Matt was quicker to the draw, but I am in complete agreement. Prince‘s performance in the Super Bowl halftime was spectacular, probably one of the best in my memory. U2’s show in 2002 was pretty excellent, but this one was on a much different level.
I had a buddy I went to high school with that was a huge Prince[wiki] fan. When the clock hit midnight for the start of 1999, he put “Jam of the Year” on the stereo when all the rest of the world hellaciously over played “1999”. After years of being witness to my sister’s love affair with the guy’s music, it was at that point when I started to see the genius of the man.
The halftime show made everything I’ve thought about Prince even more evident. Wicked on the guitar, amazing vocals, and one hell of a showman. Pyrotechnics? Ok, that was cool. What I loved more was having a marching band on the field in addition to him on the stage. Other than that, it was a huge stage, a backing band, couple dancers, and Prince at the mic. He rocked it. And who knew that a Foo Fighters cover could be so damn good?
Thanks, Prince. You made it not painful to watch the halftime show of the Super Bowl.
Already available on YouTube, here is one video of the performance, and here is another.
So, was I the only one to notice the whole thing with the strange shaped guitar during the shadow sequence of that show? In agreement from Chiner…most of us thought it strange that Prince of all people would do the show, but it was actually pretty good. But we all cracked up and high-fived at the shadow routine with the guitar. Ever seen Robin Hood Men In Tights? Oh, I gotta get a copy of that game and get a screen capture of it.
You know, GZ, you appear to not be the only one noticing this. I can’t say that I disagree with you… especially after seeing this.
Prince I want you to know that my favorite color is purple. When you lite Dolphin Stadium up in purple in Miami and turned the rain purple. It was one of the best half time show ever in super bowl history. Purple rain was the right song and you song it to the world at the right time.
Whew…glad it wasn’t just the Guinness we had for breakfast making us see things.
I thought it was awesome…he well out-did Janet. heh.