Prince Halftime Show Performance (VIDS)

was that real lightening?

not sure, but his live performance RAISED THE BAR REAL HIGH for whoever does the halftime show next year.

Watching this again on video, you can appreciate the power of his live skills. Most energy in a super bowl halftime show in years!!

yeah, it seemed really cool....

but if that lightening was real, god damn what a bonus for that intro

wow... what a fag.

he's good... but so faggy.

Top Music Critics are calling it possibly the Best super Bowl halftime show ever:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/sp...l?ref=football

February 5, 2007
Music Review
A Noncontroversial Prince, Just the Way the N.F.L. Likes Him
By KELEFA SANNEH

A brief concert in the middle of the Super Bowl, on a temporary stage, designed to thrill a captive audience with nothing in common except a love of sport or spectacle, or both. How could that ever be a good idea? Then, just when it seemed time to give up on that quaint ritual known as the halftime show, along comes Prince.

His performance last night at Super Bowl XLI will surely go down as one of the most thrilling halftime shows ever; certainly the most unpredictable, and perhaps the best. ?Dearly beloved,? he whispered, intoning the famous first words of ?Let?s Go Crazy.?

What followed was a dizzying demonstration. He navigated a smooth course through a jumbled-up set built from bits and pieces, hits and covers. ?Let?s Go Crazy? ended with an ad-libbed call-and-response, after which Prince was joined by a marching band.

Soon came ?Proud Mary? by Creedence Clearwater Revival. That gave way to a piece of Bob Dylan?s ?All Along the Watchtower,? which melted into ?Best of You,? the 2005 hit by the Foo Fighters. He ended the medley by modifying a favorite line from the Foo Fighters? song: ?I?ve got another confession, my friend/I ain?t no fool.?

Somehow, it all made sense, or maybe it made something better than sense. The heavy rain made the smoke and lights seem mysterious, instead of merely ridiculous. And there was a sneaky thrill in watching Prince steal the field from guys three times his size, if only for a few moments.

At one Super Bowl gathering, at least, Prince?s extravagant guitar solos, seductive facial expressions and strutting stage manner made boozy viewers whoop and wonder in equal measure. Who knew a Super Bowl halftime show could be this delirious?

No doubt National Football League officials were pretty pleased, too. They know that the halftime show is still haunted by the specter of 2004, when Justin Timberlake enlivened an otherwise unmemorable show by baring Janet Jackson?s breast. Somehow, Timberlake?s role has been largely forgotten, but Jackson?s career has still not recovered. And compared with the controversial Jackson, Prince must seem like a pretty safe bet.

Would that last statement have made any sense at all 20 years ago? In 1987, Jackson was best known as Michael?s effervescent younger sister, and Prince was perhaps the most polarizing pop star in the country; the sexually frank lyrics of his ?Darling Nikki? had helped spark a national debate about explicit lyrics.

Yesterday?s command performance was yet more proof that Prince has made that familiar journey from pariah to American treasure. He has a catalog of hits that everybody seems to love (even the players, who normally take little interest in the halftime show, were quoted praising Prince), and he sings and plays and moves as well as he ever did.

Best of all, he does not carry himself as a pop-star emeritus. Did you see his face during the first verse of ?Purple Rain,? when he tossed his bandana into the crowd? He looked as if he were getting away with something.

Copyright The New York Times Company

LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/sp...l?ref=football

The Purple Man rocked the motherfucking house!!

Good post. This video will be an instant classic

the stage was the best in years and having the marching band rock with him was perfect for a Super Bowl

48-years old and Prince still kicking ass. Good shit!

That was pretty good! Just that thing on his head makes him look like a gay house wife

he took it off later in the show. probably didn't want the rain to mess up his doo at the start of the performance LOL

How can people think that his squeal is good singng.

i thought it was pretty shitty..

i LOVE this guy

LOL, it's his total show - the band, stage presence, etc. more so than pure vocals. Prince is known as a musical genius not necessarily a vocal genius, but his vocal range is damn good. And was good during halftime

I thought it was real good. I loved his version of the Foo Fighters song.

Thanks for posting the vids!

oh, and the lightening was awesome & very realistic

Downloading the hd version now to check it out in better quality

Those of us that grew up as Prince fans probably enjoyed it more than the ones that got their musical inspiration from the backstreet boys...

If you have never heard Darling Nikki then you have no ider.

where can I get an hd download?

Was definitley the best half time show in a long time. I knew it'd be huge when they announced it'd be Prince. There's no way that guy would do anything less. One of the greatest artists ever performing for the biggest event is huge in itself, but he really kicked ass.

That was one great preformance by Prince.......

Anybody know if he is touring in 2007. I would pay top dollar for some tickets. I heard rumors but don't know what is true and what's bullshit regarding a tour in 07. I think reviews from this might be so good that he might want to ride the momentum into a tour this year. any info would be helpful. thanks