SeventeenDayze said:

Graycap23 said:

That performance was embarrassing.

I can't bring myself to watch any tributes at all. What was embarassing about it?

The better question is.......what was right? Answer: Nothing.

SeventeenDayze said:

GustavoRibas said:

- It makes me mad, also, that Prince is always treated as an "80s artist" only

Agreed. It's as if they only see him through the lens of 1984 and nothing else. It's a shame because his body of work is incredible and we'll never have another artist like that ever again.

That's what the Grammys think of him, apparently. That was the sad part.

I've said it here earlier, but it bears repeating: you can't have a true Prince tribute without including talented female musicians. There was rarely a time throughout his career where he DIDN'T showcase them.

ok this is a rant.

I mean come onnnnn....You have to blame the organisers I guess for these lazy unoriginal safe tributes.

What irks me is you have a performer who reached the highest heights in the industry , got all the awards available, was deeply talented to a rare quality , revered, intelligent and worthy to be named amongst the other greats people care to mention. I hasten to add, no one will get to that level in the room at the Grammys. I mean maybe Beyonce, but thats about it.

So why oh why , do the organisers of the most watched awards show seem to think it's ok to go with a ' tribute' consisting of the best act around that they think seems to fit the mould and just let them play one of Prince's most popular hits...and done, that's it, tribute over. lets move on to the current crop of wanabees.

NO, This is not what a tribute should be about ESPECIALLY to a performer on Prince's level. The Tribute should've been the most memorable part of the show because a tribute is meant to make people aware of Who Prince was and why he was so talented, to the many people watching who probably didn't have a clue about him. A Tribute is not just for the people who knew about Prince, and even then Why choose predictable songs he did EVERY SINGLE TRIBUTE.

I'm glad The Time performed, that was fitting and proper, I like Bruno, he's talented no doubt, but to have the spotlight on him playing a basic solo when many people would look at it thinking it was the shit , when Prince could've played a solo 100 times better, was just pointless and not a tribute but a egotistal attempt to say , look at me I can play a bit of a Prince song on the guitar.

Why didn't anyone think of making a tribute that reflected Prince, to showcase his many talents, to make it original and not substandard. Why not have a few tributes all the way through the show, with clips of Prince doing a solo, or talking about something that is still relevant to theindustry today, or have a part where band members throughout the years came on and played parts of his rare songs, mixing it all together.

The tribute didn't justify Prince AT ALL . And the Grammys is the biggest show with the most time to prepare. The best tribute the BET at least made it different, memorable . Prince being prince would've respected it for what it was and the effort put in.But it did him no justice considering the magnitude of his talent. Problem is the organisers and artitsts care about the present and themselves. Understandable to a point, but prince inspired most people in the audience and his ' tribute' shoul've been thought out more. No good to just say . ok the time you do a few songs, then Bruno will do Lets go crazy. That will suffice...umm no. It won't and didn't

rogifan said:

Zannaloaf said:

uh. what?
You dont know whay the Time was there? Really?
What I dint get is why MORE of the people that wprked with him werent there? I dig Bruno a lot, but lots of living, breathing musicians who WORKED WITH PRINCE and are awesome in their own right could have made a far better tribute.

No I don't get why they were there singing their songs when there was a limited amount of time. If this was some CBS Prince special where they had an hour or two fine, but it wasn't. I think there's better Prince associates (ahem The Revolution or NPG members) they could have had on stage.

The Time songs were written by Prince - for them. I think they should have done a couple of more songs like "Cool" or '777-9311 as well.

What a terrible mess that was. Both the Billboard and BET tributes slammed this one to the curb. I was surprised Bruno Mars could play guitar, and he did start out as an impersonator (Elvis), but the only thing about that as a tribute was hearing Prince's voice and seeing the symbol.

.

By the way, what was UP with The Time's awful audio mix? Guitar was wayyyy too high up in the mix, synths and bass buried.

All of you hating on Bruno are just a bunch of old, fat Prince geeks who just get tragically PRESSED when you see young talent on display.

EVERYBODY ELSE, media, facebook, twitter, magazines... are saying that the Bruno Mars performance was the finest highlight of yesterday's ceremony.

Y'all just mad you thought he was talentless, and now he keeps proving your butthurt asses wrong. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Get over it, this is the best tribute Prince could ever recieve... BET comes second.

Shawy89 said:

All of you hating on Bruno are just a bunch of old, fat Prince geeks who just get tragically PRESSED when you see young talent on display.

EVERYBODY ELSE, media, facebook, twitter, magazines... are saying that the Bruno Mars performance was the finest highlight of yesterday's ceremony.

Y'all just mad you thought he was talentless, and now he keeps proving your butthurt asses wrong. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Get over it, this is the best tribute Prince could ever recieve... BET comes second.

Let me guess - you like Trump too?

.

You sound like one of his blowhards.

rogifan said:

EDIT: apparently Andre deleted this post. Found this on Facebook. Andre not messing any words here. < [Edited 2/13/17 6:20am] [Edited 2/13/17 6:35am]

He shouldnt' have deleted it because I am in whole agreement

Shawy89 said:

All of you hating on Bruno are just a bunch of old, fat Prince geeks who just get tragically PRESSED when you see young talent on display.

Who you calling geek?

Anyway, I'm not a fan of his work, but every single time I see Bruno my respect gains for him. He's a pro, he's energetic, he's talented, and he brought it last night. The problem was with formatting, not execution.

EVERYBODY ELSE, media, facebook, twitter, magazines... are saying that the Bruno Mars performance was the finest highlight of yesterday's ceremony.

A Tribe Called Quest was better, and brought the house down.

Y'all just mad you thought he was talentless, and now he keeps proving your butthurt asses wrong. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Bruno actually suffers from some of the same issues Prince did until (IMO) the last 12 years of his life -- general audiences fail to see that there is a talented musician behind the showman.

Get over it, this is the best tribute Prince could ever recieve... BET comes second.

Come on now. Set aside the fact that BET's was much better. Set aside the fact that D'Angelo's "April" tribute blew last night's away. But . . . "could ever receive"?

A lot of us could easily imagine better ones, taking NOTHING away from Bruno's electric turn last night.

BklynDiamond said:

rogifan said:

EDIT: apparently Andre deleted this post. Found this on Facebook. Andre not messing any words here. < [Edited 2/13/17 6:20am] [Edited 2/13/17 6:35am]

He shouldnt' have deleted it because I am in whole agreement

Perfect summary.

Shawy89 said:

Was that one of those Schecter Cloud guitars or some other kind of replica?

In the picture above it looks like a Schecter and the headstock seems to say Schecter but I´m not sure.

As far as the tribute goes....I guess it was okay for what it was, Bruno Mars did a good job but I hate that Prince is so often reduced to the Purple Rain phenomenon but then again, this is the Grammys, so what do people expect?

I can relate to Andre Cymone´s frustration ...the costume and white Cloud guitar were a tad too much.....but come on, what did he expect ? If Morris and other associates are stuck in the Purple Rain era, it´s only normal for Bruno to play a song off of the Purple Rain album.

What did anybody expect?

Important magazines still have the nerve to call him "the Purple Rain singer", "the diminutive Kiss singer" and whatnot.

I would´ve been very surprised if they had managed to pay respect to his whole body of work instead of focusing on the Purple Rain era.

At this point, I´d much rather see a video collage of Prince performances or no tributes at all.

I liked D´Angelo´s tribute a lot.

KoolEaze said:

Was that one of those Schecter Cloud guitars or some other kind of replica?

In the picture above it looks like a Schecter and the headstock seems to say Schecter but I´m not sure.

As far as the tribute goes....I guess it was okay for what it was, Bruno Mars did a good job but I hate that Prince is so often reduced to the Purple Rain phenomenon but then again, this is the Grammys, so what do people expect?

I can relate to Andre Cymone´s frustration ...the costume and white Cloud guitar were a tad too much.....but come on, what did he expect ? If Morris and other associates are stuck in the Purple Rain era, it´s only normal for Bruno to play a song off of the Purple Rain album.

What did anybody expect?

Important magazines still have the nerve to call him "the Purple Rain singer", "the diminutive Kiss singer" and whatnot.

I would´ve been very surprised if they had managed to pay respect to his whole body of work instead of focusing on the Purple Rain era.

At this point, I´d much rather see a video collage of Prince performances or no tributes at all.

I liked D´Angelo´s tribute a lot.

In the other Grammy thread, AVENUEMAN stated ..."if you notice on the headstock, it says Schechter".

Shawy89 said:

I missed the Time playing 'Cool'...that would've been awesome

Neversin said:

Most of Prince's fans who have witness really great music just don't need this Justin Bieber type of shit... We have standards... So, go ahead and listen to that horrible crap and don't pretend it wasn't some garbage pop tart embarrassing himself, dressing like a buffoon with a shitty dinky toy Schecter piece of shit cloud guitar he couldn't even play... Neversin.

Wow !

Good to see you back on the org.

I'm just now watching, not quite half way through.

Have yet to hear anything I would ever want to hear again.

Right now Bob Marley is rolling over in his grave and giving the side eye to his grandson for appearing on stage with Katy Perry.

Don't even get me started on beyonce. I'll never know what people see in her.

Gary Clark Jr. & William Bell...

Oh sh!t. There was some talented musicians last night. How did they slip by the mediocre crap?

Considering the size of the shoes Bruno Mars had to fill when he took this on I thought he did really well. I can't imagine how he must have felt when he accepted or was chosen for the tribute. Morris didnt seem to be into it or as much as Jerome was who seemed to have a little more pep in his step. Maybe Morris was trying to be cool.

djThunderfunk said:

Take a breath, and consider this...

No one will ever come close. Everyone on this board knows that already. Debating that point is useless.

Bruno did a fine job trying to approximate what the real genius was capable of. Yes, he should have worn his own look, not Prince's. No, the solo wasn't nearly as technical as Prince's. Vocals were a little shaky. However...

Here's the real point... What if just one of Bruno's millions of young fans is inspired to delve into Prince's catalog becuase he/she sees that their guy (Bruno) co-signs our guy (Prince)? Maybe more kids will pick up an instrument as a result of seeing Bruno actually play. I've been trying to evangelize Prince to my teenagers for years. The best way to win them over is if someone they think is cool (Bruno) thinks Prince is cool.

For me, the exposure to young audiences who have no idea what they missed, make this and other tributes totally worth it.

Just something for you to consider...

joytotheworld said:

Considering the size of the shoes Bruno Mars had to fill when he took this on I thought he did really well. I can't imagine how he must have felt when he accepted or was chosen for the tribute. Morris didnt seem to be into it or as much as Jerome was who seemed to have a little more pep in his step. Maybe Morris was trying to be cool.

I think Morris was conflicted about the reason why they were doing it.

Much props to Sturgill Simpson and the Dap Kings!!

After that pop music with a twang they call country music by urban & underwood it's refreshing to see that real country music by talented musicians still exists.


Metallica & Gaga on the other hand was embarassing dreck.

I hope this was not an audition for Bruno to play Prince in a movie....

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I hope this was not an audition for Bruno to play Prince in a movie....

I would think he would avoid that like the plague.

Andre was being polite. Bruno's "tribute" was an embarrassing, instulting, travesty.

The Time were fantastic, too bad their performance was connected to bruno's.

Never heard of Chance The Rapper (cuz I'm old) but I'll give it up to the guy who isn't afraid to talk about God over the illuminati BS by the likes of Beyonce any day.