Yeah Justin's HT show was GODAWFUL and he misused Prince's image

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RAY7

Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 04, 2018, 10:42:59 PM
Quote from: BigDawg on February 04, 2018, 10:41:41 PM
Quote from: MelMel on February 04, 2018, 10:36:54 PM
QuoteThe only interesting part of Justin Timberlake's halftime show was when he desecrated Prince

Earlier this week, rumors spread that Justin Timberlake would use some sort of hologram version of Prince in his Super Bowl LII halftime show in Prince?s native Minneapolis. But after members of the late multi-instrumentalist?s inner circle, most notably drummer Sheila E, pointed out that Prince philosophically objected to the idea during his lifetime, various reports held that plans for a hologramwere either scrapped due to the backlash or overblown to begin with.



But during the Pepsi Presents the Super Bowl Halftime Show brought to you by Pepsi, Timberlake indeed performed a duet of Prince?s classic ?I Would Die 4 U? with the genius musician who died in 2016 and called such collaborations ?demonic? in a 1998 Guitar Worldinterview.



It was not technically a hologram, so promises to avoid holograms were true, if not true in spirit. It was a huge video image of Prince performing, and Timberlake gamely sang along.



And what?s worse is that it was really the only interesting part of the show.



Because it was a Super Bowl Halftime show, Timberlake?s performance obviously came with huge production value, hundreds of backup dancers and musicians, and elaborate stage sets and lighting.



He had a full-on marching band with him, even if, for whatever reason, the broadcast audio made the marching band sound like the worst of 1980s synthesized horns.



Only none of his music is anywhere near as interesting as the worst track on Purple Rain, and for many in the audience, undoubtedly, the most intriguing part of the performance ? besides the minute or so it had a giant projection of Prince in it, against Prince?s stated wishes ? was realizing that various songs you?ve overhead a bunch of times playing in the background in mall stores and chain gyms can be attributed to Justin Timberlake, alumnus of the Mickey Mouse Club and ?NSYNC.



Where many Super Bowl Halftime performers welcome guests from across the musical spectrum to appeal to broad audiences, Timberlake?s bland universality apparently made that unnecessary. So it was just Justin Timberlake playing those songs you know are by Justin Timberlake and a couple of songs you know but didn?t quite know were by Justin Timberlake but oh yeah, that makes sense, come to think of it this does sound like a more boring Michael Jackson. :rip:



Presumably Prince won?t complain all that much about his inclusion in the show, and it seems entirely likely no one responsible for his presence on Sunday meant for it to be in any way exploitative.



But it served to remind the world, once again, that Prince?s own Super Bowl halftime performance remains the standard-bearer for such things, and that reminding people of it is a really bad way to try to distinguish your own.



When Timberlake played the Super Bowl in 2004, his performance ? for reasons that didn?t have much to do with the music ? overshadowed the game itself in the days that followed. This version, the slight of Prince notwithstanding, will likely be quickly forgotten.


Damn someone wrote this already
That's exactly how u know what it's really all about and a hater  :dead:
n
its a reviewer and its their job


Vonc2002

This is my pass to say WHATEVER tf I wanna say about the mess she releases so I don't wanna hear SHIT! Baby mama is a mess of a song btw





Vonc2002

Quote from: AYR on February 04, 2018, 10:46:08 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 04, 2018, 10:42:59 PM
Quote from: BigDawg on February 04, 2018, 10:41:41 PM
Quote from: MelMel on February 04, 2018, 10:36:54 PM
QuoteThe only interesting part of Justin Timberlake's halftime show was when he desecrated Prince

Earlier this week, rumors spread that Justin Timberlake would use some sort of hologram version of Prince in his Super Bowl LII halftime show in Prince?s native Minneapolis. But after members of the late multi-instrumentalist?s inner circle, most notably drummer Sheila E, pointed out that Prince philosophically objected to the idea during his lifetime, various reports held that plans for a hologramwere either scrapped due to the backlash or overblown to begin with.



But during the Pepsi Presents the Super Bowl Halftime Show brought to you by Pepsi, Timberlake indeed performed a duet of Prince?s classic ?I Would Die 4 U? with the genius musician who died in 2016 and called such collaborations ?demonic? in a 1998 Guitar Worldinterview.



It was not technically a hologram, so promises to avoid holograms were true, if not true in spirit. It was a huge video image of Prince performing, and Timberlake gamely sang along.



And what?s worse is that it was really the only interesting part of the show.



Because it was a Super Bowl Halftime show, Timberlake?s performance obviously came with huge production value, hundreds of backup dancers and musicians, and elaborate stage sets and lighting.



He had a full-on marching band with him, even if, for whatever reason, the broadcast audio made the marching band sound like the worst of 1980s synthesized horns.



Only none of his music is anywhere near as interesting as the worst track on Purple Rain, and for many in the audience, undoubtedly, the most intriguing part of the performance ? besides the minute or so it had a giant projection of Prince in it, against Prince?s stated wishes ? was realizing that various songs you?ve overhead a bunch of times playing in the background in mall stores and chain gyms can be attributed to Justin Timberlake, alumnus of the Mickey Mouse Club and ?NSYNC.



Where many Super Bowl Halftime performers welcome guests from across the musical spectrum to appeal to broad audiences, Timberlake?s bland universality apparently made that unnecessary. So it was just Justin Timberlake playing those songs you know are by Justin Timberlake and a couple of songs you know but didn?t quite know were by Justin Timberlake but oh yeah, that makes sense, come to think of it this does sound like a more boring Michael Jackson. :rip:



Presumably Prince won?t complain all that much about his inclusion in the show, and it seems entirely likely no one responsible for his presence on Sunday meant for it to be in any way exploitative.



But it served to remind the world, once again, that Prince?s own Super Bowl halftime performance remains the standard-bearer for such things, and that reminding people of it is a really bad way to try to distinguish your own.



When Timberlake played the Super Bowl in 2004, his performance ? for reasons that didn?t have much to do with the music ? overshadowed the game itself in the days that followed. This version, the slight of Prince notwithstanding, will likely be quickly forgotten.


Damn someone wrote this already
That's exactly how u know what it's really all about and a hater  :dead:
n
its a reviewer and its their job
f
Why are u quoting me :dead:
This is my pass to say WHATEVER tf I wanna say about the mess she releases so I don't wanna hear SHIT! Baby mama is a mess of a song btw






GLOCK

I?m gonna watch shortly
You know I?m not a biased girl
So I?ll see and give a review owt


United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳

Quote from: glock on February 04, 2018, 10:49:46 PM
I?m gonna watch shortly
You know I?m not a biased girl
So I?ll see and give a review owt
Hurry up.




United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳

Quote from: Trey on February 04, 2018, 10:32:35 PM
Vonc youre back on my shit list, Btw.


I?m adding him to mine too. It?s in pencil right now but let?s see how these next few days play out.




BigDawg

Quote from: BowDown on February 04, 2018, 10:45:41 PM
Many people would have actually gone up for it had it been a great performance. It wasn?t.
I would have liked for it to be a little more all encompassing. It would have been cool to see an *NSYNC reunion. It was cool for what it was but it just seemed to fall short to me and I thought the Prince part seemed to be a bit disrespectful, considering it?s not what he wanted.

RAY7

Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 04, 2018, 10:47:38 PM
Quote from: AYR on February 04, 2018, 10:46:08 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on February 04, 2018, 10:42:59 PM
Quote from: BigDawg on February 04, 2018, 10:41:41 PM
Quote from: MelMel on February 04, 2018, 10:36:54 PM
QuoteThe only interesting part of Justin Timberlake's halftime show was when he desecrated Prince

Earlier this week, rumors spread that Justin Timberlake would use some sort of hologram version of Prince in his Super Bowl LII halftime show in Prince?s native Minneapolis. But after members of the late multi-instrumentalist?s inner circle, most notably drummer Sheila E, pointed out that Prince philosophically objected to the idea during his lifetime, various reports held that plans for a hologramwere either scrapped due to the backlash or overblown to begin with.



But during the Pepsi Presents the Super Bowl Halftime Show brought to you by Pepsi, Timberlake indeed performed a duet of Prince?s classic ?I Would Die 4 U? with the genius musician who died in 2016 and called such collaborations ?demonic? in a 1998 Guitar Worldinterview.



It was not technically a hologram, so promises to avoid holograms were true, if not true in spirit. It was a huge video image of Prince performing, and Timberlake gamely sang along.



And what?s worse is that it was really the only interesting part of the show.



Because it was a Super Bowl Halftime show, Timberlake?s performance obviously came with huge production value, hundreds of backup dancers and musicians, and elaborate stage sets and lighting.



He had a full-on marching band with him, even if, for whatever reason, the broadcast audio made the marching band sound like the worst of 1980s synthesized horns.



Only none of his music is anywhere near as interesting as the worst track on Purple Rain, and for many in the audience, undoubtedly, the most intriguing part of the performance ? besides the minute or so it had a giant projection of Prince in it, against Prince?s stated wishes ? was realizing that various songs you?ve overhead a bunch of times playing in the background in mall stores and chain gyms can be attributed to Justin Timberlake, alumnus of the Mickey Mouse Club and ?NSYNC.



Where many Super Bowl Halftime performers welcome guests from across the musical spectrum to appeal to broad audiences, Timberlake?s bland universality apparently made that unnecessary. So it was just Justin Timberlake playing those songs you know are by Justin Timberlake and a couple of songs you know but didn?t quite know were by Justin Timberlake but oh yeah, that makes sense, come to think of it this does sound like a more boring Michael Jackson. :rip:



Presumably Prince won?t complain all that much about his inclusion in the show, and it seems entirely likely no one responsible for his presence on Sunday meant for it to be in any way exploitative.



But it served to remind the world, once again, that Prince?s own Super Bowl halftime performance remains the standard-bearer for such things, and that reminding people of it is a really bad way to try to distinguish your own.



When Timberlake played the Super Bowl in 2004, his performance ? for reasons that didn?t have much to do with the music ? overshadowed the game itself in the days that followed. This version, the slight of Prince notwithstanding, will likely be quickly forgotten.


Damn someone wrote this already
That's exactly how u know what it's really all about and a hater  :dead:
n
its a reviewer and its their job
f
Why are u quoting me :dead:
because I felt like it
you good? :uhh:

Vonc2002

Quote from: Jonovan on February 04, 2018, 10:50:18 PM
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/960334785188192256
:supluv:
Damn :ohwow:
I guess what they think is moot tho.  Prince weird ass was the one that was all up in arms and wouldn't like it.  When ur a celebrity tho u give away the permission to have those kinda hang ups. That's like when celebrities cry about having to sign autographs or the paps and pictures. This is what u signed up for
This is my pass to say WHATEVER tf I wanna say about the mess she releases so I don't wanna hear SHIT! Baby mama is a mess of a song btw





MelMel


Stunna Gor’

Quote from: BowDown on February 04, 2018, 10:53:12 PM
Quote from: Trey on February 04, 2018, 10:32:35 PM
Vonc youre back on my shit list, Btw.


I?m adding him to mine too. It?s in pencil right now but let?s see how these next few days play out.


I just traced it in fucking SHARPIE. You'll thank me later.