This is not breaking news but....

Just wanted to know if people have commented on PRince's disgraceful petulance at the end of his excellent guitar solo on the While MY Guitar Gently Weeps tribute to George Harrison. He drops his guitar on the stage and walks off without a word while Paul Mccartney and other music greats are still on it.

What a shame such great talent was wasted on such a petulant, self obsessed bloke... and his fans have had a decade of mostly self-indulgent music as a result.


Oh the shame the shame!!!!

Because he's a self-absorbed, wacko-ass, douchebag...

But that is blasphemy, you know.

We will not go to purple heaven, now.

Buttox said:

1. Paul McCartney was not performing.

2. None of the other performers have commented that they took it the way you have decribed it.

3. George's son, who was performing, loved the performance and commented immediately afterwards that he wanted to thank Prince.
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I loved that performance

langebleu said:

His son actually said that he wanted to give Prince a big hug, right?

I believe they asked Prince to do something special, right?

Either way, I thought it was great. It was during one of those very brief moments in Prince's career where there wasn't anything hokie in the news about him.

(Oh ... and 4. he didn't drop his guitar on the stage - he threw it in the air, and it was caught off camera by his guitar technician).

I can see why some people will see it as Prince playing the arrogant rock star, seemingly stealing the limelight and upstaging his peers ... but the RnRHOF group song was there for them all to put on a performance. Prince had been inaugarated along with a host of other recognised musicians, and he had been asked to cameo with a guitar solo to round off the song, so he tore it up in true rock fashion with a bit of panache. The reaction on the day was the assembled cast of musicians enjoyed the moment and the audience loved it.

(And, yest, TheVoid, Dhani said he wanted to hug Prince).

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Buttox said:

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Get a life, this was 6 years ago

Tossing his guitar in the air was a great way to finish a great solo. I remember there was a quote from George's son in Rolling Stone after this performance where he said he wanted to hang out with that guy(Prince). He also said something about the both of them being the same size.
The day after this aired, there were people approaching me from different departments in my place of work.( I was known as The Prince Fan) I recall several people saying' "Damn I did not know he could play like that." They also thought that the tossing of the guitar was cool.

rmartin70 said:

Well said

You're about 6 years late.

The only opinion on this subject that matters is George's family, and his son Dani who was on stage with him loved it!!!

Tom Petty loved it too, and said one of the reasons why he did the Superbowl Half Time Show was because he talked to Prince about it.

So please shut up and don't bring that weak shit in here!!!

skywalker said:

THe performance was exceptional, that's not the point...but his arrogant throwing of his guitar and strutting off stage, as if to say: "I own all your aSSES" when Paul Mccartney (unless the white bloke playing piano on the left of the stage is a look alike) and other musicians are also playing on a tribute for GEORGE HARRISON (hint: it aint supposed to be Prince's moment) is utterly pathetic...

The fact that he gets away with it because of the quality of his playing is not the point...the bloke lacks class and humility and shows it during a tribute to a late great artist. Period. And on that note:

THECHIEF...you get a life mate..you're the one who is posting nothing but invective and 'blahs' rather than making a thoughtful comment...

Nuff Said....

TheVoid said:

Dhani was so cute...he said, "where's Prince? I want to give him a hug".

And the look on his face when Prince leaned off the stage was priceless!

Everybody I know thought the whole thing was badass.

Buttox said:

George's family didn't have a problem with it.

The people playing on stage with him didn't have a problem with it.

It was 6 years ago, let it go.

Buttox said:

Steve Winwood does not look like Paul McCartney.

ok Prince being arrogant is nothing new, but wow to say he was pathetic that night is really something,

this performance was beautiful, the guitar solo, originally made by Eric Clapton - made me have goosebumps



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thedance said:

It's still one of my top 5 Prince moments in history! Hell, even my 70 year old mother was blown away.

Buttox said:

I see your point, but disagree.

It was a very Rock N' Roll move to do it, and no one involved felt disrespected as far as I can tell.

You are right that it was a tribute to Harrison, but it was Prince's night overall. That's how Vh1 and the Hall of Fame presented it anyways.

I thought it was cocky, arrogant, and very Prince. He owned that moment.

It was Prince's one time chance to be recognized by his peers as being a GREAT musician and not just a recording artist and performer, and I believed he accomplished that. So if you think he said "screw u" at the end, then you need to look at that again and keep what I just said in mind.

Buttox said:

This thread is an epic FAIL.

ernestsewell said:

YOU sir, are consistent!

BlackAdder7 said:

So are you.

langebleu said:

To add to this: according to a recent piece in Rolling Stone, that solo had been rehearsed beforehand. Everyone there knew what was coming, though Tom Petty was quoted as saying that he thinks Prince held a little of the fireworks back for the actual performance.

Buttox said:

For the second time: Paul McCartney was not there. I'm not sure who you're confusing him with.

You're not a troll, are you?

TwiliteKid said:

I believe it is Steve Winwood.

Buttox said:

Are you on smack?

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[Edited 4/28/11 14:30pm]

Sorry, that was one of the greatest walk-offs ever.

He is Prince, he is a Rock Star and I would not want him any different.
Watch the clip carefully. Dhani's body language completely changes when P comes in. He starts getting into the song a lot more and he has this huge grin on his face.

If anything I thought the lean back into the roadie was cheese.

Newflash! Prince is arrogant, scene stealing and competitive. It was a clapton solo, given to a man petty enough to call out Johnny Lang when he's playing the blues lol. Come on now, are we the least bit surprised he wants to wreck every fuckin stage he steps on after all of this time?.