Diana had the greatest exit of all of the halftime shows. She left on a helicopter! Can't top that.
Diana made super bowl history twice. She was the first pop star to sing the national anthem. She was also the first female artist to perform the full halftime show.
Yeah I remember that. She was promoting her latest album at the time.
She was the only artist to fly bare air at the Super Bowl
That would have been scary
How far did she fly?
well her album,Take Me Higher ,did far better than her former partners.
but overall, I think the show was good, but to many older songs. she needed to promote the new album and she should have concentrated on the newer songs with a few big hits such as Upside down . she should have dropped I Will Survive.
I did like Chain Reaction here. it seem to have more energy n pop
I remember the performance well. Superb as usual. Girl hit all the notes, all the steps, and, most importantly, the hand straps on the helicopter! There's only one reason why Diana was the most successful of all the Supremes and most fellow Motowners. She has the most talent. Deal.
Let's not start this, fellas...
It’s all over Facebook-more than Gladys Knight’s anthem!
This thread is gonna get uuuuugly...
nope not on my part.
as a fan, i think Take Me Higher was one of her best albums ever. not sure why it didnt take off.
Age was part of it
It was an excellent album
It would be great to see her perform at the Super Bowl again. That performance last night was so mediocre even my puke was like "meh, not worth it". How god-awful do today's "musicians/performers" have to be before the general public just gives up on music altogether? There's a lot of dreck out there these days, but are you really telling me that's the best they could do? Wow.
I wasn't gonna watch the SB anyway but I heard that the performance was really weak sauce and the NFL has had to reupload the video of Maroon 5 and nem because folks kept disliking it. LMFAO!!!
When Diana performed, she put on a show! Today's performers think all it takes to get a crowd off is yelling and taking shirts off... uh no! LOL
some compassion for the Ross haters...
on NBC TV for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's..
a top three year end chart Billboard Dance Singles artist..
a special birthday/tribute performance this Sunday on the Grammies..
an international theatrical release of the Central Park Concert next month...
and the year of Diamond Diana is JUST getting STARTED!!....
a bitter pill is hard to swallow..
can't wait to start celebrating Ross. come on Universal
Take Me Higher suffered from just not being good enough to compete. Diana was at an age where Black female vocalists, in particular, were forced out to pasture and oldies shows. In order to get any real attention in an industry that was so youth focused, she needed to go the extra mile. That's why Aretha, Patti, and even Gladys were still having some measure of success during this same time period. They were finding projects that still held some electricity. Diana was no longer electric on record. She was asked to do the Super Bowl because despite not having a hit in years, she was still one of the biggest and most iconic music artists in the entire world. The NFL knew she would contribute to the ratings and she didn't disappoint. People still loved seeing Diana doing her thing, they just didn't give a crap about her music. I blame her for that.
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