Justin Timberlake Dances On Princes Grave

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by NICK PEMBERTON


Prince said of holograms: “That’s the most demonic thing imaginable. Everything is as it is, and it should be. If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing … it really is demonic. And I am not a demon….Also, what they did with that Beatles song [‘Free As a Bird’], manipulating John Lennon’s voice to have him singing from across the grave … that’ll never happen to me. To prevent that kind of thing from happening is another reason why I want artistic control.”

Justin Timberlake was made aware of Prince’s words before his Super Bowl Halftime Show in Prince’s home state. Timberlake said that he would on second thought not use Prince’s hologram in his performance. It would have been better if Timberlake had simply been honest with Prince’s friends and family. He ended up using a projection of a hologram. Skating by on this technicality shows that Timberlake never understood Prince’s wishes. Or maybe he chose not to understand them.

There was a telling exchange between the two musicians about a decade ago. Prince said of Timberlake’s hit “SexyBack”: “For whoever is claiming they are bringing sexy back, sexy never left!” Timberlake responded quite lamely on Timbaland’s song “Give It To Me”: We missed you on the charts last week /Damn, that’s right you wasn’t there / Now if se-sexy never left, then why is everybody on my shi-i-it? / Don’t hate on me just because you didn’t come up with it.” Now that Prince is gone, Timberlake’s call to bring sexy back actually makes some sense. Only Timberlake would not be the man to do it.

Timberlake was rather prosaic to me before his blasphemy on Sunday. His sexy is not Prince’s sexy or Madonna’s sexy. Prince was sexy because he was subversive. Timberlake’s clean-cut look now matches the suburban dad he has become. Before that, he had a cretinous boyish air to him.

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[Miles Archer]

1. "...a projection of a hologram..."

My guess is that a hologram WAS planned, and the public backlash (as well as the media dipping into the archives) for Prince's own thoughts on the subject) squashed the idea.

Wanna pay "tribute" to Prince? Here's one way to do it, without a hologram:

[lillypaddle]

10. I know a lot of people consider Adam

"pop" but I think he is extremely versatile and talented.

[NCTraveler]

2. Creating an argument between the living and the dead.

Even to go so far as to reference the performance in religious terms.

Division is the way of the day.

Solid performance by Timberlake.

RIP Prince.

Please note the numerous unattributed thoughts of others put forward by the author of this article.

Author is an absolute wreck. Loves to divide and has a clear history of it.

This article was an absolute joke.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/11/22/what-to-do-about-al-franken/

Some solid insight from the author.

"Franken has always been an enemy of the world’s people, even when he wooed liberal appeal at home. In the current political climate imperialism and sexual harassment seem to be the only things we can count on."

"We could go on debating whether Franken is really “left”. I would argue that he’s not."

"There is evidence against Franken. The photo depicts a man who can grab what he wants too."

"A Franken resignation would be satisfying but would it be sufficient? "

" I will shed no tears for the imperialist harasser Al Franken. Let his head roll."

[msongs]

3. so much bla bla over an issue with no meaning or value in the real world. nt

[yallerdawg]

4. Pooh-poohing a tribute and honor to Prince in Minneapolis?

On an international stage - and the most watched show of the year?

Not to mention Prince is widely acclaimed as the greatest Super Bowl performer of all time?

Very appropriate, very well done - including the entire city turning purple!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

6. That didn't happen.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/3804648-sorry-folks-mpls-really-didnt-turn-purple/

[yallerdawg]

8. Ok, I thought I saw this on my TV. Thank you.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

9. You did. It was some really clever computer effects, though.

But the city itself didn't change colors. It would have been really neat if they managed to pull that off live, but alas, they just rotoscoped the image and used some CGI to create the love symbol.

Apparently several people living in Minneapolis rushed outside to see if they'd really pulled that effect off.

[bigtree]

5. this is silly

...Timberlake did no such thing.

On and on about Timberlake 'bringing sexy back' is just as silly.

[Guilded Lilly]

7. Im Team Timberlake on this. His performance honoring Prince...

Made me think about just how good Prince was. A fact that escaped me when he was alive, to be honest.

[Oneironaut]

11. I really wish that we, as a society, would stop turning everything into a controversy

[Miles Archer]

12. ...