the Super Bowl? While giving a half-assed performance?

Rihanna doesn't care about music anymore. Her Fenty plug was obviously to show where her head is now. She's about her empire. Music is not a priority anymore.

by Anonymousreply 54February 13, 2023 3:47 AM

Yeah when I want to close my eyes and just feel the music and voice, Rianna is the last one that comes to mind. I go to Gladys for that.

by Anonymousreply 55February 13, 2023 3:57 AM

Her coshtumesh and color shenshe were shpectacular! Halshton livesh!

by Anonymousreply 56February 13, 2023 4:01 AM

She was disgusting. She touched her cooch and sniffed. She did all sorts of sex gyrations. Boring and gross.

by Anonymousreply 57February 13, 2023 4:06 AM

Flat. If that performance was a song, it didn't have a bridge. Just one note all the way through.

by Anonymousreply 58February 13, 2023 4:12 AM

r59, he was already bitching about her this week even before she performed, so there's not much point to his attack.

by Anonymousreply 60February 13, 2023 4:30 AM

Why was she sniffing her fingers?

by Anonymousreply 61February 13, 2023 4:32 AM

The dancers were off, never in sync.

by Anonymousreply 62February 13, 2023 4:32 AM

She and Taylor Swift were named the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. This was the list that excluded Celine among many, many other far superior singers.

Also, Rihanna has never been known to be a songwriter so how is she nominated for an Oscar for Best Song? They nominated that horrible Lady Gaga song, neglected Taylor’s far superior song. WTF is going on?

by Anonymousreply 63February 13, 2023 4:33 AM

Weird looking backup dancers. Their costumes looked like hazmat suits.

by Anonymousreply 64February 13, 2023 4:36 AM

R58, I love that stupid fkin cunt president we once had. He is comedy gold.

by Anonymousreply 65February 13, 2023 4:37 AM

If only I took my blood pressure meds and cholesterol meds, I would have entertained the hell out of everyone at the half time show. If only...

by Anonymousreply 67February 13, 2023 4:44 AM

She talentless what did you expect? I saw her at Sziget years ago and she sucked. Just walked around and pointed the microphone to the crowd. Her lipsynching tonight was laughable.

by Anonymousreply 68February 13, 2023 4:44 AM

If only I didn't take coke and meth before getting into the bathtub 11 years ago yesterday, I would've entertained the hell out of everyone at the half time show. And Ri Ri could've kissed my ass !

by Anonymousreply 69February 13, 2023 4:46 AM

Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy looked like a dyke at this years game. I think she may be end up a they/them like JLo's daughter. The ugly ones usually do.

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by Anonymousreply 70February 13, 2023 4:47 AM

I thought the dancers were fine. They looked like they were having fun. Rihanna is gorgeous.

by Anonymousreply 71February 13, 2023 4:49 AM

If only I had shared that sandwich with Karen Carpenter, we could have rocked that Super Bowl crowd today.

by Anonymousreply 72February 13, 2023 4:51 AM

Even her weave was ratty.

by Anonymousreply 73February 13, 2023 4:52 AM

How was Gaga’s performance a spectacle?

I’m not even a Gaga fan but did you miss the part where she sat at the piano and actually sang during her performance? She also danced her ass off.

It’s not “cool” or whatever for this talentless skank Rihanna to not be able to do her job properly. If you’re not going to bring a spectacle at least fucking give us live singing or play an instrument (like Prince) or do SOMETHING.

She’s talentless as shit so she actually does need a spectacle to surround her.

by Anonymousreply 75February 13, 2023 5:01 AM

the network will make money on the tabloid press rounds about the half time show. They are officially going with, people think it was boring, do you? They probably did not have enough money to make it a BIGGER show. She got paid, but they skimped on the performance/stage budget.

by Anonymousreply 76February 13, 2023 5:19 AM

R70 Only on DL do people say things like that aloud. 😆. Leave Queen Beys first born alone. I've seen her look danty before, plus what's wrong with being a dyke.

by Anonymousreply 77February 13, 2023 5:21 AM

Jay-Z's mom is a lesbian. You guys should be more respectful.

by Anonymousreply 78February 13, 2023 5:23 AM

R78 the guy who use say “faggot” in his raps?

by Anonymousreply 79February 13, 2023 5:25 AM

I've only seen positive remarks about Rihanna's HTS, from celebs and people on my timeline that I know.

by Anonymousreply 80February 13, 2023 5:33 AM

Agreed R75. Gaga's Super Bowl was damn entertaining. A big thing that sets her apart from her peers is that she can play and sing live quite well. It adds to the experience knowing the performer has innate musicality. She really owns the stage.

I still Madonna's was the best of the recent half time shows. And I am not a Madonna fan. She just puts on such a great show.

by Anonymousreply 81February 13, 2023 5:33 AM

My stalker is back. Fah shame

by Anonymousreply 82February 13, 2023 5:34 AM

Think her music career is done. She didn’t seem like she cared at all. She has other money making ventures so she doesn’t need the music career anymore.

by Anonymousreply 83February 13, 2023 5:37 AM

This was the kind of performance you'd expect from Conservtorship Britney. Just waving her arms around. The big dance breakdown for We Found Love, Rihanna could barely raise her arms.

Madonna, Beyonce, Gaga, even Katy Perry, knew they had to give it all.

I still enjoyed Rihanna's show but I'm still not sure why she chose to do it.

by Anonymousreply 84February 13, 2023 5:52 AM

R81 I’d be going with the past tense re your last sentence.

by Anonymousreply 85February 13, 2023 5:52 AM

The Lady Gaga half-time and the Beyonce / Bruno Mars halftime were really good.

I think Gaga did lip sync some of it, but the part at the piano was live.

IMO, the Madonna half-time was just OK. She didn’t totally disappoint, but she was stiff. Yes, I realize she’s older, even back then.

by Anonymousreply 86February 13, 2023 5:52 AM

R85 ain't that the truth!

by Anonymousreply 87February 13, 2023 6:05 AM

You people do know she's pregnant, right? She literally opened her performance by opening her robe and rubbing her obviously pregnant belly. And you people expected, what? Backflips? Magic tricks? Fourteen minutes of her roger rabbitting her ass off?

by Anonymousreply 88February 13, 2023 6:18 AM

So, no one here is aware she's pregnant? That's probably why the dance moves are minimal. She usually is a lot more "animated" on stage than that when there's not a whole human growing in her body.

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by Anonymousreply 89February 13, 2023 6:20 AM

Madonna looked so good back then. Her performance was stiff as far as dance moves, but her costumes, back up dancers and set design/production were awesome. I feel like I’ve seen Rihanna’s back up dancers costuming before. The whole thing was just lazy.

R88, why take the gig then to half ass it? She could have and should have declined if the pregnancy was an issue with for her performing up to a certain standard.

by Anonymousreply 90February 13, 2023 6:22 AM

Lol she would have sucked whether she was pregnant or not

by Anonymousreply 91February 13, 2023 6:23 AM

They will go with a rock act next. I guarantee it. People want a break from this pop crap for a while. Red Hot Chilli Peppers will headline the next show. Bet on it.

by Anonymousreply 92February 13, 2023 6:24 AM

Goddamnit, I linked the wrong damn video at r89.

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by Anonymousreply 93February 13, 2023 6:26 AM

R92, I miss the rock acts, but the NFL seems to have abandoned them. The Who and Tom Petty were two of the best half times to me. Next year I bet it’ll be Taylor Swift, Harry Styles or Miley Cyrus. I’m shocked Drake hasn’t done it yet.

by Anonymousreply 94February 13, 2023 6:31 AM

r94 Because rock, as a genre, doesn't appeal to a diverse audience. Pop does. That's what it's called pop in the first place. It's "popular." Super Bowl Halftime shows will now focus on Top 40 music whether you old geezers like it or not.

by Anonymousreply 95February 13, 2023 6:34 AM

Harry will do it next year.

by Anonymousreply 97February 13, 2023 6:36 AM

Vadge and her rapist co-singer would have been super! We need Vadge.

by Anonymousreply 98February 13, 2023 6:41 AM

I've seen Rihanna and concert and this was exactly what a Rihanna show is like, pregnant or not. She gives the same effort in a regular show.

by Anonymousreply 99February 13, 2023 6:44 AM

Kudos to her for doing the show pregnant and without guest performers. Rihanna has an amazing catalog of songs and her songs are already nostalgic for younger people. They ate it up.

by Anonymousreply 100February 13, 2023 7:13 AM

she is doing more than what the male singers do in their live shows. If u all are not complaining about them, then ur complaining about rihanna's live performances are bigotted n thrash

by Anonymousreply 101February 13, 2023 7:46 AM

R101 I can't think of anyone else of any gender who's mimed the entire show with no singing, no dancing and not even a costume change.

I like a lot of Rihanna's songs but that was a terrible performance. She's never had the strongest voice but that never stopped Katy Perry, Madonna etc from putting on good performances.

by Anonymousreply 102February 13, 2023 7:55 AM

R102 most male singers do not even sing, most of their live shows are of them wheezing from just standing still,they do not even bother lipsyncing, they do not dance, the most i have seen from them is running around on the stage flailing their arms shouting nonsense, atleast she is lipsyncing, when her mood strikes n looks gud

by Anonymousreply 103February 13, 2023 8:04 AM

For most people she’s just “that ‘Umbrella’ singer”.

by Anonymousreply 104February 13, 2023 8:09 AM

I'm amazed this thread got to 104 responses since there is absolutely nothing to say about this talentless ho of a "singer". O well. At least she is worth what do they say? 1.4 billion or some such shit.

by Anonymousreply 105February 13, 2023 8:12 AM

I would rather talk about the sexy whitemeat that is John Bolger. God he gave me such a lady boner back in the 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 106February 13, 2023 8:13 AM

R76, please don't post when you know shit. The entertainment is NOT paid.

by Anonymousreply 107February 13, 2023 8:18 AM

Is it true Rihanna got pregnant during halftime?

by Anonymousreply 108February 13, 2023 8:28 AM

[quote]God he gave me such a lady boner back in the 80s.

And just as I suspected, most of the people in here complaining about this are from a different generation (read: old as fuck).

Listen, the new generations (Millennials and Gen Z) are becoming the dominant generation which is why everything is shifting to be more appealing to them (i.e. entertainment, technology, etc.) The generation that is likely responsible for 90% of the posts in this thread is, quite literally, dying off, while the remaining 10% are probably going deaf and/or blind. That said, the time of corporations wooing you is fading, so the most you can hope for is being in the 10% so that you, at the very least, don't have to hear and/or watch it happen.

by Anonymousreply 109February 13, 2023 8:37 AM

No, but the baby spontaneously aborted after the show.

by Anonymousreply 110February 13, 2023 8:38 AM

R109. Corporations are all going bankrupt because Zers don't buy anything and are too fucked up with 50 personality disorders that they never leave the house. Zers are the end of times.

by Anonymousreply 111February 13, 2023 8:41 AM

It was fine. She's no Madonna, Beyonce or Gaga, but nobody thought she was. Pretty forgettable in general.

by Anonymousreply 112February 13, 2023 8:42 AM

Fingering your snatch and smelling is entertainment? Hard pass.

by Anonymousreply 113February 13, 2023 9:07 AM

I have to say the floating stages were very cool, but the novelty kind of wore off by the end. Someone upthread nailed it. A talented singles artist who has only very rarely given strong live performances. People seem to have forgotten that. I went in with low expectations. They were met.

by Anonymousreply 114February 13, 2023 9:22 AM

You can be pregnant and sing live at the same time. That’s no excuse.

by Anonymousreply 115February 13, 2023 11:17 AM

Were the lame floating stages actually real? I was imaging her falling flat on her ass when one of them malfunctioned. LOL. That would have been stellar.

by Anonymousreply 116February 13, 2023 11:31 AM

Please, Gaga is at best adequate on the piano, doesn’t have much stage presence, and has a honking, unpleasant voice. Gaga canNOT dance. At all. Gaga is the single most overrated entertainer out there. She wishes she had Rihanna’s song catalog, beauty, and charisma.

by Anonymousreply 117February 13, 2023 11:45 AM

It was awful and boring. J-Lo can't sing, but she appreciated the opportunity and worked her ass off to give a good show. I hate watching artists who act like they're too cool to be there.

by Anonymousreply 118February 13, 2023 11:49 AM

They don't get paid for being there so since RiRi had nothing to promote it makes sense why she doesn't care.

by Anonymousreply 119February 13, 2023 11:51 AM

Even if she isn’t a dynamic entertainer herself, she could have compensated for it with interesting sets and costumes on the dancers. Instead we got airborne iPhones and 15 minutes of white parkas.

by Anonymousreply 120February 13, 2023 11:52 AM

Everyone is raving about it even local news. One person said they wanted more, but that RiRi is so fantastic it didn’t matter.

by Anonymousreply 121February 13, 2023 11:54 AM

Did she flash a nipple in solidarity with Janet? Was there a washed up pop singer white guy dancing with her?

by Anonymousreply 122February 13, 2023 11:54 AM

Steve Grand is doing it next year

by Anonymousreply 124February 13, 2023 11:59 AM

R124 Getting gangbanged in the locker room by the winning team?

by Anonymousreply 125February 13, 2023 12:09 PM

Comment from Deadline:

“It was terrible. No guests, no wardrobe changes, etc. Easily the worst of the last ten years but we all know why the media won’t offer an honest critique.”

I did notice that media critiques seem to have a “let’s gather round the wagons” quality. I guess that’s what creates the cognitive dissonance which results in fiascos like the two black actresses not being nominated when Oscar voters did their private ballots.

by Anonymousreply 126February 13, 2023 12:20 PM

For example look at the Hollywood Reporter:

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by Anonymousreply 127February 13, 2023 12:23 PM

You can tell the Variety critic was not impressed but went to great lengths to be diplomatic about it:

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by Anonymousreply 128February 13, 2023 12:28 PM

[quote]Rihanna doesn't care about music anymore. Her Fenty plug was obviously to show where her head is now. She's about her empire. Music is not a priority anymore.

She should stop "singing" then.

by Anonymousreply 129February 13, 2023 12:45 PM

It was boring. There were so many staging ideas I thought off for the songs she was singing. Her background dancers never changed outfits, neither did she. It was without much thought put into it since she isn't a park and bark singer, I expected more show.

by Anonymousreply 130February 13, 2023 12:52 PM

[quote]Well she’s no Kim Carnes that’s for sure!

I had no idea Kim Carnes was a singer. She was great on SATC!

by Anonymousreply 131February 13, 2023 12:55 PM

Thug bitch loves gun and thug culture. I tuned her out years ago when she started wearing gun jewelry.

And it's obvious that she doesn't give a fuck - not surprising she opened with "Bitch Better Have My Money."

Suckers!

SUCKERS!!

by Anonymousreply 132February 13, 2023 1:05 PM

She has a head shaped like a porpoise.

by Anonymousreply 133February 13, 2023 1:15 PM

Both Gaga and Madonna lip synched their performances as well. GaGa had a live mic for the occasional shout out to the crowd, but otherwise all her singing was lip synched. Obviously Rhianna wasn't going to sing live because all her crap is auto-tuned.

Prince on the other hand, actually sang and performed live, in the pouring down rain.

by Anonymousreply 134February 13, 2023 1:27 PM

Trump's tweet regarding RiRi halftime show almost sounds like a DLer.

"Also, so much for her stylist."

by Anonymousreply 135February 13, 2023 1:31 PM

[Quote] he was already bitching about her this week even before she performed, so there's not much point to his attack.

R60 but is he any different than most of the posters here who obviously disliked RiRi way before Super Bowl 57?

by Anonymousreply 137February 13, 2023 1:43 PM

She'd have been less boring if she'd broken her water on stage while performing and then still carried on like a trouper.

by Anonymousreply 138February 13, 2023 1:54 PM

And we now know that white parkas are triggering traumatized George Washington University students, fearing for their lives!

by Anonymousreply 139February 13, 2023 1:56 PM

I’d love to see Madonna try and pull it off today.

by Anonymousreply 140February 13, 2023 2:04 PM

It was...OK. IMO nothing compares to Prince.

by Anonymousreply 141February 13, 2023 2:10 PM

If it was Lizzo, the platform would have collapsed

by Anonymousreply 142February 13, 2023 2:25 PM

“And the calliope crashed to the ground” R142, could be quite the spectacle for next year and people can take bets on the time stamp of collapse.

by Anonymousreply 143February 13, 2023 2:29 PM

The choreography was boring and the dancers' costumes were shit.

by Anonymousreply 144February 13, 2023 2:30 PM

[quote]If it was Lizzo, the platform would have collapsed

Lizzo would have been more entertaining.

by Anonymousreply 145February 13, 2023 2:40 PM

Rihanna has a darkness to her soul. She gives bad, sinister vibes. She encourages destruction but keeps her own hands clean. 🔮

by Anonymousreply 147February 13, 2023 2:56 PM

Somewhere Stephen A. Smith is grinning.

by Anonymousreply 148February 13, 2023 2:59 PM

For those who posted that Madonna was "stiff" during her performance, she actually had a hamstring injury that was not disclosed until afterwards.....I thought she did fine.

by Anonymousreply 149February 13, 2023 3:03 PM

Madge put on a great show and still looked normal then. My, I don't even think that was 10 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 150February 13, 2023 3:06 PM

Embarrassing. I like some of the songs but this opportunity should have been given to someone who cares and doesn't almost fall asleep trying to keep up with the playback.

by Anonymousreply 151February 13, 2023 3:19 PM

MISOGYNOIR!!!!!

Where are the OpEds talking about how people expect so much of black women with a bunch of woke buzzwords?

by Anonymousreply 152February 13, 2023 3:23 PM

I'm betting Whoopi, Anna Navarro and Sunny Hostinn will be drooling all morning on 'The View' trying to convince everyone Rihanna's performance was the best ever. Sara will agree (she always goes with the majority) and Alyssa will try to eek out something positive. Sunny will then pull the race card on all the critics who found something negative to say about Rihanna.

by Anonymousreply 153February 13, 2023 3:43 PM

She couldn’t even be bothered to lip sync well. I mean, come on, at least mime the words fully.

by Anonymousreply 154February 13, 2023 3:55 PM

Wow. The reviews on Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are straining really hard to justify how lackluster it was.

by Anonymousreply 155February 13, 2023 3:58 PM

R102 are you typing from your flip phone from 2004? Writing whole words doesn’t cost extra and would make your points more readable.

by Anonymousreply 161February 13, 2023 4:14 PM

Too bad I let Dr. Murray put me to sleep with that last dose of propofol. I would've put on a thrillingly bad half-time show at the and announce my farewell concert tour at the age of 64. The audience would've loved the KPop boys as my backup dancers - and they wouldn't be wearing any white parkas. They wouldn't be wearing very much at all.

by Anonymousreply 163February 13, 2023 4:16 PM

Awful...zero energy, bad lip-syncing, horrible costumes. The Weekend was so great last year.

by Anonymousreply 164February 13, 2023 4:18 PM

Black privilege. If a white person gave the same performance they would be called mediocre. Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake were DRAGGED hard for their performances by all of mainstream media. Go look up the reviews if you don't believe me. As they should have been, but its obviously only acceptable to drag them because they are white men.

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by Anonymousreply 165February 13, 2023 4:18 PM

[quote] Because rock, as a genre, doesn't appeal to a diverse audience. Pop does. That's what it's called pop in the first place. It's "popular." Super Bowl Halftime shows will now focus on Top 40 music whether you old geezers like it or not.

Rihanna’s hasn’t put out new music in 5 years, she’s not exactly current or that popular at present.

by Anonymousreply 166February 13, 2023 4:20 PM

R165 BP is very real and exceeding beyond WP everyday. A new ruling class is being crowned, one beyond the reach of criticism. 👸🏾

by Anonymousreply 167February 13, 2023 4:20 PM

They didn't disappoint ! The View ladies praised Ri-Ri. So happy to see her pregnant, they said, and wow! what a show ! Sara said 'She owned this femininity and bad-assery!'

by Anonymousreply 168February 13, 2023 4:21 PM

I feel like she didn't understand the assignment.

by Anonymousreply 169February 13, 2023 4:22 PM

I feel like they all be lying on her.

by Anonymousreply 170February 13, 2023 4:23 PM

I feel like they be disrespecting her.

by Anonymousreply 171February 13, 2023 4:23 PM

Odd that the NFL official video uses mostly close shots when the whole thing is designed for a stadium. They barely show the flying platforms, rarely pull back to show the overall scene. The people in the stadium got a much better show than the home audience.

by Anonymousreply 172February 13, 2023 4:23 PM

R172 because of their Misogynoir!!!

by Anonymousreply 173February 13, 2023 4:25 PM

Yes! Sunny pulled the race card early with the 'Superbowl' coverage. She liked we finally had two black QBs, but now it's time to have black owners of NFL teams - she keeps repeating this. Maybe she can talk to some of her wealthy black business owners she knows, and talk them into making an offer ? They can't own one if they're not actively interested.

by Anonymousreply 174February 13, 2023 4:28 PM

[quote]Loved every time that her voice kept going even when her mic was hanging out by her knees.

And your point is??? We have years and years of classical voice training, Miss Karen! Now would you still like to speak to the manager?

by Anonymousreply 176February 13, 2023 4:32 PM

^^^^

R173 well, just look at the choice of words on this thread...

Not a fan really but the criticism is aimed personally and directly at the woman, not the vast team that created the show. The broadcast director's choices are mostly to blame for the perception of the overall show. They made a big stage too small.

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by Anonymousreply 177February 13, 2023 4:32 PM

Too bad Michael Feinshtein and I didn't shay yesh to the offer to perform during the half-time show. They wanted me to do a tribute to mama'sh great shongs. "Cabaret", "New York, New York", "The World Goesh Round"...I jusht couldn't say yesh.

by Anonymousreply 180February 13, 2023 4:40 PM

I thought the minimalism of Rihanna’s show was compelling.

Still, I want JLo making jaws drop by shaking her 51 years old groove thang at the camera and looking damn good doing it, too.

by Anonymousreply 181February 13, 2023 4:55 PM

OP, you agree with Dump! What else do you have in common with him???

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by Anonymousreply 182February 13, 2023 4:57 PM

[quote] I thought the minimalism of Rihanna’s show was compelling.

IMO, minimalism only works when you actually sing. I know there's a lot of lip syncing going on at halftime. But if you want to be "minimal," then you need to turn on your mic and sing.

by Anonymousreply 183February 13, 2023 4:58 PM

R183 Or play an instrument like Prince

by Anonymousreply 184February 13, 2023 5:07 PM

Trump needs to shut up and focus on his hopefully imminent indictment.

by Anonymousreply 185February 13, 2023 5:09 PM

I've never been interested in the Super Bowl, and know little if anything about its halftime shows unless clobbered with footage online, but I checked this out -- and I loved it! She's beautiful, edgy in her domain, it was an aesthetically glittering spectacle, both minimalist and glam, and WTF? I'll take her any day over the banal, drab, overhyped tedium of "Queen Bey" -- who bores me to the tears.

by Anonymousreply 188February 13, 2023 7:50 PM

They should like a laser light show one year, or some banging instrumental performance.

by Anonymousreply 189February 13, 2023 7:58 PM

If the band didn't break up in 1974, we would've kicked ass at the half-time show. We could find a replacement for David Cassidy, but Suzanne Crough was not important enough to replace. I could've played her tambourine along with my piano. Maybe next year - we will have a 50th reunion at the Superbowl.

by Anonymousreply 190February 13, 2023 8:06 PM

I hope next year's half time show will be the band aqua with barbie girl and their other hits in order to honor this year's barbie movie.

by Anonymousreply 191February 13, 2023 8:29 PM

R190 Wow, Susan Dey, finally commented.

by Anonymousreply 192February 13, 2023 8:32 PM

It's hilarious how the MSM has been bending over backwards to be as kind to Rhianna as possible. I wonder if they would have been more honest if there hadn't been so much blowback about Beyonce not winning the top Grammy.

by Anonymousreply 193February 13, 2023 9:11 PM

R182 has allowed Trump to live in their head rent free for too long.

by Anonymousreply 194February 13, 2023 10:15 PM

Rihanna live, at her peak.

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by Anonymousreply 196February 13, 2023 10:34 PM

RiRi still shits on the likes of Lady Gaga in so many ways. RiRi is at least interesting and pretty. AND she’s also nominated for an Oscar! Both RiRi and Lady Gaga barely contribute to songwriting. Her first nomination for song was with Diane Warren and it was shown DW had the ENTIRE song written before bringing on Lady Gaga who changed literally a word. Then, she get tacked on a Mark Ronson song with 4 other songwriters when she “won”. I hope RiRi wins.

by Anonymousreply 197February 13, 2023 10:38 PM

Amy Winehouse would have been amazing doing a show like this. She would have actually sang too.

by Anonymousreply 199February 13, 2023 10:49 PM

Of course it was boring. She's a lazy artist and even lazier performer. She's even kind of admitted to that. What she does have is the cool factor/edge and pop hits people still really love that a lot of the other 'divas' just don't have.

I'm surprised she even did as much as she did.

by Anonymousreply 200February 13, 2023 10:49 PM

R200 most of her songs aren't cool but annoying especially that work song. Young people love her makeup line more than her actual songs.

by Anonymousreply 201February 13, 2023 10:52 PM

Swift is up next.

That will be another lackluster performance but she will bring more pizzazz to the stage in terms of stage props.

by Anonymousreply 202February 13, 2023 10:57 PM

It was boring but she has never been a performer. She’s all personality and marketing and excellent producers. Plus she’s a billionaire due to Fenty. And she was pregnant so I’ll give her a pass.

by Anonymousreply 203February 13, 2023 10:57 PM

[quote] most of her songs aren't cool but annoying especially that work song. Young people love her makeup line more than her actual songs.

No, people love her songs, especially the earlier pop hits, which still get constant rotation on radio. I will give her that. But when I said 'cool', that was in reference to her overall image, not the songs.

by Anonymousreply 204February 13, 2023 11:02 PM

They've already announced that next year's half time show will be a bunch of middle aged frau's dressed in yoga pants cradling their mugs and singing "This Little Light of Mine."

by Anonymousreply 205February 13, 2023 11:16 PM

She has 14 #1s. Two more than Madonna and she would have easily caught Mariah and her fake forgotten payola’d “#1s” had she kept going. Her songs are good. She was a hit factory then poof she stopped.

by Anonymousreply 206February 13, 2023 11:35 PM

R206 did rihanna have her own motolla?

by Anonymousreply 207February 13, 2023 11:37 PM

R207 No, RiRi actually had songs a large part of the population liked. Now, sometime in the 00s on radio really manipulated single positions since sales counted less and radio played what they wanted since they’re huge conglomerates. RiRi did not benefit from a Mottola like Mariah hugely did.

by Anonymousreply 208February 13, 2023 11:47 PM

Madonna could easily pull off the performance Rihanna did last night. And she could pull it off well into her 80s. The only thing Madonna could not pull off, is her own iconic performances from the past, because the woman is almost 65 years old after all.

by Anonymousreply 209February 13, 2023 11:54 PM

My post above was meant to be toward R140

by Anonymousreply 210February 13, 2023 11:55 PM

Lip-syncing ? At the Superbowl ? In my day we sang our lungs out at the Vegas casinos. There was no lip-syncing back then. I got this Ri Ri hussy's number.

by Anonymousreply 211February 13, 2023 11:58 PM

Lip syncing is done, for most, due to the avoidance of technical difficulties. They’d have dead air if something went wrong.

MJ lip synced all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. Yet never gets shit for it.

by Anonymousreply 212February 14, 2023 12:00 AM

They asked me in late December if I would perform at the Superbowl Half Time Show - for free. For free ? After some haggling I narrowed it down to fifteen minutes, but told them I would have to give it some deep thought.

I retreated to my cream colored easy chair in fine Corinthian leather on New Year's Day, and curled up in my favorite petal pink angora sweater with my beautiful, pink leather 'thoughts book' - a gift from my friend Oprah. I started jotting ideas down , such as 'musical tribute to Sondheim', and 'Marilyn Bergman medley of hit songs'.

Days rolled on, and I added more thoughts and ideas into my book - perhaps a movie music tribute to me ? Songs I never sang but always wanted to do so ? Soundtrack to my autobiography ? Just a few days ago, I got the news that my favorite lyricist of all time - Burt Bacharach - had kicked the bucket. It was done - I'd do a Bacharach medley in his honor, and clarify to the audience it was not a tribute to that Dionne Warwick person.

The only name for the Superbowl I could remember was that adorable guy Patrick Mohanes, so I called him up yesterday, before the game.

"Hello, Patrick. I've decided I'll accept the offer to perform in the halftime for free, but only for fifteen minutes," I told him.

"Bitch, who dis be ?" he asked.

"Barbra. Barbra Streisand - like sand on the beach."

"Bitch, I don't know who you are, but we already got my ex girlfriend and baby mama Ri Ri. Bye, bitch !"

I was flabbergasted. Ri Ri ? Really ? Did I hear right ? How in the world did they get Aretha Franklin - dead nearly 35 years - to come back to life an entertain at the Superbowl ?

by Anonymousreply 213February 14, 2023 12:44 AM

André Leon Talley would have felt honored.

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by Anonymousreply 214February 14, 2023 1:14 AM

Rihanna has always been a singles artist and she gave a single artist's halftime show...She also doesn't need to have a music career anymore, so, yeah she can be lazy and a low-key half time. No one is coming close to Prince (the greatest half-time show ever) or Michael Jackson or Beyonce (close runner up).

by Anonymousreply 215February 14, 2023 1:18 AM

R193 Why does everything have to be about race with you people. The media always glorifies charismatic, beautiful women. I can see why many thought it was a lazy performance, but that's the very reason why my subversive ass loved it. And I forgot how many hits this bitch had. I love how she and Queen Bey are so mainstream yet unapologetically black.

by Anonymousreply 216February 14, 2023 1:24 AM

What distinguishes a “singles artist” from pop singers in general?

by Anonymousreply 217February 14, 2023 1:55 AM

r217 singles artists are good at just that, selling popular, "flavor of the month" singles, and are not defined by album sales, being great performers or vocalists. People here commented that Rihanna performed hits they totally forgot she sang, that's because she's a singles artist. People just remember the song, and not necessarily the artist behind it.

Umbrella & Diamonds are songs that will forever be associated with her though.

by Anonymousreply 218February 14, 2023 2:27 AM

R218 but in the aughts some of the most popular artists were single artists. Their album sales were merely meh. But you knew they weren't a fluke because they could generate world tours. It's because how late 90s millenials perceive and consume music. They may not buy the album but will stream the shit out of it on YouTube.

by Anonymousreply 219February 14, 2023 2:31 AM

It's like how everyone thought domino was a katy perry song but it was actually sung by jessi j. Those are the single artists while the album people have themes like christina with back to basics or madonna with confessions on a dildo

by Anonymousreply 220February 14, 2023 2:32 AM

R218 And I think you've got it wrong. Its not that people forgot Rihanna was the artist behind the hit, it's we forgot how many hits she had. Because they constantly replaced each other.

by Anonymousreply 221February 14, 2023 2:32 AM

r221 if you forgot how many hits she had, it's because she has poor association with her songs. Artists build association with songs through memorable performances, its like Janet Jackson and Rhythm Nation, she performed the hell out of the song so people will forever associate it with her.

by Anonymousreply 222February 14, 2023 2:46 AM

R222 No one associates Jane Jacket with anything but nepotism. And no talent whisper coos.

by Anonymousreply 223February 14, 2023 2:49 AM

Tired f-ggot at R223 who is loved by no one. Janet achieved more by the time she was 25 than you have in your entire pathetic lifetime.

But you tried it.

by Anonymousreply 224February 14, 2023 3:59 AM

R224 thanks to her last name, janbot.

by Anonymousreply 225February 14, 2023 4:05 AM

Jane Jacket is slightly better than RiRi.

by Anonymousreply 226February 14, 2023 4:13 AM

[quote]especially that work song.

What's annoying about this?

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by Anonymousreply 228February 14, 2023 4:26 AM

I thought she was going to go all Singing in the Rain when she started singing Umbrella. I was waiting for the props.

I agree about Work. I’ve always hated it. It’s so annoying Work, Work, Work, Work.....

by Anonymousreply 229February 14, 2023 4:37 AM

r229 I think the repetition of the chorus combined with the fact that the vast majority of non-Caribbean ears can't understand Patois may add to the annoyance for a lot of people.

It doesn't bother me. But, then again, I understand Patois.

by Anonymousreply 230February 14, 2023 4:48 AM

R225, just because you say something 100,000 times doesn't make it so.

by Anonymousreply 231February 14, 2023 6:03 AM

It's probably too late, but I'd like to see Cher. Her dancing was never the greatest, but she's got 60 years of material.

by Anonymousreply 232February 14, 2023 7:06 AM

The performance was extremely lame, as most on here have agreed

Whats amazing is how those who defend it use words like "subversive", "unapologetic" and "minimalist" to do so. These depressing masochists just crave a big old lazy "fuck you" being hurled at them rather than being uplifted and entertained.

by Anonymousreply 233February 14, 2023 8:39 AM

R233 It was the fierceness for me.

by Anonymousreply 234February 14, 2023 8:40 AM

OMFG. Only a DL geezer would wanna see Cher when she has been finished for years.

by Anonymousreply 235February 14, 2023 10:02 AM

R230 nice excuse right there. The song is annoying and ridiculous. Of course a simpleton like you with no taste in quality music will like that over commercialized garbage.

by Anonymousreply 236February 14, 2023 10:53 AM

I still remember hating RiRi's first song back in 2005, SOS. Had some garbage 80's sample. She had non-existent singing ability then and zero talent and has proven that with every one of her garbage songs.

by Anonymousreply 237February 14, 2023 10:56 AM

[quote]Of course a simpleton like you with no taste in quality music will like that over commercialized garbage.

I'm actually capable of enjoying music from nearly every genre on the planet. It just depends on the song or piece.

That said, there is nothing more pathetic and transparent than someone who unironically uses the music interests of others as a litmus test of sorts to gauge their intellectual abilities in a misguided attempt to make themselves seem more sophisticated. It's usually a sign of a deeply insecure and miserable individual completely devoid of culture and class.

Your inferiority complex is showing, r236. I'd advise you to acquire a personality to replace the one that clearly fell victim to years of bullying and social ostracization, but I fear yours is a sad enough case to be rendered unsalvagable.

by Anonymousreply 238February 14, 2023 11:15 AM

R237 Jealous Lady Gaga fan. RiRi is effortlessly cool, fierce, beautiful, fun, and has tons of hit songs unlike Lady Tryhard.

by Anonymousreply 239February 14, 2023 11:28 AM

R239 Sure, sure, Janbot. Isn't there a thread you should be infesting about Jane Jacket?

by Anonymousreply 240February 14, 2023 11:56 AM

R241 We all know by this point how terrible Jane Jacket always was.

by Anonymousreply 242February 14, 2023 12:09 PM

No one remembers Janet, her left boob was the star.

by Anonymousreply 243February 14, 2023 12:10 PM

Both Gaga and Rihenna have deep voices and small vocal ranges. That's why people often fall asleep when they perform but gag has at least a good technique but when on tour she loses stamina and starts to sound like the women in "80 for Brady" after some tour dates have passed.

by Anonymousreply 244February 14, 2023 12:48 PM

R237 That wasn't her first song. Pon De Replay was and it was a hit. Many of us in high school at the time were like who is the Caribbean Beyonce. Ughhh.. the days of TRL.

by Anonymousreply 245February 14, 2023 1:12 PM

Am I the only one confused by Rihanna's celebrity and more specifically, her immense wealth?

by Anonymousreply 247February 14, 2023 1:26 PM

She has good taste in music apparently

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by Anonymousreply 248February 14, 2023 1:32 PM

Rihanna and Beyonce operate different realms. Beyonce is a perfectionist diva who projects a goddess persona. Rihanna is a laid-back stoner Island girl who has a IDGAF personality.

by Anonymousreply 249February 14, 2023 2:24 PM

^And both cite Queen Janet as an influence (and have shown it in their work and personal styles).

by Anonymousreply 250February 14, 2023 6:01 PM

Did Rihanna touch her vag area and then sniff her fingers?

I have a straight friend who went on and on about it on Facebook and how inappropriate it was.

I was so bored that I didn't even notice it

by Anonymousreply 251February 14, 2023 6:41 PM

😂 if she did do that who cares

by Anonymousreply 252February 14, 2023 8:47 PM

People still can't grasp that pop stars aren't musicians but rather cult of celebrity and tons of marketing. Sorry but it's the truth and it's always been like that since the 1940s when bubblegum pop industry formed. Anyone complaining about about her lack of singing talent or choreography are ridiculous. When she's never been known for either. People paid to see her perform because she's charismatic and with sex appeal and has good music. Her voice isn't bad, she sings better than Britney, Jennifer Lopez and now Madonna.

by Anonymousreply 253February 14, 2023 8:49 PM

R250 Janet, Madonna, Tina Turner, Fefe Dobson, Cher and Grace Jones.

by Anonymousreply 254February 14, 2023 9:08 PM

What a bore....however, the staging was a lot of fun...she has no energy and the lip-synching is just lazy..the clothes were ridiculous ...I can't believe she is such a huge star....

by Anonymousreply 255February 14, 2023 9:59 PM

R235, we should all be as finished as Cher. At least she'd make the effort to hold the microphone to her mouth, and we'd get decent costumes.

by Anonymousreply 256February 14, 2023 10:33 PM

Pink could do well at halftime. She can actually sing and move around a stage. I'm not sure what kind of shape she's in, now.

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by Anonymousreply 257February 14, 2023 10:40 PM

Pink is electrifying compared to Rihanna.

by Anonymousreply 260February 14, 2023 11:56 PM

R253 Not one thing you said was true. Delusional, stupid Zer.

by Anonymousreply 261February 15, 2023 12:11 AM

R253 she has never sung better than Madonna. Ever. But RiRi has the X factor.

by Anonymousreply 262February 15, 2023 12:31 AM

I like Rihanna's songs, questions about her innate vocal talent notwithstanding. That said, the set designers and techs really deserve most of the credit for this performance being interesting at all. Without the floating stages, it would have been a disaster. Superbowl performers and dancers don't get paid anything, so her being low energy was mostly annoying in the context of her unpaid dancers (none of whom, I assume, are billionaires) giving 110% while she just kind of waved her arms around and barely lip synced.

by Anonymousreply 263February 15, 2023 12:51 AM

The performers are given a budget, which includes paying the dancers. Only RiRi worked for free.

by Anonymousreply 264February 15, 2023 12:54 AM

[quote] People still can't grasp that pop stars aren't musicians but rather cult of celebrity and tons of marketing.

Successful pop stars by and large are good entertainers. Nobody considers Britney Spears a real artist but she was one of the great entertainers of her day. Other people crafted her songs, image and live shows but when she went up to perform, at her peak, she brought it.

People critizing Rihanna here aren’t necessarily criticizing her as a talent but rather the complex, multiperson apparatus which deemed the show that was designed for her sufficient.

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by Anonymousreply 265February 15, 2023 12:54 AM

Boring and she didn’t even perform her best songs

by Anonymousreply 266February 15, 2023 12:56 AM

Britney was not entertaining. At all.

by Anonymousreply 267February 15, 2023 12:57 AM

R264- You're right. I didn't realize they had changed it after the controversy over last year's show.

by Anonymousreply 268February 15, 2023 12:58 AM

R264 Vadge wasn't "paid" for her performance but her set cost 13 million dollars in 2012. Not all dancers/performers were paid. There are articles about it.

by Anonymousreply 269February 15, 2023 12:59 AM

R269 Janet’s deformed, nasty smelly tit costs the eyesight of millions.

by Anonymousreply 270February 15, 2023 1:08 AM

Jabba paid with her career for her titage.

by Anonymousreply 271February 15, 2023 1:13 AM

R271 Her career was over by then. She was trying to reignite it. Failed.

by Anonymousreply 272February 15, 2023 1:18 AM

Nothing that special just like her career. She has a great 'look' however.

by Anonymousreply 273February 15, 2023 1:19 AM

Her career was not over in 2004 before the tit incident, you moron. She was still releasing shit XXX albums to her dwindling fanbase.

by Anonymousreply 274February 15, 2023 1:21 AM

Rihanna’s performance seemed to just cater to and affirm her need of celebrity rather than to entertain. That’s why there were no guest stars. Her performance was basically the pregnancy reveal. She may as well have walked off the stage after that.

So many of the defenses written for her especially coming from white shoe establishment publications seem to take offense of the audience notion that we should be entertained, almost as if it was a gauche, bourgeois notion. It really shows how ingrained and poisonous celebrity culture has become that is has divorced the idea of performing from performing artist.

by Anonymousreply 275February 15, 2023 1:26 AM

Janet’s career was well over by 2004. She tried it with the tit and America puked. Horrifying.

by Anonymousreply 276February 15, 2023 1:28 AM

R276 No one agrees with your putrid prolapsed anus. That was definitely over by 2004.

by Anonymousreply 277February 15, 2023 1:37 AM

She's retired and it showed.

by Anonymousreply 279February 15, 2023 1:43 AM

[quote] [R200] most of her songs aren't cool but annoying especially that work song. Young people love her makeup line more than her actual songs.

Of all the throwaway pop artists of the last 20 years she is easily the best and most interesting -- and "edgy" as someone said upthread.

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by Anonymousreply 280February 15, 2023 1:43 AM

Pop stars = manufactured products created by a studio team. May or may not be talented but definitely good-looking, charismatic and sold to a young audience. Studio tricks to make them sound decent existed even before autotune. Existed back in the 1940s to market to the emerging "teenybopper" population, teenage children of the post-WW2 generation who had disposable income. The product of capitalism.

Musicians = write songs, plays instruments, can sing, etc. Always existed and are everywhere. Their fame is more dependent on what they innovate or reach. Looks and marketability still factor in with fame. But they'll always find work as lounge singers, session musicians, professional songwriters, choruses, opera, etc.

Is there overlap? Yes. But people here need to stop pretending Madonna, Janet, Michael Jackson, etc weren't manufactured pop stars like Rihanna, Britney and J. Lo. Talent is not a prerequisite for fame. Making other people rich is.

by Anonymousreply 281February 15, 2023 3:21 AM

Madonna and Janet could never sing live and were fake singers. MJ was always an actual singer.

by Anonymousreply 282February 15, 2023 3:23 AM

R261 I'm a realist. Many pop stars are not famous for their talent. Without their looks and charisma, they'd be working a Wal-Mart. How am I a Gen Z for admitting what most people know except delusional stans like you. They make a lot of money because people want to pay to see them. Is it fair to real artists? No but that's life. Madge can't sing for shit and is just as much a studio creation. Hate to burst your bubble too.

by Anonymousreply 283February 15, 2023 3:24 AM

Michael's voice was excellent up until Dangerous when it was completely shot and he got too high-pitched and repetitive with the "hee hees." He started lip-syncing heavily after that too. He had so much wisdom and soul in his Motown and Off the Wall days though.

by Anonymousreply 284February 15, 2023 3:27 AM

Rihanna, Gaga and Katy Perry had much better singles in the late 00s/early 10s than Britney and Christina did in the late 90s/early 00s. The mid-to-late 2000s had way better mainstream pop music than the early 2000s teen pop sound which is incredibly embarrassing to listen to now.

by Anonymousreply 285February 15, 2023 3:30 AM

I loathe Gaga, RiRi, and Katy Perry. I would take Brit and Shitina any day over them.

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by Anonymousreply 286February 15, 2023 3:32 AM

Can't people just agree that mainstream pop music is not about having talent? This has been proven repeatedly and every decade has a pretty face no-talent pushed upon the public with a good beat and production. Record companies like money and a brainless bimbo who is easily controlled by their team is better than a maintenance talented musician who will be butts head with execs or tragically overdose from being too sensitive. These threads are so repetitive. I don't buy any of these people's music and buy music from real singers and bands who need support.

by Anonymousreply 287February 15, 2023 3:42 AM

R288 Roseanne would say now that is the face of a phucking baboon. Jeesass phuck.

by Anonymousreply 291February 15, 2023 7:39 AM

A reenactment of the Chris Brown beating would have been more entertaining. She was already wearing red.

by Anonymousreply 292February 15, 2023 7:45 AM

R282 Madonna destroys Janet vocally. They aren’t even comparable.

RiRi was named one of the greatest singers of all time and she ranked pretty high surprisingly. So suck it. Celine wasn’t even in the top 200.

by Anonymousreply 293February 15, 2023 11:39 AM

R293 Sure, meth head. Not one thing you said is true.

by Anonymousreply 294February 15, 2023 12:33 PM

worst piece of shit in history.

by Anonymousreply 295February 15, 2023 3:41 PM

STREISAND has just announced she will be performing at next year's half-time in the Superbowl. She won't be singing - she will be reading from her memoir, "My Name Is Barbra". Most likely, she will be reading from the chapters on 'Prince of Tides' and how Nick Nolte played Tom Wingo, who tried to coach her fegulah son Jason Gould into being a football player in the movie. Jason will then join her on stage and ask for all fegulah football players to take a knee on the field at the end of the game.

by Anonymousreply 296February 15, 2023 3:48 PM

It was boring...she really isnt my cup of tea but I was expecting more of a “wow” factor to her show...

by Anonymousreply 297February 15, 2023 6:57 PM

R294 All true. And ya know it.

by Anonymousreply 298February 16, 2023 2:27 AM

R298 is the original knuckle dragging ape.

by Anonymousreply 299February 16, 2023 5:56 AM

Yawn. Were those KKK members or sperm as her dancers? The whole thing was lackluster and she didn’t even give a shit enough to fake singing. I respect her lack of caring.

by Anonymousreply 302February 18, 2023 2:47 AM

She's worth 1.4 billion. Who fucking cares? She could buy the whole South and keep them as her slaves.

by Anonymousreply 304February 18, 2023 9:32 AM

R304 you make it sound like she got 1.4 billion sitting in her bank account. I still question if she is really worth a billion not even 1.4 billion. Forbes is full of shit and most wealth claims aren't properly verified. Famous people so called worth are accepted at face value by the public with no questions.

by Anonymousreply 305February 18, 2023 11:38 AM

Even if she's worth a quarter of that, she's still rich. Talentless, too.

by Anonymousreply 306February 18, 2023 5:52 PM

Who cares if that is what she is literally worth. That is what is claimed.

by Anonymousreply 307February 18, 2023 5:54 PM

It was so boring, J lo and Shakira were so much better.

by Anonymousreply 308February 18, 2023 5:56 PM

R307 simpleton like you will believe anything

by Anonymousreply 309February 18, 2023 7:29 PM

The choreography from Paris Goebbels was fucking awful. as always with her. Just endless Whoreography.

by Anonymousreply 310February 18, 2023 7:31 PM

Surprised at her choice of man to father her children. Seems like a sugar mama relationship.

by Anonymousreply 311February 18, 2023 7:33 PM

r303 That caption...

Black men: "We need more imagery of Black men being loving and good fathers to their children and supportive of their Black mothers to kill negative stereotypes."

*Vogue posts photo of ASAP Rocky being a loving and good father to his son and supporting the mother of his child.*

Also Black men: "tHiS iS eMAsCULaTiON!"

I'm so over their whining I don't know what to do with my fucking self. Imagine being madder about him being photoed behind her, than photoed showing affection to his child. I can't.

by Anonymousreply 312February 18, 2023 7:35 PM

She finally got tired of the beatings..

by Anonymousreply 313February 19, 2023 1:07 AM

R312 ASAP Rocky is masculine as fuck. He has great bone structure. I think if he were taller he could have been a model. They are one of the best looking couples in showbiz.

by Anonymousreply 314February 19, 2023 1:10 AM

Yeah ASAP Rocky's looks are underrated, if he got his hair cut and changed up his style some he'd definitely be model material.

by Anonymousreply 315February 19, 2023 1:17 AM

All her dancers were dancing their asses off. It was boring because she, the focus of the show, showed no emotions and barely moved

by Anonymousreply 316February 19, 2023 2:08 AM

I agree with r1314 and r315. ASAP Rocky is very good looking. That is my takeaway from all this.

by Anonymousreply 317February 19, 2023 2:56 AM

R309 Sure, sure, monosyllabic Janbot.

by Anonymousreply 318February 19, 2023 6:41 AM

well dint no one beat no sense into her::: worst halftime show in history of this globe.

by Anonymousreply 319February 19, 2023 11:03 AM

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