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Thread started 08/07/04 12:43pm

PrimeraDama

he plays 29 instruments at the professional level

how come he only plays piano, guitar, and drums at concerts/videos? who here has seen him play something else? I've only seen him play like 5 different instruments.
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Reply #1 posted 08/07/04 12:44pm

Anxiety

maybe he counts cowbell, recorder, woodblock, tambourine, stuff like that.
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Reply #2 posted 08/07/04 1:56pm

HisRoyalBadnes
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Takes some balls to call out a musician like Prince on what he can and cant play, id say.I would stay shut up unless I was Bach or Beethoven or somethin'. Prince is a bad ass, could probably play anything he picked up.
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Reply #3 posted 08/07/04 2:14pm

Supernova

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Anxiety said:

maybe he counts cowbell, recorder, woodblock, tambourine, stuff like that.

Don't forget triangle, and hand claps, finger snaps...
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #4 posted 08/07/04 2:16pm

lovemachine

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They also count keyboards as a different instrument then piano and he plays about 6 different kinds of guitars so that number is course very misleading.
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Reply #5 posted 08/07/04 2:24pm

Anxiety

i had a woman who was sitting next to me at one of the chicago shows try to convince me that she saw him play saxophone once. confused
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Reply #6 posted 08/07/04 2:25pm

Anxiety

HisRoyalBadness07 said:

Takes some balls to call out a musician like Prince on what he can and cant play, id say.I would stay shut up unless I was Bach or Beethoven or somethin'. Prince is a bad ass, could probably play anything he picked up.


aw, loosen up. nobody's sayin' he isn't brilliant at what he CAN play.
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Reply #7 posted 08/07/04 2:51pm

richierich

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Its something I rarely mention to non-Prince fans as I dont think it will really impress them more it will make them think its a crock o shit, he's mega tallented and is obviously a great guitar player and from what I have seen more than compedent on keys and drums ,but as no one really knows or sees what else he plays is there point in mentioning it. I mean its a little crazy to count acoustic and electric guitar as 2 different instuments or keys and piano because although they are slightly different to play they cant really be classed as seperates.
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Reply #8 posted 08/07/04 2:59pm

NUMBERTWOFANAT
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Here we go:

1. Piano (Keyboards)
2. Harmonica
3. Xylophone
4. Drums (as well as electronic drums)
5. Flute
6. Bass guitar (differnet bass guitars)
7. Acoustic Guitar (different guitars)
8. Violin
9. Cello
10. Harp
11. Sitar
12. Timbales
13. Accordion
14. Clarinet
15. Triangle
16. Congas
17. Celesta
18. Glockenspiel
19. Timpani
20. Vibraphone
21. Steel Drum
22. Tambourine (of course)
23. Claves
24. Hammond
25. Recorder
26. Percussions
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Reply #9 posted 08/07/04 3:05pm

metalorange

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I can't imagine Prince playing on some of that list. Violin? Accordian?

I'm sure he can play that thing where you put some tissue paper against a comb and blow and it makes a burrrring noise, and when you put some rubber bands around your plastic lunchbox and twang it, so that's another 2 to the list!
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Reply #10 posted 08/07/04 3:12pm

richierich

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metalorange said:

I can't imagine Prince playing on some of that list. Violin? Accordian?

I'm sure he can play that thing where you put some tissue paper against a comb and blow and it makes a burrrring noise, and when you put some rubber bands around your plastic lunchbox and twang it, so that's another 2 to the list!



lol Or blowing into milk bottles and flicking teeth etc.
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Reply #11 posted 08/07/04 3:17pm

richierich

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I also think acordian is pretty similar to keys,flute and recorder arnt that disimilar,and some of the others dont seem that disimilar although I'm no expert, but triangle and tamborine.
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Reply #12 posted 08/07/04 3:51pm

Anxiety

I saw Prince do a five minute Glockenspiel solo during one of the Chicago shows. It was very sexually charged.
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Reply #13 posted 08/07/04 3:59pm

LightOfArt

NUMBERTWOFANATIC said:

Here we go:
15. Triangle


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Reply #14 posted 08/07/04 4:07pm

Supernova

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Yeah right. Since when can Prince play congas? rolleyes
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #15 posted 08/07/04 4:59pm

lovemachine

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NUMBERTWOFANATIC said:

Here we go:

1. Piano (Keyboards)
2. Harmonica
3. Xylophone
4. Drums (as well as electronic drums)
5. Flute
6. Bass guitar (differnet bass guitars)
7. Acoustic Guitar (different guitars)
8. Violin
9. Cello
10. Harp
11. Sitar
12. Timbales
13. Accordion
14. Clarinet
15. Triangle
16. Congas
17. Celesta
18. Glockenspiel
19. Timpani
20. Vibraphone
21. Steel Drum
22. Tambourine (of course)
23. Claves
24. Hammond
25. Recorder
26. Percussions


Prince doesn't play wind instruments. Sorry.
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Reply #16 posted 08/07/04 5:02pm

radici27

just read the booklets for prince's two first albums
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Reply #17 posted 08/07/04 5:06pm

MaquisVixen

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LOVEMACHINE said:


Prince doesn't play wind instruments. Sorry.

Hey.....Ya neva know...
He could. We just havn't seen 'im.
yay
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Reply #18 posted 08/07/04 5:27pm

GangstaFam

Anxiety said:

I saw Prince do a five minute Glockenspiel solo during one of the Chicago shows. It was very sexually charged.

LMMFAO!
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Reply #19 posted 08/07/04 5:57pm

richierich

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Are some of these instruments perhaps just played on keys,I mean on a keyboard they have various sound effects, 29 instruments would take some monumental effort ,Sitar in itself would take a fair while to get to proffesional level,I heard Harrion spent about 7 years at it and he still hadnt mastered it. It wouldnt suprise me if this "Prince can play 29 instruments is a kinda joke" it would be no real shame if he could only play the guitar aswell as he does ,so playing only another 4-5 instruments is exceptional in itself.
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Reply #20 posted 08/08/04 4:35am

sloopydrew4u

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I can play the Ocarina.

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince
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Reply #21 posted 08/08/04 5:13am

YODAHENDRIX

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Supernova said:

Yeah right. Since when can Prince play congas? rolleyes

Try listening 2 Joy in Repetition mate and u'll hear it!

cool Yoda
Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter.
Is this 2morrow or just the END of time?
The Funk will always b with u
"I've got a face, not just my race, Bang
Bang I've got you babe!"
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Reply #22 posted 08/08/04 5:15am

Byron

NUMBERTWOFANATIC said:

Here we go:

1. Piano (Keyboards)
2. Harmonica
3. Xylophone
4. Drums (as well as electronic drums)
5. Flute
6. Bass guitar (differnet bass guitars)
7. Acoustic Guitar (different guitars)
8. Violin
9. Cello
10. Harp
11. Sitar
12. Timbales
13. Accordion
14. Clarinet
15. Triangle
16. Congas
17. Celesta
18. Glockenspiel
19. Timpani
20. Vibraphone
21. Steel Drum
22. Tambourine (of course)
23. Claves
24. Hammond
25. Recorder
26. Percussions


You forgot the spoons.... nod
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Reply #23 posted 08/08/04 5:16am

Byron

lovemachine said:


Prince doesn't play wind instruments. Sorry.

He does when he's had too many soy burgers... fart
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Reply #24 posted 08/08/04 5:26am

thedog

Alot of the instruments named on the for you album or just different types of Syths.
[This message was edited Sun Aug 8 5:26:37 2004 by thedog]
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Reply #25 posted 08/08/04 9:10am

Marrk

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27. castanets
28. Comb and jug
29. Empty bottle of Stella Artois or Bud
30. Empty box of Kleenex with elastic bands wrapped round it

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Reply #26 posted 08/08/04 9:12am

Marrk

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31. Mindbells
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Reply #27 posted 08/08/04 10:43am

Supernova

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YODAHENDRIX said:

Supernova said:

Yeah right. Since when can Prince play congas? rolleyes

Try listening 2 Joy in Repetition mate and u'll hear it!

cool Yoda

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This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #28 posted 08/08/04 11:35am

ottoegil

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i had a woman who was sitting next to me at one of the chicago shows try to convince me that she saw him play saxophone once. confused


Didn't he say in a recent interview that he played sax in the school-band when he was young?
Or am I dreaming again?
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Reply #29 posted 08/08/04 12:13pm

CalhounSq

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So just b/c we haven't SEEN him play something, that means he can't play it? neutral This dude eats, sleeps & breathes music 24 hrs a day for most of his 46 years! Come on people lol Prince ain't no fool - if he can hire musicians to do it 20x better than he can, why the hell would we SEE him play the instruments he's so so at? OY...
heart prince I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it prince heart
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