What are the three most exciting, memorable, fantastic preformances of Prince's you were able to see on film? You know the kind you want to show your friends as a means to explain to them why you think he is the most fantastic entertainer in your lifetime? The kind of preformances that you think if not at least would be able to convert them, would be able to allow them to admit that he is a VERY talented preformer.

For me it is...

Prince and Sheila E doing Love Bizzare in her Romance 1600 tape...amazing, amazing, crazy fun...I wish I could have experienced this live!

It's gonna be a beautiful night on Sign of the Times...omg! This has always been electricity! Even though I know I read that they had to pretty much redo at PP and it might not have been live in Europe?? Oh well you CAN'T tell because the preformance is so engaging.

Baby I'm a Star on the Live in Syracuse...wow!I just loved how into it everyone got and how Prince seemed to just improvise and conduct the band AND the audience!

Prince is one great entertainer...not only is his music unbelievable, he is a fantastic storyteller in his lyrics, he is gifted with instruments and arranging songs...but he can dance and create a fun atmosphere with his live preformances too. WOW!

1. "Fury" -- Saturday Night Live, March 2006
2. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (guitar solo) -- Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2004
3. Most anything from the Aug '83 First Avenue performance

Omigod when he sings the Question of U and does the dance on the pole live onstage, that's the sexiest thing I've ever seen in my entire life!
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Oh,let's c-"Possessed"on the Live In Syracuse video(with the black lace pants!),"Forever In My Life"/"It" from Sign O The Times,and ANYTHING from the Lovesexy tour dvd! Boy,was that tough! All of his performances r so great,but I was determined 2 make just 3 selections this time!

Possesed - from the Princ & The Rev. VHS

Fury - The SNL peformance

Gotta Broken Heart Again - From the Live: At The Aladdin DVD

00. the entire 1st Avenue show 1983

01. Forever in my Life [from Sign o the Times dvd]

02. Fury [live @ SNL]

03. Anna Stesia [from Livesexy]

Birthday Show in Detroit - All of it

1st Avenue Show 83 - Ditto

and erm...Partyup on SNL was pretty damn cool too.

Any of his performances are fine with me ... but here's 3.

1. American Bandstand Performance -- Yeah ... the dancing was ... um, but he was so cute and sexy!

2. 'Motherless Child' Performance -- Guitar is awesome!

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3. Lovesexy Tour Perfomance of 'Purple Rain' -- He looked a bit deranged (yet hot and sexy), but the performance was superb!

1983 First Ave - All of it

1986 Detroit Cobo Hall - All of it

1988 LoveSexy Tour - Glam Slam

Honorable Mention - RRHOF

The Question of U/The One/Fallen from Musicology. The one NPGMC offered for download. Now that was amazing guitar work! Blew my mind!!!!

This is DAMN hard to pick just three.

"Housequake" from the SOTT movie
"America" (well, from the video itself)
"Partyman" from the Nude Tour.

Oh boy, can't I list a few more...please!?

I also liked the "Daddy Pop" performance where he did that weird wheelbarrow dance with someone holding his legs.

DaveDare79 said:

Oh yes!! How could I forget "America"!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I agree with this list, but I'll also throw in the "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star" video as well as the one for "America". Just pure FUNK!

DaveDare79 said:

Great Picks!!

I would add:

Debut of SOTT material at First Avenue (Bootleg)
Purple Rain on American Music Awards
SOTT/Play in the Sunshine on MTV Music Awards
Jam of the Year on NPG Music Club
Take Me With U Extended Video

Head from the Detroit birthday conert
It's Gonna be a Beautiful Night from SOTT
Possessed from Syracuse NY

This is way too hard I love them all can't pick just one

1) His performance of "My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was breathtaking. I watch it over and over still.

2) The video of "America". The long version when he does a drum solo. That whole performance was so energetic.

3) "Baby I'm A Star" on the Grammy's in '85. Yeah I know he smacked himself in the face with the mic, but he more than made up for it. It was a huge party on stage.

nurse said:

Uh oh! U know who u sound like??

On film? 1- A Lovesexy show from Europe that was professionally shot.
2 - the While My Guitar solo
3 - the '87 MTV Awards show where he performed Sign O The Times and Play In The SUnshine.
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Electric Chair on SNL.



He looked great, the band was great, and his guitar playing was really good too. Old boy looked like an angry drag queen seducing her audience, not with dirty jokes and flamboyant one liners, but with the boogie!

My favorite performances are (in no particular order):

1. I could never take the place of your man (from the Sign of the Times Movie)
Both Prince and the bath sound so happy, yoyfull and spirited during this
performance, the arrangement is such an improvement on the album-version, i
love Princes vocal delivery, and the guitarwork is (of course) great.

2. America (long version of the videoclip)
Alltough the revolution ist as tight and skilled live as the band Prince
toured with in 1987 and 1988, this is compensated by the pure enenergy and
joy created during this performance. The electronic beat on this version
sounds great and driven, the hornriffs are tremendous, the saxophone solo by
Eddie M. is one pure blast of energy, buts its especially Princes
performance that is breathtaking: the way he walks on the stage, his little
dances, the interaction with the public (pulling faces, throwing records in
the audience) is just so... how should i explain it? spirited? I mean, i
have never seen another artist or even Prince himselve 'shine' so much on
stage!

3. The Ride (version on Live at the Alladin-DVD): alltough he maybe performed
better guitarwork while playing this song on other occasations (it seems
like he is playing his digital Lovesexy-guitar here, that gives him less
room to put nuances into the playing), it is still splendid guitarwork. But
what is so great about this performance IMO is his vocal delivery: his
improvising, timing and phrasing during this performace is somewhat proof to
me that Prince seems to have grown as a live singer in the last years.

Because there of course are more great moments, i have decided to complete a top 10.

4. Reflection (acoustic version with Wendy Melvoin on the Tavis-Smiley show)
5. The Cross (Lovesexy-concert in Dortmund, spirited almost manic delivery)
6. Play in the sunshine (SOTT-movie, cheerfull, uplifting, full of energy)
7. Dinner with Dolores (subtle version on Today show with Eric Leeds on flute)
8. When you were mine (Springsteen/Born to Run-like version, Lovesexy Dortmund)
9. Everlasting Now (great rendition of this song during the Jay Leno-show)
10.Its gonna be a beautifull night (One of his best live jams ever, SOTT-movie)

DAMM U

Hot Thang(SOTT)

Sexy M.F.

"Man in the snow" - Fargo.

A Love Bizarre - San Francisco Sheila E Concert
Anotherloverholenyohead - Detroit Hit and Run Tour
Tie between Sister - Paris Omnisport 1988 and When You Were Mine/If I Had A Harem Dortmund 1988.