xpsiter said:

Nickelback? WTF? I just died laughing and choking on my own vomit. And if I see another one of those damn homophobic remarks, I will hunt mofos down and kick some ass.

words to describe how I felt / feel - 'proud', 'happy' , 'nervous'[in case he slipped or blew up!], 'respectful', 'lucky', 'sleepy'! 'embarrassed' [whats' with the doves on a stick!] and 'satisfied'.

Very Happy to see P perform live under the (purple ?) rain !!!

He did it very well ! That was amazing...

Now, Europe's waiting for you and we'll play football durin' 12 minutes at the half of your show

drscoggin said:

They're Australian accents and no offense to any Australians, but the way the Twinz speak makes me . I hate their flat, off-key singing, but at least I don't hear their accents when they do.


(OT: Aussies--do they have weird accents to you? I've heard other Aussie accents and theirs just seems really, really thick.)

you had to laff at the comment "oh my husband said "i didn't know Prince could play guitar, i will never look at him again in the same light"

Let me tell you, yesterday was quite the experience! I was partly excited, and partly terrified, because I feared my hero would be electrocuted out there. Everytime I saw smoke on the stage, I prayed that it was part of the stage show, and NOT a sign that Prince was in harm's way!

I've gotta say that Prince is a class act, and showed everyone the true meaning of "The Show Must Go On!" A less experienced performer would not have been able to pull it off like he did. He is a true professional. I could tell by the look on his face that it was not going the way he wanted, but I hope he is proud of himself for delivering an electrifying show in a down pour. One thing is for sure,

Come rain or come shine, PRINCE ROCKS!

After one of these performances it always seems like everyone in the Universe is talking about Prince and how great he is.

It happened after the Grammy performance, it happened after the Hall Of Fame performance, it happened after the American Idol performance, and it is happening again now.

Sadly, in only a week or 2 it will go quiet and for the masses Prince will fade into memory again, as always happens, until he does something new to remind everybody how amazing he is.

There are many obvious things for Prince to do immediately after such performances. Release an album, a single, go on tour. Sadly, Prince obstinately refuses to play the obvious PR game time and again. I suspect he will simply go back to doing his 3121 Vegas shows, releasing a new album and announcing a tour months after all this hooplah has died down.

SammiJ said:

I enjoyed the performance,but he really needs to stop opening his sets with "Let's Go Crazy".It's a bit predictable:)

I keep seeing comments about the Queen-We Will Rock You intro...
I'm pretty confident that was fully taped and although there may have been a Prince voice over, playing this song at the start of the "main act" is pretty standard fare at Stadium shows. Great tune to let people know the show is beginning (esp. if you happen to be out in the concourse- you can't mistake it) and it gets people on their feet.

This is my favorite comment on cnn.com. I love this person!

chakah said:

the chick in white is Shelby. She was already on the music scene, albeit not prominently, before her involvement with Prince. Rumor/speculation is that he is now working with her, but no one knows what that project entails.

I remember seeing Renato and Cora..other than that, I don't know the rest of the lineup. (not counting the twinz..i dont consider them "band" members, LOL).

larryluvlife said:

He was playing for the Superbowl crowd so he had to play something familiar and upbeat and the crowd was already hyped from the game itself, so that song basically kept the rhythm going in the stadium.

Really good job, especially in that weather - a lot of artists wouldn't have gone on at all. Made "Best of You" sound his own.

Just getting really fed up of Let's Go Crazy - I'm sure he did more albums than Purple Rain, didn't he? And his guitar solo on Purple Rain itself was ghastly.

This has got to be my least favourite NPG line-up since Kirky J and Larry Graham were hanging around. Sooner he gets rid of Cora the better.

And don't get me started on The Twiiiinzzz. I could just about tolerate Brooks and Wally filling up stage space, but these two bints...

Still, damn good show! But I really don't think it would alienate any non-fans if he played something like Anotherloverholenyohead, Let's Work or Gonna Be A Beautiful Night once in a while!

Here's the measure of how good he was last night. Sports media is among the most testosterone-driven areas of the media around. And early reviews of Prince were very good.

Colin Cowherd, the best national talk show host on the air (IMHO) said Prince was his "usual brilliant" self.

Mike Greenberg of Mike and Mike in the Morning thought the show was brilliant, and even his colleague, Mike Golic begrudgingly admitted the show was pretty impressive.

Story on SI.com

http://sportsillustrated....index.html

Price did an amazing performance. I was so proud
Yes the head wrap was yuck [he reminded me of that dude in the movie Car Wash] but I get it - Black hair in the rain is a tough feat and a hell of a request. Loved when he took it off

I was shocked that no one slipped - especially with everyone running around in heels.

Great use of the band
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calldapplwondery83 said:

Those idiots with the negative comments don't even deserve a response. They are so woefully ignorant to actually musical talent. For anyone to question whether or not he was actually playing guitar because his right hand wasn't strumming is a complete and utter moron. And to mention Nickleback and Prince in the same sentence is like comparing crap to chocolate.
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peterfalconer said:

Yes - you're right! If memory serves, he followed up Purple Rain five years later with the Batman soundtrack, and then a couple years later released Diamonds And Pearls in the early '90s. After that, he took a break until he was inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004. He's released a couple of albums since then, but I don't think anyone knows what they're called.

GangstaFam said:

Agreed. And they appear to gain more and more confidence with each live show...
As for being a distraction?
For me, they are both a DELICIOUS distraction!

jaimestarr79 said:

All Along The Watchtower ... Bob Dylan (song made popular by Jimi Hendrix)

booyah said:

Ha! Nice one.

paisley16 said:

Those colors were the theme of the superbowl since it was in Miami. The same colors are on all the Superbowl signs and logos.

It was a great performance.

Not the best Prince performance I've seen but it was the best Super Bowl performance I've seen.

JustErin said:

my 6 month old niece sat there and watched the whole thing too. she enjoyed it

metalorange said:

I usually agree with you, metalorange, but give the man some time! He probably has to fulfill his contract with the Rio before he can up and go on tour. Unless he's been planning one all along, a tour takes months to plan, correct? Maybe he has an album in the wings waiting for release. We can dream, right?

As hardcore fans, we're quite spoiled. We all know how brilliant Prince is, and what an amazing live performer he is, so we tend to be incredibly picky when he takes the stage. Sure, I've seen him do better performances than this one, but that isn't the point. Prince was playing to a huge audience, the majority of which aren't fans, so his set-list had to include some of the big hits to keep those people interested. Still, his medley of "All Along The Watchtower" and "Best Of You" was a surprise to non-fans, and got everyone talking. It was a daring move that could have fallen flat, but paid off in the end. The local alternative station's morning show was raving about P this morning, and the general consensus was that the "Best Of You" cover was incredible.

I've had several people at work come up to me and give "my boy" props, and talk about how they now see why I'm such a huge fan. Prince's halftime show is, overall, being praised as one of the best ever, so he obviously knew what he was doing. Sure, we would have all loved to hear him do some obscure b-side or something, but that wasn't the right move for a performance like this. WE may know better, but we also have had all these years to soak up the man's music. The average joes (especially some of the younger folks) were being exposed to Prince live for the first time, and he chose a great set to do that with.

I have to admit. I didn’t watch the SuperBowl live. Flying back from a weekend trip to New Mexico, I knew I had it Tivo’d and waiting for me when I got home. It didn’t stop me from asking people in the airport who were watching “So, who’s winning?” “The Bears.” “Is it raining?” “Yes, it’s really coming down.” “Hmmm. Has Prince performed yet?” “Prince is performing? No. Not yet.” All day Sunday I kept thinking “How sad that it had to rain during Prince’s half-time show. I just kept imagining all the terrible things that could happen: people hiding in the rain, electrical malfunctions, people slipping on stage, Prince frying with microphone in hand. Ugh.

I needn’t have worried. The extra challenge of the rain only added to the greatness. Like a sword, tempered by fire into a lethal killing machine, Prince sliced his way through crowd-pleasing guitar anthems, both his own and others’.

I knew as soon as I heard the drums and chanting of “We Will Rock You” filling the auditoreum I knew tonight was gonna be special. Electricity coursing through my veins as lightning filled the Florida sky. My heart began to race in my tiny little bedroom. I can’t imagine the thrills the people who were actually watching the show live were feeling.

Then the border lights on the stage began to light. Boom-boom-boom. The stage is Prince’s symbol, 0(+> for anyone not in the know, and as soon as the border lights fill in, a huge explosion of light and fireworks. BOOM! We hear “Dearly Beloved...” and the sounds of “Let’s Go Crazy” as Prince rips into the classic with manic intensity, giving it an updated sound and feel. Fans are allowed into the space surrounding the stage, and they’re running at top speed, crazed looks on their faces, rushing to get close to it, to be a part of it.

Next we are treated to the addition of a marching band storming the football field. Is that the chorus of “1999” they’re playing? I can’t get my bearing on it, but it doesn’t matter because now the band is accompanying Prince on “Baby I’m a Star.” I’m thinking to myself, maybe that’s his secret. Maybe he really is a Star. That would explain how he looks dry when I know rain is falling all around him. Maybe it’s evaporating as soon as it hits his body. White-hot. Supernova. Drip, drop, tsSSS!

Prince leads the marching band into a quick riff of “Proud Mary” and the dancing Twinz have never looked more together or sexy, doing their best Tina Turner impressions. As the band whirls into a dervish, Prince blows a kiss. “Count it.”

It gets very quiet for a split second as the first notes of “All Along the Watchtower” fill the night sky. It takes the crowd a moment to realize what is happening, but when Prince opens with the vocals of the Jimi Hendrix classic, you can hear it! Loud screams from the crowd, certainly the older members in the audience remember Hendrix’s significance, accepting voices calling out in unison.

Then without missing a beat, Prince tumbles into Foo Fighter’s “Best of You” and we hear another cry from the crowd, this time certainly striking a chord with the younger members of the audience. A scan of the audience shows them all “getting it”, singing along, pogo-ing up and down and screaming. To all of these twenty-somethings there is something I’d like to tell you. His name is Prince. He is funky. Be very good to him. He’ll be good to you.

Finally we get to my favorite moment. As Prince brings “Best of You” to a close, he utters the final line “I’ve got another confession to make, my friend.” He closes his eyes and lowers his guitar, pauses for a moment, then reopens them. He looks around slyly, a hint of a smile on his lips and says, “I aint no fool.” Then it’s magic. As “Purple Rain” begins the audience is bathed in purple lights, flying doves take to the air, and hundreds of people in the audience lift their lit cell phones together, hands swaying back and forth. A curtain rises against the end of the stage and it billows with Prince behind it, his silhouette reaching tall, so tall into the night sky, and he plays his guitar with unbridled fury. It’s a beautiful moment. I don’t mind saying I shed a tear or two. It makes me happy to admit that. The show closes with the crowd singing in unison, the sound, so beautiful. And at the center of it stands one man, our Prince, beaming from ear to ear, bowing like a modern Mozart.

Yes, all day Sunday I kept thinking “How sad that it had to rain duing Prince’s half-time show.” I needn’t have worried. It only added to the greatness.

Loved it, it was spectacular, the stage was amazing, it all came together exceptionally well. He seemed to be enjoying it, he really knows how to pull it out of the bag, I think he delivered, and some.

robertes71 said:

That was a nice read! Awesome!

This was truly a defining moment for Prince and Prince fans.

Completely satisfying as if he would never have to play a note of music ever again.

Later

metalorange said:

and.....no covers!



but this was alright!

robertes71 said:

Well said.

Although I think that sentence should end... "and he may also sue you."