I can’t tell if it’s still as cool to play the Super Bowl halftime show as it used to be…but it’s definitely a pretty big show.
This year Lady GaGa gets to do it, and as they were rolling out the commercial spots for her at practically every commercial break during the playoffs this past weekend, people wonder…
What is she gonna do?
See, that’s the question EVERYONE asks when thinking of her playing the halftime show.
We don’t wonder how totally rock n roll she’s gonna be (like we did with Prince). We don’t wonder in what way she’s gonna rule the world (like we did with Beyonce). We don’t wonder which smash hits she’s gonna play (like we did with Paul McCartney). We don’t wonder how she’s gonna save the world (like we did with U2).
We wonder what she’s gonna DO.
That is the thought she’s been able to build into your mind and mine…and the minds of the school teacher in Cincinnati, and the lawyer in Dallas, and the Uber driver in Denver.
That thought, while extremely simple, took YEARS to build and spread to the masses.
So you don’t get to play the Super Bowl this year, Lady Gaga has the spot.
But say you get it next year…what will we wonder?
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