A Prince song they never would have allowed during the halftime show:

[marmar]

It was great to see the Purple One playing his hits tonight, but never forget some of his more politically tinged songs, such as "Cinnamon Girl," off the Musicology CD of a couple of years ago:

Cinnamon Girl Lyrics
by Prince
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As war drums beat in Babylon
Cinnamon girl starts 2 pray
Eye've never heard a prayer like this 1
Never b4 that day

Tearful words of love 4 people she had never met b4
Asking God 2 grant them mercy in this face of a holy war

Cinnamon Girl

Cinnamon Girl of mixed heritage
Never knew the meaning of color lines
911 turned that all around
When she got accused of this crime

So began the mass illusion, war on terror alibi
What's the use when the god of confusion keeps on telling the same lie?

Cinnamon Girl

Don't cry, don't shed no tears
1 night won't make us feel
Cause we know how this movie's ending

Cinnamon Girl

As war drums beat in Babylon
And scorch the blood red sky
Militants bomb the foreign gun
Both sides truly die

Cinnamon girl opens the book she knows will settle all the scores
Then she prays after the war that there will not b anymore

Cinnamon Girl


He is, was and always will be a genius. :yourock:

[orleans]

1. he was great. he looked great. and i kept wondering how no one was

getting electrocuted playing instruments in all the rain.

[marmar]

2. LOL. Good point.....

I couldn't even enjoy the game because it was such a muddy mess.

[KeepItReal]

3. Don't forget "Sign 'O' The Times"

"In france a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name,
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called the disciples high on crack, totin a machine gun

Time, time

Hurricane annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story is tellin u somebody died
Sister killed her baby cuz she could afford 2 feed it and were sending people 2 the moon
In september my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time now hes doing horse, its june

Times, times

Its silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes
And everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man aint happy
Unless a man truly dies
Oh why?

Time, time

Baby make a speech, star wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?

Time, times "

[marmar]

4. Yup. And going way back, "Annie Christian":

Annie Christian wanted to be number 1
but her kingdom never comes, thy will be done
She couldn't stand the glory, she would be 2nd to none
the way Annie tells the story, she's his only son
Annie Christian wanted to be a big star
so she moved to Atlanta and she bought a blue car
she killed black children, and what's fair is fair
if u try and say u're crazy, everybody say electric chair
electric chair

Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified, I'll live my life in taxicabs
Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified, I'll live my life in taxicabs

Annie Christian was a whore always looking for some fun
being good was such a bore, so she bought a gun
she killed John Lennon, shot him down cold
she tried to kill Reagan, everybody say gun control
gun control

Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs
Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs

Liar Liar Liar! got ya in a jam
put your head on the block, somebody say ABSCAM
ABSCAM

Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs
Annie Christian, Annie Christ
until u're crucified I'll live my life in taxicabs

[Lex]

5. I loved that one. I was a Prince fan waaay before Purple Rain.

He had lotsa naughty songs!

[madrchsod]

6. "darling nicky" would have been interesting

[marmar]

7. Indeed......

'Cause in today's warped world, masturbation is much more offensive than unnecessary war.

[Lex]

8. Back in the day, I really liked his "Dirty Mind" album.

Except, ummm, maybe I had it on cassette!

[marmar]

9. Dirty Mind is a great album - I discovered it retroactively.....

1999 is the album that made me a huge Prince fan (I was 11 when it came out). I remember turning down "Let's Pretend We're Married" when my parents would come into my room.
The diminutive genius is a huge part of the soundtrack of my life.