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Gurlfrand
Comment: People will find any excuse to complain about something so idiotic. Thank goodness that he knows how to create illusions.
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EVILME
Comment: WTF! THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PRINCE AND SEX!?!? I MEAN WTF DID THEY REALLY EXPECT? THE MAN HAS BEEN A FREAKY DEEKY HIS ENTIRE CAREER AND MAYBE HIS LIFE! I STILL ENJOY ALL HIS MUSIC, REGARDLESS OF HIS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT NATURE. OOOOHWHAT! YOU GO PRINCE! DO YOUR THING BOY!
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soulmusic101
Comment: Everyone knows guitars are phallic symbols. Bring back Up With People and Pat Boone! Janet Jackson must be CTFU! Listening 2 "Head" while typing this. Cueing up "Controvery" and "Darling Nikki". The best SuperBowl Halftime Show ever! The NFL produced the halftime event, maybe they can sue themselves. Some say the beige sheet represented a Condom. Nothing wrong with that message. Next year they will ban the trombone....haha
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soulmusic101
Comment: While they are at it,they should sue Nickolodeon (sic) for showing "Leave It To Beaver", the kid was named Beaver Cleaver....haha
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sultry
Comment: What in the %*$! is really going on? Somethig is wrong with every thing that somone does. You all knew what you were getting when you signed Prine and Prince ain't no joke. He is what he is and he puts on a damn good show. You either love it or hate it and you know damn well you loved it. I say he did the damn thang and it was the best ever. I got a question for you can he do it again next year? You go Prince you my favorite freakizoid performer and I love it love because it's just the way it should be done. Good show Prince! You did it your way! Enough said!
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khufu
Comment: didnt see it however if they are going to X rate Prince then half the sheet on tv needs to be x rated and banned......Sex And The City was an ongoing x rated program that won rave reviews....hypocritical....a Black man stroking his phallus in yt's face poses a big BIG (was it big?) problem.....by the way, as lil as he is, how come Prince's guitar is so big? :--)
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Always gotta find something to %*$!( about. %*$! the critics
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dakoolestkat
Comment: Was there a show in the 60's called the DYCK van DYKE show?? lol
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barnone
Comment: khufu> now bruh u know "da man" has always been intimidated by you all's libido...from others that is.
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Mowens1012
Comment: With all the sex on TV that is being shown around our children, this is where the critics should be looking and not a performance that was just that, by Prince at the Super Bowl. Give me a break, apparently these people have nothing elese to do in life but find fault at the wrong thing. If you want to talk about anything, take off that show called the SIMPSONS.
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bigchassie
Comment: ah the media...gotta love em! Prince turned it out. it was one of the best halftime shows the superbowl ever had.
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McNasty
Comment: Being a die hard Prince fan I was solely concentrated on the performance and didn't notice any images - I did see a great show so for critics to come with this only shows where their minds were, nothing more. Besides, who in de heyell looks for 'images' of a johnson? If it ain't the real thing this sister ain't seein' it!!
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nightshift
Comment: When I know Prince is performing, I EXPECT SEX!! What did they want him to sing some tired Diana Ross remakes? Not! It's a little late for the FCC to start complaining, they knew what they were getting into. Probably some wyt lady got a little "moist" and her man didn't like it!
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Pamalicious
Comment: These "critics" are getting on my LAST nerve!!!!! These are the same critics that made such a huge deal about Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's Superbowl performance, an issue that I believe, yes even me, with the ultra conservative ideas I employ was blown WAY OUT of proportion...case and point, anyone one watching the JJ and JT performance that evening -- how many of you knew that she was "exposed" herself until the "critics" displayed all the still photos over the media
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Sigmatherunner
Comment: Once those number was posted that this was one of the highest rated shows. I guess someone went back to TiVo looking for things to knit pick at. Much ado about nothing Great show prince.
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Soulwriter
Comment: WHATEVER!!! I agree w/ Nightshift; he could've sang "Mary had a Little Lamb" and someone would've said he sexualized THAT. Prince ROCKED that $#!*, PERIOD!!!
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DUCHESS40
Comment: People who are sexually preoccupied are not getting any....
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chocolattechile
Comment: My sentiments exactly nightshift and Soulwriter, Prince rocked the house without question and for some reason the "critics" cannot seem to wrap their airheads around this man.
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FiveMore
Comment: 1st post lost in cyber-space!!Sounds like...the Critics are envious of Prince's awesome performance!!!.You Rock, Prince!!!!
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musbdherbs
Comment: This ALL started bcz of the ridiculous outrage over tittygate. Now, everything's up for grabs (so to speak). We (the american public) gave them the inch...now thou virtous ones have taken the mile. They will latch on to nething they can. Yep, this is what happens....
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DCGG
Comment: Oh gimme a damn break...what folks didn't notice was Prince's jibb at that beyonce bytch...did anyone notice he had them 2 beyonce lookin bytches carryin on - I think he was tryin to let that whore know that she ain't all that!
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Lucynell
Comment: Well, DIDN'T I SAY IT FIRST when I posted here on EURs story about the superbowl and Prince's Halftime show? YES I DID! They even used my term "Phallic guitar." I swear that I had not heard that anywhere before. It was just so obvious what was going on when he was performing. Really, I though it was just me being preoccupied with sex since I haven't been gettin any. But I see many people caught on. And yes Prince has always beex X-rated so you know he had to do something to keep up his reputation. Like I said before, it was a Brilliant move. They didn't even know what hit'em until days later..HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
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mseffy
Comment: David, Steve and Craig....your quotes in this article are no surprise. I predicted someone would say what you shorties, um, I mean men; umm, I mean...thanks for helpin a sista win a bet! LOL... H A T E R S!
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McNasty
Comment: LMBAO@DCGG! Yeah I noticed but since Prince doesn't talk about folk and has no beefs I let it pass.
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Dovelyone
Comment: Well, Prince knew what he was doing. It was DEFINITELY phallic symbolism. CBS and the FCC would be, once again, extremely HYPOCRITICAL to question this so-called inappropriate symbolism when one of the Super Bowl commercials showed two men kissing FOR REAL! I'm not interested in that...and for those who say to turn to another channel, the same goes for those who were "offended" by Prince's phallic guitar and performance.
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YLawdY
Comment: Prince was on point. Those critics with nothing better to do need to STFU.
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chocolattechile
Comment: Lucynell, like you I thought I saw a the same symbolism there but I, like you thought I was being preoccupied, and like you I chalked it up to being sexually challenged lately!
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MrsNee
Comment: Prince was AWESOME!!
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Gurlfrand, for real. I don't know what the uproar is about, like Khufu said, half the shyt on TV is X-rated and can extend further. And considering everybody came from a dyck, what the hell is there to be appalled about?? Muphucckas kill me.
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khufu
Comment: MCNASTY subliminal....subconscious.....see while you were engrossed in the music...deep in your mind...the subconscious...prince had you stroking his guitar!!
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khufu
Comment: LOL see Moship THAT'S the problem...Prince reminded them (YT) that they all came from the Black man's dyck...the first Dyck!
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rayne
Comment: How many kids were truly watching the half time show? What needs to be discussed is that Snickers commercial where two men were kissing. Give me a break, Prince was awesome & he gave a great performance. Let them talk, it only gives him the recognition that he deserves.
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Pammy
Comment: Prince's guitar is shaped like the symbol he used when he changed his name. He's had it for years and didn't do anything different with it than what he normally does. These critics kill me with their hypocracy. Acting like Prince hasn't changed from who he was 10 years ago. The man is now a Jehovah's Witness and no longer cusses in his music. Those assless pants happened over 10 years ago and I'll bet he wasn't even thinking about lewd images when he planned this performance. These critics need to do better research.
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popo
Comment: Great show. Isn't he a Jehovah's Witness??..wouldn't that go against his conscience?
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musbdherbs
Comment: Dovel..actually they pulled the Snickers Ad w/the two men "kissing" The human rights campaign and gay organizations criticized the commercial bcz they felt it reinforced negative perceptions of homos and teaches intolerance. On the flip, if people can be "horrified" about Janet..then they should be able to be "horrified" by Prince. Again, we 'lowed it to happen..so now we deal w/the consequences. Sooner or later...we'll be left w/Billy Graham and The Gospel Funkmasters. Here's the now offensive Snickers ad, I personally thought it funny: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JHkoZ7ngAM0
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: Oh puhleez! It was a great show! NEXT!!!
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Dovelyone
Comment: Musbdherbs>>>So the Snickers ad didn't air on network TV? Or are you saying that the commercial was stopped while it was on the air? This still all feels warped. So there's no criticism coming from religious/moral conservative groups about the Snickers ad? I watched it online and I thought it was both homo-erotic and homophobic at the same time. I mean, what person (regardless of gender) who wants a piece of candy just puts their mouth on the other end of it without some kind of "permission"? (Hmmm...LOL!)
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mayday
Comment: I am obviously slow on this, I didn't notice anything sexual about Prince's performance or anything strange about the shape of the guitar. I like Pammy thought that the guitar was shaped like the symbol he used when he changed his name years ago. Also, wasn't the stage in the same shape as the guitar? This story is simply .....strange.
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yunvme
Comment: I guess those looking for "dyck" saw what they wanted to see. I saw a guitar. LoL.
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McNasty
Comment: Khufu you hatin' cause it wasn't yours?
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musbdherbs
Comment: Dove...no Mars Inc. pulled the ads from the website. Apparently there were three or four versions w/alternate endings that viewers could vote on. That coupled w/the response from the "disgusted" football players forced them to pull the ads. They feel that it promotes violence against homos as well. Hope that explains it...I've gotten bits and pieces but will go online to see what the hoopla is about.
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musbdherbs
Comment: HRC President Joe Solmonese issued the following statement:“The makers of Snickers and its parent company at Mars should know better. If they have any questions about why the ad isn’t funny, we can help put them in touch with any number of GLBT Americans who have suffered hate crimes.” continues "Is Snickers suggesting that people who eat their candy bars are cavemen? It’s an odd market to court, particularly after the Isaiah Washington flap a couple weeks ago, which clearly showed that there’s a strong distaste out there for people who portray themselves as anti-gay or holding on to old prejudices and stereotypes.”
“Mars and Snickers need to pull the ‘Wrench’ ad and the footage of the NFL players out of their campaign immediately.”
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LASUNSHINE
Comment: The Best Superbowl Halftime show EVER....I so enjoyed that show Prince -- singing Purple Rain IN THE RAIN!! Can't get any better than that!! I was just praying that the dancing twins didn't fall down in that rain, because it was pouring!!
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indipindintthnkr
Comment: LOL if a guitarist uses a long guitar strap, the guitar hangs low. DUH! If Prince intentionally did it to imply a phallic shadow (along with the Beyonce jab), it was suttle but ingenious. Now Prince has always been one to exploit sex i.e the guitar that squirted water from the top, so I wouldn't be suprised if ppl were sitting on the edge of their chairs WAITING for Prince to do something. I don't know if it was intentional, decide for yourself. Click on the link below: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-0204pr ince-imagery-jpg,0,7058732.photo?coll=chi-news-hed&?tr ack=sto-relcon
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indipindintthnkr
Comment: Sorry if the link don't work. Theres an article in the Chicago Tribune. WWW.ChicagoTribune.com that has a picture of Prince with the phallic pose
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khufu
Comment: LOL first of all McNasty--was there an indication that I was "hatin" Secondly mine is a missle..........
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yunvme
Comment: I dont think it was the Best EVER. It was good. I liked Michaels when he popped up on various platforms on top of the stadium- that was cool, and I liked Diana's diva exit in that helicopter. We sho know how to do it. The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and the like- dont hold a candle to us when we hit that stage.
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yunvme
Comment: the cool thing about Prince's peformance- and its one of those things that cant be planned - was him singing "PURPLE RAIN" in the rain. Now that was cool. An iconic moment.
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Bertie
Comment: If we're going to be that prudish at football games then they better outlaw cheerleaders too because their jumping up and down is tight tops showing cleavage and booty shorts is explicitly sexual.
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khufu
Comment: come on....yt tv is filled with sex....why they trippin? cause A Black man with a big phallic symbol had the yt girls wanting to stroke the strings.......this goes back to let's see Otis Redding, JB, Lil Richard, Chuck Bery and Billy Eckstine...yt has a problem with Black male performers flaunting their sexuality and having say over white women...Frank SInatra was invented to take attention away from Eckstine ....Jerry Lee lewis for either Lil Richrad or Chuck Berry and then Elvis for a whole bunch of folks...YT envies the Black male phallus!
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khufu
Comment: sway over white women
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yunvme
Comment: the right wing conservative is trying to take all the fun out of life- and they are the biggest freaks and the biggest hypocrites.
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dcdouglass01
Comment: Prince was simply playing his guitar the way he's played it since he first came on the scene. Perhaps he does a little more stroking than other guitar players (for dramatic, and yes, sexual effect) but that's just his style. And I would assume the CBS execs (or their advisers) were aware of that. So keep doing your thing, Brother Nelson. Although it would be nice if you'd set aside the Jehovah's winess thing and put "Sexy MF" back in the rotation.
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dcdouglass01
Comment: And yes, khufu, you are correct in that the racial aspect is in there too (isn't it always?). Yt folk have had a problem with Black males ever since their women couldn't take their eyes off our glistening muscles when we were getting off the ship in 1619. And the racist issue in general has been demonstrated in their treatment/ostratization of Janet Jackson, whose career the corporate music machines have looked to derail altogether (Justin seems to be doing just fine, which is no coincidence). And now some music critic's wife swooned over Prince, and the yt males insecurities rise again.
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MediaAgent
Comment: Listen, ANYONE who questions PRINCE's meanings has to be a person who purchased his Purple Rain album only...Prince is NOTORIOUS for stroking his guitar. But then again, so is: Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Slash...so wtf??? Prince is the father of a song called "Head". Even though his religious beliefs are more pronounced, don't get it twisted...More people need to really research an artist before they start going off the deep end...While it was not his best performance, I give it to him and the chicks performing in the rain...ROCK ON PRINCE!
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musbdherbs
Comment: khufu...there was also an even larger issue raised over Janet's performance. What's the racial element in that backlash...especially since many BLACKS have been blasting her since.
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MediaAgent
Comment: Speaking of ridiculous, I read an USA article today about how Ken Elrich (Executive Producer) of Grammys will pair off artists to get a great moment on the telecast. One reference was to how he hooked up Prince and Beyonce in 2004. Re Ken Ehrlich: His glittery résumé doesn't open every door. When he proposed in 2004 that Prince and Beyoncé collaborate on a medley of the Purple One's hits, the young diva "flat-out didn't want to do it," Ehrlich says. "She said, 'Ken, why can't I just do Dangerously in Love?' I sat with her for an hour and a half explaining why she had to do it.
"She gave in, and she ended up loving it. It was one of the most amazing openings ever."
You know Beyonce DEFINITELY did not know what was good for her. How in the hell are you going to OPEN the grammy's and want them to let you do "Dangerously in Love" over Prince's hits? IDIOT!
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CrzyLdy16
Comment: Well, if Prince is back to his old self then I am happy as hell!
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Merd325
Comment: I was paying that guitar no mind. I didn't watch one ounce of the football game! I only watch the halftime show because of Prince. Enough said.
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khufu
Comment: his next project should be entilted, KISS my guitar
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chocolattechile
Comment: dcdoug and musb, you just struck a chord with me re: Janet Jackson and how she has been lambasted by media and "us" for her mistake, but Justin keeps getting "props" from us. Thank you at least I don't feel alone!
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TJthemilitant
Comment: I for one knew exactly what Prince was doing when he did the lucious pose...excited the hell outta me!!!..Thank you baby boy!.....And as for the intimidated white male?..Get the hell over it you little pee wee byches!!!!
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khufu
Comment: consider....YT has a problem with the sexuality of Black folks for deep deep reasons as previously addressed dy Frances Cress Welsin...yall remember the Public enemy album: Fear Of A Black Planet? Okay.......the breast is a symbol for the nurturing and nourishing of life, does it not? The phaalus represents the giver of life...the dissemenator (sp) 0f the life force---does it not? That being the case: Janet and Prince cause a problem for YT as those sexual symbols represent our power to create life and sustain life and nourish life......
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khufu
Comment: Prince especially exhibited control of HIS OWN sexual power...His own sexual identity and power...yt hates that sheet...especially since Prince told his record label slaver owner to kiss his azz and still he rises without them....Prince is a strong, self-determining Black man who not only controls his wealth, intellectual property, creativity but also his own sexuality.......YT hates him! and they especially hate that he is a balanced Black man...he is balanced with his feminine and masculine energies.....Fook YT...Prince....the new soul brother number 1......continue on...continue on
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khufu
Comment: Another book for people taking the road less traveled in regards to race is Neely Fuller’s The united-independent compensatory code/system/concept: A textbook/workbook for thought, speech, and/or action, for victims of *racism (white supremacy). One paraphrased quote from the book to me, MUST be read and digested:
“Some white people do not hate black people because they are black; they hate black people because they are not black.”
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Khufu, there it is in a nutshell. That's always been their problem.
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khufu
Comment: YT girl can show her narrow azz and lil breats on TV all day and it's no problem...Janet's appears and itz a problem...why? because that one breast subjugated all he lil yt girls...one sistahs breast is mo powerful (in their minds) than the totality of the YT woman.......the black woman's breast has fed nations and will again one day when Black folks wake up to their nationhood again..and that's what they fear A BLACK PLANET
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khufu
Comment: Prince reminded the world of the Black man's sexual superiority in the stroke of a nut...i mean note......Black man + white woman equals Black baby
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khufu
Comment: white man + Black woman = Black baby
Black man + Black woman equals kings and queens....gods and goddesses.....
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Goliano
Comment: He knew what he was doing... that schitt was obvious as hell. But it was Prince, so, what did they expect?
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beboyz
Comment: indipindintthnkr - To get your link to work they have to take out any spaces. I saw the pic its much ado about nothing the critics have penis envy
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Tiedie
Comment: Khufu >> what kings & queens?
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musbdherbs
Comment: khufu...you're on another plateau again. Some of the most vocal critics of Janet's performance..were blacks. So while there may be some unsettled issues w/yt's and black sexuality, BLACK people seem to be horrified by what Janet did..or at least they jumped on the anti-janet bandwagon in full force. Hence, her lack of support since then.
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McNasty
Comment: Musb he lives on another plateau, nothing new there. Khufu you know you spend way too much time referencing that little whackerdoodle of yours. In that women are supposed to be more chaste than they are janet pulled a no no with a white boy - then tried to say it was a malfunction. Had she owned up to it and told the world 'you know I've been tryin' to show y'all these things for the longest' she might not have suffered such backlash and loss of her fan base. Her halftime show can't EVEN be compared to His Royal Badness!
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McNasty
Comment: . . . of course I've never been a janet fan as I require hella more talent than she actually has as entertainment for myself.
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BigBlackRod
Comment: What's gonna end up happenin' is that errthang is gonna go to pay-per-view, and then it's anything goes! We'll have strippers, full frontal nudity, and ritual sacrifice at halftime. Let's see the FCC phukk with THAT! PEACE.
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BigBlackRod
Comment: Janet's lack of support has more to do with that wackazz music she has resorted to putting out. I understand that sex sells, but she would do well to exercise some discretion about herself. And this comes from a guy with over two hundred porn movies...PEACE.
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PHScott
Comment: Time 4 my 2 cents... First, Janet's thing was NO WARDROBE MALFUNCTION. Look at the close-up pictures of her outfit and the piece of fabic in Justin's hand and you'll see SNAPS. You'll also see the lace was sewn into the piece in Justin's hand. End of story. NOW- on to this year's show. I'm not seeing what they are trying to complain abot. That is absurd. What they should complain abt is the fact that Prince's guitar was too loud in the playback- it drowned out the band. Also, for the first time in my life I've heard a Prince guitar out of tune. Maybe it was the rain... As for this phallic shadow thing, put it to rest right now, because that's nothing. If the NFL wants to avoid future controversy, they should hire a symphony orchestra to do the halftime show. Stay away from pop artists, and maybe even bands that hail from HBCU's.
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goodnplenty1957
Comment: so i guess asking George Clinton to have the Mothership landing during the halftime show is out of there? hey it was a thought!
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MorrisOKelly
Comment: This is a farce all the way around. Prince had to show his complete show to CBS/Super Bowl people LONG before it was performed. There aren't any "surprises" anymore thanks to Janet.
This is a non-story. If CBS/Super Bowl were concerned, it never would've happened. If they missed it and didn't notice it in the first place, then it really wasn't all that obvious and again is not an issue.
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moonbeams
Comment: Prince KILLED it and the haters can't take it, so they are looking for anythign to nitpick. -- I have to clarify a few things though. Prince has always made that move while playing guitar - any guitar. That guitar is NOT a phallic symbol. He has played it for more than a decade now. It is named Habibi and it is the combination male/female/life symbol that he changed his name to in the mid '90s. He is a JW now. He does not cuss or do X-rated songs anymore. Because of his immense, unparalled talent and showmanship those songs aren't even missed when you see him live. Finally, Prince has nothing but kind words/feelings toward Beyonce. Since the Grammys she's been his girl. She did his Brit Hall of Fame induction in November. He also went out of his way to go to her table and talk to her at the Golden Globes. One of her videos plays in a montage at his club 3121 in Vegas. The Twinz have been with Prince for more than a year now. Their presence is NOT a swipe at Beyonce in any way. Let's celebrate black love - not create rumors of black dissonance. -- Also my favorite Neely Fuller quote is, "If you don't understand White Supremacy (Racism)--what it is and how it works, everthing else that you understand will only confuse you."
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mizjo
Comment: Well, okay, moonbeams, you pretty much covered everything I wanted to say re: Habibi, Beyonce, the Twinz, the JW membership, the live shows and whatever else. You are obviously a knowledgeable fan and I have much respect for your comments. Thank you!!
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