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(what does this video have to do with the story below? Absolutely nothing, but now that there’s no doubt Timmy Vulgar and the camera love each other, perhaps David Stern can do the right thing and order the Pistons to book Human Eye, instead).
If the good people of the Motor City took umbrage at Nickelback being invited to tarnish the hallowed music venue that is Ford Field, how might they react to ex-pop idol-turned-crappy-basic-cable fixture Vanilla Ice taking the stage at halftime of an upcoming Pistons game? The following Pistons press release is culled from Detroit Bad Boys.com ;
Younger Pistons’ fans won’t want to miss “Totally ‘90’s” night on Friday, February 3 when Detroit hosts Brandon Jennings and the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30 p.m. at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative Ben Gordon poster and the halftime musical performer will be 1990’s rapper Vanilla Ice, who’s single “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts.
It would appear that even the most fleeting of associations with ICP is enough to elevate an act from the State Fair circuit. And with that in mind, perhaps the creative minds behind The Gathering (and subsequently, the Pisons marketing department) might wanna consider another veteran artist who is hot on the comeback trail?
Manilla Rice performed after a Tampa Bay Rays game awhile back and I was pleasantly surprised. I’m a 53 year-old male who has never understood the rap/hip hop culture, and has laughed along with most everyone else about Ice Baby Ice, but I left the stadium with a true appreciation for the way he handled the crowd. Truthfully I still think his music is crap but he’s got a great stage presense and a huge percentage of the crowd appeared to enjoy his performance. I wouldn’t pay to see him again but I highly recommend Piston fans hang around enjoy the post-game show.