Superbowl 42 Tom Petty Halftime Show 02/03/2008 Part 1

[freakyhairdude500]

After watching this, I too realize how bad the Black Eyed Peas are. Journey, The Who, and ESPECIALLY Tom Petty make them look bad. I still think that Slash deserves the Super Bowl MVP because he made that performance not a total fail.

[tao521]

Great show

[ArmageddonDr]

The 74 dislikes are Patriots fans.

[yucchhiiowwee]

WHY would anyone even THINK about watching the BLACK EYED PENIS...I mean peas? They would NEVER even make a pimple OR BLACK HEAD on ANY OF THE BANDS THAT PLAYED THE SUPERBOWL!!! The black eyed penis...again I mean peas, is nothing but a (C)rap group!! There is NO (C)RAP group that do what the REAL bands do!! NOT A CHANCE...NOTTA!!! I don't care WHO the (C)RAPPERS are!!!

[AudacityLoader]

tom petty looks like david guetta in 30 years

[ehorgs424]

@LgFaver yeah those are great bands and ive seen all of them live too

[beastofblurdon1]

Gretsh Drums ! make all the difference

[Trewq79]

I was just watching the Black Eyed Peas half-time....just had to go back to a good half-time haha. The sad thing is i think Nickelback is doing this next half-time. If they try to play all of their songs from there new album, i wouldn't be surprised if they get boo'd out.

[treeelizard]

the nfl got it right that year and the year with the who...hold the peas please!

[LgFaver]

it's a shame he's using a pitch correction tool(chorus).

shame...

[Nintenkid91]

I wish Pink Floyd were here to do a halftime show.

[hannuh1609]

@Nintenkid91 I wish all of the original Pink Floyd members were alive so they could.

[RedheadUninterrupted]

I so wish I was there!!

[newscafe]

proves Heartbreakers STILL amongst best in biz

[zytxuy]

I'm always in the mood for some Tom Petty. 

[ehorgs424]

Who's up for the killers or coldplay in the next sb??

[LgFaver]

@ehorgs424 Killers yes, Coldplay... they're too soft.

in fact, i'd rather have Kings of Leon do it(while they're still together).

[VirgoGal74]

Who's going to perform at the next SB? I had heard Madonna but since it's being held in Indianapolis it would make more sense to have John Mellencamp since he's from Indiana and he ROCKS!

[day500champ08]

Up until this year's one, every super bowl halftime show since 2005 could be considered the greatest ever. Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce, and The Who. Legends is all you can say.

[309hjk]

EPIC!!!!

[thiel09ycp11]

Still the best super bowl half-time show ever!

[undercuffler2006]

ausome

[KalevsAssholds]

for like half a second i thought that at 0:16 it was a penis

[CamericaUSA]

KISS

[waynestatewarriors]

BY FAR, i cant stress this enough, BY FAR, THE BEST SUPERBOWL HALF TIME SHOW EVER. They should do it every year.

[Wiseguy6666]

Tom Petty and the HEARTBREAKERS

"FREE FALLIN'"

"I WON'T BACK DOWN"

This half-time show predicted the outcome of the Super Bowl:

The "Perfect" Patriots were FREE FALLIN, the Giants DIDN'T BACK DOWN...and Patriot fans were HEARTBROKEN that they lost the Super Bowl, after winning every single football game.

[pathfinderwe1]

Great half time show. I saw it live on german televison. =)

[McGrubby]

This get my adrenaline pumping every time I see it.

[theLazyiestTurtle]

Paul McCartney was better...

[eirnil1]

when free fallin' starts the time stops. priceless....!

[yankeesfan1540]

best halftime show to go with one the best superbowls of all time

[rebarproductions]

yo black eyed peas i'm really happy for you imma let you finish, but tom petty made the best super bowl half time show of all time

[KB24toogood]

@rebarproductions i agree, that was the best halftime show

[herbert4860]

they are soooooooooooooo great

[blackbettytruck]

How cool was this! Instead of all the gimicky, artsy, fartsy dancing that they do for every other halftime show, they just let people come up and have a good time. Tom Petty rocks!

[TheBarnett13]

tom petty is the best me and my dad where there

[kjallesoft]

Hard as our LIFE can be

Knowing full-well The EVENTUAL Great Criminals end up old-and-finished in DEN HAAG and get Trialed , but in the meantime KILLED thousends of Peoples Lifes , just because THEY-IN-POWER did not like you at all...

Let's remain STRONG AND STANDING.

Bernard

[redsoxrok34]

@millono LOL so true!  Tom Petty is and always will be my favorite musician.

On a sadder note, just imagine how brain-dead the people were who took the SB halftime show from this to the black-eyed peas. Remember, these people control the media your children watch.

[1AceDeuce]

240P!!

[DearDes]

Ooooh My My Ooooh Hell Yes ~ I Was There :) I LOVE My Petty Pals!

[awc0204]

@millono Well said, brother!

[christyannification]

I've loved Tom Petty since i was like 12. Still loving him at 44!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RickyRocker821]

it must scare the heck out of them being in the middle of a firework explosion like that.

[TheSlamma]

Petty!, Springsteen!, The Who!.. then they went black eye peas.. lol talk about falling off.

[AntiMTVMovement]

Petty, even at 60, puts all the pop-punk singers who can't emulate him to shame.

[TheDBall73]

One of the best halftime shows ever, hands down.  Striaght up rock n roll that everyone knows, young and old.

[CyberRog475]

I think Journey would be a pretty good choice.

[jewman303]

I wanna see van halen

[neilrtucker11]

the only halftime show where the main stage wasnt at midfield

[Macwhinnieadam]

I saw Tom last year at Saratoga performing arts center, one of the best shows ever

[SparePartsLive]

ausome Tom your great

[TheGeorgecostanza]

Pink Floyd would just freak out all the Superbowl stoners!

[jose4308]

America wont back down.

[casadeleaf]

Badass

[pavloman1]

watching this again reminds me how bad the Black Eye Peas are.

[TheBarnett13]

@pavloman1 no tom petty was better

[byrniemac791]

I want to hear someone try and say that bands like Black Eyed Peas put in better shows, I wanna hear it.

That's right no one is trying to say that, because theres no way they even begin to compare to real bands like these

[acortes1983]

Now that's a half time show...not the crap we had this year....

[byrniemac791]

@acortes1983

amen, this year just proved to me how much bands today actually do on their own, and how much is added music that they dont compose or play

[KZBProductionCo]

I wish I was there

[kcjazzy]

Go Florida. At least one thing positive from our state!

[thirstytom]

the heartbreakers are awesome

[crazytrain81]

Timeless, fuck this Black Eyed Peas shit in the superbowl (or if you're gonna book a rap act, make sure they don't suck).

Everyone knows that when I'm long gone, and everyone else on this post are long gone, and Petty is long gone, there will be a cover band somewhere playing American Girl, and everyone will be going crazy and groovin' every which way.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, rock on forever!

[Blaha46]

Tom Petty is my favorite artist, he is such a great fuckin song writer and rock n roller

[flinnrules]

mrsjak43 did you forget about the who

[Mrsjack43]

Tom Petty and U2 are the best half time shows I've ever seen

[cottonbaxter]

@Mrsjack43

I guess you missed the Springsteen halftime show.

[dbr712]

@Mrsjack43 And you missed The Who too.

[iamobeliskquake]

@Mrsjack43 you also missed The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney

[ZoSoxSwAnSoNgx]

Tom Petty's music is timeless. It might as well have been recorded yesterday. on the other hand, i dont think anyone is gunna wanna listen to "boom boom pow" in 20 years

[ampacific1317]

I live for this guy his music is like amazing he may be old now but his voice hasn't changed 1 bit!!

[maaudiosubs]

Tom petty is such a stud!

[thefakephil]

Definitely not as good as the Black Eyed Peas. But it's hard to top that half time show . . . Tom Petty is adequate though.

[Hefelump1]

@millono Haha, that's awesome.

[psesi]

@millono haha thats the clever

[PedanticNo1]

black eyed peas can suck my black penis

[JimmyPBraum]

This and Springsteen's were the best ever!

[CyberRog475]

@JimmyPBraum have to agree totally

[yolowell]

They don't make 'em any cooler than Petty.

[DavidPrescott12]

Just seen this video, love Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom and the heartbreakers did an amazing set, great songs, great music and best of all a great band

[darth375]

This was the best half time show that I can remember.

[anitavassar1]

show em' how it's done. Absolute perfect set.

[eisert4]

saw them live in chicago few years back. They are awesome live! Highly recommend going to see them while they are still touring.

[DieselProductions11]

Black Eyed peas are a joke! They didn't even play any instruments @ this years Superbowl!!!

[comett6]

He's AMAZING live

[jaaxoon]

best halftime performance in a while.

[geoff25s]

This is one of the best alongside of Paul mcCartney and The Who. The Black Eyed Peas sucked horribly I don't think I'm even curious to revisit that experience I might have a rupture of some sort form it.

[Hobinator17]

im praying for Dire Straits at the 2012 super bowl. GO MARK KNOPFLER!!!

[infeted14]

@LadyJessica85 good work!!! thats because the black eyed peas are horrible lol

glad you have good taste

[swimmer1098]

he looks sooo old in this but he's still amazing we went to his concert after this and it was absolutely amazing as hell way better than the auto-tuned shit that the black-eyed peas did

[byrniemac791]

a real band. who did this all on their own. and didn't need any extraneous technology besides their own stuff. fuck yeah.

[strabbs1]

@byrniemac791 you pretty much summed up the problem with modern music, iam english and dont realy get he gravity of half time superbowl but i love tom and the boys and all live music, no rapping dancing and hidding, just rock n roll!! amen

[DieselProductions11]

@strabbs1 Do you like the Moody Blues?

[mprime2003]

tom petty didnt even sweat it. to him it was just another concern with a little kick to it. mustve been a trip.

[MercurySyndrom]

@LadyJessica85 dude, i couldn't agree more with you, superbowl half time used to be this good

[rxp1019]

David Bowie. Come get some. Better yet ACDC

[redsoxrok34]

@LadyJessica85 I watched it and couldn't even comprehend it. It was like they'd sing the first part of a song, then just have a bunch of people dancing around for a while, then do it all over again. On the few occasions they were actually singing, it was an insult to music.

I drank beer throughout the SB (what guy didn't?), but the halftime show is the only point where i grabbed the whiskey. if it had gone on much longer i probably would have shot the tv

[jjc19461]

who thinks the foo fighters should play the next super bowl instead of some auto-tuned, computerized band? Black eye peas sucked at halftime, and they lost their touch. they used to be soo good until boom boom pow..

[redsoxrok34]

@jjc19461 ANYONE but a repeat of last year. Foo Fighters would be cool. The band I'd love to see would be Def Leppard, but that won't happen-the PTC would go nuts at the idea that "pour some sugar on me" would be played on national tv

[eburt6]

Petty made this superbowl breathtaking.  This year i didn't even watch the superbowl when i heard black eyed peas were playing.

[combat1boots]

black peas sux

[joepoe1134]

i honestly thought the NFL and the people who choose who gets to do the Halftime proformance would have learned when Janet Jackson showed her nasty tit on national television....... now this is a wonderful proformance by my all time favorite band Tom Petty, tom should be allowed to do every halftime show, and fuck the black eyed peas, their proformance sucked, the where is the love song, i would have figured they would have put Obama in it some how, that was a shitty proformance by them.

[tiburcio9999]

best half time show ever

[DesertDiegel]

when my friend told me the black eyed peas were playing in the super bowl i thought they were joking until i watched it, then when i saw fergie and slash playing sweet chilled o mine i left bc i didnt wana hit someone in the face...

[WorkingClassNOW]

American music like this is what the superbowl neeeedsss!!!!

[jjc19461]

i never heard of this band until this super bowl. This game, i will never ever ever forget in my life since im a hardcore giants fan, and for them to beat an undefeated team? wow it was an awesome day! There songs seem good to me, a 14 year old kid.

[joepoe1134]

@jjc19461 Tom Petty is a great band, they have very well done songs and i have everyone of his songs on my ipod and listen to them everyday and never get bored with them.

[Manniex3]

THIS WAS THE BEST HALFTIME SHOW EVER!!!!

[crazydiesellover]

@LadyJessica85 Wow! Finally someone else said it. This was a great show. I could not believe the halftime was done by the black eyed peas....??? Why would you choose them? How about classic rock artist or country artist.

[thesegirlshaveboobs]

I love him so much. So gooooooood.

[mbenzsl2000]

The best halftime show in YEARS!

my fav was the MJ back in the day....but tom pettys show was also amazing...good ol' american rock

[brawy1]

Now THIS was a half-time show!!!! And this is coming from a fan of the Super Bowl XLV Champion Packers.

[MrSpunkMunkee]

I had the privlage to see these guys on the mojo tour and man coud they play. I cant believe they got the black eyed peas as the halftime this year, thought they would have learned their lesson after thier grey cup performance when if you can believe it, actually sucked more than the super bowl.

[densaner77]

Great show along with Springsteen probably the best ever. What the hell was the NFL thinking hiring those tone deaf assholes The Black Eyed Peas?!

[PepperDr94]

Thumbs up for Coldplay @ the 46th superbowl

[666Brago]

@PepperDr94 There may be a Super Bowl XLVI because of the lockout. If there is, it's going to be in Indianapolis.

[mbenzsl2000]

@PepperDr94 not a coldplay fan.....but im sure they would give a much better performance than black eyes peas

[skateboardin04]

haha i watched this video while the black eyed peas sucked it up

[666Brago]

@skateboardin04 I watched The Who from Super Bowl XLIV

[popeman2125]

one of the best half time shows ever

[VirgoGal74]

Black Eyed Peas were OK at best. Petty was awesome and much better!. Studio bands with a lot of production and auto-tuning do not make the best live shows, including the Super Bowl halftime. It was just weird this year not seeing a band playing instruments up there on the stage.

[DRiiDDLEx10]

@VirgoGal74 you can call me racist, i dont care im not....but you cant have rap/hip hop black artists for live shows....for anything, especially a superbowl because they use computerized voice altering computers in a studio, they never perform live because they know they cant..... they have to use actual bands, they have the best shows.....they could even have someone like Tiesto do it, and i dont think that is too far off

[PepperDr94]

@DRiiDDLEx10 AGREED!

[ferbert716]

blackeyed peas #1 KISS # 2 Petty # 3

[ferbert716]

Hey i was just going back to compare past half time shows and i think the black eyed peas are the all time greate half time show ......... KISS comes in 2 nd

[BryanCLarson]

BEST HALFTIME SHOW EVER!!!

GO PETTY!

[yaken1]

1,000,000 times better than the pees.

[Nintenkid91]

Could you imagine how awesome it would be if Pink Floyd did a halftime show?! Too bad that can't happen anymore :(

[1kG1Vegeta]

@Nintenkid91 holy shit that would be fucking amazing

[Nintenkid91]

@1kG1Vegeta Hell yeah. Especially if they played Comfortably Numb.

[scorch6200]

@Nintenkid91 Led Zeppelin!! One last reunion concert, superbowl 50 halftime show!

[crazytrain81]

@scorch6200 I already saw the reunion show, I'd only really dig it if John Paul Jones was involved. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth it. The reunion show was great, but without all surviving members wouldn't be worth it.

[NYYTeixecute09]

@scorch6200 That would be absolutely amazing...too bad robert plant wont budge. Or how about an original guns n roses halftime show? Thats if slash and axl dont rip eachothers heads off. 

[DeMarcusWareFanClub]

@Nintenkid91

how does Pink Floyd appeal to a football audience? lol don't get me wrong I love Pink Floyd as much as anyone. I just can't think of any of their hits that really fits a super bowl half time show

[Nintenkid91]

@DeMarcusWareFanClub Time, Money, Take It Back, Another Brick in the Wall, there are good songs. Anything that get's moving fast and Gilmour puts a crazy awesome screeching guitar solo into.

[FITBIKECO777]

@Nintenkid91 roger waters an david gilmour should do 1 but with the muswic now days porbably not cuz everyone like hip hop

[iamobeliskquake]

@FITBIKECO777 Roger Waters should play the entire album of The Wall at the superbowl

[iamobeliskquake]

@Nintenkid91 what about The Doors or Queen

[megapaleplankasaurus]

@iamobeliskquake you can't have the doors preform with no jim.

[iamobeliskquake]

@megapaleplankasaurus thats what i mean. he said too bad Pink Floyd cant have one and so i added on.

[ArmageddonDr]

@iamobeliskquake Uhh, the key members are DEAD!?!?!?!?!?

[JacksonPrograms]

I thought the black eyed peas were pretty good.......... WATCH THE DISLKE RISE!!!

[JacksonPrograms]

i thought the black eyed peas were pretty good.......... WATCH THE DISLKE RISE!!!

[WereWolfSexx]

This was my favorite halftime show. The black eyed peas can't even compare to a great band like "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers". Tom Petty and his band were amazing!

[liberalinthedesertaz]

lol funny I wanted to watch this today since the Black Eyed Peas sucked so bad, I needed to remember good half time shows.. no credit to Tom Petty in any of the best super bowl ones. Come on the JJ wardrobe malfunction was rated #5 on one site. the music SUCKED.

[vertrok]

pure rock and roll.

[razorx3113]

Man, Petty sounds the same after so many years..

[WonderBread006]

best halftime show ever

best superbowl ever

[right2censor88]

best halftime show ive ever seen. no question about it

[IThinkWereParkedMan0]

This may be the best halftime show I've ever seen. Does anybody know another good halftime show?

[mom2alyntimmy]

@IThinkWereParkedMan0 This is by far my favorite show, but the Aerosmith one in 2001 (?) was pretty great too.

[mom2alyntimmy]

@IThinkWereParkedMan0  This was by far my favorite show, but the Aerosmith one in 2001 (?) was pretty great too.

[JBmiddleOFnoWHERE]

@IThinkWereParkedMan0 Paul McCartney's was pretty good!

[ToneChaser4Life]

I'm fully aware that it'll be said time and time again, but I'd love to join the masses: Dammit, that Black Eyed Peas TV gimmick of a halftime show BLEW!

Now let's rock and roll!!

[Joshskelton1993]

I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers would make an awesome half time show...

[WonderBread006]

@Joshskelton1993

YES!! they're one of the few good bands that aren't in their 50s.

[0071421]

This it`s rules, black eyed peas suck

[mhorbhid777]

That is why i chose Rock over Hiphops,Raps and some g*y @*$ bieber style of mUSIC...  tom petty Forever!

[framk20SH]

palate cleanser :P

[aggrio]

How many people came here after looking at the CNN poll? lol

[zadryum]

NOW THIS IS HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER A HALFTIME SHOW!!

[ImmerLeft]

Football doesn't deserve Petty.

The Black Eyed Peas and Christina are are just about football's speed.

[DrewAnti1960]

this was the best one ever,,tom petty rocks

[coreyownz]

everybody thumbs down and flag for spam people who comment on the dislike bar, stupid faggots

[prokhan17]

the best halftime show of all time?

[Guitarman5150]

Top 3 for me in no real order is: Prince, Tom Petty and Paul McCartney, of the last few Super Bowls. One day they will stop putting these horrid acts on and getting it right. Slash was the only good thing about the half time show yesterday and even that couldn't save it!

[chriskoob]

@Guitarman5150 what, no mention of springsteen?

[GreatPartyCathy]

@Guitarman5150 Lol man i totally agree with you, if it wasnt for slash than EVERY part of that show wudda sucked, but hey we cant forget about when mj did the superbowl halftime show.

[doodly2BetterThanEvr]

This is a very good show...The Black Eyed Peas were okay, but there prolly coulda been more planning but the Slash bit was good...a valiant effort, but for naught

[azbrc1984]

A halftime show that stood on its own two feet based on the merits of its music and vocals, not by distracting you from the god awful music with flashy dance routines and neon jumpsuits like yesterdays show did

People bagged on this show calling it "borderline geriatric" and to that I have to say, "So what? He may be in his 60's but he still has more talent in one thumb than you do in your entire body.."

You don't lose talent as you age, in fact, for the most part, quite the opposite is true.

[acidrascus]

Amazing

[armstrongbrosband]

@KleWdSide I personaly liked tom petty's show much better. At least he actually played a guitar instead of guitar syncing like springsteen did.

[SuperSweetipie]

After listening to the Black Eyed Peas, wanted to remember what real music sound like. Seriously.

[jasonmhutchinson]

@SuperSweetipie

HAHAHA  same here !!!! Real Music ...

[PartyOnKeepCalm]

after watching this years halftime i had to come back and listen to this........ 2011 SUPERHALFTIME SUCKED FUCKING ASS..... WE NEED ROCK AND ROLL