No...it's not a hoax. I just watched it.

Wait a minute.

OperatingThetan said:

It's been circulating for years. First premiered, if I recall correctly, on Top of the Pops in 1994 to celebrate Prince's first UK number one single. Great video and performance though, yes.

Yes, was on Top Of The Pops and you can even see some TOTP lettering on the set.

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The set was also used for a live performance of Endorphinmachine which was on the Interactive CD-ROM

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This performance was used to promo the track.

Prince's PR company at the time sent me a promo VHS as I was working for a TV station.

dodger said:

OperatingThetan said:

It's been circulating for years. First premiered, if I recall correctly, on Top of the Pops in 1994 to celebrate Prince's first UK number one single. Great video and performance though, yes.

Yes, was on Top Of The Pops and you can even see some TOTP lettering on the set.

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The set was also used for a live performance of "Endorphinmachine" which was on the Interactive CD-ROM

Yep, and that is my favorite version of "Endorphinmachine". There is a photo from the TOTP set a 1994 issue of Guitar World magazine.




To the OP: I'm surprised you have never seen that video before. It has been out there for decades. I'm not a huge fan of that version but it's cool he did a video for it.

Interesting: for some reason that TOTP performance isn't listed on the TV appearances pages of Princevault and, for some reason, I'd always thought -even back then when it was on heavy rotation on MTV Europe- that music video came from the World Music Awards but in fact, it is indeed from TOTP and was apparently broadcast on April 30, and this yet (sigh) a different edit than the other available ones. I've just added it to my Discog site. Thanks for your help

databank said:

dodger said:

databank said:

Interesting: for some reason that TOTP performance isn't listed on the TV appearances pages of Princevault and, for some reason, I'd always thought -even back then when it was on heavy rotation on MTV Europe- that music video came from the World Music Awards but in fact, it is indeed from TOTP and was apparently broadcast on April 30, and this yet (sigh) a different edit than the other available ones. I've just added it to my Discog site. Thanks for your help

Probably not listed on PVault as it wasn't an appearance as such at the BBC's London studios. It was filmed elsewhere (LA in this case) with some TOTP letters stuck on the wall. But it was still a cool exclusive video for TOTP . He also gave TOTP a different/ exclusive video for Betcha By Golly Wow (as you probably know)

Actually no, I didn't

databank said:

dodger said:

databank said: Probably not listed on PVault as it wasn't an appearance as such at the BBC's London studios. It was filmed elsewhere (LA in this case) with some TOTP letters stuck on the wall. But it was still a cool exclusive video for TOTP . He also gave TOTP a different/ exclusive video for Betcha By Golly Wow (as you probably know)

Actually no, I didn't

The Mustang Mix video for TOTP was on rotation in India too!

Yes, the other Betcha By Golly Wow video is just him with the white background, the flashes of which you see in parts in the regular video for the same song.

Interesting times those were.

armybrat said:

databank said:

Actually no, I didn't

The Mustang Mix video for TOTP was on rotation in India too!

Yes, the other Betcha By Golly Wow video is just him with the white background, the flashes of which you see in parts in the regular video for the same song.

Interesting times those were.

Crazy, because most of the Indians I asked about Prince had never heard of him!

That TOTP Betcha version is the same edit as the regular video (audiowise) though, isn't it?

databank said:

dodger said:

databank said:

Crazy, because most of the Indians I asked about Prince had never heard of him!

That TOTP Betcha version is the same edit as the regular video (audiowise) though, isn't it?

Yes, same audio wise. Obviously apart from the beginning of regular video where he’s at the gas station in his white BMW

Well, this thread is super useful because that "car engine noise" intro had also escaped my attention (though I'd have spotted it eventually cos I'm checking again all the music vids while doing the proofreading that's now been stuck in mid-86 for quite some time).

Entry added, thx

Damn, and I realize that TOTP video was released on 11/15, making it the first public appearance of the album edit, 4 dayz before the album release!

Entries corrected!