| Penetration_Guru 04.02.2007 21:32 |
Still got it... |
| wstüssyb 04.02.2007 21:37 |
Yup...Great halftime performance. |
| blerp 04.02.2007 22:14 |
heck yes |
| kdj2hot 05.02.2007 00:04 |
Penetration_Guru wrote: Still got it...He looks great too.... Freddie probably would've noticed that before his amazing perormance. |
| The Fairy King 05.02.2007 05:03 |
Prince is still amazing! Funk royalty. _O_ |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 05.02.2007 06:15 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: Prince is still amazing! Funk royalty. _O_ |
| AspiringPhilosophe 05.02.2007 08:36 |
I'm gunna have to buck the trend here....I thought that was the lamest halftime performance I've seen in a long time. He started off tapping Queen WWRY, which aggravates me most of the time anyway. Then, he only did TWO songs that were his own. I mean, come on! This guy has a catalogue that has MORE than enough stuff in it to have him have performed his own stuff. Had to play some CCR apparantly, which would have made more sense had the show been somewhere other than Florida in the middle of a downpour. He never looked like he was having a decent time playing the show, even at the end he looked pissed. And those two girls who were doing the "choreography"? Don't even get me started. That wasn't choreography, and whoever was hired to teach them that should be shot...it was a lot of "swing your head around and make your hair fly in the wind"...not dancing at all. The only decent part was the marching band they had on the sides with the reflective tape on their uniforms. Having been in marching band before, I know it take talent to play an instrument with good quality and breath control and dance at the same time. Before the hate mail arrives, I am NOT dissing Prince. I like a lot of his stuff. I just think the show could have been MUCH better to do him more justice. **braces for response** |
| The Fairy King 05.02.2007 08:50 |
Haven't seen the halftime show... Someone have a link? |
| Donna13 05.02.2007 10:36 |
Wow! I just watched it. (I went to bed before half-time last night - was so tired - I think a cold might be coming on). Anyway I TIVOed it, so... I thought it was great. I appreciated the WWRY lead in. That must have made Brian feel proud. A very good charged-up rock performance by Prince, with great guitar work and a good tribute to Hendrix as well. Glad he got in Purple Rain with all that rain. Couldn't have asked for a better situation for the drama of it all! As for the dancers, I do think they tend to take away from Prince a bit sometimes, but it is kind of his signature style. Did he use them in the old days? I can't remember. Great that nobody fell down on that wet stage. I think it was one of the better half time shows. Prince has really held up well over the years (and I am referring to his music). He is still Prince. |
| Janet 05.02.2007 10:54 |
I enjoyed the performance immensely. Donna13 pretty much summed it up for me. :-) |
| kdj2hot 05.02.2007 11:04 |
Donna13 wrote: Did he use them in the old days? I can't remember. Great that nobody fell down on that wet stage. I think it was one of the better half time shows. Prince has really held up well over the years (and I am referring to his music). He is still Prince.No he didn't. The dancers came around the Sign O' the Times era. In his "old days" it was him on stage in a trench coat and briefs with his band. link link |
| PieterMC 05.02.2007 11:08 |
I can't stand Prince. |
| kimmithee 05.02.2007 11:26 |
i thought it was ok, i guess........at least nothing happened like a few years ago with Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson....... |
| Micrówave 05.02.2007 11:59 |
CMU HistoryGirl wrote: I just think the show could have been MUCH better to do him more justice. **braces for response**Ok, here goes: 1. If U2, McCartney, Britney & Aerosmith were better halftime shows, then count me out. This was the best halftime show I have ever seen, period. I've seen quite a few. In fact, with the sloppy play and the lame commercials, I think PRINCE stole the Superbowl. 2. If you'd seen Prince's press conference, you'd get why he started tapping WWRY. Expect one thing, cause you're not getting that!! 3. Proud Mary was an Ike Turner song, CCR covered it to. Did CCR have the right to cover it when they did? 4. Try playing a guitar in the rain and humidity and look happy. You can't. By the time you smile, the damn thing has gone outta tune again, so he's too busy "tuning on the fly". 5. Those two girls (they were identical twins, by the way) were not for you CMU, they were for me and the rest of the guys. We don't care if they're choreographed or not. They looked good! |
| Lester Burnham 05.02.2007 12:05 |
'Proud Mary' was written by John Fogerty and recorded by CCR, then was covered by Tina Turner. |
| Eviltwin 05.02.2007 12:46 |
Besides...Vanilla Ice wasn't available. |
| sparrow 21754 05.02.2007 13:04 |
Dr. Perry Cox wrote: 'Proud Mary' was written by John Fogerty and recorded by CCR, then was covered by Tina Turner.thank you for correcting them. as much as i love tina turner and her cover of it, CCR did write it. |
| Drummer imense! 05.02.2007 14:50 |
I stopped watching the superbowl very early on in the game, because i just didn't understand american football. english rugby and football yes, american football not a clue. I wasn't going to stick around just to see prince either. I sound like i am moaning, i don't mean to, i jsut don't understand the rules is all. |
| sparrow 21754 05.02.2007 14:58 |
prince did well, excellent medley.. i was really in it [superbowl] for the commercials. theyre usually hilarious. there were only one set i thought was funny. |
| Donna13 05.02.2007 15:55 |
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| AspiringPhilosophe 05.02.2007 18:16 |
Micrówave wrote:OK, I knew this would happen :-)CMU HistoryGirl wrote: I just think the show could have been MUCH better to do him more justice. **braces for response**Ok, here goes: 1. If U2, McCartney, Britney & Aerosmith were better halftime shows, then count me out. This was the best halftime show I have ever seen, period. I've seen quite a few. In fact, with the sloppy play and the lame commercials, I think PRINCE stole the Superbowl. 2. If you'd seen Prince's press conference, you'd get why he started tapping WWRY. Expect one thing, cause you're not getting that!! 3. Proud Mary was an Ike Turner song, CCR covered it to. Did CCR have the right to cover it when they did? 4. Try playing a guitar in the rain and humidity and look happy. You can't. By the time you smile, the damn thing has gone outta tune again, so he's too busy "tuning on the fly". 5. Those two girls (they were identical twins, by the way) were not for you CMU, they were for me and the rest of the guys. We don't care if they're choreographed or not. They looked good! First, I never said that Paul McCartney, Aerosmith or U2 were better halftime shows. As a matter of fact, I think that the shows have really gone down the tubes since the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake thing. The network has made the shows too damn wussy for fear of offending someone. Not that boob action is my thing, but when you have wussy shows that are less about the art and music and more about "How can I do this and not step on anyone's toes" it ceases to be about the art anymore, and that's what I was complaining against. Second, don't really care he started out with WWRY...it just throws me for a loop when other people do it. I can understand no name artists doing it to get their name out there, but this is PRINCE we are talking about...he's got enough of his own riffs he could have done and have been recognizable. The CCR thing...I don't care who copied who first because it really doesn't matter. It's a good song, and is doubtless to be copied by many people. Microwave, you are missing my point here...it's PRINCE'S halftime show; he's famous enough that he can do his own stuff and get credit for his own work, rather than relying on other stuff and risking coming off looking like he's scrambling at the last minute and just pulling out the cover artist thing. He just looked like an artist doing covers because he doesn't have anything original of his own, and we all know here that he's MUCH better than that. It's unfortunate he came off looking like that, because he doesn't deserve it. Yes, I realize that performing in the rain isn't the best of situations. That's why you have a back up plan (which evidently he didn't have or want). But even at the end he wasn't smiling!! I mean, come on! I realize he was concentrating like hell to play the show in those weather conditions, but he at least should have been happy to have done a decent show and maybe, maybe given a smile at the end; if nothing else a smile of relief. He just looked pissed. The girls...yeah, I realize they weren't for me, and I wasn't criticizing them at all. I'm a football fan, and I've gotten used to the whole scantily clad cheerleaders bouncing around and acting like airheads. What I was criticizing was the choreography, or lack thereof. I realize the stage was wet and they were in heels and don't even try to say I don't know what it's like...I've danced in heels on wet surfaces when I was in showchoir. But half of being a dancer is again making sure you look like you are enjoying it. No problem with the girls...the choreography just sucked. |
| deleted user 05.02.2007 19:41 |
Ha! I live 20 minutes away from the stadium XDDD |
| iron eagle 05.02.2007 19:59 |
there was also a brass bed he used in shows in the early days.... only caught the last bit of the half time show-seemed clasic Prince to me... take into account it was pouring imo i didnt think he or any of them did badly at all |
| Donna13 06.02.2007 10:37 |
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| Lisser 06.02.2007 16:31 |
Love, love, love, LOVE Prince. Loved the half-time show. Excellent performer, extremely talented musician. How many different instruments does Prince play? I forget. |
| iron eagle 07.02.2007 00:00 |
oh madonnas was tame to his for sure LOL |
| beautifulsoup 07.02.2007 19:37 |
Prince is a fabulous performer, and he delivered. |
| Mr Mercury 07.02.2007 20:04 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: Haven't seen the halftime show... Someone have a link?*edit* Links removed from Youtube because of a copyright complaint from Universal |
| beautifulsoup 07.02.2007 22:24 |
It's gone! No surprise; copyright. |
| write your letters in the sand 07.02.2007 22:42 |
Penetration_Guru wrote: Still got it...Most definitely. |
| eggy 08.02.2007 10:46 |
Still got it live... Shame his last two albums have been commercial bollocks. He's still got it somewhere naturally and a guy with his catalouge of songs is never going to go away. |
| thomasquinn 32989 08.02.2007 11:04 |
kdj2hot wrote:For different reasons, I bet :PPenetration_Guru wrote: Still got it...He looks great too.... Freddie probably would've noticed that before his amazing perormance. |
| Mr Mercury 08.02.2007 13:34 |
I hear now that some TV Critic moron has complained that "He (Prince) used his guitar as a phallic symbol". Apparently he was moaning about the "shadow effect" bit during Purple Rain, where Prince and his guitar was projected onto a sheet, was "a rude-looking shadow show" that was "embarassingly rude, crude and unfortunately placed" |
| thomasquinn 32989 08.02.2007 13:41 |
Puritans can go drink shredded glass for all I'm concerned. |
| Mr Mercury 08.02.2007 15:48 |
Found this link for you guys to enjoy link |
| RETROLOVE 09.02.2007 13:39 |
I love Prince, I have all of his CD's at home, but I didnt like the show either. I just want to old nasty Prince back: Head, Darling Nikki, Dirty Minds, Private Joy etc. I still like him, but I liked him better back in the day, before 1988. |
| Penetration_Guru 19.02.2007 15:46 |
Now available as a DVD from Dimeadozen, also including the press conference (how the fuck do you watch Prince and NOT get up) |
