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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Dr. Perry Cox wrote: [/QUOTENAME]'Proud Mary' was written by John Fogerty and recorded by CCR, then was covered by Tina Turner.[/QUOTE]
thank you for correcting them. as much as i love tina turner and her cover of it, CCR did write it.
thank you for correcting them. as much as i love tina turner and her cover of it, CCR did write it.
I stopped watching the superbowl very early on in the game, because i just didn't understand american football. english rugby and football yes, american football not a clue. I wasn't going to stick around just to see prince either.
I sound like i am moaning, i don't mean to, i jsut don't understand the rules is all.
I sound like i am moaning, i don't mean to, i jsut don't understand the rules is all.
prince did well, excellent medley.. i was really in it [superbowl] for the commercials. theyre usually hilarious. there were only one set i thought was funny.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]CMU HistoryGirl wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just think the show could have been MUCH better to do him more justice.
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Ok, here goes:
1. If U2, McCartney, Britney & Aerosmith were better halftime shows, then count me out. This was the best halftime show I have ever seen, period. I've seen quite a few. In fact, with the sloppy play and the lame commercials, I think PRINCE stole the Superbowl.
2. If you'd seen Prince's press conference, you'd get why he started tapping WWRY. Expect one thing, cause you're not getting that!!
3. Proud Mary was an Ike Turner song, CCR covered it to. Did CCR have the right to cover it when they did?
4. Try playing a guitar in the rain and humidity and look happy. You can't. By the time you smile, the damn thing has gone outta tune again, so he's too busy "tuning on the fly".
5. Those two girls (they were identical twins, by the way) were not for you CMU, they were for me and the rest of the guys. We don't care if they're choreographed or not. They looked good![/QUOTE]
OK, I knew this would happen :-)
First, I never said that Paul McCartney, Aerosmith or U2 were better halftime shows. As a matter of fact, I think that the shows have really gone down the tubes since the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake thing. The network has made the shows too damn wussy for fear of offending someone. Not that boob action is my thing, but when you have wussy shows that are less about the art and music and more about "How can I do this and not step on anyone's toes" it ceases to be about the art anymore, and that's what I was complaining against.
Second, don't really care he started out with WWRY...it just throws me for a loop when other people do it. I can understand no name artists doing it to get their name out there, but this is PRINCE we are talking about...he's got enough of his own riffs he could have done and have been recognizable.
The CCR thing...I don't care who copied who first because it really doesn't matter. It's a good song, and is doubtless to be copied by many people. Microwave, you are missing my point here...it's PRINCE'S halftime show; he's famous enough that he can do his own stuff and get credit for his own work, rather than relying on other stuff and risking coming off looking like he's scrambling at the last minute and just pulling out the cover artist thing. He just looked like an artist doing covers because he doesn't have anything original of his own, and we all know here that he's MUCH better than that. It's unfortunate he came off looking like that, because he doesn't deserve it.
Yes, I realize that performing in the rain isn't the best of situations. That's why you have a back up plan (which evidently he didn't have or want). But even at the end he wasn't smiling!! I mean, come on! I realize he was concentrating like hell to play the show in those weather conditions, but he at least should have been happy to have done a decent show and maybe, maybe given a smile at the end; if nothing else a smile of relief. He just looked pissed.
The girls...yeah, I realize they weren't for me, and I wasn't criticizing them at all. I'm a football fan, and I've gotten used to the whole scantily clad cheerleaders bouncing around and acting like airheads. What I was criticizing was the choreography, or lack thereof. I realize the stage was wet and they were in heels and don't even try to say I don't know what it's like...I've danced in heels on wet surfaces when I was in showchoir. But half of being a dancer is again making sure you look like you are enjoying it. No problem with the girls...the choreography just sucked.
**braces for response**[/QUOTE]
Ok, here goes:
1. If U2, McCartney, Britney & Aerosmith were better halftime shows, then count me out. This was the best halftime show I have ever seen, period. I've seen quite a few. In fact, with the sloppy play and the lame commercials, I think PRINCE stole the Superbowl.
2. If you'd seen Prince's press conference, you'd get why he started tapping WWRY. Expect one thing, cause you're not getting that!!
3. Proud Mary was an Ike Turner song, CCR covered it to. Did CCR have the right to cover it when they did?
4. Try playing a guitar in the rain and humidity and look happy. You can't. By the time you smile, the damn thing has gone outta tune again, so he's too busy "tuning on the fly".
5. Those two girls (they were identical twins, by the way) were not for you CMU, they were for me and the rest of the guys. We don't care if they're choreographed or not. They looked good![/QUOTE]
OK, I knew this would happen :-)
First, I never said that Paul McCartney, Aerosmith or U2 were better halftime shows. As a matter of fact, I think that the shows have really gone down the tubes since the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake thing. The network has made the shows too damn wussy for fear of offending someone. Not that boob action is my thing, but when you have wussy shows that are less about the art and music and more about "How can I do this and not step on anyone's toes" it ceases to be about the art anymore, and that's what I was complaining against.
Second, don't really care he started out with WWRY...it just throws me for a loop when other people do it. I can understand no name artists doing it to get their name out there, but this is PRINCE we are talking about...he's got enough of his own riffs he could have done and have been recognizable.
The CCR thing...I don't care who copied who first because it really doesn't matter. It's a good song, and is doubtless to be copied by many people. Microwave, you are missing my point here...it's PRINCE'S halftime show; he's famous enough that he can do his own stuff and get credit for his own work, rather than relying on other stuff and risking coming off looking like he's scrambling at the last minute and just pulling out the cover artist thing. He just looked like an artist doing covers because he doesn't have anything original of his own, and we all know here that he's MUCH better than that. It's unfortunate he came off looking like that, because he doesn't deserve it.
Yes, I realize that performing in the rain isn't the best of situations. That's why you have a back up plan (which evidently he didn't have or want). But even at the end he wasn't smiling!! I mean, come on! I realize he was concentrating like hell to play the show in those weather conditions, but he at least should have been happy to have done a decent show and maybe, maybe given a smile at the end; if nothing else a smile of relief. He just looked pissed.
The girls...yeah, I realize they weren't for me, and I wasn't criticizing them at all. I'm a football fan, and I've gotten used to the whole scantily clad cheerleaders bouncing around and acting like airheads. What I was criticizing was the choreography, or lack thereof. I realize the stage was wet and they were in heels and don't even try to say I don't know what it's like...I've danced in heels on wet surfaces when I was in showchoir. But half of being a dancer is again making sure you look like you are enjoying it. No problem with the girls...the choreography just sucked.
Ha! I live 20 minutes away from the stadium XDDD
there was also a brass bed he used in shows in the early days....
only caught the last bit of the half time show-seemed clasic Prince to me...
take into account it was pouring imo i didnt think he or any of them did badly at all
only caught the last bit of the half time show-seemed clasic Prince to me...
take into account it was pouring imo i didnt think he or any of them did badly at all
Love, love, love, LOVE Prince.
Loved the half-time show. Excellent performer, extremely talented musician. How many different instruments does Prince play? I forget.
Loved the half-time show. Excellent performer, extremely talented musician. How many different instruments does Prince play? I forget.
oh madonnas was tame to his for sure
LOL
LOL
Prince is a fabulous performer, and he delivered.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Haven't seen the halftime show...
Someone have a link?
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Links removed from Youtube because of a copyright complaint from Universal
Someone have a link?
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*edit*
Links removed from Youtube because of a copyright complaint from Universal
It's gone!
No surprise; copyright.
No surprise; copyright.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Penetration_Guru wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Still got it...[/QUOTE]
Most definitely.
Most definitely.