he wasn't showboating, its him. he is what he is. now does anybody know where i can find that long version i've been looking for a long time?

heybaby said:

Can't download it from here, but you can watch it...

http://www.finishlinefash...mance2.htm

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!!!!

Neversin said:

And so do I.
I'd also like to add that P already had much respect for George Harrison. I believe that the ONA Live box set reveals that one of George's songs was part of the setlist. I also want to add that hindsight is 20/20 for the folks who think prince was "showing off". Had he not put any energy into it, these same compainers would be chastising him for that. "Man, it was cool and everything, but he should have laid into that guitar and really put on a show in honor of George" . They asked P to play, that's what they got. Make no mistake, I do believe that a part of that solo was Prince showing all of us that he's proud of his 25 years in the biz and that he can hang with the best of them, but the other part was definitely showing honor and tribute to George Harrison by getting up there and playing from the heart (to one of George's most beautiful tunes). It's possible to do both at once, and I think the usually stiff HOF was due for such a performance.

heybaby said:

Can't download it from here, but you can watch it...

http://www.finishlinefash...mance2.htm

Byron said:

You know what's bad?
I have this at home on tape, but I still sat here and watched this clip at work. It'll never get old.

OdysseyMiles said:

seeing how this is the org i don't think your alone.

heybaby said:

Yeah, who am I kiddin'?

nobody wants to see a negro beating all these white boys at their own game on their own field.

mozfonky said:

I think it's pretty petty that you're making this a race issue...
Seems to me you have a problem with black people playing guitar with white people...
[flame snipped -Tom]
Neversin.

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.
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I'd also like to add that P already had much respect for George Harrison. I believe that the ONA Live box set reveals that one of George's songs was part of the setlist.

Great post Byron.

I didn't view the HOF performance as disrespectful and Dhani Harrison didn't either. I feel Prince blew the walls and roof off of that place FOR Dhani out of pure respect. It was an emotional time for Dhani and Prince played specifically TO George's son--I also feel that alot of the bravado coming from Prince was to mask an emotional experience for him, too. I felt that he walked out the way he did at the end, when Dhani was clearly waiting to thank him, because he was emotional about playing like that for George's son. Tom Petty's reaction was, IMO, pure jealousy and rude. I've never been prouder of Prince and more disgusted at Tom Petty.

I didn't notice Tom Petty giving Prince any dirty looks. It's just the way that Tom looks. I mean, he looks like death warmed up at the best of times. He almost never smiles.

He looks like that preacher fellow out of Poltergeist.


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bkw said:

I didn't notice Tom Petty giving Prince any dirty looks. It's just the way that Tom looks. I mean, he looks like death warmed up at the best of times. He almost never smiles.

He looks like that preacher fellow out of Poltergeist.








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