FLASHBACK: Prince Performs “Purple Rain” During Downpour during the Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show (video).

Exit quote from Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show’s production designer:

The morning of the game, I opened the curtains in my hotel room, and I was like, “Oh my god, it was like a scene from Moby Dick.” It was, like, the winds were blowing, the palm trees, and the rain was one of those Miami rainstorms that just would not relent.

We’re in this truck, sitting behind Don Mischer [the halftime show’s producer]. And I remember Don said, um, “Put me on the phone with Prince.” Don says, “Now, I want you know it’s raining,” and Prince [was] like, “Yes, it’s raining.” [Don continued] “And are you okay?” And Prince is like, “Can you make it rain harder?”

And I was like, “…Right on.”

Heh, indeed. ™