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RHCP Faked it!

Wild Cherry — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:41:57 GMT

The Red Hot Chili Peppers weren't playing their instruments when they joined Bruno Mars for a Super Bowl halftime show watched by a record 115 million people, bassist Flea confirmed after photos surfaced on Vulture of him onstage with an unplugged guitar. In an open letter, he explains that the band has always been firmly against miming, but the NFL made it clear that the "vocals would be live, but the bass, drums and guitar would be pre-recorded"—and there was no room for negotiation, the Los Angeles Times reports.

"I understand the NFL's stance on this, given they only have a few minutes to set up the stage, there a zillion things that could go wrong and ruin the sound for the folks watching in the stadium and the TV viewers," Flea writes. The band gave it a lot of thought and "eventually decided, it was a surreal-like, once in a lifetime crazy thing to do and we would just have fun and do it," he writes, promising that in future, the band will "continue to play our guts out live onstage for anyone who wants to get their brains blowout."

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violann — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:19:04 GMT

It just SLAYS me when this comes up every year.

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CardinalGirl — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:44:18 GMT

LOL--when I saw this title, I thought Real Housewives of CP? Where do they live?

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Preds — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:45:05 GMT

On 2/5/2014 CardinalGirl_ said:
LOL--when I saw this title, I thought Real Housewives of CP? Where do they live?

Central Park?

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Pqfan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:50:45 GMT

On 2/5/2014 Predsfan said:
On 2/5/2014 CardinalGirl_ said:
LOL--when I saw this title, I thought Real Housewives of CP? Where do they live?

Central Park?

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CouponQueen — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:01:44 GMT

much a do about nothing..in the grand scheme of life does it affect our daily lives in any way?No, then it is what it is..It isn't even news..who really cares - if they were pre-recorded. Seems everybody enjoyed the show and I am sure they did - then mission accomplished.

I too thought it was about Real Housewives and skip those threads as I don't watch but I didn't recognize the CP so I clicked on it thinking they were announcing a new show with location LOL..

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Wild Cherry — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:10:37 GMT

Uh huh. That is a likely tale. I sit on mine.

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Shaunac — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:11:12 GMT

I don't understand how the RHCP got the gig anyway. Seemed so random. Was there no one else available?????

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muttmom — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:13:28 GMT

On 2/5/2014 Shaunac said:
I don't understand how the RHCP got the gig anyway. Seemed so random. Was there no one else available?????

On another thread someone said they have a connection to Bruno Mars. IT was by his suggestion.

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Suziepeach — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:13:38 GMT

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nunya — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:16:39 GMT

Well if that what the NFL told them, what are they supposed to do?

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MrsLorraine — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:26:03 GMT

Who cares?

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physicsnut — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:41:09 GMT

On 2/5/2014 nunya said:
Well if that what the NFL told them, what are they supposed to do?

I am sure Goodell told them it was "fine". What a snake and he cannot be trusted with anything. Halftime show should have been Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Florida Georgia Line. Now this would have rocked the stadium!!!

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Pqfan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:46:15 GMT

On 2/5/2014 physicsnut said:
On 2/5/2014 nunya said:
Well if that what the NFL told them, what are they supposed to do?

I am sure Goodell told them it was "fine". What a snake and he cannot be trusted with anything. Halftime show should have been Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Florida Georgia Line. Now this would have rocked the stadium!!!

And have people throwing rocks.

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Lipstickdiva — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:49:05 GMT

This isn't the first time it has been very obvious the instruments weren't being played and it won't be the last.

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scotttie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:53:25 GMT

On 2/5/2014 CardinalGirl_ said:
LOL--when I saw this title, I thought Real Housewives of CP? Where do they live?

LOL! I did too CG! I was trying to think which franchise this could be????

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scotttie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:55:51 GMT

Why is this such a big deal now if a performer is lip syncing at these types of venues? If it is a concert tour that's a different matter...but I don't get why inaugurations, football games. etc. are such a biggie.

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ive been framed — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:06:18 GMT

Real Housewives of Creepy Politicians. You know they exist..

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PurpleBunny — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:13:26 GMT

I thought they were terrible anyway.

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biancardi — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:58:26 GMT

On 2/5/2014 Pqfan said:
On 2/5/2014 physicsnut said:
On 2/5/2014 nunya said:
Well if that what the NFL told them, what are they supposed to do?

I am sure Goodell told them it was "fine". What a snake and he cannot be trusted with anything. Halftime show should have been Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Florida Georgia Line. Now this would have rocked the stadium!!!

And have people throwing rocks.

who are those people??? lol