The Artist Formerly — And Currently — Known as Prince has written a theme song for the Minnesota Vikings. The Minneapolis native was at the Vikings’ 34-3 NFC Divisional Playoff rout of the Dallas Cowboys and, inspired, went home immediately after the game and wrote “Purple and Gold,” which you can listen to in its entirety at the Vikings’ website. Here are some of the lyrics:
the veil of the sky draws open
the roar of the chariots touch down
we r the ones who have now come again
and walk upon water like solid ground
as we approach the throne we won’t bow down
this time we won’t b deniedraise every voice and let it b known
in the name of the purple and goldwe come in the name of the purple and gold
all of the odds r in r favor
no prediction 2 bold
we r the truth if the truth can b told
long reign the purple and gold
I’ll give it this much: while it’s nowhere near classic Prince, it’s certainly better than this Miami Dolphins dreck by T-Pain and his magical Auto-Tune machine:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq6Q9wu3F6w]
on Jan 22nd, 2010 at 6:16 PM
It’s like a fight song meets a Christmas carol.
on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 9:35 AM
I’m a Vikings fan and I’m a Price fan. That said, I got douchechills listening to that song.
on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 8:38 PM
I can’t wait til it catches on the the whole crowd is singing it! LOL
on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Sposed to be “and the.”
I guess the typo is because I can’t stop laughing…
Bless his purple heart…
on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Why is America incapable of writing a good sports anthem?
on Jan 24th, 2010 at 10:09 AM
DENIED!!!
(both the song and the Vikings.)
…and by the way Lexington, which country has written a good sports anthem? Canada? lol
on Jan 24th, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Prince can no longer write music. He has been messed up by Jehovahs Witnesses. He had to give away CDs at his last concert, to get his music to chart. Sad case of a Religious Cult messing up the mind of what used to be a great song writer. This song is yet another example of that.
on Jan 24th, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Saints response to the formerly known as – currently known as:
Who Dat
