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Prince has died...
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He was in Atlanta literally last week on that Piano and a Microphone tour...we didn't go because it was ridiculously expensive and it wasn't a full band show.
God damn I regret it now.
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Some of the craziest anecdotes I've ever heard have been in interviews on Stern and they've all had some mention of Prince in them. I'm looking forward to hearing some of these stories in the days and weeks ahead.
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I think what's always impressive about his catalog is his musicianship and, moreover, his mastery of a huge number of different styles. Like, he could be a heavy metal guitarist if he wanted and drop some insane funk with almost equal skill.
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A more recent performance that he absolutely killed was on SNL a few years ago. He did one longer set instead of the traditional two sets with one song apiece. One of the better performances if not the best performance I've ever seen on that show.
Very sad and shocking day for music. Too many of those this year.
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Purple Rain (the movie) really does this...it's like this self-contained reality with Prince at the center, almost like this Mephistofelean figure inviting you in...I think that was one of the reasons he blew up- he was showing this decadent, permissive world that it felt like you could be a part of if you would only be brave enough to put on the lacy overcoat, the high heel boots, the studded belt.
The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where he comes out and just completely shreds is one of my favorite guitar moments of all time.
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We are poorer for this loss. What a bummer
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Michael Barnes wrote: The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where he comes out and just completely shreds is one of my favorite guitar moments of all time.
Game, blouses.
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Yeah, this was nuts. "Oh, I'm sorry girls, I thought we were here to play guitar."Jackwraith wrote:
Michael Barnes wrote: The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where he comes out and just completely shreds is one of my favorite guitar moments of all time.
Game, blouses.
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The skit was based on a true story. More than three decades ago, Prince, wearing one of his trademark purple, flowing outfits, trounced Eddie Murphy and Charlie Murphy in a game of basketball. He then served pancakes to the brothers and their friends.
“They were good, man. They were really good. They were actually perfect,” Charles Murphy has said of the pancakes. “They were as good as he played guitar.”
Turns out Prince grew up playing basketball, football and baseball and he was actually quite good. He made his high school's varsity basketball team as a freshman.
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