That wasn't worth DVRing in the end. The show producers ought to have called up D'Angelo.

Because of the backlash they drag Stevie out at the last minute for damage control.

Identity said:

That wasn't worth DVRing in the end. The show producers ought to have called up D'Angelo.

SoulAlive said:

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A perfect tribute would have been, after QL's intro, showing a 10-minute video of exploring P's extraordinary and lenghty career--the hits, the movies, the live shows, etc., with voice overs of him talking about his influences and various clips of interviews. Follow that up with an all-star jam session with The Revolution, Sheila E., Chaka, Larry Graham, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, and The Time. Perfection.

setyrmindphree said:

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yes, all of these...thank you

At least Madonna looked good... in case that is comforting anyone..




sorry.... the performance did not do Prince "justice".. no, I did not feel this at all....

SEANMAN said:

A perfect tribute would have been, after QL's intro, showing a 10-minute video of exploring P's extraordinary and lenghty career--the hits, the movies, the live shows, etc., with voice overs of him talking about his influences and various clips of interviews. Follow that up with an all-star jam session with The Revolution, Sheila E., Chaka, Larry Graham, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, and The Time. Perfection.

What if they were being saved for another tribute concert?

m01neo said:

Well what can I say but I told you so to all the Madonna Zombies over at Madonna Nation Forums that band me for merely telling the truth. For me all I wanted was simplicity and something heartfelt. See I felt they should have had his sister give a speech then lead by the Revolution a beautiful instrumental of Purple Rain and have the place mic'd for the audience. Let all of his peers sing Purple Rain and let it happen organically so not to seemed forced. For that I got band. I just think it's sad that the Madonna Zombies don't get that this wasn't about her or even them. For them they treated this as almost a victory lap, as if to celebrate that they won. What they fail to understand is that we the true Prince fans/friends we will never have another opportunity to see him live ever again. For them it wouldn't have mattered who past away. As long as she was giving the tribute they would be okay with it. For them it's all about seeing their queen up on the stage once again no matter the reason why. Not caring that it was not the tribute that we wanted. So I guess long live the queen and thank you Madonna Zombies for telling us what is good for us. Thank you for telling us that we should be thanking her for paying tribute to someone that they perceive to be underneath her.

Linn4days said:

SEANMAN said:

A perfect tribute would have been, after QL's intro, showing a 10-minute video of exploring P's extraordinary and lenghty career--the hits, the movies, the live shows, etc., with voice overs of him talking about his influences and various clips of interviews. Follow that up with an all-star jam session with The Revolution, Sheila E., Chaka, Larry Graham, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, and The Time. Perfection.

What if they were being saved for another tribute concert?

I don't know why fans get so worked up about this particular tribute.There will most likely be dozens of other Prince tributes in the coming months....featuring those and other artists.Madonna did hers...now wait patiently for the other ones.It's no big deal.

emesem said:

versiongirl said:

setyrmindphree said:

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Prince shade is EVERYTHING!

babynoz said:

Graycap23 said:

Who is shocked that this was garbage?

I refuse to even watch this nonsense, I'll just read the comments here.

Me too. No way was I going to watch that shit.

I hear they trotted out Stevie and Q for damage control. Smdh.

I'm going to visit another forum where this garbage will get the dragging it deserves .

link to the forum please

Any tribute should consist of former bands members from the Revolution, NPG, and 3rd Eye Girl. They are the only ones who know how to play Prince's songs the way he wanted. Then have singers like Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Judith Hill, Maxwell, Esperanza Spaulding coming in to do various songs. And mix it up with uplifiting and uptempo songs like Mountains, Anna Stesia, Alphabet St, Forever in My Life, and Girls and Boys. Turn it into a party because that's the way Prince would have wanted it. And leave Purple Rain alone or better yet show clips of Prince performing or talking between performances.

[Edited 5/22/16 22:47pm]

That other forum.

https://www.youtube.com/w...y95JYyp2Pk



probably gonna be deleted in no time..

schbobby said:

and the Billboard Iconic Post award goes to.....

thedance said:

https://www.youtube.com/w...y95JYyp2Pk

probably gonna be deleted in no time..

It should be. People that record TV broadcasts on their flip phones should be put down.

DoItAllNight4U said:

schbobby said:

and the Billboard Iconic Post award goes to.....

You win the internet for today.

SEANMAN said:

A perfect tribute would have been, after QL's intro, showing a 10-minute video of exploring P's extraordinary and lenghty career--the hits, the movies, the live shows, etc., with voice overs of him talking about his influences and various clips of interviews. Follow that up with an all-star jam session with The Revolution, Sheila E., Chaka, Larry Graham, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, and The Time. Perfection.

That might have been a perfect tribute, but it wouldn't have been appropriate for just another of many by-the-numbers awards shows. Artists of all stripes pass away fairly regularly, and usually within a short period there is some awards show popping up on the telly.

It's not and has never been a practice to set aside a significant chunk of time for a well researched, in-depth tribute to whichever one most recently passed away. The Billboard tribute was on par with how such things are typically handled, and even then it's only for a handful of performers at the top of their respective fields.

Linn4days said:

What if they were being saved for another tribute concert?

Yup - most likely. The estate has already said they will be doing something, and it may even be planned to film or live broadcast.

suomynona said:

thedance said:

https://www.youtube.com/w...y95JYyp2Pk

probably gonna be deleted in no time..

It should be. People that record TV broadcasts on their flip phones should be put down.

ok, but this was my only way to watch it, all other videos are takin down in minuttes..


not a good performance damn... - I still had to see it, I had hopes for something more, something better...

MMJas said:

Honestly I thought I could do it better myself, not gonna lie! But it was touching to know that his dear friends and many others were hearing. Instead of the actual performance we can look 2 to the emotions and feelings they wanted 2 express.

avajane said:

I've just skimmed through it. I like some of Madonna's stuff and mean her no disrespect, but I've always found her to be an unemotional singer. Prince was light years ahead of her in terms of breadth of talent, and when he sang, you could feel like his heart was breaking sometimes. They should have shown one of the vids where he shared the stage with others and basically wiped the floor with them.

The only tribute I've valued has been fDeluxe. These people worked with Prince for years, knew him well, fought with him sometimes, loved him. It really touched me how they all came together right after his death to honour him.

Life goes on, and Billboard are just doing their thing, they needed a big name to promote their show etc. Mostly I can't stand to hear other people singing his songs right now anyway. I don't think Prince would have been pleased to hear Sheila and Larry described as "irrelevant" but sadly he is no longer here to continue to fight for real music played by real musicians (not referencing Stevie Wonder here btw).