anthonyxanzaldo said:

thebanishedone said:

sharonbell said: this list of yours says so much of who are you as a fan.i bet that you hate the Rainbow Children album .your favorite Prince songs are Purple Rain and Take me with you .you never heard Bambi and you don't like more insightful discussions? Anyway i'm cool with that . Anyway my list at the moment Bambi holand aftershow 2011, interactive ,My love is Forever

Right, because there aren't ANY legitimate Prince fans who hate The Rainbow Children.

No i wanted to say that she's a casual fan

but that was all joke,no mean spirits

sharonbell said:

banished one said: this list of yours says so much of who are you as a fan.i bet that you hate the Rainbow Children album .your favorite Prince songs are Purple Rain and Take me with you .you never heard Bambi and you don't like more insightful discussions? Anyway i'm cool with that . Anyway my list at the moment Bambi holand aftershow 2011, interactive ,My love is Forever

No, Purple Rain is not my favorite nor Take me with you. I probably heard Bambi before you were even born. How old are you? 12? Nuff said.

Well i wasn't born yet when Bambi come out.

great that you know it

sharonbell said:

My three are

-Just My Imagination Small Club... Absolutely stellar

-Purple Rain - Prince and the Revoution Live

-While My Guitar Gently Weeps

-Honorable Mention - The Ride - Crystal Ball 3

- Agree!

Studio:

- When doves cry

- Live 4 Love

- Interactive

Love ´I hate U´ and ´I will´ (Chaos and Disorder) too

1) Shhh (Paris TV 2011)

2) WMGGW

3) Bambi

4) Fury live on SNL (more for the fact the performace was just so kick ass)

mwu said:

again again and again !

1. Push Pull (live @ Aladin)
2. Space (Glam slam Miami 94).
3. Purple rain (live in argentina).

Space (Glam slam Miami 94) 6/7/94 is a really cool pick. What makes it more interesting is that there's no guitar solo on the studio track. I think what he did with the solo fit the song really well.

Big Chick

EyeJester7 said:

EVERYTHING from Montreaux 2009..Honorable Mentions Include: Empty Room, All The Critics Love U In Montreaux, Love Like Jazz/All This Love...

- I forgot this one. It´s amazing. He sings and plays at the same time, like Benson does.

Comfortably Numb, Flying in a Blue Dream and Sexy MF.
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pink cashmere

friend, lover, sister, mother/wife

just my imagination

Joy in Repetition

Beautiful Strange

The Question of U

Temptation

She's Always In My Hair

iloveannie said:

only you could made a post like this .

GustavoRibas said:

EyeJester7 said:

EVERYTHING from Montreaux 2009..Honorable Mentions Include: Empty Room, All The Critics Love U In Montreaux, Love Like Jazz/All This Love...

- I forgot this one. It´s amazing. He sings and plays at the same time, like Benson does.

And he does it effortlessly!

thebanishedone said:

I know, couldn't resist it. You can't argue about the three choices though. My favourite Prince solo is probably the one in Kiss. Nicely thought out, easily hummable and quirky enough to stand out. Always makes me think of Brian May's solo to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Short and with similar phrasing.

Ilove u annie what do you think about the solo on My Love is Forever?

Ilove u annie i'm curious what is your opinion of the guitar solos in songs like Dinner with Delores, Holy River,Dolphin ?

Banished, you should know by now my thoughts and how I see solos and soloing as two very different things

1) Let's Go Crazy- My all time air guitar classic. Public Enemy sampled it on "Brothers Gonna Work It out".

2) While My Guitar Gently Weeps- He killed it, even Clapton gave him props.

3) Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad- I'm surprised noone mentioned this before.

thebanishedone said:

Ilove u annie i'm curious what is your opinion of the guitar solos in songs like Dinner with Delores, Holy River,Dolphin ?

Delores - bland.

Holy River - makes me wonder why he doesn't try harder. I just don't get what he's trying to achieve with it.

Dolphin - he's just playing. There is no structure, no thought.

I think the three examples of the songs you have given me are perfect examples of his approach to solos. All three possess a flat approach to harmony and melody. I know it's a cliche but it's Prince by numbers. Filler at best. Where are the sympathetic notes? A solo should take the listener somewhere or at least be pleasing to the ear. Too much of his guitar work is forgettable.

But when he has his moments... Just a shame he can't string those moments together so they fit.

BigChick said:

mwu said:

again again and again !

1. Push Pull (live @ Aladin)
2. Space (Glam slam Miami 94).
3. Purple rain (live in argentina).

Space (Glam slam Miami 94) 6/7/94 is a really cool pick. What makes it more interesting is that there's no guitar solo on the studio track. I think what he did with the solo fit the song really well.

Big Chick

yeah, very few appreciation on this hidden solo...

Push Pull is also an unknow masterpiece.

Purple rain in argentina, nothing special except prince had this so relax feeling.

Cindy C is also a nice pick, true 88' blue angel sound.

iloveannie said:

iloveuanie your taste is contraversal.You said you like solos based in melody which you can hum to .Dolphin have very easy guitar solo but very melodic.It's not a show off solo.more of a singer songwritter guitar solo. Dolores solo is very skilled with some fancy melodic licks. Strange you favour Batdance solo which is nothing special in terms of melody,it's more jam oriented.It's easy to critize Prince but have you ever tried to pick some of his solos? Can you share us example of you playing,?

thebanishedone said:

iloveannie said:

Delores - bland.

Holy River - makes me wonder why he doesn't try harder. I just don't get what he's trying to achieve with it.

Dolphin - he's just playing. There is no structure, no thought.

I think the three examples of the songs you have given me are perfect examples of his approach to solos. All three possess a flat approach to harmony and melody. I know it's a cliche but it's Prince by numbers. Filler at best. Where are the sympathetic notes? A solo should take the listener somewhere or at least be pleasing to the ear. Too much of his guitar work is forgettable.

But when he has his moments... Just a shame he can't string those moments together so they fit.

iloveuanie your taste is contraversal.You said you like solos based in melody which you can hum to .Dolphin have very easy guitar solo but very melodic.It's not a show off solo.more of a singer songwritter guitar solo. Dolores solo is very skilled with some fancy melodic licks. Strange you favour Batdance solo which is nothing special in terms of melody,it's more jam oriented.It's easy to critize Prince but have you ever tried to pick some of his solos? Can you share us example of you playing,?

I'm just as curious....

EyeJester7 said:

so iloveuanie can we hear you play?

Dave1992 said:

1. I Hate U from The Gold Experience

2. Joy in Repetition from One Nite Alone... Live!

3. Gold from The Gold Experience

also: Purple Rain from Purple Rain; One Of Us from Emancipation

First one that popped in my brain after reading the title of this thread!

thebanishedone said:

EyeJester7 said:

I'm just as curious....

so iloveuanie can we hear you play?

Hey just because I criticise something doesn't mean I can do it equally or better! If this were the case we'd have no critics at all! I see Prince complaining about politics all the time but I've yet to see him run as a politician

It's not always a case of shut-up or put-up. If we are only able to give criticism of those things we can do better we'll all be fucked. Or worse if we have to give praise of those things which are better than what we can achieve. My neighbour's daughter plays the recorder far better than I do but she still sounds absolutely horrific. Am I to say she's fantastic because she's more accomplished at it than I am? I think not.

Have I diverted the questions away from me yet...?

1) "Joy in Reptition" from One Nite Alone Live (After Party)

2) "Live 4 Love" from Diamonds and Pearls

3) "While my guitar gently weeps" from the RRHOF class of '04

The three that spring to mind in no order are

Just My Imagination - Small Club

Noon Rendezvous - 7th June 1984 First Avenue

Shhh - The Beautiful Experience TV Special

All live ones funnily enough...

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Peach, One night Alone... Live. I fucking love funky rhythm playing. That to me is where Prince shines as a guitarist. Luckily for me there are far more examples of his rhythm playing across his career than there are lead breaks.

So my top three solo'ish moments?

Girls and Boys, ONA... Live.

Whole Lotta Love (0:48 to 1:05), Indigo Nights.

Rave III, Small Club.

But the greatest moment he's ever had for me with a six string in his hands? Easy. The final moments of Let's Go Crazy. It's when I fell in love with everything he was, is and could be. The look, style, sexuality, passion, fun... it was all there in those last moments of the song.

Any track from the Undertaker live studio album really

Peach

Eye hate u

Iloveuannie i find you to be one of my dearest friends on org.I asked to hear you play not to make you shut up.not at all.it's just i find some things you say to be contraversal and contradicting.so i wanted to hear how you think on instrument.to hear where you are as a musician. I feel that you typecasted Prince's ability on guitar.

joy in repition

while my guitar gently weeps

3 chains o gold

why you wanna treat me so bad

colonized mind

holy river

shh..

thebanishedone said:

Iloveuannie i find you to be one of my dearest friends on org.I asked to hear you play not to make you shut up.not at all.it's just i find some things you say to be contraversal and contradicting.so i wanted to hear how you think on instrument.to hear where you are as a musician. I feel that you typecasted Prince's ability on guitar.

I'll tell you what Banished, if I win on the Euro Lottery tonight I'll send you some of my winnings. If it's a big win. We'll meet up and have a beer and chew the fat as they say