Prince [you know – the purple one – the artist formerly known as] will perform during the halftime show at the Dolphin Stadium Superbowl near Miami on Sunday, February 4. His Super Bowl performance was announced on the CBS sports show "NFL Today," three days after he received five nominations for the Grammy Awards, the music industry's most prestigious event.
I don’t get this thing with this person. Apart from "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Go Crazy" two decades ago, what has he done? Had food thrown at him at a Rolling Stones concert? If the answer is ‘made good music’, well, has he done better than any other artist to earn this slot? Presumably there will be no wardrobe malfunction - his Jehovah's Witness commitment should take care of that but still – who exactly is this man and what has he done to deserve this honour?
James,
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan, but, Prince deserves a spot as much as anyone.
Statistically, in the last 25 years, only 5 artists have had more number 1s or Top 40s in the USA.
Two albums in Time's 100 greatest albums of all time. Sign Of The Times frequently appears in Greatest Albums of All Time lists.
Writes, produces and performs on his albums.
Covered by artists like Sinead O'Connor (Nothing Compares 2 U), Simple Minds (Sign of the Times), Tom Jones (Kiss), Shaka Khan (I Feel 4 U) and wrote Manic Monday (The Bangles).
There aren't many better live acts (that's just my opinion though)
It's worth ignoring his movie output, though. They make Elvis movies look like Eisenstein.