Prince Shows Up At Conga Room, Teases Us, Then Leaves to Play Basketball and Eat Pancakes
by Randall Roberts
December 20, 2008 8:45 AM
typical

The "jam session" kept jamming and jamming Friday night as Brian Culbertson's "A Soulful Christmas" band at the Conga Room teased the crowd. "The Purple One is in the building," said singer Mike Phillips around 1 a.m., pointing up to a little VIP room with the curtains drawn. He'd been suggesting a "special guest" for the past hour; the band had been playing the funk grooves -- "Sensual Seduction" by Snoop, "September" by Earth Wind and Fire, and Rufus' "Tell Me Something Good," whose guitarist, Tony Maiden, was guesting with the band -- when there was a ruckus stage right as the crowd parted to let Prince and his entourage squeeze toward backstage. Finally. Then the band kept going ... and nothing. There were some ear-to-ear whispers onstage, them as in-the-dark as us on the dancefloor ... and nothing. More grooves, waiting ... nothing. Then the band stopped, thanked us and left the stage.

Confusion. Prince is here. They've been teasing us since 10. Maybe his whole band is coming out? Then roadies start removing microphones from the stage. Then the drum mics. They start unplugging more as the DJ turned up the hip hop jams. Maybe we're taking a breather while Prince prays for a moment?

Nothing. Apparently Prince changed his mind. We file out, burned by a flaky Prince. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he wasn't feeling Brian Culbertson's cocky onstage demeanor. Maybe he wanted to go home and play basketball and then make a pancake breakfast (as he did in Charlie Murphy's classic story of meeting Prince at an LA club).

Regardless, there's nothing like a little tease for Christmas. Oh Prince, why you wanna treat us so bad?

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Princely teases nursey likes alittle teasing every now and then

LondonStyle said:

Are you able to provide me with a link or, point me in the right direction?

the funniest part of that article is the you tube video, anyone watched it lol

That brings me to a legal question...

What are the rules on posting a video of yourself COVERING a Prince song? Is that allowed?

Suppose you were not making any money from it? Is it okay then?

What if you WERE making money from it?

What are the rules there...?

Who is that guy in that video?

berniejobs said:

Playing a song in the background when your baby is dancing on youtube is illegal in the eyes of Prince's entourage.

Your local laws may be different of course.

That sexy little minx!

No, I am asking this:

If I do a cover version of a Prince song, or any other artist with copyrighted material, is that legally okay?

Or do I need permission first? Legally...

I mean, doing a cover version and then posting my version online in mp3 format, youtube or whatever...

Is it okay as long as I don't profit from it? Or is profitting okay?

The case of the baby dancing to Prince was actually Prince's version of the song. Not the baby covering the song. Which would tell me that the artist's recording itself is protected under law.

But what about a recording of your own version of an artist's song?

Only in Britain.