Doesn't go together....Prince & a bad guitar solo? That is his main instrument.

This might sound treasonous but I've never really liked the solo on 'She's Always in My Hair' - probably cuz I think the tone is just weak. He should have dumped the phaser on that one.

mzsadii said:

mzsadii said:

Doesn't go together....Prince & a bad guitar solo? That is his main instrument.

Actually, his "main" instrument is piano.

thebanishedone said:

There are none, unless he is just plodding along on a rhythm guitar track. Most of his best songs have solos (Even the ones on his early albums, Bambi's solo of which I am listening to now, is still outstanding). Most of the songs have guitar solos and at least some guitar breaks in them, as he has always been a leader, he may have recorded rhythm guitar parts in the studio, but on stage he always makes sure a band member is usually playing the rhythm guitar parts while Prince does the soloing. And even then he's had a lot of great gutiarists who have been allowed to solo on stage and jam at times and inspire Prince. Dez, Wendy, Miko and Levi come to mind.

Maybe some of his later plastic sounding songs are less great. A lot of the guitar on Hot wit U and Rave un2 the Joy fantastic sounds pretty cliche, but not bad.

Prince is just a guitar god period. Piano may be his main instrument, but I bet guitar is his favourite.

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actually his main instrument is the BASS .. thats the only sure fire songwriting tool he has in his cannon .. that and the linn drum .. when he writes on other instruments its just meh ... save maybe a purple rain or a how come u dont call me anymore ..

NeonCraxx said:

TrevorAyer said:

actually his main instrument is the BASS .. thats the only sure fire songwriting tool he has in his cannon .. that and the linn drum .. when he writes on other instruments its just meh ... save maybe a purple rain or a how come u dont call me anymore ..

lol

No, really. I laughed out loud.

Adorecream said:

his one and only guitarsolo that sucks is on the track called "i'm yours".

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I still love the solo on Batdance. Metal was big in the day, I remember setting my Prince dissing metal friends the challenge of finding a charting metal song with a longer or better guitar solo - they couldn't. Off topic I know.

andymacfunky said:

I still love the solo on Batdance. Metal was big in the day, I remember setting my Prince dissing metal friends the challenge of finding a charting metal song with a longer or better guitar solo - they couldn't. Off topic I know.

I agree.

The Batdance guitar solo has to be one of his most under rated solos.

On topic,I can't think of any of his songs that have bad guitar solos.

I preferred it when his main instrument was his cock. He probably did too.

Good call for Batdance. See Banished I do like some of his stuff.

And Neon, Brown/Jackson performance, you think that was a solo!? Fuck me you're easily pleased. Come round my house and hear me play, you'll think I'm fucking fantastic. Nobody else does but it'd be nice to hear it said just once.

"Come On"

(most live renditions of) "She's Always In My Hair" (and especially the Rave 2000 one)

"Laydown"

muirdo said:

andymacfunky said:

I still love the solo on Batdance. Metal was big in the day, I remember setting my Prince dissing metal friends the challenge of finding a charting metal song with a longer or better guitar solo - they couldn't. Off topic I know.

I agree.

The Batdance guitar solo has to be one of his most under rated solos.

On topic,I can't think of any of his songs that have bad guitar solos.

All of his solos r masterpieces..........................

thebanishedone said:

thebanishedone said:

Spin a good call SHe's always in my Hair sucked on Rave dvd. I loveuannie i'm suprised you like Batdance ,it's so far from melodical stuff u dig

But I can hum it so it must be memorable. It has a pattern that ebbs and flows. All solos should do that. Hence why I love Flying in a Blue Dream so much.

I would have to say the Rainbow Children. Not the song, the ENTIRE album. That shit is weak.

thebanishedone said:

Spin a good call SHe's always in my Hair sucked on Rave dvd. I loveuannie i'm suprised you like Batdance ,it's so far from melodical stuff u dig

No it didn't! it was one of the best live versions of that song. Besides on the Act 1 Act II tour.

steakfinger said:

I would have to say the Rainbow Children. Not the song, the ENTIRE album. That shit is weak.

BORING...Go buy some wax retainers for the love of GOD!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

thebanishedone said:

Spin a good call SHe's always in my Hair sucked on Rave dvd. I loveuannie i'm suprised you like Batdance ,it's so far from melodical stuff u dig

No it didn't! it was one of the best live versions of that song. Besides on the Act 1 Act II tour.

If you aren't purposely trolling, then you should seek medical attention and get your esophagus separated from Prince's urethra.

iloveannie said:

thebanishedone said:

Spin a good call SHe's always in my Hair sucked on Rave dvd. I loveuannie i'm suprised you like Batdance ,it's so far from melodical stuff u dig

But I can hum it so it must be memorable. It has a pattern that ebbs and flows. All solos should do that. Hence why I love Flying in a Blue Dream so much.

I believe the song "Batdance" is a ridiculous piece of crap that was a clear cashgrab. I can't even think of the solo you're referring to; "Batdance" is probably my least-listened to track of his entire catalog.

So there's that.

muirdo said:

andymacfunky said:

I still love the solo on Batdance. Metal was big in the day, I remember setting my Prince dissing metal friends the challenge of finding a charting metal song with a longer or better guitar solo - they couldn't. Off topic I know.

I agree.

The Batdance guitar solo has to be one of his most under rated solos.

On topic,I can't think of any of his songs that have bad guitar solos.

I agree. Batdance is right up there with the best Prince tracks period. I think some folks cannot get past the mainstream commercial Batman aspect of the song to appreciate it for what it is. But everything about the track is interesting. It was nice to hear a Prince track as experimental as this hit the charts and become a top 10 hit. It truly is a bizarre track, whether it was attached to a mainstream commercial movie or not. The guitar groove on the second half is a classic all on it's own.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

V10LETBLUES said:

muirdo said:

I agree.

The Batdance guitar solo has to be one of his most under rated solos.

On topic,I can't think of any of his songs that have bad guitar solos.

I agree. Batdance is right up there with the best Prince tracks period. I think some folks cannot get past the mainstream commercial Batman aspect of the song to appreciate it for what it is. But everything about the track is interesting. It was nice to hear a Prince track as experimental as this hit the charts and become a top 10 hit. It truly is a bizarre track, whether it was attached to a mainstream commercial movie or not. The guitar groove on the second half is a classic all on it's own.

Really, you think Batdance is a weird track? It's a remix without the "Remix" classification. Just sounds like any typical 1989 pop remix to me. Same pattern is seen on GB where Junior Vasquez did all those mix jobs.

Batdance kind of sounds like a lot of the not-great tracks from around that time, but remixed with no chorus/verse structure. But it's interesting to hear it called 'weird'... I think Cream is much weirder, for instance.

andymacfunky said:

I still love the solo on Batdance. Metal was big in the day, I remember setting my Prince dissing metal friends the challenge of finding a charting metal song with a longer or better guitar solo - they couldn't. Off topic I know.

Nice story!