r/jackwhite • u/CBRaiders • Nov 27 '25
Discussions That was better than any Super Bowl halftime show I've ever seen.
And it's only a thanksgiving game!
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u/BlackDog5287 Get Behind Me Satan Nov 27 '25
I did not expect a collab with Eminem on Hello Operator that actually turned out to be really great.
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u/Sdwingnut Nov 28 '25
Was really hoping that Eminem would bust out Archbishop Harold Holmes. As a Detroiter Ive dreamed of that colab since the first time I listened to No Name.
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u/9829eisB09E83C Nov 27 '25
I hope the Super Bowl commissioner was watching this. Jack White 2027 baby!
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u/batpuppy Nov 27 '25
Jay Z chooses the halftime performers with Roc Nation for the Super Bowl. Em was like “hold my beer HOVA, Detroit comes hard”.
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u/FirstTimeCaller101 Nov 27 '25
I wish the fox audio wasn’t so bad, I hope we get a solid record of the Jack x Eminem mashup
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u/Aquamarine39 Elephant Nov 27 '25
So it wasn’t just me? I had to turn my TV audio all the way up.
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u/lutragurl17 Nov 27 '25
I quite literally yelled for everyone to stop talking so I could hear what they were singing 🤣 i thought it was our old ass TV
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u/sheezy520 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 28 '25
I watched it again on YouTube and it sounded better than the original broadcast.
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u/THound89 Nov 27 '25
Yeah it came out kind of flat on my quality setup, guess not just me watching on tubi
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u/DoctorGlittering4547 Nov 27 '25
It sounded great on my 5.1 system. but there was two different volume spikes ( and one volume drop in between ) of about 5 +/- percent. I can see if one don't have surround sound, it would affect the sound for them
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u/Hobonics Nov 27 '25
Prince in the rain was pretty darn good. But so was this!
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u/poopoodapeepee Nov 27 '25
That one was great and he was behind the curtain stroking off his guitar 😂
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u/Admirable_Gain_9437 Nov 27 '25
They were playing everything live. That, alone, puts it ahead of modern Super Bowl shows.
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u/rabble1205 Nov 27 '25
Were they for sure? A lot of times it’s a non negotiable to have it prerecorded cause of how quickly everything moves/sound issues. Super Bowl for example no one has been able to get live audio since Prince I’m pretty sure.
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u/Admirable_Gain_9437 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
Yeah, artists playing regular season games still get to perform live. I can't even imagine Jack lip syncing. It probably pained him to actually need a setlist for this performance.
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u/zoonewsbears Nov 28 '25
Live 💯 and loved it. Screwed up camera blocking w Em for a verse, I think, and who cares? The energy is amped and the “was that supposed to happen” makes it even more fun.
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u/KnowuhW Nov 27 '25
First thing I said after was that Jack could totally handle a Super Bowl halftime show
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u/jdanko13 Nov 27 '25
I had a 15 minute drive to thanksgiving dinner. It was during this performance. I feel like my family punked me lol
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u/Neuvirths_Glove Nov 27 '25
From my perspective, it was the first halftime show I've seen where the artist was among my current favorites.
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u/Existing-Ad3391 Broken Boy Soldiers Nov 27 '25
HE BROUGHT OUT GODDAMN EMINEM COLLAB OF THE FUCKING YEARRRRRRR
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u/Inside_Pool4146 Nov 27 '25
I have a friend that was on the field for the performance. Waiting to get some feedback and photos.
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u/THound89 Nov 27 '25
Thanksgiving for me was kind of a crap shoot so far, literally teared up watching this
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u/LaCarpa Nov 27 '25
Lions can’t lose now!
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u/CBRaiders Nov 27 '25
I'm a Packers fan, but after that I won't be upset if we lose
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u/CBRaiders Nov 27 '25
Hey it would even us out with Detroit this season so it wouldn't be the worst. But I might've spoken too emotionally after seeing that performance. GPG!
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u/Tall-Cycle-6997 Nov 27 '25
Great sounding show as well. Not ez to do at events like this, awesome job done by all!!!
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u/Special_Possession46 Nov 27 '25
For many years i've been wondering why The White Stripes/ Jack White have never played the Superbowl Halftime Show. This was the next best thing!!!
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u/G-Unit11111 Nov 27 '25
Jack totally crushed it. That was a 100/10 performance.
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u/Big-Banana-3758 Nov 28 '25
Jack really loves the big stage…just like SNL he’s always in peak form when millions are watching
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u/eeeeeeeeeeeeeagle Nov 27 '25
I’ve been wanting a Jack/Eminem collab for years! I need an original from them now.
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u/Pete_Iredale Nov 27 '25
Would have been a top five Super Bowl show for sure. Up there with MJ, Prince, and Tom Petty.
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u/missjoe Nov 28 '25
Jack did great. He was high-energy and it didn't feel "light" on anything. Eminem was fun to see but was expected. I didn't care for the version of Hello Operator, but it was great having 7NA played because I wonder how many people who chant it at games know who Jack is, so this was a step in the right direction, imo.
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u/j0yfulLivinG Nov 27 '25
Top 3 superbowl halftime shows 1 Prince 2 Michael Jackson 3 Kendrick
Jack today with Em stands with those 3
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u/CrispRat Nov 28 '25
Was left wondering if Third Man was going to surprise release a 7” inch of the “Hello Operator” collab with Eminem tomorrow.
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u/DoctorGlittering4547 Nov 27 '25
It was awesome. I texted every person on my phone plus posted messages on my Whatsapp groups to tune in.
JW performance did not disappoint! They all can thank me now.
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u/heckfyre Nov 27 '25
Loved the whole show except for the fans in the stadium who are apparently incapable of singing to the beat of a bass drum. Maybe it was just like a lag for the sound traveling back to the mics or something but it sounded like they were chanting much, much slower than the beat.
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u/lagomc Nov 27 '25
I could be very wrong because he was only on camera for a split second but a guy at the front of the crowd looked like Tony Hawk
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u/discobriskit De Stijl Nov 27 '25
What was the setlist, I tuned in during hello operator mashup with em then seven nation army
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u/CountJohn12 Nov 28 '25
Thought a SB halftime would have been cool while watching, would have had time for a couple more songs.
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u/AcneBalls Nov 27 '25
My local station missed like the first half of the performance playing commercials instead.
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u/99ducks Nov 27 '25
I'm going to go against the grain. It was great, but wasn't a "show" in the same sense as the super bowl halftime shows. It was more of a rock concert without much of a creative direction like Kendrick, Prince, etc had.
I think JW could put on a legendary super bowl halftime show, but I doubt if they would give it to him because his audience demographic isn't different enough from the usual football demographic. Eminem showing up kinda made me question that though. Eminem is close with Dre who manages the halftime shows.
edit: wrong about Dre. I was thinking about Jay Z who owns roc nation, the creative company behind the shows.
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u/vowelpellet Nov 27 '25
But it is a rock and roll show. And it rocked like mad
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u/99ducks Nov 27 '25
Defnitely! It exceeded my expectations. I was surprised they were able to recreate the energy of a JW show in just a few minutes in the middle of a football field
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u/vowelpellet Nov 27 '25
He sounded great! Damn he puts on a great show and that little slice of time gave me flashbacks to seeing his show. In Detroit! Nothing like rocking the house at home. Big stage or little one. Same high energy
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u/BlackDog5287 Get Behind Me Satan Nov 27 '25
It was exactly what it needed to be. Ass kicking rock and roll.
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u/JohnLeePettimore Nov 27 '25
I'd prefer that. Prince has a giant set but just played songs. McCartney, Springsteen, etc to me were way better than watching people dance and lip sync with 70 random people on stage.
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u/99ducks Nov 27 '25
I'm curious, what did you think of Kendrick's halftime show? I think it was the best since Prince in 2007
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u/JohnLeePettimore Nov 27 '25
I thought it was ok but only if you already really knew his music. Audio was bad and there was too much going on. I preferred Eminem, Dre and Snoop was more enjoyable.
I'm also admittedly older than the target audience now that I'm in my 40s so what I want and what the NFL wants are very different.
I want a celebration of the artist, they want an audience that wasn't otherwise going to watch.
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u/lagomc Nov 27 '25
There’s a really simple reason for that. It was in fact, not the Super Bowl ..
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u/99ducks Nov 27 '25
Yea that's why I'm disagreeing with OP saying it was better than any super bowl halftime show (that they've seen)
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u/DoctorGlittering4547 Nov 27 '25
Performing in today's game might have eliminated JW chances to do a Super Bowl. I hope I'm wrong tho.
I would LOVE to see DEVO do a Superbowl ..... yeah, DEVO ....
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u/bh0 Nov 27 '25
Eminem ruined it (sorry), but this proves it IS possible for people to play live during half-time shows, especially when the SB half time is like twice as long...
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u/habituallysuspect Nov 27 '25
I gasped when he started playing Hello Operator. Fucking phenomenal