Madonna’s Super Bowl Half Time Show: Hot or Not?

February 6, 2012 1:00 pm     Posted in Celebrity, Entertainment, News, TMZ RSS  Candy -- NYU g+ page


By Candy

Madonna’s Super Bowl half time performance received split reactions from viewers, and the CollegeCandy office was divided down the middle with lovers and haters. The result? We let one of editors and one of our writers go head to head for an all out battle on the matter.

Jenny, CollegeCandy’s Editor-In-Chief thought Madge’s performance was one of the greatest things she’s ever seen! (Okay, that might be taking it a little far…but it was better than the Black Eyed Peas fiasco of 2011.) Garnet, CC’s lovely and talented intern, happened to think otherwise. Was Madonna’s performance hot or not? Read what our girls had to say, then leave your own comments below!

JENNY: Madonna is 53 and STILL dances like Beyonce!
GARNET: Madonna is 53 and should know better than to wear weird pointy gold headpieces

JENNY: The whole performance was over the top and fantastical- exactly what we would expect from Madonna and definitely super bowl worthy. There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind–she’s still got it.
GARNET: Madge is desperate – she’s worried no one will buy her new album, so she did the halftime show for free and went overboard trying to make it cool.

JENNY: She even ‘slips’ to the beat. I’ve never seen a better recovery to an almost accident. Give the girl some credit, she was dancing on bleachers in three inch heels!
GARNET: She was dancing, and she even sounded like she was actually singing, but the way she said “I’m sexy and I know it” like somebody’s mom ruined the whole thing.

JENNY: Quite possibly the coolest stage/lighting effects of all time. Anyone on MDMA, I mean, listening to MDNA would say it was a perfect representation of the new album.
GARNET: The lights were awesome, I’ll give you that. But there were only a few good shots of the stage from far away where we could really see what was happening. Most of the time, we were just seeing awkward close ups of Madonna shaking her nonexistent booty. The woman is like one giant muscle.

JENNY: Hey, there was no wardrobe malfunction, and she blew the Black Eyed Peas out of the water.
GARNET: Madonna’s entire outfit was a wardrobe malfunction. What was that on her head? And she looked like she was going to break her back dancing in those heels.

GARNET: Gladiators, really? What a bizarre theme, especially when Madonna started by singing “Vogue.” I loved seeing Madge sing some of her older songs, but I think “Vogue” would have been better if she had actually been voguing. I mean, come on.
JENNY: The last song on her new album is “Beautiful Killer” and no one makes a hotter gladiator than Madonna.

GARNET: Lady… Madonna? Lady Gaga rightfully gets lots of flack for imitating Madonna – almost everything she does, Madonna did first. But those gladiator boys look an awful lot like the dancers in “Alejandro.” Come on Madonna, you’re the queen. Don’t copy Lady Gaga.
JENNY: Did “Alejandro” have slackline acrobats? Back flips on a bouncing tight rope tops all dry humping in Gaga’s video. Where Gaga did trashy, Madonna goes classy.

GARNET: LMFAO makes everything bad. The show died the minute they came on stage. I didn’t think “Party Rock Anthem” could get any worse, until Madonna straddled one of the guys from LMFAO and things got ugly. I think I died a little inside when Madonna joined in for the “everyday I’m shufflin” dance.
JENNY: BUT Cee Lo Green makes everything better. I won’t argue that LMFAO lessened the performance quality (I mean, really, WTF were they wearing?), but Cee Lo and the marching band more than compensated.

GARNET: M.I.A. looked like she was going to die of boredom. And you know it was a boring show when the one part everyone remembers was M.I.A. giving the camera the finger.
JENNY: M.I.A. would use any opportunity to make a statement. It was the only way she could compete with Madonna’s spotlight.

GARNET: World peace, really? Sure, Madge, I’m all for world peace. But you thought it would be a good idea to add that right after “Like A Prayer,” the song about blowjobs? I guess that’s one way to go about it.
JENNY: True or false: The world would be a more peaceful place if more people had orgasms…

20 Comments on "Madonna’s Super Bowl Half Time Show: Hot or Not?"

  1. Jackie says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20124:13 pm 

    I thought the show was lame. Definitely agree that Madonna looked desperate to be relevant!

  2. Sara says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20124:14 pm 

    No way! I loved it and thought Madonna looked incredible!

  3. Guest says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20124:16 pm 

    The NFL did its advertisers a favor by driving the television audience to the kitchen. Revealing my age, this reminded me of the barge scene in "Caligula". While no Romans were swanning about, all I could think was, "Good thing that's not natural grass."

  4. iliketolala says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20126:57 pm 

    Not hot. Madonna is iconic and needs to act like it- i.e. not trying so hard. She can relax at home with her hot half-her-age boyfriend and know that people will still "vogue" their asses off in the club to her oldies. Well done Madge, but it's time to take a bow and leave it to Beyonce, Gaga, and Britney.

  5. Morgan says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20127:37 pm 

    I Think she was great, you would NOT think is is as old she is. Great show and still fab. and sexy…

  6. Bree says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20127:48 pm 

    Madonna was sensational. I thought she did a wonderful job and she looked so good.

  7. Kim says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20127:50 pm 

    L.U.V. Madonna! Her performance was classy and elegant….a feast for the eyes and ears. Thank you for giving us a spectacular half time show. Indianopolis loves Madonna!

  8. bry says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20127:51 pm 

    garnet is clearly a moron who won't budge from preconceived myths and opinions. there's a reason her halftime show was the first in history to have higher ratings than the game itself. and scared her album won't sell? are you referring to the fact that her album is #1 in 50 countries just off pre-orders 2 months before its release, or…? my only complaint about the show was how limited it it was but she had no choice, really. her shows are insane and here she was playing to an audience that is not really her audience. her tour is gonna be unbelievable, this was the tiniest of taste tests. too man restrictions here and still the best show the super bowl's ever seen.

  9. Guest II says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20128:47 pm 

    Are you people listening to yourselves? Stage/lighting effects, three-inch heels, pointy-gold headpieces, catty comparisons to Lady Gaga, etc. How about the music, the LIVE music, not-prerecorded music and vocals? I'd be happy with a male or female singer playing great acoustic music with only a guitar, stool and microphone. Hey, Madonna..the 60s are over.

  10. Guest 2.5 says:
    Mon, 6th Feb 20128:49 pm 

    Madonna has to realize the EIGHTIES are kaput. I have to remind MYSELF that the 60s are over. lol

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  12. Laurie says:
    Tue, 7th Feb 20122:00 pm 

    Madonna still thinks she's twenty something but looks and moves like a fifty something. After disappearing in that haze of smoke I bet she went straight for the oxygen tank. It's sad to see someone of Madonna's previous stature in the music industry try so desperately to fit in to today's music & performers. Madonna, look in the mirror, take a deep breath and accept who you are now.

  13. Katie Garrity - North Central College says:
    Tue, 7th Feb 20122:36 pm 

    I was kind of meh about her performing, but when she busted out with Vogue, I was just like AW YEAH HERE WE GO. I was pleasantly surprised. Go Madge!

  14. Paradise says:
    Tue, 7th Feb 20125:02 pm 

    This sounds like age discrimination. If a 20 year old star did the same exact performance, you haters would have loved it. She was great. Respect!

  15. D,Henderson says:
    Tue, 7th Feb 20127:05 pm 

    Madonna’s have time show sucked big time!! That’s right people I said it. She did exercise the whole performance she looked awkward. The last song was horrible, it sounded out of place and even worse with MIA on it. I am still waiting on MIA to get on the same beat everybody else was on. What beat did she hear? It certainly was not the same as the others. Now don’t get me wrong it’s not that I don’t like Madonna I actually enjoy some of her music but Sunday was a hot mess. Hot mess says what….

  16. D.Henderson says:
    Tue, 7th Feb 20127:09 pm 

    Its got nothing to do with age. Her show was horrbile. Seems like you have the problem with age. you need a hug

  17. Paradise says:
    Wed, 8th Feb 20121:09 am 

    This sounds like age discrimination. If a 20 year old star did the same exact performance

  18. Junior says:
    Sat, 11th Feb 20126:54 am 

    i want to see dance and sing live at the same time…then you can bitch about it. besides, she sang part of it live.

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  20. Laura says:
    Thu, 9th Aug 20124:44 am 

    About the rhythm thing. This goes much ftruher than just a few notes being a bit longer or shorter. A melody can get very different when the notes get to be different at the strong counts of the measure. There’s also a big difference in the amount of swing a melody has. And don’t forget rests.Also, when you look at full melodies, they’re mostly build up from motives. One motive can be the same as in another melody, but if it’s only three notes, the other ones will be different. This of course can go on forever. You can make them as long as you like.And there is also a different in octaves. An interval of an octave can be used in a melody as well and gives character, not only colour. And also bigger jumps. But the development of the melody plays a big role too. A melody can end up an octave of maybe two higher.There’s also no specified time. A melody can be played in 64th notes if you like over a tempo of 200 bpm or whole notes (or longer) over a tempo of 10 bpm. They may be the same notes and have the same relation between them rhythmically, no one’s going to hear them as the same. Even half tempo.So for every possible order of notes (including intervals over the octave) you have the tempo, rhythm, context (chords). I imagine the numbers get insanely big.

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