It’s hard to believe that the Foo Fighters haven’t already played the show at the break. If there’s ever been a band specifically designed to play the Super Bowl break show, it’s Foo Fighters. It almost feels like some kind of government-backed think tank or lab creating a Super Bowl band, Foo Fighters. The man Dave Grohl spent about 25 years trying to convince us he is, Bruce Springsteen, has already done it. If the NFL wanted to choose a team that would be universally applauded by its still overwhelmingly white, middle-aged press, you couldn’t find one in your pocket. The only risk would be Taylor Hawkins is saying something really bad with such a megaphone, proving the universal truth that you never let a drummer speak. In fact, the band as a whole proves this, given where Grohl came from.
Grohl probably has the impression that he or the band still have enough punk / street faith to look down on such a concert, but they lost that a long time ago. This is their natural end, and Grohl can no longer swim against the current. If he wants to cling so desperately to that imaginary credit, he can only play drums, while St. Vincent sings Nirvana songs and Josh Homme sings Them Crooked Vultures songs during the show, designing the best bait for the league and their audience. . That would almost make up for the general upset of the presence of Foo fighters in popular culture over the past two decades.