Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations that Prince would do Janet Jackson one better, and make her flashing of the infamous nipple look like a Pax TV special. But Prince has in recent years become a Jehovah's Witness, denounced profanity and begun to carry himself in a way that makes Tony Dungy look like Marilyn Manson. So I didn't expect the profane Prince of "Head", "Get Off," or the sly pansexual genius of "If I was Your Girlfriend". BUT Prince, in his 2004 album Musicology, has a brilliant song about anti-Arab racism, called "Cinnamon Girl." So I thought we might get something with some kind of political content. My hopes were too high. But to call his performance, as ESPN.com did, "Badass: start to finish" makes me wonder how far the badass bar has been lowered. Yes he looked great with that purple guitar, but he played a cover of "Proud Mary." Dang, I would have settled for "Little Red (Freakin') Corvette"!
America may have swooned for The Kid, but more than a few hearts were broken along the banks of Lake Minnetonka.