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Would Green Day fit for a Super Bowl half time show?


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2 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

I think it's estabilished that Soros foots the bill for people pretending to look excited at Green Day shows.

That's both depressing and upsetting because it's actually happened. 

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8 minutes ago, E X H A U S T E D said:

That's both depressing and upsetting because it's actually happened. 

Yeah, but I wouldn't mind getting the chance to get paid for doing what I love. 

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I think Green Day would be perfect for the Super Bowl. It’s always a brilliant celebration of an artist’s career and they’d pull it out of the bag. 

As for having Lady Gaga as a special guest...I’d be freaking out because it’d be fucking amazing! Oh no, I’ve ruined Eric’s image of GDC :o:P 

Though I suspect they would bring out Joan Jett, or maybe Miranda Lambert. 

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7 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

Yeah, but I wouldn't mind getting the chance to get paid for doing what I love. 

I wish they'd used actual fans tho... I'd do almost anything short of killing for that chance. 

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Just now, E X H A U S T E D said:

I wish they'd used actual fans tho... I'd do almost anything short of killing for that chance. 

Same...but fans go to those shows anyway and they're excited for free :lol:

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Just now, Jane Lannister said:

Same...but fans go to those shows anyway and they're excited for free :lol:

True show of support: being excited for fwee! :lol: (or rather: paying to be excited :P)

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If they weren't invited last year when the super bowl was in Oakland there is probably little chance they will be invited. Plus rock is not very popular anymore and they usually look for more popular acts.

However I so think they would be great as a super bowl half time show and they would be awesome with lady gaga

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1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said:

They know when to behave themselves if it’s for something they want to do. They’re not that unpredictable or controversial really.

Yeah they know, but after nipplegate it’d take a lot of convince the networks etc

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8 minutes ago, jumpsalty said:

Yeah they know, but after nipplegate it’d take a lot of convince the networks etc

I'm sure the network managers don't sit there whiteknuckling expecting Billie to whip it out every time Green Day perform.

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They would be good entertainment but they'd be picky about what they were and weren't allowed to do, I'm guessing. A lot of the acts in the past few years are playing a medley of their songs and not the full things; I don't think the band would do that. So, they'd have what, 15 minutes to play? That would cover maybe 3 or 4 songs. With such a small amount of time, those songs would be:

  • American Idiot
  • Know Your Enemy
  • When I Come Around
  • Basket Case

These are definitely mainstream crowd pleasers (songs people know). I was inclined to list "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" but that's too low-key for a high-energy, short performance.

I'd love to see them do it before they call it quits. The OP is right in saying that the list of long-time, well-known artists/bands that haven't performed is getting short.

4 hours ago, Jane Lannister said:

No I don't think so 

 

1 hour ago, Clayish said:

No

Insightful. Thank you.

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2 hours ago, jumpsalty said:

Yeah they know, but after nipplegate it’d take a lot of convince the networks etc

They had no problem forgiving Timberlake and bringing him back.

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13 minutes ago, Matt. said:

Insightful. Thank you.

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6 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

They had no problem forgiving Timberlake and bringing him back.

They could forgive Timberlake but not Jackson. She's been the nipplegate person ever since even though he was the one who uncovered the nip 

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I have a hard time believing Green Day will get selected to play at a super bowl. I hope I'm wrong about that, but it feels like a large part of the general public views green day as a "theyre still around?" kind of band. Also considering the fact that rock as a whole isn't as popular as it was when american idiot came out, it feels even less likely. It sucks. It would've been amazing to see them play at the super bowl this year when the Eagles won it.

Spoiler

#FlyEaglesFly

 

Posted
3 hours ago, Matt. said:

Insightful. Thank you.

 

Always a pleasure

Posted

Yeah I think they'd be awesome. Especially if they played for my Vikings. :D 

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6 hours ago, Clayish said:

No

Yes

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For what its worth heres a list of the last 17 super bowl performers:

2018: Justin Timberlake

2017: Lady Gaga

2016: Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars

2015: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott

2014: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers

2013: Beyonce

2012: Madonna

2011: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash

2010: The Who

2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

2008: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

2007: Prince and the Florida A&M marching band

2006: The Rolling Stones

2005: Paul McCartney

2004: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake

2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting

2002: U2

After seeing all these names, its clear they do invite rock bands to perform like the who and the rolling stones. Though its mostly just rock bands from decades ago. Who knows maybe in 20 years if green day is considered "classic rock" maybe they'll get an invite. 

 

Spoiler

Go birds

 

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I can see it happening. A setlist would be with Know Your Enemy, Basket case, when I come around and boulevard of broken dreams.

Posted

It's possible and would be great; but I think if they wanted a rock band there, someone like Foo Fighters would be booked ahead of Green Day

Posted

I don't see why not, yet on the other hand, I don't ever see it happening amid the death of rock in popular American music. It doesn't appeal to a wide enough base in its current form. If this were 2005-09 or so, immediate post-Nipplegate, when they tapped ~old~ rock acts who could be considered less likely to do stunts like that, I would say it was possible. But GD was still really relevant in those years for the most part, so they got passed over, and now the NFL has decided that they need relatively current acts to get young people watching. Unless they can get another BOBD-level hit again and/or the NFL goes back to the legacy act model, I doubt it.

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I’m uncomfortable with the idea. I’m uncomfortable with super bowl halftimes. The choreographed fake audience and the over-the-top production is just not what Green Day is aboout.

18 hours ago, E X H A U S T E D said:

Yeah, Red Hot Chili Peppers did it a few years ago and they're less entertaining live than Green Day but they were still pretty great. Plus they are as mainstream as GD.

If my memory serves me right, RHCP jumped on stage with Bruno Mars for a few minutes and it was awkward. It was like some drunk people made their way on stage. And I love RHCP. Some rock bands just aren’t a good fit for the super bowl halftime.

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43 minutes ago, neverdone2000 said:

The choreographed fake audience and the over-the-top production is just not what Green Day is aboout.

Ok, they get pretty into over the top with performances sometimes. They like simple and theatrical, depending on the setting, and the actual setlist, too. And I wasn't aware the crowd reactions were fake? I think a lot of people get genuinely excited for halftime shows; it's a pretty small percentage of staged audience members. 

47 minutes ago, neverdone2000 said:

If my memory serves me right, RHCP jumped on stage with Bruno Mars for a few minutes and it was awkward. It was like some drunk people made their way on stage. And I love RHCP. Some rock bands just aren’t a good fit for the super bowl halftime.

I remember being excited and entertained. But then again, I was 11 or 12. So they could've sucked.

Nevermind I was 10.

Posted
19 hours ago, Eric said:

It's not punk to perform with a pop artist like her

Of course it is, everything they do and are not expected to do as a punk band is punk (yeah I read you were joking)

18 hours ago, jumpsalty said:

I doubt hey’d be invited because they’d probs be seen as too unpredictable regarding swearing or doing something else that wouldn’t be deemed appropriate, like the AMAs

But that was so damn cool :wub:

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Jesus Christ if boring as fuck Coldplay can do it Green Day can 🙄

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