Prince RIP

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

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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

They really don’t make it easy to find on Apple TV+. Searching for “prince” turned up a couple of episodes of documentaries about his death, etc, but not this show. You have to search for “prince and the revolution”. Not sure how many people are that dedicated to finding it..

FWIW, you may be able to find a near-mint used copy of the deluxe edition of Purple Rain for less than $10. I see one popping up all the time, and that set has the show on DVD. (Without going into all the details, I actually have a slight preference for that DVD over the current Blu-ray "upgrade." The show was shot on SD video tape so any additional resolution would have to be fabricated through other means like AI, etc. - I think the results on the Blu-ray are pretty mixed. I also kind of prefer the original mix that was used on the DVD.)

There is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm03wqLY3Nc

That is a great story upthread. I would love it if a show I went to back in the day made its way to DVD (or even a shitty YouTube posting), to see if it jogged any long-dormant memories.

That version of Purple Rain is just so epic. I love that he doesn't even start the first verse until 6 minutes in. And yeah, it's been kind of wild to always have this out there, the show I was at preserved and periodically reissued. I'm sure all the other shows on the tour were similarly great, just happened to be the one they filmed. (Although Wendy does say in the booklet that she thinks they really went all-out for this one because they knew it was being broadcast.)