Chapter Twenty-Three: The Halftime Show and the Grammys
Among the guests of this year's halftime show, it was none other than the leader of the TeenPop craze, the king of the famous boy bands, the Backstreet Boys.
They will perform their masterpiece "Everybody" and will perform a second performance after the legendary rock band Aerosmith.
Originally, in history, this Super Bowl halftime show was supposed to be performed by the now prosperous Super Boy, but because of Sid's sideways, Superboy was not included in Jive Records, but was taken over by a subsidiary of Warner Records after more than a year of lawsuits.
Now they are just a small group of second and third lines, and they are still far from being on the stage of the Super Bowl.
So the NFL finally brought in the Backstreet Boys, and although the Backstreet Boys have been famous for a long time, for them, this is their first time on the Super Bowl stage, and they are absolutely excited to be able to work with many legends who have been in the music scene for a long time.
What's more, the key treatment of being able to connect two tracks?
If there's any grievance, it's too. "Is that the best you can do?" Sid chuckled as he looked at the man across from him.
"We also hope that your company can understand. In this year's halftime show, we invited a total of eight groups of guests, and the performance time is indeed relatively tight, so ......" a slightly chubby middle-aged uncle smiled helplessly.
"So, our Britney, can only sing along with the songs of the Blacksmith in the Sky?" Sid looked at each other with a smile.
Although Britney Spears was excited after receiving an invitation to the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show, it was later learned that Britney Spears didn't have a solo solo to sing, and even when the Backstreet Boys had two songs to sing that song, she could only follow behind the Air Blacksmith and sing along to their rock songs.
This can't help but make Sid unhappy.
"It's really because there are too many people, that's why it's like this. "This middle-aged uncle is the director & producer of the Super Bowl, David Hill.
Since the end of the 90s, after taking over the position of director of the Super Bowl, he has become the chief director of many internationally renowned events and activities, including the Super Bowl.
He's also the network chairman of Fox Television Network, where he runs Fox's sports division, and while a high-powered Hollywood executive like him doesn't need to explain anything to Sid, he knows very well how many viewers today are coming for the fame of the Backstreet Boys and Britney.
Therefore, he is tactful, of course, he has to give Sid, the boss of the fire lion, a reasonable explanation.
"In fact, not only Miss Spears does not have a complete Solo today, but several singers such as Mary Jane Bligt and Chris Rock will only appear at the end, and there is only a short Solo part. ”
David Hill's explanation made Sid frown, he had only seen the Super Bowl in later generations, and only remembered that like later generations, there were only one or two main performers at each halftime show, rather than a hodgepodge like now.
"You can't do that, you invite too many people, it's just disorganized, unfocused, it looks lively, but it's not really exciting. Sid shook his head.
"We do feel this way, so our program team also wants to start making some adaptations and adjustments next year. David Hill nodded repeatedly, since he took over the Super Bowl broadcast, although for the time being, he is still continuing the practice of the past 90s, but he does feel that the Super Bowl as a whole is somewhat outdated.
So as the head of Fox Network's sports department, he is also looking for change, and Sid's words coincide with him.
"So Mr. Leon thinks we have a Super Bowl, what else needs to be changed?" chatted and chatted, David Hill actually pulled Sid to pick up the scriptures.
For a while, Sid couldn't cry or laugh.
Fortunately, there was a knock on the door of Sid's break room, and an executive producer wearing a headset ran in, "Director, the live broadcast is about to start! ”
Under the urging of his subordinates, David Hill left the lounge "reluctantly".
In Sid's VIP lounge, you can watch the live TV again, and the next Super Bowl halftime show, instead watch Sid yawn.
Compared with the amazing appearance of Sister Fruit riding a lion in later generations, Lady Gaga is on the ground and all kinds of performances, and now this simple approach of piling up stars is not attractive to Sid at all.
If it weren't for the fact that he had to wait to see Britney's performance, Sid wouldn't be able to watch it.
Although the Super Bowl performance looks a little inferior, its popularity promotion of stars is absolutely unquestionable. When Britney's performance, with the Super Bowl broadcast to the nation, stimulated another wave of sales of her first two albums.
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After the Super Bowl, the Grammys that followed the music industry were definitely the biggest events of the year.
But this year's Grammys, Sid and Britney did not participate, although Britney was nominated for Best Female Pop Artist and Best Pop Album of the Year.
But how can the current group of Grammy critics, who even find it difficult to rap and rap, to be elegant, can look down on the current Britney?
It's actually like the Oscars in the 90s, the more famous the star, the harder it is to get recognition for this kind of authoritative award.
But in the face of the upcoming impact of Internet music, and the rise of new rock, rap and other emerging forces, the Grammys, the "old guy" who now seems stubborn, will quickly lose their temperament.
Today, they still look down on TeenPop stars, but in the future, they will have to beg Justin Bieber to appear on the show to boost their popularity.
This year's Grammys didn't come as a surprise to Sid, with the old-school band U2 taking home three of the most important awards, while a pop band Sid had never heard of even won four awards.
In addition, this year's rap music awards were won by Muye Aminem, and the current female head of country music, Faith Hill, also won three country music awards.
In addition to these awards, which feel more like "respecting teachers", the black R&B girl group "True Destiny", which has been established for many years but has always had a bumpy star road, also won two awards in their R&B field: "Best R&B Group" and "Best R&B Song".
After years of ups and downs, a future Queen-B has finally taken the first step towards success.
At the same time, not only did Britney Spears get nothing again, but also other pop stars, Madonna, Christina, and the Backstreet Boys, who just released a new album at the end of last year, all went home empty-handed and got nothing.