2020 said:

Graycap23 said:

That sure was a fast 8 minutes.

Oh come on GC I'm waiting on your review...

I was hoping 4 some Funk...........but Prince did his thing as usual. I enjoyed it.

Dull performance. It wasn't 'bad' but just... dull, servicable, okay. 3rdEyeGirl have run their course. I don't know why he has kept this band so long, it's not like him. Of all the bands he chooses to keep he goes with this? His afro looked terrible as well, you could see right through it.

I might sound overly negative but I really don't mean to be. I honestly think it's the band. They limit him and the material

dandan said:

jsb23nc said:

So, we obviously saw Prince, 3rdeyegirl, Josh, Liv, and Liana. But, who was the other guy on rhythm guitar (behind Prince's keyboard setup) during AnotherLove?

Hmm. I missed that. Who could it have been?

dandan said:

Dull performance. It wasn't 'bad' but just... dull, servicable, okay. 3rdEyeGirl have run their course. I don't know why he has kept this band so long, it's not like him. Of all the bands he chooses to keep he goes with this? His afro looked terrible as well, you could see right through it.

I might sound overly negative but I really don't mean to be. I honestly think it's the band. They limit him and the material

You do sound extremely negative and more than little fussy -- this was a very ambitious set and the band did justice to all of the material, which happened to be the new stuff (that alone was a relief, especially Clouds and Another Love).

Aerogram said:

ethanthomas said:

dandan said:

Dull performance. It wasn't 'bad' but just... dull, servicable, okay. 3rdEyeGirl have run their course. I don't know why he has kept this band so long, it's not like him. Of all the bands he chooses to keep he goes with this? His afro looked terrible as well, you could see right through it.

I might sound overly negative but I really don't mean to be. I honestly think it's the band. They limit him and the material

It was a great raw rock performance, as intended. You sound like a little bitch!

Don't see the need for personal attacks like but, okay. We've been getting 'raw rock' for far too long. An instrumental guitar track on SNL? Not good promotion and not what people want to hear, myself included.

It just wasn't exciting. Where was the energy and the passion that we all expect from Prince? He seems bored. I wonder when he last had a proper funk workout? If he has recently it sure as hell wasn't with 3rdEyeGirl.

Prince never ever sings a melody correctly anymore. The chorus of Another Love was dreadful, as was all of Clouds. Does he just not show up to rehearsal or something? One of his worst TV performances.

Askani said:

Aerogram said:

dandan said:

Dull performance. It wasn't 'bad' but just... dull, servicable, okay. 3rdEyeGirl have run their course. I don't know why he has kept this band so long, it's not like him. Of all the bands he chooses to keep he goes with this? His afro looked terrible as well, you could see right through it.

I might sound overly negative but I really don't mean to be. I honestly think it's the band. They limit him and the material

You do sound extremely negative and more than little fussy -- this was a very ambitious set and the band did justice to all of the material, which happened to be the new stuff (that alone was a relief, especially Clouds and Another Love).

Ambitious? If that performance was ambitious then I don't know who the hell I've been watching for all these years.

And sorry but that was NOT an 8 minute 'jam' It wasn't even a medley. They just awkwardley went into the next song. They didn't flow, there was no creative transitions they just started the next song no matter what they key or tempo.

joyinrepetition said:

dandan said:

JoshuaWho said:

I havent watched SNL in years - I am taken aback with how lame it is even with Chris Rock and Leslie Jones. THey needed PRINCE to make this even worth watching.

Yeah, I heard that ratings for SNL were going down the toilet, I wonder if tonight changed that a little?

joyinrepetition said:

Did you see the look of disgust when he noticed his guitar wasn't plugged up! Look like he wanted to shut it down.

I was going to say... I wonder if anyone else noticed that. He was rocking the guitar for a little bit before realizing it wasnt plugged in...

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cloUwds said:

joyinrepetition said:

Did you see the look of disgust when he noticed his guitar wasn't plugged up! Look like he wanted to shut it down.

I was going to say... I wonder if anyone else noticed that. He was rocking the guitar for a little bit before realizing it wasnt plugged in...

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LOL!! I sure hope you didn't hear sound out of it while it was unplugged!!

Let me start by saying that I really liked the performance. I'd give it a B+. The only negative is that for some reason medleys for Prince on television are not nearly as organic as they are during a concert. I don't know if it's the "being rushed for time" aspect of television, but his performance of medleys seems to be slightly off. That being said, the transitions between songs were not horrible, just not...organic or as smooth as they could be. Yet, besides a few pitch/off key things, the singing was good and the playing well done. I love everything about the guitar playing. I assumed that for the SNL audience it would be a bit more rock based, which is cool with me. If he does something at the BET Awards (not the BET Hip Hop Awards) I'd assume that "The Gold Standard" and "U Know" would be front and center, but I've been wrong before. So, overall, I really like this performance. To provide perspective, I like these eight minutes more than his appearance on American Idol, and it is equal to his performance of "Fury" while slightly ahead of "Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed". Can't wait for more.

I watched SNL only coz Prince & 3rdeyegirl. Loved the performance!

I tried to watch snl, but 3 minutes in i had to change it

Clouds was a bit weak. He did rock once he plugged in his guitar
Over all nothing too special



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Bluu said:

dandan said:

And sorry but that was NOT an 8 minute 'jam' It wasn't even a medley. They just awkwardley went into the next song. They didn't flow, there was no creative transitions they just started the next song no matter what they key or tempo.

Are you seriously complaining about the song transitions?

Songs tend to be in different keys and tempos, you know.

Cool performance. Yeah, Clouds sounded a little off. I don't know if it was the drums or what. Another Love brought the house down. Prince should never backlight the fro. That shit looked like a screen door.

lrn36 said:

Prince should never backlight the fro. That shit looked like a screen door.

lrn36 said:

Cool performance. Yeah, Clouds sounded a little off. I don't know if it was the drums or what. Another Love brought the house down. Prince should never backlight the fro. That shit looked like a screen door.

oh snap!

Never mind the afro..... it's seeing Prince perform that counts !!!

lrn36 said:

The only real problem with the performance was that the singing was questionable. "Clouds" sounded messy, as neither Prince nor Lianne was singing the song like on the record and the two voices just didn't mix together that well. Hannah's background vocals were off-key during "Another Love" - she was playing the drums and apparently wasn't able to pull of doing the vocals that well at the same time. They should have just made Shelby's singing in the background louder (say what you want about her, but she can sure hit the right notes despite how bad the monitoring might be).