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Prince's half-time show a phallic thing?
Filed under: Just For Moms, Teens, That's Entertainment
I'm not a big Super Bowl person. In fact, I didn't even know the Colts were from Indiana until I sat down at a friend's house to watch the game. Okay, truth be told it was an excuse for a few mothers to get together for a drink while our kids watched the show downstairs and played, but I'm still claiming it was a football thing.
Anyway, amidst our Sunday afternoon of mom gossip and cocktail hour, we heard the kids shouting from downstairs about weenies. Knowing that they had not eaten any hot dogs, the moms flocked to the television in time to see the half time show of Prince playing his symbol behind the see-through curtain.
"Dude, look! He's playing his Thing!" shouted one of ourssons. "No, man, that's his guitar, you fool!" claimed another. "No way, man. That's his unit!"
And so it went on. It did, indeed, look rather phallic to me. Sure, I had consumed a glass of wine but I swear Prince was playing his weenie behind that curtain. What do you think? Any thoughts?
Anyway, amidst our Sunday afternoon of mom gossip and cocktail hour, we heard the kids shouting from downstairs about weenies. Knowing that they had not eaten any hot dogs, the moms flocked to the television in time to see the half time show of Prince playing his symbol behind the see-through curtain.
"Dude, look! He's playing his Thing!" shouted one of ourssons. "No, man, that's his guitar, you fool!" claimed another. "No way, man. That's his unit!"
And so it went on. It did, indeed, look rather phallic to me. Sure, I had consumed a glass of wine but I swear Prince was playing his weenie behind that curtain. What do you think? Any thoughts?
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2-07-2007 @ 12:05PM
Jennifer said...I burst into laughter the moment they showed Prince playing behind that sheet, it really did look very...phallic (and as I am pregnant, there was no wine to influence my thoughts). I didn't hear any scandal about it in the news the next day though, so I figured I just had a very dirty mind.
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2-07-2007 @ 12:27PM
Jennifer said...Although I ought to say that I love Prince, and I thought the half time show was the best part of the Superbowl, phallic guitar or not.
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2-07-2007 @ 12:29PM
Kim said...If that's what a weenie looks like to you - I want to meet your husband. Kinda large for a body part, don't you think?
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2-07-2007 @ 12:50PM
misty said...I had the same thoughts, and like Jennifer, I too was sober due to being pregnant. I just thought my husband and I had dirty minds, but it did cause a raised eyebrow!!
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2-07-2007 @ 12:40PM
SKL said...You give Prince a lot of credit!
Yes, I too noticed there might have been some "symbolism" intended there, but there's nothing unusual about that in an electric guitar solo. It was "subtle" enough not to be obvious to young kids (i.e., most elementary school age kids), so it didn't bother me - I'm used to the sex-charged standard that goes with pop music.
I did see a news story about this issue yesterday. Most people just blew it off, but there were a few that wanted to make a stink about it. Funny how we set our standards for football entertainment - I mean, we obviously can't ban blood & guts and violence, so might as well ban phallic symbols . . . . (Mind you, I LOVE football, but really, why should the entertainment meet Sunday morning church standards?)
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2-07-2007 @ 12:43PM
Dawn said...When he was behind the screen, I am quite positive that that's what he wanted it to look like... it was very phallic, and I laughed because it's so PRINCE. I loved reading the Rolling STones or perhaps NY Times reviewer's thoughts of the performance and never ONCE mentioned the whole phallic thing. I thought it was pretty funny.
When you hire a performer to do a performance, a performer who has, notoriously been a sometimes outrageous entertainer, you have to expect SOMETHING! LOL
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2-07-2007 @ 2:04PM
Ron said...That's pretty much what it looks like when a guy is playing a guitar. Get your mind out the gutter!
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2-07-2007 @ 2:04PM
Dawn said...I am from Burnsville, Minnesota so of course, the readio stations were pretty hyped up. Not sure who started the rumor that it was "planned" to look like that, but most of the Dj's agreed: No way that it was meant to be sexual.. even though it is PRINCE.
Haha.. I think in the back of my mind when I heard this, it made me remember last year's ordeal with Janet Jackson. I wonder if that has any relation: Each year now for Super Bowl there will be critics saying that something was "extremely perverse" or crap along that line. What do you think? Am I over processing this?
I don't remember much about Prince since I was born in 1985, but I don't see him doing that. Not now at least.
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2-07-2007 @ 2:32PM
Ann Adams said...I spotted it too and thought it was my perverted mind working overtime. I'm so glad I'm not alone.
Shades of the Janet tempest in a teapot. I wonder if CBS will have to pay another fine.
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2-07-2007 @ 3:25PM
Marcia said...I actually didn't think that way for once! lol... I'm not a fan of Prince, so the whole halftime show really disappointed me to begin with accept the marching band (being in the colorguard for 3 years I know it's hard work and deserved more airtime than they got). I went to bed right after halftime since I wasn't cheering for either team anyways.
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2-08-2007 @ 7:59AM
Ally said...I feel like no one here remembers who Prince is. He is by far the most blatantly sexual musical performer on Earth. Of COURSE it was planned to look that way - hence the sheet being up. That being said, I was glad to see it - I never want Prince and his over the top antics to go away. They are highly entertaining.
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2-07-2007 @ 6:46PM
MamaChristy said...I thought it was great. Prince doesn't swear at all anymore and I have no problem with an adult "joke" that wasn't so overt that it was scandalous to let the kids watch. Hello, people! This is PRINCE! These days you wouldn't see him in behind-less pants, so I thought this was very tame considering the whole Janet Jackson fiasco and how Prince used to perform.
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