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Thread started 03/12/17 1:29pm

rogifan

One year ago today, Prince surprised everyone at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres with an impromptu guitar solo

Cool story: http://blog.thecurrent.or...itar-solo/
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Reply #1 posted 03/12/17 1:34pm

laytonian

rogifan said:

Cool story: http://blog.thecurrent.or...itar-solo/
[Edited 3/12/17 13:30pm]

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Yes, great.
I posted about this last year, when people were claiming he "couldn't play the guitar anymore" due to "issues".
He had to stay away so he could concentrate in piano, but he never missed a chance to kibbitz.
He looks great in the pictures and video. Smiling and happy.
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Reply #2 posted 03/12/17 3:00pm

jdcxc

Touching stuff. I love the guest pop in concert moments. You can always feel the special energy in the crowd. It's one of the many reasons his death resonated around the world. People could sense his love of craft and musical dedication.
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Reply #3 posted 03/12/17 3:44pm

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Thanks for the clip...he looked and played GREAT! Not frail at all.
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Reply #4 posted 03/12/17 3:50pm

rogifan

I love too the smile on his face during the solo. Amazing that was his first and only time at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater.
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Reply #5 posted 03/12/17 4:38pm

LBrent

Beautiful.

Thank you!

smile

P.S. I had to laugh at the part about tearing down the wall. lol

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Reply #6 posted 03/13/17 5:30am

rogifan

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Reply #7 posted 03/13/17 7:20am

klick2me

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I miss this guy, dude is gone...

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Reply #8 posted 03/13/17 7:57am

80tomato

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

Thanks for the clip...he looked and played GREAT! Not frail at all.

Even his thighs still look meaty biggrin I felt maybe he was not able to play guitar for some medical reason but i am happy to see and hear I was wrong cool

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Reply #9 posted 03/13/17 8:15am

TheLotus

Those clips are just fucking brilliant. I can't watch them enough.

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Reply #10 posted 03/13/17 8:43am

purplepoppy

Painting a purple star on the floor where he stood was really cool. Stage inspiration for all the artists. star

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Reply #11 posted 03/13/17 8:45am

PurpleDiamonds
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Thanks again for the clips! Have to thank serpan too. I remember serpan from NPGMC days.
Bitter sweet...he was just so happy and wow those clips show him looking so fine cloud9 can't thank you enough I'll be watching all day.
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Reply #12 posted 03/13/17 8:51am

laytonian

80tomato said:



PurpleDiamonds1 said:


Thanks for the clip...he looked and played GREAT! Not frail at all.

Even his thighs still look meaty biggrin I felt maybe he was not able to play guitar for some medical reason but i am happy to see and hear I was wrong cool


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Many here like to make him "dying".
He clearly was not.
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Reply #13 posted 03/13/17 9:07am

PurpleDiamonds
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laytonian said:

80tomato said:



PurpleDiamonds1 said:


Thanks for the clip...he looked and played GREAT! Not frail at all.

Even his thighs still look meaty biggrin I felt maybe he was not able to play guitar for some medical reason but i am happy to see and hear I was wrong cool


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Many here like to make him "dying".
He clearly was not.
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I agree, and he sure looked and moved good at almost 58...
The media pushed that agenda.
Like P used to say don't believe the media.
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Reply #14 posted 03/13/17 9:11am

rogifan

Wow I think he looks skinny as a toothpick.
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Reply #15 posted 03/13/17 9:24am

PurpleDiamonds
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rogifan said:

Wow I think he looks skinny as a toothpick.

Did you ever meet him?
He was always thin. wink in the video posted he looked like P...

Edited to add...on yt check out the d&p rehearsal
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Reply #16 posted 03/13/17 12:16pm

laytonian

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Wow I think he looks skinny as a toothpick.

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The cloud suit from the Raspberry Beret video was made to fit a 22-1/2" waist, per the woman archiving his clothing.
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Get out a tape measure and make a circle that size.
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He was always tiny (and I really do not believe he was 5'3"). I think that was, ahen, a stretch. I've seen too many videos of him next to other people.
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Reply #17 posted 03/13/17 12:31pm

PurpleDiamonds
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nod agree he was always petite
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Reply #18 posted 03/13/17 2:49pm

80tomato

and yet in the video of him in the Bay Area a week or so earlier he did look gaunt and thin...

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Reply #19 posted 03/13/17 3:02pm

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laytonian said:

rogifan said:

Wow I think he looks skinny as a toothpick.

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The cloud suit from the Raspberry Beret video was made to fit a 22-1/2" waist, per the woman archiving his clothing.
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Get out a tape measure and make a circle that size.
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He was always tiny (and I really do not believe he was 5'3"). I think that was, ahen, a stretch. I've seen too many videos of him next to other people.
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His height was on his autosphy report.
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Reply #20 posted 03/13/17 3:25pm

Mumio

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rogifan said:

Wow I think he looks skinny as a toothpick.



Agreed.

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Reply #21 posted 03/13/17 3:29pm

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laurarichardson said:

His height was on his autosphy report.


Yes it was, 63 inches.

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Reply #22 posted 03/13/17 4:37pm

laytonian

Mumio said:



laurarichardson said:


His height was on his autosphy report.


Yes it was, 63 inches.


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Weight would be accurate.
Without going into things you don't want to know about, let's just say it's not very accurate post mortem.
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This is something I know about.
Plus, that was not an autopsy report. It was an ME cause of death report, not detailed.

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Reply #23 posted 03/13/17 5:23pm

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laytonian said:

Mumio said:



laurarichardson said:


His height was on his autosphy report.


Yes it was, 63 inches.


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Weight would be accurate.
Without going into things you don't want to know about, let's just say it's not very accurate post mortem.
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This is something I know about.
Plus, that was not an autopsy report. It was an ME cause of death report, not detailed.

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//Okay he was really 3ft tall
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Reply #24 posted 03/13/17 5:33pm

rogifan

I know he was always thin and petite but he looks more thin than normal here IMO.
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Reply #25 posted 03/14/17 12:09pm

bsprout

Wow wow wow. Great story. I wish I could've seen more of the clip.
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Reply #26 posted 03/15/17 9:07am

KeithyT

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First time I've heard mention of this guitar nonsense. confused Did people think he embarked on a Piano and Microphone tour because he couldn't play guitar..?

What condition (apart from arthritis in the hands fingers) would have prevented him from playing guitar.

Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #27 posted 03/15/17 9:25am

purplepoppy

Nobody knows. Insert your prince(fantasy).org - about anything.

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