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Thread started 05/14/24 6:05am

Ramzoo

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"I Wanna Be Your Lover" at The Midnight Special show

At last ! I was waiting for it : check my long time ago thread. biggrin

https://youtu.be/Zi9nlmMA...cnF1_ZBpcu

Waiting now 4 "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ?" that will B posted soon...

[Edited 5/14/24 6:59am]

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Reply #1 posted 05/14/24 9:27am

TrivialPursuit

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Soooooo early on! I just watched it before seeing your post.

Fink in prison gear (which Rick James' band had and Fink changed it to scrubs)

Gayle's still there.

Of course Andre and Dez. Amazing that in just a few short years, only Fink & Z would be the original two left.

I wonder if Andre will use the cloud bass for the WYWTMSB performance?

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #2 posted 05/14/24 9:37am

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"Sooooo" long ago, I watched the full performance : no, André doesn't use the cloud guitar 4 "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ?"...
"Money won't buy U happiness but it'll pay 4 the search."
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Reply #3 posted 05/14/24 9:59am

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i got excited to see this as Midnight Special always had LIVE performances(thanks for the link!), but then it was playback sad

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we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #4 posted 05/14/24 12:24pm

laytonian

???
This has been out for years.
Dez Dickerson, in his book, writes how there was no studio audience; the heads you see occasionally are show crewmembers. Definitely miming to the recording.

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Reply #5 posted 05/14/24 12:55pm

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laytonian said:

???
This has been out for years.
Dez Dickerson, in his book, writes how there was no studio audience; the heads you see occasionally are show crewmembers. Definitely miming to the recording.


Most of those variety shows had lip sync performances. American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Soul Train, etc. It just wasn't always viable to have a live setup.

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Reply #6 posted 05/14/24 1:16pm

Ramzoo

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laytonian said:[quote]

???
This has been out for years.
Not officially/in pristine quality...

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Reply #7 posted 05/14/24 2:39pm

SPYZFAN1

I remember staying up late to watch this. If I'm correct, I think this was taped in December 1979. To see some video of P from the 70's is cool. Picked this up on a VHS bootleg comp. in 1992.

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Reply #8 posted 05/14/24 3:58pm

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SPYZFAN1 said:

I remember staying up late to watch this. If I'm correct, I think this was taped in December 1979. To see some video of P from the 70's is cool. Picked this up on a VHS bootleg comp. in 1992.


Princevault says:

Taped January 8, 1980

Aired January 12, 1980 on NBC.

The show aired Jan 11, but the performance itself was after midnight, ergo the date difference.

Those were days I certainly wasn't up watching TV at midnight.

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Reply #9 posted 05/14/24 9:06pm

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Damn, now I really feel old... lol grandpa

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #10 posted 05/15/24 8:00am

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TrivialPursuit said:



SPYZFAN1 said:


I remember staying up late to watch this. If I'm correct, I think this was taped in December 1979. To see some video of P from the 70's is cool. Picked this up on a VHS bootleg comp. in 1992.




Princevault says:

Taped January 8, 1980


Aired January 12, 1980 on NBC.

The show aired Jan 11, but the performance itself was after midnight, ergo the date difference.

Those were days I certainly wasn't up watching TV at midnight.




Yeah Bandstand was recorded in Dec... Which is when he decided to not do interviews.
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Reply #11 posted 05/15/24 8:05am

OnlyNDaUsa

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Ramzoo said:

"Sooooo" long ago, I watched the full performance : no, André doesn't use the cloud guitar 4 "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ?"...



It's been years since I've seen it but I don't think he did.
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Reply #12 posted 05/15/24 11:04am

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To think I wasn't even alive when this aired.

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Reply #13 posted 05/15/24 11:03pm

SoulAlive

I love the Midnight Special.I got a DVD box set of it biggrin Great memories of staying up late on Friday nights to watch these performances.

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Reply #14 posted 05/15/24 11:06pm

SoulAlive

it's always great to see early Prince performances.He was so bold and raw! He was truly focused and had a clear idea what type of artist he wanted to be.

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Reply #15 posted 05/16/24 8:22am

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paisleyparkgirl said:

To think I wasn't even alive when this aired.

Tyah!

Super crazy insane!!!

But you are alive now and it has been "aired" again in the best quality biggrin

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we all need 2 b friends"
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