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Thread started 11/29/06 6:30am

Riverpoet31

Prince best funky guitar riffin'?

I really dig it when Prince is playing those traditional funky riffs troughout a whole song (Controversy, 1+1+1=3) but right now my favorite is:

Superfunkycalifragisexi

His playing is so tight and funky on that track, and the little improvisation during the bridge is just brilliant.

A shame he doesnt do does kind of riffin more often nowadays on record.

What are your favorite examples of Prince, the funky riff player?
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Reply #1 posted 11/29/06 6:48am

funkyhead

i tell ya, i'm loving the NPG video clip of Prince playing funky back up to Maceo on the Track 'We Gone 2 make funky'. Can't get enough of that. Hs funk is always best live and not on record.
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Reply #2 posted 11/29/06 7:04am

coolcat

I really love the rhythm guitars on 777-9311... I can hear two rhythm parts... There's the main one that the song starts with... it sounds like it's acoustic... then there's a second with the higher pitched funky chords during the chorus...

I wanna be your lover is really cool also...

housequake...
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Reply #3 posted 11/29/06 7:13am

Flowerz

Movie Star ..
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Reply #4 posted 11/29/06 7:46am

calldapplwonde
ry83

funkyhead said:

i tell ya, i'm loving the NPG video clip of Prince playing funky back up to Maceo on the Track 'We Gone 2 make funky'. Can't get enough of that. Hs funk is always best live and not on record.



That's indeed the shit!
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Reply #5 posted 11/29/06 7:56am

funkyhead

another awesome dose of rapid , raw funk is on a DVD i saw from the Dirty Mind tour [may have been the Ritz?], he plays this wild ultra funk groove that is fast, funky , raw and honest!.Forget which song it was but it's great.
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Reply #6 posted 11/29/06 8:21am

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funkyhead said:

another awesome dose of rapid , raw funk is on a DVD i saw from the Dirty Mind tour [may have been the Ritz?], he plays this wild ultra funk groove that is fast, funky , raw and honest!.Forget which song it was but it's great.


also....
alphabet street
raspberry beret
sister(lovesexy concert germany)
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Reply #7 posted 11/29/06 9:13am

calldapplwonde
ry83

'La la la, he he he' long version

Fillmore 2004
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Reply #8 posted 11/29/06 11:34am

KaleidoscopicE
yes

Rock Steady w/Tamar minnesota 06 live NPGMC download
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Reply #9 posted 12/04/06 11:03am

Lordy

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I love the riffing on the original/demo version of Love or Money. Dayum fonkee!
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Reply #10 posted 12/04/06 12:54pm

ufoclub

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what's the difference between a riff and a groove?
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Reply #11 posted 12/04/06 1:35pm

calldapplwonde
ry83

I'd say a riff is the notes you play and in what rhythm, and a groove is what it feels like/wha..... ah, f*ck it! lol
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Reply #12 posted 12/05/06 5:33pm

wlcm2thdwn

Joy in Repitition
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Reply #13 posted 12/05/06 11:16pm

AvramsDad

Controversy
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