NDRU said:

errant said:

like what? and which one of them would be better to see than him doing guitar solos?

Ok maybe not a million things, but what I mean is that I prefer to see prince act more playful and free onstage than to play guitar hero. As mentioned, in Sign or Lovesexy concerts, there were more theatrics, but the music was rich and interesting at the same time. Prince might have been lying in bed or playing basketball onstage, but the creative energy was always there

+1

Prince is, was, and always will be the man but, with someone like Miko or levi or des or wendy holding down the rhythm while he sings, dances, prances, tickles the ivories a bit, rocks some funk guitar + takes a few solo's is my idea of a superbad showman- ie: Prince up until around the time of the rainbow children.

Jimi Hendrix is one of my all time favorite guitar players ,Ginger Baker is one of my favorite drumers.But so many things happened since the 60's.you have many better guitar players then Jimi and better drumers then Ginger.Jimi will always be groundbreaking guitarist and innovator but no way his pentatonic noodling is more interesting then Prince.we can't compare Jimi and Prince because they belong to a different eras but judged by the records Prince is more creative,faster,versatile player then Jimi.
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EMPEROR101 said:

errant said:

like what? and which one of them would be better to see than him doing guitar solos?

JIMI HENDRIX! & stevie ray vaughan to name two.

1) they're both dead, so good luck seeing them doing anything on stage.

2) the poster said there are a million other things Prince could be doing on stage, not asking for a million other guitar players.

NDRU said:

errant said:

like what? and which one of them would be better to see than him doing guitar solos?

Ok maybe not a million things, but what I mean is that I prefer to see prince act more playful and free onstage than to play guitar hero. As mentioned, in Sign or Lovesexy concerts, there were more theatrics, but the music was rich and interesting at the same time. Prince might have been lying in bed or playing basketball onstage, but the creative energy was always there

dancing and basketball from Prince? at a Prince concert? sorry, but

that stuff is bullshit. if I show up to a Prince concert and he's playing basketball instead of guitar, I'm not going to be very satisfied.

Prince is a singer who plays instruments and stuff, not a guitarist who sings and plays keyboards.

Lady Zsa Prince had become a singer,but he was a guitar player a first in Grand Central band. George Michael is a singer who plays instruments,Prince id a musician with a nice voice.

thebanishedone said:

Patrice Rushen is a musician with a nice voice. George Duke. Prince is like Aretha Franklin; a singer who can play. To me.

LadyZsaZsa said:

I would say he's one of the top all-around instrumentalists of all time, but as an entertainer, I totally agree with you. I want to see him simply lead a show. Guitar is part of that, but so is singing, dancing, being goofy, etc

NDRU said:

Me too!

It's Prince who plays the guitar in "Joy in repetition".

So, what did you say again about him playing the guitar???

dJJ said:

That I don't want to listen to that all night ;)

It's okay if others do, though

thebanishedone said:

Begining with 1985 Prince wanted to escape guitar hero status.He was spending more time dancing,goofing around the stage.In his concerts he played guitar just a little bit,ut was more like :Look i play guitar also.after 2000 Prince began to play guitar during whole concerts.So my Question goes:When you see Prince play guitar is it more or less interesting to you ?

More, always more.

What Prince plays best is the guitar.

The Parade tour was awesome, but one of the downsides was his (forced) lack of guitar playing.

Thankfully he got it back with the SOTT and LoveSexy tours, but during Nude the guitar playing was also minimal.

Then during the 90's he had periods where he played lots of guitar, Act I and II, Gold. The tours of the late 90's were however with less guitar again.

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Basically all Prince tours were great, but those he played a lot of guitar on were the best.