The Super Bowl Halftime Show Tier List
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This video is a supercut of my two previous halftime show tier lists made in the summer of 2022. It's updated to include 2023's halftime with Rihanna, as well as couple of tier adjustments that differ from the original edits.
TIER ADJUSTMENT REASONING-
U2 from B to A: I mentioned the heavy emotion of their performance, but placing it in B tier doesn't do the impact of it enough justice. Revisiting it, I can understand why some hold it as their favorite halftime show of all time.
Lady Gaga from A to S: I basically made the entire argument for it to be placed in S tier and then placed it just short at the top of A. Originally my thinking was that there's enough of a divide between Beyoncé's show and Gaga's, but that just isn't the case. Both are superb in different ways.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
Introduction- 0:00
Early Halftime Shows- 0:48
Elvis Presto- 1:32
The Peanuts Gang- 2:14
Disney & NKOTB- 2:55
Winter Magic- 3:44
Michael Jackson- 4:48
Country Quartet- 5:35
Indiana Jones- 6:17
Diana Ross- 7:24
The Blues Brothers- 8:07
Salute to Motown- 9:42
Gloria Estefan & Stevie Wonder- 10:29
Disney Millennium Celebration-11:25
Aerosmith & NSYNC- 12:52
U2- 14:05
Shania Twain- 15:21
Janet Jackson- 16:05
Paul McCartney- 17:35
The Rolling Stones- 18:24
Prince- 19:13
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- 20:33
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- 21:27
The Who- 22:39
The Black Eyed Peas- 23:51
Madonna- 25:12
Beyoncé- 26:30
Bruno Mars- 27:47
Katy Perry- 29:06
Coldplay- 30:20
Lady Gaga- 32:00
Justin Timberlake- 33:22
Maroon 5- 34:50
Shakira & J. Lo- 36:47
The Weeknd- 38:01
Dr. Dre & Friends- 39:40
Rihanna- 41:39
Thank you for watching!- 43:55 - กีฬา
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I'm not gonna lie, I feel like the Usher halftime show was super disappointing.
@@HenryStratton28 yeah. The lyrics were all over the place. You wanted to sing along but it either jumped into the chorus or onto the next song. Considering Usher danced more than sang, the only saving grace was the surprise guests.
what tier?
To be Clear: Super bowl mainliners are NOT PAID. Only the other people in the show get any wages, the main performers get exposure, mostly to try to revive music sales.
@SetTheEdge what tier was usher's? Just give us the letter, almighty one!
MJ standing for 90 seconds simply puts him in s-tier. The man had aura.
Just goes to show how impossibly famous and influential he was. He got an amount of hype equivalent to an entire modern super bowl show just by physically being there
MJ is one and only of the space. His show is history and 1st real half time show.
lol
So true. Pretty much anytime else would have received boos not cheers for that
Give it up for the crews, camera work, and audio engineers behind the scenes. Incredible work no matter who was performing
I can't contest the placement for MJ, but I do think he deserves special recognition for singlehandedly changing the entire format of the halftime shows.
yeah I think he is in a tier of himself that navigates between A and S tier
@@Hinokami73you mean above S tier
That's what I'm saying. Like his placement for Beyonce was for bringing back life to it. He's Biased AF
@@kh2sora13 Just objectively comparing them, Beyonce had the better show. More energy, more going on, more entertainment.
MJ's show was very good, but it was the first one of it's kind, and it's much plainer compared to later shows just because they hadn't figured out how to do the fancier stuff they do in later years' half-time shows.
Just objectively ranking the shows for their quality, I don't think MJ can be S tier. Wasn't his best setlist, wasn't his greatest performance, there's clear ways it could have been better.
It deserves recognition for changing half-time shows forever, but that doesn't mean it should be ranked higher than it objectively deserves.
@@daniellucas5522Same logic applies to Newton and other historical figures. The average college student probably smarter than Newton but that doesn’t make him any less important or impressive
Travis Scott falling in auto tune is one of the funniest things I've ever seen and I'm 42.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Right… also 42 and I had to rewind and replay that 10 times 😂
@@CountryValuesHysterical laughter I tell you😂😂😂
EYAAAAAH - Travis Scott
@@nathanplays5514 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Post Malone make the same thing one time. 😂😂
I was alone in a Mexican restaurant when Prince played his halftime show, which they had on a big screen. I was totally blown away and will always remember that moment.
Michael Jackson still has the TOP ratings for a Super Bowl.
This is the LA Times 1993:
"In the United States TV ratings for Super Bowl XXV11 were 45.9 in California and 45.1 Nationally, indicating an estimated 133.4 million U.S. viewers. Michael Jackson's halftime show did 46.3 and 45.5 nationally, which is higher than the game itself."
@@mjmedia09returnsDooooon’t care, Purple Rain in the Rain
@@logo115 All these artist were able to 10 PLUS YEARS LATER come up with lighting and everything else to make performances different. MJ in 1993 used what was a DAY TIME show and incorporated the audience into the show. He was the FIRST. Now days it's about flashing lights and other things not just performing on stage.. I'm sure if MJ was doing it in 2007, he would have done it differently because he was always ahead of his time. That's why his videos are still CLASSICS.
@@logo115 Also, MJ used this platform for something more important to HEAL THE WORLD. That's was his mission back then which is why he incorporated a sea of children images around the stadium. He would have never had a moment like this wasted on just his music. There were wars and kids dying at this time and the message of peace and caring about the dying children was more important. Ironically 6 months later after his performance, they started the allegations.
Yes! The best
4:56 "with Michael Jackson standing there, literally doing nothing, and the crowd still had more energy than every previous show combined" and then, MJ turned his head. I was in Iowa feeling the electricity
Managed to do that in broad daylight as well. Rip, you strange, talented man
And somehow only a tier?
Michael Jackson still has the TOP ratings for a Super Bowl.
This is the LA Times 1993:
"In the United States TV ratings for Super Bowl XXV11 were 45.9 in California and 45.1 Nationally, indicating an estimated 133.4 million U.S. viewers. Michael Jackson's halftime show did 46.3 and 45.5 nationally, which is higher than the game itself."
And somehow an A tier. Prince and MJ are above all these wannabes
Michael was a SAVAGE. GENIUS.
Rihanna was never the kind of performer that Beyoncé is, or even Lady Gaga is. It makes sense that her hits would carry the show more than any elaborate choreography. It's hard to have a bad show with all those hits. So for what it was, it was fine. And the visual of her on the platform was really cool, so bonus points for that from me.
I loved the performance. Her songs are timeless and make you want to dance and sing. Ending with Diamonds on the stage so high up was spectacular.
The songs were definitely what carried the act. The dancing was subpar at best and and it just didn’t seem as electric as other performances. It wasn’t bad, just not my cup of tea.
@@shootin_quickgg1559exactly personally I loved it, she did what she could while pregnant
@@shootin_quickgg1559it wasn’t supposed to be electric, that was the art of it. Hence her walk and steady pace. Clearly only folks that appreciate art, appreciate this performance, which is why the real critics have been giving it a 5/5. This performance will become the new trend, I promise.
It truly reminded me how much of a force she was in 2000s-2010s pop music. Kind of coasted into B tier on nostalgia alone. The feat of engineering for those platforms pushes it to B+ 😂
HYSTERICAL! The shark who "forgot his dance routine" was the BEST 😂
I saw that and lost my shit.
Hahahaha
I still hold that "Weird Al" Yankovic headlining, and bringing in a bunch of the artists he parodied to sing along, would make for a killer halftime show.
That would be epic
He gonna resurrect Michael Jackson?
Kurt Cobain standing in the corner
@@ceruleanprince7139 yeah, duh. You think weird al doesnt know necromancy?
Or a Rick Astley halftime show
No one mentions how The Weeknd managed to pull it off with all those restrictions. He even spent money from his pocket to create a stage that would make the transitions between every song. He got creative since everyone was asked to wear a mask and he made it fit with the face surgery denunciation thing he did on the AMAS. After that, you can like his music or not but he put so much effort to make something good and create a lot of energy within the stadium even though it was almost empty. Props to him for that!
The Weeknd is definitely the one I would put higher.
I think had The Weeknd been giving the headlining spot for a “normal year” it wouldn’t have been as good as it was. No offense to him, I don’t know much about him other than the songs I hear on the radio and The Idol, but he doesn’t give me show stopping halftime performance.
And although I have no way to prove this and it really is just a gut feeling, I think had covid not happened at all, The Weeknd probably would not have been asked to do the halftime show
I'm not even a Weeknd fan but I would say his performance was one of the all-time greats of the halftime show. Given the restrictions, we should have expected a disaster, but his team went all out with the set design and created something unique. That mirrored hallway is unforgettable, and The Weeknd's performance through was impeccable.
girl his wasn't entertaining he's objectively a bad performer
To sum up. It was boring.
MJ had the most iconic performance ever. He's just standing and ppl go wild. Legend. He was the artist that created what half time show is now.
He number one hands down.
Second most. Prince was the most iconic
He also touched children
Dude, is not even his best lip sync performance lol b tier at best
@@CYB3R2K go rewatch it and look at the aura around him…
I was tending bar at a packed pub during the 2002 Super Bowl, and let me tell you, when Bono ripped open his jacket to reveal the American flag, there wasn't a dry eye in the joint. I'll never forget it. The most emotional of halftime shows.
But he's a wanker.
If you cried to Bono wearing a US flag you are hopeless
@@AmbassadorScorpio post 9/11
@@AmbassadorScorpio It was 2002, dude.
@@GlacialScionCan't blame this generation not realizing the meaning behind it. They don't teach history in school nowadays
The “step back from the guacamole dip” line should be the intro to every Super Bowl halftime show as it cuts in from commerical
The Dre/Snoop/Eminem/Kendrick halftime told the story of the last 30 years of west coast hip hop through performance, outfit, and set design choices in a way that I've never really seen before.
Snoop C-walking alone puts it into S tier
It's the most memorable to me and is an easy S tier
I think prince singing purple rain under actual rain is the most iconic moment in the history of live music! But the Dr Dre performance was an easy S tier to me! I live in Italy and I grew listening west coast rap... I remember I watched it at 7am and I got very emotional when Dre played I ain't mad at cha! If you're not a fan of hip-hop music you don't really know what that performance meant to us, all over the world
if they did hydraulics on cars it would be S+++ tier
The best half time show. No questions asked
How MJ is not in the S tier when he’s the reason all these artists are able to do elaborate performances at the Super Bowl is beyond me. He’s also the only artist to get paid for it(went to his charity) and had 134 million viewers which was half of the country’s population at the time.
It’s a symbolic S tier.
I know right! It pissed me off.
@@xandern5999 symbolic of?
I think it could have done a lot more. The man just catapulted up and sat there on stage for over 2 minutes doing nothing. 2 minutes is not an insignificant amount of time for SuperBowl performances. Combined with the audio being kinda meh (not his fault), I think it hits very close to S but just needed a little more to reach it. Compare it to Prince's performance, which, even in the rain, is just a blast all the way through and Prince goes for it right from the start. No showy theatrics or 2 minute power poses - just BAM welcome to my concert and in the end that's the kind of thing that distinguishes the S tier form the A. That's why Beyonce and Lady Gaga edge out over MJ. They waste no time in their performances. All of it is use to perform and they go for it.
MJ should’ve performed his biggest hits and he would’ve been S tier for sure
Shakira and Jlo were S tier for me! 🎇
Exactly! It was the funnest to watch.
Totally agree! It's the most watched Halftime Show in the history for a reason.
I agree.
Same here
MJ,Shakira and Jlo were the best.
this is my comfort video. im not a football fan, but for some reason, i just come back to watch this video every so often and it calms me down. i think it has something to do with your voice, or the calm, yet comedic way you present your video essays. either way, good on you!
You knew what the people wanted and you came back. Love the growth of moving GAGA to S tier where she belongs
I disagree. And I like gaga
@@CYB3R2K she does belong there
Could not agree more!
She is C tier imo but i like Rock
@@oddoperator3524 that's make sense you like Rock💀 that's why you put her on C
Dude at 21:51 Springsteen telling us to step away from the guacamole and chicken fingers is unbelievably hype
I spewed my coffee at him saying wondering if he was hallucinating during the peanuts halftime show 😂
I always crack up at that comment.
Now we need a ranking for usher’s half time show for this year please:)
I’m so happy Lady GaGa got the S tier she so rightfully deserves.
No
@@DavidAbisaiGomez DELUSIONAL
@@fedegerman1690 bye cacafan
I dont see it i think it is very mid just like Rihannna imo i really liked Dre and thats my favorite
@@oddoperator3524 It's okay that you don't like it, but placing her in the middle is an insult, just watch her halftime is crazy, look, I'm Latino and I thought that Shakira and Jlo's was the best, but then I saw all the others and I never saw something equal to that of gaga, doing acrobatics through the skies, delighting in its path, even the dancers 100 points. ❤️❤️💕
Beyoncé and Lady Gaga *performed* the hell out of those 13 minutes. Dancing/singing/entertaining with purr talent only. nothing compares
Michael does.
@@speqe He didn't even sing live so....🤷♂
He was still the best performer and had many tours , and was tired , infact that's how he died , he was the one making the beats in some of his songs and making those sound effects and was singing + dancing on tours with his voice perfectly similar to the ones in his music videos , and we have proof he was the one singing too so that little detail might not change anything since alot of today's singers do that , and even use autotune.@@SnoopyM4
Prince show was so much better lmao .. Playing guitar and moving like he did under actual rain was a miracle as the stage was slippy as hell
A great performer that doesn't even sing live. Sure, okay@@speqe
Prince's performance would be #1 even if it hadn't rained. Except for the Twinz, who danced at all his concerts at the time, he didn't need groups of dancers, gimmicks or anything but him and his guitar. The rain certainly added to the drama, but anyone who's ever been to one of his concerts knows what a magical experience it was. His charisma and remarkable talent were apparent even in a giant stadium with thousands of people. Still the top of the list and probably always will be.
Putting Bruno in B tier is a crime. Chili peppers are the only ones keeping him out of S tier category for me.
Finally Gaga's half-time getting the recognition it so rightfully deserves! It truly amazes me how she did all of that in just 12 minutes. Iconic, if you ask me!
Imagine if she cut Million Reasons short she could’ve done even more but her being one of the only performers who didn’t lip sync and stayed on pitch the entire time WHILE doing choreography just shows that she’s one of the best and most talented artists of all time.
It's weird to me that Gagas was places in S tier but Katy Perrys was placed in A tier. Katy Perrys performance and show was at worst on par with Lady Gagas.
@@stephenmcnichol5744 Gaga’s performance required way more energy/stamina for the entire performance. She jumped off the roof of the stadium, served live vocals whilst simultaneously doing intense choreography. Oh and to top it off she caught a touchdown right at the end. So yeah S tier deserved! 💅🏽
@@ma__mo Fr bro these mfs tripping
@@jesuusch part of me wishes we got this after a star is born so shallow could’ve taken million reasons’ spot
MJ definitely changed everything! Prince doing Purple Rain in the actual rain will always be my favorite moment.
Prince is up #1
@@alejandrogonzales743seriously though looking at the time stamps why Prince is only mid-level de-legitimizes the whole list for me.
God tier!
What the heck are you talking about? Prince is in the highest tier.@@RoxieMarquez_marroxeli
@@RoxieMarquez_marroxelihuh? What are you on about? Prince's performance got placed in S tier
Coldplay is never a bad idea
Coldplay is always a bad idea.
Easily one of the best reviews I’ve watched. Your sense of humor being incorporated into this video was my highlight! Too many great remarks 😆 If only you do this for other shows too !
Promoting Last Gaga on S-Tier and still putting Maroon 5 to the purgatory made me subscribe to the channel. 👌👌👌
For me Michael Jackson's show is top 2. He pioneered the halftime show & is the reason millions watch it. From making the crowd go wild while standing still for 90 seconds (something only MJ has the stage presence for), the fantastic dancing which can't be replicated, the card stunt & to advocating for racial equality & improving the state of the world. His performance was more than putting on a spectacle; it was about raising awareness & uniting people.
Couldn’t agree more, for me he is #1 just for the fact no other musician in history to this date could stand still for 90 seconds and have a crowd still scream as loud as they could for the full 90 seconds, a lot of sore throats that night lol
THANK YOU!
Defo should be number 1
Ya he number two and Prince is number one
EXACTLY
You enjoyed making it and I enjoyed watching it! Thanks for the video
"I know that sounds like I took a country artist name generator and refreshed it 4 times, but I promise these were real people."
My exact thoughts every time I hear of a new country artist
Lady Gaga was my favorite Halftime show. Her energy gives me goosebumps every time I watch and her raw vocals are amazing and real.
Some people don't realize but she was dealing with chronic pain during that time, she was insane for being able to do that halftime show
Exactly.. the last chorus of bad romance just gives me that buzz
@@yordaryperez7023 yes, the feeling that hearing it causes is something inexplicable, it gives me goosebumps, only she can put on a show like this and do it alone🥰
@@BraveForGaga95 Prince was dealing with chronic pain and the rain
I literally cried watching it love
I'd say the Dr. Dre & friends halftime show was the only one that didn't noticeably suffer from happening during daylight, because seeing the audience jamming and enjoying the show in the background actually added to the atmosphere. (Usually the audience is pretty dead, that's why Superbowls in the past relied so much on manufacturing crowd hype by bringing all those people onto the field with instructions to be hyper, etc.).
Everybody was dancing👏
Yeah I think they definitely deserved S tier, it was a great performance
Could they top Prince's show WITH EVERYTHING PLAYED AND SINGED LIVE under a TORRENTIAL RAIN? It was rhetorical, you don't have to answer... Also, people where there jumping, dancing and enjoying wet 'till the bones.
No matter how many videos, tier lists, rankings or monkeys people do: PRINCE was THE KING. And nobody will take his purple throne in years. Maybe decades or centuries.
I was 11 and living in Minneapolis for that Superbowl and I went to a different room at a Superbowl party my parents dragged me to to watch in living color, which if my memory serves, was outrageously good
"Stevie Wonder is blind and even he moved around more than she did" got me laughing way too hard
Gaga who was just been suffering from her fibromyalgia attacks but still performed with that amount of energy is fucking insane. She really is a born star, shining is her life purpose.
No joke! I have fibromyalgia and it sucks your energy into a black hole. I’m sure she crashes hard after performing but getting out there and doing what she does it that much more incredible given what she’s working through.
perpetual victim
are you braindead?@@mightytaiger3000
did she call to tell you this?
@@america1st721 girl dont embarrass urself. She has a docu abt the making of Joanne album and this superb owl perf preparation
Fun fact, the 2010 superbowl halftime show is one of the main reasons LMFAO broke up as a group. I dont remember their names, so I'll just use afro and other. Somehow, one of the disks in Other's back slipped and basically couldn't move until the show was over. After the show was over, he had to go to the hospital and wasn't able to travel with Afro until the rest of LMFAO's tour was over. Meanwhile, while Other was in the hospital, Afro never once reached out to Other and didn't even bother to ask him back on tour, so of course this put tremendous strain on their relationship and they broke up.
Dude what
Wow I never thought about what happened to them and this story seems to be legit.
Redfoo = Afro
Sky Blue = Other
you should write for living
@@vanjaw1146 lol thanks(?)
😂
Had to double back to say this video was absolutely hysterically funny and spot on. Good freaking job bro✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
29:21 ayo leave my boy left shark alone. he's just trying to live his best life hahaha
Bro Bruno is definitely an A tier.
The dancing, the drums, the vocals!!
totally. It's actually my favorite one of all. He's S Tier for me. No gimmick needed, Just pure showmanship
100%
Absolutely, best one yet. He is mad underrated on this list.
@@AdonisButlerOfficial 💯
I just wish they would have given him the show later in his career. At this point he would tear that shit up to S Tier. He is just a performer like Beyonce, Gaga, Prince, MJ.
My Queen GaGa's half time show
1.jumped from the roof
2.was on live for full 13 minutes
3.danced
4.played two instruments
How was that even possible! Incredible Queen!
Don’t forget she was literally flipping in the air
IMO hers is the best in terms of quality and performance. Just saying. In terms of her fame and people knowing majority of her repertoire, not really. Just her main hits. She was in my opinion the best designed and set up.
Bonus points also for putting on the best performance of the national anthem a year prior to that
@@Jayjay_07 cough cough whitney houston cough cough
@@thefirstbloodcast8974 She is the better singer but Gaga's rendition is still more fitting for me
Watching your childhood from a historical perspective is rather unsettling, but also just interesting. Thanks for this!
I really liked The Weekend’s performance. Music was good and they did some cool stuff with what they had.
Rihanna’s halftime show I feel like was in the exact same situation as the Weeknd’s
Both shows had to deal with circumstances that really limited the shows’ potential (covid & pregnancy), everyone expected more from both shows, but also know that they did very well considering the restrictions, putting them both side by side in B tier sounds perfect to me
To me there is a difference : Nobody chose Covid to happen, the Weeknd just had to deal with it. They could have given Rihanna every other Superbowl to perform in and it would have been better.
the difference is the weeknds show was way better
They didn't have to deal with rhianna's pregnancy so they could have just not had her. Attention seeking at the detriment to the show.
I’ll assume Rihanna was pregnant but didn’t know it until after she accepted the offer, bc that’s a likely outcome with the timings of these things
@@Sugarist0 thats not true, she new she was preg
I feel like lady gaga's half time show doesn't get enough praise whenever they mention the best 5. She put on a great performance. Still blows my mind and she does deserve that S-tier
Yeah!
Literally the 3 that are in S tier have always been regarded as the best…the only thing thats missing is MJ , its regarded as one of the best as well but I think its just because of his reputation
@@ajollypanda4175 I'm not too sure about that though. What I was trying to say is that while Bey for instance is always praised as a great performer (well-deserved bc she is), Gaga is not a name that comes up that much in that aspect and I think it should in this case. MJ's stage was one of the first in the sense of bringing an artist so there wasn't that much of a stage prep like we have now so maybe that's also why
@@COSASQUEHACERviernesGaga is very multifaceted so I guess people associate her with more things than being a performer. She's an excellent actress and musician so her performance props may be overlooked. But she's S tier for those that pay attention. I'm a lifetime Beyhive and I appreciate generational talents like hers.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very well done and entertaining. Thanks for putting in such good work.
As a millennial that was a kid during 9/11 (and living in NJ no less, so everyone was either 1 or 2 degrees removed from someone that died in the attacks), that Bono halftime show is not just S-tier, it's the GOAT. The mood of America needed exactly that show.
Top 5:
U2 (2002)
Prince (2007)
Bruce Springsteen (2009) (also biased here because once again, NJ)
Lady Gaga (2017)
Shakira/Jlo (2020)
Was too young to remember the Michael Jackson one all that well, but it deserves an honorable mention as well for the road it paved for everything that came after.
Agree with U2 being in S tier. Putting it in A tier is a mistake
I still get chills watching Prince play "Purple Rain" during that halftime performance. That is EASILY the best SB Halftime show and it'll be hard to top.
It rain
Michael Jackson topped it 🤷♀
@@anaiserose3097😂
@@sdey893it’s true LMFAO
@@Captainericiambetterhaha ok 🤡
I don't think people value Madonna's halftime show the way it deserves. It literally changed the game and set the bar for the next ones. Plus she was pretty great considering she was +50 years old and more than 30 years into her career
In the first 30 seconds she establishes that she has mastered the idea that the halftime show should be an absolute spectacle. What an icon.
I absoultely loved how she used the floor to project really awesome visuals. Made it look like a MUCH bigger event when it was just projection. That was the FIRST, ok besides MJ, that was pure spectacle and I was absolutely there for it. We just need to keep getting A tier musicians and the NFL can keep being huge just for the half time.
Prince is the best Superbowl performer ever. He had the entire singing Purple Rain. That was a legendary performance
I watched the first video when it released, and ever since, randomly in the winter I get the "Winter Magiiiiiiic" in my head.
Michael Jackson saved and revitalized halftime show formats as a whole. Prince, Bruno Mars, and Beyonce were also some of my personal favorites.
Prince and Gaga are my top ones. Just the fact that it started downpouring almost right as Purple Rain started was something you couldn't have predicted, and made the whole thing way better.
Sorry to bust ya fond memory of utmost BRILLIANT performance but it had been raining long b4. The heads told my man and he said "Can you make it rain harder" and those girls the twins had 8inch heels on a soaked tile stage AND my mans wireless guiter thingy were a amp cird go's was playing up it died with perfect timing 30sec b4 the end giving that orchestral finish AND nah thats all thank you 4 ya time. And RIP my most gifted main man.😊
@@DrunkJester What the hell was that word salad you just barfed on to my screen
@@arvurebantra7639 sorry i got too much time on my hands at the moment, just thought ya might like some interesting facts about the half-time show.
@@arvurebantra7639
About the same as the diatriably poor reaction to it.
Thank you. I'm, of course, watching this, like everyone else, because of the halftime show yesterday. It's great!
5:45 I know that sounds like I found a country artist name generator and refreshed it four times LMAO
Fun Fact about the Winter Magic halftime show, the producers of the show wanted to get dancers from High Schools around Minnesota instead of actually paying for dancers, and low and behold my 12th grade english teacher was one of them, she made us watch the entire thing in class while also pointing out where she was, truly fantastic considering afterwards we had to discuss Lord of the Flies
I was in the 1996 show for the same reason. It was an open call to anyone with dance experience in the city and they took pretty much everyone.
Lo. Lo and behold.
Talk about everything got dark
I mean, at least Lord of the Flies is an interesting book. One of the books I enjoyed reading the most of the required readings in HS.
@BDeLuca4444 Well that's true I know I'm older now...But I did have the Lord of the Flies to read as an assignment. when I was in high school. Teaching in this modern day and age I feel youth would benefit more from actual literature nowadays, but most importantly discuss it debate it. You don't see that anymore.
Gaga and Beyonce at top is so real. The Dancing and Energy the two of them have for the entire show is surreal
Beyonce and Lady Gaga crossover should have happened
@@HolyCrossed Didn't it? Wasn't it called Telephone? Am I in another universe now? Is this the Mandela effect?
@@Maggot39967I think they meant also a live crossover, they never performed that song together 😔
No. Is not.
Prince is on top, they are behind him lol
Excellent recap. Well done video. So much I don't remember. And so much I need to go relive.
Ushers show was crazy
Crazy bad 😂
crazy that people watched
To this day... I still believe Janet's halftime should have JUST BEEN Janet's. There was ZERO reason that she had to share the stage with all of these other artist while yet AGAIN Justin Timberlake being on stage.
A lot of the late 90s/early 00s shows were a few different artists mixed in so I get it, but Janet was one that should and could have pulled off a solo halftime. She was THE hit maker before they brought her down.
She's half a Micheal at best. Maybe a quarter. Which is still 99% more then the rest of her siblings combined. But she was lucky to share the stage with Justin.
I did not watch that Super Bowl halftime show. I left the party and hung out. I had no interest in pre-DikInaBox Justin Timberlake as he still had that boy band stench on him. Janet after 2 decades of constant hits was entering a decade of irrelevance, her hits having dried up 6 years prior. Kid Rock was there didnt help. I didnt hear about the controversy until the next day at school. It did bring an era of conservative restriction on TV and radio with FCC threatening huge FCC fines. That pared with the start of the Iraq War and the Bush era, the mid-2000s were a bleak time. Thats when Sirius and TH-cam and online platforms grew quickly after as a result to skirt the FCC and its oppression on traditional mediums.
@@Reggie2000how to say you’re a hater without saying it lmao. Her, Michael, Madonna, Whitney were the biggest acts of the 80s-90s. In the 90s, she had the biggest record contract in music history. Her debut tour is still the most successful debut tour of all time. She’s the only artist in history to have 7 Top 5 singles on BB100 from one album (more than Michael). She had 3 consecutive albums containing 5+ Top 5 hits (another record), had a record 18 consecutive Top 10 hits, first artist to be Grammy nominated in 5 different genres (pop, dance, rnb, rock, rap), she’s ranked higher than MJ on the BB 100 Top artists of all time list (#7), Rock Hall inducted. Keep hating though lmao
@@RichV20irrelevance? lmao. She had a record 18 consecutive Top 10 hits up to that point. No other artist had that. All For You was her 7th album, and debuted at #1 with huge sales. The title song was the longest running #1 of 2001 and won a GRAMMY. What are you even talking about. She was doing all this 20 years into her career lmao
Lady Gaga's promotion to S-tier is well deserved, thank you. However, it's a bit crowded up there so I recommend a "Artist Formerly Known as Prince" tier (you know, his former symbol) because the more I watch it, the better it gets.
Purple Rain in the RAIN! None higher.
Wow weather how spectacular
@@CasualCat64 The man performed on a stage made of tile, in heels, with a live electric guitar, in a downpour and missed not one note nor one step.
You're goddamn right it was spectacular.
@@mellifera_312 that’s not weather tho
@@CasualCat64 i mean yes there is nothing he can do to influence it but it rained and it made that performance legendary. I will go as far as to say its the best half time show of all times, even though there will probably be atleast a hundred more to come.
@@hansimgluck6789 glazing
This is an amazing video. I loved listening to your review and ratings. You were spot on. ❤❤❤
YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THIS VIDEO edits so smooth & i actively laughed throughout. Thank you
I hope he puts in an edit to show where he places last night’s performance!
It’s refreshing seeing non Beyoncé fans giving her props instead of downplaying. I saw her perform live and she definitely knows how to put on a show, and the mic was definitely on!
Rihanna always had far more memorable hits than Beyonce's solo career imo.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 as a bey fan I can admit that is factual but Beyonce is far more talented and a wayyyy Better performer respectfully
bye theyre both queens, ur irrelevant
@@fawkkyutuu8851 rihanna is a single's artist and beyonce makes cohesive body of works... not the same
@madisonatior4414 I love them both but I do believe Rhianna's halftime show should've been rated higher than it was. Mainly bcuz of her hits and her dancers were soooo perfectly in sync they were amazing. Then she did it all while she was pregnant ❤😂
Note about the Justin Timberlake Prince hologram thing - that was actually seen as a big nono. Prince explicitly asked that his image not be used in that fashion, and Timberlake using it was considered EXTREMELY disrespectful.
That wasn’t a hologram? That was a performance played on a projector?
@@samjasek1755 Timberlake called it a hologram, and what it was doesn't change how disrespectful it was.
I liked it anyway. That show was brilliant...
Facts i dock it down to D tier just for that purpose
The caucacity of Justin paying homage to prince after feuding and dissing him in his give it to me verse in timbaland's song.
I din't know what to expect from this video, but i like your humour. There is obviously a few ratings that we might disagree on, but, i like this video and you actually got me interested in the Super Bowl Half Time performances. You made my day, Thank you!
I literally blurted out laughing my ass off at 2:50 holy shit well done 😂😂😂😂😂
Another guest star for Rihanna could have been Eminem to do "Monster" or "Love The Way You Lie." Yes, Eminem did make an appearance last year, but that didn't stop Justin Timberlake from making THREE appearances! (It also would have made Eminem the first to make consecutive Super Bowl appearances)
No bro those songs would be extremely awkward at the SB
@@Mason-dq7cf ong these people have 0 idea how to make any sort of playlist.
@@Mason-dq7cf would’ve been great
@@manethsdiss glad that you’ll never be in charge of the music
@@Mason-dq7cf bro it my opinion I think it would’ve been cool
Glad Gaga gets her recognition, but Madonna needs to be WAY up, she basically paved the way for all the good super bowl performances of the 2010s at 54 ! 🎉
Paul McCartney and Tom Petty are still my 2 favorite shows! Both were flawless concerts of timeless classics! You can think they're boring, but they deserve at least B-tier.
Great work !
how the hell did they go from MJ to Indiana Jones.......LMAO AHAHHAHAHAHAH I'M FREAKING DYING FROM LAUGHTER.
Patti Labelle was there 💅🏽
Prince needs his own level. His halftime show is, and will forever be, the greatest of all time.
NGL, I don't get the hype. He was great, but from the way you all talk about it, I was expecting a lot more.
@@deviantmoore9744 It’s overrated not much of a spectacle like MJ’s which is beyond S tier tbh👑🌟💯
@@Milkers777 I agree. I was honestly more shocked and amazed watching Springsteen than Prince. I'm not really a fan of the genre of music Bruce makes, but seeing him move like that doing knee drops and some foot work really blew me away. I didn't know Bruce could moved liked that!🥴
@@deviantmoore9744 yeah I think some of these ppl don’t be on the same planet as us bc 🌚🌚🌚
@DeviantMoore What makes his so great is he performed in the pouring rain. Lol then go figure the song purple rain. Honestly his was the best. Had the twins dancing in those heels on a wet stage, playing that electric guitar in the rain. His was the best period
People can pretend that anything even comes close to Prince's show but reality is reality.
thank god... when seeing your thumbnail I was thinking "if prince is not at the top I dont know what u have to do as an artist" ... I watched that so many times. as well as lady gaga... my daughter is crazy for that show
The ONLY thing I would've done differently in this whole list is moving Michael Jackson to S Tier. Other than that, absolutely perfect list.🙏🏽🙏🏽
He should be on G tier for GOD !
He is trash. Great performer, but look what he did to kids.
@@Secretlyanothername What did that have ANYTHING to do with his list or my comment?
@@dominickw.3718 think about children instead of your opinions
@@Secretlyanothername I thought the whole list was about opinions
Lady Gaga is just an unbelievably amazing performer and deserves her S tier sport
So where would you put Ushers show last night? I loved it! May not be on S tier but A for sure. lol. Just my personal opinion. It was very nostalgic for me though.
A vast improvement over what has been unwatchable for many years. Captions would have helped.
Agree with A!
Love your humor!
There’s no half time show we have today without Michael Jackson. G tier. GOAT Tier.
facts
Pedo michael
FR A GOAT!!!
@@meows.. he's a joke for putting beyonce over micheal jackson
the glazing is crazy
You really summed it up about Rihanna's performance, some feature, any feature would've been nice. Yes she's pregnant which excuses the lack of choreo, but she's SO low energy that the dancers can barely save the vibes, and the stage people gave up after coming up with the smash bros platform
Missy could carry A WHOLE Superbowl show alone !
To me the mashup format and surprise guests singing each others songs is the best part when done well. It gives people a chance to hear something they’ve never heard before, whether it was a song that is new to an audience or if it is one they’ve heard 20 years. I get hate for it but I’d rank NSync Aerosmith higher (just barely below S tier b/c it could have been staged better)
Prince was incredible. One of the best performances I've ever seen and it's ridiculous to think that it was at a Superbowl halftime.
In the rain no less!
Ok learning the history of 'Winter Magic' and how it was a ratings bomb and how the NFL followed that up with _THE FREAKING KING OF POP at the absolute height of his fame_ does a whole lot to explain how the Superbowl Halftime Show became what it is today.
Harsh on Coldplay. They were superb. Great anthems suited to large stadiums
The Coldplay show was boring and cringy. Beyoncé and Bruno Mars are what saved it, and even then Coldplay managed to rain on their parade.
Shakira and Jlo's performance was a top tier performance and they deserve to be there. Your list is slightly flawed.
I rate Michael Jackson and Prince in their own category as GOAT above S. Michael for increasing the amount of people watching the half time shows and Prince for playing in the rain. I went back and watched a lot of the half time shows. Thank you for putting this together ❤️
Michael Jackson had The MOST WATCHED Super Bowl 1/2 show in HISTORY with 134 million. More people watched his 1/2 show than the game and that's A FACT. They don't include it because it came before 2010. So only Super Bowls after are included and that's how the others took the lead. 🤣 You have to EXCLUDE MJ in almost everything if you want OTHERs to compete. Otherwise, they will have him at the TOP of everything since he broke so many records with only 4 solo albums. 🤣
Bruno's performance should be moved up a tier. He had energy and reminded me of the old school funk and Motown performers.
I agree, at least A tier. He only didn't like it because of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performance and transition to the next song, but the performance itself was definitely S tier worthy.
Definitely should've been A tier.
Bruno in 2014 don't have his popular hit song back then but still landed in B category still impressive if we can remake Superbowl performer maybe he hit S
I found his performance super boring personally. Gaga, Shakira, Beyonce, Jackson and Prince all had the best ones.
Would love to see where you rank Usher's performance!
Very nice video. Your rationales for your rankings are thoughtful and clear.
The ranking where I disagree with you most is U2. That was an S-tier performance, hands down. To appreciate why, one has to have lived through those months after 9/11, when any sort of mass entertainment was unthinkable. It didn't fit the national mood. By that February, entertainers had started to move on, but 9/11 still permeated everything. It was always there, just beneath the surface.
In that environment, you could have counted on one hand at the time the number of artists who could have risen to the occasion and not fallen into the trap of, on the one side, deep and utter cringe, and, on the other side, dark jingoism. It was without question the most difficult context for a Super Bowl halftime show in the event's history, before and since. Add to that the fact, as you mentioned, that U2 is not an American band. It could have been a disaster. But U2 **hit it out of the park**. People in the restaurant I was at--who could not have all been U2 fans--just lost it at the end at the list of names and Bono showing the American flag. Emotional, respectful, and, against all odds and cynicism, uplifting.
Personally, based purely on technical performance, I think Prince gave the greatest halftime show of all time. But we cannot divorce performance from context. Think about Dylan going electric at the Newport Jazz Festival, or the Beatles giving their last concert on a rooftop. With context considered, U2 had the toughest job of all, and came out the best ever.
MJ not being an S teir is ridiculous. As a 12 year old in 93, this was an amazing performance! He popped up seemingly out of nowhere at the top of the stadium! He set the tone for superbowl halftime shows and changed it forever!
This video was probably made by someone who didn't even exist then. Simplicity always wins.
Well, I would even place it a tier lower, he didn’t sing live during that performance. I know since the 90s he pretty much always relied on playback, but that shouldn’t be an excuse.
Don’t worry he will make a new edit with the upcoming halftime show and somehow put Elvis presto in s tier because he just can
technology is way better so MJ would have been able to sing live today
@tias.6675 go make your own then 😮
Can we talk about how the female headliners typically have better costuming? It applies to the (western, at least) music industry in general and concerts outside of the Super Bowl, too. Beyonce, Gaga, Katy, Shakira and JLo all had notable costume changes during their Super Bowl shows. I'd really like to see the guys put in similar effort on that front.
It’s because they do have more options when it comes to costuming, from leotards to bodysuits, they have a wide variety of options to pick from, while male performers only have pants or shorts as main choice…not excusing it because there can be room for creativity within those limits, but I think overall female performers just deliver better energy and usually have a much better catalogue of all time hits
I agree. In general the efford male acts put in is decreasing since we lost people like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury at least in my opinion.
Divas pop no geral sempre entregaram shows muito melhores.
No. We can't talk about that.
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😂 I really enjoyed this review. The narrator is so funny 😅😅
as a massive tom petty fan i was worried how you would review it but you were right on point
mj belongs in the S tier, literally set the standard for these massive pop performances like gaga
you absoultely right but only if he would have sung live..
@@manifestoh what’s the proof that he didn’t? mj always did live vocals
@@troysdogtraining he 1000000 percent did not.
@@troysdogtraining There’s a point where he pulls out ANOTHER MIC to talk to the audience. The one he was wearing was absolutely turned off
@@MsLazykat mics malfunction all the time. there’s also a change his headset mic is more compressed than the regular mic. i’ve never done sound tech for the superbowl but him switching mics could have been for a number of legitimate reasons.
“Anytime you notice audio mixing during a show, the techs have failed their job”. 🤣🤣🤣 WELL SAID!👏🏽
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Can’t wait for you to come back and do it again after this show 😂