It was like having a beautiful cake and then having a comically ugly stripper jump out of it.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
that was really the best song they could have done though
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
all of the 40/50 year old women I was watching with greatly appreciated shirtless RHCP
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
lol, the 35-year-old women I was with were I guess not at that stage of their lives yet, b/c they kept saying "they really need to wear shirts"
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
i was thinking about how anthony keidis' tattoos were some of the first tattoos i remember actually fixating on and comprehending as an adolescent and there they are 25 years later
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
xp: Orly? I missed the game, but here are a couple comments that turned up in my facebook feed via a couple of 35-ish friends:
Anthony Keidis. I so would. Then, now, and always.
I still have the hots for Anthony Kiedis...even in a pair of leggings I would probably wear.
― how's life, Monday, 3 February 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
the 50 year woman I was with was not impressed
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
50 year old
But yes Bruno is a great live performer (I'm just not wowed by his songs).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
Didn't know he played drums. Dug that. Dug most of his set, actually. But ugh, fuck the fucking RHCPs and their awful, fundamentally unfunky drummer.
Actually, "unfunky" is too kind. He's negative-funky.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
I was surprised that I did recognize a couple of BM's tunes from hearing out there in the ether, he's def a good performer/entertainer but an accurate James Brown impression isn't exactly artistic greatness, but he was like fine.
The switch over to RHCP was just weird. I am happy to report my social media feeds erupted into a bunch of Fishbone jokes and it continued when I went over to my local p-word bar afterward.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
pachinko?
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
I wish
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
I'm still struggling to rectify George Clinton's interest in/affiliation with RHCP in the early 90s.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
weird that he had no female dancers/performers at all (?)
also i thought it was cool that his band was all men of color.
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
xp: mid-80s?
― how's life, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
seems like a rare case of someone's profile being raised by the Super Bowl rather than an already on-top or slightly-(or massively)-over-the-hill artist performing.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
xp at any point in their career, really
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
Clinton produced their second record. Andy Gill (?!) produced their first. It's all a rich tapestry.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
I know I'm a big music nerd etc etc but I don't really understand how you can have TEN top 5 songs within a 3 year period (with seven as lead artist) and still have ppl going "who is that"
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
also the first three RHCP albums are still great
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Is Bruno really as diminuative as Prince? (5'2"?)
A friend mentioned that she'd seen Bruno and Bieber in the same room and Bieber towered over him, even though both their hairs were similarly pumped up to gain a couple inches.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
hmm... maybe?
http://media.tumblr.com/aba1bad07d01eadd2848cd06bcc5a654/tumblr_inline_ms4kokuSa51qz4rgp.jpg― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, August 26, 2013 10:04 AM (5 months ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, February 3, 2014 10:41 AM (2 minutes ago)
bonny bear?
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
apparently he's the same height as janelle monaehttp://cdn.necolebitchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janelle-Monae-and-Bruno-Mars.jpg
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
google says 5'5"
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
monae is 5'0" and wearing heels (and further from the camera) in that pic
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
He was pretty good hosting Saturday Night Live awhile back. Some folks who never listen to pop hits radio or don't notice such songs elsewhere I think discovered him there.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
RIDING GIANTESS
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
pretty sure a large chunk of the Super Bowl audience has not kept in touch with the Top 40 for at least twenty years
― charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
it's so easy not to know big hits, just listen to only your ipod or sports talk radio in the car and only your own music everywhere else on your phone and don't really go to places that play top 40 over the muzak
― avant gardener (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
OTM, it is pretty easy to not hear a lot of music, I don't even do it on purpose
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
I had actually heard one Bruno Mars song and didn't know it was him. But yeah, like where the fuck would I wind up hearing top 40 without actively seeking it out?
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
the gap probably
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
he made the top 77 last year
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
lol when rhcp were added it was noted it was specifically for the older generation who might not be familiar w/ bruno mars. i was somewhat surprised when they announced bruno mars but not incredibly so, knew he would do well, dude is a total entertainer. you have to wonder if timberlake's name came up during meetings or if nobody even dared to suggest him.
― balls, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
umhttp://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/justin-timberlake-janet-jackson-wardrobe-malfunction-super-bowl.jpg
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
can't get one past forx
― balls, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
kinda felt bad for bruno that prince was on new girl immediately afterwards
― balls, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
Andy Gill (?!) produced their first.
my CD copy of Entertainment! has liner notes by Flea which iirc consist mostly in him calling The Edge a piece of shit for never acknowledging the influence of Andy Gill on his guitar playing.
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
which is absurd cuz edge has frequently when asked his guitar influences listed gill, levene, and verlaine. i can remember rolling stone doing some interview w/ him where the writer kept trying to get him to talk about eric clapton and edge politely pointing out he was too young for clapton really and generally tried to copy go4, etc as a kid.
― balls, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
xp: Flea also took a shit in a pizza box and gave it to Andy during the recording sessions.
― how's life, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
just wanted to chime in to say that I didn't really know who Bruno Mars was either but he was probably my favorite halftime since Prince himself
― frogbs, Monday, 3 February 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
But ugh, fuck the fucking RHCPs and their awful, fundamentally unfunky drummer.
[insert whiney post about ghost notes]
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 3 February 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
OK Fine, then his career may be at halt for some time. Lady Gaga, Robyn and even David Guetta all have a much more positive influence on current chartpop than Bruno Mars does with his way too compressed long-bassnotes-and-drummer-going-bananas-like-crazy-style, so that is probably just a good thing.
― wins, Monday, 3 February 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
positive to you and many others obviously, but I'd prefer hiphop, r'n'b, and I guess Bruno Mars style rhythms
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
Lol I was quoting rongroe from upthread
― wins, Monday, 3 February 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link