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Thread started 06/29/15 10:54am

rgt17

TOP 5 (at the moment) TV PERFORMANCES!!

Re-watching recently all of Princes TV performances.

What are your top 5 Prince TV (only) performances?? Mine (right now) would be:

1) Aresenio Hall '91 (superb energy and nice choreography)

2) Electric Chair (SNL Anniversary)

3) Fury (SNL 2006) (great version of this song w guitar at the fore)

4) Super Bowl (2007) (mostly because of the fearless show must go on attitude in a downpour and Best Of You and moving Purple Rain)

5) Ol' Skool Company (Leno)

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Reply #1 posted 06/29/15 11:15am

thedance

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I'm surprised you did not choose any from the 80s..?

"4 The Tears In Your Eyes" is incredible... heart

(I can't choose 5 - I'm afraid)

Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #2 posted 06/29/15 11:30am

lwr001

The word on Alma Awards

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Reply #3 posted 06/29/15 11:42am

rgt17

thedance said:

I'm surprised you did not choose any from the 80s..?

"4 The Tears In Your Eyes" is incredible... heart

(I can't choose 5 - I'm afraid)


Be not afraid! I was this close for I Would Die 4 U ( Grammys '85)
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Reply #4 posted 06/29/15 11:54am

Genesia

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Uhhh...Purple Rain at the AMAs in 1985. Duh.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #5 posted 06/29/15 11:58am

RJOrion

midnight special 1980 - i wanna b your lover
american bandstand 1980 - i wanna b your lover/ why you wanna treat me so bad
SNL 1981 Party Up
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Reply #6 posted 06/29/15 12:32pm

TheKid94

lwr001 said:

The word on Alma Awards

Hell yeah! I love the way he sings the lyrics, completely different rhythm and key than the actual song. Also the way he fits all the words in. It's the shit!

prince
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Reply #7 posted 06/29/15 12:40pm

mikeyaddict

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What was the peach and black top ten. That was a pretty definitive list?
Comin str8 outta Preston...
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Reply #8 posted 06/29/15 12:41pm

lwr001

TheKid94 said:

lwr001 said:

The word on Alma Awards

Hell yeah! I love the way he sings the lyrics, completely different rhythm and key than the actual song. Also the way he fits all the words in. It's the shit!

yep, very amazing overlooked performance; from the twins dancing to grupa "latin backgrounds"

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Reply #9 posted 06/29/15 12:53pm

iZsaZsa

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Face Down
What?
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Reply #10 posted 06/29/15 1:20pm

nyse

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Do me baby -oprah 96
Fury- snl
alma awards
super bowl
arsenio 91
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Reply #11 posted 06/29/15 1:33pm

Aerogram

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I don't know if these are the best, but they're my favorites:

AMA Purple Rain (84)

Baby I'm A Star (grammies)

Superbowl

Billboard Awards (LGC/FixUrLifeUp)

SOTT/Play in the Sunshine (was it MTV awards?)

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Reply #12 posted 06/29/15 2:06pm

Farfunknugin

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Interactive/Endorphine Machine - VH1 HONORS

Fury- SNL

Pussy Control - VH1 FASHION & MUSIC AWARDS

Dolphin - LETTERMAN

Baby I'm a Star - GRAMMY'S

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Reply #13 posted 06/29/15 4:25pm

trax

1. fury - snl

2. the word - alma awards

3. R&R hall of fame George harrison tribute

4. super bowl

5. super bowl pregame

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Reply #14 posted 06/29/15 4:41pm

rusty1

Prince 1987 MTV awards his best TV
Performance hands down..
"sign o' the times
BOB4theFUNK
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Reply #15 posted 06/29/15 5:38pm

UncleJam

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I really like the "Gett Off" performance from the '91 MTV Awards; other than that, "Purple Rain" from the '85 AMAs will do...

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #16 posted 06/29/15 5:55pm

trc1

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rgt17 said:

Re-watching recently all of Princes TV performances.



What are your top 5 Prince TV (only) performances?? Mine (right now) would be:



1) Aresenio Hall '91 (superb energy and nice choreography)


2) Electric Chair (SNL Anniversary)


3) Fury (SNL 2006) (great version of this song w guitar at the fore)


4) Super Bowl (2007) (mostly because of the fearless show must go on attitude in a downpour and Best Of You and moving Purple Rain)


5) Ol' Skool Company (Leno)





I cosign that list and will add "Dreamer" - Leno
"I don't make the rules. I just play"
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Reply #17 posted 06/29/15 5:56pm

2funkE

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Changes all the time but right now...

1) Shhh (Grand Journal de Canal, Paris)

2) RRHOF

3) Purple Rain AMA's

4) Fury SNL

5) Somewhere Here On Earth (Leno)

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Reply #18 posted 06/29/15 11:51pm

LOGIC

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So nobody in here enjoyed the 2006 BRIT AWARDS with Wendy & Lisa & Sheila in particular? Interesting. I surely did! smile

RnR HoF 2004 ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps") was fantastic, too, of course.

As was the AMA performance of "Purple Rain".

AND the 1994 appearances at the MTV Awards in Berlin ("Peach") and the VH-1 Honors gig with "Endorphinmachine" and "Interactive".

AND Septimo in Madrid, Spain 1999 ("Motherless Child").

AND "Le Grand Journal", Paris, France 2011 ("Johnny B. Goode" unplugged).

Those would all list pretty high on my personal all-time priority list.

Free the music.
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Reply #19 posted 06/30/15 12:15am

gripper28

Nobody showing love for the Brits 2006 performance with Sheila E, Wendy and Lisa?

I love that set and IMO betters the SNL Fury performance.

In no particular order my votes go to;

Prince & Wendy - Reflection (Travis Smiley 2004)

D.M.S.R (Canadian TV 2004) (He looks like he's really enjoying himself

Purple Rain AMA's

RRHOF

Endorphinemachine (1994 BBC top of the pops/interactive CD-rom version)

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Reply #20 posted 06/30/15 8:43am

thanks2joniand
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lwr001 said:



TheKid94 said:




lwr001 said:


The word on Alma Awards



Hell yeah! I love the way he sings the lyrics, completely different rhythm and key than the actual song. Also the way he fits all the words in. It's the shit!



yep, very amazing overlooked performance; from the twins dancing to grupa "latin backgrounds"




I had no idea he performed this! ?? Where can I see it ?
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