I NEED SOME HELP...
ONLY JUST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS SITE,IT IS INDEED THE BOMB FOR PRINCE WORLD.FOR 12 YEARS I HAVE BEEN PLAYING PRINCE
SONGS ON THE GUITAR.NOW I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SOLOS I MISSED OUT ON, IE LIKE THE JOY IN REPETION MONSTER ON ONE NITE ALONE.
COME ON YA!!!
I HAVE ALL THE STUDIO STUFF,HOOK ME UP WITH THE LIVE SHIT.

I always liked the guitar work in Shhh. The flow between the base and guitar is awesome.

I still stand 98.99% behind the guitar solos on the Prince and the Revolution Live VHS from '85 during Purple Rain.

It's gotta be Purple Rain for me... sorry to be all mainstream

That said... "I Will" has a beautifully sweet guitar solo...

And "Live 4 Love" has a rocking solo too...

Doh, I thought we were talking about fave solos. Now I see you actually wanted to know about live stuff. I should probably read posts before replying to them (revolutionary idea!!)

Try replicating the solo from the live version of 'Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic' from the mythical Het Paard '88 aftershow and I'll be really impressed.

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Just My Imagination at the Lovesexy afterparty is good for me!

giotto said:

That's not another name for "Small Club", is it? Because I was just about to say, the solo from "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic", from Small Club is absolutely jaw-dropping.

Purple Rain is good, but it ain't the greatest, for me.

I agree w/ Ian on "I Will" and "Live 4 Love" though...the guitar is fantastically ornamental and beautiful on the former and blisteringly, shreddingly amazing on the latter.

Oh and ALL the guitar work on TRC is some of the best of his career, especially tracks like "The Rainbow Children" (2nd half), "Family Name" and "Last December".

Prince is my absolute favourite guitarist, with Hendrix a close second and Zappa/BB King tieing third.

Honorable mentions: Computer Blue, Shhh..., Eye Hate U.

And all those phenomenally inventive, little guitar comments he inserts in most of his songs.
[This message was edited Fri Feb 21 15:11:47 PST 2003 by mrdespues]

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Perfect rhythm and timing... to the second...

Actually, I rarely ever tried to learn Prince's live solos. The main reason was that Prince often improvises a lot of it anyway... so for example I always enjoyed improvising my own solo for "Just My Imagination" with the same key and same scales (mostly) as Prince's solo but feeling my own way through the song rather than parroting Prince's licks.

Check out the solo on THE JAM (Funk National Anthem).

WHOA! It was the bomb for me. Dunno when it was recorded, but Larry Graham is on it... the breaks are phonomenal, the overall vibe of the song is just UNH UNH UNH. Can't get enough of it.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTIONS.I KNOW THE SMALL CLUB ALBUM DOWN COLD. "I WILL" IS A TRACK I DON'T KNOW ALSO THE JAM,FUNK NATIONAL ANTHEM?
IAN, MR MODERATOR U SEEM TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME GLIDE IN YOUR STRIDE. "I WILL " TELL ME ABOUT IT.

percy28 said:

Oh well the song itself isn't that great... it's from the album "Chaos & Disorder". The song is a bit cheesy, but there's some lovely Santana-esque guitar moments towards the end... worth checking out, definitely

percy28 said:

OH YEAH I KNOW IT. HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ALBUM IN A WHILE. FOR A REASON.THANK YOU FOR REPLYING.HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CELEBRATION EVENT AT P PARK?WAS THINKING OF GOING BUT WONDERED IF THE MAN PLAYED EVERY NITE?.

*Small Club's "Just My Imagination."
*"God" (instrumental)
*"Alexis de Paris"
*"Shockadelica," "Dance Electric" & "Hot Thing" (extended mixes -- that guitar setting sounds like an angry hornet.
*"Cool Love" by Sheena Easton
*"Purple Rain" from the Prince & Revolution Live VHS
*"The Ride" from Crystal Ball
*ONAL's "Joy in Repetition."
*Graffiti Bridge's "Joy in Repetition"
*"The Morning Papers" (simple and pretty)
*"Diamonds & Pearls" live at the Special Olympics ceremony.
*jazz guitar from "A Love Bizarre."
*"America" video.
*"Take Me with U" video.


Scores more, I'm sure.

THE GUITAR AND BASS ON 'JOY IN REP' FROM ONA-LIVE IS INCREDIBLE,ALSO THE BEST VERS OF 'THE RIDE' I'VE EVER HEARD, FROM THE VIDEO 'THE SACRIFICE OF VICTOR' AFTERSHOW...2FUNKY!!THE AXE WORK ON TRC IS GREAT AS WELL!

mrdespues said:

I second the Gold Experience stuff

The guitar solo in Shhh live.

check out the solos from 5.12.87, great guitar work !
A show at a jazz club! Prince played the whole night almost jazz!
For me one the greatest concerts ever!

'Joy in Repetition' for me, has always been his greatest solo on an album.He makes it wail big style!

Also props the New Power Trio on 'The Undertaker'.The whole thing 'Poor Goo' 'Bambi' etc is mindblowingly good.

"Dolphin"

here r my faves:

Joy (ONALive!)
just my imagination (small club)
Still Would Stand All Time (SmallClub....the licks in the intro just drive me crazy)
Let's Go Crazy (Sendai 89...FUK ING AWESOME!!!)
DMSR (small club)
God (inst)
The Rapture
She's Always In My Hair (rock over germany)
Peach (rock over germany/Bagley's Warehouse 93)
Voodoo Chile (Live at Paisley Park, 9/16/95)
Purple Rain (tokyo nov15th 2002 AWESOME!!!!!/Japan 89/Miami 85/Atlanta 85)
The Cross (SOTT film/Sendai 89)
The Ride (Bagley's 93)
Purplehouse (rave 2000 dvd)
Sensual Everafter
Shhh
hate U
HonkyTonkWoman (Undertaker)
Bambi (ANY FREAKIN VERSION )
Loose! (short,but just unfreakinbaleevabull!)
Bob George
Gold
Live4Love
Xenophobia (the solo is just wild)
Sister (Sendai 89...it goes all punk & just kicks ass!)
I CouldNevertakeThePlaceOfYourMan (SOTT film)
Private Joy/Orgasm
3 Chains O' Gold (the solo is amazing,que it up at 5:11...it will tear your open!)
Morning Papers
U Got The Look (SOTT rehearsal on Now's the time bootleg)
Xpedition

hmmm i think thats enuf



EDIT THIS!
[This message was edited Sat Feb 22 5:18:51 PST 2003 by Joshy84au]
[This message was edited Sat Feb 22 5:25:01 PST 2003 by Joshy84au]

Great list!

What about Xogenous from the Xpectation album? I love that solo!

The Undertaker Video; lsten to the Ride & Bambi

I think if that would have been a CD he would have been recognized now as a great guitarist. Now he doesnt even make a top 100 list. Which is incredible.

and did anybody mention the ride on Crystall Ball. I dont understand how u can mention this..this is the worst version i have ever heard from that great song.

calldapplwondery83 said:

its my fave song on Xpectation...
4 me tho its the whole deal.
sax,strings,guitar,drums,bass.
its perfect

add2myList:

DigitalGarden
Deconstruction.
Osaka
[This message was edited Sat Feb 22 6:54:14 PST 2003 by Joshy84au]

WITHOUT A DOUBT

1. Still Would Stand All Time
and running a close second
2. Soft And Wet

Prince fan since June 2002

for me ,one of the most amazing solos by prince was the one he played on flyaway and american woman with lenny kravitz on rave unto the year 2000 video. prince's solos on these two songs were LARGER THAN LIFE.

oneken said:

I was just watching that and I can't decide if it's poor or amazingly good, if you know what I mean. BTW he doesn't seem to hang with Lenny anymore does he.