The Who’s Pete Townshend, 64, and Roger Daltrey, 65, performed a medley of hits at last night’s 12-minute, laser-lit Super Bowl halftime show.  According to AP, it was the first football game either of the Brits had seen.

“I thought it went OK,” Daltrey told ESPN. The rock star apparently wasn’t very pleased with the gig. “I understand. It’s a TV show. Cameras were everywhere,” he said. “I was so blinded that I couldn’t see.”

He added, “And I really wished the crowd would have gotten into singing the songs with us more. That’s how it is in Europe for our soccer matches. I wanted more banter.”

Townshend disagreed. “We were trying to put on a great show,” he said. “We had as much fun as we could have.”

While the San Diego Union says they sounded “pretty good,” there’s a lot of criticism out there this morning.  The Dallas Morning News says “the stage was the most exciting part of the show.”  The Chicago Sun-Times said they were “woefully flat and out of sync …”  And The Houston Chronicle noted:  “While Pete Townshend offered a succinct master class as to why he’s one of rock’s most important and innovative guitarists, the band’s set was shouty and reliant on its legend. It was the musical equivalent of having your food chewed for you, with six guys doing what four used to.” — Ann Oldenburg