Ok, now here is my serious post.
So I spent a long time on Youtube today defending the whole pre-recorded thing. But something I just saw literally made me sick to my stomach! At the part in The Best Of U right before his guitar solo when he grabs the mic and screams; two LOUD palm mutes come across on the speakers while he still has both hands on the mic and is still screaming!

Look, everything else points to it being live; the few bum notes in PR, not getting back to the mic on the first solo from LGC, the wireless going out at the end of PR! It all adds up to it being live except for that one part! Did he sing live but pre-record the guitar parts? I really don't want to think so and I hope not. But that one second has me really wondering!

As far as I can tell my downloaded version's sound is in sync with the video. Please someone tell me I have a bad version or somehting, anything that makes sense! I don't think he would do that, especially on something as big as the Super Bowl! But as much as a control freak and perfectionist that he is he just might do it. But then why recorded sloppy solos? I mean the feeling was there but by far not his most technically proficient performance. But who would expect that live in the pouring rain? Or was it live? I have to go search out other versions now hoping that mine has been tampered with!

Please someone tell me I am wrong!

I'm just posting here to say how much I hate these damn stickies.
This system doesn't encourage fine points of discussion, just general spewing.

A thread was locked about the lightning and how it seemed a part of Prince's show but was really "from the Heavens." And you know, I thought while watching the show ... is that fake lightning or real ...because it was perfect ... but that thread was locked and the poster sent here to the garbage umbrella thread.

Then, another person tried to ask did we hear PRince on the radio since the superbowl. That was locked too. I'd like to know.

I was going to ask if everyone saw the article on how Prince's sales at Amazon.com had skyrocketed, but of course that would just be locked and sent here too.

But you know I don't feel like really 1,588 reponses on a sticky to see if that's been mentioned. Esp. since this part doesn't even have the feature of taking members to the last read post.

I really miss the days of org conversations, where big topics could be broken into finer strains of thought. Sticky, dump threads are counter to the instincts of conversation. People just come ...dump and go.

I'm sure this post will go too.

I Posted this on the regular Prince thing.. but they
said to post it over here... not sure why.. it is NOT to do
with the super bowl.. just talk about After the Super bowl.. but
what ever.

Well I knew it would happen.. the talk shows are playing off
Princes Great performance.
Leno made a comment like "Did you see Prince at the Super Bowl out
there playing the guitar in the rain.. Heck, he should of just stood
there with a lightening rod..."
and then he commented about If you watched Prince on one of those huge
big Screen TV's he would be almost life size
(((these are not Exact words what was said.. but close)))

Then.. our "buddy" Lettermen made several comments about him in
his opening.. And then Prince was #1 on the Top Ten List
Catagory.. Top Ten Excuses by the Chicago Bears...
#1 The Bears were all too worried about sharing a Locker room
with Prince.....

Oh. and then Lettermen talked about Prince performing in the rain
and he showed a clip of Prince singing and then there was a little
"explosion" type thing and Prince was gone..

I am sure there will be more comments throughout the week

But.. when Leno and Lettermen said "Did you see Prince do the Half time
show.. both crowds really cheered loudly for our boy!!

Please someone tell me I am wrong!

thekidsgirl said:

"It still even smells like hairspray and sweat."

Does anyone know the info on the backup singer that is dressed in white? She has a massive voice!

MikeMatronik said:

http://www.myspace.com/shelbyblackgypsy

SynthiaRose said:

AGREED.

Ok, now here is my serious post.
So I spent a long time on Youtube today defending the whole pre-recorded thing. But something I just saw literally made me sick to my stomach! At the part in The Best Of U right before his guitar solo when he grabs the mic and screams; two LOUD palm mutes come across on the speakers while he still has both hands on the mic and is still screaming!

Look, everything else points to it being live; the few bum notes in PR, not getting back to the mic on the first solo from LGC, the wireless going out at the end of PR! It all adds up to it being live except for that one part! Did he sing live but pre-record the guitar parts? I really don't want to think so and I hope not. But that one second has me really wondering!

As far as I can tell my downloaded version's sound is in sync with the video. Please someone tell me I have a bad version or somehting, anything that makes sense! I don't think he would do that, especially on something as big as the Super Bowl! But as much as a control freak and perfectionist that he is he just might do it. But then why recorded sloppy solos? I mean the feeling was there but by far not his most technically proficient performance. But who would expect that live in the pouring rain? Or was it live? I have to go search out other versions now hoping that mine has been tampered with!

Please someone tell me I am wrong!

obsessed said:

I think this picture says it all.

Once again with feeling, the lightning effect was a visual effect on top of the tv pictures, not real.

Believe it or not, there are people out there who believe that Prince was miming the performance to a pre-recorded tape - huh?! I suppose he pre-recorded not getting back to the mic in time to sing some lyrics too, then, and pre-recorded some blurry notes on guitar for realistic effect...

People criticise him for playing his big hits all the time. Let's Go Crazy is just one of the greatest opener songs ever made, just think of all the acts and bands that would love a song like this to kick off concerts with, and here we are moaning. Baby I'm A Star wasn't even a single, was it? It's actually just an album track, a famous album track for hard-core fans, but still just an album track.

It seems somewhat strange the extent people are raving about the Purple Rain finale, when I would say he has played far better versions. It always feels rushed to me when he truncates it so much; more so this time because the radio signal from the guitar or something gave out after he knocked his mic over and you could barely hear his final notes, and even if you had he ended it very abruptly for a song which just transcends the longer it goes on. Yes, there was the rain and occasion which gave it a lot of atmosphere, but give me the the old '85 AMA version or the one played at the Brits anytime.

Still, it is hard to think of any acts these days who could both sing as well as Prince in front of such a huge audience never mind play half-a-doxen guitar solos the likes of which would put a grin on any rock fan's face.

Once again with feeling, the lightning effect was a visual effect on top of the tv pictures, not real.

Believe it or not, there are people out there who believe that Prince was miming the performance to a pre-recorded tape - huh?! I suppose he pre-recorded not getting back to the mic in time to sing some lyrics too, then, and pre-recorded some blurry notes on guitar for realistic effect...

People criticise him for playing his big hits all the time. Let's Go Crazy is just one of the greatest opener songs ever made, just think of all the acts and bands that would love a song like this to kick off concerts with, and here we are moaning. Baby I'm A Star wasn't even a single, was it? It's actually just an album track, a famous album track for hard-core fans, but still just an album track.

It seems somewhat strange the extent people are raving about the Purple Rain finale, when I would say he has played far better versions. It always feels rushed to me when he truncates it so much; more so this time because the radio signal from the guitar or something gave out after he knocked his mic over and you could barely hear his final notes, and even if you had he ended it very abruptly for a song which just transcends the longer it goes on. Yes, there was the rain and occasion which gave it a lot of atmosphere, but give me the the old '85 AMA version or the one played at the Brits anytime.

Still, it is hard to think of any acts these days who could both sing as well as Prince in front of such a huge audience never mind play half-a-doxen guitar solos the likes of which would put a grin on any rock fan's face.

I hope the person who wrote this over at youtube was kidding

telemarker77
"thanks for posting this, every year i try and watch, or shall i say rewatch the stupor bowl half time as its a sign of american cultural degradation. i guess the theme this year, is satanic symbology and transgender role models. very discordant and awful music. vulgar, profane. if they wanted a soul artist they could have picked someone like wynton marsallies with talent to play taps, or amazing grace wrt to katrina and the war. who cares about this sexual deviant. sad. "

Prince hasn't made me grin that silly grin of "wooooow" in many years but today I'm still grinning... Prince, I promise not to pick on you for a good while.

I'd take a 15 rocking show like that over 3 hours of horns and jazz ANY time and if I'd had the dough I'd GLADLY go to Vegas for that 15 min show. That's how impressed I was, and am. Even a friend of mine who hates his guts told me he got goosebumps from his guitar playing. Prince, once again you have kicked my ass.

BananaCologne said:

No man, watch it again. If you look really close you'll see a big thumbs up from the heavens. The stars made that symbol thingee shape for 5 seconds. You have to look really close. And drink a couple of beers as you look.

More Superbowl half-time Controversy

Anyone watch Countdown with Keith Olbermann? The show closed with a discussion of Prince's "getting away" with being dirty. Apparently, there's a small group of folks who think Prince's rendition of "Purple Rain" with Habibi and the silhouette was laced with sexual innuendo in the form of suggestive guitar posturing.

For one thing, Prince has pretty much used Habibi for all of his renditions of "Purple Rain" in the last few years. He didn't deliberately use that guitar to do something suggestive. And for another, Prince plays with his guitar in that position a lot (and he does so with the two other guitars he used in the set, as well). I think it's a coincidence that the camera angles caught what could be considered suggestive posturing, but I don't think it was intentional.

What y'all think?
[Edited 2/5/07 18:16pm]

RobDogg27 said:

I've looked repeatedly at the point you're talking about during Best Of You, but to me it looks perfectly fine and live, the guitar sounds stop when he takes his hands off apart from a bit of feedback undercurrent.

As you yourself point out, if he had pre-recorded the solos, they would have been perfect, but because of the conditions on the night, they were not. This was live. I think because of the distortion effects he uses with his guitars, sometimes there are slight delays in the reverb that make some think the pictures are not in sync and he's miming, but this is not so. I think perhaps some of the chants were pre-recorded, but that is it.

Prince is just that good live. But even if he had pre-recorded it, it would still be Prince doing those solos and he would still be the great guitarist!