Slog - Comments on Off to a Blazing Start http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start Cirque du Soleil, you are definitely not invited back to the Super Bowl next year.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:57:55 -0800 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:50:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Teletubbies procreate with cast of Scooby Doo.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612122 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:17:35 -0800 Comment by Not a fan Don't you mean, "Off to a FLAMING start?"

And what's with the new agey x Miami Sound Machine soundtrack?

]]> Not a fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612131 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:29:58 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate F-you, Brad, I just wasted five minutes of my life waiting for something to catch fire.

]]> Amy Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612133 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:30:36 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Cirque just keeps getting worse and worse.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612139 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:43:14 -0800 Comment by Jim just cirque? what about princes devil tail, stroking bit. that was priceless

]]> Jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612141 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:43:41 -0800 Comment by Brie I really thought that was some "Miami is a place for fun!" demonstration. I thought it was some local kids they got together. It never occurred to me that it was a professional company that people pay money to see.

]]> Brie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612149 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:47:25 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels Was Lou Bega really the composer? Or did I just dream that announcement?

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612165 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:50:30 -0800 Comment by elswinger It's great to see the NFL finally come out of the closet.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612187 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:56:36 -0800 Comment by Ronald They commit the ultimate show-biz crime: they're fucking BORING.

]]> Ronald http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612213 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:02:52 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I was wondering what part the weather played. The sound throughout, before the game and at halftime, was ATROCIOUS, and I think it might have been the wind and driving rainstorm that were at least partially to blame. Half the singers' mics were out, there was no bass, no drums, nothing except Prince's horrifying guitar and the marching band (who don't use electricity).

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612277 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:49:25 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop fnarf @ 10: did you mean to say prince's totally amazing guitar that shredded the turf off the field?

one more time: best halftime show EVER. proof that prince is a consummate performer. a total weirdo, yes, but also the man to fucking bring it.

that cirque shit, however, was an atrocity.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612292 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612292 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:07:40 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Second that Prince was awesome. Am I The New Hendrix, Please? was what I thought when he went into All Along The Watchtower, but he managed to save his ass by turning the version into up-tempo guitar rocker. Good job.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612486 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:18:03 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Ugh, ugh, ugh. First of all, as shredding goes, it was mediocre; and second of all, shredding on the guitar is never, ever, ever a desireable thing to do or listen to. Hendrix my ass. We're talking Lenny Kravitz here. He destroyed the tunes, and the part that makes his music listenable -- the grooves -- was inaudible. And he can't sing anymore. Result: totally unfunky.

His Guitar Face is pretty good, though, and I did laugh out loud when he was doing the "huge erect penis arrow" behind the sheet. But man, give me some hard funk anytime over that stuff. Every bit as horrible as the Stones last year.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612504 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:35:16 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Fuck, I forgot about that for a second, Fnarf. The penis guitar on light-sheet was hilarious and rediculous and preposterous. I had been sober earlier in the afternoon.

But I still thought Prince did a better job than the sucky one I thought it was going to be. Good FOR THE COUNTRY. Purple Rain in the Rain. Hurrah.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c612583 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:08:15 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA I have long been a fan of Cirque du Soleil, and have seen three different shows when they've passed through Seattle over the years. So it pains me to concede you are right. That was atrocious. Boring and amateur. They do not translate well out of a tent and onto a football field.

Dear Cirque: please stick to what you know and do well.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c613638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/off_to_a_blazing_start#c613638 Sports Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:50:08 -0800