The Barenaked Ladies are equal part rock musicians and comedians, so it’s no surprise that they had jokes about the significance of the Super Bowl when they spoke to Yahoo! after rehearsing for their pre-game concert at the Bud Light Hotel in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Lead singer and co-founder Ed Robertson expressed a bit of Canadian pride as he joked that America’s biggest sporting event had yet to reach the significance of his country’s Stanley Cup National Hockey League playoffs.
“The Stanley Cup is watched and enjoyed by more people worldwide than the Super Bowl,” he said with a smile. “I take my hat off to the NFL. They are really trying hard to build an audience. I expect good things.”
Drummer Tyler Stewart chimed in that football is outranked by several other sports. “Hockey, women’s hockey, curling, and lacrosse, baseball, basketball, then football.”
Jokes aside, Stewart is a big football fan, and is anxious to see New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady rebound after his team’s loss to the Giants in 2008′s Super Bowl XLII. “I have to say the pressure is on for Tom Brady and the Giants.”
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