..that version that was on the Prince Omnibus documentary. Just Prince sitting on his piano and singing it, dont think there was an audience apart from the cameraman..damn that shit was incredible...have always wanted to get hold of that..even though i dont remember it being that long

I love it when the band falls in and Eric Leeds starts doing his thang...

HamsterHuey said:

So do I!! I wonder how long that song does go for....

I hate it that one of the best parts of the entire documentary (along with the God Is Alive session in London) has the credits rolling over it and is just CUT at the end...

Now THAT jam would be a worthy NPGmc track, but nooooo.....

Who's gonna thump Prince on his head?
Make him release the good stuff instead?

HamsterHuey said:

lol
i watched that doc so long ago!! its like i only remember 2 parts
1) the ladder at the end &

2) for some reason i keep picturing the american journalist or whoever telling me that once he was driving around with prince and he told him that he used to smell the food in MacD's wen he was hungry

hmmm

tylerd said:

Yeah, and don´t forget the crystal clear footage of the infamous Revolution concert...y´all know what I mean, First Ave summer 83, when he debuted the Purple Rain songs..
Sure , it´s circulating, but not in that fantastic quality.

KoolEaze said:

Awwww, that too...

That sweaty face, the ruined hairdo. I think that last is enough to never make it see the light of day, control- that he is.

That was the bomb. P was like the reincarnation of Ray Charles, while Ray was still alive!

And the First Ave clips... I'd do anything to have the show in any quality, but like that...

damn...

That is one of my very favorite Prince performances ever!

I had become bored and disillusioned with Prince for a while. I never saw this documentary when it first came out, but happened upon it one day a few years ago playing on TV.

That footage of him at the piano singing "The Ladder" was, to me, magical. If THAT didn't come from GOD, I dont know what has. That clip, and the clip of Prince singing that Mick Jagger song "Miss You". Wow. Anyone know if THAT show is circulating? (Prince singing Rolling Stones "Miss You" )

id be happing with getting a copy of that documentary, i think theres a dvd of it floating around

ThomasBjj said:

Yeh Prince doing "Miss You" with Ronnie Wood on rythm guitar.

I b like Yeah Man

also a very pretty version of 'Just my Imagination', which looked like it was from the same lovesexy rehearsal.

the ladder performance was gorgeous, i agree.

i love the footage backstage on the lovesexy tour. when he's playing in the mirror, looking at photos and says in that ridiculous voice, "aaaah, trying to make me look stupid, eh?"



brilliant doc, anyway.

TheFrog said:

And when he's sitting in the audience seats, checking out the lighting, etc.. Fascinating to see just how much input he has into, well, everything.

I love that bit where the interviewer goes to Paisley Park, gets told he's out, then you see Prince prancing down a corridor in his heels.

onenitealone said:

oh yeah, doing his direction bit - "you're going where, Miko?"

and his sarcastic, "look at those shoes...spotlight on the shoes, please."

TheFrog said:

And Prince adding bass to 'Partyman'. There are so many 'teasers' in this documentary but it's defintely one of the best I've seen. Gotta dig this one out, now...