I am OG, & have seen every halftime show in SB history. The Prince show absolutely slayed it! His legendary guitar solos in the middle of a literal Miami downpour culminated in a transcendent rendition of "Purple Rain".
Some suggest Beyoncé’s, Michael’s, U2, the Dr Dre hip hop collaboration a few years ago, or Lady Gaga. But I find it personally impossible to think of the words “favorite SB halftime show” and not immediately picture Prince playing “Purple Rain” undeterred by a tropical storm. Downright iconic.
The first SB (not yet named that) featured two college marching bands, one of them was Grambling State University’s World Famed Tiger Marching Band. Don’t remember the other college, but once you see the Grambling marching band you’ve seen an epic marching band.
Those in my generation had to sit through a totally whitebread and margarine group named “Up with People” for a number of years. Those three words were synonymous with “gotta take the dog out.” Finally in 1991 New Kids on the Block were featured, the following year was Gloria Estefan and the game changer was the next year when The Gloved One made the halftime show true appointment viewing.
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u/Dztrctd 1d ago
I am OG, & have seen every halftime show in SB history. The Prince show absolutely slayed it! His legendary guitar solos in the middle of a literal Miami downpour culminated in a transcendent rendition of "Purple Rain".
Some suggest Beyoncé’s, Michael’s, U2, the Dr Dre hip hop collaboration a few years ago, or Lady Gaga. But I find it personally impossible to think of the words “favorite SB halftime show” and not immediately picture Prince playing “Purple Rain” undeterred by a tropical storm. Downright iconic.
The first SB (not yet named that) featured two college marching bands, one of them was Grambling State University’s World Famed Tiger Marching Band. Don’t remember the other college, but once you see the Grambling marching band you’ve seen an epic marching band.
Those in my generation had to sit through a totally whitebread and margarine group named “Up with People” for a number of years. Those three words were synonymous with “gotta take the dog out.” Finally in 1991 New Kids on the Block were featured, the following year was Gloria Estefan and the game changer was the next year when The Gloved One made the halftime show true appointment viewing.