This special should have been an hour long, what a hack job.

Music was great, its a shame we didnt get to see everything. I think I saw as many commerials as I did Prince time lol.

Peace

VDubblin said:

I caught it....unbelievably he said it was true....damn

Nice to see Prince
Brushin up on his "New Power Jazz"
was really feelin it
and i suppose only assuming from the performance
that Dear Mr. Man next single?

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leadline said:

I enjoyed it. I wish it was longer too. It got me anxious for the concert. It won't hit DC until August. Oh, well, my 6 year old son watched it and enjoyed it and he'll be going to his first Prince concert soon.

3NineteeN04 said:

the BET version was best because they asked the more interesting questions relevant to black folks like the Chapelle questions and te one about doing Adore.

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Obviously you're not a golfer.

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

It sure is.

SENSHY said:

So what? Once in a while he'll play something good. What, am I supposed to be in complete protest of him?

SynthiaRose said:

As long as it has a beat, people will appear to like it. They're just excited to see Prince, so no matter what he plays, they're gonna groove to it.

manonearth said:

Praise the Lord, we were spared from the monstrosity that is the worst Musicology track, the ode to Vegas, and a butchered classic.

Editing is great.

I really enjoyed that special. I wish it could have been longer, it just felt so great to actually see prince getting the respect he deserves. I remember just a few years ago, hell i remember last year, when all of my friends would tease me for being a prince fan. they would tell me that he was old and that he had good music back in the 80's (when i was born) but there was no real reason to be into him now. they thought he was a joke and that music is all about 50 cent and jay-z.






guess i got the last laugh.

I was really glad he did Sometimes it Snows in April.. I could of done without Cream though.. but it was different for a change.. Sweet Thing was also nice.. I love that song!!!

Not too sure how I feel about Musicology, some things i like and others I dont.. BUT his music is getting too Jazzy with all the sax's and horns.. I didn't like that at all..

ACTUALLY HEARING MUSICOLOGY LIVE ON JAY LENO is the reason why I love that song now. I had never heard it before, but the version from Jay Leno is crazeee. Playing tighten up at the end and then going back into the vamp from Musicology SUBLIME! Anyone feeling that performance Holla!

adorable2 said:

i'm feelin that performance on jay as well

prince was sexycool

dancin' and prancin' 2 his seat

2 cute

i was also blown away by the laid back

performance of cream, sometimes it snows in april

and sweet thing during the art of musicology special

prince, i'm lovin that purple geetar!

what i did was tape the BET one in my room and watched the mtv one in the other room in the house...

i found that BET was better because it cut out all those clips from the past like mtv had. Mtv spent like 5 minutes on it, which was not needed, we've seen all of that b4.

Bet incorporated more interview questions and in between showed the concert. Mtv only had what seemed like 2 seconds of interview time at the end.

i'll catch the vh1 showing at a later time this week.

I liked P's p4mance of musicology better on jay's show too. It just blew my mind. But he was still good on this one too. I actually loved when he played with the audience, just comes to show that the little guy can't possibly b serious 24/7, he can crack a joke or 2, and laugh and live a little.

oldschoolfunkmaster said:

Was anyone else slightly offended by that comment? I mean, what if I said, "Prince - Let's Go Crazy is the white man's anthem, please always play that in your shows...blah blah blah." Is Adore really only 'for' the black people? It just seems like BET has a very racist agenda.

missfee said:

i'm mad that i don't get BET where i live. i got it where i grew up, but where i live now I guess there aren't "enough" black people or something. that stuff is so stupid.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Jesus go get laid will ya

leadline said:

I totally agree ... this should have been a *minimum* one hour long special. What's with 30 minutes? This special would have been a great opportunity to play another song or two from the new album (he is promoting it, right?) Reflection would have been great to close the acoustic set (again more promotion of the new material). Bottom line, whatever he played there should have been more of it.

BabyCakes said:

Me 2!!!! Sometimes It Snows In April Is 1 Of My Favoritez!!!! And I Got SOOOO Excited When He Did It At The Concert *Squealz*

JAMIESTARR said:

Not a problem. But how will that change anything?

rainbowchild said:

I really enjoyed Dear Mr. Man. It is one of my favorite tracks on the album. I thought he would have performed something like If I was the Man In Your Life, Marrying Kind, etc. Something that rocked hard then Musicology (something funky). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the performances. I liked the arrangement on Dear Mr. Man

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

I agree, EWM Blows, IMO he does not know his ass from a hole in the ground especially about music!

I presume us UKers will be screwed over again then.

I hope someone posts some clips to the ABMP newsgroup....

SENSHY said:

My thoughts EXACTLY. If I didn't like Musicology and really thought it sucked ass, I would not be watching a special celebrating it.

Jestyr said:

Well, in hopes that you weren't terribly offended by that, I think this speaks in a certain context.

R&B radio is more apt to play and warm up to soulful, sensual ballads (see "Adore"). Also, it is perceived that the white audience (though there's more than black and white audiences, but we'll stay within this realm for the discussion) just wants to rock out. So, ballads like "Adore" are acceptable listening to a lot of R&B fans (historically Black), rather than something like "Let's Go Crazy", due to its upbeat, more rock-like sound (solos notwithstanding).

BabyCakes said:

I actually liked Cream. It was very amusing and well done. I wasn't looking forward to it when I saw it was going to be played. But he did it again. Took a song that I don't really care for and made it the highlight of the show. I think he likes the audience interaction and sponteneity he gets from doing those sets. I do wish he would stir them up a bit on tour...and not just make one song different each time.

I don't know about you guys but each and every perfomance done lately on TV has been outstanding. I can't recall when this much media time/space has been given to one artist...in such a short amount of time. Since the Grammys that guy has been ON FIRE.

Jestyr said:

Yeah, I was a offended, too ... but I just read over it. It is stereotypical though (although I don't think the poster intended offense).

I thought he should have done something a bit more exciting than Dear Mr. Man.
The acoustic part was great, but, as usual he didn't play one whole song.
If he had, it could've easily become a new video ala endorphinmachine live, ICNTTPOYM live or Take Me with U live, all of which got played as videos on either MTV or VH1
Still it was pretty amazing that he even got 1/2 hour on all those stations.

Did anyone notice when it ended that VH1, MTV, and BET all immediately went straight back to bling bling and 20 inch rims, etc. (okay, Usher was on MTV, but he's just as boring to me) It was like the prince special had never even happened.