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Prince Deemed Family Friendly, Mariah Carey Worried Fans Will Confuse Her With Porn Star, And More

12/11/06, 9:07 am EST

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  • Now that Prince is a reformed provocateur, he’s been deemed prude enough for a family audience. The Purple One has reportedly been booked as the half time entertainment act at the Super Bowl, to be held in Miami on February 4th.
  • Mariah Carey is reportedly concerned that fans will soon be even more likely to confuse her with a porn star. Mary Carey – an established porn star – is attempting to copyright her name and Carey (the pouty, tight-skirt wearing one NOT in the porn business) is objecting, claiming fans will not be able to tell them apart. Isn’t this a lose lose argument?
  • Stephen Colbert has accepted the Decemberists challenge to settle their differences like fifteen-year-old boys, via a guitar solo duel. He claims the band have sealed their fate, as Colbert was once in new wave group Stephen and the Colberts. Watch Colbert announce a date for the duel (December 20th) here.
  • Want to wear an alien outfit onstage with the Flaming Lips on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles? All you have to do is humiliate yourself via international video-sharing phenomenon YouTube. Upload a clip of yourself rocking out to your favorite Lips tune, and upload it to the band’s dance contest spot. If yours is the best, you win.
  • Fall Out Boy tell Billboard the rest of their new record will be as weird and unlike-them-sounding as the first single, “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race.” There’s a lot of different voices and perspectives and styles,” guitarist Patrick Stump justified. “It would be dishonest for us to hold back any of these elements.” Their mothers raised them well.

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chance | 12/11/2006, 10:51 am EST

lol, if mariah carey didn’t carry and dress herself like a porn star, she wouldn’t have to worry about her fans confusing her w/ mary carey, now would she? she deserves all the confusion coming her way…what a dumb b***h!

tbone | 12/11/2006, 11:36 am EST

One of the things that made Prince cool was that could be commercially successful without “selling out” like a lot of other artists of his generation. First the Super Bowl, Chevy commercials can’t be too far behind. Isn’t his legacy complete without sounding awful in the middle of a football field in front of fans who aren’t there to see him?

matt | 12/11/2006, 11:45 am EST

prince is a good choice for the Super Bowl. He has tons of great songs and stage presence. I think it’ll be a cool halftime show

Barry | 12/11/2006, 11:52 am EST

Fall Out Boy should quit kissing their own asses with those stupid titles. I’m sure it’s hard to walk with your head three feet up your own ass. Panic! At the Disco has the same problem.

Obviously naming a tune is a pretty subjective process, but christ, Fall Out Boy has a song on “From Under the Cork Tree” that is 19 words long, and Panic! At the Disco enters into the insanity with 16 words, but they join in on the ridiculousness with titles such as “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off.”

I get the feeling both these bands think they’re really witty, and, to join in on the fun, I’m going to suggest the top five song titles they should use, inspired by my church’s marquee.

1. If you give the Devil an Inch, He’ll Want to be a Ruler.
2. Sunshine is God’s Way of Saying Everything Is Alright.
3. You Can’t Spell Christmas Without Christ.
4. Praying Is Your Own Personal Phone Call to God…Don’t Make a Collect Call.
5. God Wants You to Be Happy. (The simplicity is what makes it so genius)

Big Bob | 12/11/2006, 12:14 pm EST

yo, the decemberists better watch out. that charlene song by stephen and the colberts is probably the greatest song in the entire new wave catalogue

Kliffee | 12/11/2006, 12:14 pm EST

Where have all the Good Bands gone?
Van Halen!!

Babylon | 12/11/2006, 6:40 pm EST

mariah and mary-only one looks like a porn star

Franciso Valdes | 12/11/2006, 7:33 pm EST

Prince is Cool, hope he performs “Purple Rain” or “Lets Go Crazy”

Ha! | 12/11/2006, 9:25 pm EST

I love how Rolling Stone doggedly supports acts like U2 and the Rolling Stones (both of whom performed at the Superbowl half-time show) and then kind of say snide, mildly insulting things about Prince, who’s an artist who equals those to groups in stature. Is it because he’s black? Is it because he’s not a rock band? It seems like Rolling Stone’s arbitrary support of select artists–Courtney Love, the Killers, Red Hot Chil Peppers, etc–at the expense of major talents like Prince reveals some kind of major bias. Are people paying you for good coverage?

PjMacD | 12/12/2006, 3:19 am EST

Mariah Carey should do ‘CREAM ‘with Prince at the superbowl, that should clear everything right up… Great singer regardless

PjMacD | 12/12/2006, 3:26 am EST

RE: Ha! post… I think that Rolling Stone just has bad taste sometimes, and also is a part of the entertainment industry and therefore has to play the game to make money… also probably caters to a white audience…

mike | 12/12/2006, 4:42 am EST

also: HA! and pjmacD….whats with the race card? pj makes an awesome statement hoping prince perfroms “cream” with mariah. would be a good show. prince rules. but whats with the fucking race card? yes U2 is gay, the stones have more less fallen off but what the fuck does that have to do with rolling stone acknowleding prince as a notable ‘last minute’ (as you suggest) choice for the half time gig? isnt the fact prince doing good enough? it should rule. drop the fucking race card already.

mike | 12/12/2006, 4:50 am EST

ok one more thing – first -”chance” – mariahs got the best tits and probably body (fake or not) so stop the hating start appreciating – second – “franciso valdes” – prince isnt going to likely perform purple rain unless he’s in mpls. (his and my hometown – especially since the song, classic as it may be, is over 20 years old, and hardly the draw of this years super bowl) and lastly ——— EMO bands suck DICK!!!!!

jonny4 | 1/21/2007, 2:38 am EST

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