Lets Pretend Were Married--have yet to see that one.

eelco said:

Solely on the strength and overall impact of the live performance, the 'Sign O' The Times' movie was an undisputed tour de force.

However, the more one analyses the 'Sign O' The Times' movie the more it is revealed to be less than the sum of its parts. The storyline vignettes (which is where Prince's strengths as a video maker should have come into play), were downright silly and cheesy by anybody's standards.

In fact, 'Sign O' The Times' isn't even on a par with far worthier movie concerts, such as Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense', directed by Jonathan Demme, to cite just an example.

Indeed, regardless of whether the 'Sign O' The Times' movie was "groundbreaking" or not, I still maintain that Prince as video artist has been mostly pants.

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Anxiety said:

this video is a trrriiippp! i was watchin' it recently, and couldn't help thinking , WTF???!!
i mean, it sorta reminds me of eyes wide shut, with the masquerade party. everyone's dancing around, the music's playin', and gemini (prince) poisons the water, so eveyone ends up dead in the end like in some bizarre religious cult.
i was thinking of starting a thread just on the partyman video. i mean, what message is he trying to convey? how morbid to see all those dead bodies at the end. maybe mtv never showed it 'cause they didn't want the grief.
it's kinda cool though, doesn't have anything to do with batman, which is a relief.

There are several Prince videos that I've never seen...

"Let's Pretend We're Married" (1983)
"Eye Hate U" (1995)
"Dolphin" (1994)
"The Holy River" (1997)


In addition,there are a ton of videos that were shot during the "slave years"(1993-95) that I have heard about,but have never actually seen.I've never even seen the "Undertaker" mini-movie with Vanessa Marcil!

I've never seen I Wish U Heaven, Zanalee, Face Down, or Dinner With Dolores.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I wish you heaven was kinda lame, but [i]Dinner with Delores[/b] kicks ass!

Anxiety said:

this video is a trrriiippp! i was watchin' it recently, and couldn't help thinking , WTF???!!
i mean, it sorta reminds me of eyes wide shut, with the masquerade party. everyone's dancing around, the music's playin', and gemini (prince) poisons the water, so eveyone ends up dead in the end like in some bizarre religious cult.
i was thinking of starting a thread just on the partyman video. i mean, what message is he trying to convey? how morbid to see all those dead bodies at the end. maybe mtv never showed it 'cause they didn't want the grief.
it's kinda cool though, doesn't have anything to do with batman, which is a relief.

I think the thing many of us are missing about Prince video's especialy the early ones, is that his video's differed from other video's of the era. When video's were first being aired many of them lack creativity. For example, if another band were to do Little Red Corvette they probably would have been riding around in a Little Red Corvette in the Video. Most 80's video's were very hoaky. Prince simply decided to use performance clips that showed the energy of his live performances. The Kiss clip was pretty hot and at the time showcased Prince as a dancer. And the When Doves Cry vid practically sold the movie.

aren't there two different versions of the "money don't matter 2night" video? i remember seein the one directed by spike lee waaay back when it first came out, but the 2nd one i've never seen.

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TheBluePrince said:

I've seen a live clip of this He's wearing a yellow *my fav color * suit.

I don't get all the hype over "I wish you heaven", it has bad lighting and bonnie & sheila doing the runningman