Vote for Prince for Best Superbowl halftime show !

Reply #1 posted 02/04/23 1:48am

The Prince performance is great. Definitely the best I've seen. By a long way. I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson over the last month or so and I checked out his Superbowl performance and I honestly don't see why it's held in such high esteem. I don't want to turn this into a Prince Vs Michael thing but for me, a good live performance is only good when it's actually live. Lip syncing doesn't count.

Reply #2 posted 02/04/23 3:50am

ShellyMcG said:

The Prince performance is great. Definitely the best I've seen. By a long way. I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson over the last month or so and I checked out his Superbowl performance and I honestly don't see why it's held in such high esteem. I don't want to turn this into a Prince Vs Michael thing but for me, a good live performance is only good when it's actually live. Lip syncing doesn't count.

But you did. Stop that. It's tired.

Reply #3 posted 02/04/23 6:46am

ive never seen Prince's Superbown

Reply #4 posted 02/04/23 7:48am

RJOrion said:

ive never seen Prince's Superbown

God can see u lying

Reply #5 posted 02/04/23 8:28am

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RJOrion said:
ive never seen Prince's Superbown

Do you mean "Prince's SuperBONE"?

The silhouette of Prince is visible above fans as he performs during the halftime show of the NFL's Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami, Florida February 4, 2007. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"

Reply #6 posted 02/04/23 8:31am

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ShellyMcG said:
The Prince performance is great. Definitely the best I've seen. By a long way. I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson over the last month or so and I checked out his Superbowl performance and I honestly don't see why it's held in such high esteem. I don't want to turn this into a Prince Vs Michael thing but for me, a good live performance is only good when it's actually live. Lip syncing doesn't count.

The reason MJs halftime show is well regarded is because before that, the halftime entertainment was always a marching band, etc.

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"

Reply #7 posted 02/04/23 9:09am

nayroo2002 said:

RJOrion said:

ive never seen Prince's Superbown

Do you mean "Prince's SuperBONE"?

The silhouette of Prince is visible above fans as he performs during the halftime show of the NFL's Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami, Florida February 4, 2007. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED

He has an arrow at the end of his superbown...he shouldve seen Dr.Fink about that...somebody couldve been seriously injured...

Reply #8 posted 02/04/23 9:10am

MrSharon

LoveGalore said:

ShellyMcG said:

The Prince performance is great. Definitely the best I've seen. By a long way. I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson over the last month or so and I checked out his Superbowl performance and I honestly don't see why it's held in such high esteem. I don't want to turn this into a Prince Vs Michael thing but for me, a good live performance is only good when it's actually live. Lip syncing doesn't count.

But you did. Stop that. It's tired.

It's not tired.That debate will never end
Just look at the comments on YouTube and the prince vs MJ videos

Reply #9 posted 02/04/23 9:11am

LoveGalore said:

RJOrion said:

ive never seen Prince's Superbown

God can see u lying

Nah...ive never seen P's superbown...have U?

Reply #10 posted 02/04/23 9:14am

Ok...she finally edited the title...it now says Superbowl and not superBOWN

Reply #11 posted 02/04/23 9:58am

MrSharon

RJOrion said:

LoveGalore said:

God can see u lying

Nah...ive never seen P's superbown...have U?

I could've once...but he played hide the bone

Reply #12 posted 02/04/23 10:02am

purplethunder3
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MrSharon said:
RJOrion said:
Nah...ive never seen P's superbown...have U?
I could've once...but he played hide the bone

lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

Reply #13 posted 02/04/23 10:13am

RJOrion said:

LoveGalore said:

God can see u lying

Nah...ive never seen P's superbown...have U?

There are some pictures that leave little to the imagination.....

Reply #14 posted 02/04/23 10:35am

paisleyparkgir
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I hope you guys are voting instead of being long winded as usual lol.

Reply #15 posted 02/04/23 11:05am

paisleyparkgirl said:

I hope you guys are voting instead of being long winded as usual lol.

What do we win?

Reply #16 posted 02/04/23 11:13am

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LoveGalore said:
paisleyparkgirl said:

I hope you guys are voting instead of being long winded as usual lol.

What do we win?

Good karma : The estate finally decides to grant all of our wishes.

Reply #17 posted 02/04/23 12:23pm

EnglishGent2

RJOrion said:
Ok...she finally edited the title...it now says Superbowl and not superBOWN

But still hasn't made it clickable

https://www.billboard.com...235201140/

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Reply #18 posted 02/04/23 12:42pm

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Prince (2007)

prince-super-bowl-XLI-halftime-show-2007-billboard-1548.jpg?w=800

Prince (2007) 36.34%
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Friends (2022) 20.84%
Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake (2004) 20.32%
Michael Jackson (1993) 5.49%
Bruno Mars (2014) 3.92%
Beyoncé (2013) 3.81%
Jennifer Lopez & Shakira (2020) 2.48%
Madonna (2012) 1.7%
Lady Gaga (2017) 1.22%
Katy Perry (2015) 0.85%
Coldplay, Beyoncé & Bruno Mars (2016) 0.8%
Other 0.61%
Aerosmith, *NSYNC & Friends (2001) 0.4%
U2 (2002) 0.32%
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2009) 0.24%
The Rolling Stones (2006) 0.24%
Paul McCartney (2005) 0.16%
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2008) 0.14%
Justin Timberlake (2018) 0.11%

I'm surprised that Katey Perry isn't higher on the list!

Her show was a trip!!!

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"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"

Reply #19 posted 02/04/23 5:31pm

rednblue

Voted and confirmed a memory: January Billboard also contained staff's pick of Prince show as #1.

Here's the article I saw earky-er this year.

https://www.billboard.com...runo-mars/

Reply #20 posted 02/04/23 5:33pm

rednblue

RJOrion said:
nayroo2002 said:

Do you mean "Prince's SuperBONE"?

He has an arrow at the end of his superbown...he shouldve seen Dr.Fink about that...somebody couldve been seriously injured...

lol

Reply #21 posted 02/05/23 1:14am

LoveGalore said:

ShellyMcG said:

The Prince performance is great. Definitely the best I've seen. By a long way. I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson over the last month or so and I checked out his Superbowl performance and I honestly don't see why it's held in such high esteem. I don't want to turn this into a Prince Vs Michael thing but for me, a good live performance is only good when it's actually live. Lip syncing doesn't count.

But you did. Stop that. It's tired.

I'm not saying MJs was bad just because it wasn't as good as Prince's. I wasn't really comparing the two at all. Like I said, it's not about Prince vs MJ. I was just pointing out that a good live performance, by ANY artist, can only be good when it's actually live. That is why I would disqualify Michael Jackson from the running for best live performance at the Superbowl. I would disqualify Justin Timberlake too because his performance was fucking shocking. And the only other Superbowl performance I have seen is Prince's. Therefore he wins by default, seeing as he's the only one who did a good, live performance.

Reply #22 posted 02/05/23 2:11am

ShellyMcG said:

LoveGalore said:

But you did. Stop that. It's tired.

Of all the other shows on the list you instantly go to the musician least like Prince?

Who cares. It's tired. We get it. Prince fans love Prince. MJ fans love MJ.

Reply #23 posted 02/05/23 2:24am

LoveGalore said:

ShellyMcG said:

Of all the other shows on the list you instantly go to the musician least like Prince?

Who cares. It's tired. We get it. Prince fans love Prince. MJ fans love MJ.

I go to the ones I've seen. I haven't seen the rest so I can't comment on those.

Besides, I'm as much of a MJ fan as I am a Prince fan so I'm not sure what your point is there.

Reply #24 posted 02/06/23 12:11am

WhisperingDand
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ShellyMcG said:
LoveGalore said:
Of all the other shows on the list you instantly go to the musician least like Prince? Who cares. It's tired. We get it. Prince fans love Prince. MJ fans love MJ.
I go to the ones I've seen. I haven't seen the rest so I can't comment on those. Besides, I'm as much of a MJ fan as I am a Prince fan so I'm not sure what your point is there.

80s fans have PTSD from the 22,000 MJ vs. Prince debates they've endured over four decades+ of fandom. Some of them melt down at the prospect of the 22,001th.

Post-80s/90s fans are thirstin' for them, though. Here in the US anyway the youf weren't really talking about either of them until they both transitioned, now decades later the debate is more ubiquitous than ever... no biggie.

Anyway Prince's SuperBowl was meh. That blatantly out-of-tune guitar during "Purple Rain" should disqualify it from consideration as "best". He knew it, too, hence that news story about him freaking out in the limo about how it sucked before the organizer or whoever came out and told him everyone loved it. People are more visual, so they remember/hype/harp on the fact that it was "Purple Rain" In The Rain more than it was a botched live take and one of the worst renditions. This shoulda ended the Jimi comparison's, too, Hendrix woulda successfully bent them notes back.

MJ's is marred as well by the lipsync bowl. Meh as well. Why must this always be the battle of the superstans unwilling to objectively assess their cult heroes? Is the gr8test film : Purple Rain or Captain E.O.?

Bruno Mars was the best. Not a "fan" or really super familiar, but his set had the best of both aesthetics pulled off without caveats.

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Reply #25 posted 02/06/23 10:38am

WhisperingDandelions said:

ShellyMcG said:

LoveGalore said:
Of all the other shows on the list you instantly go to the musician least like Prince? Who cares. It's tired. We get it. Prince fans love Prince. MJ fans love MJ.

I go to the ones I've seen. I haven't seen the rest so I can't comment on those. Besides, I'm as much of a MJ fan as I am a Prince fan so I'm not sure what your point is there.

80s fans have PTSD from the 22,000 MJ vs. Prince debates they've endured over four decades+ of fandom. Some of them melt down at the prospect of the 22,001th.

Bruno Mars was the best. Not a "fan" or really super familiar, but his set had the best of both aesthetics pulled off without caveats.

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Bud, you're making the wrong argument. It has nothing to do with me having PTSD.

It's just the same tired stuff inspired by the same tired stuff. The comparison, especially cherry picked out of a huge list that includes other contemporaries, is unnatural and wack. It would be more apt to compare Prince and Springsteen. These are both singer/guitarist frontmen. MJ is strictly a song and dance man. They're built different.

Reply #26 posted 02/06/23 12:43pm

Prince clearly had the greatest Superbowl halftime performance ever...MJ wasnt even #2...Lady Gaga was.

Reply #27 posted 02/06/23 1:02pm

LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

ShellyMcG said:

LoveGalore said:
Of all the other shows on the list you instantly go to the musician least like Prince? Who cares. It's tired. We get it. Prince fans love Prince. MJ fans love MJ.

I go to the ones I've seen. I haven't seen the rest so I can't comment on those. Besides, I'm as much of a MJ fan as I am a Prince fan so I'm not sure what your point is there.

80s fans have PTSD from the 22,000 MJ vs. Prince debates they've endured over four decades+ of fandom. Some of them melt down at the prospect of the 22,001th.

Bruno Mars was the best. Not a "fan" or really super familiar, but his set had the best of both aesthetics pulled off without caveats.

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I'm not disagreeing with you at all. You're 100% correct in that they were two very different artists. I wasn't even comparing one to the other. The only reason I mentioned both is because, along with Justin Timberlake's performance, they are the only Super Bowl shows I've seen. I can't comment on Bruce Springsteen or anyone else because I have never seen them. So there was no need for you to react the way you did.

Reply #28 posted 02/06/23 1:13pm

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Check the LEFT SHARK

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"