The game was a stinker, as Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts defeated Rex Grossman and the Chicago Bears 29-17.
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He sold more than 100 million records throughout his career with hits including “1999”, “Little Red Corvette”, “When Does Cry”, “Let’s Go Crazy”, “Purple Rain”, “Kiss”, “Cream” and “Musicology”.
Prince will be missed.
“Can you make it rain harder?” he asked, when told that it would be raining during the show. Even more memorable than Devin Hester’s opening kickoff return for a touchdown, was Prince’s halftime show.
Following the stunning news that Prince has been found dead at the age of 57, we could have chosen any one of an endless number of iconic performances by the artist with which to remember him by. He later performed a three-hour concert for the team at Paisley Park after the game. “I didn’t expect this party”, Maya Moore said (via the Star-Tribune’s Jon Bream).
Met with a torrential downpour ahead of halftime-a unsafe proposition that would have many musicians, particularly guitarists, postponing or cancelling outright-Prince was asked by a halftime show producer if he wanted to continue with the show. [Boozer] was livid. So pissed off, so angry…
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Well, we always counted on Prince, too. “But the explosive coda was Purple Rain, which had the stadium full of testosterone-pumped football fanatics waving their arms and howling in falsetto”. “I was just trying to get here”.
