Seriously, what do you think we're looking at here? Not what you WANT, but what you THINK? My guess? Something safe and a little tired:

Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
Baby I'm A Star
(or a medley of same)

Then maybe a newer one...something like "Get on the Boat" or "Love"(which is fine by me) followed by a Vegas pitch..."The Word" would be an awesome selection, given the global audience and how gung-ho everyone is about religion these days...

I dunno. What do you EXPECT he'll do? I'm guessing Grammys 2005 all over again...

it'd be nice if he dusted off a mainstream hit that the non-fammyfam masses would recognize but those of us chewing our moonwraps would flip out over because he hasn't performed it live in so long. i don't know what song that would be, though he hasn't done 'u got the look' on a live televised performance in a long time (if ever?). i mean, i know, ho-hum, he did it all the way through the musicology tour, but he could bust out a spiffed-up arrangement and get the prince fans and the sports fans going.

I'm fully expecting an extended medley of his biggest hits - Let's Go Crazy/Baby I'm A Star/When Doves Cry/Raspberry Beret/Kiss/Purple Rain, all upbeat stuff. Maybe a touch of Black Sweat.

I highly doubt that he'll perform Black Sweat, only because I think this performance will be as close to rated "G" as Prince has ever been. Black Sweat is pretty tame by fans' standards, but it still contains taking clothes off and sex (just not curse words).

I agree with the majority on what I THINK Prince will play: Let's Go Crazy, Baby I'm A Star, Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret. I don't think he'll perform When Doves Cry or Kiss, as these songs don't translate well live.

I'd love for him to end the set with a full-on version of Fury complete with blazin' guitar solo. Leave the keyboards out of this version Prince!

Here is my guess...

1) Fury
2) Let's Go Crazy
3) Purple Rain

if time....

4) new song to promote new album?????

Se7en said:

I was predicting just a bit of Black Sweat, like the chorus after all, it has been nominated several times for the Grammys, I don't think that would be too risque.

Kiss doesn't always translate live, but he performed it on the Much More Music tv performance, the Ellen Show, and his Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction, plus he's been playing it a lot live recently. That's why I think he will do this one yet again. Not so sure about When Doves Cry, but somehow have a feeling he'll do it, like the Musiology shows version.
[Edited 12/15/06 3:44am]

masbas said:

I'd go for that too...can't see him trying out too much stuff from 3121.

Ya never know he might suprise us with Jughead or sumthin'.

Anx said:

Um how about Mountains? I've been chewing on my moonwrap for a decade now to hear that in concert.

metalorange said:

Or Lolita.

how long is he allowed to perform??

I just pray he doesn't play that tired ol' Take Me With U/Raspberry Beret medley. If he does that again, I'm gonna eat my own head.

I personally think Endorphinemachine would turn some heads, but he'll never do that...

maybe they will be football related...


7
touchdown (face down with new lyrics)
baby I'm a star (if the cowboys are in it)
LRC (if it is the red skins)
Pruple Rain (vikings)

I'm with whoever said that Prince should leave the "go go go, go go go" in the dressing room. It's downright embarrassing as a fan to see/hear him do that shit.

I just want a raw, guitar-heavy, in-your-face rocked out performance. No costume-clad troupe of dancers, no pyrotechnics. Just the man and his band up there on stage with the lights on, the guitar turned way up, and the twins' mics turned way down. Period.

Bring it.

My desired setlist:

Extra Lovable (wicked guitar, polished lyrics, available on iTunes after)
Lolita
Erotic City (clarify to the organizers that he's saying "funk"...ah-hem....)
Fury (akin to the SNL performance; tear that guitar up, boy)
Let's Go Crazy (again, stop with the "go, go, go"); a sing-a-long friendly must

If people want to hear Purple Rain, let 'em watch the movie.

Let's have a small brainstorm along the lines of a football (let alone a Superbowl) halftime show.

I'm thinkin' he's played this a thousand times already in his own head.

I'm also thinkin' that he's well aware of the immediate and broadcast public.

We also all know the calibre of Prince as an artist and musician, so whatever he decides to reveal is only going to benifit him from that point on.

In Germany, the game starts at midnight.
I made sure I have that Monday off.

Not cuz of that purple midget!
I'm a football fan, damnit!


Sure, the setlist will have a bit of the past included, but I'm hoping for something new that has nothing to do with that '3121' thing.

Noone can predict this crapola!

he should play "metal-ed" up versions of the hits, like what he has done with anotherloveholenyohead.

and please no "go go go" portion in lets go crazy and no "desperate housewives" version of kiss.

Octavius said:

Now there's a nice dream.

Please Please Please, no "Go Go Go" on lets go crazy

Lets keep posting this so maybe someone in the Prince camp picks up on this

SlamGlam said:

Yeah.

That's gonna happen.
[Edited 12/16/06 13:26pm]

Folks, we're asking the wrong question. It's not about WHAT he'll play, but HOW.

This is the Superbowl. The Superbowl half-time show. It's a football venue, 100 yards of field to cover. While we fans might be content to just watch him sing, play and dance around, and while the commercial hints that he's not feelin' anything having to do with him in a spacesuit swinging from a trapeze, there has to be a certain amount of over-the-top visual eye-candy for the masses.

So....plan on pyrotechnics, fireworks shooting off, several hundred costumed dancers gyrating about.

And since Prince has been high on the "real music by real musicians" thing, I predict that whatever he plays will be arranged for a marching band forming the , , and signs on the 50-yard line.

Those in attendance will be given color-coded cards to hold up on cue turning the stands into pixelated representations of "3121" and the Twinz.

I think he will perform Bob George and then leave in handcuffs after the song is stopped midway.

rocknroll!

I've been thinking about this...and I prefer something totally new...that's never been heard before...that's so totally mind fucking awesome...it'll make everyone in that week's Top Ten...just quit and get real jobs!!

I'm not really expecting all that...but I just thought I'd put that out there in the universe.

I just hope he shows the world that he is one of the greatest guitar players in the world, I hope he finish where he left off at the RRHOF solo, yeeessss!!!!

eye'm a thinkin...
Let's Go Crazy
a bit of Kiss!
Black Sweat
When Doves cry
(4 the nomination and because its a Great song) some...
Beautiful,Loved & Blessed
4 the main-stream with an Awesome Guitar finish...
Purple Rain

Something out of the ordinary would be HOT!

Controversy
Head
Delirious
I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
BlackSweat
Lets Go Crazy
The last few moments of Mr. JiMi Hendricks version of the National Anthem(Woodstock)

scrambledeggsaresoboring said:

Did he really start using Desperate Housewives in Kiss?! I remember when he starting using Sex And The City and I thought THAT was horrible. Shouldn't mess with a classic, even though Dynasty is not on TV anymore it's still a classic.

1999 tease >
Fury >
Let's Go Crazy
Nothing Compares 2 U (if time)
Purple Rain

superspaceboy said:

you KNOW i'd fall out of my seat if he did mountains, but joe schmoe sportsfan isn't going to give a rat's ass because mountains wasn't THAT big of a hit. i'm thinking of something that made a big splash in the mainstream but prince has kinda neglected in live TV performances. so far, 'u got the look' is about all i can think of.

dinner with delores
dolphin
morning papers
satisfied
(all these went over so well when he did them on the late night shows
[Edited 12/18/06 17:27pm]