It’s common for networks to cut to celebrity faces in the crowd at playoff games like last weekend’s Divisional round matchup between the Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, but FOX seemed particularly tickled by the presence of one Prince, hanging out in a skybox, surrounded by sporting-fan folk and stonefaced in his observation tower despite his home team’s 34-3 blowout. Everybody I watched it with was equally amused, if only for the juxtaposed shots of beefcaked offensive lineman with this spritely extraterrestrial nymph in a fashion-forward black jacket. But it’s not so odd when you think about it: Prince did play the Super Bowl. And because, purple. Vikings paraphernalia wouldn’t clash in Prince’s home one bit, and that’s probably a pretty important litmus test for fandom when you call your home Paisley Park. Moreover Prince and Brett Favre regularly do things with their bodies that make younger men (and women) blush. This all just makes sense.
Somewhat odder although no less amusing is “Purple & Gold,” the fight song Prince has written and recorded for his beloved Purple Ones. He wrote it after watching them rout Romo, telling the Minnesota AP News it was the first time he’d seen the Vikings play in years and that afterward he “saw the future.” And the future is contained in this song, which is less Super Bowl Shuffle and more along the lines of a Kingdom Hall hymnal. “Raise every voice and let it be known in the name of the purple and gold.”
(via 24bit)
The Vikings travel to New Orleans for the NFC Conference Championship game this Sunday at 6:40PM. The Who play this year’s Super Bowl. Bet Pete Townsend doesn’t play a dick solo.
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I’m kind of naturally an underdog guy…I actually started to get bored after last decade…
“He wrote it after watching them rout Romo, telling the Minnesota AP News it was the first time he’d seen the Vikings play in years and that afterward he “saw the future.”
That’s worse than the Saints bandwagon!
This song is garbage by the way. He would have been better off rewriting ‘Raspberry Beret’ with lyrics about the Vikes.
Would you rather see Brett Favre win the Superbowl and decide to stay in the NFL for another year or see the Saints crush the Vikings and have Brett leave. Actually… it would probably end up that Favre would want another chance if he did lose. Goddammit, this is a lose-lose situation no matter what team wins.
Also… the song was horrible.
Everyone in New Orleans was saying that instead of booing the Vikings when they come onfield, they should just play Prince’s song. It’d be even more embarrassing.
Has the taste to cover Tommy James and likes football…One definition of purple…
‘Purple Rain’ was filmed in MInneapolis.
This song reminds me of granny panties and orthopedic shoes.
How long before the Web Sheriff issues a cease and desist order?
That song was terrible and I’m not just saying that because I’m a Packers fan.
First , Prince has the gift to put out hits, second this fight song is in the traditon of fight songs its not a pop song or intended to be one. GO VIKINGS! And Thank you Prince for the song.
As a Lions fan (hey, I’m from Michigan) I can only WISH the God of music (which Prince factually is, as no other artist in history comes close to his level of talent) would write a Lions fight song.
If you know anything about music, you don’t write a pop song as a football fight song. This is an elegantly written, traditional fight song exactly like you’d find in any college setting. It’s easily the best professional fight song there is in the league (especially since most teams don’t even HAVE a fight song.)
When your favorite band is long forgotten in 50 years? Prince- regardless of his date of death- will still have new albums hitting #1 on the charts (as he has enough music already recorded for an album a year for over 100-150 years, all of them A+++ titles, as the rest of his work…)
You can hate the MPLS genius, but your hatred does not in any way take away one ounce of his success and everlasting legacy on our world and the history of mankind.