prince

How Come You Don't Call Me is supernatural

hilarious too

I used to watch that performance every time they played it on ABC-TV's "Rage" in the 80s-90s-00s, and it always looked better than this. The image has been juiced to the point where things flare out to blank white and the colour is way overdone.
Doesn't matter I guess because the show is FIRE, but it looks like they got an old VHS and pressed "contrast max" on everything.

Yes, exactly.

not the sort of Revolution I need right now but they tried

what a show. some of the arrangements they played were heavenly

That was great. Prince’s vocal range, guitar playing, dancing, and he & the band at times with James Brown inspired funk.

I didn’t let the VHS transferred video quality bother me

One of my main takeaways from this show is what a trip it must have been working on the road crew for that tour. Imagine the orders going around...

"Eyes on the bathtub!... Remember, Darling Nikki's panties need to be on the third step of the staircase...Has lube been applied to Prince's firepoll?...Is the ejaculating guitar loaded? Prince wants a nice, thick stream flowing straight to the fifth row!"

I will never understand people who think Prince was a bad singer

People think that?

I have seen people post elsewhere that Prince was not a "very good" "technical" guitarist.

I think that as a *lead* guitarist he is still very good, but on that front a lot of people lean hard on "Purple Rain" (the album) as proof, even though on that album he's kinda cheesing it up with effects and stuff. But as a rhythm guitarist he is next level. Esp. throughout "Controversy" and "1999;" the guitar touches in "Lady Cabdriver" are crazy tight.

Either way, wouldn't kick him out of my band to make room for anyone.

The bit of that concert that blew my mind was when the band dropped out during "I Would Die 4 U" and Wendy just tore up that insane rhythm guitar part

Wendy playing that fast part on the "Computer Blue" solo, too, is just incredible.

I felt really bad for Dez and his bad vocal day; his low range was completely gone

Was Dez in the band at that point?

lol I have thought Brown Mark was Dez Dickerson for decades, apparently

I had to blink last week and look it up to remind myself tbh.

I thought Modernaire was Mountaineer for decades.

I mean I knew it wasn't Dez–or André!–but for some reason couldn't remember BrownMark's name.

I thought Modernaire was Mountaineer for decades.

― peace, man, Monday, May 18, 2020 10:44 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lolol

He did do a song about “Mountains” so not so far off

So anyway, I carved out some time for myself and watched this whole thing last night. Loved it of course. But did anyone get the feeling like they were having monitor troubles in the beginning? There were a few songs where they just weren't sounding tight to me. I don't remember exactly which ones and I wasn't taking notes, but it was a distinct impression that I got through several songs. Of course, there were also reworkings of songs that were intentionally looser, but this didn't feel like that, imo. I was also pretty stoned though, so that's another alternate theory.

Before it aired I did a quick scan of social media, and Prince diehards were apparently super disappointed that of all the reportedly filmed sets, they chose to air the same show that was released on VHS back in 1985, then later as part of the "Purple Rain" 2017 reissue. Still awesome, though.

I used to have a boot of I think the final "Purple Rain" show in Miami, so curious I looked it up and found this awesomeness instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4I7Fuosx-s

This is a cat whose *soundchecks* were apparently epic and impeccable.

yeah I have listened to that soundcheck a bunch it's a really hot one

I thought that other live broadcast was supposed to go away after three days, but it still seems to be playable.

the Dead had great soundchecks, they often went on for three or four hours

Reminds me of some quarantine meme I just saw on Friendbook.

https://i.imgur.com/VrilQfe.jpg

https://youtu.be/m8mg7CxAYUM

I am in love with Wendy and Lisa. This video for “waterfall” slays: https://youtu.be/mdfAhCG3oDo

Just listened to that album a couple days ago

god help me i'm starting to fall for computer blue

yes, Lisa

i can't imagine a time before having fallen for computer blue. but the 'hallway version' took it to a whole new level

otm

I’ve been thinking about the Prince/Sony deal.

Prince’s songs that were written for the original cut of James L. Brooks’ 1994 film I’ll Do Anything have been unavailable since the film was re-edited to delete all of its musical numbers. With Prince’s catalog with Sony, and the film being a Sony/Columbia property, is there a possibility that his demos and/or the original cut of the film (which has been bootlegged) can be released?

Granted, with the songs included, the film is still a total shit show. There is one scene where Albert Brooks tortures the audience by singing among a parade of limousines that I can’t unsee

i honestly didn't know about this and would like to see this bootleg! somebody ilx a fellow or let's ilplex this up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fTd776KZI

Cinefile Video in L.A. (the last and the best video rental establishment ever), has it for rent. You can probably find it on backchannels, too. It’s a sixth-generation VHS dupe of a workprint; don’t expect it to look presentable

I am kinda not expecting it to either look or BE presentable honestly but am morbidly curious; somebody plz ilxmail me if you got it digitally.

Whoa. Love the psuedo-New Orleans groove on that one.

Wouldn't know how to begin finding the actual movie online, but a trailer of the original cut remains! A few snippets of some musical numbers, plus the music that soundtracks the trailer (what sounds like a "cast" version of the Prince song above). Apparently James L. Brooks has said, recent-ishly, that he would like to put out the original cut of the film sometime, but who knows if that'll ever happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-V5nw8KI08

really painful hearing him do this less than a month before his death :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfGoNojom7A

So wished I got to saw ‘The Piano And A Mic’ tour...I think that’s when he was at his best just sat playing the keyboard

https://open.spotify.com/track/4IR4v23yUq31dz4opUOpce?si=lZdmlfpPRtuu1MMlS4zBAA

A lost Camille track?

Actually, not a question. A lost Camille track. Despite it being a demo shopped around for other artists to sing. Not sure who would’ve tackled this successfully in the 86/87 Top 40 landscape tho.

I was just wondering last week what Prince might have been up to right now. Concerts from home? Tons of new songs and/or albums released? Protest anthems? Unreleased music dumps?

Options 1 and 3, plus recording a slew of stuff he wouldn't release. Would all be on piano, which after four more years than he got he would feel he is finally starting to fully master as he felt it.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4IR4v23yUq31dz4opUOpce?si=lZdmlfpPRtuu1MMlS4zBAA🕸

A lost Camille track?

see for me it's different

for me it's thinking how prince would react to being called out for his abuse, for being called out as part of #metoo

thinking about how prince would react to some of us trans people pointing out that uh honestly "if i was your girlfriend" has some really big trans feels to it, given his documented hostility towards gay people

as devastating as prince's and bowie's deaths were and are, i find certain parts of their legacy easier to deal with knowing that neither of them are going around hurting anybody else