Raise your hand if you’re excited and/or interested in watching this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show. Hold on, let’s us finish counting hands.

Wow, that many?

Many people were surprised, even horrified, to hear [lastfm link_type="similar_artist_radio"]Madonna[/lastfm] is this year’s halftime act. But when you think about it, it sorta makes sense.

Let’s go back to a simpler time: 2004.

Remember that year? Before then, things were so much easier. The FCC let you get away with so much: swearing, nudity, innuendos. But then Janet Jackson had to go and get nasty during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII.

But think about it – since then, the NFL has gone out of its way to be super (pun intended) family friendly: Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, The Who and most recently The Black Eyed Peas.

These acts are older, more mature and, to an extent, less relevant.

Which is why Madonna fits so perfectly; in the beginning of Madonna’s career she was the most controversial person in music! As she grew up she became more sympathetic (she had a baby!), and even more likeable by the general masses (she won a Golden Globe… for acting!)?

But where Madonna differs from her halftime show predecessors is that regardless of her popularity during any decade, she was always outspoken and going to do whatever the hell she wanted anyway.

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