Hi Everyone!

Earlier today, I was lurking around youtube looking at various videos when I noticed a video featuring Michael Jackson, Prince and James Brown.

Curious, I clicked on the link. Now James performed fine and Michael showed off like usual and then Prince got onstage.



What was that?

He rode in on Big Chick's back...

Prince seemed a little off and out of it that night, And I think he broke a string on his guitar. He didn't really sing--screamed really--and then as he exited the stage he turned over a light.

He just seemed a little altered. What weas up with him? Was it just an off night in purple history or something else?

Thanks.

guarinigirl2000 said:

http://prince.org/msg/7/298573

tangerine7 said:

Not really an answer to the question. He was specifically talking about that video. I found it and was quite impressed with MJ's performance and equally disgusted with Prince's. Obviously it wasn't rehearsed, wasn't his guitar, etc. I am sure at the end, he assumed the lamp was fastened to the stage and tried to brace himself on it. Taken altogether, it still seems to me that he is under the influence of something. Maybe he was just sick or something, who knows? In any case, a past drug use does not indicate his current condition.

mritchey said:

i was pointing out that there is a thread with info. about this type of question. with a lot of data and insight about this question. get over yourself when all someone is doing is helping. jeeze.
I could say the same about your random 'answer'
that you've posted that's pretty much like in the thread i linked if u want to get down to being a from what i've scanned. Don't have nothing to do with me pointing out a thread with info. about the subject.

yes i have the video of that performence as well, and it is brought up in the thread i linked. excuse me for trying to help the topic starter.

here's another thread that talks about the same thing.

http://prince.org/msg/7/295270
[Edited 3/14/09 20:52pm]

think he was just nervous and ill prepared. i mean his idol JB and his rival MJ. whatcha gon do?

This has been debated ever since it happened.

Personally, I think he was drunk. Even in the early days, P was too much of a showman to fuck up that badly, ESPECIALLY in front of one of his idols.

he was probably just fuckin around

or he was drunk

or he was tweaked but not on tweak

Where's that 'beating a dead horse emoticon?'

Yeah... I haven't read the links, sorry, no time at the moment, but he didn't expect to be called up on the stage, MJ whispers in JB's ear, that this guy 'Prince' is in the audience. He didn't really know what to do! Anyway, apparently on the way home - he left straight away, he didn't speak at all, and just stared out of the window. I think we've all been in situations like that, no matter how talented someone is, if they're caught unawares with nothing to really do, it's going to be embarrassing, he'd probably had a glass of wine or something, he was relaxing watching a show...!!

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't think MJ was his rival at that point though, (if ever)! I don't think most people at the show knew who Prince was, could be wrong though...
[Edited 3/15/09 12:17pm]

Jeffiner said:

A glass of wine isn't going to do that to most people.

meow85 said:

No! But he didn't seem drunk or anything to me anyway, he just didn't seem to know where to go with it, or what side of himself to try and show, he just wasn't prepared. Like I said, he was upset on the journey home and just wanted to get out of there, if he'd been really out of it on something he wouldn't have cared, or taken it to heart.

Jeffiner said:

At any rate, it's all speculation. Whether Lil Lady was on something or not, the fact that that video is still floating around after all these years has got to be embarassing.


Maybe THAT'S what the whole Web Sherriff nonsense was about? He was trying to destry the evidence.

I think probably he was just screwin' around...he didn't seem to be taking
anything too seriously

Jeffiner said:

i thought he was just poppin off round that time. in any case P looked like an amateur (sp). bet he got some back stage comforting tho

Drunk.

NoMoreCandy4U said:

the idea of a drunk Princey is most appealing to me. but then again, he be a mean drunk...allegedly.

DesireeNevermind said:

that boy a dam foo drunk or sober lol

NoMoreCandy4U said:

Ahhh....it must be Spring..


The sun is shining, the snow is melting, I saw robins today...and now someone is posting about the James Brown/MJ/Prince video.


Yay Spring

i remember this topic being discussed before.
we should remember prince was very young at the time he, mj and james brown stood on stage together and performed.
prince was in the presence of mr. james brown, his number one idol, and one of the performers who was a major influence in his musical beginnings.
imo, i feel prince was overwhelmed and in a large amount of "awe" to be in the presence of (what he probably felt was) a musical mega-star. prince was caught unmasked and we all got to witness him being emotionally vulnerable and human. i love him for that.
i'm sure many of us have been in the presense of someone we have greatly admired or (almost) worshipped and found ourselves totally "jellied out," on the verge of tears, speechless, stunned...etc.
What, aren't performers allowed to have idols also?

DesireeNevermind said:

your so right!

lafleurdove said:

Prince and MJ are the same age, and I'm sure MJ was just as thrilled as Prince was to get invited onstage by James Brown.

lafleurdove said:

I think a lot of the drunk/high debate comes from his having to be carried up to the stage by Big Chick, and weaving about a bit as he moved.

Coke

Riverpoet31 said:

E?

It'll never die

nurseV said: