The Super Bowl is coming up! This weekend, I think, but I haven’t been paying much attention.
I don’t like football, and I don’t think I’ve ever watched it for the sports. I’ve tuned in to the half-time show a few times, and it’s always disappointing — there’s a musical act drowning in a sea of ridiculous commercials, and from what little I’ve seen of broadcast television, a lot of those ads will be for gambling services. No thank you, I’m well informed on how probability works. The musical act this time around is Bad Bunny, and I’ve liked what I’ve heard of his music, but not enough to wade through all the Super Crap.
But Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican, so some people are furious that he’s featured on an all-American event — these are the same people so ignorant that they don’t realize that Puerto Rico is American. Apparently, we’ll have some counterprogramming available, from TPUSA, an anti-American white Christian nationalist organization.
Conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA has announced Kid Rock will headline its counterprogrammed halftime show, dubbed “The All-American Halftime Show,” when Bad Bunny takes the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Along with Kid Rock, The “one-of-a-kind streaming event,” which will celebrate “American faith, family, and freedom,” will feature performances from “Bottoms Up” singer Brantley Gilbert, “I Drive Your Truck” singer Lee Brice, and “I Hope” singer Gabby Barret, according to a press release.
Oh god. That sounds awful. Couldn’t they sign up Lee Greenwood, even? They’re all country-western singers, my least favorite music genre, I’ve never even heard of the songs they mentioned, and Kid Rock is a washed-up hack. Television is going to be more of a dead wasteland to me on Sunday than it usually is.
Hey, I’m a washed-up hack, too — maybe I should schedule a livestream for that hour. I promise I won’t try to sing.
I was just reading about this in Daily Kos and thinking Kid Rock needs to change his name to “Old Man Rock”. As an old man myself, and an erstwhile musician, it’s important to properly project your image. The others are unknowns to me.
The professional musicians in our organization all adamantly state:
‘it may be country western, but it isn’t music’
Heh, just got some slightly cringy German Power Metal playing:
And our world has got no borders
And in union, we all stand
‘Cause heavy metal is our promised land
(Gamma Ray, Heavy Metal Universe)
Probably not meant politically, but I’m sure the conserfascists would take offence. Also mentions demons. ;-p
shermanj — I find shlock in all styles of music, and not shlock as well.
For Country Music, Dolly Parton and Emmy Lou Harris (the latter a Polar Music Prize laureate) are generally considered good. Here First Aid Kit perform ‘Emmylou’ at the award event (E H sits next to the Swedish king). DJT and Kid Rock will never be permitted in that circle.
“First Aid Kit – Emmylou (Live på Polar Music Prize 2015)”
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TzP-o4vhs