rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

This was before the Golden Gloves and his stupid remix diss.

Meh. “Fams” need to get over this. Justin didn’t hate Prince and Prince didn’t hate Justin. And nobody has ever confirmed those song lyrics were about Prince. If “fams” want to be mad be mad that Prince was filler in a halftime show that wasn’t very good. Thank god for the cutaway to the city lighting up purple. That was the best part of the halftime show.

Being educated on all things graphic, I have this purple suspicion this was an artefact made with Adobe's After Effects™, the Photoshop for video.

Unless some Minneapolis residents can confirm this was a physical setup.

A 3 seconds shot, the best part? This speaks volumes...

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

I am over it. What happened is exactly what I expected. My getting over it does not change the facts of the stituation or the fact that he was asked not to do it but did it anywhy because Quest Love told him to.

The truth is he is not really that good of an artist even if Prince never exsisted on the is earth.

He was asked not to do what? He didn’t do a hologram. And we’ll probably never know if he was planning on doing one or not. Btw, Omarr gave the performance a thumbs up on Twitter. Londell McMillan can say whatever he wants but SNJ don’t represent the entire estate. Also I saw some “fams” on Twitter saying the reason it bothered them is because they never got closure with a proper memorial. Really? People are still going on about that? [Edited 2/5/18 8:45am]

Hologram/ Video image same concept. I did not see a thumbs up I saw a definition of a the world Hologram by Omarr who needs to learn to speak.

Who cares about Lonnie or SNJ? SNJ does not even have legal representation because they are too stupid to see that no one wants to have their rep tarnished by working with LM.

If the estate sues LM for the back commission and they keep supporting LM they may have to go look in the phone book to find a lawyer.

laurarichardson said:

Quest Love made himself an authority and he is good at getting the media to buy into it. He had no affilation with the estate, family or even other associates.

I wish someone from any of those entities would come out and tell him where he can go with his bullshit.

bonatoc said:

laurarichardson said:

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

Also thought itbwas interesting that Justin and jimmy talked at length about the prince part of the super bowl performance, but didn't even mention hologramgate...as if it was decided in advance it would not be brought up...hmmm...one would think Justin might have taken the opportunity to say the hologram was a rumor and he would never disrespect prince or his fans in that way...but we got crickets on that topic...

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No official word from anyone. Seems like the media wanted to hype-up the Hologram thing and get everybody in a frenzy......all for nothing!

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

Loads of bad reviews this morning. Outside of the activities in April I hope this is the last of the tributes. Last us get on with vault music and move forward.

Yeah I’m Ok with putting a pause on tributes for a while. I have tickets to the April 21 show at Target Center but I might sell them because if it’s anything like the halftime show I think it could end up being cringeworthy. I’m not sure I want to see that.

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I wouldn't sell my tickets if I had them......why do you wanna do that? The event at Target isn't going to be anything like the SB.

djThunderfunk said:

I can't believe some are praising Justin's "talent", much less his "sampling" of Prince for his performance.

It's likely that the purpose of the hologram "rumor" was so we would be so happy that it wasn't true that we wouldn't complain about the sampling of Prince's image and voice.

This was lazy, cheap and disrespectful. If he really wanted to honor Prince he could try actually singing one of his songs himself instead of just sampling him.

And, "I Would Die 4 U"? Really?!? That's just morbid.

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While I don't think JTs tribute was that great or bad per se, I agree that it seemed like there wasn't much thought put into it.....and, singing along with Prince and the song choice?

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That was a little weird for me, plus Prince's image on the white sheet....seemed low-budget.

cloveringold85 said:

AnnaStesia10 said:

I watched it, wasnt bad. Feel you gotta be a JT fan to appreciate it. I wouldnt say I am but I dont dislike him. He does have some good songs and definately has been inspired by Prince. The Prince tribute part was good I get why they had his projection on that big sheet..looked to me like a concession instead of doing that hologram. Feel IWD4U was the chosen song due to JT could sing those parts, its part of Purple Rain and due to the movie footage. Visuals were too blurry for me, but whats ya gonna do.. Overall, left me feeling like damn, I still miss Prince and fear I always will. Felt he still should be here and performed at this yrs Super Bowl. Prince is and forver to all of us, irreplaceable and loved. 💜

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Just wanted to add.......I guess I was expecting Doves flying and Purple lazer beams shining down on the stage and a High-Def screen with Prince's image on it.

Performance ok

Clothing questionable

Tribute

The best part of the show. As always P got the crowd excited and brought the energy in the arena up 100X just being shown on a sheet. Pretty cool.

Also did anyone catch JT on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about the tribute. Very heartfelt and also pretty cool. Plus should finally put an end to the silly feud fans are still getting pissed about. Letttitgo

Finally and one of the coolest of all was JT saying that the Estate gave him original stems from IWD4U to use live. Listen again....beautiful!!!

#PRINCE4EVER #LIVE4LOVE

Starts at 3:43

[Edited 2/5/18 12:23pm]

bonatoc said:

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said: Meh. “Fams” need to get over this. Justin didn’t hate Prince and Prince didn’t hate Justin. And nobody has ever confirmed those song lyrics were about Prince. If “fams” want to be mad be mad that Prince was filler in a halftime show that wasn’t very good. Thank god for the cutaway to the city lighting up purple. That was the best part of the halftime show.

Being educated on all things graphic, I have this purple suspicion this was an artefact made with Adobe's After Effects™, the Photoshop for video.

Unless some Minneapolis residents can confirm this was a physical setup.

A 3 seconds shot, the best part? This speaks volumes...

There is an article in The Current today as to how this was done.

You are correct. It was not done in real time.

I would post the link but my work computer wont allow me to link on the org and I dont know why.

[Edited 2/5/18 12:51pm]

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

The tribute was Ok. That being said the SB as whole was a ton of exposure for Prince. I am a huge football fan. The NFL network has been working the Prince/ Minneapolis angle for weeks. Let's go crazy was used as a bumper heavily. The album version of Baby I'm Star was used for a production piece for plays of the year. I heard Little Red Corvette and 1999 were used as bumpers too.

Our local radio stations were out there. They talked about Prince and the cities bond. They took the Paisley Park tour and discussed / joked about how talented he was and how Prince was 'all powerful'.

It was a good thing.

You realize that the family has no say on any transaction under 2 million right? They may have to nod and go along with no other option which is something they agreeded to do.

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

Hologram/ Video image same concept. I did not see a thumbs up I saw a definition of a the world Hologram by Omarr who needs to learn to speak.

Who cares about Lonnie or SNJ? SNJ does not even have legal representation because they are too stupid to see that no one wants to have their rep tarnished by working with LM.

If the estate sues LM for the back commission and they keep supporting LM they may have to go look in the phone book to find a lawyer.

cloveringold85 said:

AnnaStesia10 said:

I watched it, wasnt bad. Feel you gotta be a JT fan to appreciate it. I wouldnt say I am but I dont dislike him. He does have some good songs and definately has been inspired by Prince. The Prince tribute part was good I get why they had his projection on that big sheet..looked to me like a concession instead of doing that hologram. Feel IWD4U was the chosen song due to JT could sing those parts, its part of Purple Rain and due to the movie footage. Visuals were too blurry for me, but whats ya gonna do.. Overall, left me feeling like damn, I still miss Prince and fear I always will. Felt he still should be here and performed at this yrs Super Bowl. Prince is and forver to all of us, irreplaceable and loved. 💜

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Nicely said.

People are moaning about it and maybe it's my insecurity or maybe because I've had tospend my life defending Prince but it always moves me when he gets respect. few artist would get a symbol around a stadium or even be shown in the midst of someone elses big showcase.

When he passed we all knew he was one of the all time greats but I always feared he never would be taken on board as such. That his comerciality would carry on into his death and people might forget the entirety of his career.

This really moved me and I don't feel JT needed Prince in this scenario to boost him. So Im pleased he did this

The Atlantic and The Washington Post sure spanked poor Justin something severe.
I thought he was doing the backing vocals to Prince, not the other way around.
Didn't watch the whole performance, as I couldn't care less for JT.
I tried to watch the "Filthy" video, but the sonic and visual ridiculousness roofs both exploded before the minute mark.

That's the problem with being in the know of Prince's art.
The bar is just set too fucking high for any poser trying to walk in his footsteps.

I guess some journalists, as some orgers are, are just entering the anger phase.
Prince's demise is really hard to get over, and the process phases are much longer than usual.
For everyone.

laurarichardson said:

You realize that the family has no say on any transaction under 2 million right? They may have to nod and go along with no other option which is something they agreeded to do.

I thought that 2 million limit was for accounts payable, not receivable. The Estate doesn't have to get permission if the cost is under $2 mil. This didn't cost the Estate anything.

To me, the only interesting thing about it, was multi-tracking.
Prince's isolated lead track is what stood out.

That's what I wish for the future Deluxe Editions.
Like MJ, I need full instrumentals, and full acapellas.
They can be a bliss to listen to.

[Edited 2/5/18 17:02pm]

bonatoc said:

To me, the only interesting thing about it, was multi-tracking.
Prince's isolated lead track is what stood out.

That's what I wish for the future Deluxe Editions.
Like MJ, I need full instrumentals, and full acapellas.
They can be a bliss to listen to.

That would be nice to have for Prince. And as to your links: man, that kid sure sang that rat song, didn't he? That was really pretty nice--I was glad the vocal wasn't for Man in the Mirror, since Ben was way more surprising.

laurarichardson said:

actually i loved JT's tibute to Prince, i was pleasantly surprised. very smooth and the man can sang!

EddieC said:

bonatoc said:

To me, the only interesting thing about it, was multi-tracking.
Prince's isolated lead track is what stood out.

That's what I wish for the future Deluxe Editions.
Like MJ, I need full instrumentals, and full acapellas.
They can be a bliss to listen to.

That would be nice to have for Prince. And as to your links: man, that kid sure sang that rat song, didn't he? That was really pretty nice--I was glad the vocal wasn't for Man in the Mirror, since Ben was way more surprising.

I've swapped the "Man In The Mirror" instrumental for a better version in HQ.
Feckin' session musicians. That bass line! That piano!
Not my daily cup of tea, but from time to time,
me love some headbanging to this.

It was a very moving tribute, it was the only great thing about it.