The best and the worst of Super Bowl halftime entertainment — VIDEOS
TOP 3 BEST AND WORST SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWS OF ALL TIME
BEST THREE
1. Super Bowl XXXVI, 2002: U2 wins on performance and emotion. New Orleans was the site of a game that took place just months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and the Irish rock band used its halftime show to pay tribute to those lost. During the song, "Where the Streets Have No Name," names of victims were projected onto a sheet behind the stage.
2. Super Bowl XLI, 2007: It really rained in Miami during, "Purple Rain." For entertainment, electricity and iconic moments, few can top Prince. A classic in Queen's, "We Will Rock You," was followed by covers from the likes of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bob Dylan and the Foo Fighters. Mixed in was a tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
3. Super Bowl XLIII, 2009: Tampa was the site where Bruce Springsteen was his typical high-energy self introducing the E Street Band while offering such hits as "Born To Run." A choir and the crowd of 70,000-plus joined in for, "Working On A Dream," and Springsteen/Little Steven then belted out a duet to, "Glory Days."
WORST THREE
1. Super Bowl XXIII, 1989: So this was a little weird. The Elvis impersonator in Miami, Elvis Presto, didn't perform any Elvis songs. It was the first Super Bowl halftime show that moved away from marching bands and floats, but there were magic tricks and something called 3-D technology, which didn't really work all that well back then.
2. Super Bowl XXXI, 1997: It sure would have been nice had John Belushi, um, been alive. The Blues Brothers Bash instead featured Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi, a trio that should have been on stage in New Orleans far less and perhaps allowed James Brown and ZZ Top more time to try and save the performance.
3. Super Bowl XXIX, 1995: If you're going to do an Indiana Jones theme, don't you want to make sure Harrison Ford can participate? He didn't this night in Miami and the Disney halftime show suffered for it and many other reasons. Somehow, Tony Bennett was worked into the plot and for some crazy reason, the entire thing ended with a song from the "Lion King."
