Guitarhero said:

purpleshadow said:

i have.. here's the link again :

http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/super-bowl-2015/6450958/best-super-bowl-halftime-show-ever

That link just shows the voteing page? Just because MJ is on top of the voteing page you your taking that as he is number one ,well thats up to you. It don't bother me who is number one half time show , Prince is number one on billboard>. am going by what billboard says. peace

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That's cool that you think Prince's performance is the best one.. Nothing wrong with that..

But is Prince's performance widely considered to be the best one like you know who puts it??

Not even close..

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TraSoul82 said:

CBS sports: Prince #1 Rolling Stone: Prince 4th, MJ 9th NY Daily News: Prince 1st, MJ 7th Yahoo Music: Prince 1st, MJ 3rd

I agree, Prince is #1.....

I did not like the MJ Superbowl performance,


but hey thats just me.. I never liked his live concerts, MJ/ he wasn't a great live performer like Prince imho..

thedance said:

TraSoul82 said:

CBS sports: Prince #1 Rolling Stone: Prince 4th, MJ 9th NY Daily News: Prince 1st, MJ 7th Yahoo Music: Prince 1st, MJ 3rd

I agree, Prince is #1.....

I did not like the MJ Superbowl performance,


but hey thats just me.. I never liked his live concerts, MJ/ he wasn't a great live performer like Prince imho..

It's the end of the week now and I can say with absolute certainty that this is worst thing I've read on the internet

^ well Thizz.. thats imo:

the MJ Bad concert I have somewhere is far from good... actually I can't listen to it, I can't remember from where, but its a soundboard recording.. it really sucks....

Sorry in case I am turning some MJ fanatics off...

But.... I love the Bad album its a masterpiece imO, just like Off The Wall and Thriller

Live: I consider Prince to be far superior because he is a musician, and way better when it comes to concerts. Imo....

MJ rip..... sad he is dead. And like I said on album MJ was amazing (1979-1995).

Thizz said:

thedance said:

I agree, Prince is #1.....

I did not like the MJ Superbowl performance,


but hey thats just me.. I never liked his live concerts, MJ/ he wasn't a great live performer like Prince imho..

It's the end of the week now and I can say with absolute certainty that this is worst thing I've read on the internet

only on the org... i tell u..

purpleshadow said:

Thizz said:

It's the end of the week now and I can say with absolute certainty that this is worst thing I've read on the internet

only on the org... i tell u..

Yes it's ok to piss on Prince all the time , but how dare anyone have a opinion on MJ.

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Thizz said:

ethanthomas said:

...perhaps the dumbest thread ever created in the history mandkind Congratulations!

^^ skipped entire text i wrote and posted reply.. great display of laziness right there

so how do u make sense of Prince covering songs for the most watched show of the year than smart ass? I'll wait..

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Aerogram said:

It's simpler than that: it was a showcase of his performance skills designed to let him play a wide range of songs that would be familiar to the largest audience, so that even if you didn't like his music you could like appreciate him as a performer on those other songs. He had often performed most of the songs except All along/Best of you, so the setlist could be executed with military precision comfortably even in the rain.

To this day, that performance is often near the top of best half-time shows and it deserves a good spot and actually looks even more impressive today.

This.

i was in a negative mood.. so i edited the reply out.. i

i enjoyed the performance but it wasn't my favorite

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This thread - creative trolling.

Prince does covers to show the breadth of his ability, and probably because he enjoys it.

TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

Prince's halftime show is so overrated to me around these parts..

Some give him a lot of points for live singing and live guitar playing (Which wasn't really good.. maybe because of the rain.. but i won't give him more points because of that..)

but the fact is those things are not all that matters for a performance.. The songs matter... presentation matters.. and stage presence matters... all of which this performance was lacking imo..

The performance starts off with We Will rock you backtrack... which was weird enough.. Then he covers 2 other songs on his most publicized performance ever..

dosen't add up.. but then again as you said in op.. he didn't seem to have enough hits of his own to play for the Superbowl.. he wasn't gona pull out the sampler set and perform When Doves Cry or else it would've killed the performance instantly.. or perform minimal sounding Kiss acting feminine

on stage in front of that audience.. As for the presentation.. flying doves?? the curtain or whatever that was that made his guitar look like a penis?? nah.. didn't really impress me

As for stage presence.. he looked a bit lost on the stage... like the stage was too big for him..

All n all, it wasn't bad.. but wouldn't call it the best

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PFFFFT.. Prince's halftime show is NOT overrated "around these parts", it's regularly ranked among the best halftime shows ever but of course here on Prince.org there are people that have a problem with Prince getting praise all around the world.

Aerogram said:

TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

Prince's halftime show is so overrated to me around these parts..

Some give him a lot of points for live singing and live guitar playing (Which wasn't really good.. maybe because of the rain.. but i won't give him more points because of that..)

but the fact is those things are not all that matters for a performance.. The songs matter... presentation matters.. and stage presence matters... all of which this performance was lacking imo..

The performance starts off with We Will rock you backtrack... which was weird enough.. Then he covers 2 other songs on his most publicized performance ever..

dosen't add up.. but then again as you said in op.. he didn't seem to have enough hits of his own to play for the Superbowl.. he wasn't gona pull out the sampler set and perform When Doves Cry or else it would've killed the performance instantly.. or perform minimal sounding Kiss acting feminine

on stage in front of that audience.. As for the presentation.. flying doves?? the curtain or whatever that was that made his guitar look like a penis?? nah.. didn't really impress me

As for stage presence.. he looked a bit lost on the stage... like the stage was too big for him..

All n all, it wasn't bad.. but wouldn't call it the best

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PFFFFT.. Prince's halftime show is NOT overrated "around these parts", it's regularly ranked among the best halftime shows ever but of course here on Prince.org there are people that have a problem with Prince getting praise all around the world.

It was an amazing performance, and the fact that it started to pour during the set, and during Purple Rain, just made it that much more surreal. He could have played all covers and it would have been just fine for me. It's not about who wrote it, it's about the delivery, and he did indeed deliver.

The entire world knows Prince has thousands of songs he 'could' have played. The fact that the set was split between his and others says a lot, it shows his ego took a back seat to getting the right songs out for the widest audience possible.

leecaldon said:

This thread - creative trolling.

Prince does covers to show the breadth of his ability, and probably because he enjoys it.

You seem to forget that this is a Superbowl performance.. This performance isn't about doing covers just because you want to show ability and enjoy it.. Everybody is watching .. and he choses to do a cover.. just to demonstrate guitar ability (which he already has on Lets go Crazy and Purple Rain)??

I've listed the potential songs and none of them would have had much impact for the Superbowl performance.. You think Prince would have wasted an opportunity to promote his own music if his other hits would have sounded great for the Superbowl?

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leadline said:

Aerogram said:

PFFFFT.. Prince's halftime show is NOT overrated "around these parts", it's regularly ranked among the best halftime shows ever but of course here on Prince.org there are people that have a problem with Prince getting praise all around the world.

It was an amazing performance, and the fact that it started to pour during the set, and during Purple Rain, just made it that much more surreal. He could have played all covers and it would have been just fine for me. It's not about who wrote it, it's about the delivery, and he did indeed deliver.

The entire world knows Prince has thousands of songs he 'could' have played. The fact that the set was split between his and others says a lot, it shows his ego took a back seat to getting the right songs out for the widest audience possible.

what thousand 1000 songs are you referring to?? As i said previously.. he couldn't go on this stage and perform something as random as Muse to the pharaoh or explicit songs like Sexuality..

Both performances MJ and Prince are not as great as everyone think they are, Prince one is better cause is live, but very boring, the beat one is Madonna

purpleshadow said:

leadline said:

It was an amazing performance, and the fact that it started to pour during the set, and during Purple Rain, just made it that much more surreal. He could have played all covers and it would have been just fine for me. It's not about who wrote it, it's about the delivery, and he did indeed deliver.

The entire world knows Prince has thousands of songs he 'could' have played. The fact that the set was split between his and others says a lot, it shows his ego took a back seat to getting the right songs out for the widest audience possible.

what thousand 1000 songs are you referring to?? As i said previously.. he couldn't go on this stage and perform something as random as Muse to the pharaoh or explicit songs like Sexuality..

They weren't makin it up on the spot during the performance, Prince and his band could have rehearsed any song from his catalog to be ready for the superbowl, both released and unreleased.

leadline said:

purpleshadow said:

what thousand 1000 songs are you referring to?? As i said previously.. he couldn't go on this stage and perform something as random as Muse to the pharaoh or explicit songs like Sexuality..

They weren't makin it up on the spot during the performance, Prince and his band could have rehearsed any song from his catalog to be ready for the superbowl, both released and unreleased.

what do you mean here.. he had to perform something appropriate for the Superbowl.. he couldn't chose anything and make it work

purpleshadow said:

leadline said:

They weren't makin it up on the spot during the performance, Prince and his band could have rehearsed any song from his catalog to be ready for the superbowl, both released and unreleased.

what do you mean here.. he had to perform something appropriate for the Superbowl.. he couldn't chose anything and make it work

My point is, the masses know he has a huge catalog he could have performed, but he chose to perform the songs that appealed to the widest audience possible, which was a very smart thing to do. His choice of covers was perfect, his execution was flawless, accept for the mess up at the end of Purple Rain, bit not many caught that.

leadline said:

purpleshadow said:

what do you mean here.. he had to perform something appropriate for the Superbowl.. he couldn't chose anything and make it work

My point is, the masses know he has a huge catalog he could have performed, but he chose to perform the songs that appealed to the widest audience possible, which was a very smart thing to do. His choice of covers was perfect, his execution was flawless, accept for the mess up at the end of Purple Rain, bit not many caught that.

This dosen't make sense to me since most of his songs he couldn't perform...

214 said:

Both performances MJ and Prince are not as great as everyone think they are, Prince one is better cause is live, but very boring, the beat one is Madonna

So says you -- most would disagree and not just here on the Org.

Aerogram said:

214 said:

Both performances MJ and Prince are not as great as everyone think they are, Prince one is better cause is live, but very boring, the beat one is Madonna

So says you -- most would disagree and not just here on the Org.

I know bout as you say that's my sayin (so says you or so say you?)

let's be honest here folks... Prince didn't need to do any covers that night... Lord knows he gets his purple panties in a bunch when any covers his music... Why play any songs that were older 30 years?!?! Christ, none of this kids in the marching band were even alive when some of those songs came out! He could of played of safe and did "kiss" or something...

as far as MJ live goes...he was good...but honestly, recycling the same dance moves over and over and over again became boring...

purpleshadow said:

leecaldon said:

This thread - creative trolling.

Prince does covers to show the breadth of his ability, and probably because he enjoys it.

You seem to forget that this is a Superbowl performance.. This performance isn't about doing covers just because you want to show ability and enjoy it.. Everybody is watching .. and he choses to do a cover.. just to demonstrate guitar ability (which he already has on Lets go Crazy and Purple Rain)??

I've listed the potential songs and none of them would have had much impact for the Superbowl performance.. You think Prince would have wasted an opportunity to promote his own music if his other hits would have sounded great for the Superbowl?

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Prince has enough appropriate hits to fill up the half-time show many times over. The idea that Little Red Corvette, Raspberry Beret or countless others wouldn't have gone down a storm is ridiculous (yes, some of his big hits don't work so well live, but he's got a lot of hits).

He decided to do something more interesting - he performed songs that had been written by white people, but done better and more famously by black acts (Proud Mary, All Along the Watchtower), and then did one himself (The Best of You) to put himself on that list. Genius.

leecaldon said:

purpleshadow said:

You seem to forget that this is a Superbowl performance.. This performance isn't about doing covers just because you want to show ability and enjoy it.. Everybody is watching .. and he choses to do a cover.. just to demonstrate guitar ability (which he already has on Lets go Crazy and Purple Rain)??

I've listed the potential songs and none of them would have had much impact for the Superbowl performance.. You think Prince would have wasted an opportunity to promote his own music if his other hits would have sounded great for the Superbowl?

[Edited 10/4/15 18:18pm]

Prince has enough appropriate hits to fill up the half-time show many times over. The idea that Little Red Corvette, Raspberry Beret or countless others wouldn't have gone down a storm is ridiculous (yes, some of his big hits don't work so well live, but he's got a lot of hits).

He decided to do something more interesting - he performed songs that had been written by white people, but done better and more famously by black acts (Proud Mary, All Along the Watchtower), and then did one himself (The Best of You) to put himself on that list. Genius.

Little red corvette is a metaphor for pussy.. so you can cross that one off..

and Rasberry beret live hasn't been a showstopper.. plus it's not the kind of song that audience wanted to hear..

it's better that he left that one off..

Again.. what you said is no reason for him wasting an opportunity to promote his own music with his most watched performance ever..

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Someone needs an enema

purpleshadow said:

'Did Prince not have enough songs of his to perform for the Superbowl??'

.

Maybe he tried to be less predictable.

feeluupp said:

thank your for your pointless reply.. now go back worshipping everything Prince does