Back in the day Prince was great, but what happened??? In 2 decades+ he has released no great albums, and isn't doing anything very creative or original - he is just releasing same old tired lame funk rubbish. The general public quite rightly couldn't give a damm these days what he releases, only some die hard fans care. As a recording artist these days he is utterly insignificant, as a live act he is still good.
I get sick of the MJ vs. Prince debated! They both are/were great in their own right... Prince is great and MJ will be forever known as the King of Pop!!
The thing is that; Prince has always been ahead of his time. He can do a similar performance like this in 2011, and it with the same energy and passion as is here now. Age and time does not exist with this man! That is genius!
This is also the last time, you have seen Prince in denim too...lol
Prince is in more than one place when he performs, when he picks up a guitar its like Hendrix with that sweet funk edge and I love how quite a lot of the time he lets the dancers/musicans do what they like - free style raw - he only picks the best and he is a muical genius!
i love the mini solo at 4:39 where he was not even looking at the fretboard of the guitar . He must have been very confident because he could easily have missed the end note of the first slide (that would have sounded awful). he played it as if he was dreaming of something while he was playing, even added a little vibrato showing his full control.
Just watching a grainy youtube video makes me feel how epic this performance was. I probably would have died from the awesome if I was there in person.
This album was his opus. I don't know how many times I listened to it over and over. Great tracks and treats all over it. It's his White Album. An amazingly profound and diverse work. Genius.
@ZeCabrasta Hendrix yes. MJ was a GREAT ENTERTAINER. no DOUBT ABOUT THAT. But Prince self taught himself 28 instruments, produced, arranged, composed, and wrote the songs on all his albums.....without the aid of any high profile producer. I was at the SuperBowl in Miami when out of no where the rain came down so hard it went side ways.....and Prince went through 3 guitars and still rocked it.....so comparing the two in terms of entertainers is personal taste. Prince is a MUSICIAN. Ask Quincy J.
@MrVegasVince Back in the day Prince was great, but what happened??? In 2 decades+ he has released no great albums, and isn't doing anything very creative or original - he is just releasing same old tired lame funk rubbish. The general public quite rightly couldn't give a damm these days what he releases, only some die hard fans care. As a recording artist these days he is utterly insignificant, as a live act he is still good.
@ZeCabrasta Prince and Michael Jackson are nothing alike! Apples and oranges! Can you imagine Michael Jackson singing "Darling Nikki" or "Erotic City"? Think about it!
Sign of the times? The signs reveal the world will end in the year 2020. See the Aimed At America 1 video because there are too many parallels for this prophecy to be wrong!
Did you see on the news yesterday, the rivers of blood flowing through Vt? Spitting up the dead and breaking a great size of americanAH away from the rest? Did you see the pressure put on the wild ones' with the bombs for trying to get out from under MEN that have been over all from around 1970? Did you see the Earthquaking 1/3rd a nation? How's your captin crunch tasting with them GMOs?
@CloverBrothaMusic The audience is EXTREMELY loud. The reason why you hear the music and lyrics so well is because everything was redone in the studio and overlayed on top of the original soundtrack at a higher volume to drown out the extra noise.
@kalimaganeshshivan You're a little too smart for your britches, that was all live. You can tell by the intro and the improv guitar riffs throughout the song if you've listen to the album version kid.
@kalimaganeshshivan You're Right!! My bad on the lyric, but Ill make No mistake about this... PRINCE IS AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN!! My GF saw him in Concert, but I missed out! I WON'T MISS HIM NEXT TIME.
I'M BUYING A TICKET to his show and I don't care how much it costs! I gotta see PRINCE IN CONCERT!
@countwolfula My friend, you're preaching to the choir! Over the years since 1982, I've seen Prince in concert 20 times both here in the US and Europe.
@kalimaganeshshivan i wish i could have been as lucky as u. been a fan since 82 also! bought every album..love him ssssssooooo much! what a talent he is
@sheilaboy44 I'm even luckier than most because I have a cousin who worked for Prince as a stage & sound engineer for 20 years. Many of the concert tickets I received over the years from him for free.
@jaysongamble1111 That's a ridiculous observation to make because Cat Glover was the first and best dancer that he's ever had in ANY of his incarnations of the NPG band. Furthermore Cat's dancing won her prestige, money and contracts when she was on "Star Search". It's because of this show that Prince wanted her for his backup dancer.
@kalimaganeshshivan how is it ridiculous because i personally cannot stand the way she dances. its my personal opinion. she irks me for whatever reason
aw I LOOOVE this! 1 of my all time favorite songs and OMG how hot does he look in denim!!! the man is still fine! he's jus timeless and ageless and his body of word is untouchable! tysm 4 posting! :D
Talent that could only come from God!
HenrySr40 1 day ago
DON>T SAY NOTHING!!!
JUST LISTEN!!!..........
stekel60 2 days ago
OUTSTANDING! P.RODGERSNELSON=GENIUS
MrKenndawg 6 days ago
Thanks for posting,,,beautiful. Prince is my hero
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Back in the day Prince was great, but what happened??? In 2 decades+ he has released no great albums, and isn't doing anything very creative or original - he is just releasing same old tired lame funk rubbish. The general public quite rightly couldn't give a damm these days what he releases, only some die hard fans care. As a recording artist these days he is utterly insignificant, as a live act he is still good.
CloudsBeyond 1 week ago
MJ +Hendrix= Prince
39confusion 1 week ago 2
PRIMCE N SHEILA KNOW THEY'RE THE SH**..IJS
TheIrvincarter 2 weeks ago
Sheila E is so fuckin hawt in her RED outfit! fuckin SEXY!
inaj27 2 weeks ago
I get sick of the MJ vs. Prince debated! They both are/were great in their own right... Prince is great and MJ will be forever known as the King of Pop!!
musiqizmiilife 3 weeks ago
the Jimmy Hendrix of the 80s, and a fuckin' brilliant musician.
incorporating all those styles and genres, especially on the Sign 'O' the Times album....
Buy the album and you'll know what I mean!!
1994Flexboy 4 weeks ago
Why does Michael keep ending up in the comments of every single prince video? :\
ImaniRoseHenderson 1 month ago
Fact: 54 Instruments, Don't compare please, it's not fair for MJ, Prince is by far much better... Prince is a real MUSICIAN...
pepejfc 1 month ago
i apreciate prince for prince MJ for MJ an hendrix for hendrix its hard impossible to compare them which one is better there all great
MrTonyamazin 1 month ago
Killer guitar tone . Great performance of a great tune.
Tharg 1 month ago 3
KEEPITFUNKY PRINCE PEACE
WordRider 1 month ago
Probably the best version of this he ever did! I remember actually watching this live--God, where did my life go?!
OldMusicBestMusic 2 months ago 3
And the fact that the drum line is actually the band,,,like did they all already know how to play drums too?
Blackbladelyger 2 months ago
Riveting performer! :-)
warhols25 2 months ago
The man is a musical genius. The audience the tamest sheep I've ever seen.
HenkDebal 2 months ago 2
@HenkDebal: True, to be fairt hough, nobody had heard anything like this before.
brooksideradio 1 month ago
@brooksideradio Good point there :-)
HenkDebal 1 month ago
The thing is that; Prince has always been ahead of his time. He can do a similar performance like this in 2011, and it with the same energy and passion as is here now. Age and time does not exist with this man! That is genius!
This is also the last time, you have seen Prince in denim too...lol
DemonstrativeRanD 2 months ago 2
I typed in Prince Greatest Hits , Dont ,know much of his stuff , came across this , FUNKY!
RTWUROTTS 2 months ago
@RTWUROTTS Carry on with discovering this genius!!!! ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheBrendadale 1 month ago
The drum line came out hard as hell!
ChrisVGuitarist 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Prince is in more than one place when he performs, when he picks up a guitar its like Hendrix with that sweet funk edge and I love how quite a lot of the time he lets the dancers/musicans do what they like - free style raw - he only picks the best and he is a muical genius!
SunriseFresh 2 months ago 2
I love he starts with the intro with the Guitar!!!!!
princeben7 2 months ago
Prince is himself. A Genius and brilliant artist.
Cecilia3282 3 months ago
Prince is himself. A Genius and brilliant artist.
Cecilia3282 3 months ago
I haven't seen this in a long time. Thanks 4 posting it. Tjam*
TimmyJJam07 3 months ago
i love the mini solo at 4:39 where he was not even looking at the fretboard of the guitar . He must have been very confident because he could easily have missed the end note of the first slide (that would have sounded awful). he played it as if he was dreaming of something while he was playing, even added a little vibrato showing his full control.
jjoeuk 3 months ago
Just watching a grainy youtube video makes me feel how epic this performance was. I probably would have died from the awesome if I was there in person.
EvilPrincessKat 3 months ago
Giant ! Why can't we find Prince best live performances on DVDs ? Prince, Come on !
EnjoyTheGuitar 3 months ago
aww yeah!!! no DISlikes!!!!!!!!!!
Prince must change his Name in Klng!
ZeCabrasta 3 months ago
This album was his opus. I don't know how many times I listened to it over and over. Great tracks and treats all over it. It's his White Album. An amazingly profound and diverse work. Genius.
probrojeffro 3 months ago
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probrojeffro 3 months ago
I remember seeing this live on TV in the fall of 1987 and realizing Prince was still the greatest of all time
cfmceroz 3 months ago
The best ever
wahnano 3 months ago
thanx 4 sharing! amazing!
lotusflow3rd4u 3 months ago
Prince is a Hybrid between Michael Jackson and Jimi Hendrix!!
ZeCabrasta 3 months ago
@ZeCabrasta Hendrix yes. MJ was a GREAT ENTERTAINER. no DOUBT ABOUT THAT. But Prince self taught himself 28 instruments, produced, arranged, composed, and wrote the songs on all his albums.....without the aid of any high profile producer. I was at the SuperBowl in Miami when out of no where the rain came down so hard it went side ways.....and Prince went through 3 guitars and still rocked it.....so comparing the two in terms of entertainers is personal taste. Prince is a MUSICIAN. Ask Quincy J.
MrVegasVince 3 months ago 33
@MrVegasVince Yeah. I think he's quite good, too.
justabrz 3 months ago
@MrVegasVince Thank you for putting what I have been trying to say for the past 20 yrs better than I ever could.
jjaywill 1 month ago
@MrVegasVince CAN I PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE COME TO AT LEAST ONE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF PRINCE WHERE THERE IS NO COMMENT ABOUT MJ??? THANKS
jaemoon2 1 month ago
@jaemoon2 Nope.avi
FendyRhodes 2 weeks ago
@MrVegasVince True, Prince is the musician's musician. He's insanely talented.
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@MrVegasVince Back in the day Prince was great, but what happened??? In 2 decades+ he has released no great albums, and isn't doing anything very creative or original - he is just releasing same old tired lame funk rubbish. The general public quite rightly couldn't give a damm these days what he releases, only some die hard fans care. As a recording artist these days he is utterly insignificant, as a live act he is still good.
CloudsBeyond 1 week ago
@ZeCabrasta No, he's not. He's a one off. No one like him.
justabrz 3 months ago
@ZeCabrasta Prince and Michael Jackson are nothing alike! Apples and oranges! Can you imagine Michael Jackson singing "Darling Nikki" or "Erotic City"? Think about it!
kalimaganeshshivan 2 months ago
My Boi!! 25years strong!
The8thRealm 4 months ago
Speechless !!
Benjiboyo21 4 months ago
Goose bumps!! Uncle P at his best.
JellyBean2144 4 months ago
incredible stuff, love his guitar playing, damn legendary!!... great songtext too!
1994Flexboy 4 months ago
Awesome Bass
mmario24 4 months ago
man i love that peach guitar id love 2 have one
backinnyc2010 4 months ago
magical..
freeridemontagnes 4 months ago
he plays thats why george clinton likes him. jimi, eddie hazel, eddie van halen, prince. put them in any order. greatness
MrCrisssykes 4 months ago
I love you Prince, always have and always will. My my, he does look sexy here!!
kanesgirl623 5 months ago
Sign of the times? The signs reveal the world will end in the year 2020. See the Aimed At America 1 video because there are too many parallels for this prophecy to be wrong!
vincent15641 5 months ago
DONT DO DOPE
FRANCECHILD 5 months ago
@chazbiker - So why'd you go so many times then?
smoothpants 5 months ago
I watched this great live on TV ;)
EK9LOVE 5 months ago
Prince...takes the best, leaves the rest..
OrchidTigress1 5 months ago
This song is just dark an deep, like march to the witchs castle. U cn tell he was affected by the changes durin the late 80s crack era
kingofdaundaworld 5 months ago
This show was really well done!
OrchidTigress1 5 months ago in playlist OrchidTigress1's Favorited Videos
His Indian name is, "Big hair-Little toes."
raspberrybaggio 6 months ago
Did you see on the news yesterday, the rivers of blood flowing through Vt? Spitting up the dead and breaking a great size of americanAH away from the rest? Did you see the pressure put on the wild ones' with the bombs for trying to get out from under MEN that have been over all from around 1970? Did you see the Earthquaking 1/3rd a nation? How's your captin crunch tasting with them GMOs?
JesusPuppet 6 months ago
Nice
thedogchef 6 months ago
pour ma marseillaise !!!! NAC
MultiPhil78 6 months ago
Love his little scream he makes :-)
MizRuthie 6 months ago
thank goodness someone put this back up. Shelia is killin em with that red outfit and boots!!!! Get it Shelia!
MissB2483 6 months ago
@CloverBrothaMusic The audience is EXTREMELY loud. The reason why you hear the music and lyrics so well is because everything was redone in the studio and overlayed on top of the original soundtrack at a higher volume to drown out the extra noise.
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan You're a little too smart for your britches, that was all live. You can tell by the intro and the improv guitar riffs throughout the song if you've listen to the album version kid.
kimbaptise 6 months ago
@kimbaptise No, I was referring to the Sign O the Times, concert film, not this performance. I'm sorry, I should have clarified that.
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan That is true on the movie version but this isn't the movie version.. this was a live link to MTV awards from his concert!!
GTMOVS 6 months ago
@GTMOVS I know that!
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
STFU nice live video!
Anamarie32 6 months ago
Back when the MTV awards or ANY award show was worth watching and the acts were libe!!
zoecoco1 6 months ago
The Steven Wilson cover of this song is pretty cool, too.
Eliasoz 6 months ago
Prince kills me with laughter when he introduces her:
"Ladie's an' Gentlemen.... Cat."
So nonchalantly like he was introducing the neighborhood mouse catcher. This guy was so talented & so much fun.
countwolfula 6 months ago
"Las year my cousin tried reefer for the very first time, Now he's doin' Horse...
It's TRUE!"
countwolfula 6 months ago
@countwolfula It's JUNE, not TRUE.
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan Omg! I always thought he said True!
What an amazing song!
countwolfula 6 months ago
@countwolfula He was comparing months. "September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time, now he's doing horse (heroin), it's June!"
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan You're Right!! My bad on the lyric, but Ill make No mistake about this... PRINCE IS AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN!! My GF saw him in Concert, but I missed out! I WON'T MISS HIM NEXT TIME.
I'M BUYING A TICKET to his show and I don't care how much it costs! I gotta see PRINCE IN CONCERT!
countwolfula 5 months ago
@countwolfula My friend, you're preaching to the choir! Over the years since 1982, I've seen Prince in concert 20 times both here in the US and Europe.
kalimaganeshshivan 5 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan i wish i could have been as lucky as u. been a fan since 82 also! bought every album..love him ssssssooooo much! what a talent he is
sheilaboy44 5 months ago
@sheilaboy44 I'm even luckier than most because I have a cousin who worked for Prince as a stage & sound engineer for 20 years. Many of the concert tickets I received over the years from him for free.
kalimaganeshshivan 5 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan You've seen him 20 times? That is fantastic! It's not easy to see him that often without being a veteran world traveller, right?
countwolfula 5 months ago
@countwolfula I've traveled as far as India and Pakistan, however most of my travels took place during my years in the Marines.
kalimaganeshshivan 5 months ago
cat upsets me everytime i see her dancing!!!! :(
jaysongamble1111 7 months ago
@jaysongamble1111 Hahahaa! She upsets you? WHY?
countwolfula 6 months ago
@countwolfula i hate the way she dances for watever reason. lol
jaysongamble1111 6 months ago
@jaysongamble1111 That's a ridiculous observation to make because Cat Glover was the first and best dancer that he's ever had in ANY of his incarnations of the NPG band. Furthermore Cat's dancing won her prestige, money and contracts when she was on "Star Search". It's because of this show that Prince wanted her for his backup dancer.
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan how is it ridiculous because i personally cannot stand the way she dances. its my personal opinion. she irks me for whatever reason
jaysongamble1111 6 months ago
@jaysongamble1111 Your opinion means nothing!
kalimaganeshshivan 6 months ago
@kalimaganeshshivan like i care what u think and my opinion is mine soooooooo uhhhh..... whatever!! lmao
jaysongamble1111 6 months ago
IMO, Prince is the greatest musician currently walking on planet earth...
magnnum100 7 months ago
@magnnum100 Amen!!!!
TheRayField 5 months ago
Anointed ~
Peace,
V
MegaVeronicaLodge 7 months ago
LOVE HIM!
BiancaShit 7 months ago
aw I LOOOVE this! 1 of my all time favorite songs and OMG how hot does he look in denim!!! the man is still fine! he's jus timeless and ageless and his body of word is untouchable! tysm 4 posting! :D
bonkay46 7 months ago
@bonkay46
1987 was the last reported sight of Prince in denim. Lol
RockyScorcese 3 months ago 13
@RockyScorcese I met him in 1999!!! so here it is... don't spread rumours!
chrystaldallas9 1 month ago
@RockyScorcese I think everyone and their momma was wearing colored denim back then.
1kalii 1 month ago
prince prince prince i saw this when it actually aired live....theres no other badass as amazing u princey
sheilaboy44 7 months ago
Simply a GENIUS
esplendor3 7 months ago
I can't believe no one had commented yet. Another great performance by the Purple Prince. Bravo.
TheHatedHater 7 months ago