Katy Perry's "Roar" is etched in my brain now

Dragda · Feb 11, 2015

I wouldn't know a Katy Perry song if I heard one. All I remember is she was riding a huge lion or something and changed into a Hot Dog on a Stick costume. All the songs were vaguely familiar, but I really don't pay much attention to half time shows.

PatsFanSince74 · Feb 11, 2015

A lot of you clearly represent the dream Target Market of the NFL's marketing machine. No diss. Just stating a fact.

So, I guess I balance some of you out: I don't turn on the SB until 6:25, I never watch the Halftime show (food, booze) and I watch few, if any, of the commercials (booze, food).

You're their dream. I'm their nightmare.

Ain't America great!?!

eom · Feb 11, 2015

this is the only song I associate with a game

reflexblue · Feb 11, 2015

convertedpatsfan said:
Whenever I hear it, I think about this victory and it immediately cheers me up. I ****ing hated that song before this game but now it's permanently associated with it.

I didn't even watch the halftime show, so I missed all the left shark hysteria. But I could hear it while making nachos in the kitchen and now it's stuck in my head.

I loved U2's "Beautiful Day" before, but when they performed at Super Bowl 36 and the Patriots defeated the Rams for their first championship, it would forever be part of my playlist. Am I going to load up on Katy Perry songs now???

And as Bill Simmons wrote in his mailbag "Welcome to the Super Bag" before the game, "Roar" would have been the best-case scenario song for the Pats.

Q: Before the second Pats-Giants Super Bowl, I emailed you asking what Madonna halftime song would be most appropriate for the Patriots narrative, similar to U2’s “Beautiful Day” in 2001 and Tom Petty’s “Free Falling” in 2007. Your answer, “Like A Prayer,” became a great description of the game-winning Hail Mary that Gronkowski almost caught. (Sadly, that prayer was not answered.) So what Katy Perry halftime song will become New England’s musical parallel this time around?
—Dave B., San Francisco

BS: Great question. And sadly, I have a 9-and-a-half-year-old daughter and knew the answer almost immediately. My best-case-scenario Katy song: “Roar.” Check out these lyrics:

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice

(THAT WAS THE PATS DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF DEFLATEGATE.)

I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

(YEAH, NFL, WE LET YOU PUSH US PAST THE BREAKING POINT!)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground

(THAT’S THE SECOND BELICHICK PRESS CONFERENCE.)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

(TRANSLATION: WE’RE UP 13-3 AT HALFTIME!)

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar

(“ROAR” RHYMES WITH FOUR, AS IN … FOUR SUPER BOWLS!)

Anyone else suffering from this?

Its what i call a Good Bad song. in other words its a good example of a bad song. Occasionally i try to plant one in my sister in laws head. For example she Hates Winchester Cathedral, so i call and play the song, it gets recorded on the answering service and when she checks the message she hears it. he, he, he. I cannot stand todays ahh err rock/pop, its junk, so never watched one iota of the half time show.

BelichickFan · Feb 11, 2015

TBR said:
I was too pissed off with how they ended the half so I left the room and didn't watch the halftime show

I just went to the bedroom and laid down "for a few minutes". Next thing I knew my wife was waking me up telling me the second half was about to begin. Couldn't have planned it better.

Observer · Feb 11, 2015

I watched the whole Super Bowl on mute so there is no sound etched into my head.

shmessy · Feb 11, 2015

Off The Grid said:
The next HalfTime Show worthy of the Super Bowl will be the first one worthy of the Super Bowl.

They always go with either:

01 ~ Pop.

or

02 ~ Rock & Roll, but a Band that peaked 20, 30, or even 40 Years before the Event.

Fortunately, I'm generally shattered by HalfTime, so most anything entertains me at that point.

Dude.........U2 - 2002. You and I will just have to agree to disagree.

RecoveringCowboy · Feb 11, 2015

To the OP: At least the Katy Perry song stuck in your mind was not Dark Horse.

scott99 · Feb 11, 2015

BSR said:
If there is a greater half time show than that U2 performance, I've never seen it. In my opinion, far and away the best ever.

If I could hit the agree button 100x I would have. I don't even watch the half time show anymore. But that halftime performance by U2 was the greatest as far as relevance and song choices, as well as the best band ever to play a halftime show, period.

Still gives me chills every time I watch it.

eom · Feb 11, 2015

if you want a katy perry song stuck in your head check this out

ctpatsfan77 · Feb 11, 2015

BelichickFan said:
I just went to the bedroom and laid down "for a few minutes". Next thing I knew my wife was waking me up telling me the second half was about to begin. Couldn't have planned it better.

Were you listening to the Weird Al parody "Snore"?

IcyPatriot · Feb 11, 2015

Brady_to_Moss · Feb 11, 2015

Hear me roarrrrrrr

Froob · Feb 11, 2015

I don't even remember it already. Halftime has gone a long ways since Paul McCartney (GOAT musician) in Super Bowl 39.

Joker · Feb 11, 2015

Katy Perry?...well, if the choice is between her and Mad Donna the Repugnantly Wicked Witch of the West I guess I'll have to listen to Katy roar (and then drop five pounds of plaster of Paris in her mouth while she's sleeping)...

#56300ex · Feb 11, 2015

Count me in the "waiting for the wardrobe malfunction" group.

Dem bouncing beach balls tho

doesntmatter1 · Feb 11, 2015

I enjoyed the entire sb, including half time. I am young, closer to their target audience, and listen to a wide variety of music. Katy put on a show and the firework ending song looked great with all of the well timed fireworks.

Most half times suck or are just not that memorable. The ones I like/clearly remember are Prince, U2, Perry, Bruno in that order.

I like a little bit of everything except techno and true country music. I am still waiting to see Cold Play or maybe Drake.

RecoveringCowboy · Feb 11, 2015

What if Lady Gaga did a half time?

Joker · Feb 11, 2015

I want to see Taylor Momsen and the Pretty Reckless perform "Going To Hell" at Super Bowl 50...then I can die a happy pervert.

RayClay · Feb 12, 2015

Wasn't much of a U2 fan until Bono started walking through the crowd like a god up to the stage and just owned the half time show, gave me chills. Actually felt like the win was being prophesied.

I've never knowingly heard a Katy Perry song except the girl kissing one and had the mute on the whole time which made the silly cartoon shark and cherry picker stuff incomprehensible as a football halftime show, on a par with Madonna's costume nightmare.

Count me in as rooting for a wardrobe malfunction, I love her body.

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