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Sunday, February 3, 2013 , Updated 11:42 a.m., February 4, 2013
Video: Beyonce gives lights-out Super Bowl performance
She's electric.
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Singer Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Last week we posed the question, "Will Beyonce throw a bigger Super Bowl halftime party than Michael Jackson?" It was mostly tongue-in-cheek; there was no way she could upstage the king of pop.
Touche, Beyonce. Did you see that halftime show? Pitchfork called it "awesome" and MTV said "it's hard to believe that anyone in New Orleans was complaining about the performance." (We didn't hear any complaints.) Our friends at sosoactive.com called it possibly the best Super Bowl halftime performance of all time.
And those rumors about Destiny's Child showing up? True.
Relive it here:
UPDATE: Video of the performance has been removed from YouTube. You can see it on the NFL's website.
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mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:
No.
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Jason Rice, verified:
I think I saw her in Austin Powers.
I'm good with that.
Thanks anyway.
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razorphreak, anonymous:
She danced through most of it. Real singing didn't occur until the end. What she mostly sang were choruses (I really get annoyed with singers that point the mic back to the crowd - they paid to see you, not sing for you). And while she has an amazing voice, and what she did sing was very good, I wasn't exactly impressed with the show itself. The highlight was supposed to be Beyonce, not her backup singers.
As to the "best of all time," perhaps someone needs to watch the U2 performance a few months after 9/11 or the Prince halftime show from last time it was in Miami (Purple Rain while it was raining, now that was amazing).
Scale of 1-10, I give Beyonce a 5.
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painandprogress, anonymous:
The best in recent history. I'm too young too remember Prince
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What do you think?