The Artist Formerly Known As ... RIP
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<p>He played every single instrument on his early albums but I think we can all agree his best period was with the Revolution. It would have been tough being a musician under Prince, he had a strict no booze no alcohol policy and in one sense they were fucked either way.....if they didn't measure up he fired them, however if they were excellent in their own right or threatened to take his thunder they were gone as well, this is what happened to Dez Dickenson ( co sang the lead in 1999 ) and Brown Mark ( Bass player for the Revolution who was taller and "better looking" than Prince )</p>
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<p>SammyC I do genuinely like Slash as a guitarist, he's the last of a breed in some ways. Frusciante does some superb work too but it's harder to get noticed in a band with Flea on bass.</p>
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<p>I like Slash too mate, but he doesn't have anywhere near the skill or range that Prince does. </p>
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<p>Apparently in an interview in the 1990's Eric Clapton was asked what it was like to be the worls best guitarist, his response was along the lines of ... no idea, ask Prince</p> -
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<p>Just skip to the end for the awesomeness</p>
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<p>That's fucking amazing, one of the best solo's of all time</p> -
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Stevie Wonder would take that second spot though I reckon.</p></blockquote>
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Weird but whenever anyone dies who I give a shit about, I feel compelled to make a joke about it. Part of the grieving process I guess!<br><br>
Stevie Wonder is da man for soul n funk but I thinking more of artists who crossed lots of different genres. Which just made me think of Bowie. Bollocks. -
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<p>Just skip to the end for the awesomeness</p>
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<p>He used to play the ladies like that, too.</p>
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<p>Unlike this guy:</p>
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<p>I never really thought much of Prince, didn't understand why people liked him....until I was watching the Superbowl in 2007.</p>
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<p>The Colts led Chicago 16-14 going into halftime and I was going to go for a walk as the halftime show, along with the ads, were always over-rated. Merely just one big wankfest over the main sponsor (Pepsi, Coke etc).</p>
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<p>But I decided to stick around the bar as I wanted to see how the show would go with the rain (it hadn't rained at a Superbowl in a few decades). I wanted to see if something funny/bad would happen.</p>
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<p>First thing to happen was a massive explosion, BOOM!, and I thought: "oh shit, they just killed Prince!"</p>
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<p>But the little teal midget appeared from the flames and smoke and played various songs from the greats (plus himself) and then he played Purple Rain in the muthafucking rain. It was a song I knew but never really appreciated. The phallic shadow was great too as Americans are funny about that shit. </p>
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<p>When it was all said and done, the event was Prince - bookended by two halves of Yankball. I think the Colts won.</p>
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<p>Utter fricking genius.</p>
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<p>Dave Chappelle did a really funny piss take on Prince in his True Hollywood stories. With Chapelle dressed as Prince.</p>
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<p>Then Prince released his single "Breakfast Can Wait" & the cover art was Chappelle dressed as Prince.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_Can_Wait'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_Can_Wait</a></p>
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<p>There's very few musical legends who are willing to take the piss out of themselves to that degree,,,, in fact pretty much none.</p>
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<p>Kevin Smiths (long) talk about Prince is awesome too -</p>
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<p>That solo on while my guitar gently weeps is absolutely epic. Up there with the best for sure.</p>
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<p>I'm not going to get into any silly argument about whose the better guitarist but downplaying Slash and Frusciante for Prince, each to their own.</p> -
That Super Bowl performance really shows what he was. No overblown dance troupe or wardrobe malfunctions required just one little super over talented freak doing his stuff and wrapping 100,000 people around his finger. <br>
Played a six string as good as Hendrix, danced better than MJ, could write a song like Dylan (Sign o the times is just awesome) and stayed true to himself the whole way through. <br>
The list of hits he wrote for other people ( often chicks he was banging) is pretty good too. <br>
Very glad that before he died he seemed to have taken ownership of Nothing compares 2 U back from Sinead O'Conner. That is one incredible song. -
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Heard a quote about that superbowl performance yesterday <br><br>
Organisers were really worried they would have no half time show as couldn't believe a "superstar" would perform in those conditions <br><br>
When they put it to Prince his reply was "Can you make it rain MORE" <br><br>
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Played a six string as good as Hendrix, danced better than MJ, could write a song like Dylan (Sign o the times is just awesome) </p>
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<p>Sorry, I'm all for peoples memories, but the above is all absolute extreme bullshit.</p>
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<p>Better than the best guitarist ever, better dancer than the guy who WAS the game changer.</p>
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<p>What utter crap. I'm not disrespecting prince. I'm just not interested in seeing Hendrix and MJ disrespected because Prince died.</p> -
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<p>Sorry, I'm all for peoples memories, but the above is all absolute extreme bullshit.</p>
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<p>Better than the best guitarist ever, better dancer than the guy who WAS the game changer.</p>
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<p>What utter crap. I'm not disrespecting prince. I'm just not interested in seeing Hendrix and MJ disrespected because Prince died.</p>
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<p>I fucken love Prince, definitely one of if not my FAVOURITE artist of all time. He was a sensational guitarist but you're right, no one changed the game like Jimi did. His moves were cool as well but again, not quite MJs level. I notice you didn't mention Dylan but he's above even the Beatles and Stones to me in terms of being overrated.....Warbling, indecipherable lyrics over twangy guitar with a voice that sounds like it was chewing sandpaper.....</p>
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<p>Princes brilliance at everything ( you can still be below Hendrix and MJ and be brilliant ) is what set him apart.</p>
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<p>I've enjoyed hearing some of the lesser known ( but still awesome ) Prince masterpieces on all the stations in the last couple of days, amongst others "anotherholeinyohead" "Hot Thing" "Peach" "Come" "Pop Life" "Its gonna be a beautiful night" "The Cross" and heaps of others......</p> -
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<p>Sorry, I'm all for peoples memories, but the above is all absolute extreme bullshit.</p>
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<p>Better than the best guitarist ever, better dancer than the guy who WAS the game changer.</p>
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<p>What utter crap. I'm not disrespecting prince. I'm just not interested in seeing Hendrix and MJ disrespected because Prince died.</p>
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<p>I said played as good as Hendrix (which I believe is true). Hendrix was a true innovator and took things to different places (some of which Prince copied) but technically Prince would easily be his equal.</p>
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<p>And Imo he was actually a better dancer than MJ. He was a far more fluid mover and wasn't an over-rehearsed copier of everyone else's moves. MJ was only a game changer in that he had a more popular platform to display things in.</p>
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<p>I said played as good as Hendrix (which I believe is true). Hendrix was a true innovator and took things to different places (some of which Prince copied) but technically Prince would easily be his equal.</p>
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<p>And Imo he was actually a better dancer than MJ. He was a far more fluid mover and wasn't an over-rehearsed copier of everyone else's moves. MJ was only a game changer in that he had a more popular platform to display things in.</p>
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<p>I mean no disrespect at all to either of Hendrix or MJ.</p>
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<p>Guitar is a funny one, I mean <em>technically</em> guys like Blackmore took it to another level after Hendrix.....Van Halen even further.....Vai and Satriani further still........but Blackmore ( my second favourite axeman ever ) was about as far as I went in terms of guitar heroes. An awesome lead is only as good as the song it's in and I hate the soulless 80's shredding for shreddings sake. So yeah in terms of technical ability Prince was perhaps better than Hendrix who was known to be a bit sloppy and play out of tune....but Jimi changed EVERYTHING and had so much power, soul and amazing innovation in all he did. It's pretty obvious Hendrix inspired Prince, you just have to look at the clothes in Purple Rain. Princes lead break at the end of "Lets go Crazy" is as good as any guitar work I've ever heard but some might argue "aw Van Halen/Malmsteem/Vai or whoever could play heaps faster".....that's all a matter of opinion. In terms of his "moves" a guy like James Brown would have done exactly the same given MJ was a peer ( they were both about the same age )</p> -
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<p>I said played as good as Hendrix (which I believe is true). Hendrix was a true innovator and took things to different places (some of which Prince copied) but technically Prince would easily be his equal.</p>
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<p>And Imo he was actually a better dancer than MJ. He was a far more fluid mover and wasn't an over-rehearsed copier of everyone else's moves. MJ was only a game changer in that he had a more popular platform to display things in.</p>
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<p>I mean no disrespect at all to either of Hendrix or MJ.</p>
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<p>Agree to disagree on all of it.</p>
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<p>I'm just waiting for somebody to say he was a better songwriter then Lennon/McCartney or Jagger/Richards, and more influential on Rock Music than Led Zeppelin so we have the whole package all on one thread.</p>