CIVL’s Aaron Levy prepares for a Super Bowl broadcast that he’ll likely only barely watch — if at all — due to the NFL’s unreasonable, unfair, and inequitable treatment of America’s team, or what should be their team, the Buffalo Bills. What a terrible matchup this year.
Drake – “First Person Shooter”
The song that caused all the hubbub, where Aubrey repeatedly reinforces how large and in charge he and his are — so large and so in charge that it’s comparable to the size of the largest sporting event in North American history, the annual gridiron battle known as the Super Bowl.
Matthew Good Band – “I Miss New Wave”
A song that has no direct relevance to the Super Bowl, though it does mention a different bowl game of a differently scaled variety: the Rose Bowl, which is part of American college football’s annual smorgasbord of season-ending games that are not also national championships… or, like, something.
Kendrick Lamar – “Poetic Justice”
Previously shuffled as evidence of the split between the above-referenced non-Super Bowl performer, Drake, and last year’s Super Bowl halftime star — back when they’d collaborated on the original Kendrick’s mega-hit good kid, m.A.A.d city, where we hear about Rihanna‘s travel plans and family bonds.
Foo Fighters – “February Stars”
Because it’s February, but also because this artist’s song “Best of You” was covered in the all-time greatest Super Bowl halftime performance, when Prince took to the stage in 2007 with an all-time-great medley for the occasion. No Nirvana at the games, to my knowledge, quite yet.
