This is kind of sick. Prince is shirtless, with blue shorts and blue leg warmers and silver boots. What's really sick, is when he grabs Andre, turns him around and sings I wanna be your brother to him. I see why this is never shown.

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Hey it was back in the day, besides we hardly ever get to see gayle chapman.

That was fucking fantastic.:clapping:

Thank god he finally got into his stride.

I never knew there was another version of the video! Hot damn!! I learn something new everyday, hanging around this place!!! Thanks for posting, potroast!

did anyone notice the "cloud guitar" the bass player's using?

okay i am laughing at that. i never saw that before.
dude's left leg warmer was falling down. i think Prince chose the other version because he didn't want anyone in the band to get any face time. he was a cute lil young thang though.

potroastpony, you rule! Now I never knew that even existed. P was a mess back then (lol). It's tame now, but back then this video would be considered shocking. Bobby Z looks like he's trying out for the Village People. Dez looks cool as hell with guitar pick earring and the Marshall cabs behind him. Total punk rock. Gayle was kinda cute.

Makes me wonder how many "old school" vids P has in the vault.

Oh, 2 more things. The guitar switch by Dez was cool. And P should have worn a damn jock strap.

Type "Prince Dirty Mind" into the search engine and it will bring up live early '80's performances of Dirty Mind, Jack U Off and Head.

Thanx,never knew tere were 2 versions.

It's always easy 2 laugh about past pictures or vid's by any artist,
but in P's case...well,sometimes it's very easy 2 do that about his
early years.I always thought he over-acted a lot in his first vid's.

PurpleCharm said:

Thanx! That was very special... seeing Prince performing in that Dirty Mind "clothing" .... also there's a live version of "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" from the same era on YouTube with a heavy rock ending and before the ending Prince shouts: "Why U wanna treat me so bad... .BITCH!"

purplehippieonthe1 said:

Yes, I saw it. I love watching old footage of P. He was so raw, hungry and full of energy.
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Dirty Mind Era Live footage!! That just really made my Mother's Day! Thanks!!!
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lol... Did the very beginning of the video remind anyone of Rock With You by MJ?

lol... THE SHORTS!
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RUHip2TheJive said:

YES!
oh my God I was thinking the same thing! They were doing the rock in the beginning. that was a popular dance in '79.

I'm laughing my head off! Thank GOD this guy grew up. Thanks for making my day...

SPYZFAN1 said:

ROTF! I'm watching it over and over cuz it's killin' me. The guitar thing Dez did is the only cool thing in the whole video. Prince looks like some crazed escapee from planet X or something in those moon boots!

purplehippieonthe1 said:

the close up on his face when he said "you used to love it when I'd do ya"
excellent!

AWESOME!

I love this. Makes me fall in love with him all over again!

OMFG!!! that WYWTMSB one is off da hook! once again I am BLOWN AWAY!

um, anybody catch that performance of "head" on youtube. Jesus H Christ Almighty!please look that up and enjoy. I won't post a link cuz we can't do that. but ..... jeebus.

alwayslate said:

Yes Lawd! I loved the solo at the end too. Too bad it was cut short. Whew!

Dang, check out the one that says "random performance", I've never seen this one before.

I seen this version before and I am the minority here but I like this version better than the known version.

ladygirl99 said:

you're not alone

purplehippieonthe1 said:

That's excellent, notice at about the 5 minute mark he does what sounds like a "let's go crazy" guitar climax - very cool to see the origins. Any1 know what particular Dirty mind concert this was (date, location etc)?
Like PurpleCharm said, great to see him so raw and hungry.

(And I always wondered what the unreleased song Broken sounded like...)

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