Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show with Katy Perry - Thoughts

For those living outside the US, ‘Super Bowl’ may not hold much significance, but for those Stateside, unless you've been living under a rock, the NFL Super Bowl is the biggest annual sports event; incidentally also North America's biggest money-making sports TV event. Over the years the half time show has had various leading music artists’ perform to record viewership; past talent including Madonna, Beyonce, and Bruno Mars. For Super Bowl XLIX, where the Seattle Seahawks were facing off against the New England Patriots, it was Katy Perry’s turn to entertain.

For those who missed the show, you can watch it on YouTube in HD, and enjoy Katy’s popular hits, and the performance that went on to be seen by 118.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched halftime show ever.

Personally I enjoyed the show, as Katy Perry’s music was catchy and fun as always. Lenny Kravitz’s piece was a nice touch, and the way they worked and sounded together put a rock spin on an otherwise Pop presentation. Teenage Dreams and California Girls were cute, with the colorful beach setting. In terms of dance moves, that’s probably the style that worked for Katy the best. While I didn't really care for Get Ya Freak On by Missy Elliot, it’s probably because her music isn’t really to my taste. Media critics did rave about it though, and Missy Elliot found her way up the Billboard Charts thanks to her Super Bowl performance. Fireworks was a good closer, cause the way the whole stage came alive, the effects, raising Katy into the air; it was really the peak of the presentation, with some goosebump inducing moments.

To me the spectacle was the marvelous animated stage everyone performed on, and the way the dancers interacted with it; especially for Roar, which the show opened with. The pieces of the floor collapsed, with dancers standing on the final remaining pillars, and then towards the songs end all the columns started dropping and they had to jump into and congregate at the center. Superbly visualized and planned.

If you couldn't be in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 for the show, fire up YouTube and give it a watch; it’ll be 20 minutes well spent. The show was a big deal for Katy Perry as well, who went on to celebrate the halftime performance in a very permanent way, by tattooing the roman numerals ‘XLIX’ on her finger!

My Recommendation: Watch It + (Katy Perry rockin Super Bowl)