I downloaded the James Brown concert from 1983, when he invited both Michael Jackson and Prince on stage. I LOVED Prince's entrance, riding on his body guard's back. I was dying. But the thing that makes me hella mad is that the whole thing I downloaded has NO SOUND .Completely mute. Oh well at least I get to see it. Have any of you seen it?? My mom told when it came on they acknowledged Michael's performance but not Prince's. I love Micheal but Prince is just as good. To me thats like a historic moment.

yeah it's great!! Prince must have been drunk though cuz when he gets off the stage he knocksa big post thingy over!! He then gets all shy!!

classic moment!

I've heard this is what instigated the recording of Tricky.

This is one thing I have NEVER seen...hope to one day.

I don't think this is one of Prince's proudest moments. MJ comes up there and is really cool and classy and sings a little with JB. Then Prince comes up and rips his shirt off and it kind of looks like he is trying to steal the show. I think he just got a little carried away and it just didn't come off very well. Then he left and was swinging a little on that lampost and totally knocked it over into the crowd...lol...I bet he winces when he remembers that "appearance", but sh*t happens and you can't always be at your best, especcially in an impromptu appearance like that.

chickengrease said:

nah--Tricky was inspired by GC..they were baggin on George Clinton at the time.

TonyC said:

I forgot to mention, its not done loading. I'll probably get the rest tonight. Man you ruined it!!! JK. I'm really excited.

2 things to mention.

1) It doesn't have any sound because you don't have the correct audio codec.

2) Ever heard of using the search function ? this is at least the 5th thread on this same lame topic.

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[This message was edited Thu Dec 5 23:25:26 PST 2002 by FunkyStrange]

its funny when Prince throws his glove into the crowd,
and they throw it back.
He pure kicks ass on that guitar though

I'm not sure that it's one of Prince's "better" moments. He doesn't kick ass on guitar, he barely plays a couple of riffs... He was, all in all very uncomfortable to be there. When he's not in control he tends to be extremely shy. This is probably the reason we don't see him doing a lot of impromptu appearances on stage... one of his most incredible appearances is of course on the Sheila E concert doing Love Bizarre but that was scripted and every second rehearsed. Prince when not in the confines of total control doesn't seem to be very natural.

It is interesting though that it's Jackson that insists on having him come on stage. It seemed that James Brown barely knew who Prince was at that time.

Browzer i dont think Prince came across as uncomfortable,or "extremely shy".
he seemed to get into the swing of it quite quickly.
What does disapoint me about him going on stage is the fact that he chose only to scream into the mic,rather than sing!
thats my opinion anyway!

FunkyStrange said:

Be nice.

Browzer said:

Well put Browzer! I totally agree with you. Every time I see that performance, I find myself wincing on behalf of Prince. Here was his chance to have his so called "one-on-battle" with Michael Jackson, and he clearly gets (1) outclassed (2) outperformed and (3) embarassed. I'll be honest, I don't ever show that tape to any of my friends when I try to impress on them Prince's talents.

-phunk

Phunk said:

And I've got to agree with you on that one. I don't show that to anyone, but for nostalgia's sake, just to illustrate how far back the "thing" between MJ and P goes. In his attempt to get into the groove of the moment, his scream alone didn't outshine MJ. His ability to just jump on the guitar and play a couple of riffs did show his ability to add something to the jam session. It's no surprise to me how the audience reacted to MJ vs. P. Unlike P, MJ was already well known by then in the music industry. I bet they didn't forget him after the lamppost incident.

rdhull said:

According to Alan Leeds, and I getting this info from Okayplayer.com around the time he was D'Angelo's tour manager for Voodoo. Tricky was indeed about JB.

FunkyStrange said:

WOW somebodys grumpy
Yes its great to see. Prince thinks he so cool playing the guitar. Then he falls over

chickengrease said:

Oh..someone on amp said a while ago-"Just read Days of Wild, and thought it was interesting that this song was a
good natured song about George Clinton, he inspired some great songs Erotic City and We Can Funk both recorded within 2 days of each other." ever since I thought it was george. I had previously thought it was about rick james at the time.

and that toss salad hairdo and gold tooth seemed to fit George...maybe he made that since he had a few months earlier he had been embarassed at the JB concert then.

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[This message was edited Fri Dec 6 11:40:05 PST 2002 by rdhull]

I finally saw the whole thing. Man, yes it one of those flinch moments. I couldn't help but laugh though. I dont know if he was drunk or high or whatever but he did seem a lil off. Whatever it was I believe he stopped. No matter what its still a classic moment...just a bad one.




And this to-

FunkyStrange said:

2 things to mention

1) I can metion whatever the hell I want

2) If you dont like it then dont come in.
[This message was edited Fri Dec 6 14:38:45 PST 2002 by LifeCanBeSoNice]

LifeCanBeSoNice said:

meow! tell it!

chickengrease said:

Okayplayer? Pfft. Days Of Wild says it's about George Clinton, and as much info as Per got out of Alan Leeds through research, I have a feeling this tidbit also came from Leeds. Therefore I deduct that the song is about George Clinton.

Case closed.

rdhull said:

I agree. I don't know why people get so anal about people bringing up the same thing. Not all orgers are here day and night and know what has been bought up and sometimes none of us automatically thin 'oh let me use the search function' . . .

Anyway . . . yes I think this is cringing material. I hide behind my hands when I see this - it's like watching a horror movie. But, you live, you learn! and we ALL know that would so not happen today!

By the way Life cn be so nice, you can get the codec from http://www.divx.com/divx/

AaronUnlimited said:

DAMN!!! Fine it's about George Clinton. I wouldn't dare want to blaspheme on the holy bible of Per Nielsen.

What's shocking on that video is how MJ was actually COOL at that time !!
WTF happened, what a waste ...

On the other side, Prince was already the perfect asshole he still is

I laugh sooo hard when I see this. Prince actuually wasn't all "cool" & "collected", classic.


ROTFL