A Rush Of Blood To The Face

I have to admit, I feel sorry for Coldplay.  I've never been a big fan of them, though they do have some good songs.  But they seem to be nice, friendly people, and they've tried to do some good with their fame.  And you have to appreciate this:

So it bugged me when media seemed to revel in saying that Beyonce stole the show from them at the Superbowl halftime show. The fact is that Coldplay is an easy target with their laid-back sound and non-aggressive-male personae.

What's weird is that in the lead-up to the game, much of the media was referring to the show as being "Coldplay, with Beyonce" which was a weird way of presenting it, since, you know, she's the biggest artist in the world.  And the fact that they had Coldplay on first, leading up to Beyonce taking the stage in dramatic fashion, seems to indicate that the show's producers saw her as the main star too.  So all in all, it seems like Chris Martin and friends were set up for failure.

And yes, I know, I'm complaining about a vague slight against a bunch of rich white guys, when American right-wing media has been trying to demonize Beyonce for incorporating Black Power symbolism in her performance. But I'm just ignoring that because they find some aspect of everything to get angry at.  These are probably the same people who got angry at the Carolina Panthers themselves because their logo shows a black panther. It's not like mainstream Canadian politicians attacked her.  What?  They did? Oh, Toronto City council, how many Rob Fords are you hiding?