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> HelterSkelter Wrote:
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> > Debra Wrote:
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> > > I thought Prince was BORING...simply boring.
> > No
> > > spark, not electric at all. PURPLE RAIN???
> How
> > > predictable, MY GOD! What in the HELL did he
> > have
> > > on his head? Not that that matters really but
> "
> > > Watchtower" was an odd choice. Was the
> message,
> > "
> > > Hey, I'm BETTER Than Jimi"? Like someone said
> > > earlier, with a new cd and a catalog like
> his,
> > > those selections were just not great ones.
> >
> > ...ah....excuse me Debra but ah,..... ALL ALONG
> > THE WATCHTOWER is a Bob Dylan song - sorry to
> put
> > you on the spot, I mean, who on earth would
> know
> > that.... (Yeah, Jimi did a version just like
> the
> > Stones have done a million MOTOWN covers -
> don't
> > think they think they're better than the
> > originals)....
> >
> > Yeah, PRINCE was boring, he should have played
> > 3.75 minutes of Rough Justice (refusing to not
> say
> > "Cock" - whoa), 3.75 minutes of SATISFACTION,
> and
> > 3.75 minutes of START ME UP. Now THAT would
> have
> > been such a FRESH, BRILLIANT, ORIGINAL, NEW
> > idea.....
> > What the hell did he have on his head? A scarf
> the
> > way blacks used to wear them back in the old
> days
> > down south on the plantation... The bigger
> > question is what the hell is Jagger wearing in
> the
> > second half of LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER?
> A
> > Sudo Football outfit? With half a mile of multi
> > colored scarves tucked in his shoulders? That's
> > the kind of stage "Fashion" that should be
> thrown
> > in a burning trash can, black head scarf is
> > NOTHING compared to that "Car Crash" of an idea
> > !!! GIMME A BREAK..... Take a look at what the
> > Stones do/don't do before you criticize other
> > performers - chances are the Stones have done
> it
> > first, no matter how boring, non creative,
> and/or
> > stupid it is...
> >
> > PURPLE RAIN - predictable, PROUD MARY/ALL ALONG
> > THE WATCHTOWER/FOO FIGHTERS - non
> > predictable...that's 75% of a fresh and
> > non-predictable idea, 74% more than the Stones
> > came up with.......(I'll give Mick 1% for his
> SB
> > outfit)
> > Their performance was FINE last year but how
> was
> > it ANY different tthan what they did night
> after
> > night? I think the SB calls for a fresh idea or
> 2
> > (since they don't give the performers ANY time
> at
> > all. Doing a greatest hit rapid fire medley
> just
> > doesn't cut it)
> >
> > BTW,I'm not any kind of PRINCE super fan. In
> fact,
> > I was expecting such typical crap that I didn't
> > even bother to tape his performance (regret it
> > now). The guy surprised me BIG TIME and that's
> why
> > I'm SO impressed - it's hard to think of
> something
> > original to do in those 10 or 12 minutes - he
> > pulled it off brilliantly and my hat's off to
> him,
> > that's all.......
>
>
>
> I am totally with Helter on this---well stated. I
> am waay more of a Stones fan than I am of Prince,
> but I thought he played really, really well.
>
> And the fact that 90% of the people on this very
> board were able to predict the EXACT 3 songs the
> Stones played (and in many instances the ORDER in
> they were played), that would seem to be a
> performance, that by definition WAS predictable.
> And I would be loathe to be too critical of what
> any performer wears given some of the beauts Mick
> has come up with.

I thought this thread was about the superbowl and who's was in it. What is this ragging on Jagger and trying to degrade him against Prince. There like comparing Apples to Oranges one a LEGEND the other's not and buy the way if it was'nt for Jagger seeing some talent in PRINCE there would be no PRINCE,end of story., plus when you sell out to VEGAS you know your career is DOOMED!

stonesfrk Wrote:
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when you sell out to
> VEGAS you know your career is DOOMED!




Irony alert!

stonesfrk Wrote:
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> I thought this thread was about the superbowl and
> who's was in it. What is this ragging on Jagger
> and trying to degrade him against Prince. There
> like comparing Apples to Oranges one a LEGEND the
> other's not and buy the way if it was'nt for
> Jagger seeing some talent in PRINCE there would be
> no PRINCE,end of story.,


Mick is a legand, no one would dispute that.

As for him being responsible for Prince having a career.....well, I agree with the "story" part of that.

Speaking of "snarky gossip". Has anyone else heard that his purpleness is going in for hip replacement surgery? No joke I heard that today. So Prince really is "hip"

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Glass Slide Wrote:
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> stonesfrk Wrote:
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> >
> > I thought this thread was about the superbowl
> and
> > who's was in it. What is this ragging on Jagger
> > and trying to degrade him against Prince. There
> > like comparing Apples to Oranges one a LEGEND
> the
> > other's not and buy the way if it was'nt for
> > Jagger seeing some talent in PRINCE there would
> be
> > no PRINCE,end of story.,
>
>
> Mick is a legand, no one would dispute that.
>
> As for him being responsible for Prince having a
> career.....well, I agree with the "story" part of
> that.

You agree with story,o that he was a pop sensationalist of the 80's i would agree with you too.

Ok so i'm leaving myself open to tons of abuse here but Prince's Superbowl show rocked!! He made the Stones, Macartney, etc look ordinary.

He did a really good job.

>He did a really good job.

Well, that wasn't so bad Micky, was it?

Not bad at all, but I don't know that he made the Stones look ordinary (has/does anybody?).

Great performance, always liked Prince. Saw him when I was 13 at Maine Road football Stadium in 1992. Just wish he'd tour Europe!

I thought he did an amazing job considering it was pouring rain. Prince likes things exactly right, and that was about as wrong as can be. But, he did a great job.

The girls dancing was incredible. They did synchronized stuff, while one had to step over some things on the floor.

I saw him on New Years Eve in his club in Vegas- the show was excellent. His guitar jamming is quite spectacular.

I didn't see his performance BUT the stage could never have been as cool as the stones' one.
(in our view)

He really showed off his guitar skills. Excellent show !!!

The visuals seemed to be a whole lot stronger.

Some were more theatrical--like the curtain that blew so that you saw his shadow image play the guitar solo--but I think it helped that he was rooted in one spot (on account that he has bad hips that need to be replaced). The camera could get a much tighter shot of him (much closer than Mick last year where the cameraman had to stay wide because Mick was moving around so much) which was alot more dynamic on television.

And the songs were more dramatic too: Purple Rain played IN the rain?? Can't beat a special effect like that!


(Did he also do a bit of "Baby I'm A Star" after "Let's Go Crazy?" I haven't read any mention of that)

great performance. stage shaped like the "formerly known as prince" symbol...similar to the guitar.


kansas city star / david eulitt




IORR............but I like it!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-06 20:12 by sweet neo con.

The curved part of the guitar looked like a devil tail when he was behind the curtain. Can someone post a picture of that?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-06 20:04 by Elmo Lewis.

The guitar playing ['whenever' it was played ] was good, but for me, the vocals weren't very inspiring, and I didn't care for his song choices.

IORR............but I like it!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-06 20:16 by sweet neo con.

Well, what songs did he perform?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-06 20:36 by mr edward.

First Song: Let's Go Crazy
Second song: Baby I'm A Star
Third song: Proud Mary
(Duet with Shelby Johnson)
Fourth song: All Along the Watchtower
Fifth Song: Best of You
Sixth Song: Purple Rain


IORR............but I like it!

Thanks, neo!

I think the bar has been raised compared to the Superbowl halftime shows of a few years ago. However, I think that it will be a long time before anyone reaches the level of pure rock & roll excitement and energy that the Stones showed last year. I almost wished that I had a DVD ready to roll of last year's performance to play instead of Prince's set this year.

Kinda disappointed that he didn't try "Sexy MF" !!!

...actually i had watched my tivo'd recording of the '06 Stones halftime show...just before Prince came on...and my wife correctly predicted his "symbol-shaped" stage.

anyway...i might be mistaken but i think the Stones halftime show was bonus material on the 2006 SuperBowl dvd....i think i read that on IORR a while ago. not sure if it contains the audio dropouts (censorship) or not. can anyone confirm?


IORR............but I like it!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-06 21:30 by sweet neo con.

So Prince needs hips? Does anyone know if he is going to do this?

Here it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

5string.......we all need hips.....I'm going out looking for some now

Actually that picture of him behind the curtain looks like a lot more than a devils tail. Anyone notice the shadow in FRONT of Prince?

Prince rocked bigtime.

Thanks HelterS and others for your detailed review.

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> Anyone notice the shadow in FRONT of Prince?

Check my message on page 7 of this thread