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This year's Superbowl is being held in Detroit. Detroit is, apart from the centre of the American motor industry, pretty much the (Northern) Capital of American Music. Motown. Soul. Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, heck, even Michael Jackson when he was a black man. So, with the Superbowl Halftime Show being one of the gigs for anyone to get (just ask Janet Jakson and Justin Timberlake...) who have they got for the show?
One of the aforementioned Soul Legends, maybe? Or Aretha Franklin?
No.
A bunch of pensionable former-public-school (if they remember that far back...) boys from the south of England. Or, as they are collectively known, the Rolling Stones.
Now, I've little against the Stones (before about 1973; anything they've done since then has been questionable at the best). But... really. Do better, folks (and actually, last year's Halftime Show was done by a nearly-pensionable Liverpudlian, once a member of a well known beat combo of the '60s). So yeah. The greatest show in America... has a bunch of Brits doing the entertainment. But, dammit, it's just... not right!
Anyway, game's about to kick off - and I'll take Pittsburgh with a 6-point start, if you don't mind.
One of the aforementioned Soul Legends, maybe? Or Aretha Franklin?
No.
A bunch of pensionable former-public-school (if they remember that far back...) boys from the south of England. Or, as they are collectively known, the Rolling Stones.
Now, I've little against the Stones (before about 1973; anything they've done since then has been questionable at the best). But... really. Do better, folks (and actually, last year's Halftime Show was done by a nearly-pensionable Liverpudlian, once a member of a well known beat combo of the '60s). So yeah. The greatest show in America... has a bunch of Brits doing the entertainment. But, dammit, it's just... not right!
Anyway, game's about to kick off - and I'll take Pittsburgh with a 6-point start, if you don't mind.
