Was this video actually played on Tv? I have it on a collection passed down to me from an orger a long time ago. I always forget this even exsists.

I only saw those AFTER 1988 or so when I managed to get ahold of some compilation bootlegs for his videos.


Anything pre-dating the Controversy material, as far as videos go, is always so cringe worthy to me.

Somewhere between his debut material and Controversy, that bitch learned how to dance, because before Controversy that shit was just embarrassing.

paisleypark4 said:

Can I add the 'full band version of I wanna be your lover' to this request?

I know that WB wanted to promote him as a one man band, which is why there is the solo video, but did the full band version ever get circulated?

(apologies to hijack your thread Paisley)

i have a dvd with most of his videos and why you want to treat me so bad is one of them

I did. They played the video on Midnight Special. P was also a guest on there but that was on a different episode.

I saw the video for the first time when I was 8 in 1987. BET had a show called Video Vibrations (I miss that show so much) and they dedicated the whole show to Prince. After the shock of seeing Prince in a trenchcoat and underwear in the Diry Mind and Uptown videos, I even more shocked to see Prince with this big floppy hairdo singing with his guitar and it was the video for Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad. I didn't know that Prince had released albums before the 1999 album at the time. I dug it instantly and I dig it now.

I never knew there was a version with the band.

Yeah I have all the videos too. The first time that I actually saw WUWTMSB was back in 1988 when BET was running one of there Prince specials. It was the first time I saw the video for Automatic. I had a friend tell me about it and I was like there no video for that song. Boy I was wrong. One of P's best.

Thats good. At least they played it somewhere.

Was'nt Prince on Midnight Special with a zebra outfit? lol


I Wanna Be Your Lover I Had to go to an orgers house just to see that for the first time. It must have been shown because they had it on VHS. Man I wish I can see that on youtube again.

Imago said:

i hope you're only talking about his lipsynched appearances then ;

check out his live performances New York 81 and Paris 81 on DVD

those are fantastic !
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joyinrepetition said:

Me too!!! I had taped that episode too. I thought that song and video was so cool. It came on around September or October 1988! I remember talking with my friend Charlie at school about that episode the next day and we were having a ball with it. Ahh memories.

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah, check my above post.

blackguitaristz said:

I saw his performances on the Midnight Special and American Bandstand, but I don't remember them playing the video on the Special....

Jamzone333 said:

Yep, they sure did. Then it wasn't even called a video but a "promo clip". Yeah, they played it.

blackguitaristz said:

yeah that is what i was responding to

paisleypark4 said:

Oh, o.k. Yeah, P looked waaay out. The whole band did, actaully. I remember seeing it when it originally aired. I watched this show all the time anyways.

blackguitaristz said:

LAWD....in the good ol youtube days i saw stuff I aint NEVA seen b4

Even then I was a big fan, but I have'nt seen the video until much later.

fantasticjoy said:

alot of us havent

True Funk Soldier!

He was not focusing on dancing. He was during a lot of guitar playing and rocking. I do not think he suddenly learned to dance.


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Imago said:

Imago said:

Nah,...P's focus wasn't on dancing. P definately knew how to dance BEFORE Controversy. P's thing during 79 & 80, especially in his live performances, and videos, was to reach a white audience. So basically, he was a black Leif Garret during his second album. And he was Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger and Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls during Dirty Mind.

I must admit that I don't remember seeing ANY Prince videos played on TV
prior to Little Red Corvette and 1999 in 1982. I didn't get to see most of the
pre-'82 videos until around '87/'88 when they started putting together various
Prince specials on TV.

blackguitaristz said:

blackguitaristz said:

I guess I'm going to have to look at the Midnight Special clip again tonight to see if I can see the video performance.....