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Originally posted by wolf
I have to disagree with vsp's assessment of the halftime show ... Musically, yes, it was better, but I came away feeling extremely cheated. (this is where I have to point out that I just really don't like Shania Twain) ...
What gives ... 10 minutes+ of Shania Twain (which seemed a lot longer), 7 minutes of No Doubt, and like 3 minutes of Sting (which he had to Share with No Doubt, increasing thier aggregate total to 10 minutes) ... There should have been a larger timeslice devoted to Sting, dammit ....
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Like it or not, Shania Twain was the biggest "name" (where name == current airplay) of the three, as far as network executives were concerned. Sting has obviously had a more lengthy and distinguished career -- hell, Shania hadn't hit puberty yet when the Police debuted, and she's 37 now -- but the last album he released that made a blip on the general public's radar was ten years ago (Ten Summoner's Tales). She had a new album to hawk, whereas No Doubt did a seven-year-old song and then teamed with Sting on a TWENTY-FOUR-year-old song.
No Doubt and Sting were certainly more inspired choices than Aerosmith and Britney last year (both of which ought to be euthanized)... but they were givebacks to those of us with attention spans, in that I'm a little surprised they didn't give the WHOLE break to Shania in a fit of "old & busted -- new hotness" logic. Note that I'm not saying that they _should_ have...