I want to know does anyone out there now look more COOL playing guitar then PRINCE, What U think?

No one

telefunk said:

Hendrix did, by a 100 miles. Both Dez and Jesse did. Santana STILL does.

NObody's cooler than Prince doing anything!

sexxydancer said:

that's my girl

blackguitaristz said:

Co-sign that. I watched Hendrix: Band of Gypsys last night and...well...damn.

Let's just say Prince was not the first to get way down and hump a guitar onstage.

Genesia said:

I'd agree Jimi Hendrix looks much cooler, but after him NO ONE!

sexxydancer said:

Seriously, just out of curiosity, is there ANYTHING u don't like about P? I mean, is he PERFECT in your eyes? Honestly?

i love watching footage of jimi, i REALLY love watching thurston moore attack his guitars, but prince just has a natural ability for being a guitarist and a showman at the same time. it's like there's no disconnect between the two, he can't just stand there and be boring when he's playing. bless 'im.

Genesia said:

Yeah, I mean, that's not even close. P patterend his mannerisms while playing guitar after Jimi anyways. Everyone knows that. But what I think is more intersting is Dez and Jesse. The first time I saw P live in concert was on his Controversy tour. I watched Dez more than anyone else on stage. Just look at the videos that Dez are in; "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?", "Dirty Mind", "Controversy", "1999", "Little Red Corvette", he runs circles around P when it comes to looking cool while playing the guitar. And u can best believe Prince himself knew that. Why do u think P was always skipping over there to Dez, sharing the mic with him? Prince wasn't stupid. He knew that it made him look cooler by being over there with Dez. Out of all of the o.g. members of The Revolution, Dez got the most camera time.

Anx said:

That's true. It's no question that P is a master showman, BUT because of that very quality, sometimes, it tends to overshadow him just playing guitar. Like I posted earlier, the coolest P gets while he's on the guitar is when he's "doing Hendrix" or when he's just standing there, playing. The perfect example of what u described is Paul Stanley of KISS.

No contest.

blackguitaristz said:

i think there were moments on the musicology tour where he really let his playing take center stage, such as during the 'question of u/the one' medley. he wasn't exactly 'just standing there', but i feel like he really did put that section of the show in to showcase his guitar...obviously...but it was minus a lot of the flash we get during the more up tempo moments of the show.

i think the perfect melding of showman and guitar god is from the SOTT movie, where he's doing the 'i could never take the place of your man' solo. that's some pretty serious stuff right there.

Anx said:

co-sign Prince looks damned cool while he's playing the guitar, then and now.
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gemini77 said:

Sorry...edit...
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Keef Richards

blackguitaristz said:

There's NOTHING I don't love about Prince-what is there not 2 like? Honestly,he is perfect in my eyes !!

I'd have to say Jimi because it looked like he truly felt the music- like it didn't matter if there was an audience or not. I only wish I could have witnessed it live. Same with Santana. I've seen him live, and it's like he forgets we're there. That's just .

sexxydancer said:

Yeah, but, it's almost like U don't have to answer any of the questions, because we know what you're going to say...

Anx said:

I agree with ya on "I Could Never Take". He looked ecstaticly happy, just swinging and skipping and grinning from ear to ear. All the while, burning it up. That section right there, more than anything, shows just how long P has been playing, and performing live. It showed years of experience, performing in front of a hostile AND loving audience.

Even with 5 strings on his guitar:





And of course:

I would say that if in doubt, watch Prince's performance on WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS at the R&R Hall o' fame. That shows a man who LOVES playing and showing it off. Even the vets are watching him.

Cool is cool.

Prince's guitar is a part of him, there's no one who looks cooler then he does while playing, plus nobody better looking period!!

Stanley Jordan maybe...'cause even once you see him, you still can't quite comprehend how you're hearing at least 2 guitars playing when there's clearly only ONE.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Ditto for Richard Thompson (who covered "Kiss" on his 1000 Years of Popular Music tour).

Me at a Richard Thompson show ---->

I think it's a good point that Prince really sells his performances when he lets loose on guitar - really pulling lots of classic guitar poses and faces. I mean, Eric Clapton is known as a guitar legend, yet last time I saw him perform on TV he just stands there and plays, which is fine, but give me Prince at the Brits anytime when he's on his knees thrashing the guitar! It's just more of a performance, even if it is all planned, that I'd rather see, even if it does take-away from the vituosity of the performance.

FruitToAttractBears said:

I forgot him! Yes!

FruitToAttractBears said:

Babygirl, there's NO WAY you're 17.