Has anyone seen Prince's performance of "Partyup" on Saturday Night Live in either 1980 or 1981. I remember seeing SNL's 25 Year Special and seeing just a small clip of it when they were showing a musical guests compilation. I never saw it back in the day.

Also, has anyone seen Prince on The Midnight Special from the "Prince" album era. I didn't see that either but I know he did "I Wanna Be Your Lover". Was Prince actually on The Midnight Special in person or was it the music video, which used to be called a promo clip back in those days.

I know I saw Rod Stewart do "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" back in the day and later on through the years I saw the music video/promo clip and it was the same thing I had seen on The Midnight Special. The same thing with The Jackson's "Blame It On The Boogie".

i have both of these on video--the snl appearance was from february of '81.

p was on the midnight special in the flesh.

The '81 SNL jam was the shit. So punk, it hurt.

It's been cued on Kazza

hey..it's how I got to see the AB clip

I have both. Midnight Special was a performance, not the "promo clip."

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

Yes, I have both and I saw both when they originally aired. I remember I was really sick with the flu when I watched "The Midnight Special". I remember that.

Most groups do a second song on Saturday Night Live. Did he do one?

vainandy said:

No. Back then most performers did one song.