Prince gave me his guitar

Hey everyone, not sure if you saw last night's "Tonight Show" performance (shame on you if you didn't) but I am the guy Prince handed his guitar to.

I happen to work for TMZ (don't hate me) and I wrote about it for the site.

Check it out here.

Prince DOES NOT owe you a guitar. Sucker.

They took it back - did he sign and return

You're that Guy!

Oh wow! I saw that and I was like, he' lucky!

Well Done!

cool lucky u and i loved last night's performance

Cool! You were lucky, even if it turned out he was not giving it to you. Anyone who gets to be the keeper of Prince's guitar is a special person!

nyquil32 said:

Irish Diplomacy: The art of telling someone to go to hell, and having them look forward to the trip.

My give a damn is busted.

every tmz video pumping fish sticks

That guitar is probably worth more than you what you make in a whole year dude Just be happy you got to touch it AFTER it was played the hell out of.

Rudedog

hahaha
weren't you the guy who was very upset at princea few days ago??
and wanted to write about it on your site

it's as if prince knew isn't it

"Prince Indian Gives Guitar ..."

First things first, that is racist.

Anyways. You aren't owed a guitar. Prince has done this so many times and if he let people keep it each time, he'd be a little short (I thank you).

nyquil32 said:

nyquil32 said:

nyquil32 said:

WoW! My wife asked me if Prince gave the guitar to you, and, at the close of the show when his tech took it back, I said nope!
Lucky you!!!!!

that´s cool! Lucky you. I just read your other concert review from 2006. It shows that you are indeed not just a lucky guy but also a true Prince-fan, so I think you deserved that moment that luckily was captured on film. That´s one of the greatest gifts any Prince-fan could ask for (it kind of makes you part of Prince history), so I dont think Prince owes you the guitar.

Cool story. I'm sorta embarrassed that I find TMZ a kind of guilty pleasure.

Of course you were not going to get to keep a multi-thousand dollar, custom hardware guitar, which seems to be Prince's favorite at the the moment.

That said, you should ran like a muthafucka for the nearest exit with that thing.

Off topic... what the hell is Harvey Levin always sippin' on during the show? Gin and tonic? Sunny-D? Crystal Light? Liquified stem-cells? I gotta know.

psychodelicide said:

nyquil32 said:

Hey everyone, not sure if you saw last night's "Tonight Show" performance (shame on you if you didn't) but I am the guy Prince handed his guitar to.

I happen to work for TMZ (don't hate me) and I wrote about it for the site.

Check it out here.

Lucky you! I know that it's a moment that you will never forget.

I'd have headed 4 the exit right away if Prince handed me a guitar and there would b a struggle if someone tried 2 pry it off me!

very cool of Prince
2 bad others think tmz man was entitled 2 keep it

in~Joy^ the xperience +++
what'd i say?

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nyquil32 said:

malbena said:

psychodelicide said:

Lucky you! I know that it's a moment that you will never forget.

I'm so happy for you! What a memorable moment. Thank you for sharing with us. I saw you waving that guitar up high in front of the crowd. The cameras were on you a couple times. CONGRATULATIONS!

Irish Diplomacy: The art of telling someone to go to hell, and having them look forward to the trip.

My give a damn is busted.

Congrats and all, but...

Prince let you "hold" his guitar. Almost every performance he tosses his guitar up in the hair and Takumi (I think that is his guitar techs name) catches it. Does that mean, he gets to keep it?? Probably not.

That was cool either way, added to the excitement on the show.

Blue

nyquil32 said:

Firstly, The term 'Indian giver' is extremely racist and offensive. I'd consider changing your headline

Secondly, and on a more positive note - That incident was a great T.V. moment. Your reaction was priceless and it was caught brilliantly by the camera man. It looked like you were holding the truth to all the worlds mysteries in your palms! Particularly enjoyed the part where you held the guitar above your head to the crowd. Punctuated by the music, It felt like an event.. a piece of Prince musical history. Lucky you!

rudedog said:

That guitar is probably worth more than you what you make in a whole year dude Just be happy you got to touch it AFTER it was played the hell out of.

Bring back

nyquil32 said:

2elijah said:

nyquil32 said:

Hey everyone, not sure if you saw last night's "Tonight Show" performance (shame on you if you didn't) but I am the guy Prince handed his guitar to.

I happen to work for TMZ (don't hate me) and I wrote about it for the site.

Check it out here.

I did see that on tv last night, and you looked like you were in awe and didn't know what to do.

Handing his guitar to fans is part of a ritual Prince does during his performances. He passes and hands his guitar for fans to hold or touch, and his tech guys always retrieves it from the fans, because you're suppose to give it back, not keep it,as most Prince fans are aware of that. .or didn't you know that?

Funny story that you're calling him an "indian giver" though when he really never gave it to you for keeps... You may have insulted some Natives with that term though, so you may want to remove that from your article.
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