HamsterHuey said:

imagine the diva tantrums. she'll need at least 20 dressing rooms

IstenSzek said:

Chaka is big all over. Did you catch a shot of her rear? It's huge too.

Am I the only one who liked 3121 a lit more than the tribute? Damnit, that sh*t was dirty! Nasty guitar solo, too.

Perfect appearance, IMO.

Prince was GREAT!!! There is just NO ONE in the business like him. I missed his earlier performance with Chaka, but 3121 was WONDERFUL. Love me some Prince when he plays that guitar!

He came across alot happier in 2004 around the Musicology time.

Oooh I loved Prince and Chaka onstage together. Her voice sounds so cool and it is so sexy!

Taurus said:[quote]3121?
Come on Prince....

As a prince fan, this was a treat but other than that this was a downer to close the show.
I'm sure those in the stand was like, what in the hell is he singing....[/quote




I'm sure they were like 3121!!!!! that's tha new album!!!! gotta grab it gotta get it!! Everybody is feeling Prince both ole skool and new, that's a proven fact.
[Edited 6/28/06 4:43am]

calldapplwondery83 said:

I'm with ya. I don't know what all these folks here were listening to, but i thought it was outstanding - way better than the album version - and a nice rebound from the American Idol debacle.

Got me to wondering why his studio records don't capture that rawness of his live sound.

calldapplwondery83 said:

oh i agree with you! i loved the 3121 performance best. i think it's
a classic performance by all means. people need to stop bitchin' and
just appreciate what was played instead of what shoulda/coulda

SynthiaRose said:

I really enjoyed the tribut to Chaka. In my opinion it was the best part of an awful show. He really was into his element and looked like he enjoyed himself. In fact, he looked a little star struck....He was on stage with his idols, Stevie, Chaka and people who he has admired, India and Yolanda. It seems to me that he has more fun playing as part of a band...It's almost as if he knows that he has to share the stage, so he gives his performance that extra umphf...Loved the little guitar fills and background vocals. I guess his choice of 3121 may have seemed odd to some but, maybe it was his way of not only cooling down the crowd, but also to get people hip to his new stuff and to get people ready for things to come.....One other thing, Damon Wayans was just AWFUL!!!

Is it me ....the newer songs are starting to be a bit boring no energy no spice or edge...then you say ok Prince is the bomb live then he goes to BET of all places to perform his solo Finale he plays the weakest track to BET viewers
i've read he wasn't in to it but think about it he got into Chakas performance ...People Prince did this on purpose the whole show was rap hip hop based nolive musicans at all except during the tribute...think about it casting your pearls before the swine....

HamsterHuey said:

Dying LOL!!! I think this reference might be lost on some peeps, but my sis and I STILL joke about that. Who's the fool saying "will, it's would." Classic!

i started to watch ... i tuned in RIGHT AFTER beyonce's openin .... and i could only watch like 5 minutes ... ugh ... terrible ..... i truly feel i am gettin old .... lame jokes .... j j walker ... ugh

i did happen to catch flippin channels the Prince performances .... dont ask me how ... was lucky i guesss ... but they were good .... i especially loved 3121 ending .... different but in a good way ....

having said this --- these LONGGGGG threads suck ...

So NONE wants 2 comment about the other guitar solo in 3121??

Morris must've been playing a sampled guitar sound and was soloing during some of 3121.

Just watch and listen.

I got it DVRed, and it's very obvious, when PRINCE is strumming, U hear a pretty good solo.

What's up?

Any thoughts, people?

G.

It's not so bad 2 do that, but I think Prince should've carried the guitar solos by himself.

G.

SlamGlam said:

actually i'm sure it's white WOMEN. but i digress.

i don't think it matters

if prince wants to be 'black-whatever' at a BLACK awards show, then let him. the award show is ABOUT black empowerment. yaw'll have the AMAs. he can be 'white' for that.

shorttrini said:

Yeah, I agree that Prince is a "musician's musician." He seems to love working with a group but not necessarily his own band very much like Sting, then also Flea, John F, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, etc.. It just seems that they just like to jam with other musicians.

I've said this once before, but to me one of the GREATEST Prince performances was "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," during the tribute to George Harrison for the RocknRoll Hall of Fame. That was amazing, and George Harrison's son was awestruck.

Dicktroit said:

People said he wasn't into the AI performance... and yet all I saw was smiles, grins, and an energetic performance. People read into performances what they want to read, they made their mind up Prince couldn't possibly be into performing on AI and ignored any evidence to the contrary.

Same with the 3121 performance. It's not an uptempo song so obviously he's not going to be all grins and giggles, but he seemed into it to me - he even gave the rapper Will I Am a high-five at the end. No one is forcing him to do these performances or what songs to perform. He seems perfectly happy to me.

I think it is a lot to do whether you like the track or not. If you don't, there's a tendency to say 'what the hell did he play that for?' and say he wasn't into it. If you like the track, you tend to see the opposite.

This is was great!!! Having Prince win an award was a shocker!! I had no idea that he was up for an award. I have this really funny feeling that this award was symbolic just because he was to perform; I hope not but oh well, he won!!

Also that performance with Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, India Arie, and Chaka was great!! Two of the greatest musicians ever (Prince and Stevie) on the same stage!! Plus with three of the greatest female vocalist in the game!! That was classic.

The final piece was pretty cool. I was hoping that he dropped "Fury" on the BET folks, but 3121 was cool. I like how we tossed the mic into the crowd and the brotha from the Black Eye Peas joined Prince and comapny on stage for a little rapping moment, great job Uncle P.

Isel said:

Co-sign! I watch this on DVD religiously! His guitar playing that night was other-worldly.

The Chaka lifetime award with Prince, Stevie, Indie, Yolanda,... Prince getting male artist award, making his speech, & Prince wrapping things up with a 3121 performance was the reason to watch this always overhyped show. That was cool to see all that happening at once on stage. The problem with the Bet awards is that they take up so much time letting people ramble on who win. Their should be a time limit to some of these speeches. They had some bad sound problems also. I wish P. Duddy mike stayed off. He sucks! When is all the hype on him is going to finally die down. He makes me sick. Why did they even bother to use a mike anyway. The music was enough to lip sync to.

CalhounSq said:

that's an utterly ridiculous attitude to have ... Prince is a celebrity. people want to pry. and when someone as religious and devout as he doesn't wear a ring, it may mean something. and folks like to know.
[Edited 6/28/06 6:09am]

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

it was reported that Harrison's son said "i wanna give Prince a hug" after his solo.

which is adoreable.

cant believe people are complaining because he didn't play a single. thats such a sad attitude to have; he should play whatever he wants to play. i think its great he has the balls, and the belief in his own music, to play something that most people there would never have heard before, something that he just feels appropriate for the show (i thought it was perfect...it's hip hop-y enough to appeal to the bet crowd but weird enough to freak them out a little). and people walking out or not being 100% into it is hardly unexpected; if you go to a gig where a band/singer is playing new music that the crowd has never heard before, they are NEVER 100% totally into it (and they've paid to come and see the band/singer) because they don't know the song. and prince wasn't just playing a song most people didn't know, he wasn't even playing it to a prince audience. and he was playing it at the end of a very long show. lets put things in perspective here, okay?

purplecam said:

I watched the 3121 performance again before I went to bed and I got into it more. Reading the comments here also gave me a new perspective on it too. I have to say, will.i.am was great! he took the performance to another level and it was great to see prince and will work it out on stage. minds can be changed. prince did his thing.

realgirl2004 said:

Damon Wayans is not a representative for black comedy at large. The Wayans brothers' brand of stand up comedy has almost always been very regressive and degrading. The only one who wasn't as much like that was Keenan. Shawn and Marlon had a lot of bafoonery on their show (tho it had a lot of funny moments). They also made fools of themselves when they hosted the MTV Awards a while back. They go too far sometimes. Some of the things they think are funny are very damaging to blacks image-wise. I mean look at Scary Movie, funny yes, but there were a lot of things that went too far. Then Damon did a movie called Marci X. Chris Rock said he turned that down because of how offensive it was. Not only that but, Damon wants to trademark the word "nigga" so he can use it as the name of his clothing line

I knew when it was announced that Damon was going to do a terrible job, and I can see I was right

purplecam said:

I don't know how many minds were changed. They cut to a shot of Busta Rhymes in the audience during the 3121 performance, and he was sitting there like it was nothing. Then as soon as Will.i.am got up there he was all hyped. That really bothered me. Gave me little hope for ppl really respecting Prince and showing that respect

PurpleRighteous1 said:

There is NO excuse 4 his lame-ass opening, with the "Africans in the bush, with their loin cloths..." bullshit. It has nothing 2 do with "Black comedy"... it's straight up ignorant, and there R plenty of Black comedians, who R much more "representaive of Black comedy", who were probably embarrassed by his slurring dumb ass. I used 2 think Damon was the funniest Wayan. Not after last night. Something went wrong with that Brother... like he had a lobotomy or something.
[Edited 6/28/06 6:49am]

i agree ... as as an anglo american ... it was an odd Damon Wayons performance .... i couldnt watch it ...you reminded me of the "african loin cloth" thing ... and even the speech impediment rap stuff was dumb .... at one point he made some reference to being drunk or intoxicated and .... i thought he looked it !

Giovanni777 said:

...and I forgot 2 say Thank U 2 "Purple Rightous1".

Thank U 4 breaking it down like that.

G.

His ass was drunk... had 2 be... unless my lobotomy theory is true.