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I thought both were equally great performances. BTW - the NY Times and Chicago Sun-Times called Prince's the best S.B. performance ever.
U2FanPeter said:
What about the silhouette?
U2FanPeter said:
Purple Rain - It was a rainy day
Bedsheet silhouette with possible Phallic and/or devil's tail imagary was a nod to Janet's appearance.
Ikettes and the do-rag on his head could be nod to the first ever black NFL coach in the Superbowl(confirmation from anyone that actually watched the game???)
It was Florida on a rainy day - just like Dylans "Hard Rain " tv special in 1976 - where Bob wore a do-rag. An impressionable Prince would have watched that network TV special when he was 16.
"Proud Mary" may have been a nod to the Mississippi delta
Prince's Blue and Orange attire may have shown alligiance to his favourite team.
Lights and marching band - Prince was always about excess.
corianderstem said:What, do you think you're Prince or something, typing like that?
HELL YEAH!corianderstem said:
He came out and healed our nation with his awesome purpleness.
corianderstem said:
What, do you think you're Prince or something, typing like that? I recommend typing out words in full. It's exciting and fun!
Headache in a Suitcase said:u2's 2002 super bowl performance was the right performance by the right band at the right time. the emotional factor of it being right after 9/11 is what makes it so special. take the aside, and it really wasn't anything special, per say...
based on performance and performance alone, prince's half time show was much better.
... but you can't base it on performance alone. you have to include the timing of it as well, which is what lifts u2's performance up to another level.
i personally think prince was better... but which ever way you lean, they're certainly #1 and #2 on the all time super bowl half time list in my eyes.
Lancemc said:Personally I was just a tad bit disappointed in U2's performance. I mean, it was still great, but i thought the performance of Streets could have been stronger. I did like what they did with the victims list though. That was very touching.
gman said:isnt superbowl softies playin rugby?
The Disciple said:
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gman said:rather be a 6ft 5 280 Lbs man running full tilt at equally well built man fully padded than be a similar sized man running at another of same dimensions WITHOUT padding!!
MrsSpringsteen said:I thought Prince was awesome. It appears that all Super Bowl halftimes are all being "scripted" in the same way now-crowd running and acting in the same staged way, same sort of general themes, etc. I liked the covers mixed in and the energy. As for comparing it to U2, apples and oranges. I don't think U2 could have been like Prince in light of the more somber tone of theirs-for that reason it had to be more "scripted". U2 isn't like Prince anyway, but they are both very good live performers.
BrownEyedBoy said:People are now giving the sillhouette part a different connotation... Is EVERYTHING sexual these days?
gman said:rather be a 6ft 5 280 Lbs man running full tilt at equally well built man fully padded than be a similar sized man running at another of same dimensions WITHOUT padding!!