Prince RIP

um
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRApCABjMdo

lol xp

Yeah, I guess. It's so corny and out of place on that album I think my mind subconsciously makes me forget it exists.

why is it out of place? If you're a minority, you're already under siege. Besides, it's short and fun.

Wait why is « most beautiful girl » not available on the Spotify version of the album (and how come it’s not on any best of) ?
Anyway I enjoy Gold Experience a lot so far (Come, less so).

And « Gold » might be my favourite song right now !

I didn't know about this, but from the wiki on most beautiful girl, might have something to do w it

There has been a long running copyright dispute since 1995 and a court in Italy ruled that Prince had plagiarized the song, giving writing credit to those other than Prince. [2]

Oh ok thanks. Frustrating.
« Billy jack bitch » is one funky cut !

Wish he was still here to write a song about this hot NBA chick ref

On Tuesday April 21 at 9 PM ET, “Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute To Prince” will broadcast on the CBS Television Network and stream on CBS All Access. The broadcast will include performances of Prince’s hits by collaborators Sheila E., The Revolution, and Morris Day and The Time, plus Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Common, Earth, Wind & Fire, Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Juanes, John Legend, Chris Martin, Miguel, St. Vincent, Mavis Staples and more.

i'm gonna guess 20% good, 30% meh and like 50% terrible but probably worth taping/youtube

his name is chris martin and he is funky

Earth? Is Dylan Carlson going to perform a 25 minute drone version of Raspberry Beret

Ah EWF

Well at least Maroon 5 aren't on the bill.

lol

No Meshell??

she'll prob be on bass

ah! it already happened on 28 january!

these questlove sets are a lot of fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twbw6evLLtw

Questlove playing live stuff, segment of an interview with Electrifying Mojo show in Detroit, jam session with Prince on piano, his photographer Allen B on bass, Vanity on keys, tour manager on drums...

Questlove talks over some of it, and periodically scratches or stops the music, but still fun. I only caught a little of it

Questlove had me staying up too late again last night. Jazzy Prince, guitar solos, and then slow jams. Great live version of Temptations “Just My Imagination “ and several “Why don’t u call me anymore “

Also enjoying these great megamixes by Quest. He was hinting that they might be ending due to YT copyright flags? He also said that if more people subscribe that YT is more likely to leave the sets up anyway? He's done 3-4 hours every night for 3 weeks I think!

He’s been programming on multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitch , & YouTube for weeks now. I think just been playing lots of Prince the last few nights. Was reading elsewhere that there are suddenly lots of legal issues with these streams. Maybe YouTube pays royalties on streams from large subscribers channels?

FYI. Prince died 4 years ago April 21.

Looks like Questlove has done at least 5 Prince sessions, maybe more.

that concept will never be acceptable

(xp)

four years, fuck

thread title still like a crowbar through the heart

;_;

:(

Liked seeing Sheila E, the Time, and Miguel on that Grammys tribute to Prince that aired last night. I wish Coldplay’s Chris Martin woulda just played the piano and not tried to sing over Susanna Hoffs on Manic Monday

https://newsocialist.org.uk/come-2-park-and-play-us-prince-acid-communism-and-sociality/

A similar kinda of piece at times to Penman's write-up (in the way it privileges the 80s heyday) but crosses it with the really wooly dead-on-arrival idea of acid communism. It's being asked to do too much, sorta intriguing how Prince turns up here, the way he is being churned through in a way Michael Jackson (who was more popular in the UK for longer) hasn't yet.

Prince as birds.

A thread. pic.twitter.com/XEDIZv7Nbc

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) January 15, 2021

oh shit.. duelling threads. teach the Controversy.

It's here! #Prince / birds mega-thread! 💜💜💜

— Judi 💜🖤💜 (@judi722) October 25, 2020

ayo, thanks for that!

https://www.facebook.com/housequake/videos/707716463468383/?sfnsn=scwspwa

Prince as minion.

Would be nice if his estate release one of his final shows this year.

Yesterday was my birthday and I stopped into a Barnes & Noble store while killing time between work appointments. They had the 3LP set from the remastered Syracuse 1985 show — which I didn't actually realize had been released, though I should have figured with the video being out on Apple TV earlier this year. I was ACTUALLY AT that show, and I already have a bootleg DVD of it. (Ripped from the original VHS release, I think.) But couldn't resist springing for the box set — and it's great! The sound quality is awesome, and the show is just jam after jam after jam. I love that it includes all his playful audience baiting, all sorts of little moments in the show that I remember clearly from the night. It made me think, is there anyone out there who puts on show like this anymore? Tearing songs down, stretching them out, jamming like crazy but all within a clearly coordinated framework so that everyone hits their marks exactly when they're supposed to. It's quite a thing.

Also the end of "Purple Rain," which is of course the final track, captures the whole crowd singing "Ooo-oo-oo-oo" over and over even after the band left the stage. What you miss on the recording is that we all kept singing it, thousands of people, all the way out into the parking lot. Nobody wanted it to end.

<3

Totally awesome, thanks for sharing that mothra.

i watched a crappy youtube version of that concert last year & it was amazing - you are a lucky lucky person tipsy!!

(also the parking lot thing tracks, i cried during the purple rain outro in 2004 because i knew it meant the show was ending & i didnt want it to stop - never happened to me before or since)

My first show was U2 back in 1986 or 1987, when they were ending with "40," and I remember everyone singing the song's final bits ("how long to sing this song") well after the show ended, out to the parking lot. I guess U2 fans used to do that a lot.

Still holding out for a (non-VHS) official release of Dortmund ‘88

VG, I had a similar experience when I saw him in 2002. The day after the show, I still felt sad that it was over. It was like I actually missed him. Never before, never again either. Dude was pure charisma.

"I guess U2 fans used to do that a lot."

They did the first time I saw them at ye' olde Hooser Dome.

I wasn’t desperate to own this set before, but you’ve set me salivating, Tipsy

Just shared the last half hour of this with my 20yo daughter, we marvelled at the idea of having been there. And the crowd were singing the Purple Rain coda during Wendy’s intro, even