RJOrion said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

It's call nervous and out of his element

Come on there is James Brown (his show band and audience) then Michael Jackson come out and tears it up...

Prince was nervous.

Bobby Z said plainly 'Prince made an ass of himself that night'

If anything he could have had some to drink, but I don't think he needed to be hi or anything

Just think about his reaction in the limo as he pulled up to the PR Premiere

i hear you...it makes it more badass and more "rock & roll", to chalk up that night's antics as drug induced...and from things ive seen from others, and from other "stories" about P, he shows quite a few signs of being loaded up on something (coke? liquored up?)

I'm a Gemini and I get asked 'am I on something' when I'm in a zone

that Twin thing can be something else

I really think those 'behaviours' are a part of his dual personality and him being an entertainer

Prince is quirky but on that show he was trying to impress one of his idols while 'dealing' with MJ

and remember at this time Prince had only been on the stage 4 yrs + some months his from the first few shows for his For You album to 1999 tour went by real fast, but it was a short period of time, vs MJ who was doing that since a kid

OldFriends4Sale said:

RJOrion said:

OldFriends4Sale said: i hear you...it makes it more badass and more "rock & roll", to chalk up that night's antics as drug induced...and from things ive seen from others, and from other "stories" about P, he shows quite a few signs of being loaded up on something (coke? liquored up?)

I'm a Gemini and I get asked 'am I on something' when I'm in a zone

that Twin thing can be something else

I really think those 'behaviours' are a part of his dual personality and him being an entertainer

Prince is quirky but on that show he was trying to impress one of his idols while 'dealing' with MJ

and remember at this time Prince had only been on the stage 4 yrs + some months his from the first few shows for his For You album to 1999 tour went by real fast, but it was a short period of time, vs MJ who was doing that since a kid

Eye always felt that whole incident was choreographed by Mj & JB to make look bad!

Mj was always scared of 's success. That whole part was just too perfect, when Mj stepped on stage and knew what part & step to hit @ the exact same moment. Mj was always prepared & choreographed his EVERY MOVE. He also was VERY sneaky & used that moment too embarrass ....

^^hey,it's not MJ's fault that Prince was drunk/high that night

SoulAlive said:

^^hey,it's not MJ's fault that Prince was drunk/high that night

how do you know?

free2bfreeda said:

SoulAlive said:

^^hey,it's not MJ's fault that Prince was drunk/high that night

how do you know?

Cuz it shows? But the doubt remains.
I'd vote he was just scared to death.

Prince said about the "We Are The World" incident, that he doesn't feel at ease with others big egoes in the room (I'm paraphrasing).
It's just stage fright.

I mean come on, it's f***ing JB and f***ing MJ, for Pete's sake!
I woulda shit myself.

dandan said:

Yeah he was definitely extremely nervous and probably shitting himself. To be honest that's exactly how I image P acts when nervous- tries too hard and forgets what he does best. Also KCOOL piss off with that nonsense about it being a set-up and MJ was being 'very sneaky'. I'm certainly not the biggest MJ fan in the world but that clip shows just how experienced in 'showbiz' he was compared to Prince at the time, who even since gaining worldwide fame still lives and works in his own universe

And MJ(rest his soul) didn't?

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

iZsaZsa said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

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Is that you?

wasn't Gilbert davison also Princes bodyguard and then became President of paisley park enterprises ..strange move !!

OldFriends4Sale said:

RJOrion said:

i watch that video at least once a week for laughs... the moment right after that screenshot, when Prince throws his glove into the crowd and someone immediately throws it right back at him, is so disrespectful but hilarious...and then Prince falling off the stage and taking James Browns stage prop/lamp-post down with him, may be the funniest moments in showbiz history... people say P never did drugs, but he was on SOMETHING that night...clearly

It's call nervous and out of his element

Come on there is James Brown (his show band and audience) then Michael Jackson come out and tears it up...

Prince was nervous.

Bobby Z said plainly 'Prince made an ass of himself that night'

If anything he could have had some to drink, but I don't think he needed to be hi or anything

Just think about his reaction in the limo as he pulled up to the PR Premiere

I hadn't watched it in a decade and this thread made me wanna check it again... Way I see it this guitar sounded awful, at least in P's hands, it's like at first P is like "OK I'm gonna jam" and then after a minute realizes there is NOTHING he can take out of this instrument and out of frustration he just gives it up and, because he can't just leave THAT early, starts to make his dance stuff, then leaves ASAP. In the end I think he managed a very incomfortable and stressful situation quite well, and the prop lamp is quite hilarious indeed, but in a good way

mattj said:

iZsaZsa said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said: Is that you?

wasn't Gilbert davison also Princes bodyguard and then became President of paisley park enterprises ..strange move !!

No! Smart move, It's one of the MANY benefits of beng close friends with .

Eye mean look @ Kirky J!