I know that Prince is the best living(notice I said living) guitar player, but I really love when he plays the piano-just beautiful His piano playing is mesmerizing He's made such beautiful songs with this instrument-Power Fantastic, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, Adore and of course the beautiful One Nite Alone Cd I love it when he plays-what do you think of his piano skills?

nurseV said:

Heck yes, he needs to play a lot more piano! I am a pianist so I luv luv luv it! I never hear him play it that much in his music, but would love to hear a lot more of it

LizaWoman08 said:

I love it too-I could listen to him play piano all day and never tire

His piano playing is fantastic! I saw a video once where he was playing scales with his left hand on guitar and playing playing the same scales with his right hand on piano, I about shitted on myself. It was soo cool!

Purple123 said:

I would love to see that-such God given talent

Flowers2 said:

Yes-very beautiful

i love listening to him play piano. i think my favorite is the stuff he did for under the cherry moon. an album of prince playing piano accompanied by the clare fischer orchestra would be complete bliss.

love watching him play piano. He played piano while performing When Two Are In Love during the Lovesexy tour,but he also started playing the beginning of a classical piece,but I don't know what the name of it was,everyone started clapping,and whistling,and he was all "Oh Please!"
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nurseV said:

He is talented with many instruments.

Anxiety said:

Ditto.

Does everyone remember in Under the Cherry Moon, at the beginning, when he's just
mucking around, playing this nice little chromatic motif, very playfully?
That's bloody excellent, he doesn't show off his skills enough!!
If only he learned more from the jazz players, and really made a decent attempt
to conquer some jazz, not just add "jazzy" horns and swing interludes...that would be unreal. He seems to have so effortlessly mastered almost every for of music he has attempted (or at least made a startling enrty in the genre), except for jazz. He's never really cdelved into the harmonies of it, which is weird cause he's such a great improviser anyway. Somehow, I don't think he will change at this point though. He used to absorb new influences a lot more quickly, like all the french music he was surrounded with at the time of Parade... But as a piano player? He's amazing, precisely because he hasn't just ripped off Herbie Hancock, or Richard Tee, or Stevie Wonder, he really has his own individual approach.

Hatman said:

he did some great "jazz (fusion)" with madhouse, with some great keyboard playing AND drumming

Prince's playing piano is like a quiet walk in the park...All U want to do is listen.

nurseV said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Im glad someone else picked up on that

nurseV said:

hell, I can do that. but dude can certainly kick my ass on piano, anyway

purplepolitician said:

Yes, but the madhouse stuff was based on 1 and 2 chord grooves for the most part,
I want to hear him get into some harmonic motion. And I want to hear him get deep into a hard swing, not just some riffy solos over the top of swinging drums (a la
if eye was the man in ur life). He's working with some of the best musos in the world, I'm sure they could teach him! ha ha. He should listen to some John Scofield, it might inspire him. It's not that he can't do it, I just think he's never really tried that hard. The madhouse stuff is as close as he's come, but most of the grooves are that straight 'robofunk' style. I want that bass to walk, baby!

Hatman said:

- I would love to hear Prince get into harmonic motion more too.

Yes, he's a very underated piano player. I would say he's not the greatest technical player in terms of speed, precision and playing solos over complex chord progressions, but harmonically he's right up there. Some of his chord voicings are very subtle.

toejam said:

I think his playing on his version of A Case Of You is probably my favourite.
Did Quincy Jones say sething along the lines of, he was just a basic player?
Im sure Quincy Jones said something derogative about his piano skills...even before the lollypop incident.

His piano playing is beautiful, he said that was the first instrument he learned to play.

Dayclear said:

Aww that is to wonderful

Yes his piano playing is great, and love love when he plays Do, me baby, specially the intro

I like his piano playing too! I think he plays a different instrument for his different side (or emotions), and I think the piano is the private quiet side of him.....his guitar is (or used to be) that wilder side.....he seems to talk through his instruments. But yeah, the piano needs to be heard more.

I Love U, But I Dont Trust U Anymore is 1 of his best efforts very haunting..but beautiful

I was at the One Night Alone show in Cleveland and he played Purple Rain solo on the piano. It was one of the greatest moments of my life, no joke.

I love it when he plays piano on sexy dancer. I listen to that song just to hear that piano solo