TrevorAyer said:

eye have 2 wonder if prince fans have every heard anyone other than prince play guitar ever

its like the guy plays the most mediocre guitar solo ever and everyone just gushes like he is hendrix or something .. ps .. listen to hendrix

screwdriver is not only a horrible song .. right up there with 'guitar' for hype surrounding a horrible song .. but the performance sucked too

bambi was just as bad .. especially when the double kick drum kicked in and hannah slowed the beat and momentum to a fucking crawl .. i was unimpressed with the musicianship of everyone including prince .. that screw driver song literally has 2 chords in it and one lil guitar riff that prince could play on the toilet .. and the flush would still be more interesting

I've just seen it myself and have to agree. Screwdriver made my skin crawl but I don't rate the song anyway. Bambi wasn't all that for me either. People fawn over him holding a note on a pedal sometimes. I don't think Ps the greatest guitarist in the world. I LOVE the way he plays but technically he aint the best. I don't just mean on the Fallon thing either.

I had a better time listening to Aint Gon Miss U and Down etc.

TrevorAyer said:

eye have 2 wonder if prince fans have every heard anyone other than prince play guitar ever

its like the guy plays the most mediocre guitar solo ever and everyone just gushes like he is hendrix or something .. ps .. listen to hendrix

screwdriver is not only a horrible song .. right up there with 'guitar' for hype surrounding a horrible song .. but the performance sucked too

bambi was just as bad .. especially when the double kick drum kicked in and hannah slowed the beat and momentum to a fucking crawl .. i was unimpressed with the musicianship of everyone including prince .. that screw driver song literally has 2 chords in it and one lil guitar riff that prince could play on the toilet .. and the flush would still be more interesting

bambi would have killed with mariah on vocals tho .. that would have been an interesting twist on a sorely mediocre and grating performance

prince coat is a step in the right direction .. the rest of his diana ross outfit is horrible tho

in conclusion F -

Bitch, bitch, bitch. Suprise, there are people who like things that you don't. You act like your opinions are facts. There not.

just watched my DVR! that was AWESOME!!!! i love a four piece band (hold the keyboards; thanks!) those girls ROCKED! A+ very punk rock/glam rock/Who rock/Stones rock. fookin' A++++++++++ hope the girls make it to Carnegie Hall

I thought both performances were excellent. They raw, clearly rehearsed but raw. Nice to see this rough side of Prince for a change instead sometimes of the over produced Prince.

rudeboynpg said:

TrevorAyer said:

eye have 2 wonder if prince fans have every heard anyone other than prince play guitar ever

its like the guy plays the most mediocre guitar solo ever and everyone just gushes like he is hendrix or something .. ps .. listen to hendrix

screwdriver is not only a horrible song .. right up there with 'guitar' for hype surrounding a horrible song .. but the performance sucked too

bambi was just as bad .. especially when the double kick drum kicked in and hannah slowed the beat and momentum to a fucking crawl .. i was unimpressed with the musicianship of everyone including prince .. that screw driver song literally has 2 chords in it and one lil guitar riff that prince could play on the toilet .. and the flush would still be more interesting

bambi would have killed with mariah on vocals tho .. that would have been an interesting twist on a sorely mediocre and grating performance

prince coat is a step in the right direction .. the rest of his diana ross outfit is horrible tho

in conclusion F -

Bitch, bitch, bitch. Suprise, there are people who like things that you don't. You act like your opinions are facts. There not.

You should listen to TrevorArser's music and you'd understand. He is a complete crap musician full of himself, totally delusional who comes here pretending his guitar tone is something out of this world while he plays like a eleven years old trying his first chords.

This man has no ear and no taste. So skip him.

ohYeeeeeah said:

rudeboynpg said:

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Musicians invest way too much into their gear. The money usually goes beyond the purchase of the instrument itself into personalizing its hardware and electronics.

I think Kirk should sue the mess outta Prince. Prince has filed suits for far less justified crap.

I love Prince to death, but I've felt a little disappointed by his new music. Screwdriver was mediocre at best and when they started playing "Bambi" I thought, "This actually sounds really good," and then I realized it was Bambi. :p I miss the funk and the jazz. :/ They sure rocked Bambi though...well, probably as best as they could. I still prefer the live recording of it at the Tokyo Dome in 1990.

novabrkr said:

I really thought it's more of a Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) type of look. Not that differenct what he looked like sometime around Controversy / 1999 either. Some SOTT tour era thrown in there too (especially when he "borrowed" the yellowish guitar).

LOL! The 1st words outta my mouth was "Wow, something here reminds me of Phil Lynott"

Glad I'm not the only one.

Was it his best performance or show of musicianship? No, but very effective. It was raw and there was no lack of energy about it. I enjoyed it!

Bambi was smokin'!

Best part for me (go back and watch it again), look at Mariah's face when Jimmy kept shouting "Prince!!, Prince!!! She gives him a look like, okay enough, (What about me??)!

Not a good forum to have such big ego's in the same room!!

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SmiggyG said:

novabrkr said:

I really thought it's more of a Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) type of look. Not that differenct what he looked like sometime around Controversy / 1999 either. Some SOTT tour era thrown in there too (especially when he "borrowed" the yellowish guitar).

LOL! The 1st words outta my mouth was "Wow, something here reminds me of Phil Lynott"

Glad I'm not the only one.

Was it his best performance or show of musicianship? No, but very effective. It was raw and there was no lack of energy about it. I enjoyed it!

Giovanni777 said:

MISTERHANDS said:

My opinion on the performances

- Liked the afro hair.
- Hated the guitar choices. He should bring back his bright and cutting Strats instead of these crap guitars.

- Overal OK singing from Prince.
- Please don't let Donna Grantis play a solo ever again. She sucked. Uninspired descending of the pentatonic scale.

- Like someone else said: Donna can't play the Bambi riff properly, her last bend sounds flat.
- The drummer was OK but not good enough. What the hell was that manic bass-drum kicking during the Bambi solo? At one point she MISSED THE BEAT. I'm sorry for my hate people but that's just awful. And No I do not only want the Steely Dan sound. I like his rock too. But if you want to rock you need a good drummer! I miss John Blackwell and Michael B. But if he wants to keep it girly, why not Sheila? Oh I know why, because Sheila says what she thinks and Prince can't live with that.
- Ida is the only one who deserved to be on a stage with Prince.

- He left the background singers at home, which was good.
- Aside from all the negative comments, I still loved bambi because it's a great song.

I'd like to offer my take on your opinions (in order you gave them above)...

- Also digging the afro, and the entire look... that jacket was DOPE.

- Loved the guitar choices, and yes, I do play guitar. The tone was monstrous... through my large, well eqipped stereo system, at least.

- Okay, so Donna isn't a phenom, but she fits... even the solo, and especially when compared to Prince in contrast.

- Yes, I did hear the flat note on the bend in "Bambi".

- Although I also heard the double kick getting a bit crazy during "Bambi", she impressed me far more here than she had before. Can I imagine what Michael Bland would do on drums last night? Oh yes I can... but she hit pretty hard.

- I love Ida, and she's showing diversity on Bass.

- Background vocals or not, what this performance is, is drums, two guitars, and bass... that's it. No keys nor synths. The sound was big.

- Yes, Bambi rocked, then shot off to the stratosphere with Prince's soloing, and a sort of NEW ending for Prince.

I agree completely!

purplethunder3121 said:

chewymusic said:

Prince ROCKED it on TV tonight!!

Prince was fire!

fambam93 said:

EuanH91 said:

kookooman73 said:

Loved the 'Bambi' performance. Prince rocked that guitar. Let's just say that Jimi would have been awestruck by Prince's guitar playing in that song. It has such a bluesy-rock, scream feel to it.

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G3000 said:

Bambi was smokin'!

Best part for me (go back and watch it again), look at Mariah's face when Jimmy kept shouting "Prince!!, Prince!!! She gives him a look like, okay enough, (What about me??)!

Not a good forum to have such big ego's in the same room!!

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don't really understand why Jimmy had Mariah on the show. How can U have two artist on one show? One MEGA ROCK GOD LEGEND & the other one. Not saying Mariah can't sing & is not a descent songwriter. But everyone was their waiting 4 Prince 2 make a royal entrance not Mariah. I bet they never even spoke or saw eachother . Mariah is just dying 4 Prince 2 give her one of his "MasterPieces" 2 record...

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i don't like the way he sings screw & i wish the chick with the shaved head would look less butch.

still, it's lovely to see him doing his thing, i enjoyed the bambi performance

I was mad at him for a minute for keeping me from other greatness, but I'll be more careful next time to see you like Groundhog Day .

Screwdriver was boring, doesn't even sound good live. you noticed the audience reaction. Bambi was outstanding as usual and the crowd loved it. Of course no interview, Prince still thinks its 1982

anyway...?uestlove rocked that fuckin' cowbell.

rialb said:

I liked it well enough. "Screwdriver" was a little sloppy, the band definitely could have been more together, but I thought that "Bambi" was great. Vocally he definitely seems to have lost a little but that is to be expected at his age. I can't complain because I would much rather hear Prince sing than Shelby, Elisa and Liv.

He has had a fairly big band for many years. I'm quite excited to hear what he can do with a much more basic band and I hope he does a full tour with no horns and limited use of keyboards.

i think it was intentional vocal variation. he wasn't trying to vocally deliver the recorded versions of either. when he WANTS to show off his vocals, he does

Well i missed last nights performance but i got on the okplayer website and checked out the video.

Personally i thought the performance was pretty damn good. The girls were a little off in places but overall i thought it was a rockin performance.

A couple things.

Someone mentioned the guitar player sounding kinda off on her bends and i have to agree. I liked the bass player and the drummer sounds pretty decent. I think with a little more rehearsing this band can gel into something tight and hard rockin. I'm curious to see what Prince And The Girls could do with some of the songs from the Prince, Dirty Mind, Controversy and Purple Rain albums.

As far as Prince's performance. I thought his solo on bambi rocked and overall his singing was good. Singing in a falsetto has to be hard on the vocal cords so i thought he sounded a little better on screwdriver than bambi.

It seems a few people don't think much of the new band, some of the new songs or the jimmy performance and that's OK. People like what they like. We should all know by now that Prince does what he wants so its utterly useless to spend time wondering why he does or doesn't do certain things.

P.S Prince looks like he's gaining weight. His face looks fuller.

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

G3000 said:

Bambi was smokin'!

Best part for me (go back and watch it again), look at Mariah's face when Jimmy kept shouting "Prince!!, Prince!!! She gives him a look like, okay enough, (What about me??)!

Not a good forum to have such big ego's in the same room!!

[Edited 3/2/13 15:13pm]

don't really understand why Jimmy had Mariah on the show. How can U have two artist on one show? One MEGA ROCK GOD LEGEND & the other one. Not saying Mariah can't sing & is not a descent songwriter. But everyone was their waiting 4 Prince 2 make a royal entrance not Mariah. I bet they never even spoke or saw eachother . Mariah is just dying 4 Prince 2 give her one of his "MasterPieces" 2 record...

[Edited 3/2/13 16:49pm]

Well, you have to remember that even though Mariah Carey is one of the biggest stars in the music business, she is on the tail end of her career, and she was appearing on the show as a reality TV personality and not the uber diva she once was. In fact, Jimmy asked her if she had ever recorded anything with Prince, and she said that she had not, though she would love to do so. Now as much as I love both Mariah and Prince, if she ever tried to work with him with that diva attitude she has, he'd say, "Bitch, please," and laugh her out of the room.

728huey said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

don't really understand why Jimmy had Mariah on the show. How can U have two artist on one show? One MEGA ROCK GOD LEGEND & the other one. Not saying Mariah can't sing & is not a descent songwriter. But everyone was their waiting 4 Prince 2 make a royal entrance not Mariah. I bet they never even spoke or saw eachother . Mariah is just dying 4 Prince 2 give her one of his "MasterPieces" 2 record...

[Edited 3/2/13 16:49pm]

Well, you have to remember that even though Mariah Carey is one of the biggest stars in the music business, she is on the tail end of her career, and she was appearing on the show as a reality TV personality and not the uber diva she once was. In fact, Jimmy asked her if she had ever recorded anything with Prince, and she said that she had not, though she would love to do so. Now as much as I love both Mariah and Prince, if she ever tried to work with him with that diva attitude she has, he'd say, "Bitch, please," and laugh her out of the room.

No, she'd likely be the one saying that to him in the end.

fantasticjoy said:

I loved the performance. Kind of the cocky bad ass Prince I remember. I also like the fact the band members look interesting and not like some conservative guys in suits. I can understand how some don't appreciate the song Screw driver, due to some cheesy lyrics, but it's still a kick ass song to me especially live. I'm with many, I'm not much a fan of the Afro. I think he should go back to the perm.

"I think he should go back to the perm."

So he can look less Black?

Wigs said:

Musicians invest way too much into their gear. The money usually goes beyond the purchase of the instrument itself into personalizing its hardware and electronics.

I think Kirk should sue the mess outta Prince. Prince has filed suits for far less justified crap.

If I'm understanding you correctly, that was Kirk's guitar (Fallons house guitar player) that Prince threw up in the air and let slam to ground? Maybe Kirk told him it was ok to do that? Or it could have been all staged, he plays a guitar Prince gave him before the show to make like it was his and then later get the guitar fall to the ground? If not, if that was really Kirk's guitar and he didn't give him the ok to do that, well then that was really trifiling of P to do that?!?