His performance of Gett Off is legendary...but since this is basically an under 25 yo demographic...is it worth performing? I mean really..is there anybody under 25 who would be impressed with him performing Kiss? Or will he have to pull a Grammy move and pair up with some "it" person right now like Beyonce or Outkast? (I can see Justin Timberfake taking Renato's place on the keyboards now )

Only if he does the splits.

vindication is a mofo.

if he did something really off da chain... maybe even fronted for The Roots..he could score some points there...don't think the "music played by musicians thing" would go over too well...he'd probably do Dolphin or The Christ or sumthin to kill the joy

If he did, he'd have to perform a kick ass rendition of an old song to sho the youth. The chances of that are unlikely - he's killed Let's Go Crazy.

Ideally he'd perform Controversy or Bambi (for the guitar)

wouldn't it be a hoot if he did something like Britney Spear's Toxic? show the world it can be played live? that would prolly kick ass too

meltwithu said:

That is a fascinating Idea....

I think he should do the show.

tyme said:

Spookymuffin said:

DMSR is sounding pretty fine this year.

Baby can't you see --- I'm callin'
A guy like you --- should wear a warnin'


Coming from a man who showed serious concern when asked to sing 'Your butt is mine --- you're not a man'



He could incorporate it in a medley kind of 'When you were mine' version.

I think it actually would be pretty impressive to the young ones if he brought back the split and did them a bunch of times in a row like in the Rave DVD. He could do it in a rendition of "Let's Go Crazy" WITHOUT the horns.

I think it should all just be a big surprise, that way we won't expect anything and will be wowed if it ever happens.

Spookymuffin said:

That would be fantastic, such a great choice - Pretty much unknown, but known enough, and a kick-ass track that grabs you by the balls/tits on the first listen

I don't think he's performing from all I've read, the rumour was he was presenting only.

he should play Dear Mr. Man before the election with video screen backdrops of the war in irak and at the end theres all races of people coming out ripping out (bushes) planted all around the stage as Prince sings your 1000 years are up now you got to share the land....

CNNBREAKINGNEWS said:

yeah that'll get the party jumping...if he plays that, there will be a collective in miami

CNNBREAKINGNEWS said:

That would be great.....If we liked stuff that sucked

Supernova said:

Hohneretically

I'd love to see him play a soul/funk medley.

Superstition

Shakey Ground

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Take Me To The River

That kinda thing.

meltwithu said:

He most definetly needs to perform on the VMA's this year. To me it's just as important to be on that awards show as it was to be on the Grammys, if not even moreso. He can perform Musicology and then do something from the past like When Doves Cry. Prince doesn't need to have anyone else perform with him this time. That was important for the Grammy's. The time is NOW and I'm praying like crazy that Prince will take advantage of this.

I would LOVE it!!!!!

Yes.


Prince performing live on T.V. has never hurt his career.

How about this for a set to close the show :
Sign O the times.....,
which turns into the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army.....
Then Outkast come onstage for Bombs Over Baghdad!

Topical, Funky, Political... & Prince gets to play some shredding guitar solo's on live TV, the rest of the world realises how awesome he is.

& we all live purpley ever after,
The End

So, what's he nominated for?

RipHer2Shreds said:

tighest afro in male video

No need for laziness on my part, just looked it up myself Best Male Video

Do these awards mean anything anymore? People still tune in for the show, but I'm assuming it's for the performances these days?