bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 man, Prince on Saturday Night Live was WICKED!he's got a very different thing going on this time around and I'm pulling for him doing a more intimate tour when it gets announced. no arenas or stadiums. let's see Prince at the NAC and Massey Hall again! Check it OUT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phunk_Nugget Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I have to agree here. What an awesome performance. I will admit, that I've started re-listening to Prince lately, and that performance last night made me feel alright about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Agreed. Is it just me, though, or does he actually look younger than in the Purple Rain days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I've never been a fan of Prince, but he never gets the props he deserves for being one of the most innovative guitatists from the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbacon Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I liked the 'Superstar' reference he made at the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phunk_Nugget Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 About the lookin young thing. I've been noticing lately that a lot of these folks from the eighties or earlier are lookin a hell of a lot younger now. Have you seen Kenny Rogers in that music compilation commercial? He looks way younger than the video clip that they play in the segment. Also, I was f-in' blown away by Prince's guitar skills....game blouses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 That first tune was certainly a bit of a guitar showcase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 a bit! hahah...that was a full on GUITAR ASSAULT! fack I loved it! I'm sure you had to go change after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Actually, that post is from me (Booche)Douglas was asleep at the wheel, but yeah. I had to go change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 so....not that i'm complaining or anything, and i know "farewell tours" happen all the time, but wasn't that last tour in summer of 04 supposed to be the last one? or was that just the last tour where he played old songs? i can't really remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 "not that I'm complaining or anything...BUT"it wasn't his last tour by any means. he was definately quoted as saying that he was putting the past to bed. no more Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, etc. The sad part is that there are alot of songs that should never be put to bed, like DMSR and Erotic City but the great part is that he easily has HUNDREDS of tunes that have not left his studio. The guy creates nonstop, so there's no way he'll stop playing.I highly recommend joining his fan club at npgmusicclub.com as there is a lot of music available there that you may have never heard, and also you get first crack at his tour when it's announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I found it interesting that he seems to be playing a regular, off-the-shelf guitar. It looks like a Fender Stratocaster, but the pickup arrangement (humbucker in the bridge, no middle pickup, single coil at the neck) isn't standard.Is it just the youtube audio that makes his tone sound kind of "thin"? Admittedly I would listen to his guitar playing more for the playing than for the sound (it's never really stood out for me), but between the lack of "oomph" and the (what sounds to me like) digital processing, I was left kind of wanting more.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 .Is it just the youtube audio that makes his tone sound kind of "thin"? Admittedly I would listen to his guitar playing more for the playing than for the sound (it's never really stood out for me), but between the lack of "oomph" and the (what sounds to me like) digital processing, I was left kind of wanting more.Aloha,BradEvery music video clip on Youtube leaves you wanting more. It's not Prince, it's the transferring process amongst other things. This is a cheap, but fascinating website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 yeah brad, that was a HUGE departure from prince's signature guitars. Mind you, he still played the Hohner (tele style) in the second tune. IT was a Strat indeed and he seemed to be pulling off a Hendrix/Prince thing. On real tv, it sounded fantastic. Youtube is shite quality, but at least you get a sense of what went down. Do a search on William Hung if you want to have a laugh I wish I could get the performance off of my PVR onto the PC. yes Jaimoe...we finally caved and got a HD PVR! Jack Bauer does not own us anymore...we own Jack Bauer! I'll hunt for a better version of this video and post it if I find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Thanks for that Booche. I sent it too a few friends of mine that made me appreciate this guy's talent when I was just a weeun. Much appreciated. Just threw in Musicology after watching that. It's not a bad album.Thanks again,Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 musicology is a blast. I'll have to pop that on as welL! if you can, go find Sign O' the Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 it's starting to look like this is Prince's next lineup. A singer named TAMAR did a song with him later on in the show and is part of his group it seems. They just did a show together and here's pic of Prince holding out the Strat and one of Tamar! They were at the Nokia center in NYC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Looking for Sign O' The Times right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 iTunes? I've got princes entire catalog. Much of it I had on LP and haven't been able to listen to it since I don't have a Record player setup at home anymore. It's great to have him on my iPod though. That's a party waiting to happen. I'll add a link here to Sign O' The Times soon. I think there is one for YouSendIt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Looking for Sign O' The Times right now.found it! Sign O' The Times is HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I ended up finding some Booche. Almost halfway through a two disc album, coming off of 'soulseek'Thanks for the reccomendation. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 while you're at it...revisit the Batman soundtrack. That is awesomely funky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Just got back on the net at home and am catching up on a bunch of clips. I definitely like the sound of this direction. I wonder if this song (Woman Scorned? Hell Hath No Fury?) shouldn't be thought of in a way as Prince's R&B infused response to something like All Along The Watchtower, the guitar vamping is certainly very sixties rock with new school touches decidedly Prince's, I even hear a bit of Neil in there, some of the vocal aping even reminds me of the Animals or something like that. I couldn't see the band notably drum and bass in the clip but I wonder if it's not that John Blackwell I think his name is from Prince's touring band last time through on the kit. 3121 sounds promising in the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yeah. Dropping his guitar and knocking over his mic while exiting during that 'waaawaaawaaaawaaawaaa' loop was cool as fuck.P'DaddilyDiddio aint got no shit on that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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