Prince did show boat a bit too much on that performance. Which is a shame because he played so great on that song. He could have won over alot of new fans. But, all the people I know that saw it were appalled at how cocky he added and a couple that were planning on going to a see his concert coming up cancelled their plans because of this. If I didn't respect George Harrison so much, I could probably excuse it, but George really was a peaceful, loving, religious and humble person. I think Prince could have been a bit more humble as well. If he didn't want to show his respects to George, then why was he there? To sell records?

Prince did show boat a bit too much on that performance. Which is a shame because he played so great on that song. He could have won over alot of new fans. But, all the people I know that saw it were appalled at how cocky he added and a couple that were planning on going to a see his concert coming up cancelled their plans because of this. If I didn't respect George Harrison so much, I could probably excuse it, but George really was a peaceful, loving, religious and humble person. I think Prince could have been a bit more humble as well. If he didn't want to show his respects to George, then why was he there? To sell records?

Dont clown me but I JUST downloaded this performance from the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame show and LORD HAVE MERCY PRINCE WRECKED THAT GUITAR!! I WAS IN AWEEEEE!!!
I beleive the whole place was!!!!
Prince looked he KNEW he was wreckin it and was enjoying every minute of it!!!!! when he threw his guitar in the air it was like "I'm Prince and I KNOW I'm bad!" I was in AWE yall....COULD NOT BELEIVE IT!!! I wish he woulda did that performance on a bigger scale(i.e. The grammys) I still beleive that most of the nation regard Prince as a singer and not a musician


BUT my question is...who originally did that song and on what album is it on? I love the song itself..I like Tom Petty so I'm feeling that song and to have Prince CLOWNING on that song ..I like it even more!!!! I wonder if Tom and the fellas felt showed up by Prince?

I absolutely LOVED Princed guitar solo and can rewind my videotape over and over again to listen to it.

But , yes, the posturing was a bit much. I can understand being overwhelmed by the music. But his theatrics went beyond that.

That was a tribute to Harrison and should have been respectful.

I absolutely LOVED Princed guitar solo and can rewind my videotape over and over again to listen to it.

But , yes, the posturing was a bit much. I can understand being overwhelmed by the music. But his theatrics went beyond that.

That was a tribute to Harrison and should have been respectful.

It was not a tribute to Prince ... but he acted as if it were...

Prince did show boat a bit too much on that performance. Which is a shame because he played so great on that song. He could have won over alot of new fans. But, all the people I know that saw it were appalled at how cocky he added and a couple that were planning on going to a see his concert coming up cancelled their plans because of this. If I didn't respect George Harrison so much, I could probably excuse it, but George really was a peaceful, loving, religious and humble person. I think Prince could have been a bit more humble as well. If he didn't want to show his respects to George, then why was he there? To sell records?

Prince did show boat a bit too much on that performance. Which is a shame because he played so great on that song. He could have won over alot of new fans. But, all the people I know that saw it were appalled at how cocky he added and a couple that were planning on going to a see his concert coming up cancelled their plans because of this. If I didn't respect George Harrison so much, I could probably excuse it, but George really was a peaceful, loving, religious and humble person. I think Prince could have been a bit more humble as well. If he didn't want to show his respects to George, then why was he there? To sell records?

Victor333 said:

1) Prince did win over a lot of fans with that performance...no "could have" about it.

2) If "all" the people you know were "appalled" by Prince's performance enough to no longer go to his "Musicology" tour, then that says a helluva lot more about them than it EVER could say about Prince and his solo.

3) Prince could have played along and did a "humble" solo (wtf??...), but if he had toned it down, I bet his solo wouldn't have been half as devastating as it was...90% of what you see Prince do is the result of him getting lost within his playing, just letting the musical spirit drive him...Yes, there were one or two bits that were probably rehearsed, but the rest was just pure Prince being Prince...why ask him to be anyone else?

4) Prince "didn't want to show his respect to George", huh??...How is his performance in any way, shape or form disrespectful??...It would be far more disrespectful to hold back on that beautiful song less a few over-sensitive Harrison fans get their panties in a bunch.

5) "Why was he there??"????!!!!!...omfg...He was there because he put out 25 years of extraordinary music and was being honored with an induction into the HOF, THAT'S why. And at the end of EVERY HOF ceremony, it's tradion for all the honorees to jam together on one last song...Since George Harrison had passed away, they picked one of his songs to jam to, as an honor to him as well as a way of having Harrison "jam" with the rest of the honorees...but the performance was NOT simply a George Harrison tribute, it was ALSO a celebration honoring the lastest inductees and giving the audience a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing these specific musicians all playing live together. So it was about more than just George Harrison..

And by the way, aren't you contradicting yourself by first saying "Prince could have gained some new fans had he toned it down"...only to THEN say, "Why was Prince there, to sell records??"...So, which is it...would playing in a more subdued fashion have garnered him more fans, thus more sales...or was playing in the fashion that he did done solely to garner more sales, which means more fans??

6) Even if it WAS just about George Harrison, did you see the way people reacted at the event itself to Prince's solo??...Watch it again if you have to...the entire audience was sitting calmly and "respectfully" right up until Prince takes center stage and just wails on his guitar...by the time he does the "fall backwards off the stage while still playing" shtick, everyone in attendance is on their feet, and they are giving Prince a standing ovation for what he just did...and they never sat down again.

7) But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.
[Edited 10/11/04 23:35pm]

But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.

Victor333 said:

1) Prince did win over a lot of fans with that performance...no "could have" about it.

2) If "all" the people you know were "appalled" by Prince's performance enough to no longer go to his "Musicology" tour, then that says a helluva lot more about them than it EVER could say about Prince and his solo.

3) Prince could have played along and did a "humble" solo (wtf??...), but if he had toned it down, I bet his solo wouldn't have been half as devastating as it was...90% of what you see Prince do is the result of him getting lost within his playing, just letting the musical spirit drive him...Yes, there were one or two bits that were probably rehearsed, but the rest was just pure Prince being Prince...why ask him to be anyone else?

4) Prince "didn't want to show his respect to George", huh??...How is his performance in any way, shape or form disrespectful??...It would be far more disrespectful to hold back on that beautiful song less a few over-sensitive Harrison fans get their panties in a bunch.

5) "Why was he there??"????!!!!!...omfg...He was there because he put out 25 years of extraordinary music and was being honored with an induction into the HOF, THAT'S why. And at the end of EVERY HOF ceremony, it's tradion for all the honorees to jam together on one last song...Since George Harrison had passed away, they picked one of his songs to jam to, as an honor to him as well as a way of having Harrison "jam" with the rest of the honorees...but the performance was NOT simply a George Harrison tribute, it was ALSO a celebration honoring the lastest inductees and giving the audience a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing these specific musicians all playing live together. So it was about more than just George Harrison..

And by the way, aren't you contradicting yourself by first saying "Prince could have gained some new fans had he toned it down"...only to THEN say, "Why was Prince there, to sell records??"...So, which is it...would playing in a more subdued fashion have garnered him more fans, thus more sales...or was playing in the fashion that he did done solely to garner more sales, which means more fans??

6) Even if it WAS just about George Harrison, did you see the way people reacted at the event itself to Prince's solo??...Watch it again if you have to...the entire audience was sitting calmly and "respectfully" right up until Prince takes center stage and just wails on his guitar...by the time he does the "fall backwards off the stage while still playing" shtick, everyone in attendance is on their feet, and they are giving Prince a standing ovation for what he just did...and they never sat down again.

7) But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.
[Edited 10/11/04 23:35pm]

Victor333 said:

1) Prince did win over a lot of fans with that performance...no "could have" about it.

2) If "all" the people you know were "appalled" by Prince's performance enough to no longer go to his "Musicology" tour, then that says a helluva lot more about them than it EVER could say about Prince and his solo.

3) Prince could have played along and did a "humble" solo (wtf??...), but if he had toned it down, I bet his solo wouldn't have been half as devastating as it was...90% of what you see Prince do is the result of him getting lost within his playing, just letting the musical spirit drive him...Yes, there were one or two bits that were probably rehearsed, but the rest was just pure Prince being Prince...why ask him to be anyone else?

4) Prince "didn't want to show his respect to George", huh??...How is his performance in any way, shape or form disrespectful??...It would be far more disrespectful to hold back on that beautiful song less a few over-sensitive Harrison fans get their panties in a bunch.

5) "Why was he there??"????!!!!!...omfg...He was there because he put out 25 years of extraordinary music and was being honored with an induction into the HOF, THAT'S why. And at the end of EVERY HOF ceremony, it's tradion for all the honorees to jam together on one last song...Since George Harrison had passed away, they picked one of his songs to jam to, as an honor to him as well as a way of having Harrison "jam" with the rest of the honorees...but the performance was NOT simply a George Harrison tribute, it was ALSO a celebration honoring the lastest inductees and giving the audience a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing these specific musicians all playing live together. So it was about more than just George Harrison..

And by the way, aren't you contradicting yourself by first saying "Prince could have gained some new fans had he toned it down"...only to THEN say, "Why was Prince there, to sell records??"...So, which is it...would playing in a more subdued fashion have garnered him more fans, thus more sales...or was playing in the fashion that he did done solely to garner more sales, which means more fans??

6) Even if it WAS just about George Harrison, did you see the way people reacted at the event itself to Prince's solo??...Watch it again if you have to...the entire audience was sitting calmly and "respectfully" right up until Prince takes center stage and just wails on his guitar...by the time he does the "fall backwards off the stage while still playing" shtick, everyone in attendance is on their feet, and they are giving Prince a standing ovation for what he just did...and they never sat down again.

7) But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.
[Edited 10/11/04 23:35pm]

i can't believe that people actually believe that Prince was "show boating" too much and showing off on his performance...

missfee said:

Not important...
Harrison's kid loved it and that's way more important than what some "outsiders" think about it...
Some of those idiots call it "showboating" (obviously those are not musicians...) I call it playing guitar...

Victor333 said:

1) Prince did win over a lot of fans with that performance...no "could have" about it.

2) If "all" the people you know were "appalled" by Prince's performance enough to no longer go to his "Musicology" tour, then that says a helluva lot more about them than it EVER could say about Prince and his solo.

3) Prince could have played along and did a "humble" solo (wtf??...), but if he had toned it down, I bet his solo wouldn't have been half as devastating as it was...90% of what you see Prince do is the result of him getting lost within his playing, just letting the musical spirit drive him...Yes, there were one or two bits that were probably rehearsed, but the rest was just pure Prince being Prince...why ask him to be anyone else?

4) Prince "didn't want to show his respect to George", huh??...How is his performance in any way, shape or form disrespectful??...It would be far more disrespectful to hold back on that beautiful song less a few over-sensitive Harrison fans get their panties in a bunch.

5) "Why was he there??"????!!!!!...omfg...He was there because he put out 25 years of extraordinary music and was being honored with an induction into the HOF, THAT'S why. And at the end of EVERY HOF ceremony, it's tradition for all the honorees to jam together on one last song...Since George Harrison had passed away, they picked one of his songs to jam to, as an honor to him as well as a way of having Harrison "jam" with the rest of the honorees...but the performance was NOT simply a George Harrison tribute, it was ALSO a celebration honoring the lastest inductees and giving the audience a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing these specific musicians all playing live together. So it was about more than just George Harrison..

And by the way, aren't you contradicting yourself by first saying "Prince could have gained some new fans had he toned it down"...only to THEN say, "Why was Prince there, to sell records??"...So, which is it...would playing in a more subdued fashion have garnered him more fans, thus more sales...or was playing in the fashion that he did done solely to garner more sales, which means more fans??

6) Even if it WAS just about George Harrison, did you see the way people reacted at the event itself to Prince's solo??...Watch it again if you have to...the entire audience was sitting calmly and "respectfully" right up until Prince takes center stage and just wails on his guitar...by the time he does the "fall backwards off the stage while still playing" shtick, everyone in attendance is on their feet, and they are giving Prince a standing ovation for what he just did...and they never sat down again.

7) But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.
[Edited 10/11/04 23:35pm]
[Edited 10/12/04 9:53am]

Victor333 said:

1) Prince did win over a lot of fans with that performance...no "could have" about it.

2) If "all" the people you know were "appalled" by Prince's performance enough to no longer go to his "Musicology" tour, then that says a helluva lot more about them than it EVER could say about Prince and his solo.

3) Prince could have played along and did a "humble" solo (wtf??...), but if he had toned it down, I bet his solo wouldn't have been half as devastating as it was...90% of what you see Prince do is the result of him getting lost within his playing, just letting the musical spirit drive him...Yes, there were one or two bits that were probably rehearsed, but the rest was just pure Prince being Prince...why ask him to be anyone else?

4) Prince "didn't want to show his respect to George", huh??...How is his performance in any way, shape or form disrespectful??...It would be far more disrespectful to hold back on that beautiful song less a few over-sensitive Harrison fans get their panties in a bunch.

5) "Why was he there??"????!!!!!...omfg...He was there because he put out 25 years of extraordinary music and was being honored with an induction into the HOF, THAT'S why. And at the end of EVERY HOF ceremony, it's tradition for all the honorees to jam together on one last song...Since George Harrison had passed away, they picked one of his songs to jam to, as an honor to him as well as a way of having Harrison "jam" with the rest of the honorees...but the performance was NOT simply a George Harrison tribute, it was ALSO a celebration honoring the lastest inductees and giving the audience a once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing these specific musicians all playing live together. So it was about more than just George Harrison..

And by the way, aren't you contradicting yourself by first saying "Prince could have gained some new fans had he toned it down"...only to THEN say, "Why was Prince there, to sell records??"...So, which is it...would playing in a more subdued fashion have garnered him more fans, thus more sales...or was playing in the fashion that he did done solely to garner more sales, which means more fans??

6) Even if it WAS just about George Harrison, did you see the way people reacted at the event itself to Prince's solo??...Watch it again if you have to...the entire audience was sitting calmly and "respectfully" right up until Prince takes center stage and just wails on his guitar...by the time he does the "fall backwards off the stage while still playing" shtick, everyone in attendance is on their feet, and they are giving Prince a standing ovation for what he just did...and they never sat down again.

7) But even more telling, watch Dhani Harrison's face as Prince's entrance is about to happen..watch how he smiles gleefully and nods in Prince's direction, as if he knows Prince is about to tear shit up and he can't wait...Watch Dhani's expression as Prince falls backwards off the stage while still playing guitar...his smile is so genuine and happy it's literally touching to see George's son (and almost dead-ringer look-alike) smiling in appreciation, then looking around at everyone else on stage as if to say "Did you see that!!..That is so cool!"...Then just watch Dhani throughout the rest of the performance, constantly looking over at Prince with a smile on his face, then over to the rest of the band, then back at Prince, eager and excited about what he might do next. I will take Dhani Harrison's smile of approval over some toeheads who turned their noses up at Prince's "showboating" anyday of the week.
[Edited 10/11/04 23:35pm]
[Edited 10/12/04 9:53am]