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"Fury", SNL performance I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that? | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
Give examples - timings (and, if possible, linked with lyrics) when you think he wasn't playing. . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
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There are certain guitar effects processors that when in use, they take a few seconds of someting U played and loop it back 2 U. What Prince used was probably a delay pedal. That probably doesn't make much sense, but I'm a guitar player and I use the same effects. But it's difficult 2 explain! Maybe a fellow guitar player can elaborate/co-sign with me... Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear 4 atomic energy cuz none of them can stop the time. How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? Some say it's just a part of it, we got | |
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Yeah, I play guitar too and even as a guitar player it is some times incredibly difficult to match the sounds to Prince's movements. He is lightning fast, he uses many effects, and he is a hell of a lot talented more than I am -- he's doing things with his fingers I certainly can't do as well.
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langebleu said: 4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
Give examples - timings (and, if possible, linked with lyrics) when you think he wasn't playing. . at the very end of the performance and "will this song have a happy ending", theres sounds like hes going up and down the guitar but if you watch closely hes not | |
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langebleu said: 4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
Give examples - timings (and, if possible, linked with lyrics) when you think he wasn't playing. . I would think, from what I understand of the question, the perfect example would be at the end of the song where Prince walks off stage, but his guitar keeps making a sound "playing". It is done with a series of guitar peddles, that creates and echo, or a loop, through the electronic singnal to the amp. News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so. You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop. | |
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one thing prince is not and that't fake! ever! | |
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rbrpm said: one thing prince is not and that't fake! ever!
 coughAmericanBandstandcough   " | |
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Prince loves the hell out of his delay..lol  Wave your wildsigns high!! | |
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4nowneway said: langebleu said: Give examples - timings (and, if possible, linked with lyrics) when you think he wasn't playing. . at the very end of the performance and "will this song have a happy ending", theres sounds like hes going up and down the guitar but if you watch closely hes not He's using pedal effects on both those occasions. For example, you can see him at the end of the performance look down to set the effect before he lowers his guitar. . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. | |
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it was all live.. -X- WATCHING THE PENNIES SCATTER | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
I don't know what chu talking about. He was playing the whole time. Maybe there was something wrong with your tv. | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
efx.....EFFECTS. The TRUTH.......only exist in 1 form.
The TRUTH. | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
He was using the pedals... "It is the system of nationalist ndividualism that has to go...Countless people...will hate the new world order....and will die protesting against it." HG Wells | |
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4nowneway said: I know he wasnt lip syncing and he was playing the guitar but there were parts where there were guitar sounds when he wasnt playing, anyone know whats up with that?
Man, I noticed the SAME thing and commented to my fiance about it at the time. Something struck me as out of sync. Maybe he's just that good w/ the distortions/pedals, but YES, I know what you're talking about. | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: rbrpm said: one thing prince is not and that't fake! ever!
coughAmericanBandstandcough ahemSolid Gold, ahem, hmmm.... | |
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langebleu said: 4nowneway said: at the very end of the performance and "will this song have a happy ending", theres sounds like hes going up and down the guitar but if you watch closely hes not He's using pedal effects on both those occasions. For example, you can see him at the end of the performance look down to set the effect before he lowers his guitar. . Also he is using his trem bar, which basically releases the strings a little bit so it the sound will drop. You can see him pushing back toward his body slowly so that you get that sound like he is doing a long slow pick slide (sort of). I can't really do it well but I understand it. If u and I were just ten feet closer, then I'd make u understand
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"one thing Prince is not and that's fake, ever" herb4 said: FruitToAttractBears said: coughAmericanBandstandcough ahemSolid Gold, ahem, hmmm.... [hand over mouth] the AMA's '94, 319, billy jack bitch etc, backing tracks, pre-recorded vocals, complete lip-synching/miming, hell, even carmens tits were fake... . [Edited 4/4/06 2:35am] | |
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You know, there was one part in the third chorus, right after the middle solo, where he's playing that Bb-A-Gb part saying, "Ahhhh...ahhhhh...ahhhh". The second "Ahhh...Ahhh...Ahhh" sounds way different from the first time. It's at 2:50 in the video.
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Should maybe be on a new thread but I'm shy - Does anyone else think Fury is directed at Wendy and Lisa? The first time I listened to it on the CD it dawned on me straight away? | |
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vivid said: Should maybe be on a new thread but I'm shy - Does anyone else think Fury is directed at Wendy and Lisa? The first time I listened to it on the CD it dawned on me straight away?
No....you guys seem to.....never mind. The TRUTH.......only exist in 1 form.
The TRUTH. | |
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vivid said: Should maybe be on a new thread but I'm shy - Does anyone else think Fury is directed at Wendy and Lisa? The first time I listened to it on the CD it dawned on me straight away?
It would be kinda late... 
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Cloreen said: Yeah, I play guitar too and even as a guitar player it is some times incredibly difficult to match the sounds to Prince's movements. He is lightning fast, he uses many effects, and he is a hell of a lot talented more than I am -- he's doing things with his fingers I certainly can't do as well.
I do some boxing and I have to slow down video to actually see what some fighters are doing. Same with Prince's guitar playing. Believe it, he's doing it; we just have a little trouble matching the movements with the sounds. Wow. Has the boxing ruined or affected your playing? I had the same problem. Could not work out and practice near the same time of day because I would be too pumped or too exhausted.  
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FruitToAttractBears said: rbrpm said: one thing prince is not and that't fake! ever!
coughAmericanBandstandcough *koffkoffMidnightSpecialkoffkoff* | |
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Alasseon said: Wow. Has the boxing ruined or affected your playing? I had the same problem. Could not work out and practice near the same time of day because I would be too pumped or too exhausted.
Interesting. Never experienced or heard of that. Guitar playing always seems to unwind and relax me. I wish I could play as effortlessly as Prince. He peels off licks and sounds with such ease. At times it really does look like he isn't even playing the instrument. | |
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MickG said: langebleu said: Give examples - timings (and, if possible, linked with lyrics) when you think he wasn't playing. . I would think, from what I understand of the question, the perfect example would be at the end of the song where Prince walks off stage, but his guitar keeps making a sound "playing". It is done with a series of guitar peddles, that creates and echo, or a loop, through the electronic singnal to the amp. It is called a "Tremolo" paddle I have one..you can make the wave on there deep to shallow and fast to slow. Prince has it on fast and not to deep somewhere in the mid to deep area during the middle of the song and at the end when he walks off the stage...Hope this helps!!! Peace | |
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Prince uses the absolute best effects and the best equiptment. You can find a link here to it at the org.
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