thedance said:

it was just cheesy the quality was bad and it was overall boring to me now dont get me wrong the song is wonderful but this music video looks like it has aged pretty well and fast

StonedImmaculate said:

the video for the song paisley park.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I just realized what he's wearing looks like an early prototype for what would become the Borat "mankini".

ufoclub said:

Pussy Control is actually a vid I wanted to see more of. Ive only seen about 30 seconds of it.Can u tell me about the rest? why doesnt he make great videos? I guess thats a waste of money to him?

dance4me3121 said:

It's only the 30 seconds I've seen as well... but it's CHEAP and got no style! He has put effort into other videos especially for Musicology and 3121 and even Rave

Christopher said:

Yes, this was the worst by far.

PicassoFace said:

dance4me3121 said:

it is a total waste of money to him. in the sense that he has wasted tons of money shooting videos that have never been released to promote anything. hell, in some cases, the SONGS aren't even released.

when it comes to Prince's promo videos, it's definitely a case of quantity over quality.

i can't believe more people aren't saying alphabet street, it's really pretty horrid... the freeze frame of his close up face at the end is hysterical. it also looks like it was made overnight because it was.

Mindbells9 said:

You don't like Violet The Organ Grinder?? I like that one (song and video) better than the video and song it was spun off from.

thedance said:

Insatiable is without a doubt sexiness at its best. Prince really out did hiself on that video. I mean come on...Seducing a woman by using girl on girl action and having them all over him..Awesome!

Christopher said:

Wow...I'm completely unaware.

Never read anything about or seen any video for Paisley Park.

Was this official?

Betcha By Golly Wow ...

Can't believe no-one has mentioned this, it's a cringe-fest!

StonedImmaculate said:

yes the video to Paisley Park is official, and very bad too,

just some kids dressed in psycadelic clothes playing on a playground.

No Prince appearance. Sure it's disappointing, one of his worst videos.

thedance said:

what about sott, one song, beautiful strange, when 2r in love?????

ass said:

..... and Pop Life, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Nothing Compares 2 U, Pink Cashmere, Letitgo

ass said:

When 2 R in Love has a much better video than Alphabet Street, Paisley Park or most of those really early one's that weren't proper hits (with the woman dressed as the bumble bee dancing in front of the stage).

Talking about the worst videos just doesnt seem to be as much fun as discussing the best videos - to me. Just some random positivity

The video for Dolphin is one of the best he ever made.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

Agreed. I was waiting for someone to say this.


What makes this video bad is the mankini, the fact that they are rollerskating. Anyone notice everyone in the video is wearing single blades and prince is where the old school 4 wheel roller skates? It looks like he is having trouble.

Dolphin is one of Prince's best videos! It appears it was all done in one shot. The only corny part I recall is when the band is playing air instruments (re. Tommy B.)

Remember when he played on David Letterman? And at teh end he "died" and I remember David Letterman asking...is he alright? LOL

muskiediver said:

Lol, I was just watching that the other day. I still think its cool,Prince is the only person to have done that on a late show that I know of. I dont think Dave and Prince like eachother. We all know how Prince and leno are pals, but idk about him and Dave. I remember a few years ago, Dave showed a few seconds of Princes superbowl performance and then made Prince dissapear like adding a special effect to it. I think the vid made it look like Lightning hit Prince after the Line "Ah thats all i heard".
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The videos for "Strollin" and "Come On" poorly made with zero budget.

SOTT cos there is just no point to it at all!
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ravein2thejoy said:

It's to underline the lyrics?

(And prince didn't want to shoot....)

He may be the crummiest video maker in music history. He makes porn look like Fellini.

the 1st one that came to mind was that lettered 'sign o the times' vid

Dave1992 said:

Exactly!
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I paid money to see the Dolphin video, not once,but twice.

First at the NPG store in MPLS.

Then on "The Box."

It was cool.