The NFL made a great choice this year in having Sir Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show. Do 12 minutes of McCartney fill the hole left by last year's infamous Wardrobe Malfunction? Maybe not, but those few minutes gave the Super Bowl halftime show something that it has been missing in recent times: class.
If any music has managed to stand the test of time, it is the music of McCartney. Once again, as he has done so many times before, McCartney stole the show.
The atmosphere inside the stadium appeared to be electric in a way that I don't recall seeing in a while. Refreshingly, the show's producers didn't try to flaunt sex like it was going out of style.
The show came to a grand climax during the song "Hey Jude." McCartney had the entire crowd chanting in unison "Na, na, na, nananana...nananana". Even my family was swaying back and forth as we all chanted along with the TV, smiling from ear to ear.
The NFL scored big on Super Bowl Sunday--and with class. The game's organizers should be congratulated.
Hopefully the success of this year's show will inspire the corporate staff in charge of the halftime show to use this year's show as a blueprint for the future.
But putting Jessica Simpson in a two-piece outfit could be considered an exception.
Zach Amarillas is a freelance writer for the Web Devil. Reach him at zachary.amarillas@asu.edu.
