So I think I might be the only person in America who actually liked the Super Bowl halftime show. I didn't LOVE it, because these kind of ten minute spectacles are inherently unlovable. But they aren't going anywhere, and I much prefer this kind of set by a single artist to the awful multiple performer medleys that were all the rage a couple of years ago. I was surprised he only did songs from Purple Rain (of his originals anyway), but you really can't argue with the song choices, and watching him play the solo from the the title track in a downpour was kind of cool. Though I thought pairing it with "All Along The Watchtower" was odd, his cover of the Foo Fighter's "Best Of You" was pretty awesome.
To answer a question I heard on the radio this morning, yes, Prince was live. The vocals and guitar were anyway. The band tracks were pre-recorded. U2 did the same thing a couple of years ago when they played the halftime show.
Since turnabout is fairplay, here are the Foo Fighters covering Prince, from the 2003 Australian single of Have It All.
Foo Fighters - "Darling Nikki" (mp3)
post title from "17 Days"
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