THE ENERGY IN THIS PERFORMANCE IS CRAZY! First Time Hearing Prince - America (Live 1985) Reaction!
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- 🎤 About Prince:
Prince, an iconic figure in music, known for his eclectic genre-blending, virtuosic musicianship, and dynamic stage presence, left an indelible mark on the world of music. His live performances are particularly legendary, showcasing his ability to captivate audiences with his energy, showmanship, and musical prowess. "America," performed live in 1985, is a vibrant display of Prince's unique style and his band's tight coordination, featuring a powerful message wrapped in funk-rock grooves.
Join us as we dive into Prince's live performance of "America" for the first time! Recorded during a time of political and social tension in the United States, this performance not only highlights Prince's musical genius but also his engagement with contemporary issues through his art. Watch our reaction to see how we're electrified by the raw power and fervor that Prince brings to the stage.
🎵 What to Expect in This Video:
First Impressions: Our immediate reactions to the electrifying opening and the infectious rhythm of the performance.
Musical Analysis: A breakdown of the instrumental and vocal arrangements that contribute to the intensity and appeal of the live performance.
Performance Dynamics: Insights into Prince's stage presence and how he interacts with his band and the audience.
Cultural Impact: Discussing the socio-political undertones of "America" and how Prince used his platform to address issues of his time.
🤜🤛 Who We Are:
We’re a couple who loves delving into the history of music, exploring performances that not only entertain but also provoke thought and inspire change. Join us as we uncover the stories behind iconic songs and performances that continue to resonate with audiences.
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Prince= the greatest musician of all time 💜
LOL tell me you don't listen to much music without telling me
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Change my mind?
@@thestrangemanreturnsI think Prince was the best all around performer/entertainer/musician. Because although there are much better musicians around, I still have yet to see one that encompasses the raw energy, athleticism, all while playing music very well. Was he the greatest musician? Maybe not. But he was pretty darn good and super versatile, and also played different styles of music as well. Funk, Jazz, rock, blues etc... and sometimes all in one song. So when we say he was the best, it is with all this in mind. Not to mention how insanely prolific he was...
@@antonioochoa9209 Prince is my favorite artist of all time and yes I agree he is the best complete main stream overall artist but my point is on the level of musicianship he is not the best. He's great but many better guitarists, drummers, bassists, etc.
If you're looking for a performance that showcases Prince's energy on stage, you should react to It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Great suggestion!!😊
Exactly. Best performance ever.
YES! I'm so happy you guys did this version and not the studio version. The studio version is good, but there's nothing that showcases the talent of this man better than a live performance.
Ikr!
Prince Tokyo Bambi Live. Thank me later :)
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He's talking about human rights.
Let let your children be free. Also talking about justice for all human life
He's talking about keeping children free from communism.
I think for Prince, it was more than just entertaining folks, he literally wanted everyone to come together and party with him - enjoy life to the fullest; live like there's no tomorrow.
I've seen Prince four times. No one brings the energy and performance. He plays, sings and dances all at once. Best show I've ever seen.
I'm sorry, if you want to see energy watch It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night. Pure energy and Prince plays drums!!! A must see!
It's in the"Sign of the times" tour. On the "Parade" tour (the album version was recorde live in Paris) he didn't play drums and Sheila E was only there for a few US shows but did the whole world SOTT tour.
While my guitar gently weeps is a great live performance.
Prince's musicianship and charisma were off the charts! And how tight is that band? Like a well-oiled funk machine. Just an absolutely insane performance.
And to think this is just one song from his concert set! And make no mistake his entire show had this level of energy, night after night. I got to see 4 Prince concerts and every time I left w my face hurting from smiling the entire time.
This was just recorded as a Promo.
Prince was filming Under The Cherry Moon and WB wanted a video for the next single.
Prince hired a theatre and word went out.
The preformed America twice as well as a version of Paisley Park as a thank you to the audience.
Then went back to directing and acting in his movie.
If u watch his hands….hes calling out signals to the band throughout
Prince also said you can't f*** with this band. Because they are the best
If you haven't seen it, you should check out his 2007 Superbowl performance.
Thank you for a really good review! The only thing Prince didn't do well was sleep. Best live concert experience, ever! "America, keep your children free!"
Purple Rain + Energy + Prince and the Revolution live Syracuse 1985 = 💜💜💜 Amazing!
Check out Prince in live performance of Play that funky music. You will not be disappointed
Oh yeah that's in my favourites.
Great satanic brutal death metal song.
The GOAT of music!
Wow‼️‼️💜 There is no other,, there will be no other,, Prince💜
Some people just shine as live performers, and Prince was one of those people. He was a musical savant and genius. Please react to, If I Was Your Girlfriend, from the Sign O' the Times movie (live performance).
In the autumn of 1985, Prince was filming Under the Cherry Moon in France. On a day off, they set up a tent, brought in about 300 French kids…for free. They recorded this and also played another song that I don’t remember. This is the only part of the performance that we have seen
Prince: Even among OTHER musical geniuses, he's Royalty.
Check out Montreux live 2009 performances of Empty Room, All the Critics Love U in Montreux; Lovesexy tour piano medley to name a few.
He played 27 instruments and most of the time did whole albums by him self.please do hot thing
he played keys, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, various synthesizers. that's not really 27 instruments -- he was incredibly talented but you're repeating the marketing vs. the reality.
@@romulus_ Percussion = 27 by itself lol. The only thing I haven't seen him play is woodwind and brass...but he could probably do that at well.
@@shegocrazy oh boy, yes. conga. triangle. wind chime. rain stick. good god, the shameless groveling and fan worship from grown adults. and no, he could not play woodwinds or brass. again, he's probably the best overall popular musician of our lifetimes, but don't fall for b.s.
@@romulus_ Well bugger me I just did a search and it seems he played sax on Deborah Allen's album ‘Telepathy''. She says he did anyway, so maybe she just assumed he did it himself.
Hot Thing concert version!!!!!
Absolutely great live performance!
I attended two Prince concerts back in the day. The Purple Rain and Love Sexxy tours! This is what it was like at a Prince concert! 💯 This is definitely 100% live!
The baddest mofo to ever grace the stage i love him i miss him im crying right now and no I will never be over him I miss you king thank you for all of your Prince reactions
His record music is just as good as his live music!! He played 27 instruments to perfection including the piano and keys!! He could make one song into a whole cencert!!! Prince was music and music is PRINCE! RIP your ROYAL BADNESS!!💜💜💜💜💜💔
He has a vault with over 1k songs in it. They say they can release a 10 song album every year for the next 100 yrs.
Please react to Prince Kiss Music Video 🤗
One of his best, and one of THE best, music vids ev-ah!
I love that video. Prince's dancing is next level, and Wendy... Wendy's just too cool.
@@KyleS.1987 Yes, his dancing is seamless cool and Wendy, lol--her expressions in that are iconic fun!
Any live performance you watch of Prince will never, EVER, be lip synced or played to a track! Prince didn't play that. He showcased the talent of not only himself but his band! The GOAT!!!!!
While my guitar gently weeps, rick n roll hall of fame live performance..please watch
The funk never dies.
Love Prince. Can’t help but dance when you hear his music. Genius gin way too soon 💜💜💜
His shows were legendary and after the concerts, in certain cities he would throw after parties where he would continue to play until the sun came up. The after parties were usually free if you presented your concert tickets or the first couple of hundred people showed up.
I don't know if anybody's mentioned it, but the band you see here (or anywhere) is strictly for live performances; on most of his studio tracks, Prince played ALL the instruments.
As far as recommendations go, check out Prince: Sign O' Times - LIVE - Movie Version (1987); you might want to have lyrics on hand. Also, for a non-music reaction, you know William Shatner, right? Two days ago he put a video on his offical YT channel, "Dear Canadian Open Net Salmon Farmers....", which is very short and very good.
prince music flowing all he's body this was amazing prince and revoultion is one great groups and bands ever in my life prince you are missed rest in peace .
Great performance by Prince & the Revolution! You're right, he and whichever band he was with at the time were like this every single show. Prince was known to be tireless, he's sleep only like 4-5 hours a day & was full of energy. I've seen him take over the bass guitar and keyboards in concerts, as well as the drums. And he wasn't even doing his real fancy dance moves here, he could really do some crazy stuff. Keep up with Prince, thank you!
He was 100% focused on music. He had endless energy, worked constantly and put it all out on the stage. He did a lot of jumping off the stage speakers, piano & different set pieces & almost always in heels, and he ended up with hip problems later. He was in a lot of pain and that's how he ended up on pain pills. He wasn't a recreational drinker or drug taker & people around him weren't allowed to do that stuff, but unfortunately being in a lot of pain ended with him addicted to pain pills, which ended up killing him. It's really sad.
Prince recorded over 1000 songs that never got released. They are stored in a vault with all his music videos and concert performances.
He did live up too, and he would go perform at small clubs on the down low after his concerts when he was on tour..All my Purple Life
You sound do Raspberry Beret video
I only got to attend 8 of his shows out of countless but this was a typical atmosphere his shows had. I'm pretty sure this is a filming of a live performance he'd done in France 💜💜🎉💜💜
Best live performances ever 👍
Honestly, anyone who saw Prince live like myself in the 80s and beyond realizes his genius and his perfection. I was in the music business in the 80s and met and saw many artists and performers live, but Prince had that rare charisma and talent that just stood out as electrifying and unequaled. His musical abilities were off the charts.
Below are the lyrics. Prince has said it's straightforwardly patriotic, and I can see that. This was written just before Gorbachev and Reagan began to thaw out the Cold War. A couple of years before this, Prince had a song called "Ronnie talk to Russia (before it's too late)"--we could use a similar sentiment today before NATO gets in a hot war over effing Ukraine, but I digress. Here he seems to say (the lyrics are great!) that America is flawed, duh, but it's freedom was better than much else out there in the world, especially (this was 1985) communism, and we should work to change things when necessary, but remind ourselves to be grateful for what we do have. I salute this sentiment! The studio version is fire, too. (Prince was also a Jehovah's Witness, a sect that was quite oppressed in many communist countries, and this may come into play when considering his staunch opposition to that system.)
"America"
Yeah
Peace!
Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Making money, losing time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
Jimmy Nothing never went 2 school
They made him pledge allegiance
He said it wasn't cool
Nothing made Jimmy proud
Now Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
Boom, boom, boom, boom
The bomb go
Boom, boom, boom, boom
The bomb go boom.
Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance?
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night is his best performance
Are you sure about that?
Yes... you can surely feel it through the videos, but if you ever saw him live, then you Know!
Another energetic band from Minneapolis, although not as popular is Morris Day and the Time.
He also often did after parties once his full concert was done for smaller audiences
That was a full on Musician Partaaayyyy!!!!!
Prince was a very underrated guitar player🙏RIP
I had to end at his performance.
He says No band can f*** with his band.
This was from a Club Gig in France during the Parade time. The Club Gigs and AfterShow Gigs were where Prince and all his bands just jammed, cut their teeth on new things and had fun. Some of his best versions of his songs were from these nights.
eg. Joy in Repitition-One Nite Alone After Show
I really like his Brit Awards 2006 performance for a live medley.
Prince would do a 1or 2 hour warm up rehearsal before the concert performance that night. Do a 2 to 3 hour concert. Then do a 2 hour after party concert. Rinse and repeat. Sometimes they would just go do studio work after concert to go record something new.
Shoulda Did Purple Rain Live In 1985 if You wanna see Guitar Work 🎉
They did
@stevenseul361 No they did the movie version not the 1985 live version that’s like 16 minutes long.
@@stevenseul361 fax PR "Live '85 " is LEGEND 😁
one of my least favourites when is about guitar playing. So poor image and sound quality and as well. For guitar playing, "Play That Funky Music" (Wild Cherry cover) medley in Los Angeles Forum or the audio of "Just My Imagination" (The Temptations cover) from the bootleg "Small Club".
@@oskarobit not Doubt on da 1st but, jus my imagination by the temptations was trash lol
This has been done in Nice, France, in a relatively small venue during the shooting of his second film "Under the cherry moon". A one-time show he did because he was missing being on stage. It was the second time he performed in France, the first one was in a Paris club named "Le Palace" in 1981.
BTW, I like the tongue-in-cheek humor of Prince making Lisa Coleman (at the keyboards) wear a Soviet general hat in a song named "America". After all, he also did a song named "Ronnie talk to Russia (before it's too late)" in his "Controversy" album...
Oh, and since you're talking about jumpng up and down you gotta check out a live version of "Housequake".
3rd verse:
"Jimmy Nothing never went to school.
They made him pledge allegiance,
Jimmy said it wasn't cool.
Nothing made Jimmy proud.
Now Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud."
More essential Prince: '1999', 'When Doves Cry', 'Raspberry Beret', 'Kiss', 'Let’s Go Crazy',and a personal fave from 'Purple Rain' that doesn't, mystifyingly, get near enough love, 'The Beautiful Ones'.
😍🤙🏼🎶❤️🍁💜✨️🕊
I’ve watched this video probably 1000 times and I still moved to it. So I love seeing when other people see it for the first time so far everyone has the same reaction!
Have you guys watched the AMA Awards performance of Whike My Guitar Gently Weeps. It’s awesome
I love your reactions about my favorite musician ever!!!!
Please react on „Motherless Child“!
Do me this favor 🙏
Greetings from Vienna/Austria
Great reactions! You guys should also check out his piano medley during a show in Dortmund.
As a 40 yrs fan, this was a one time performance shown on MTV, and as you can heard from the introduction, Prince & the Revolution were in (Nice) France! I believe he was there during the filming of Under the Cherry Moon . However, I cannot remember the details as to why this one performance! Also, I was able to get a Tambourine from a Prince show!!
It’s absolutely crazy the amount of energy Prince had, and it was all down to him wanting to put on the best show he could for his fans and the outpouring love he had for music in general. He was music
This brother was one of the best. There's nobody who can do it like him.
Dance plays instruments.
A real genius And a visionary
I mean Prince was just a genius. Plain and simple. His understanding of music and ability to execute a show could never be replicated. He is a part of music in the same way music is a part of him. In a way that no one else even touches. Truly a genius.
I really enjoy these videos.
"He's very musically inclined"....a hell of an understatement :)
I heard you say this might not be the actual recording. This is even better, it's directly from the soundboard. Something unheard of in music. It means any mistake would be picked up and it's before the sound is tampered with that directly feeds the speakers.
Basically it's the raw recording of the performance.
Story behind this performance....was in Paris filming his movie Under the Cherry Moon...he was feeling a lil homesick so this is why maybe such high energy,he has that always but this one was a pick me up jam
I saw him sing this twice. Once before this during the Purple Rain Tour and once afterwards during the Hit And Run/Parade Tour. Too funky both times. Yes, this is live with some overdubs. Apparently after filming this, Prince and Wendy both needed oxygen
I was there in the crowd, Las Vegas. It was UNREAL.
This was in Nice, France on October 27, 1985, during filming of "Under the Cherry Moon."
@@eltiochusma really? I don't know. I was at a concert where he did America and left. I could be wrong. But I was in Vegas when he performed. I was wasted, but not that wasted. 😉
Live performance in Nice, south of France. It was so hot him and his guitarist needed some o2 from emt just after
Great reaction Prince is one of my favourite artists i have his symbol tattooed on my wrist i recommend the morning paper's which Prince said it's closest to a Beatles song he's ever written
You gotta watch Purple rain live in Saracuse. Totally different experience than the video
Prince once said he COULD play the sax, but wasn't great at it and he had GREAT sax players in Eric Leeds and Candy Dulfer. He did play a little harmonica in "Thieves In The Temple" (and if you react to it, you NEED to do the extended version, there IS an extended version of the music video for it).
Shout out to the Purple Knight Podcast for this one✊. As a Prince fan. This is one of my fav prince songs (even though there is no such thing as a favorite Prince song🙃). This song also reminds me of Eminem who also did a similar song America.
Prince was known to play 19 different instruments. Most of his albums he composed and played all the them and then passed it on to his band to learn.
Prince.
And a revolution new generation power.
We're black & white.
But he is the leader.
He loved them Big women
❤🔥
I don't say this lightly but Prince was a musical genius and played over 20 instruments proficiently!He was also one of the top ten guitarists ever and his bands are always on point! If you enjoyed this song, you owe it to yourselves to check out other Prince's live performances! I suggest you start with his cover of the song Creep, you won't be disappointed!
Enjoy your trip down the Prince rabbit hole!
I love how he bought out this side of him.
You will really like his song Let's Go Crazy!
I recently watched your reaction to the Who. I think you might enjoy this one " The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978) " I once livid 500 yards from there studio and would often find Pete Towmsend (lead guiterist in the local pub) I hope you do a reaction to this.
No one can touch the beautiful maestro. If I was your girlfriend one night alone tour is fantastic
Earthquake Sign up The Times
No one can outperform this This man.
On this Earth.
He is the greatest.
Michael jackson Little Richet.
Sly and the Family Stone. Prince and his prime
I was wondering why the purple one's movements weren't on beat and then realized the audio sync is out.
You have to introduce somebody's people who was at that concert
And you got.
To see the performance he did for one of The Beatles. With Tom petty on a stage.
And they didn't. Get along.
I don't know what happened at that. This Tom petty is one of the coolest white dudes.
But Prince killed that whole performance.
Prince played 27 instruments. The sax was not one of them. He made 45 albums.
The extended single of this song is 20 minutes long. This is not form a concert. It was a one song video shoot. His French coat was pulled off my someone I the audience.
Check out his piano sitdown from the Lovesexy tour.
Read :Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince" by Alex Hahn
The 12” single version is 29 minutes long. This was a special video performance. Not from a concert.
Yeah, I should not be sitting. That's what it is.
Prince didn't say "Condo" He said "Living in a one room JUNGLE.. monkey cage" .. go read the lyrics, they're not under a pyramid somewhere
Hello B & B 👋🏾 Like tha reaction but on tha Purple Rain 🌂 if u were xpecting ennergy of sum sort i suggest u see tha movie 🎬 first and then u'll understand tha type of energy it was i tending 2b... THAT WAS PLANNED (as n tha script) of led of 2 it tha actual performance was given! An end of Triumph (personal & family) Jus seemed guys ragged on Purple Rain not what it meant! And wishing IF u were around @ that time like we were u also wudve felt tha energy btween Prince v Michael .. which stirred Michael in a good way of tha context of what tha song 🎵 REALLY meant! Anyway ✌🏾 🙂
Sign of The Times