jacobpb said:

I noticed that!!!

chocolate1 said:

Prince never gets the credit & respect he deserves.

DigitalCreator said:

The media guy who went to ask him a question might feel the same way. Prince doesn't always give a TON of respect himself.

herb4 said:

Here.

Wall said:

What the hell is an 'rbn' file, and how do you play it?

One more thing. . . I didn't know Billy Joel was so retarded and blunt. LOL!
He basically poo-poo'ed the anthem. The first reporter was from the UK and asked him if he had a message for his fans in the UK and Billy responds with:
Long pause and heavy breathing.

"I'm not really a message a guy. (WTF???) Let's put it this way, it's a tough song. It's not the greatest song ever written. What it represents is a terrific thing, but America the Beautiful is actually a better song. This isn't my message obviously. Because it was written in the early 19th century nobody remembers the lyrics because they really don't know what they mean. (Huh?) The melody is difficult everybody drops out in the high notes, so it's kind of a slog actually." What the hell??? He's not very diplomatic is he?

Another reporter asks, What will it mean for you to sing such a powerful song.

Billy: "Well, I did it at the Stanley Cup, I did it at the World Series, I did it at SB 23 so I'm kind of an old dinasaur at this.

Reporter from Columbia, How do you feel to be the first reporter to sing the national anthem twice in the SB?

Billy: "Well I don't know I haven't done it yet. I'm just doing the anthem I ain't doing the halftime show Prince is doing the WORK."

Reporter: What are your impressions of Prince?

Billy: "I think he's brilliant. He's one of the most talented people in the industry today."

Billy's ass is officially crazy.

There were other wacky comments by Billy so be sure to check him out before Prince cuz he ain't got no dayum sense and I love it. I get tired of everyone being so PC and he was like whatever. . . I don't give a damn! Hilarious.
[Edited 2/1/07 15:09pm]

Jamzone333 said:

Since I don't have that new thing called TIVO This is what I use to record my shows and it still works great!!!! I just went home for lunch and was able to see the performance, Prince never fails and I thought the Twins were alright some people on here were saying they were not very good. And I thought I would finally get to see Shelby sing bu she didn't maybe when I go to Vegas. And I love the joke when he first came in saying he was going to take questions and then he just starts playing that was sooooo good
[Edited 2/1/07 15:19pm]

Nice to hear Anotherlover get an outing. Prince seemed to be having fun, which is cool and hopefully will transfer to the performance at the Superbowl.

I really enjoyed the set. Good guitar work and surprisingly good energy for an early afternoon press conference. I know everyone is entitled to an opinion, however I really wish I knew what some people's expectations were coming into this. He's performing at a press conference for a bunch of slack jawed sports reporters who gripe and complain about everything. It's not like he's on an awards show or god forbid at an actual concert. The reaction from the crowd was better than I expected considering that this bunch only respects the usual suspects (insert over the hill 60s rock icons here or U2). Anyway, this is easily the best Superbowl Press Conference set I've seen...lol.

chocolate1 said:

The reporters are there doing their job, Not to FAM out all over the place.

lazycrockett said:

They didn't have to scream or anything- Even doing your job U don't have to look bored/uninterested. The ones in the front row looked like they'd rather be cleaning out their sock drawers...

I thought it was an awesome performance. A bit rough and ready due to the nature of the occasion, room and set-up, but nethertheless fantastic. As a hardcore fan obviously I don't care if the non-fans couldn't recognise the songs or expected well-known hits, but surely even if people couldn't recognise the music they could recognise an amazing talent on guitar. The guts of Prince to just come out and do the unexpected like that... never ceases to amaze me.

God knows what he's going to play at the Superbowl, but I doubt more and more it will be the obvious hits...

The Twinz seem to get a lot of hate on here, I really don't know why. I think they sing/dance perfectly fine and although I rarely take my eyes of what Prince is doing, they add some nice peripheral eye-candy. Does he really need them? No, but they add to the visuals of the whole performance nicely.

chocolate1 said:

Well you try to put together a story for your newspaper bout someone who doesn't take questions from the press??

"Prince came out, Played Johnny B Goode, and some other songs." Thats going to win awards.

Both Prince himself and the performance were positively breath-taking! Can hardly wait 4 Sunday!

SCNDLS said:[quote]

Entrance: The band comes in with P last and faces a bunch of uptight, sports journalists that prolly don't know shit about P 'cept PR. Why's he carrying the hat he didn't wear it?

Appearance: Not too much makeup (prolly wouldn't go over well with this football crowd) Hair, nice not too poufy, curly, or lady-like. FINALLY the edges look STRAIGHT, he prolly just got a fresh perm. Thank you, cuz them edges be killing me!!!! But he looks beautiful. It was great to see him in this bright ass lighting cuz there was no hiding his REAL face, still keeping it together. Plus LOTS of VERY close up shots.

End of AnotherLover: Yes, Rock Lobster turns into Dr. Feelgood, with a snippet of the tail end of Let's Go Crazy. That nucca is outta control!!!!!


Remarks from commentators after performance: "The cat's been been relevant to music for the last 27-28 years." "That's a bad boy, man. I'd come to the superbowl just to see him." "Jamie Foxx is right, that guy is sexy. Naw, he's sexy. I would be a little uncomfortable in front of him myself."

Entrance: I liked how the brotha just came in all cool and sh*t. Why the hat? He does that a lot. He will have a hat with him but won't put it on (Leno, Today, etc.) but did you see the hat? Not to pimpish...kind of reminded me of the big one from the GOLD era.

Appearance:Good look...This is a "man's" weekend and we don't want to see the brotha with all that make-up on. He was cool today and the hair looked right...I still like Parade and Musicology was the best...being the curls back brotha.

End of AnotherLover:I'm a long time fan (since I was 5 and I am 29) and I'm not familar with "Rock Lobster" where is this from and only heard Dr. Feel good a few times but Anotherloverholenyohead was very nice!


Remarks from commentators after performance: Rod was funny...Jaimie also said don't look in the brotha's eyes...

GOOD POST

PEACE
PRIME
[Edited 2/1/07 17:24pm]

lazycrockett said:

Hey..How do you use quotes or parts of quotes in your posts (and keep the box around them)? I always seem to have to post the whole thing or mess everything up....

DigitalCreator said:

They applauded, that's all that's needed...
[Edited 2/1/07 17:36pm]

lazycrockett said:

Indeed...The media are not in the business to give standing ovations at events where they are working...It was a good performance as is...Hell, to get those people to applaud (which they did) is huge in itself...Not that serious y'all
[Edited 2/1/07 17:38pm]

prime said:

Make sure that the content you want in the box has the [qote] command at the beginning and [/qote] at the end.
[Edited 2/1/07 17:39pm]

You could still watch it at www.nfl.com,\

click onto halftime presser video

The show was awesome!

Graycap23 said:

Billy may live in Miami now but Billy sure took his straight to the point NY attitude with him when he left NY ....Billy was just keepin' it real..... I like the nice things he said about Prince though.

But it seems like everybody was being sarcastic with the media today, even some of the football players.
[Edited 2/1/07 17:42pm]

Jamzone333 said:

Well, my husband brought home

Nyquil cherry flavor, Dayquil, Theraflu and tylenol!!!

I stayed up in my drug induced Nyquil stupor and

watched the re-air of

Prince

I can now sweat off my fever and dream of my man !!!!!

drumming was FLAT

Graycap23 said:

prime said:

Rock Lobster is a song by the B-52s here's a link to them doing it on SNL in 1980. Thank GOD for YouTube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yZR9tmUy7HI

Here's the Crue's Dr. Feelgood that's my favorite Motley Crue song cuz it sounded so funky.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F11V9HcvEDg

jazzmaster said:

advertise where? obviously i didnt see an advertisement and i dont watch nfl tv

SCNDLS said:

thanks! work has been craaaazy all week, and i haven't been able to get online like usual..and didn't see anything advertised on tv about him performing at the press conf...but i caught the vid online tonight

one thing i have to say..yep, the twinz just proved what i've been saying all along...THEY GOTTA GO! that whole hair flinging thing just makes my skin crawl and when they TRY to sing, they overpower our man, uh huh..can't have that....

See sticky http://www.prince.org/msg/7/216311