The Oprah appearance (I know it was a promo to the target audience of the Emancipation album) just seemed very strange considering the circumstances. And the performances didn't appeal to me either. Was just missing the Prince mystique. Again, I know the entire vibe of that album and videos was to lose the old mystique and be more "pop" friendly and down to earth.

The whole Rave period. He agreed to play the game with Clive & a big label off the back of a very poor album & appear on so many TV shows. P appearing on Saturday morning kids shows was NOT my P at all! Likewise appearing on shit chat shows around Europe etc.

^^I agree about the "Rave" era TV appearances.^^......The Rosie O' Donnell interview was a little awkward too. Also considering the fact that his ex-girlfriend's husband was a guest on the show too. I also thought him accepting the award disguised as the "old man" (from the "Come On" video) was weird.... the "Tora Tora" interview with Veronica Webb...and the Soul Train appearance the early 90's.

EmmaMcG said:

The only one that sticks out to me as strange was his appearance on Jay Leno when he appeared alongside Mel Gibson, who I think was there to promote Passion Of The Christ. Prince was deep into the Jehovah thing at the time so it was odd to see two religious nuts interact. Mel Gibson is also one of my favourite actors so it was weird to see two of my favourite entertainers together. There's one questionable, but unfortunately not surprising, tv appearance that sticks with me. The one where he made himself look very stupid by talking about chemtrails. And I know, it could be just him acting strange on tv for the publicity, as a lot of people suggested. He probably didn't actually believe it. But the point is, he still said it and to the random viewer, he made himself look very silly.

I was actually there in the audience for that Tonight Show taping! Stood in line behind the building from about 6:30am to get (free) tickets, then immediately stood in line again in front of the building from 8am until about 3pm when they let us in.

It was amazing seeing Prince in that environment! He was dressed to the 9's (and so was Jay Leno) and they both had a good time teasing Mel Gibson about his casual/shabby appearance. You're correct that Mel was promoting The Passion Of The Christ.

My then-girlfriend, now-wife indulged me when I suggested trying to get into that viewing. Turns out, it was a lot of fun and a great memory.

FYI - Prince actually performed Musicology twice in that taping. He was not happy with how the first performance turned out. They both sounded identical to me, but he must've heard/seen something that didn't sit well with him.

EmmaMcG said:

The only one that sticks out to me as strange was his appearance on Jay Leno when he appeared alongside Mel Gibson, who I think was there to promote Passion Of The Christ. Prince was deep into the Jehovah thing at the time so it was odd to see two religious nuts interact. Mel Gibson is also one of my favourite actors so it was weird to see two of my favourite entertainers together. There's one questionable, but unfortunately not surprising, tv appearance that sticks with me. The one where he made himself look very stupid by talking about chemtrails. And I know, it could be just him acting strange on tv for the publicity, as a lot of people suggested. He probably didn't actually believe it. But the point is, he still said it and to the random viewer, he made himself look very silly.

Yes, seeing him with Mel Gibson and cracking jokes with Mel was weird, but funny. Mel Gibson was actually supposed to be in The Fifth Element with Mel playing Bruce Willis´ part and Prince playing Chris Tucker´s part. I think Julia Roberts was considered for that movie, too.

https://www.cracked.com/p...different/

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I agree about the chemtrails part, and I´m afraid he was NOT joking or pretending but being serious when he believed in that nonsense. He believed in many strange conspiracies in his later years.

At some point he even thought about replacing the pyramid shaped windows on Paisley Park with domes.

SPYZFAN1 said:

^^I agree about the "Rave" era TV appearances.^^......The Rosie O' Donnell interview was a little awkward too. Also considering the fact that his ex-girlfriend's husband was a guest on the show too. I also thought him accepting the award disguised as the "old man" (from the "Come On" video) was weird.... the "Tora Tora" interview with Veronica Webb...and the Soul Train appearance the early 90's.

The promotion for Rave felt a bit awkward and cringy, and the European shows he chose to appear on were absolutely not the kind of shows that helped him with his sales but I quite liked his "old man" disguise and the Veronica Webb interview.

KoolEaze said:

Se7en said:

FYI - Prince actually performed Musicology twice in that taping. He was not happy with how the first performance turned out. They both sounded identical to me, but he must've heard/seen something that didn't sit well with him.

Did he do the dance to the couch in both?

Se7en said:

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

BlueShakooo said:

EmmaMcG said:

The only one that sticks out to me as strange was his appearance on Jay Leno when he appeared alongside Mel Gibson, who I think was there to promote Passion Of The Christ. Prince was deep into the Jehovah thing at the time so it was odd to see two religious nuts interact. Mel Gibson is also one of my favourite actors so it was weird to see two of my favourite entertainers together. There's one questionable, but unfortunately not surprising, tv appearance that sticks with me. The one where he made himself look very stupid by talking about chemtrails. And I know, it could be just him acting strange on tv for the publicity, as a lot of people suggested. He probably didn't actually believe it. But the point is, he still said it and to the random viewer, he made himself look very silly.

I also thought Prince asking Mel "You wanna go check out a movie" was an attempt at a joe surrounding all the controversy from Passion of CHrist that just didn't land.

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

The whole Rave period. He agreed to play the game with Clive & a big label off the back of a very poor album & appear on so many TV shows. P appearing on Saturday morning kids shows was NOT my P at all! Likewise appearing on shit chat shows around Europe etc.

I enjoyed the Larry King sit down he did during this time

herb4 said:

Farfunknugin said:

The world music awards where he lip synced TMBGITW.

Yes, that was a shocker for me. The whole thing was a terribly tacky affair.

FrankieCoco1 said:

The Muppets show appearance was a bit of a surprise to me. I was in a busy bar in a French ski resort and nearly spat my beer, seeing it for the first time, what with Prince, Kermit and that version of Starfish And Coffee.

Yeah, that one too! I ceased being surprised after that and the The World Music Awards. The UK Top Of The Pops apppearance performing Holy River was pretty lame too. Preferred the weirdo reclusive Prince of the 80s. He did a lot a questionable UK TV performances in the 90s, and yet never did Glasto where he would have been in his element and blown everyone away with a historic performance (I have no doubt).

FrankieCoco1 said:

The Muppets show appearance was a bit of a surprise to me. I was in a busy bar in a French ski resort and nearly spat my beer, seeing it for the first time, what with Prince, Kermit and that version of Starfish And Coffee.

To be fair that was for the kids. Don't think we should be too harsh.

KoolEaze said:

RJOrion said:

KoolEaze said:

Yes, seeing him with Mel Gibson and cracking jokes with Mel was weird, but funny. Mel Gibson was actually supposed to be in The Fifth Element with Mel playing Bruce Willis´ part and Prince playing Chris Tucker´s part. I think Julia Roberts was considered for that movie, too.

https://www.cracked.com/p...different/

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I agree about the chemtrails part, and I´m afraid he was NOT joking or pretending but being serious when he believed in that nonsense. He believed in many strange conspiracies in his later years.

At some point he even thought about replacing the pyramid shaped windows on Paisley Park with domes.

so youve looked up in the sky and never seen a chemtrail?

Yeah well the thing is we know what they are and what they ain't. And I never watched that innerview again since 2009 but from what I can recall P was clearly saying (or at least suggesting) that they were what they ain't, i.e. nonsense about mind control or some BS of that kind.

databank said:

Phase3 said:

herb4 said:

I enjoyed the Larry King sit down he did during this time

I think the "wanna go check out a movie" was a great comeback joke after mel told prince he was going dancing after the show.Mel was making weird facial expressions during his interactions with prince too,mayhe he was nervous

Gibson was clearly uncomfortable during that sit down and I found it so fun to watch, especially given what we've learned about Mel now/since then. He looked uptight and unsure of himself.

Suprised no one has mentioned the infamous American Bandstand interview where Prince refused to hardly even speak.

Agree he was totally out of his element for the Rave era TRL MTV appearance. Reminded a lot of Harry Shearer in For Your Consideration in "Chillaxin'"

Can't find a clip of it.

I think the weirdest "questionable TV appearances" was the UTCM premiere contest where the girl that won wasn't even a fan but won a "date" with Prince and the whole thing came off weird and forced.

I'm on the fence about the sit down he did with MTV around the time of ATWIAD or whenever it was when he had all those people surrounding him sitting on pillows and shit. He looked nervous but at the same time the whole thing was so uniquely Prince that I have a soft spot for it even though he came off a little odd.

herb4 said:

RJOrion said: