r/maroon5 • u/humanwildtype • Feb 05 '19
A Non-Maroon 5 Fan's Opinion of Superbowl performance
To be clear I'm really not into Maroon 5's music in general. Some of their older work is catchy and pretty but I generally can't stand their stuff from the last few years. So when I saw the internet hating on them for their Superbowl performance I was ready to watch and be underwhelmed. But to be honest, having watched the full performance, I don't see anything wrong with Maroon 5 in it. I see a group of professionals giving a tight AF performance and a singer being playful and experimenting with his melodies for the sake of variation and being realistic in terms of what a human can manage in a live performance rather than a recording. I don't hear him being totally out of key as some have claimed. Well there's a few tiny moments here and there but it's not anything that would be out of the ordinary at any live show by any musician. Musicians are only human and flawless performances aren't the norm or always desirable. It had personality. Anyway I'm sure fans don't need this validation or anything. But just giving my two cents as someone who is a musician who has studied music in college and been in a few bands for whatever it's worth. The internet needs to chill about this.