If you somehow managed to miss the
media storm that's been following Beyonce's every move for the last few weeks -- her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at President Obama's inauguration (and the subsequent lip-synching allegations); Destiny's Child's comeback, marked by the release of their single "Nuclear"; her upcoming HBO documentary -- you should have at least been aware that she performed at the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime show yesterday. If not, here's what you missed.
5. The medley.
Never one to disappoint, Beyonce dug way into her archive of hit songs, going back more than a decade, to deliver a solid medley that would appeal to just about anybody and everybody. But before she took the stage in her leather-and-lace get-up, fans rushed the field first to the sounds of the appropriately-titled "Countdown." The eerie intro to "Run the World" then gave way to her silhouette, obscured by smoke, but strong in stance, and she began singing the lyrics to "Love on Top," the declarations we all know so well: "Baby, it's YOU / You're the one I LOVE / You're the one I NEED."
Proving her timelessness as an artist, the horns of her 10-year-old debut single "Crazy in Love" started up to pleased shrieks from the crowd and Bey stomped the stage the same way she did in those short-shorts back in 2003. Infamous "uh-oh" dance and thumb-to-tongue lick still in tact, Bey switched the melody up only slightly, adding go-go drums and scatting to the sounds of a solo from her guitarist. Finally, fulfilling every man's dream, a bunch of digitally-cloned Beyonce's joined the star as she dutty wine'd to "Baby Boy" and, in her best faux Caribbean accent, demanded: "wind ya waist!"
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