I love everything about this song, his voice and the lyrics. Today 7 years ago, we lost one of the most talented and creative singers, dancers, producers, and performers of all time. We love you forever, Prince, and your legacy lives on forever! 👑❤️💜💜🕊️4/21/2023
Why are people saying this was before it’s time. The song was predominantly about AIDS, this was a Sign O the times, what was happening all around the world in the 1980’s and regrettably the subject matter continues to be sadly relevant xxxx God Bless each and everyone we are here for only a short while, make a difference, making your time really count xxxx R.I.P Prince xxxx 💜✝️☯️ xxxx
By that time (early 1987) the AIDS epidemic had spread from the gay community to intravenous drug users. The hurricane tragedy could be attributed to increased dangerous storm acitivity from global warming. The rocket ship was,of course,the Space Shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Timeless. I think Prince will come back one day, hejust checked out for awhile. Some day in the far future he'll return to Earth in a spaceship or something. Ready to shred all the music.
He'd only be a visionary if the lyrics hadn't applied when the song was released. They were pretty topical back then. He's not a visionary, we just haven't evolved much.
You Got the Look was such a great song that Roxette ripped it off and took it to #1 a second time... I'd be honored if some Prince fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PURPLE RAIN and LITTLE RED CORVETTE on my YT channel in tribute to the greatest songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist of all time. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Happy '020s to all and RESPECT to the genius of Prince.
I first heard this song in the Spring of 1987 when I was a graduate student. "SIGN O' THE TIMES" continues to speak to what the world is today. Prince was the Mozart of our time.
I heard this song when I was 3 or four and prince died on my actual birthday I will never forget picking up my phone and reading the news I didn't want it to be true.
@@musiclover-cn7tb I went to see him perform in Birmingham UK, about 10 month before he died. I remember commenting on how skinny he looked. He appeared healthy but something was just not right. He's perform was exceptional, but the truth was Prince had been struggling with a drug addiction, For who knows how long.R.I.P 🙏🏿To the king of prince's.
i still remember the "what the fack" reaction when a new album was released. the impression that something had changed and a new standard was going on. (talking about the first listening of this song)
Prince, you were a GENIUS. Your music will never ever die and you'll live in it every time we play it - chapeau from a 26 year old fan of yours from Italy 💯
I was ten when this album came out. Prince is true royalty in my mind. I grew up listening to all of his music. "Purple Rain" is still one of my top favorite songs of all time! When I was 6 or 7, I actually watched the Purple Rain movie and saw the first "sexual" movie scene in my life. It was the Fourth of July and my parents were running around, trying to get me and my two older brothers along with a few friends together to leave to see the fireworks, so no one noticed me watching it! Every July 4th, we went to this place called "Fish and Games" to watch the fireworks show each year. It had a bunch of medium sized lakes where you could go boating, fishing, swimming , hunting , etc.. depending on the season. There was a designated area where there were a bunch of huge canvas tents set up with all types of activities going on during the day before it got dark. I remember our neighbor (the Dad) always throwing axes at these things that looked like large tree stumps that were cut and turned sideways… that was a LONG TIME AGO! Once it got dark, everyone laid out huge sheets and blankets to lay on to watch the fireworks. We used to run around and catch fireflies b/c there were thousands of them, as far as you could see! I remember it getting a little chilly once the sun went down… (we lived pretty close to one of the Great Lakes.) I MISS chilly nights, even in the summertime! I also miss chilly autumns with the leaves turning yellow, orange, red then brown! Our grass stays green and 95% of the trees in our area stay green throughout the fall and winter! It ALWAYS snowed up North on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, every single year! Well, my parents divorced after 20 yrs. of marriage when I was 12. My Mom remarried when I was 15 (my brothers were both in college) and we ended up moving about 2400 miles away with my stepdad, to where he was originally from. I went through MAJOR culture shock! It was 88°F on my first Christmas Day in Texas! There aren’t fireflies down here either… I think I’ve seen maybe two or three in the past 30 years and that was while visiting near San Antonio. Once I moved down here I had never gotten into the Christmas Spirit until I started having kids (I have 3). Down here in Southeastern Texas, the months of July, August and September are always disgustingly H☀️T! We went over six weeks this summer where it was over 100°F EVERY SINGLE DAY… It didn’t rain ONCE in that period of time or the following month either, which is unheard of here on the Gulf of Mexico, where I live!!! We USUALLY get a small summer shower DAILY that blows in off the Gulf in the early afternoon, in the summer. *RIGHT NOW, on October 27th, 2023, it is 85° here! The temperatures in the next month will go up and down from 92°F to maybe 79°… For some odd reason, in the area of Texas I live in, if we get a cool snap, it NEVER lasts for more than three days! If you look one week away from the first day of the cooler weather, it will always be like at least 10°F higher in temperature, IF NOT MORE! When it gets down to the low 70’s, everyone here starts wearing long sleeves, sweaters and even jackets! I used to laugh at all those people… but 30 years later, I tend to get chilly once it gets into the 60’s…🤭. I REALLY 🙏🏼 pray we don’t have another deep freeze and have temperatures that stay well below freezing here in Texas again this winter like we did a few years back! It stayed under 20°F for several days straight and also stayed way below freezing for another couple weeks. We, along with millions upon millions of other Texans, lost power for at least 2 weeks and others did for MUCH longer.. 😔 We were so lucky to only lose power for 2 weeks! Due to all of the ice from so much freezing rain which clung to EVERYTHING including power lines, poles, transformers, etc… it all totally crashed MANY power grids across Texas. Everyone had to boil all the water from their faucets (if their faucets even had water…) before drinking it or cooking with it! A large amount of people had ELECTRIC stoves, ovens, water heaters and heating systems, etc..!!! You can’t boil water if you don’t have a working stove! Some people didn’t have ANY water for weeks. Also, with no electricity you couldn’t drink or use the filtered water/ ice from your refrigerator. MANY, MANY people had their pipes burst! All of the homes here are built with every water pipe housed in the attic and they run across the top of the entire home, right ABOVE all of the ceilings! We can’t bury the pipes underground because we are at sea level and if you dig just two or three feet down, you hit water! We were SO BLESSED that we didn’t have ANY pipes burst! We know MANY people who lost just about everything and others who lost it all from their homes being flooded by their burst water pipes…😒 We could use and drink our faucet water after a few (4-5) days! Many others couldn’t for several weeks to a over a month longer. The water filtration plants were not working at all so you couldn’t even bathe/ shower in the water that came from your faucets. You also couldn’t put the water in your mouth so you had to use bottled/ boiled water to brush your teeth and rinse. We were so blessed to get clean faucet water back so quickly! 😇 Also, people with electric stoves had no way to boil their water! We used both of our gas grills to cook our food. One of my grills has two burners like you have in your home if you have gas. That REALLY HELPED! Honestly, we had SO MUCH bottled water that we didn’t need to boil our drinking water but did if we made food with faucet water. WOW, I’m SO SORRY for sending you a novel! 🤦🏻♀️ I really hope you have a great weekend and that you and your loved ones are staying happy and healthy! Love from Texas ♥️🤠🌴
This, Sign o' the times, is the song of the century. Not only voted as such by radio listeners in commercial magazine polls, but the story Prince wrote & sings of - this is America at that time & this is a deftly-captured series of both iconic actual events & speculative occurrences that we all know happened - maybe it wasn't your brother or September & June, but it was someone you know personally & they did go from abstainance to full-blown opiod addiction within months. If you don't know someone high on crack & toting a machine gun then you've real life seen them, wearing red or blue 'do rags. Prince Rogers Nelson used his breathtaking musical ability to describe America more accurately than Gauguin did Tahiti or Monet of his water gardens. His Sign o' the times is exactly that, America. While the song is an immense achievement, the subject matter is nothing to be proud of.
Indeed. Scan TH-cam and watch for example the video to Chainsmoker´s "Something just like this". Lyrics Videos are absolutely trendy now and Prince was the first using them.
This is without a doubt, lyric for lyric, the best song prince ever wrote. This was the first pop song to make reference to the crack cocaine traumas of the reagan era and it was written in 1986; a year before it was released. A once a multi-generation artistic talent.
@@TBOTSS How can someone who played numerous instruments, produce countless albums and enhance many musical careers, be vacuous? Poor choice of word in my opinion. Prince was a Genius, full stop.
@@grunthostheflatulent9649 Granted I do prefer David Bowie (everyone has different taste, makes the world interesting), I still think Prince is immensely talented. I think 2016 was such an awful year for music - 4 stars taken from us; Bowie, Prince, Michael & Burns.
One of those songs that should be teached in musical education as an outstanding example of minimal songwriting when you have such a strong leading idea. It requiers some genius mind to realise that this song works exactly that way and that idea is so strong and not to clutter it with usual production techniques. Prince at his best.
Still get goosebumps off of this song the lyrics are so real and live on today in society the song really hits home. Prince was a musical genius in his own right! One of my many favorites from him
I still remember the first moment I heard this song from the radio in 1987. I was 14 yrs old then and really really shocked with this strange & beautiful funky sound. To an Asian boy , living in the countryside of Japan, this song was literally the sign of the times !
I first listened to this when it came out. I also received my HIV diagnosis in1984, three years before the release of this prescient song. Utter genius from the purple one. He is above and beyond.
Even after 5 years....I'm still stunned. RIP Prince Roger Nelson. RIP Prince. Rest in Purple. "...some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies. Oh why?..." It's the sign of the times....
Prince was a natural born messenger, he was sent for a reason it was no coincidence he became a musician it was meant to be it was his destiny and his music is timeless, every generation loves Prince and his music, just an outstanding man that withstood the test of time😍😘😄🎉😉😇😜🎊🌺🎊😜😇😉🎉😄😘😍😘😍😘😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Sonya very well said... I'd be honored if some Prince fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of PURPLE RAIN and MONEY DON'T MATTER 2 NIGHT on my channel in tribute to the Master. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and RESPECT to the genius of Prince.
Brilliant:A Young BlackMan from the Suburbs of Minnesota:Alcohol-Reefer-Horse-after that Jail,Institutions or Death.SIGN O THE TIMES...😁😎✌🤘🖤💙luv ya byo eJ
Heard this song as 16yr old in 1987, in Australia and played the the hell out if it. Now 47yrs old, the relevance of this song and "Prince" remains timeless.
Isn't it AMAZING.... how a song can have a different meaning for an individual, at different stages of life? As a preteen, I liked this for it's rhythm; 35 years later.... the lyrics run SO DEEP and will be relevant for many more generations.
Yep 👍🏽 Montpellier France… L’un des avantages du numérique est le plaisir de réécouter les artistes majeurs qui continuent de vivre à travers nous, avec la cerise sur le gâteau de partager nos commentaires et notre admiration commune pour Prince, Miles, Jimmi, Quincy, Stevie…
Prince is still one of the best artists out there, producing so many different songs and did it the way he wanted. he didn't let the system run him. Prince will forever live on in our hearts and soul, rest in peace you beautiful human.
Prince a musical genius and my favorite color is purple too may you rest in peace happy 66th birthday Prince keep on rocking us from upstairs in heaven❤❤
Just heard this driving home from a hectic day at work... Stopped at red traffic lights THEN the words just 'hit home' like a BOMB!!! Got home , put my 70's/80's hifi ON and played this TIME &TIME again... Emotionally hit me of where this world has come to... Brilliant LYRICS, Genius!!! R I P dear Prince❤
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY March 30, 1987, 37 Years Ago Prince released his ninth studio album Sign o' the Times which produced three top-ten hit singles, 'If I Was Your Girlfriend', 'U Got the Look', (with Sheena Easton) and the title track 'Sign o' the Times. In 1989, Time Out magazine ranked it as the greatest album of all time. [03/30/2024]
This has to be in his top 5 songs ever. I remember when it came out in 87. It still sounds relevant. The world is still a crazy place too, listen to the lyrics
Today in 1986, Prince recorded the song Sign 'O' The Times at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. Released ahead of the Sign O’ The Times album, Sign O’ The Times was the first track released with a credit of “Prince” (rather than “Prince and the Revolution”) since When Doves Cry. Prince performed all vocals and instruments on the song. The song was constructed by Prince almost entirely on the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer, which provides the primary keyboard riff and sampled electronic bass sounds heard on the track. All of the Fairlight sounds used on the song are factory presets, including the famed "orchestra hit" towards the end of the composition. The song was originally intended for two separate Prince studio albums meant to be released in 1986, both shelved: Dream Factory and Crystal Ball. Sign O' The Times was reportedly written and composed on a Sunday, when Prince usually wrote his most introspective songs. #prince #signothetimes
Always trying to push himself musically is the sign (pun intended) of a unique artist who isn't afraid to expand his creativity and inspirations. Prince did that time and time again throughout his brilliant career.
I still remember the day that he played a lot of his songs for the first time. I grew up less than 3 blocks from Prince. Spent a ton of time at The 1st. I was even in the back of the room when they filmed Purple Rain. As a person he was a jerk. But as a Musician and Singer, literally 1 of the Best. I lived right off of Chicago and Portland in the later 80's. Gangster Disciple territory. The GD. That's what they called themselves in the 80's.
This song is seminal and thought provoking. It was the first song to mention AIDS, the Crack problem with drugs and Gang warfare, Star Wars and the bomb deterrent all in one song. Prince was an underrated genius. He could play 13 instruments and make a discordant song sound melodious by adding a tune. The man had loads of talent.
I'm an absolute fan of Prince, however I never thought to listen to this album, thus for some reason didn't like it. However, when I actually listened to it, it sounded great! And it its just fantastic, like this song, which I now adore! I should never doubt an album when it comes to this legendary, caring, talented, kind man. Long live his Purple reign. 💜💜💜💜
The lyrics were so real, they had to be the center of the video. Too bad theses words are still so true today. Let´s all continue working for a better world.
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I love everything about this song, his voice and the lyrics. Today 7 years ago, we lost one of the most talented and creative singers, dancers, producers, and performers of all time. We love you forever, Prince, and your legacy lives on forever! 👑❤️💜💜🕊️4/21/2023
Sandra Bullock was asked which song at Colbert.
She answered anything of Prince. If so my answer would have been this song. Everything in it.
@@gentlehorst *`he died of h0rse ~~ Isn´t that **#ironic** 🤣😈´*
💯🙏💜🫡💫
This is a genius record
miss him more😢
Sign of the times was way before it's time... just like Prince...genius
Why are people saying this was before it’s time. The song was predominantly about AIDS, this was a Sign O the times, what was happening all around the world in the 1980’s and regrettably the subject matter continues to be sadly relevant xxxx
God Bless each and everyone we are here for only a short while, make a difference, making your time really count xxxx
R.I.P Prince xxxx 💜✝️☯️ xxxx
By that time (early 1987) the AIDS epidemic had spread from the gay community to intravenous drug users. The hurricane tragedy could be attributed to increased dangerous storm acitivity from global warming. The rocket ship was,of course,the Space Shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Prince was definitely before his time
what does that even mean
More like timeles.
@@Jerrywest1 At least she didn't say he was underrated....
@@thegrimyeaperas a guitar player possibly most underrated
Prince is and was timeless and will forever be.
This song is thirty years old and the lyrics still rang true today! Prince was a total visionary!
Exactly
Timeless. I think Prince will come back one day, hejust checked out for awhile. Some day in the far future he'll return to Earth in a spaceship or something. Ready to shred all the music.
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He'd only be a visionary if the lyrics hadn't applied when the song was released. They were pretty topical back then. He's not a visionary, we just haven't evolved much.
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Sadly this masterpiece is still relevant.
He is very sexy
@@christelvandenwyngaert1487Um, somebody missed the point 🤦🏽
It will always be relevant. Prince was a poet of times
You didn't know his name was Prince for a reason 💯
More relevant than ever
He was an absolute genius
The Genius that was Prince.
Genius indeed🎉
A masterpiece ❤ 2024
He was so gifted.What a loss
SAMMANFATTNING HANTERA HISTORIK I
It's 2021 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.
GEMINI GENIUS ♊🎹🎸🎶🎵🎼🎤💯♊
Yep
Its sign of the Times man! Rock on 🤟
😢 and missed.
Yes He Was
It’s not an over exaggeration to say that this is one of the greatest songs ever made.
What else can compare musically and lyrically?
Absolutely no one. Especially this day and age.
agreed
@@danielduplantier4526 So what example would you give then? Please explain why the statement is an example of hyperbole.
Only other Prince songs 🤷🏻♂️
Amen
My mom absolutely loved Prince. She passed away before him😢
Rip Angel's 🕊🌈🌾❤
Still 🔥🎶 in 2023. A true lyrical genius. 🎶💯🥰💜💜
Now they're jamming together! ❤️💜❤️
Sign O' The Times is a musical masterpiece
Undoubtedly !
@@specirt6894 Couldn't agree with you more Toni.
Agreed
You Got the Look was such a great song that Roxette ripped it off and took it to #1 a second time... I'd be honored if some Prince fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PURPLE RAIN and LITTLE RED CORVETTE on my YT channel in tribute to the greatest songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist of all time. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Happy '020s to all and RESPECT to the genius of Prince.
Hell YEAH
I first heard this song in the Spring of 1987 when I was a graduate student. "SIGN O' THE TIMES" continues to speak to what the world is today. Prince was the Mozart of our time.
Agreed
Most definitely!
I heard this song when I was 3 or four and prince died on my actual birthday I will never forget picking up my phone and reading the news I didn't want it to be true.
@@musiclover-cn7tb I went to see him perform in Birmingham UK, about 10 month before he died.
I remember commenting on how skinny he looked.
He appeared healthy but something was just not right.
He's perform was exceptional, but the truth was Prince had been struggling with a drug addiction, For who knows how long.R.I.P
🙏🏿To the king of prince's.
i still remember the "what the fack" reaction when a new album was released. the impression that something had changed and a new standard was going on. (talking about the first listening of this song)
This is truly one of the best pop songs ever written. Genius!
December 2021 30 th ... So relevant .. Endlessly ...Time 💜
Prince was an unrecognized prophet. We were robbed by his death.
100%!!!🙏💜🌟🍀🌟💜🙏
The right answer❤
Very, very interesting comment. Thank you.
He robbed us of him with his pill dabbling.
It's 2023 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.
Yes!
Prince, you were a GENIUS. Your music will never ever die and you'll live in it every time we play it - chapeau from a 26 year old fan of yours from Italy 💯
It's 2022 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.
It's 2023 and...oh...never mind...
It blew my mind when I was 14. I'd still vote it as one of the best tracks of the 20th century.
I was ten when this album came out. Prince is true royalty in my mind. I grew up listening to all of his music. "Purple Rain" is still one of my top favorite songs of all time! When I was 6 or 7, I actually watched the Purple Rain movie and saw the first "sexual" movie scene in my life. It was the Fourth of July and my parents were running around, trying to get me and my two older brothers along with a few friends together to leave to see the fireworks, so no one noticed me watching it! Every July 4th, we went to this place called "Fish and Games" to watch the fireworks show each year. It had a bunch of medium sized lakes where you could go boating, fishing, swimming , hunting , etc.. depending on the season. There was a designated area where there were a bunch of huge canvas tents set up with all types of activities going on during the day before it got dark. I remember our neighbor (the Dad) always throwing axes at these things that looked like large tree stumps that were cut and turned sideways… that was a LONG TIME AGO! Once it got dark, everyone laid out huge sheets and blankets to lay on to watch the fireworks. We used to run around and catch fireflies b/c there were thousands of them, as far as you could see! I remember it getting a little chilly once the sun went down… (we lived pretty close to one of the Great Lakes.) I MISS chilly nights, even in the summertime! I also miss chilly autumns with the leaves turning yellow, orange, red then brown! Our grass stays green and 95% of the trees in our area stay green throughout the fall and winter! It ALWAYS snowed up North on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, every single year! Well, my parents divorced after 20 yrs. of marriage when I was 12. My Mom remarried when I was 15 (my brothers were both in college) and we ended up moving about 2400 miles away with my stepdad, to where he was originally from. I went through MAJOR culture shock! It was 88°F on my first Christmas Day in Texas! There aren’t fireflies down here either… I think I’ve seen maybe two or three in the past 30 years and that was while visiting near San Antonio. Once I moved down here I had never gotten into the Christmas Spirit until I started having kids (I have 3). Down here in Southeastern Texas, the months of July, August and September are always disgustingly H☀️T! We went over six weeks this summer where it was over 100°F EVERY SINGLE DAY… It didn’t rain ONCE in that period of time or the following month either, which is unheard of here on the Gulf of Mexico, where I live!!! We USUALLY get a small summer shower DAILY that blows in off the Gulf in the early afternoon, in the summer.
*RIGHT NOW, on October 27th, 2023, it is 85° here! The temperatures in the next month will go up and down from 92°F to maybe 79°… For some odd reason, in the area of Texas I live in, if we get a cool snap, it NEVER lasts for more than three days! If you look one week away from the first day of the cooler weather, it will always be like at least 10°F higher in temperature, IF NOT MORE! When it gets down to the low 70’s, everyone here starts wearing long sleeves, sweaters and even jackets! I used to laugh at all those people… but 30 years later, I tend to get chilly once it gets into the 60’s…🤭.
I REALLY 🙏🏼 pray we don’t have another deep freeze and have temperatures that stay well below freezing here in Texas again this winter like we did a few years back! It stayed under 20°F for several days straight and also stayed way below freezing for another couple weeks. We, along with millions upon millions of other Texans, lost power for at least 2 weeks and others did for MUCH longer.. 😔 We were so lucky to only lose power for 2 weeks! Due to all of the ice from so much freezing rain which clung to EVERYTHING including power lines, poles, transformers, etc… it all totally crashed MANY power grids across Texas. Everyone had to boil all the water from their faucets (if their faucets even had water…) before drinking it or cooking with it! A large amount of people had ELECTRIC stoves, ovens, water heaters and heating systems, etc..!!! You can’t boil water if you don’t have a working stove! Some people didn’t have ANY water for weeks. Also, with no electricity you couldn’t drink or use the filtered water/ ice from your refrigerator.
MANY, MANY people had their pipes burst! All of the homes here are built with every water pipe housed in the attic and they run across the top of the entire home, right ABOVE all of the ceilings! We can’t bury the pipes underground because we are at sea level and if you dig just two or three feet down, you hit water! We were SO BLESSED that we didn’t have ANY pipes burst! We know MANY people who lost just about everything and others who lost it all from their homes being flooded by their burst water pipes…😒 We could use and drink our faucet water after a few (4-5) days! Many others couldn’t for several weeks to a over a month longer. The water filtration plants were not working at all so you couldn’t even bathe/ shower in the water that came from your faucets. You also couldn’t put the water in your mouth so you had to use bottled/ boiled water to brush your teeth and rinse. We were so blessed to get clean faucet water back so quickly! 😇 Also, people with electric stoves had no way to boil their water! We used both of our gas grills to cook our food. One of my grills has two burners like you have in your home if you have gas. That REALLY HELPED! Honestly, we had SO MUCH bottled water that we didn’t need to boil our drinking water but did if we made food with faucet water. WOW, I’m SO SORRY for sending you a novel! 🤦🏻♀️ I really hope you have a great weekend and that you and your loved ones are staying happy and healthy!
Love from Texas ♥️🤠🌴
This is a soundtrack for a failing soceity, an actual historical piece. It's eternal.
This entire album is next level. Every song is brilliant.
Yup, my absolute favorite album of his.
Every1 of his songs are bad ass
@@sabrinamejorado4331 yeah right
didnt get as good ratings as PR
Double album as well. How many artists today can produce,write,compose a classic double album?
This, Sign o' the times, is the song of the century. Not only voted as such by radio listeners in commercial magazine polls, but the story Prince wrote & sings of - this is America at that time & this is a deftly-captured series of both iconic actual events & speculative occurrences that we all know happened - maybe it wasn't your brother or September & June, but it was someone you know personally & they did go from abstainance to full-blown opiod addiction within months. If you don't know someone high on crack & toting a machine gun then you've real life seen them, wearing red or blue 'do rags. Prince Rogers Nelson used his breathtaking musical ability to describe America more accurately than Gauguin did Tahiti or Monet of his water gardens. His Sign o' the times is exactly that, America. While the song is an immense achievement, the subject matter is nothing to be proud of.
I love me some Prince
This is not a song it’s a social commentary. Genius 💜
EXACTLY 👍🏾💯💯💯💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏼
Well put
Plus he wrote it 5 minutes on his own with a drum machine after a live show.. Can Harry Styles say the same?
@@robertodandrea5587 I would say not. Like I said Genius 💜
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This is one of the greatest albums of all time
His purple badness still relates.
30 years ago. Prince was so ahead of his 'time.' 💜✝️🕊☮️☔️
sign o` the times :)
Indeed. Scan TH-cam and watch for example the video to Chainsmoker´s "Something just like this". Lyrics Videos are absolutely trendy now and Prince was the first using them.
He still is.
This and "Praying For Time", were truly the first 'Lyric Videos'.
stevehndz #Truth
The baddest jam by Prince for me. Groove is too hard. Lyrics, brutal....funk meter, funkadelic level.
It just doesn't get any better than this. One of the best songs ever recorded
My man 💜
This is without a doubt, lyric for lyric, the best song prince ever wrote. This was the first pop song to make reference to the crack cocaine traumas of the reagan era and it was written in 1986; a year before it was released. A once a multi-generation artistic talent.
we lived it! gen x and prince forever
Freddy, I totally agree. It’s his finest lyric and it resonates every time I hear it.
Don't forget about the revolutionair video clip
I am 54 years old know this song well damn the Reagan administration
th-cam.com/video/PobrSpMwKk4/w-d-xo.html ? !
Why isn't this hit song played on the oldies station is the question.
He was blessed with talent beyond measure. He knew it and he did not waste an ounce of what he was given. I miss him tremendously.
WCPBOODYPHATBOODYBOOTY
Prince was a Genius. He stood alone in a world saturated with mediocrity.
Really? I found Prince to be a vacuous little shit.
@@TBOTSS How can someone who played numerous instruments, produce countless albums and enhance many musical careers, be vacuous? Poor choice of word in my opinion. Prince was a Genius, full stop.
Prince and David Bowie deaths really shattered me.
Thank God their music is with us.
@@TBOTSS That's because yer a dumb fuck.
@@grunthostheflatulent9649 Granted I do prefer David Bowie (everyone has different taste, makes the world interesting), I still think Prince is immensely talented. I think 2016 was such an awful year for music - 4 stars taken from us; Bowie, Prince, Michael & Burns.
Absolute masterpiece. Guitar dipping in and out is pure genius. Greatest all round Musician and sorely missed.
The best
instrumentalist*
Masterpiece, absolutely
Ridiculously Brilliant!!!
One of those songs that should be teached in musical education as an outstanding example of minimal songwriting when you have such a strong leading idea. It requiers some genius mind to realise that this song works exactly that way and that idea is so strong and not to clutter it with usual production techniques. Prince at his best.
A true musical genius never to be replaced and never forgotten !!! Thankyou Prince !
Prince was my generation's Hendrix
Unfortunately it is still relevant. Yesterday, 8 years ago, I cried my heart out...Prince is and remains for me the best artist ever!
Still get goosebumps off of this song the lyrics are so real and live on today in society the song really hits home. Prince was a musical genius in his own right! One of my many favorites from him
Same! 💜
I still remember the first moment I heard this song from the radio in 1987. I was 14 yrs old then and really really shocked with this strange & beautiful funky sound. To an Asian boy , living in the countryside of Japan, this song was literally the sign of the times !
Prince owned the 80s !
2023 Prince Was Head Of His Time Yeppers Today 😢😢
I first listened to this when it came out. I also received my HIV diagnosis in1984, three years before the release of this prescient song. Utter genius from the purple one. He is above and beyond.
So glad you made it through. This song carries so much in it, and the first notes never fail to drop me like a rollercoaster 🎢
you are okay?
Prince constantly came out with hit after hit for decades, He was an excellent writer..
Oh Yeah
Prince was a hero in Minnesota. A fantastic musician, songwriter, & dancer. Gone Way Too Soon. F Fentanyl.
Relevant then.
Relevant now.
Brilliant song.
This will be always relevant
Its amazing how this song had a powerful message that still reverberates today! SMDH
かっこええ、beautiful🥰🥰
Even after 5 years....I'm still stunned. RIP Prince Roger Nelson. RIP Prince. Rest in Purple. "...some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies. Oh why?..." It's the sign of the times....
Like you so sad 😞 can't believe it xx miss him 😢 💔 xx
The guy had tremendous vision
so ein geiler Track !
Prince was a natural born messenger, he was sent for a reason it was no coincidence he became a musician it was meant to be it was his destiny and his music is timeless, every generation loves Prince and his music, just an outstanding man that withstood the test of time😍😘😄🎉😉😇😜🎊🌺🎊😜😇😉🎉😄😘😍😘😍😘😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Totally agree.
Sonya very well said... I'd be honored if some Prince fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of PURPLE RAIN and MONEY DON'T MATTER 2 NIGHT on my channel in tribute to the Master. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and RESPECT to the genius of Prince.
I am wrecked. I am blessed that I work in nyc I met him
I think this same theory about John Lennon.
Brilliant:A Young BlackMan from the Suburbs of Minnesota:Alcohol-Reefer-Horse-after that Jail,Institutions or Death.SIGN O THE TIMES...😁😎✌🤘🖤💙luv ya byo eJ
I love this song one of my favorites
Purple Rain & 1999 were great ... but for my money Sign O' The Times is Prince's greatest album and masterpiece.
This song is one of the best, ever !
ExcelExercice #Facts 💯
Listen 'Was Dog A Doughnut?', by Cat Stevens, from his album 'Izitso', released in 1977.
Fuck yes.
I CAN'T " ADD TO THAT ""
He would never admit to being a genius
Just an artist doing his thing about explanation.... expressing it.
Heard this song as 16yr old in 1987, in Australia and played the the hell out if it. Now 47yrs old, the relevance of this song and "Prince" remains timeless.
Isn't it AMAZING.... how a song can have a different meaning for an individual, at different stages of life? As a preteen, I liked this for it's rhythm; 35 years later.... the lyrics run SO DEEP and will be relevant for many more generations.
Yep 👍🏽 Montpellier France…
L’un des avantages du numérique est le plaisir de réécouter les artistes majeurs qui continuent de vivre à travers nous, avec la cerise sur le gâteau de partager nos commentaires et notre admiration commune pour Prince, Miles, Jimmi, Quincy, Stevie…
Listen to the lyrics , and you will understand this mans music stood for something much bigger than his name
Yes
PRINCE truly awakening people
He's very awakened Truth
I'm glad live in Minnesota because Prince was awesome. Minnesota made
On a Sunday morning listening to this jam 2023 🇿🇦
Prince is still one of the best artists out there, producing so many different songs and did it the way he wanted. he didn't let the system run him. Prince will forever live on in our hearts and soul, rest in peace you beautiful human.
Prince a musical genius and my favorite color is purple too may you rest in peace happy 66th birthday Prince keep on rocking us from upstairs in heaven❤❤
One of the most profoundly reflective songs on contemporary culture I have ever heard. "Sign O' the Times" has not lost its impact and relevancy.
SOTT is a ground breaking masterpiece. It truly showcases this genius of an artist at the height of his powers.
Agreed. An amazing array of styles performed, all performed magnificently. Absolute masterpiece.
True talk about life
Your rite
The One and Only!
This song sounds like it could’ve been recorded yesterday, crazy that it’s over 30 years old. Thank you Prince for sharing your genius w the world
Just heard this driving home from a hectic day at work... Stopped at red traffic lights THEN the words just 'hit home' like a BOMB!!! Got home , put my 70's/80's hifi ON and played this TIME &TIME again... Emotionally hit me of where this world has come to... Brilliant LYRICS, Genius!!! R I P dear Prince❤
Dis Song was a massive hit in Africa in 1987. That's 31yrs ago. Rest in Peace.
"A Man ain't truly happy unless a Man truly dies.........."
How Profound?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin
Prince being the GENIUS he was. Decades ahead of every artist in 80's!
Lorraine Rotundo, I totally agree with you, still listen to his music, such a talented guy.
The best decade
How awesome was this guy, he was the Mozart of our time
Yes
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
March 30, 1987, 37 Years Ago
Prince released his ninth studio album Sign o' the Times which produced three top-ten hit singles, 'If I Was Your Girlfriend', 'U Got the Look', (with Sheena Easton) and the title track 'Sign o' the Times. In 1989, Time Out magazine ranked it as the greatest album of all time.
[03/30/2024]
This has to be in his top 5 songs ever. I remember when it came out in 87. It still sounds relevant. The world is still a crazy place too, listen to the lyrics
I so totally agree with you, one of his best ever, and remember when it came out, still have the album, and in great condition also.
Legend
I love how the first word that comes to all of minds with this is MASTERPIECE 🙌🙌🏽🙌🏿
Great classic song, very prophetic back in the day.
Prince was a genius, who was way ahead of his time... Sadly missed.
Today in 1986, Prince recorded the song Sign 'O' The Times at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.
Released ahead of the Sign O’ The Times album, Sign O’ The Times was the first track released with a credit of “Prince” (rather than “Prince and the Revolution”) since When Doves Cry.
Prince performed all vocals and instruments on the song. The song was constructed by Prince almost entirely on the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer, which provides the primary keyboard riff and sampled electronic bass sounds heard on the track. All of the Fairlight sounds used on the song are factory presets, including the famed "orchestra hit" towards the end of the composition.
The song was originally intended for two separate Prince studio albums meant to be released in 1986, both shelved: Dream Factory and Crystal Ball.
Sign O' The Times was reportedly written and composed on a Sunday, when Prince usually wrote his most introspective songs.
#prince #signothetimes
Always trying to push himself musically is the sign (pun intended) of a unique artist who isn't afraid to expand his creativity and inspirations. Prince did that time and time again throughout his brilliant career.
I still remember the day that he played a lot of his songs for the first time. I grew up less than 3 blocks from Prince. Spent a ton of time at The 1st. I was even in the back of the room when they filmed Purple Rain.
As a person he was a jerk. But as a Musician and Singer, literally 1 of the Best. I lived right off of Chicago and Portland in the later 80's. Gangster Disciple territory. The GD. That's what they called themselves in the 80's.
❤🎉He was a genius gemini man
There's no more relevant song than this piece of art
This is America
Ball of confusion- The Temptations
Money don’t matter and man in the mirror
@@angeloadams3069 they dont care about us
This song is seminal and thought provoking. It was the first song to mention AIDS, the Crack problem with drugs and Gang warfare, Star Wars and the bomb deterrent all in one song. Prince was an underrated genius. He could play 13 instruments and make a discordant song sound melodious by adding a tune. The man had loads of talent.
I'm an absolute fan of Prince, however I never thought to listen to this album, thus for some reason didn't like it. However, when I actually listened to it, it sounded great! And it its just fantastic, like this song, which I now adore! I should never doubt an album when it comes to this legendary, caring, talented, kind man. Long live his Purple reign. 💜💜💜💜
The lyrics were so real, they had to be the center of the video. Too bad theses words are still so true today. Let´s all continue working for a better world.
😍FOR ALL TIMES 🤙
Real talk...
Mods please ban spare time novels, thank you
We miss you master and David Bowie and Whitney and George,Michael Jackson.tnx for the music.
my fave Prince song BY FAR the lyrics are pure genius
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Every time this comes in the radio and my hair stands on end, I ask myself the question: “Is this the greatest song I have ever heard?”