Prince as a performer; he could steal the spotlight, share the spotlight, or let someone else have it and let them have their moment. Prince as a musician was from another planet.
I saw this cat in 84' for his birthday tour in Detroit and dude played every single instrument on the stage and when he wasn't playing he was singing and dancing...fucking amazing, there will never be another.
Prince was a musical prodigy! His first album was him playing all the instruments and when it came time to tour the album he put together a band. He was a far better guitar player than he gets credit for because his animated persona overshadowed everything else. Dude was incredible in all facets of creating music.
In a interview with Eric Clapton many years ago he was asked who was the best guitar player he had ever seen...his replied without hesitation "Prince".
@@rickss69 Prince was a very competent songwriter, producer, and guitarist, with flair and panache, but he's not the most skilled or best guitarist out there. Of note: Clapton has also said, at various times, that SRV, JJ Cale, Buddy Guy were the best guitarists. Of course, Clapton hasn't hung around jazz cats like Joe Pass, Al Dimeola, George Benson much, nor did he ever share a stage with Terry Kath (whom Hendrix is quoted as saying was better than he was) nor Lenny Breault, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Danny Gatton, and so many others. There is no best or greatest guitarist. Too many metrics, too many genres. It's impossible to say.
Prince was his own genre. No one like him before, during, or after he's been gone. This made me smile and feel sad he's not with us, at least in the physical world. 💜
Prince - The coolest cat of all time. The guy played every instrument, and usually better than most. Not to mention, all the hit songs he wrote for others. One of a kind for sure.
@NNJPRGreg Price was cool, no doubt. But “the coolest cat of all time”? Daddio, that title now and forevermore belongs to Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra! You dig? I knew that you would. Thanks for coming.
@@keithvlombardo: Consummate singer with excellent phrasing, friend to the mob, average actor and pretty cool guy, but co-wrote a total of an amazing 7, yes SEVEN songs, and played a little bit of ukulele, and a few chords on piano! Now Nat King Cole was an excellent pianist, fantastic vocalist with equally great phrasing, didn’t need to be cool, and Prince wrote a lot of very good songs, was a fairly accomplished player of several instruments, WTF is cool when it’s at home? Only the lame would care, is your middle name Tarantino? Lesson over, you’re out! 🤦🏻♂️
Well....Elvis Presley is saying "Hello" to your comment - and you know why. ;-) 1961...at Franks own Show. I am sure you dig that. And don`t make me explain Frank`s F.B.I-Record...I know my stuff. ☝He HATED The King for a long time, but "played the game"... for a reason - because of Presley`s popularity, - He was forced to put him on his Show. 🤣😅🥰😇🤟🙏💪♥ @@keithvlombardo
Prince wasn’t the best at all instruments. But he had an ear to what needed to be performed by any instrument. That’s why if you played with prince , you were of studio caliber. Princes had that ear. like that actor in th movie whiplash (forget the aggressive bs), prince wanted perfection He wasn’t the best guitar player. Stevie Ray Vaughan , Randy Rhodes , Eddie, Ritchie Blackmore, Dude from ufo were probably all better than prince on the strings. But prince could write a song. Prince was like his own genre, studio musician mixed with rock pop and lyrical rap schemes. Steely dans Ajai reminds me of how prince demanded perfection
He was simply the best. Period. It didn’t matter what he did, singing, playing keyboards, playing guitar, dancing, excelled at everything. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen him in concert. I will never forget it. There is nobody like him.
I know what you mean, I want to stick prince music on in the car but get bored of it after a while, I think it's because it's maybe not dated very well and / or the music is so perfect you have nothing to work with.
It took a while before people realized that Prince wasn't just a singer. But he was a virtuoso on guitar and now highly respected, and an amazing keyboard player too ...
Excellent keyboard player. I like his bass playing , but he was not a particularly great guitar player. He might have been a virtuoso if he focused on it.
It’s funny how everyone says the same thing. He was better than everyone expected, underrated …. He wasn’t underrated by people who knew or even really listened to him play. He was a writer, arranger, and composer and very talented.
Yeah, it's a total pet peev of mine when people say Prince was underrated. What they mean is that *they* only rated him after he was gone. He had a massive fan base, musicians would consider it an honor to collaborate with him, the media would covet any interview he was prepared to do, he played one of the all-time best performances at super bowl ffs - I'm not sure what it takes to be considered "appropriately rated" by these people. The guy even appeared on the Muppets!
@@Cadwallon85 The comment about so-and-so being "underrated" shows up all over the place on TH-cam. It reads to me like the writer is trying to get likes and that they're saying, "hey, I like this performer a lot, and you should, too" (when in fact everyone already likes the "underrated" performer, even though they're not really "underrated").
He wasn’t underrated at all. Everyone knew him and his capabilities. He would got snubbed by Britt’s, but that’s jealousy. underrated are players like mark knophler, Alvin Lee, Elliot Easton , terry kath
Prince is probably one of the most(if not the most) versatile musical artist of all time. He could write a major hit, produce, was an amazing guitar player and singer and he could play pretty much any instruments at a really good level. He was obsessed with it and gifted which made him who he was
Hi ,I saw him live , up close , 6 rows back or so ,my ex didn't want to come so I took a friend Oh boy top 3 best bands ever.he was incredible ,he jumped with 3inch mini stilettos on to a white steinway piano and played like hendrix ,man oh man he was incredible .my top 3 PinkFloyd ,Police , Prince PPP
Its amazing how sometimes you don't realize how much you love an artist's music , until they unfortunately pass on ' ... they truly broke the mold in this case ... REST IN PEACE MY BRETHREN ... ❤🎸
It's quite remarkable how this man's amazing songwriting skills overshadowed so much his sheer talent as an instrumentalist, that most people actually never realized how talented a guitar player he really was. Definitely one of the most underrated guitar players ever.
At one time he was being put forward as playing the lead in a story about Jimi Hendrix and he would be playing and singing many of Jimi's songs ,but it never came to anything
Since everyone is talking about seeing him live let me get my 2 cents in. I saw him in concert 6 times starting in 1981 on his Controversy Tour. It was cool for me seeing him pre-superstardom and after. That 1st concert I saw was in a 3900 seat auditorium in a small city in Georgia. I knew then and there that he would go on to something special, but couldn't have imagined what was to follow. A short 3 years later Prince and the Revolution were selling out multiple dates in major cities across the U.S. including The Superdome and The Orange Bowl(which they renamed The Purple Bowl for the concert). I have attended over 100 concerts and have always told people that The Purple Rain Tour is my favorite of them all. I caught two shows on that tour. I feel honored to have witnessed part of his journey.
1985 at the beach bars in SoCal. 🤘. Every band was covering Prince and 1999!!! We closed the bars Friday and Saturday nights. Prince was so talented and left his mark. 🤓🤘🥳. He was flamboyant, yet humble. Even his passing was Prince being humble not wanting people to fret about him… R.I.P.
...this was on of my my first singles i bought in my life- it was fckd and scratched- only piece in the shop- nobody bought it -except me- i took it home and played on my fathers stereo - loved it and still do- still sad bout his early passin...
Born in '64. Late Boomer. Always liked Prince but not what one would consider a fan(atic). Then, I met the love of my life in '92. She is a fan(atic). And she shared her love of Prince with me. And I could not help but respect and admire the musicality of the man. I mean, damn, he could pick up a trombone, having never played, nor touched, a trombone, and show the trombonist he was paying, how to play the damn piece. Dude was a phenomenon.
I recall walking into Paisley Park to work for Prince on a three month gig. Pulling up, I had no impression of the man. The moment I entered his realm, I went into a state of awe. Genius - and his genius had no limits.
Charisma, humility, incredible talent.......terrible that he is gone. Purple Rain is in my five greatest albums of all time.. RIP little man, you'll never be forgotten..
Although I've been a fan of his for a long long time, I had never heard him play acoustic guitar until just now. Humbled. Blown away 🤯. Deeply, sincerely,impressed. It makes you wonder how he ever found time to get as good as he is on that single instrument considering everything else that he had going on with writing and arranging and performing and going over every mind you detail of his career as he built himself into the superstar that he became. He has the guitar chops of someone who has been in the woodshed with a guitar and nothing else for his entire life! Peerless.
He had his share of good riffs, but he was a star because of his great talent as an entertainer. I’ve not been a pop music fan, but definitely like his music. RIP.
I never really cared much about Prince and thought of him as just another 80s star, until I worked for him as a stage hand in 2000. I've met many artists, from Paul McCartney over Beyonce (well, Destiny's Child then) to Michael Jackson, but no-one impressed me like Prince. He blew me away. It was Jimi Hendrix reincarnate. I'm a fan ever since.
Every time I see him on guitar I always say the same thing. He could have been as good as Hendrix if he would have just focused on the Guitar. Incredible human being he was. Miss him so much and his CD's are in heavy rotation in my CD player always, Thanks for sharing this Gem and I do mean that term quite litterally. Enjoy your day and thanks for reading my post. It means the world to me.
I think he was just as good as Jimmy if not better. And perhaps Jimmy could have been better if he wasn't focused on heroin. Check out Prince playing at his hall of fame induction. May change your mind. Take care.
I remember when I was learning guitar back in the early 90's and saw a top 100 list of best guitarists ever in a magazine and noticed that was Prince was high up in the list somewhere, it's crazy because most people see him as a singer/performer rather than a guitarist and don't really appreciate just how good he was, at least the magazine knew his talent.
I love you because I loved PRINCE HIS MUSIC BROUGHT ME THROUGH MY ADOLESCENT AND TEEN YEARS THEN TO BECOMING A MAN AND NOW A OLDER MAN AND ITS STILL WRITING THE PAGES OF LIFE.😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿💯💯💯💯💯😭😭😭😭😇👑🥺🥺🥺😌😌😌
He was one of the best guitarists- there were not very many popular guitarists better for me Prince was top ten guitarist and he did everything else aswell
Prince super bowl performance, burned into d brain. Don’t even remember d teams that played. But I remember that performance. . Rip celestial who walked among us for to short a while.
So glad I was fortunate to see the musicology tour when he came to Birmingham Alabama he did a lot of acoustic guitar playing getting the audience involved one of the best concerts I ever been too it was the only prince show I ever saw live I missed all the others this one made up for all of them Rip legend 🙏 💜
I don’t think there will never be a Prince biopic. It would be impossible to cast anyone to credibly play him. He was truly one of a kind! Rest in peace.
Je ne suis pas un grand connaisseur de Prince, je n'ai pas écouté toute sa discographie, mais oui, il avait un talent incroyable et quelques uns de ses morceaux sont des références pour moi !
@@danzap384 How is Prince over-rated? Well, a lot of his schtick was lifted from other artists. Rick James was a HUGE influence on Prince. So were producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who used to play in his band but broke off to do their own thing as super top top music producers. Also, a large portion of Prince's compositions sound, well.....kind of the same in terms of melodic rhythmic structure. Hey, I love Prince's stuff, but a lot of it is seriously mediocre....or borrowed from somebody else.
@@CribNotes Dude, Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, ranking him among the best-selling music artists of all time. And here you are, talking about him as if he used to be your pub buddy from long ago.
@@CribNotes Rick James was not a huge influence on Prince. That is a supreme overstatement. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were Prince's contemporaries. Although they were great talents who had a major impact on modern music, they were not an influence on Prince any more than an musicians would be on other musicians with whom they work. They were, indeed, fired for working on side projects when they were employed by Prince in his band, The Time, but please do some research. Read their interviews about Prince and his impact on them.
Prince as a performer; he could steal the spotlight, share the spotlight, or let someone else have it and let them have their moment. Prince as a musician was from another planet.
Yes, he could be so laid back...
While being the cockiest in the world.
lol.
He was so cool. Steve McQueen of rock
he is dearly missed!
Amen to every single word here🙏💜🙏🌟
I saw this cat in 84' for his birthday tour in Detroit and dude played every single instrument on the stage and when he wasn't playing he was singing and dancing...fucking amazing, there will never be another.
"I'll play something for you."
Smooth as silk.
Absolutely, bad boy!!
We've all got a plan untill Prince say's sing for me. I would of said " All seven and we watch them fall". My fav Prince song.
One of the most complete and talented musicians we ever saw
and I never knew that until it was too late.
*“THE MOST”*
Miles Davis respected his talent too.
while simultaneously being the coolest mfer of all time
Not even close, anyone who has to build a career dancing in lingerie and producing soft porn videos isn’t that good.
Prince was a genius artist
As a guitar player of over 30 years...Prince was a LEGEND on the instrument. So under-rated.
I wouldn’t say he was underrated, he said he wrote the song cream staring at himself in the mirror.
actually ive heard them all or most and he's the best
@@michaelhughes1316 He's not even close to the best.Theres numerous others that r way more technically proficient. Vai,Malmsteen etc.Research . .
@@user-uu5ws6ty3kTechnical proficiency is kinda lame though (ZzzZzz…). Musical proficiency though.. that’s what’s interesting.
@@user-uu5ws6ty3kthis argument is so shallow. Geez.
Miss him so much and can’t forgive myself for not seeing him performing live . Godspeed giant
Seen him twice, he was great.
Prince was a musical prodigy! His first album was him playing all the instruments and when it came time to tour the album he put together a band. He was a far better guitar player than he gets credit for because his animated persona overshadowed everything else. Dude was incredible in all facets of creating music.
Nice, same as tame impala. If you've never heard of it check it out. He has a video of him playing all the instruments.
In a interview with Eric Clapton many years ago he was asked who was the best guitar player he had ever seen...his replied without hesitation "Prince".
@@rickss69 Prince was a very competent songwriter, producer, and guitarist, with flair and panache, but he's not the most skilled or best guitarist out there. Of note: Clapton has also said, at various times, that SRV, JJ Cale, Buddy Guy were the best guitarists.
Of course, Clapton hasn't hung around jazz cats like Joe Pass, Al Dimeola, George Benson much, nor did he ever share a stage with Terry Kath (whom Hendrix is quoted as saying was better than he was) nor Lenny Breault, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Danny Gatton, and so many others. There is no best or greatest guitarist. Too many metrics, too many genres. It's impossible to say.
True. I didn't know that he was good as he was. 🎉
The main reason he was successful was because of his homosexual sex-appeal.
We lost so very much when we lost Prince. Such amazing talent.
Prince was his own genre. No one like him before, during, or after he's been gone. This made me smile and feel sad he's not with us, at least in the physical world. 💜
Not only could he read and write real well but, he could play the guitar just like a bat outta hell.
That's just stupid. Bats can't play guitars. 🤭
Prince - The coolest cat of all time. The guy played every instrument, and usually better than most. Not to mention, all the hit songs he wrote for others. One of a kind for sure.
better than most? lol i can tell you don't play.
@NNJPRGreg Price was cool, no doubt. But “the coolest cat of all time”? Daddio, that title now and forevermore belongs to Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra! You dig? I knew that you would. Thanks for coming.
@@keithvlombardo: Consummate singer with excellent phrasing, friend to the mob, average actor and pretty cool guy, but co-wrote a total of an amazing 7, yes SEVEN songs, and played a little bit of ukulele, and a few chords on piano! Now Nat King Cole was an excellent pianist, fantastic vocalist with equally great phrasing, didn’t need to be cool, and Prince wrote a lot of very good songs, was a fairly accomplished player of several instruments, WTF is cool when it’s at home? Only the lame would care, is your middle name Tarantino? Lesson over, you’re out! 🤦🏻♂️
Well....Elvis Presley is saying "Hello" to your comment - and you know why. ;-) 1961...at Franks own Show. I am sure you dig that.
And don`t make me explain Frank`s F.B.I-Record...I know my stuff. ☝He HATED The King for a long time, but "played the game"... for a reason - because of Presley`s popularity, - He was forced to put him on his Show. 🤣😅🥰😇🤟🙏💪♥
@@keithvlombardo
Prince wasn’t the best at all instruments. But he had an ear to what needed to be performed by any instrument. That’s why if you played with prince , you were of studio caliber.
Princes had that ear. like that actor in th movie whiplash (forget the aggressive bs), prince wanted perfection
He wasn’t the best guitar player. Stevie Ray Vaughan , Randy Rhodes , Eddie, Ritchie Blackmore, Dude from ufo were probably all better than prince on the strings.
But prince could write a song. Prince was like his own genre, studio musician mixed with rock pop and lyrical rap schemes.
Steely dans Ajai reminds me of how prince demanded perfection
Playing Purple Rain at the Superbowl in a monsoon...perfection.
It was like he wanted it that way too, guy was brilliant.
The only artist to ever play a superbowl actually playing the instruments live. Prince demanded it or he wouldn't do the gig. Pretty cool, eh?
He really was such a special talent, so very missed.
I was never a fan of Princes' music but there's no denying his musicality. One of the best musicians I've ever heard.
So, you think he's one of the best musicians you've heard but you don't like his music? That makes a lot of sense.
@willhung3566 It totally makes sense. Why can't you understand it?
Neither was up until a few years ago but he's Fookin brilliant honestly give him a whirl you won't be disappointed, genius
@@jimhogg6460 Who are you addressing? What are you even saying? Please clarify. Thanks.
@@BeatlesCentricUniverse was replying to rodhall1454,
Ugh.... I really miss this guy.
He has it all. The instruments. The voice. The songwriting. Give me a break. Just awesome.
And he was a fabulous dancer. So add "the moves".
@@omnivorous65 He certainly was. Had some James Brown moves with that huge guitar around his neck. He was one smooth cat. Left us way too early.
He was simply the best. Period. It didn’t matter what he did, singing, playing keyboards, playing guitar, dancing, excelled at everything. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen him in concert. I will never forget it. There is nobody like him.
He could act as well.
😊❤
@@samgrigg6921 Well, let's not talk about that.
Johnny Cash was a good dancer
He was a child prodigy, multi instrumentalist guitar slinger. One of the best I've ever seen, and I've seen many.
Such a massive loss. His music is so uplifting, energising and exciting. How sad there will be no more 😢
The man was so good at so many things that we will keep discovering for ever .
we already knew he could play guitar since he started
I’ve heard he has complete unreleased albums that will,be coming out for years to come…
I’m not even the biggest fan of his music, but he was without a doubt one of the all time greats
ok, ok...
@CustardSpace ok, ok..
I know what you mean, I want to stick prince music on in the car but get bored of it after a while, I think it's because it's maybe not dated very well and / or the music is so perfect you have nothing to work with.
I love this! What a gifted musician and showman!
He was just magical...a true genius with a spetial touch
It took a while before people realized that Prince wasn't just a singer. But he was a virtuoso on guitar and now highly respected, and an amazing keyboard player too ...
And bassist. And drummer.
And invented his own instruments.
Excellent keyboard player. I like his bass playing , but he was not a particularly great guitar player. He might have been a virtuoso if he focused on it.
@@dentalnovember What instruments did invent, and please define "invent" and "instrument"?
@Narcoleptigon the most notable example of an instrument Prince designed was a Keytar called “purpleaxe” under patent number D349127.
Not only did he appreciate his own mastery of music but he was enraptured by bringing out the best in everyone else.
It’s funny how everyone says the same thing. He was better than everyone expected, underrated …. He wasn’t underrated by people who knew or even really listened to him play. He was a writer, arranger, and composer and very talented.
Use of the word "underrated" is completely abused on TH-cam these days.
Yeah, it's a total pet peev of mine when people say Prince was underrated.
What they mean is that *they* only rated him after he was gone. He had a massive fan base, musicians would consider it an honor to collaborate with him, the media would covet any interview he was prepared to do, he played one of the all-time best performances at super bowl ffs - I'm not sure what it takes to be considered "appropriately rated" by these people. The guy even appeared on the Muppets!
@@Cadwallon85 The comment about so-and-so being "underrated" shows up all over the place on TH-cam. It reads to me like the writer is trying to get likes and that they're saying, "hey, I like this performer a lot, and you should, too" (when in fact everyone already likes the "underrated" performer, even though they're not really "underrated").
He wasn’t underrated at all. Everyone knew him and his capabilities.
He would got snubbed by Britt’s, but that’s jealousy.
underrated are players like mark knophler, Alvin Lee, Elliot Easton , terry kath
When I watch these clips, one thing springs to mind... I really miss Prince.
Prince is probably one of the most(if not the most) versatile musical artist of all time. He could write a major hit, produce, was an amazing guitar player and singer and he could play pretty much any instruments at a really good level.
He was obsessed with it and gifted which made him who he was
Sly Stone had those same gifts!
Hi ,I saw him live , up close , 6 rows back or so ,my ex didn't want to come so I took a friend
Oh boy top 3 best bands ever.he was incredible ,he jumped with 3inch mini stilettos on
to a white steinway piano and played like hendrix ,man oh man he was incredible .my top 3
PinkFloyd ,Police , Prince PPP
What a talent he was! So inspirational
Prince always had that smooth, cool ass MFer vibe. Like he was that slick MFer always killing it no matter what he did. Legend for sure ! Rip
Its amazing how sometimes you don't realize how much you love an artist's music , until they unfortunately pass on ' ... they truly broke the mold in this case ... REST IN PEACE MY BRETHREN ... ❤🎸
Some people never get their roses while they're still alive!
He truly was a masterful musician and brilliant songwriter. One of it's kind.
It's quite remarkable how this man's amazing songwriting skills overshadowed so much his sheer talent as an instrumentalist, that most people actually never realized how talented a guitar player he really was.
Definitely one of the most underrated guitar players ever.
At one time he was being put forward as playing the lead in a story about Jimi Hendrix and he would be playing and singing many of Jimi's songs ,but it never came to anything
What an Amazing musician....
Since everyone is talking about seeing him live let me get my 2 cents in. I saw him in concert 6 times starting in 1981 on his Controversy Tour. It was cool for me seeing him pre-superstardom and after. That 1st concert I saw was in a 3900 seat auditorium in a small city in Georgia. I knew then and there that he would go on to something special, but couldn't have imagined what was to follow.
A short 3 years later Prince and the Revolution were selling out multiple dates in major cities across the U.S. including The Superdome and The Orange Bowl(which they renamed The Purple Bowl for the concert). I have attended over 100 concerts and have always told people that The Purple Rain Tour is my favorite of them all. I caught two shows on that tour. I feel honored to have witnessed part of his journey.
1985 at the beach bars in SoCal. 🤘. Every band was covering Prince and 1999!!! We closed the bars Friday and Saturday nights. Prince was so talented and left his mark. 🤓🤘🥳. He was flamboyant, yet humble. Even his passing was Prince being humble not wanting people to fret about him… R.I.P.
...this was on of my my first singles i bought in my life- it was fckd and scratched- only piece in the shop- nobody bought it -except me- i took it home and played on my fathers stereo - loved it and still do- still sad bout his early passin...
Uno de los pocos reyes de la música!!!! Creador y virtuoso como pocos!! Genios que vienen a marcar épocas y tendencias!!!❤
Born in '64. Late Boomer. Always liked Prince but not what one would consider a fan(atic). Then, I met the love of my life in '92. She is a fan(atic). And she shared her love of Prince with me. And I could not help but respect and admire the musicality of the man. I mean, damn, he could pick up a trombone, having never played, nor touched, a trombone, and show the trombonist he was paying, how to play the damn piece. Dude was a phenomenon.
Saw him on tour and the middle 3rd of the show was all him solo acoustic......really magical. He is missed.
Not enough people know what a great guitarist he was, such a musical talent.
He's a very good guitarist, at best!
Not sure about underrated!
Overrated.......
He was a once in a lifetime kind of talent!! Gone too soon 🥺😞
Nvr got the Prince Michael Jackson colab tho
What a legend. Great to hear this man on acoustic!
This is the first time that I ever heard him play Acoustic guitar totally fabulous !!!
Just one of the best ever in the musicians ever
Such a musical talent, rest in peace
He was a great guitarist
But this was s..t!
Absolutely genius! His guitar playing is stellar!🌟✨✨🌟
pure genius! So happy I got to see him live.
Sempre tocou muito!!! Talento único!!! Que Deus ilumine sua passagem!!!🙌
Amazing stuff ! What a talent that guy was. Thanks for uploading. ❤
What a great actor, musician, and a great performer. Wheeling west Virginia.
Promised myself.. to see Prince live..no matter what the cost…dam shame we’ve lost his spirit and talents forever…life ain’t fair..❤️🩹
Maria seemed like a real human back then.
She still is, you're the one that went woke!
@@TAYLORFAN50 yet another definition of woke .
@@TAYLORFAN50Which is a good thing. I'll take being "woke" any day that being "asleep", pretending everything is ok in the world, when it is not.
She took the wrong exit, as many did on both sides
The good die young.... And he was GOOD!!!!
I recall walking into Paisley Park to work for Prince on a three month gig. Pulling up, I had no impression of the man. The moment I entered his realm, I went into a state of awe. Genius - and his genius had no limits.
Charisma, humility, incredible talent.......terrible that he is gone. Purple Rain is in my five greatest albums of all time.. RIP little man, you'll never be forgotten..
There is just not enough of this out there. I miss him so.
I had never seen this before today!!
Amazing how well he transitioned into acoustic!
(Which is unfortunately often poorly done by others)
nothing compares to prince ,especially these days.he was a fantastic singer and musician.
Brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.
Always enjoyed his music😊😊😊
Always wished he wouldve done a heavy guitar rock album. He was so good.
he has some and shreds! it was never released by labels but he released it
Probably has a few in his vault.
Pure genius! 🎶🎸
Soooo talented..crazy talent from this small dude!!
so much talent ❤
Prince was such a underrated guitarist, he was on of the best
Although I've been a fan of his for a long long time, I had never heard him play acoustic guitar until just now. Humbled. Blown away 🤯. Deeply, sincerely,impressed. It makes you wonder how he ever found time to get as good as he is on that single instrument considering everything else that he had going on with writing and arranging and performing and going over every mind you detail of his career as he built himself into the superstar that he became. He has the guitar chops of someone who has been in the woodshed with a guitar and nothing else for his entire life!
Peerless.
It’s so sad that the guy who was with the people who found Prince dead in the elevator who has a Suboxone got there a day too late
@@stevescontriano860 just mind blowingly horrific and tragic to this very day. A huge loss…
I loved Prince and the Revolution, kick ass music but Prince is not a good acoustic guitar player, get real.
Prince can play anything ! just a amazing talent ! RIP Brother...
So missed ♥
very few people can hold an audience like this, with everything stripped down to basics.
I love acoustic guitar much more than electric and I love his playing.
He had his share of good riffs, but he was a star because of his great talent as an entertainer. I’ve not been a pop music fan, but definitely like his music. RIP.
RIP prince, the greatest musician in our generation.
Wonderful stuff best wishes to your family
Prince, Awesome guitar player, Awesome performer!
That dude never ceases to amaze me!
Dave Grohl had the best answer when asked about Prince. "He's a Genius. He's better than everyone at everything he does, then end!"
His talent was impeccable! Everything he did was perfectly performed. What a loss 🙏
What a legend❤ RIP Pronce
I never really cared much about Prince and thought of him as just another 80s star, until I worked for him as a stage hand in 2000. I've met many artists, from Paul McCartney over Beyonce (well, Destiny's Child then) to Michael Jackson, but no-one impressed me like Prince. He blew me away. It was Jimi Hendrix reincarnate. I'm a fan ever since.
He seems like a real smooth cat in this video man! Glad you got to meat those folks!
try meet lol
Crazy how you were not able to tell from his music.
@@mattmorris2867 LOL! Yah Meet is what I meant. Too big a hurry I reckon!
So cool you got to be there, I never got the chance to see him live, was totally my bad! 😢
Genius.🤘👌
A true one off and always remembered!
Most people dont realize what a virtuoso and master guitar player this man was.
You've got to be kidding, right?
?? I think they do!
He was good guitarist nothing more
If you are a musician you absolutely know.
He was the most underrated and overlooked guitarist.
Best musical artist of all time. Hands down. Can play any instrument to its max potential. And create like no other.
Every time I see him on guitar I always say the same thing. He could have been as good as Hendrix if he would have just focused on the Guitar. Incredible human being he was. Miss him so much and his CD's are in heavy rotation in my CD player always, Thanks for sharing this Gem and I do mean that term quite litterally. Enjoy your day and thanks for reading my post. It means the world to me.
I think he was just as good as Jimmy if not better. And perhaps Jimmy could have been better if he wasn't focused on heroin. Check out Prince playing at his hall of fame induction. May change your mind. Take care.
I remember when I was learning guitar back in the early 90's and saw a top 100 list of best guitarists ever in a magazine and noticed that was Prince was high up in the list somewhere, it's crazy because most people see him as a singer/performer rather than a guitarist and don't really appreciate just how good he was, at least the magazine knew his talent.
He could play bass too
I love you because I loved PRINCE HIS MUSIC BROUGHT ME THROUGH MY ADOLESCENT AND TEEN YEARS THEN TO BECOMING A MAN AND NOW A OLDER MAN AND ITS STILL WRITING THE PAGES OF LIFE.😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿💯💯💯💯💯😭😭😭😭😇👑🥺🥺🥺😌😌😌
@@majorerskineCH47played bass better than guitar.
He was one of the best guitarists- there were not very many popular guitarists better for me Prince was top ten guitarist and he did everything else aswell
Pure artistry
Prince super bowl performance, burned into d brain. Don’t even remember d teams that played. But I remember that performance. . Rip celestial who walked among us for to short a while.
So glad I was fortunate to see the musicology tour when he came to Birmingham Alabama he did a lot of acoustic guitar playing getting the audience involved one of the best concerts I ever been too it was the only prince show I ever saw live I missed all the others this one made up for all of them Rip legend 🙏 💜
I don’t think there will never be a Prince biopic. It would be impossible to cast anyone to credibly play him. He was truly one of a kind! Rest in peace.
The Purple One was and is without equal!! The BEST to ever do it!!!! 💜🐐💜
I miss you so much💜💜💜💜
Prince avait un énorme talent. Il me manque beaucoup!😢😢
Je ne suis pas un grand connaisseur de Prince, je n'ai pas écouté toute sa discographie, mais oui, il avait un talent incroyable et quelques uns de ses morceaux sont des références pour moi !
Prince was one of those rare artists who's over and under-rated at the same time.
in what sense is he presumed over rated?
@@danzap384 How is Prince over-rated? Well, a lot of his schtick was lifted from other artists. Rick James was a HUGE influence on Prince. So were producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who used to play in his band but broke off to do their own thing as super top top music producers.
Also, a large portion of Prince's compositions sound, well.....kind of the same in terms of melodic rhythmic structure.
Hey, I love Prince's stuff, but a lot of it is seriously mediocre....or borrowed from somebody else.
@@CribNotes Dude, Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, ranking him among the best-selling music artists of all time. And here you are, talking about him as if he used to be your pub buddy from long ago.
@@bobmcthirth How many records Prince sold has zero to do with him being over-rated and under-rated a the same time.
@@CribNotes Rick James was not a huge influence on Prince. That is a supreme overstatement. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were Prince's contemporaries. Although they were great talents who had a major impact on modern music, they were not an influence on Prince any more than an musicians would be on other musicians with whom they work. They were, indeed, fired for working on side projects when they were employed by Prince in his band, The Time, but please do some research. Read their interviews about Prince and his impact on them.
what a prince.. one of the best ever! R.I.P.
Prince and his band are Phenomenal very Talented 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩!!
Glad I lived during his times. Listened and watched many live performances.
The one and only phenomenal Prince
Prince was a badass guitar player ☝🏻
now this guy could do it all. well and effortlessly.