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Thread started 04/24/16 4:23am

lynx

Name something you didn't know until after he died

With the flood of stuff out there now I just discovered a complete video for "I Like it There"! Never knew that existed and I got a lot of stuff.

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Reply #1 posted 04/24/16 4:28am

BillieBalloon

His charity work that he kept under the radar. A generous man who helped whenever he could. Many of those who knew him have talked about it.
Baby, you're a star.

Meet me in another world, space and joy
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Reply #2 posted 04/24/16 4:36am

lynx

A DAISY CHAIN video?? WTF. It's good too

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Reply #3 posted 04/24/16 5:34am

langebleu

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lynx said:

A DAISY CHAIN video?? WTF. It's good too


All officially released videos:

https://web.archive.org/w...sic_Videos

ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift.
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Reply #4 posted 04/24/16 6:10am

lwr001

apparently, petty, winwood and lynne didnt think prince was good enough to join them for the tribute,, rock hall folks had to demand his inclusion hence the shade prince threw there way and apparently his solo has suppose to be short yet he kept going....doope

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Reply #5 posted 04/24/16 6:13am

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lwr001 said:

apparently, petty, winwood and lynne didnt think prince was good enough to join them for the tribute,, rock hall folks had to demand his inclusion hence the shade prince threw there way and apparently his solo has suppose to be short yet he kept going....doope

Is there a source for that?

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Reply #6 posted 04/24/16 6:17am

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TheW00denLeg said:

lwr001 said:

apparently, petty, winwood and lynne didnt think prince was good enough to join them for the tribute,, rock hall folks had to demand his inclusion hence the shade prince threw there way and apparently his solo has suppose to be short yet he kept going....doope

Is there a source for that?

http://www.vox.com/2016/4/23/11489542/prince-covers

Prince was being enshrined, getting in his first year on the ballot. His inductee class included several mainstays of classic rock radio: Bob Seger, Jackson Browne, Traffic, ZZ Top. And, less than three years after he died of a brain tumor, George Harrison was inducted for his solo career.

As part of the banquet celebrating the inductees, always featuring an all-star lineup playing the inductees' greatest hits, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were organizing a tribute to their pal, the quiet Beatle.

Before the rest of the band is done, he frees himself from his guitar strap, tosses the Telecaster to a roadie in front of him, and just struts off the stage

The way I've heard it, Petty and Lynne included Steve Winwood as part of the band, but they wouldn't let a game Prince join in the tribute. Like somehow he wasn't good enough to stand with Jeff Lynne, Zeppo Wilbury.

At the last minute, someone at the Rock Hall realized, for the love of God, put Prince in there. They thankfully relented.

I've never understood why they played "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," a song that, after all, wasn't a song from Harrison's solo career, a song featuring not Harrison on the guitar solo but Eric Clapton.

And for the first half of the Rock Hall performance, it's exactly what you would expect or fear: a droning, stoned-out, boring cover.

Then you see someone. Off to the right, in a red … fedora? Cowboy hat? Sombrero? Squint and you can recognize him: tiny Prince, strumming guitar, off to the side, hidden from view.

And then: It's his turn to solo. And almost immediately, he wails, playing one of the best solos I've ever seen.

Dhani Harrison, George's son, playing with the band that night, has an enormous grin on his face, like it's exactly how he'd want his dad to be remembered.

Then something happens. Prince doesn't stop.

Petty and Lynne keep trying to wrap the song up — you can hear Steve Ferrone the

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