Prince of the Super Bowl Show

With songs like Let’s Go Crazy, Baby I’m a Star, All Along the Watchtower, Best of You, Proud Mary and the timeless Purple Rain, Prince really did a splendid job when he mounted that spectacular halftime show in the rain that was hailed as one of the best halftime shows in the history of the Superbowl.

At least that was the consensus of the people who watched the Super Bowl XLI where the diminutive performer proved once again why he is one of the giants of the music world, his height notwithstanding.

He did made us, vertically challenged people proud during and after the show. Ha-ha.

But not all were happy with his performance and some critics have found a way to once again revolt against the creative talent of the singer- artist.

Although he is considered to be one of the most gifted musical talents around many were turned off by his eccentricity with regards to his life and music that made him an easy target for self- proclaimed judges in the music business.

Who can forget when he changed his name to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince then to just a mere"symbol" then back to Prince again?

He was and still is a controversial figure ever since he made his debut album Purple Rain in 1984 that was further bolstered by his penchant for colorful butt-baring pants he wears on stage in his shows.

And now some people have accused him of sending some subliminal symbols in his Superbowl performance like it was “demonic” and his guitar which was fashioned like a purple-colored shaped of his now famous/ infamous symbol as having some phallic connotations.

Of course in the world of rock and roll, the guitar is always a phallic symbol; anybody who has watched the late Jimi Hendrix do his thing or seen Eddie Van Halen strokes his "Frankenstrat" guitar would know what I’m talking about.

And Of course, any person with a dirty suspicious mind and a hyper-active imagination can surmise that that was his real intention.

Rain or shine though, his performance at halftime of the greatest one day sports spectacle in the world was a classic from a music aficionados' stand point and his choreography that trademark his shows was outstanding.

He gave the fans their money’s worth and a show to remember for years to come and he obviously did not rain on their parade.

Hail to the Prince of Rock & Roll!