From: Oardodo@aol.com Subject: Re: sellout(NC) Date: 2/4/2002 5:38:36 PM To: jlmicek@mindspring.com In a message dated 02/04/2002 6:26:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, jlmicek@mindspring.com writes: << 've just got to leap to U2's defense here. Granted, playing the Super Bowl halftime show is about as corporate and commercial as you can get. But I think for a band of their stature, they pulled it off with power and grace. It's easy to slam the big guys, but I think for most of the people here who have ever seen that band in a room, they know that it's about as close as you can get to a transcendant experience. They did it well -- and if you want a comparison, just think about that frigging Britney/Aerosmith/N*Sync cluster-fuck of a halftime show last year. That, friends, was corporate. >> What did you folks think about the NAMES list in the background? The crowd certainly reacted! d.o.(oardodo)