Haters unite: Many dismayed Coldplay will lead Super Bowl 50 halftime show

Published Dec. 3, 2015 4:40 p.m. ET

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Brett Smiley

It’s impossible to please everyone and never worth trying. That said ... Coldplay as the Super Bowl 50 halftime headline performer?!

Obligatory: Coldplay is an extremely popular and commercially successful band. The British alternative/piano rock band has sold more than 80 million records worldwide. Everyone has different taste.

But to borrow a line from “Zoolander,” Taylor Swift is so hot right now she could take a crap, wrap it in tinfoil, put a couple fish hooks on it and sell it to Queen Elizabeth as earrings.

Following Katy Perry (featuring Left Shark) and Bruno Mars’ exciting, uplifting, well-received performances, it just feels like an odd choice given the band’s collection of sad, downtrodden songs (for example, "Yellow," "Trouble” and "Death and All His Friends”). Has a stadium deejay ever played a Coldplay song to pump up a crowd?

It’s fashionable to hate on Coldplay. I get it. That said, the NFL had much more appealing choices, beginning with Swift. At halftime in February, I will be watching the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.

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