tmo1965 said:

I thought there would be more to the tribute. I liked Madonna's outfit though. It was very Princey. The choice of song, Nothing Comapres to You, was appropriate. Judging by the display of "talent" during the awards ceremony itself, nothing compares to the raw talent that Prince had. Overall, I was disappointed in the lack of substance to the tribute.

I'm disappointed as well. Choice of song worked--very predictable, but safe. appropriate. But the tribute was very sub par for an artist of Prince's status. Very sub par. They had a solid MONTH to prepare and this was it. This was like the level of a high school production. Billboards could have and should have done so much more to honor him.

Good that Questlove was there. He represented the love for Prince. Stevie did too.

DoItAllNight4U said:

docinwestchester said:

Any thoughts on Kesha singing "It Ain't Me Babe" with Ben Folds on piano? I thought it was nicely done.

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I thought it was Adele singing at first

I meant her voice btw, she surprised me with the lack of autotune and she sounded like Adele at first is what i mean

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Gotcha. She sang it with a lot of sincerity.

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Bluu said:

setyrmindphree said:

Bluu said: You mean the 5 minutes of graveyard photos in the background. That was the worst tribute to anyone I have ever seen! She can't sing worth a crap. You have Stevie Wonder, who loved Prince, and you have him come out for a chorus of purple rain?? Man was that cringeworthy

Naw. I wasn't feeling the cemetary photos. Matter of fact I was up in here like 'what dafuq?!?' during the who headstones montage. But when they showed that first photo of him from '80-'81, that's when the waterworks came on in a rush. Thought I was done crying, but NOPE. Started crying my eyes out during the montage with all the photos of him.

Yea, I thiought this whole thing was a pile of crap! From QuestLover til the end. Not emotion, no tribute to Prince, just a weak ass performance by Madonna and Stevie. But I, like you, experienced the water works during the pics of him. Imagine that? Feeling emotion when they show photos of the guy they are supossed to be paying tribute too! Wow BB, you get a D- from me. This looked thrown together in about 2 hours. Shitty!!

ToraToraDreams said:

https://twitter.com/BET/status/734584199546589184

"Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry"

I'm still not over that wack ass Michael Jackson tribute, so I just have one thing to say to BET...

FunkiestOne said:

avajane said:

FunkiestOne said:

Sometimes the best tributes are short ones.

Or just not having one at all. How about admitting there's no one else like Prince in the industry and leave it at that?

suomynona said:

avajane said:

FunkiestOne said:

Or just not having one at all. How about admitting there's no one else like Prince in the industry and leave it at that?

Why not just show a video of Prince performing live?

Prince tributing Prince.

OMG what the fuck was that? My heart was breaking wide open when all the lights turned purple, then seeing the audience give a standing ovation , I gasped and started crying, seeing them all honor him ,... then she started singing.... OMG she sucks. She was forcing her words out of her mouth, looked like she was out of it, not present in the moment.

OMG it sucked.

It was the most horrible tribute, and I'm hurt and pissed all over again.

Prince deserved better.

suomynona said:

setyrmindphree said:

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avajane said:

The best tribute will be a montage of his 30+ career with him talking about what music means to him. And then have actual talented, unique artists be in the show and in the music industry in general. The reason Prince's death hurts is that the music industry is lacking such artists. The best way you can honor Prince is by aspiring to have a career like his, not sing a karaoke of his songs.

avajane said:

I didn't find BET's "response" funny at all and thought it was inappropriate.

I think you miss the point of the media and entertainment industry. Its supposed to be competitive. So when you put on an awards show, bring your A game. Cuz people will react to it, and they'll be talking about it for years.

Shaolin325 said:

Very nicely done. The photos did me in. Adding Stevie was a nice touch. I enjoyed it...

Pictures got me too!

setyrmindphree said:

lezama said:

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Oh my Gawd yes, each of these reactions is pure perfection!

Starting getting emotional when Quest was speaking and when Madonna first appeared. I could tell that she was sad, she did her best.....I actually started crying when some of his pics were shown.

Don't y'all worry! This wasn't great, but there will be more tributes for our PRINCE!

After Lady Gaga's vegas style parody of David Bowie, I had very low expectations for any Prince tribute, but I think overall it was fairly tasteful and when they showed pictures of him, I started to cry. So I suppose it worked. Madonna's voice isn't great, but at least she did a full song rather than a messy medly of his hits.

HarleyQ said:

Tuning in very occasionally for these sorts of things to awards shows reminds me how shitty awards shows are, and how shitty apparently popular music is these days.

I sat through that entire thing. Mostly on mute.