So I've been watching a lot of Prince videos and reading stuff about the shows lately on the org. From what I've seen and read, Prince had been pretty lucky regarding mess ups, such as, falls, forgetting lyrics, and sound problems. Though I know he has had more than a few of those lol.

Though I love these wonderful shows/appearances, they all seem so perfect. I mean, has he ever performed with a cold or coughed or sneezed on stage, during a song, in an interview, etc.? I have read/listened to the 1993 DNA Lounge where he had laryngitis, the coughing in Raspberry Beret, and the Demaris Lewis interview where he said he had a cold, but that's all I've seen/heard.

Btw, I can't believe I'm asking this question, but having seen other celebrities and being a fan of a few other musical legends including Prince; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. I've always loved the "human" side of the person than the "private/public image" of their persona on and off stage. So I guess that's why this question has randomly crossed my mind...

or I'm just bored out of my mind right now...

Probably both lol...

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in a 1999 interview with Matt Lauer on The Today Show he was under the weather, think he said laryngitis

eightiesbrat, yes, I remember watching that interview also. Thank you!

Can you remember anymore?

1958PRN said:

eightiesbrat, yes, I remember watching that interview also. Thank you!

Can you remember anymore?

Not any others off the top of my head, but I'm slowly working my way through YT haha. So many videos, I just keep watching and watching, if I find another I'll post here

eightiesbrat said:

1958PRN said:

eightiesbrat, yes, I remember watching that interview also. Thank you!

Can you remember anymore?

Not any others off the top of my head, but I'm slowly working my way through YT haha. So many videos, I just keep watching and watching, if I find another I'll post here

Thank you!

& this is just a guess. But I watched his 2014 concert in Paris Zénith France earlier today and I think he might have sneezed towards the end during Cool. I think it was like around 20:00? Regardless though, that whole song was amazing! I could not stop smiling. His dancing and the looks he gave the audience were so funny! Omgosh, love him.

1958PRN said:

eightiesbrat said:

Not any others off the top of my head, but I'm slowly working my way through YT haha. So many videos, I just keep watching and watching, if I find another I'll post here

Thank you!

& this is just a guess. But I watched his 2014 concert in Paris Zénith France earlier today and I think he might have sneezed towards the end during Cool. I think it was like around 20:00? Regardless though, that whole song was amazing! I could not stop smiling. His dancing and the looks he gave the audience were so funny! Omgosh, love him.

there's nothing on youtube what r u talking about

1958PRN said:

eightiesbrat said:

Not any others off the top of my head, but I'm slowly working my way through YT haha. So many videos, I just keep watching and watching, if I find another I'll post here

Thank you!

& this is just a guess. But I watched his 2014 concert in Paris Zénith France earlier today and I think he might have sneezed towards the end during Cool. I think it was like around 20:00? Regardless though, that whole song was amazing! I could not stop smiling. His dancing and the looks he gave the audience were so funny! Omgosh, love him.

Will watch this one again! I know, as if the music and dancing weren't enough. . his faces! omg his faces and looks he gives. Too much. He was such a trip.

breakdown2k14 said:

I believe he said he a cold when he appeared the MTV show "TRL".

Do you know what year this was?

let some media outlets tell it, he'd been performing with all kinds of AIDS and Flu's and shit...

He performed with a cold a bunch of times. The 1993 DNA Lounge show is one and then there was a Purple Rain show where he mentions it during the show. I think it was late Dec show but I can't remember for sure.

But he said something like "I'm a bit under the weather, but I'll do my best if you do your best"...something like that but I don't remember the exact quote.

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1958PRN said:

he had a cold at the time of the 1991 rs interview, he mentioned it. If you're vocal chords are in condition it can be done, the falsetto would be the most affected though. I heard he actually waited until he had a cold to record so blue on his first album because he wanted to sound sick. Depends on what you are performing and the demands of it regarding how much it would hurt your performance.

RJOrion said:

I just watched that 21 minute video of the 2014 Paris concer.

He was super-thin, almost scary!
Notice how he was almost completely covered up by that bulky cloak.

His arms are like sticks inside that knit shirt.

Yes, he sneezed. And it looked like, at the end, he was glaring at people trying to film him.

laytonian said:

PeteSilas said:

FunkiestOne said:

He performed with a cold a bunch of times. The 1993 DNA Lounge show is one and then there was a Purple Rain show where he mentions it during the show. I think it was late Dec show but I can't remember for sure.

But he said something like "I'm a bit under the weather, but I'll do my best if you do your best"...something like that but I don't remember the exact quote.

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Do you remember where you saw or heard this show? (meaning the source: youtube, dvd, cd, etc) I've been searching for it and cannot find it anywhere.

1958PRN said:

PeteSilas said:

he had a cold at the time of the 1991 rs interview, he mentioned it. If you're vocal chords are in condition it can be done, the falsetto would be the most affected though. I heard he actually waited until he had a cold to record so blue on his first album because he wanted to sound sick. Depends on what you are performing and the demands of it regarding how much it would hurt your performance.

Thank you so much for this! But what does rs stand for? Haha & is this interview in print or is it circulating?

rolling stone, duhhhh, just kidding.

PeteSilas said:

1958PRN said:

PeteSilas said: Thank you so much for this! But what does rs stand for? Haha & is this interview in print or is it circulating?

rolling stone, duhhhh, just kidding.

LOL, I figured that out after I sent it, but thanks! haha

Are you sure it's 1991? Could you provide a link to please?

1958PRN said:

PeteSilas said:

1958PRN said:

LOL, I figured that out after I sent it, but thanks! haha

Are you sure it's 1991? Could you provide a link to please?

It may have been 92 just look for Neal karlen interview

Thank you, I found it! It was 1990.

1958PRN said:

PeteSilas said:

1958PRN said: It may have been 92 just look for Neal karlen interview

Thank you, I found it! It was 1990.

oh sorry, i have it somewhere. I still remember the part where someone said "it's raining" and Prince repeated it while he was sucking on some kind of lozenge or something. why are you so curious about this?

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PeteSilas said: