It was pouring rain and Prince never lost one curl on his head during his performance 😉 meanwhile everyone else was drenched... That's royal purple magic!! 🪄✨ 💜
Correction...playing "Purple Rain" in a literal Purple Rain!(thanks to lighting)...all the factors needed to coincide for that to happen!... 1st-needed to book prince for this specific SB 2nd-needed to be in an open air stadium in February, not a dome) 3rd-it had to be raining at halftime This is damn near a religious experience! Couple that with having the 30 ft banner casting a 25 ft silhouette of a 5'7" man... the metaphorical symbolism of him becoming a giant! In front of millions of people!!
Dave Grohl lead singer of Foo fighters has said he was watching the show and when Prince started singing the best of you it took a minute to register and yelled out oh my God is he singing our song 🤣 so that is how Foo fighters found out Prince was singing their song. They were surprised but flattered that Prince covered their song 😊
There's an amazing video of Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood and others at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Everyone's doing a great job with the song, then Prince goes on an absolutely blinder of a guitar solo that makes everyone else on stage just kinda stare at him in awe of his talent. Absolutely worth a watch.
DEFINITELY watch and react to that performance. I kept waiting on the guitar to catch fire! I can't think of enough adjectives to describe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitar performance.
theres a really good mini documentry about this half time show. they talk about how when they all woke up it was raining and they didnt want to tell Prince because they didnt think he'd want to do the show, his response was "can you make it rain harder?"...... the NFL's youtube channel has parts of it
If you watch the behind the scenes of the making of this half time show, one of the directors was telling them, hey, it's probably not a good idea to mix electricity and rain, and add to that, the women dancing, and they were all like let's do this. Magic!
kabir ive seen prince live 3 times ,,,,, he was astonishing live ,, and im a musician,, i was blown away ,,,,, he was brilliant ,,,, he played the drums ,,, his guitar and piano,,,, and was a genius on all of them .... stunned
1. Technically, the first few decades of Super Bowl halftime shows, university bands performed, first being univ. of Arizona. Started having headliners later 80’s/early 90’s. 2. Let’s just say, the cheapest ticket to this years super bowl in Los Angeles was around $3,000
I wasn't a big Prince fan at the time, but I was fortunate to get invited to a live show of his back around 2006, and it was bar none the best music performance I've ever seen. He and his band were just electric for hours straight. Maybe the best live performer ever.
The first halftime performance was a band from my famiies Legacy School......The World Famed Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band from Grambling, Louisiana. One of our great HBCU's. Another great one is on the field now....FAMU .....Florida A&M University.
Best performance in a do-rag EVER by the Purple One in the pouring rain performing Purple Rain during the Super Bowl Halftime Show! RIP When the Super Bowl games originally began more than 50 years ago, they basically had college marching bands or cheesy bland really conservative groups performing, but that all changed when they got Michael Jackson to perform, years before Prince. MJ set the standard for the modern halftime program, and his Super Bowl Halftime show is worthy of a reaction. From then on, they started booking more renown artists with a broader appeal to a younger, hipper audience. The Halftime Show thus became an event in itself. i'm not sure about the ticket price, but I've heard they run north of $3000.
RIP Prince Rogers Nelson. 💜 Multi talented musician and consummate performer. Yes, legendary for sure. All that electronic equipment and pouring rain. 😳 He was asked before the show whether he had concerns about the weather and he said “can you make it rain harder?” 🎸 🎶🎸
It had been raining hard all day, and shortly before the halftime show, the producer called Prince and told him about the rain, and asked if he was still okay to go ahead with the show. Prince responded, "can you make it rain harder?" An amazing showman
What a great reaction. 🥰 When Prince played, it was soon after wardrobe malfunctiongate and the censors were at high alert. So when Prince played his guitar behind the giant sheet, his guitar was a giant phallic symbol and was Prince snubbing the censors (who he has had a longtime feud with) Also the Foo Fighters were hanging with Neil Peart and Rush when unbeknownst to them Prince was covering Best of You. Someone ran out to tell them Prince was covering them at the Superbowl. They said "cool"!. He did this because they covered Darling Nikki without telling him. Prince was the only artist (as far as i know)who added multiple covers to his Superbowl setlist. Sampling Queen, Dylan, CCR AND Foo Fighters. All live! No lip syncing like so many including MJ. Or air banding like Red Hot Chili Peppers(embarrassing). Real music played by real musicians. Legendary performance. RIP Prince 💔
This one is the best ever! I miss this man. There was a real possibility that they would get electrocuted, but they kept on performing. Legends. I have edited this 3 time. Through tears. I love him. I wish he was still here.
Two things: 1. They told Prince there was a problem, it looked like it was going to rain when he was supposed to perform. His response was, “Can you make it rain harder?” 2. To answer your question, while there had been some type of entertainment at the Super Bowl halftime show, it became an iconic production when Michael Jackson performed. That changed the halftime show forever. If you haven’t watched it, you owe it to yourself.
"Ticketmaster prices are slightly lower than NFL on Location, with the upper deck seats in 500-level going for about $4,600. Move down to 300-level and your cost goes up to about $6,200 for the cheapest seat. Move down to 100-level and seats are going to be at least $8,400."
Prince was a musical genius and a multi-instrumentalist. He could play drums, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keybords and synthesizer, he had a wide vocal range and even produced his own albums. He would play all the instruments on his albums, mix them all together and then add the vocals over the music track. He was also a phenomenal guitar player and wrote his first song when he was only 7 years old. He came from a musical family. I became an instant Prince fan as soon as his "Purple Rain" album hit the airwaves around 1984. Now, THIS is a halftime show! You need to watch the video where Prince plays alongside Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison and Mark Knopfler to George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". ;-) Peace
I was at the Feb 1985 Purple Rain concert in Los Angeles. I was as almost 15. That, to this day is still my #1 concert. #2 was Music for the Masses at the Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Ca). #3 was U2 in Los Angeles right after 9/11. Two best things about being born in 1970 and raised in Pasadena, Ca. #1 all the genres of music our parents exposed us to and being there for 80s alternative and the beginning of hip hop. #2 growing up with KROQ in my backyard. Being able to meet artists in the alley after interviews was incredible for a young teen. I about died when Robert Smith, The Cure, gave me a hug. When Eminem and Rhianna played at the Rose Bowl several years ago, some guys told my 25 ye old son that it was cool that he brought me. He said, "No Dude, she brought me".. lol Can't wait to see Depeche Mode again coming soon!!
Unfortunately you will never see, nor shall we, thee best half time performance ever. It can never be repeated. Can you imagine what it was like to be a member of that marching band? Omgosh! Forever the memory of playing to Prince!!! They look amazing, btw.
Three best ever - This year, MJ, and Prince. There was a special on this - apparently when he was told it was going to rain, he was like “can we get more?”
Best halftime show ever. You can't beat Purple Rain in the rain!!!💜💜💜. The day they held a football game at a Prince concert!!! By the way, this is ranked #1 in halftime shows. Most are pre-recorded. His was live! You can see a Superbowl halftime show but never like this one💜💜
This is why I couldn’t say that the 2022 was the best halftime show ever… but I think it was number two. No one will ever take that slot from the purple one.💜🤷♀️☔️
Kabir, I was curious about the first halftime shows also so I looked it up. First one was in 1967 with marching bands filling the slot. The first celebrity was Carol Channing in 1970 during her Broadway run for "Hello Dolly". Ticket prices for this past Super Bowl ranged from $250 to $4000 according to Ticket Master.
I know there wasn't a half time show at the first Super Bowl January 15, 1967 because my parents were there. My mother was 5 months pregnant with me when they attended that game at the Los Angeles Colesium. Well, at least not like now. Prior to the early 1990s, the halftime show featured university marching bands. Beginning in 1991, the halftime show began to feature pop music acts to boost viewer interest.
Saw 3xs live. First time when I was 17, my brother's concert date couldn't make it and little sis was asked to go. That was my first concert, most amazing performance 👏
I remember catching this show on TV live. Purple Rain was always one of my favorites and now I can't hear this song anymore without picturing that silhouette in the rain. I remember they interviewed one of the coordinators for the show and how they were watching the weather report up until the last moment. It wasn't until Prince went out on stage that the rain started. It was like mother nature knew right when to put in her two cents.
So much confidence and soul in his music. Many SB halftime performers do very well controlling the nerves that are undoubtedly present, but with this performance, R&R HoF, and I'm sure many, many more, there was no audience too big. Could have played a show for the whole damn galaxy and it wouldn't have phased him at all
It’s too long to do a reaction video but you should watch the NFL documentary about this performance. It has a lot of behind the scenes information like how those twins were dancing in two inch heels in the pouring rain. Halftime shows are a thing at almost every level of football in the USA. High School, College and NFL. In HS and college it’s a marching band, flag team, majorettes and often a dance teams. I was a cheerleader in jr high and high school and we would cheerleaders didn’t perform at half time at football but we did at the half in basketball games. Especially at HBCUs the halftime show is a huge deal. At NFL games the cheerleaders perform but NFL cheerleaders are more like dance teams than HS and college cheerleaders because they don’t do any tumbling or stunts.
Bittersweet for me, having the greatest halftime show - hell, greatest concert period - in the middle of the game where my Bears would start-off strong, but ultimately lose. Prince playing in that downpour was the most amazing musical performance I've ever seen, anywhere, anytime.
...sing it hahah...his concerts...good without superbowl thats how good he was.. so glad I seen him live..this vid made me cry how we should of had him longer...peepz around him let him abuse things bad for him...sigh..like we hear all the time about famous people...love you my Prince.
The producer of this show met with Prince to discuss alternative presentations because of the rain. Prince just looked at him and said ’Let it rain harder’. And you were seeing the result.
What made this so iconic was the massive rainstorm over Miami that day/ and you have Prince singing Purple Rain .. in the actual rain.. you couldn’t script this better !
Like Queen - there aren’t any that can carry a whole show alone like Prince could. Without auto tune and lip sync. Especially ones that will do the Super Bowl. It was such a blessing to see then and again now
The nfl called prince before the peeformance and told him it was gonna rain and asked him if their was anything he wanted.... His reply..... "Can you make it rain harder?" .... Prince was a badass
Only Prince would play an electric guitar in the pouring rain. He was called that morning by a friend and was told it was really raining hard outside, he is reply was, " Can you make it rain harder. Only someone from Minnesota would reply with that. Where tough hard-core peeps. The best halftime show EVER!!! Ok yeah I'm also from Minnesota. Hard to believe he's gone. He is so very much missed. RIP LEDGEN PRINCE!!!
The nosebleed seats were 6 grand each..this year at Super bowl. Those were the cheapest. It was pouring raining during purple rain..Wow ! 15 yrs ago . Makes me cry 😢
I'm sitting on my porch and just as the music began rain started falling how magical... A gift from Prince in heaven ;-) seeing him behind that cloth is my idea of his heaven free of pain sorrow and all earthly matters. Now he's in the wind on the air across the globe forevermore
$3,272.50 per person The 2022 Super Bowl ticket packages listed on On Location start at $3,272.50 per person. Depending on seat location and package details, listings even go up to $14,876 per person.
Funny sidebar to this show: the NFL called Prince and asked him if he wanted to cancel due to the rain. Prince's response: "can you make it rain harder?"
I remember watching something about this and they are talking to the production designer of the Halftime show and he tells Prince that it's raining outside and Prince says "Can you make it Rain Harder"
When I was a kid, back in the '70s, the Super Bowl Halftime Shows were always just collegiate marching bands, or so it seemed. But according to wikipedia, recording artists started performing at these spectacles at Super Bowl IV, 1970, with a tribute to Mardi Gras which featured several jazz artists as well as a marching band. In 1976, there wasn't a marching band, & the only act was something called, 'Up With People', which I really can't explain. It wasn't until 1991, believe it or not, until contemporary artists (New Kids on the Block) started being featured. And, it's had more-or-less contemporary artists ever since.
My boyfriend and his friends want to the Superbowl this year. It cost each of them a minimum of $15,000 with travel, ticket, lodging, and food. That did not include whatever side spending they did.
I have great memories as a kid dancing and jamming to Prince’s music. He was HUGE in th e’80s. Later on, would just laugh at how weird and funny he was. Miss him already.
You mentioned Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones. Both of them are among my top few Super Bowl performances as well. I will also never forget the U2 halftime performance.
When Prince was asked earlier that day if he had any problems with playing in the rain, he responded "can you make it rain harder?"
YES!!
He sure did. After the show he said it wasn't raining hard enough.
When they played football during a Prince concert.
Right!?
💯💁🏻♀️
This.
Yessss 😆
Lol Right!
It was pouring rain and Prince never lost one curl on his head during his performance 😉 meanwhile everyone else was drenched... That's royal purple magic!! 🪄✨ 💜
The rain knew not to even try it. 😆
And wasn’t lip syncing or miming his guitar parts either
Easily one of, if not the best, halftime shows ever. Playing Purple Rain during a rainstorm...perfect.
It's easily #1 for me
@@blacksunday4231 the best ever!
Correction...playing "Purple Rain" in a literal Purple Rain!(thanks to lighting)...all the factors needed to coincide for that to happen!...
1st-needed to book prince for this specific SB
2nd-needed to be in an open air stadium in February, not a dome)
3rd-it had to be raining at halftime
This is damn near a religious experience!
Couple that with having the 30 ft banner casting a 25 ft silhouette of a 5'7" man... the metaphorical symbolism of him becoming a giant! In front of millions of people!!
The fact he was singing Purple Rain in the rain made this performance legendary.
And it proved that God is a Prince fan.
@@alanfriesen9837 Hehe. No doubt.
He also wasn’t lip synching or miming his electric guitar parts
Dave Grohl lead singer of Foo fighters has said he was watching the show and when Prince started singing the best of you it took a minute to register and yelled out oh my God is he singing our song 🤣 so that is how Foo fighters found out Prince was singing their song. They were surprised but flattered that Prince covered their song 😊
It was live, it wasn't lip synced, it was raining, it was Prince...... and it was AWESOME !!!
Amen!!!!
Greatest half time show ever. RIP Prince 🙏🏽
True story!
There's an amazing video of Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood and others at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Everyone's doing a great job with the song, then Prince goes on an absolutely blinder of a guitar solo that makes everyone else on stage just kinda stare at him in awe of his talent. Absolutely worth a watch.
Oh yes!!!! Definitely a MUST reaction!!!
Kabir HAS to do that one! His jaw would drop
DEFINITELY watch and react to that performance. I kept waiting on the guitar to catch fire! I can't think of enough adjectives to describe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitar performance.
And then Prince just mic dropped the guitar to a roadie and walks off stage like a G!
I am 61 years old, easily the best halftime show.....meant for everyone.
yes, that was one of Prince's gifts, to bring all persuasions and people of musical tastes together.
I consider this the best half-time show. To watch Prince give it his all and it was raining was epic. This is why he’s a legend.
theres a really good mini documentry about this half time show. they talk about how when they all woke up it was raining and they didnt want to tell Prince because they didnt think he'd want to do the show, his response was "can you make it rain harder?"...... the NFL's youtube channel has parts of it
The fact that no one slipped and fell on that slippery stage is incredible, especially the twins in those heels.
If you watch the behind the scenes of the making of this half time show, one of the directors was telling them, hey, it's probably not a good idea to mix electricity and rain, and add to that, the women dancing, and they were all like let's do this. Magic!
Prince is a musical genius. His concerts are the best ever. He is the definition of swag.
Kudos to Prince for featuring the Florida A&M University Marching 100. 🧡🐍💚
Florida A&M University marching 100 is the best Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching band in the land. Worth a reaction video
@@lovelyblackbutterfly2515 I second that!
The baddest band in the land!!!!
kabir ive seen prince live 3 times ,,,,, he was astonishing live ,, and im a musician,, i was blown away ,,,,, he was brilliant ,,,, he played the drums ,,, his guitar and piano,,,, and was a genius on all of them .... stunned
1. Technically, the first few decades of Super Bowl halftime shows, university bands performed, first being univ. of Arizona. Started having headliners later 80’s/early 90’s.
2. Let’s just say, the cheapest ticket to this years super bowl in Los Angeles was around $3,000
Best. Halftime. Show. EVER EVER EVER!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜
Purple rain is a song that just touches my soul. Whenever I hear that song I have to stop what I’m doing and just live in that music.
That was FAMU Marching Band. I love he gave some love to HBCU's
I wasn't a big Prince fan at the time, but I was fortunate to get invited to a live show of his back around 2006, and it was bar none the best music performance I've ever seen. He and his band were just electric for hours straight. Maybe the best live performer ever.
The first halftime performance was a band from my famiies Legacy School......The World Famed Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band from Grambling, Louisiana. One of our great HBCU's. Another great one is on the field now....FAMU .....Florida A&M University.
Best performance in a do-rag EVER by the Purple One in the pouring rain performing Purple Rain during the Super Bowl Halftime Show! RIP
When the Super Bowl games originally began more than 50 years ago, they basically had college marching bands or cheesy bland really conservative groups performing, but that all changed when they got Michael Jackson to perform, years before Prince. MJ set the standard for the modern halftime program, and his Super Bowl Halftime show is worthy of a reaction. From then on, they started booking more renown artists with a broader appeal to a younger, hipper audience. The Halftime Show thus became an event in itself. i'm not sure about the ticket price, but I've heard they run north of $3000.
Yeah until the wardrobe "malfunction" then it mellowed out.
He was an awesome guitarist!
Kabir, there will never ever be another Prince. As you already know he was amazing.
prince was a true musical genius,,,im so glad i saw him live,,,,
Hard to beat Purple Rain...in the rain.
A lot of people dont realize how great of a guitarist Prince was. He was a gift to humanity. Quite possibly the greatest pure musical talent ever
This was the best halftime show ever especially Purple rain in the rain!
RIP Prince Rogers Nelson. 💜 Multi talented musician and consummate performer. Yes, legendary for sure.
All that electronic equipment and pouring rain. 😳 He was asked before the show whether he had concerns about the weather and he said “can you make it rain harder?” 🎸 🎶🎸
It had been raining hard all day, and shortly before the halftime show, the producer called Prince and told him about the rain, and asked if he was still okay to go ahead with the show. Prince responded, "can you make it rain harder?" An amazing showman
What a great reaction. 🥰
When Prince played, it was soon after wardrobe malfunctiongate and the censors were at high alert. So when Prince played his guitar behind the giant sheet, his guitar was a giant phallic symbol and was Prince snubbing the censors (who he has had a longtime feud with)
Also the Foo Fighters were hanging with Neil Peart and Rush when unbeknownst to them Prince was covering Best of You. Someone ran out to tell them Prince was covering them at the Superbowl. They said "cool"!. He did this because they covered Darling Nikki without telling him.
Prince was the only artist (as far as i know)who added multiple covers to his Superbowl setlist. Sampling Queen, Dylan, CCR AND Foo Fighters. All live! No lip syncing like so many including MJ. Or air banding like Red Hot Chili Peppers(embarrassing).
Real music played by real musicians. Legendary performance. RIP Prince 💔
Damn, Prince was such a fine musician 💜
Kabir, now this is what you call a performance from real talented musician's like back in the day that were real entertainers!
This one is the best ever! I miss this man. There was a real possibility that they would get electrocuted, but they kept on performing. Legends. I have edited this 3 time. Through tears. I love him. I wish he was still here.
Years before Prince passed, someone asked Eric Clapton what it was like to be the world's best guitarist, and he said 'go ask Prince '
You know, people made fun of Prince, but Dude was NO JOKE when it came to great Guitarists, RIP!!!
One of the greatest artist of all time!
Only idiots and the jealous would think of making fun of Prince! Man was a legend and gone too soon. RIP PRINCE! Still miss you!❤❤💔
He actually made a lot of people insecure because he was such a badass. He was referred to as "His Royal Badness". Women worshiped him. Greatest ever
I saw Prince when he was opening for Rick James. He had those a#@ out pants on and I didn’t know what make of him but. I was a fan from that day on!
I'm fuckin 47.. still get teary eyed watching this perfomance. Flawless!
Two things:
1. They told Prince there was a problem, it looked like it was going to rain when he was supposed to perform. His response was, “Can you make it rain harder?”
2. To answer your question, while there had been some type of entertainment at the Super Bowl halftime show, it became an iconic production when Michael Jackson performed. That changed the halftime show forever. If you haven’t watched it, you owe it to yourself.
"Ticketmaster prices are slightly lower than NFL on Location, with the upper deck seats in 500-level going for about $4,600. Move down to 300-level and your cost goes up to about $6,200 for the cheapest seat. Move down to 100-level and seats are going to be at least $8,400."
Prince was a musical genius and a multi-instrumentalist. He could play drums, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keybords and synthesizer, he had a wide vocal range and even produced his own albums. He would play all the instruments on his albums, mix them all together and then add the vocals over the music track. He was also a phenomenal guitar player and wrote his first song when he was only 7 years old. He came from a musical family. I became an instant Prince fan as soon as his "Purple Rain" album hit the airwaves around 1984. Now, THIS is a halftime show! You need to watch the video where Prince plays alongside Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison and Mark Knopfler to George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". ;-) Peace
I was at the Feb 1985 Purple Rain concert in Los Angeles. I was as almost 15. That, to this day is still my #1 concert. #2 was Music for the Masses at the Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Ca). #3 was U2 in Los Angeles right after 9/11.
Two best things about being born in 1970 and raised in Pasadena, Ca. #1 all the genres of music our parents exposed us to and being there for 80s alternative and the beginning of hip hop. #2 growing up with KROQ in my backyard. Being able to meet artists in the alley after interviews was incredible for a young teen. I about died when Robert Smith, The Cure, gave me a hug.
When Eminem and Rhianna played at the Rose Bowl several years ago, some guys told my 25 ye old son that it was cool that he brought me. He said, "No Dude, she brought me".. lol
Can't wait to see Depeche Mode again coming soon!!
Unfortunately you will never see, nor shall we, thee best half time performance ever. It can never be repeated. Can you imagine what it was like to be a member of that marching band? Omgosh! Forever the memory of playing to Prince!!! They look amazing, btw.
I saw prince in concert and he is amazing. RIP Prince.
I Will always respect Prince for being such an musician, not only a great performer. Come to think of it, its pretty rare.
Three best ever - This year, MJ, and Prince. There was a special on this - apparently when he was told it was going to rain, he was like “can we get more?”
Best halftime show ever. You can't beat Purple Rain in the rain!!!💜💜💜. The day they held a football game at a Prince concert!!! By the way, this is ranked #1 in halftime shows. Most are pre-recorded. His was live! You can see a Superbowl halftime show but never like this one💜💜
Amazing! Playing electric guitar in the pouring rain and the background dancers in high heels dancing around on that wet, slippery stage. Awesome.
This is why I couldn’t say that the 2022 was the best halftime show ever… but I think it was number two. No one will ever take that slot from the purple one.💜🤷♀️☔️
Every now and then I need to be reminded how Blessed I was to grow up to his career ... he is missed
Kabir, I was curious about the first halftime shows also so I looked it up. First one was in 1967 with marching bands filling the slot. The first celebrity was Carol Channing in 1970 during her Broadway run for "Hello Dolly". Ticket prices for this past Super Bowl ranged from $250 to $4000 according to Ticket Master.
I know there wasn't a half time show at the first Super Bowl January 15, 1967 because my parents were there. My mother was 5 months pregnant with me when they attended that game at the Los Angeles Colesium. Well, at least not like now. Prior to the early 1990s, the halftime show featured university marching bands. Beginning in 1991, the halftime show began to feature pop music acts to boost viewer interest.
Best ever!!! Only Prince would perform the halftime show and ask if it can rain harder!! RIP P💜
behind the scene every one was freaking out "HE IS GOING GET ELECTROCUTED"
Yes! To me, this was a very brave performance. Most have prerecorded halftime music, but Prince came out with a full live band and instruments.
Saw 3xs live. First time when I was 17, my brother's concert date couldn't make it and little sis was asked to go. That was my first concert, most amazing performance 👏
Great reaction Kabir. Loved the sing along. I was singing too!!
Prince'd be happy!!
Absolutely loved it!! 💜👍🏽
I remember catching this show on TV live. Purple Rain was always one of my favorites and now I can't hear this song anymore without picturing that silhouette in the rain.
I remember they interviewed one of the coordinators for the show and how they were watching the weather report up until the last moment. It wasn't until Prince went out on stage that the rain started. It was like mother nature knew right when to put in her two cents.
Loved your reaction!!! The " woo hoo hoo hoo's"made my day!! Sang it!!💜💜💜💜 Love from America!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
So happy you reacted to this 💜
ETA - Sing it Kabir!!!
So much confidence and soul in his music. Many SB halftime performers do very well controlling the nerves that are undoubtedly present, but with this performance, R&R HoF, and I'm sure many, many more, there was no audience too big. Could have played a show for the whole damn galaxy and it wouldn't have phased him at all
He did it in pouring rain. And he didn’t bitch about it. Forever will be missed.
It’s too long to do a reaction video but you should watch the NFL documentary about this performance. It has a lot of behind the scenes information like how those twins were dancing in two inch heels in the pouring rain.
Halftime shows are a thing at almost every level of football in the USA. High School, College and NFL. In HS and college it’s a marching band, flag team, majorettes and often a dance teams. I was a cheerleader in jr high and high school and we would cheerleaders didn’t perform at half time at football but we did at the half in basketball games. Especially at HBCUs the halftime show is a huge deal. At NFL games the cheerleaders perform but NFL cheerleaders are more like dance teams than HS and college cheerleaders because they don’t do any tumbling or stunts.
Bittersweet for me, having the greatest halftime show - hell, greatest concert period - in the middle of the game where my Bears would start-off strong, but ultimately lose. Prince playing in that downpour was the most amazing musical performance I've ever seen, anywhere, anytime.
...sing it hahah...his concerts...good without superbowl thats how good he was.. so glad I seen him live..this vid made me cry how we should of had him longer...peepz around him let him abuse things bad for him...sigh..like we hear all the time about famous people...love you my Prince.
I won't say the name for legal reasons, but Prince thought it was Watson hydrocodone in the Rx bottle. It wasn't. That man helped kill Prince. 💯🤬
The producer of this show met with Prince to discuss alternative presentations because of the rain. Prince just looked at him and said ’Let it rain harder’. And you were seeing the result.
What made this so iconic was the massive rainstorm over Miami that day/ and you have Prince singing Purple Rain .. in the actual rain.. you couldn’t script this better !
My favorite’s Prince, Bruno Mars, 2022, Beyoncé, Madonna!
I just had to light one up when Purple Rain came on lol 😆 RIP Prince
My first love growing up rest easy Prince. First Super bowl halftime show was 1993 with Micheal Jackson
He was 100% all class. What a musical genius, gone too soon. RIP PRINCE.
Every time I see this, I tear up. I wish I could have seen Prince live 💔😢❤❤❤
So amazing.
He was the BEST ! RIP Prince
Like Queen - there aren’t any that can carry a whole show alone like Prince could. Without auto tune and lip sync. Especially ones that will do the Super Bowl. It was such a blessing to see then and again now
Ele é demais!!! Sempre vivo no meu coração.
Look at Prince and the twins heels! He was playing the ELECTRIC guitar a thunderstorm! GOAT
The nfl called prince before the peeformance and told him it was gonna rain and asked him if their was anything he wanted.... His reply..... "Can you make it rain harder?" .... Prince was a badass
I actually got to see Prince in Concert back in I think it was 2003 in Portland Oregon…. It will always be a special memory for me…
If you notice, the SB was in Miami. He's sporting Miami Dolphins colors! 😊💯🤗
Only Prince would play an electric guitar in the pouring rain. He was called that morning by a friend and was told it was really raining hard outside, he is reply was, " Can you make it rain harder. Only someone from Minnesota would reply with that. Where tough hard-core peeps. The best halftime show EVER!!! Ok yeah I'm also from Minnesota. Hard to believe he's gone. He is so very much missed. RIP LEDGEN PRINCE!!!
The nosebleed seats were 6 grand each..this year at Super bowl. Those were the cheapest. It was pouring raining during purple rain..Wow ! 15 yrs ago . Makes me cry 😢
"How much are Super Bowl tickets?" A month of your income salary to start! Yes, seriously that much.
He did it all live, in the rain. No lip syncing.
It costs 1500 per ticket to be able to get presale advantage for next Super Bowl. And that doesn’t go toward the payment of the actual ticket
a quick search said tickets started at $3,200 and up to 14,000! for superbowl 2022.
I'm sitting on my porch and just as the music began rain started falling how magical... A gift from Prince in heaven ;-) seeing him behind that cloth is my idea of his heaven free of pain sorrow and all earthly matters. Now he's in the wind on the air across the globe forevermore
Great of you catching the songs.
He was truly amazing and missed dearly. I would also like to let you know that he was performing in 5 inch heels.
$3,272.50 per person
The 2022 Super Bowl ticket packages listed on On Location start at $3,272.50 per person. Depending on seat location and package details, listings even go up to $14,876 per person.
I'm a huge Colts fan. I'm also a huge Prince fan. Thus night was PERFECT!
Funny sidebar to this show: the NFL called Prince and asked him if he wanted to cancel due to the rain. Prince's response: "can you make it rain harder?"
I remember watching something about this and they are talking to the production designer of the Halftime show and he tells Prince that it's raining outside and Prince says "Can you make it Rain Harder"
When I was a kid, back in the '70s, the Super Bowl Halftime Shows were always just collegiate marching bands, or so it seemed. But according to wikipedia, recording artists started performing at these spectacles at Super Bowl IV, 1970, with a tribute to Mardi Gras which featured several jazz artists as well as a marching band. In 1976, there wasn't a marching band, & the only act was something called, 'Up With People', which I really can't explain. It wasn't until 1991, believe it or not, until contemporary artists (New Kids on the Block) started being featured. And, it's had more-or-less contemporary artists ever since.
My boyfriend and his friends want to the Superbowl this year. It cost each of them a minimum of $15,000 with travel, ticket, lodging, and food. That did not include whatever side spending they did.
I still get chills from my hometown boy❤️
The best Super Bowl performance of them all I think!!!
I have great memories as a kid dancing and jamming to Prince’s music. He was HUGE in th e’80s. Later on, would just laugh at how weird and funny he was. Miss him already.
You mentioned Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones. Both of them are among my top few Super Bowl performances as well. I will also never forget the U2 halftime performance.
Prince is still the best halftime show of all time. Hands down
It was downpouring..... Just watching this made me tear up. RIP