The Artist Formerly Known As ... RIP
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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> -
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<p>Looks like Prince may have been a heavy user of opiates for decades and this contributed to his demise</p>
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<p>I was reading somewhere else he was awake for days before dying too. Bloody shame.</p> -
<p>Prince was a modern day Howard Hughes only without completely shutting himself away.</p>
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<p>Making 100s of songs and locking them away. Just a very strange cat surrounded by people who tell him whatever he wants to hear until it gets to the point that hes batshit crazy on himself.</p>
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<p>I don't think people as talented as this can be normal though. I think there has to be a level of craziness that drives a genius to be just that.</p>
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<p>These type of people never seem to see old age unfortunately. Or maybe we just don't appreciate the old ones as much as the gone too soon versions.</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<strong> better songwriter then Lennon/McCartney or Jagger/Richards</strong>, and more influential on Rock Music than Led Zeppelin so we have the whole package all on one thread.</p>
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<p>In my opinion he was, both those groups are ridiculously overrated.</p> -
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In my opinion he was, both those groups are ridiculously overrated.</p></blockquote>
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That should stir up some responses . I'm not sure two bands who were so influential in particular the Beatles could be called overrated . Having said that I can't stand most of the music the Beatles made so I've never understood their popularity .