Yes, I'm biased, but I think that crap was whack!

I don't know what to say....no words

tish9311 said:

yeah, i think i'll just watch d'angelo and princess perform "sometimes it snows in april" again

Very emotional for me. It was from a good place. They cared and honored Prince and that's what mattered.

Grog said:

Not feeling the Madonna/Stevie bit. Seems uninspired.

I am starting to appreciate D'Angelo's Late night with Jimmy Fallon more. There was something missing.

I hope Prince wasn't watching!!!!

it was a beautiful tribute

There was no joy or celebration-we should really be celebrating. The song was sad and the pictures were sad and of a cemetary???? I expected more from Madonna, and Billboard.

NOTE TO STEPHEN HILL at BET-You better bring it!!!!!!

IstenSzek said:

yeah, i think i'll just watch d'angelo and princess perform "sometimes it snows in april" again

WEll let's hope by Grammy time....a somwhat proper one can be put togehter. I was notn feeling that at all...

Though..as someone said...they did it from a heartfelt place....I guess it's true..That is the most important thing...

When I was watching the show, and the audeince....I became down...for the future of our music. Most in that audience so young and unaware to even recgonize Prince for his greatness. THAT made me sad.

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Madonna did a decent job covering Nothing Compares 2 U, I can see why she'd pick this one. But following it with a Purple Rain singalong felt forced. Still a touching tribute.

Wasn't Madona's outfit great? Very Princely,for sure

Who is shocked that this was garbage?

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

jdcxc said:

Stop with the sanitized scrubbed down schmaltz...I was hoping she would give a tribute to our Rayal Badness. Who's gonna do Erotic City?

IMO the song choice was predictable, I too wanted some funky jams, but then again I wanted to see Sheila E, The Time etc, I give it a B for overall effort, Madonna's outfit an A for the fashion slay.

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i seriously doubt any slick, well-thought-out, super-produced tribute this year will ever match, in performance value, the heartwrenching perfection of D'Angelo slicing open his heart at Prince's piano on Fallon.

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there might be better career retrospectives than we saw tonight (it won't be hard to top just projecting five very well-known photos - yawn) but for sheer musicality and winning song choice, i believe that ship has sailed.

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unless one of the remaining tributes (BET, etc) agrees to put a close Prince collaborator/bandmate onstage and lets them to rip into a classic - which i highly, highly doubt on both counts - i think we've already seen the high water mark for tributes to the man.

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i'm just going to go back to doing what i've been doing, which is listening to the Prince songs i need to hear in any given moment.

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syl said:

Very emotional for me. It was from a good place. They cared and honored Prince and that's what mattered.

I agree.

Prince deserved better than that. It was like they didn't even try.

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I found the performance dreary and unsatisfying. One big zero. Well, at least she nailed Prince's sartorial style.

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 .