Would have loved to seen the Time but they should be able to do something here, I have a feeling a Love Bizarre may be performed. I hope they don't waste time by putting down other performances (example Madonna) I think we already beat that topic enough and to tarnish a new tribute by blasting an older one is lame. Maybe someone will ask Questlove about his bootleg "starfish" shirt I know Susannah has a bone to pick with that.

PurpleMusic07 said:

RODSERLING said:

They all payed tribute to Prince already on youtube. Young people won't feel the need to get an interest in prince with seeing D or Janelle Monae. Frankly...Prince needed the biggest black acts of nowadays.

The youth will be watching the show regardless. They will be watching to see the other performances and to see if their faves win. C'mon now.

Plus Janelle's fans in particular are usually young.

cindymay said:

PurpleMusic07 said:

The youth will be watching the show regardless. They will be watching to see the other performances and to see if their faves win. C'mon now.

Plus Janelle's fans in particular are usually young.

Youngins don't watch awards shows. Only old people like us do. Youngins are too busy snapchatting their tindr and grindr periscopes and vines on instagram and facebook. That's okay, we'll all connect on compuserve, aol instant messenger, yahoo messenger, irc and icq. For those of us with older computers, we'll meet up on hammer's chat, eye's chat and thedawn chat.

wizardtelly said:

I'm not fond of Janelle Monae but she respects and loves Prince and won't be any worse than Madonna.

In the wake of crashing and burning so severely that she's trolling BET, Madonna (hopefully) won't be touching a Prince song for the next 20 years.

Identity said:

wizardtelly said:

I'm not fond of Janelle Monae but she respects and loves Prince and won't be any worse than Madonna.

In the wake of crashing and burning so severely that she's trolling BET, Madonna (hopefully) won't be touching a Prince song for the next 20 years.

She'll be 77. So it would be appropriate if she covered "7" in tribute to Prince on the BET/Billboard "Music" Awards. She can sing it with Prince's hologram, which will give her shade every 7.7 seconds.

suomynona said:

Identity said:

In the wake of crashing and burning so severely that she's trolling BET, Madonna (hopefully) won't be touching a Prince song for the next 20 years.

She'll be 77. So it would be appropriate if she covered "7" in tribute to Prince on the BET/Billboard "Music" Awards. She can sing it with Prince's hologram, which will give her shade every 7.7 seconds.

Or she can cover "Nothing Compares 2 U" again. "It's been 13 hours and 7347 days, since you took your love away..."

Make that 50 years. She won't be around, period.

Identity said:

Make that 50 years. She won't be around, period.

That won't stop the BET/Billboard/People's Choice "remember when there was music" Awards from trolling us with holograms. I pray that I am dead by then. I'd be okay with being dead by 6/26. It is going to be god awful.

I'm certainly not super eager based on what we know so far, but hopefully it will be enjoyable.

I really hope people aren't trying to sing un-coverable Prince songs - unless its by like a Tamia or Celine Dion or Stephanie Mills or someone who can sing impeccably even in the middle of a deep sleep.

I hope the acts stick with their biggest hits that were penned or produced by Prince, ie The Time (The Bird, Jungle Love), Sheila E (The Glamorous Life, A Love Bizarre). Find Sheena Easton. Find The Revolution (1999, Kiss), simpler songs that someone won't try to put their own spin on.

I don't know what the Roots and D'angelo might sing, but please let it be something sing-along like to get the crowd going and not something so Prince that all fans are going to be thinking about is "oh no he didn't!"

What I really hope they do is somehow, someway, get a pristine remastered version of Just My Imagination - Small Club and play it during a pictorial tribute. Talk about therapeutic. It would be hard to find a dry eye by the time Prince gets halfway through that guitar solo.

suomynona said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Much better but there's still some that very well should be there that I do not see yet.

Uh like who? If you're talking about the Revolution, it still might be possible that they will be a

part of the tribute? Maybe Stephen Hill is keeping it under wraps.

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They need to get this guy.

I can't believed no one thought of Jamie Foxx.

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Lurker and first time poster here....Dont forget about Lenny Kravitz. Lenny needs to be part of the tribute! BET Puhleez make this happen.

I think this will be a fine tribute based on the lineup, but the comments here show you just can't please everybody.

My hope is that they give a decent amount of time for the tribute, rather than doing a rushed medley.

What, no Wendy and Lisa, Morris Day and The Time, Jesse, Andre, Dez, etc?

lrn36 said:

They need to get this guy.

AGREED!

1contessa said:

What, no Wendy and Lisa, Morris Day and The Time, Jesse, Andre, Dez, etc?

As Prince has said "It ain't over"

u people need to grow up..who cares ..as long as its good ..doesnt matter who does it...and as long as it keeps his music alive

I am pleased with the line up. I am glad D, Roots, Sheila, and Janelle are apart of this.

Fury said:

Where's all the people who actually played with Prince ? This list is super predictable. Jesse? Morris? Andre? The revolution ? NPG?

I'm assuming BET never even thought to ask. BET tribute will be better than Billboard Awards, no doubt. But, there's still a level of predictableness to it. All of the chosen tribute people are great, don't get me wrong, and the whole thing may even be good.

But, I would have really liked to have seen members of his various bands as well as associated acts do the tribute. I guess Sheila E. is a symbolic stand-in for all of them.

I get it. It was never going to be geared toward the hardest of the hardcore fans and it has to have some level of mainstream-ness. So, it is what it is.

bashraka said:

I'm hoping that The Revolution will reunite for this. Perhaps they could play could play along with a vocal track of PRN singing Purple Rain. NO hologram but perhaps a video playing on a big screen as they play along. I'm just hoping BET gets this right.

I was just checking out Nik West's FB page and she has some nice anectodes about Prince, as well as a funky version of "Head" with a story of why Prince asked her to change the lyrics up. It would be nice to see her be a part of this tribute as well.

I'll watch, just out of curiosity. Maybe there will be surprises.

For BET's Michael Jackson's tribute, they had a few artists who sang Michael's songs, and they sounded horrible. I hope that doesn't happen here. BET didn't do the best job with Michael, though I understand it was last minute.

I am glad they're doing something to honor Prince. Looking forward to seeing Sheila and D'Angelo.

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

So far so good

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PurpleMusic07 said:

RODSERLING said:

They all payed tribute to Prince already on youtube. Young people won't feel the need to get an interest in prince with seeing D or Janelle Monae. Frankly...Prince needed the biggest black acts of nowadays.

The youth will be watching the show regardless. They will be watching to see the other performances and to see if their faves win. C'mon now.

Watching # buying a Prince album, so what's the point?

lezama said:

RODSERLING said:

Wow, this sucks a lot. The only interest in a tribute is to increase sales. These artists are not as bankable as Beyonce, Alicia Keys, JAY Z...These ones could have make young people interested in Prince. Nobody wants to listen to Janelle Monae or D ANGELO singing Prince's songs.

Do you think about anything other than ratings, rankings, sales and popularity? Like ever?? If there's a time to put your concerns about popularity and sales to the side, I think the moment of someone's death might be a suitable moment for that.

Yes, I think about the legacy of Prince. And if nobody listens to or buys Prince albums, this is a failure...You are all masturbating about "what if EMANCIPATION had 12 tracks" or "what is your favourite album", as if anybody cared, but that won't get new fans...

What's the point in a tribute if it can't bring new fans ?

CarolineC said:

For people who argue that the tribute should include more "bankable" artists, how does that fit with the fact that Prince was scornful of Top 40 radio, as well as most hit music?

I think he would have preferred musicians he respected to the most "popular" ones.

He would have preferred his albums to be sold by a more bankable tribute. that's why for the last 25 years he made mostly rnb for young listeners...