Here's a review of the musical acts that performed in the Super Bowl. Most people talk about the ads, but as my loyal readers know, I love music.
Christina Aguilera- Although some of her songs are not the greatest, I think she has an amazing voice because it's well supported and she has a great range. However, she did not do a good job singing the national anthem. I'm not even talking about her forgetting the lyrics; I think she chose the wrong key to sing it in. It was a letdown for me to see such a talented singer give a mediocre, at best, performance because I know that she can do better than that.
Lea Michele- She's a Broadway star! One of the reasons why I don't watch Glee is because that show does not do her justice. She has gone from being a great, budding singer, into sounding like any other teen idol, nasally head voice and all. At the beginning of the song, I was cringing just listening to how far she had sunk. But as the song progressed, I heard a definite improvement in the quality of her voice and by the end, all the Glee had elevated to the Broadway star quality that I knew she still had to have in her.
Black Eyed Peas- Fergie, shut the fuck up and let Axl- with all his ego and control freakishness- sing "Sweet Child of Mine"! Even with auto-tuned microphones, there were times where you could hear that they were just speaking and letting technology do all the work. They were out of tune and times and did not support their voices at all. The best part of the half-time show was when Slash appeared on stage for all of 45 seconds. I do like the songs the Black Eyed Peas played, I really do, but they aren't very good live. The costumes looked like alien football pads. Big shoulders went out of style in the 80's people! There wasn't anything exciting about the show in general either. They didn't seem to have any energy or passion for what they were doing. The light suits the extras wore were cool- kind of Tron style, but again, nothing spectacular.
