Dave Grohl Tells The Story Of Jamming With Prince In An Empty Arena: "It Was Awesome!"
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- Dave Grohl tells the larger-than-life story of jamming with Prince during soundcheck in an empty arena. Can you guess which Led Zeppelin song they played? Foo Fighters' tribute to the Purple One, plus many more, can be seen as part of "Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute To Prince." airing on Tuesday, April 21 from 9-11PM ET/PT on CBS and streaming on CBS All Access.
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Prince just “appearing” out of nowhere is the most Prince thing I’ve ever heard lol
Lmao that’s what makes the story believable. If it wasn’t extra it would sound made up
He was like Batman lol
It's been said that Prince appeared like Houdini, played like Hendrix, and strutted off stage like George Jefferson.
This is so accurate, lol.
OMG, what a GREAT description!!!
yo u r 2 funny because u 4got he did the splits like james
Don't forget that he danced like James Brown too!
Not only has it been said, its on video.
Dave Grohl, member of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, jams with Prince once:
"Oh god, this is the best band I've ever been in in my life."
He wasn't wrong.
Prince alone trumps them both.
@@rokaanalzeer And not only those. David Grohl was member of Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails. He recorded with Tenacious T and even played with the reminding members of Led Zeppelin. This guy has been playing with a damn lot of musicians in his time. And he is not ashamed to say that Prince topped them all...
@@MrRookie1981 There's something with prince
So...uhm... nobody's gonna question how Prince appeared out of thin air? We're just skipping over that part of Dave's story?
Dave is the boy next door that found the golden ticket. No matter how old he gets, he is just a 12 year old boy, living the dream.
Right! Battling Animal on drums LOL!
@@vatoloco1528 "Beat Drums! BEAT DRUMS!" Lol
Perfect analogy!
From playing in his mom's garage to Madison gardens
Not only the respect he has for his craft. The fact that he turned down playing with prince on the sole reason that he was hammered, speaks volumes. He respected him to the point that he wouldn't want do do prince the disservice of showing up drunk. But his mindset for rock and roll. I remember watching a monolouge of his where he says: "if you go to a concert and listen to some band who just plays as a job, it's just for money and recognition, you might as well go watch some robots do a stageshow. But when you hear someone play rock and roll, and really walk it like they talk it, and play from the heart. That's thr most powerful thing in the world." (Might be paraphracing a bit)
You know Prince had respect for Dave when he covered the Foo Fighters during the Superbowl.
Absolutely.
@@ricosalvaje5802 100%
AND PRINCE HATES COVERS if that doesn’t speak in volumes idk what does
@@67WSW false he hates when people do covers of his songs and sells them on albums hes done countless covers
@@tydeprince7197 Obvious. And the new live album that is part of the WELCOME 2 AMERICA deluxe package oughtta put that theory to bed. Wait until you hear Prince's cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This."
Dude, Imagine seeing Dave and Prince playing,
"whole lotta love",
they were a few lucky techs in the arena that day.
I BET IT WAS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!
Pffff Ed Van Halen played it better
And no video of it!!! :(
Why every tech gets into the biz, but precious few have such a dream manifest
I bet it was lame
Howard Stern: "Do you think Prince is a better musician than you?"
Dave Grohl: "Dude, Prince is a better DRUMMER than I am."
Prince was just in a league of his own.
I use to argue who was better - Hendrix or Prince
I finally after seeing him live and finding a ton of solos prince had played.
Prince is just prince. Hendrix is Hendrix
I believe in one of his first interviews Prince even said I dont want to be compared to Hendrix as there is only one Hendrix
But I truly believe Prince was q better guitar player as he was just so well rounded. He could play anything, anytime.
@@alexn3742 Prince was the most gifted musicians in our generation. When you hear one of todays greats speak of him like a fan at the end of a concert you know just how great he was.
"i never saw him again.." so sad. Such a talent. Lost.
@Andrew H Damn it has been years since I heard that analogy. Only that Hendrix was the best guitar PLAYER. He could evoke sounds like no one else. To me a guitarist is a virtuoso like Steve Howe, Randy Rhoads, Chet Atkins or Guthrie Govan. to name a few
This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoi th-cam.com/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/w-d-xo.html
Nothing humanizes a rock-star more than watching them fangirl over someone else.
I love that Dave is a fan of almost everyone no matter the genre.
Prince did an impromptu performance in Minneapolis in 1989 for his local fans…$10 to get in. He had the purple cape on and played for 4 hours nonstop. 💜
WOW!! No doubt that was beyond incredible!!💜💜
Dave Grohl seems endlessly thrilled with whatever happens to him.
Hahaha like a little kid....🤣🤣🤣
All the takes when hes got a hangover, in a bad mood, stubbed his toe, didnt sleep well and has a headache, those interviews? Got shelved, seems the magnitude of the draw for youtube interviews is directly proportional to how fun, informing, and engaging they are to watch.
Well put. He appears to be one of the rare ones who understands how unique his life is and the rare opportunity he’s earned to be living the dream that so many will never be able to live. I dig his infectious energy and how unselfishly he shares it with those who’re willing to pick it up.
It sounded like he was so impressed by Prince's Musical Knowledge. The man played 7 instruments and was literally a musical prodigy child. I mean he literally orchestrated a song off of Daves Drumming while he was also playing the guitar. Crazy Insane.
@@jpslayermayor9293 wtf are you talking about dude?!
That’s bad ass that Prince said Dave had a heavy foot. Then started playing Whole lotta love. That’s a Bonham compliment if I’ve ever heard one.
And Prince never fucked around when it comes to musicianship - he must have truly respected Dave if he said that.
Broke my heart when he said “And I never saw him again...” But still an awesome story!
No dude, that's the mystique of the Formerly Artist.
He talked bullshit all day long.
@@j_freed Bullshit? What bullshit? Prince named himself the "Artist formerly known as Prince" because he had broke his contract with Warner Bros, which stated that he couldn't use his own damn name if he broke the contract before his 5 years he "owed" the company were done - yes, Prince was his actual name, or should I say their actual name because Prince was non-binary ("I'm not a man, I'm not a woman, I'm something you will never understand")... anyway...
So "Artist formerly known as" is a legal thing, nothing else. They were just that clever.
Oh and Grohl said that he had a school fundraiser the next week...
It's not different than "normal" people : life goes on, you had a great moment, and then you think about it, but hey, you got stuff to do.
And prince had STUFF to do. Like rehearsing 3-4 shows at the same time. And producing other top artists... name it
So the only bullshit I see around here is yours, J.
BTW my dad worked in his studios so I know what I'm talking about.
@@jas_bataille Prince was not non-binary- he was a straight, hyper-masculine man. I'd bet any amount of money that he wouldn't have identified as non-binary- he detested people projecting labels onto him... that includes overly broad labels. Those lyrics are from the perspective of Jesus/God, which is used as a metaphor in the Purple Rain film as his *father* says "I would die for you" to his mother in one scene before ending up in the hospital. In Christian theology, the "father" is incredibly important, symbolically, so the allegory holds up really well when Prince's main character writes and performs that song in dedication to his father. I agree with you about everything else though. I really love Prince.
@@jas_bataille EXACTLY! Dude was amazing. But he was known for being INCREDIBLY FLAKY! Most stars are. No biggie. It's not an insult.
I could listen to Dave tell stories all day.
Ryan Kenyon listen to skeeter by the melvins then
perfect! me too! lol
well you're in luck, tho its not him talking, he writes out stories (he posted this one a few weeks back actually!) on his second insta page, its called like daves stories or something i cant remember
Right!
@@thedrummingginger5287 Holy shit. All these years, I can't believe I never realized that was Grohl talking!
"Oh god, this is the best band I've ever been in in my life."- the drummer from Nirvana.
Prince was a genius. I was lucky enough to see him in concert 4 times. My friend was working in security for one of the concerts. He told me that on one of the days of the concert he arrived at the venue early. He was experimenting with a riff he had in mind and gradually expanded the melody, created an awesome solo, added in other instruments, and the lyrics and by the end of the afternoon he had a completed song which he then played at that evening's concert. That's how easy it was for him.
I read that Prince heard music in his head constantly. What a burden
Some people just born that way; genius brain and full of talent.
Sometimes it just flows. I remember watching the story of how Suzanna Vega wrote "Luka", and she indicated that, while the concept had been kicking around in her head for a long time, the actual writing just sorta happened. It was started and over in 10 minutes. She still has her original notepad and it had zero edits.
To be clear, my intent isn't to compare Suzanne Vega to Prince, but sometimes it just flows. For Prince, he was truly prolific - for him, it flowed early and often, and frequently resulted in one iconic hit after another. Sometimes he sang those hits, and other items it gave it to someone else, but the guy was a truly special creator. The Bangles, Shiela E. (ok, girlfriend, so it figures), Alicia Keys, Sinead O'Conner, Chaka Kahn, Patti Labelle, and even Stevie Nicks sang Prince penned hits. Heck, Kenny Rogers sang a Prince tune.
@@henrimatisse7481 I hear music in my head constantly. It's in no way a burden - I've never known anything different. Yes, I'm a musician. And yes - it helps.
Michael Jackson was like that , too..
Saw Prince play Whole Lotta Love at an after party in Winnipeg on his birthday in the mid 90s. Probably the single best cover of anything I’ve ever heard.
Gives me chills just thinking about it. Saw him in concert once. No band. Just him. It was amazing!!
"You've got a heavy foot, man."
LEGEND 💜
Moffett has the sugar, Grohl has the lead
What that mean?
David Grohl went to his kid's school fund raiser, he lived happily ever after keeping things real.
I sat a couple seats away from Dave at that Forum Concert series performance that night- in the front row of the risers. I remember Dave just standing around at the end of that concert kind of stunned by the whole thing he just saw- I think you could see he was really kind of blown away by the performance.
Everyone waited forever for Prince to come back out for an encore because rumor had it the night before he had played like an hour after the end of the concert and he just kept playing. So this night, nobody went home at the end. Nobody. The applause went on for a very long time and he never came out.. ... like a half hour or so and eventually when people finally gave up and after the cameramen came down from the overhead rigs and after the lights went back on Prince rode out on a bicycle and tooled around the main floor for a few minutes with a big smile on his face and he quickly left. I won't forget that one anytime soon.
All seats for all 19 Forum concerts were the same low price. ALL SEATS. My front row seat that night was 25 dollars. So I went like two more times later that week. No two nights had the same setlist. Amazing concert series. I loved the fact that he priced the concerts cheap enough that everyone in town could afford to go.
Real music by real musicians.
Man I wish I had been around LA then, that sounds like such a kickass time, so jealous.
I only went to the L.A.Forum 1x. I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan before he was famous. Talk about Blown Away. He opened for the Moody Blues. BUT I did get to see Prince in Chicago with great seats. I will never forget that show either.
I do wish I got to see Prince play live. Truly one of the greats
I'm a bassist, I saw the Purple Rain tour.
I was stunned as well at the end of the show.
I'll never forget it..
I was at The Forum too! With my $25 ticket, thirteen rows from the stage. Purple Rain live, it was just like heaven.
Prince was notorious for his after show jam sessions. I saw him at the forum for the Welcome 2 America tour and one night he played a show that lasted 4 hours / we thought he was done ✅ since he had already done 10 encores but as we’re shuffling back to our car - Prince was still jamming - we could hear him still rocking for those with the will , the strength to rock w him … the man was a force . Unbelievable…. Oh and the shows cost exactly $25 bucks to see a legend - I went 3 nights to see my musical hero . Thank you Prince ☔️when he played purple I got chills .
Prince was a musical genius. Seriously, what a catalogue of work. Just unbelievable. What a loss.
one of Kanye West’s fans tried to make fun of me when I called Prince a musical genius lol
Dave Grohl is well-liked and well-spoken of because he truly is a fan as well an idol to many. Cool guy it seems
ice18 He says the same about every other musician he talks about.
I like Dave because it seems to come from a real genuine place. He has no one to impress telling that story 💜
Dave is an definition of a fan being really famous.
hes fake, doesn't speak on politics or use his platform for greater good, his band mate Kurt was murdered by his girlfriend and he stayed quiet like a coward
He IS a cool guy... My good friend is a huge fan of his as well as a musician. One day he got a call that Dave and his band just pulled up to his bar in Prescott, WI on their motorcycles... My buddy was like 30 minutes out and Dave waited for him so they could meet. That's pretty damn nice!
Prince was a musical genius from another dimension.
Ten fold
@@snakeman6124 double ten fold
Dave Grohl is the most humble superstar of the music industry. That guy everyone wanna share a beer with and just cheer out enjoying the best stories in the world.
I love Prince stories. They’re always crazy and unbelievable.
Prince stories are unbelievable. Dave’s stories are crazy fun. So you know Dave’s story about Prince is going to be entertaining. :)
Every single Prince story I hear or read has the same commonality; Prince is otherworldly and to even just be in his presence is something that feels like it can never be matched. I've never met him, but I've seen him play a small venue right after playing an arena and I have not seen anything like it since. He was such a gift and I miss him every day.
I completely agree with everything you wrote. It kills me that drugs got him. I miss him too.
That’s exactly how I imagine any professional musician to act when they square up with someone like Prince. The dude was a powerhouse of technical skill, musical knowledge, precision, soul, grace, and rhythm. It would be a huge mistake to play with him while drunk. Good call on Dave’s part.
@trufiend138 How many albums have you made? You are basic, Grohl is a legend!
for real...
Unless you were like Bonzo. He was drunk half the time and he was still better than 99% of pro drummers. I have seen and heard so many bootleg performances and you would never know he was drunk. I have heard Page being out of it, but not Bonham.
God, what I would pay to hear Prince on guitar and Dave on drums performing whole lotta love
I love hearing people talk about Prince, doing that and listening to his music keeps him alive!
It really does, and that really means a lot
keeps me alive as well
@@bambicymone9390 I know what you mean Bambi!
The jimmy fallon story is great , about ping pong look it up if u have not heard it .
As Dave was telling this, I literally forgot that Prince had died. Seeing the date the video was posted, I somehow thought this had just recently happened. Reality finally clicked half way through the story.
I think I _still_ haven't fully accepted Prince's death.
Whenever somebody tells a great Prince story, they just light up. It's awesome.
"I'm like, oh God, this is the best band I've ever been in in my life!"
💜
MamaBoots1111 and Taylor stayed in bed for 6 weeks after hearing that
He says that about everyone
CJ Live he was in Nirvana too
Thats crazy considering he was in what some people consider the greatest band ever (Nirvana) if not one of the top 3 bands.
@Russell White I totally agree with you. Mainstream media have them in the upper echelons of music. They were a shockingly good band. I had totally given up on rock music coming out of the hair band days of the 80's. Im a r&b, funk, soul lover but I had an appreciation for rock. So my all time favorites are EWF, Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown & the JB's, stuff like that. Nirvana dosen't rank with those bands, but I like them.
Oh my god it's funny to hear Dave talk about Prince like he's a kid in a candy store 😂
HUGE fan of both!
He never acts like he’s too cool for school.
I love how he minimizes his talent. DAVID GROHL IS A LEGEND!
@@mattwaldman4104
Dave Grohl is a legend mostly because of his attitude. Don't get me wrong, he's good but his career would have taken a much different trajectory if he was a dick or acted at all like Prince. Prince is a legend for being one of the best raw musical talents on the planet. Dude could play anything and play it so damn good that it made me wonder if he was actually a human or some future robot sent back to torment mere mortals trying to play "music".
Prince stories are always amazing.
Find Marc Doty's story here somewhere on TH-cam...his channel is AutomaticGainsay.
The Carlos Boozer tale is one of my favorites. At first it seemed like it wouldn't end well. Then Carlos is like "Prince is a hell of a dude"!
Or weird.
@@DChrls true
Yes - with a bit of mystery in each! (as Prince was)
Prince's ability to make amazing talented artist and celebrities into fanboys is legend.
Played guitar like Hendrix,danced like James Brown,electric on stage and wrote tunes that were Pure Purple-Dave Grohl,like all us mortals,a huge Prince fan and all round good guy too.
@Deese Knutz What a racism? Prince simply associated with pop star turned out to be great instrumentalist, guitarist so many ppl asocciated him with guitar Icon being Hendrix (for many ppl)
@Deese Knutz Prince dressed flamboyant like Hendrix his playing was a cross between Hendrix and Santana.
Deese Knutz
Great job making a cool musicians story about a cool musician he loved that he got to play with about race. Bravo, you are so strong, brave, and progressive. You are the best and I hope you find more positive comments to shit on! Much love mister, you are so talented and insightful
@@electric8668 Richard Peniman died last week. That was Prince long before Rogers Nelson.
@@wanttosayadrem2551 yeah I wondered what the fuck he was talking about in that regard too .
time to watch Prince play While My Guitar Gently Weeps for the 400th time!
I still wonder what happened to his axe when he tossed it overhead...
We all deserve a Prince story. Even as fans, we want one of our own.
We can have them in our dreams
And in classic Prince form... Dave had one of his greatest experiences ever, and then it was over. Prince never called again. Perfect.
A lot like Kevin Smith's story of how he made a documentary for Prince that went into the Prince vault, never to be seen.
Yeah that was Prince alright lol he was so elusive and we loved him for it.
@@PaulGuy --- it's hilarious how Kevin Smith was bustin' on Prince but it came out seeming like a bigger fan LOL
I miss Prince, a lot.
Prince was the rare musician who was as popular with the masses as he was with musicians. He was as much as a people's entertainer as he was a musician's musician like whether you're a singer, a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist, a saxophonist, a pianist, a music producer, you've got to respect Prince's musical mastery.
In general, you're either adulated by the masses or adulated by musicians marveling at your mastery but both across the whole board at this level is rare.
It's nice to know one of my favorite musicians, from the rock world, understands how great of an artist Prince was/is.
They're both from the musical world. Plus Prince was a rocker.
@@billybones2521 Prince was a rocker indeed, but somewhere down the line White rockers stopped seeing it that way, so I totally get it how awesome it is to hear Dave Grohl talk about Prince with such geniune admiration, being a lifelong Prince fan as well as a longtime fan of Dave Grohl.
@@jovanreid6782 Afro-Americans invented modern music , be it Jazz, Spirituals, Gospel, Blues, R'n'B, Soul, Funk, Rock, Punk or Rap.
@@jovanreid6782 Funny that in the 80s when every metal head tried to look as much like a woman as possible, they thought Prince went too far with it lol
Yes blacks did☺
There was only one Prince, insane talent.
"You wanna play drums?"
"YEAH!!"
LOL. Dave Grohl. We all have our idol's. Rest in peace Prince. He may have been a bit strange, but he ripped arguably the most iconic rock and roll induction ever with his performance on "While my guitar gently weeps".
I love your work Dave, respect you as not only a bandmember of Nirvana, but lead vocalist, drummer, guitar player, song writter.
Prince absolutely destroyed that tribute. We'ld be kinding ourselves not to acknowledge Prince as one of the best guitarists in our century.
Why "a bit strange"....qualify that? We may think you strange, isn't that subjective? So what have you accomplished from maybe being strange to Prince that may be noteworthy?
Prince was NOT strange!! He was brilliant and articulate and had mad respect for other musicians! He was just very quiet and quite introverted until he was performing music. Damn I miss him being on this planet and kicking ass in the music world!💜💜💜💜
He’s the best storyteller. He could talk about the table of elements and I’d be enthralled
Saw Prince twice in MSP. Nothing compares.
Stories like this are why I'm still in denial that Prince is actually gone. I'm not ready for a world without that genius. Dave Grohl is one of the coolest musicians in the world, and it's totally relatable how much he was fan-boying out.
Dave seems like THE most personable dude ever -- rock star or next door neighbor. Doesn't even matter. Just so personable. I'd love to have a beer with him, and I don't even drink beer!
Over rated guy
That's Awesome..... yeah, I don't Drink either. Trust me, I tried.... when I was younger, It just didn't settle well with me.... Still doesn't. Some Foo-Foo Lady-Like drinks I can handle, but Still, I better have a joint to calm my stomach down. LOL. Mary Jane is my thang..... Always enjoyed the relaxation and the handing off of the Joint and the Intelligent Conversation. If he puffs, I would love to smoke and chat with him, If not, I would gladly still chat with him.
@@francoisgosselin4356 LMGDMFAO @...... over-what?!..... Are you serious?! over rated.... Says the person that Talent has Escaped All Their Life. LOL. That's Funny. And No, not Talented, Funny..... just kind of fukkin funny. Well, good Luck with that. LMAO.
Real Music. Real Musicians. Unmistakable. “Top 40” take SERIOUS NOTES! ✝️💟☮️
TRUTH!
One of the greatest regrets of my life is I never saw Prince in concert. Damn man!
I never got to truly see him in concert either, although it was the very first concert I worked at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee back in 1997. Unfortunately I was stuck in the catering kitchen taking and processing orders for the private skyboxes.
I saw him in Baltimore during the Jam Of The Year tour. Amazing show. The dude was freaking funny as hell, too! When they got to Face Down, he asked all of the people who brought kids to hit the concession stand. When he finished, he called them back in. Legen.... wait for it.... dary.
You can tell the pure childlike joy that Dave felt having that moment. That's amazing
i was grinning through the whole story. so great.
stephen williams Irie !!!! Me too mon
"And I never saw him again". So epic, and so sad.
Dave Grohl is THE ambassador for Rock... He's freaking Mr. Congeniality of the music industry. Class act from day one.
The world 🌎 is not as nice a place without Prince in it...Love Dave Grohl❤️
All the stories about Prince suddenly appearing out of nowhere makes me crack up. He's an alien! LOL
Dave is the best story teller. I could listen to his stories all day.
Love Dave Grohl. Comes across as such a humble dude. The last thing he says...the school fundraiser...says it. He's a famous rock n roller, but his heart is in the right place.
Dave and Prince collaboration hidden in the vault???mouthwatering prospect..we can dream
I love that the “Recording Academy / GRAMMYS” can’t figure out how to mix the background music 🤣🤣
Hahahaha! Truth!
What a blast. Oh poor Dave! Heart-warming dedication to his family. The man has his priorities right.
@@Rxzwell "murdered" ummm
Dave Grohl after all of his success in his storied career is still "just happy to be there".
I heard Dave did a fantastic job on Darling Niki and the drummer 😍 Would love to see the whole tribute. Prince was loved all over the world not just USA 💜
He has got to be one of the nicest guys in the music business. He always comes across as humble, fun to be around and the kind of guy almost anyone can be friends with.
True…
Dave is honestly just the coolest celebrity ever. He’s so humble and down to earth. The way he gets giddy when he gets to rock out with other rock stars. He’s the one celebrity I would love to meet before I die.
He's one of several on my list! Unfortunately I never got to meet my "idol, THE music god" 🎶 Prince💜💜🎶.
Man, that would've been something to see. Prince has always been, in my book, not only an amazing person and singer, but one of the MOST talented instrumentalists. Dude could play just about anything he was handed, but stayed so humble. Miss that dude.
💜💜💜💜U said it all dude!!
I think what I love most about Dave is that after all this time and two very influential bands, and all that he's accomplished, his passion is immeasurable. He seems like he would talk to anyone about music at anytime. Having a boatload of talent and confidence really helps.
Let's all be more like Dave and never lose our youthful, exuberant, excitable energy. #legend
hes a coward, do your research Kurt was murdered and he stayed quiet
@@Rxzwell Get a life, loser. It was a shady situation but what do you know? You watched a few video's and read something.
He’s cool because he didn’t let stardom go to his head,he’s still a down to earth guy.
hes a coward, stayed quiet when Kurt was murdered by Courtney
@@Rxzwell wtf did you want him to do? He was traumatized.
@@SmashyPlays what would u do?
Rozwell VII wish you would stay quiet,your opinion sucks.
Absolutely love how excited Dave Grohl is he is so down to earth
Love this story (no matter how many times I hear it) because Dave met one of his heroes and wanted to keep it there! He understands the magic of a moment. I get it. He could have made it to follow-on engagement (he's Dave); yet, he didn't need to; the moment was magical and Dave sensed it was perfect as captured. No cameras, no press, just him and one of his musical influences.
Dave Grohl saying "and then I never saw him again" you can see the realization of what he said hit him and he almost gets emotional so he moves back away from the camera and ends the story quickly. I'm sure if he had kept talking he would have been emotional. Such a powerful moment when one legend is a fan of another legend. It's like watching Clapton get emotional about the last time he saw Hendrix.
wtf????
Makes me remember Kevin Smith's story about his experience with Prince. You just never know.
Goosebumps man. Dave is awesome. Prince... we miss you dearly.
Music and Prince are one and the same.
I love it. I love the fact that Dave is a huge rock start himself,but still gets giddy over meeting and jamming with Prince. ❤️
Ummm...who wouldn't be giddy after meeting Prince! He was a legend, a god of music!
Crazy to hear someone like Dave Grohl being starstruck.
lol. You're talking one of the greatest musicians of the modern era. Prince.
His music dates back to songs he wrote and produced for The Time. Those were the best man. Much earlier before Purple Rain or 1999.
"He is throwing musical hand. Signals! 😆 😆"
Dave: is Prince giving me the finger? Oh no, we're playing in "F"... got it!" LMAO
Chillest dude ever.
Dave was the guy in Nirvana that made you feel comfortable at their live shows.
What a legend. Dave and Prince. I am so happy to have been alive while these men walked this planet.
What a great experience. I’ll never forget when he was filming Purple Rain, I was an extra in all the concert Scenes at first Avenue, and when they were done filming I happened to be standing on the dance floor off to the side and than I noticed this small man walks by and it’s him. I just watch as he walks by trying to think of something to say. What do you say? Lol. So, I just smile and watch and inside my head I say I’m so proud of you. I guess I could’ve said that, lol. Miss you Prince.💕
Personally, I would say the same thing I have told a few Artist's I have met....... "I just wanted to say, THANK YOU!!, for everything you do and have done. You are Truly Gifted. So, Again, Thank You."
P.S. ,,,, Oh yeah, forgot to tell you..... That is STILL A Great Story you have there. You are very lucky to have had that time..... and obviously Gifted, as you were a part of that..... whole scene...... So, Nice 1. Peace.
prince often played at little clubs after his big shows... one of the girls who worked with me told me one morning, ohh i missed one of those small venues last night, i didn't hav the money to go, and i said , you should have called me.... i always meant to go when he played in san francisco to one of the small venues and i always thought i had time to see him... and the time went by... we played him almost every day in my clothing store, we designed men's clothing and sold out of small store on haight street san francisco.. i had cds hardly anyone had heard of him by him... sometimes my staff complained about how much i listened to him but i salute every minute of it.. he is alive and well to me forever
Prince stories are always the best, no matter who tells them.
I felt that story with every fiber of my being. So awesome.
This story is great, but even knowing basically how it was gonna end, I still got hit hard by how abrupt it was. Still not used to Prince being gone. Don't wanna get used to it.
Same.
He is not gone, that is the power of music. It lives forever. Plus his spirit remains. He is alive every time someone listens to his music.
I stopped believing that he's gone. Fuck that. Nope. That crazy mfer is alive and well. You can hear him in so many ways and it's virtually endless.
@Nickhead87 it's definitely a weird feeling to ache over a someone you've never met or interacted with personally, so I can understand how it seems awkward. To me though, certain musicians and groups especially feel pretty core to my life. That's sounds unhealthy when I write it out, but when you consider how much music plays a role in people's lives in the happiest and darkest moments, it makes some sense. When they aren't around anymore, it feels for me like the end of a great story or show or game. In this particular case with how unexpected it was, that's the real kicker. Like if Game of Thrones got cancelled after 5 seasons. To each their own though.
You must not be affected by music very much then. The soul of music touches the soul of people. When the creator of that music is no longer here soulful people feel the loss. Plus caring about people you do not know shows empathy and heart, not everyone has that nor knows what it feels like.
you can see that Dave is truly a fan of music....and thats why he is one of the greatest...
Dave is one of the best story tellers ever.
Some of the BEST MOMENTS always end that way!
I so wish that was recorded how amazing that would have been to see
grohlbabe that would have been amazingly dope!!
Knowing Prince, that jam session would have been recorded %100 ! That tape is somewhere, collecting dust !
This is one of the best stories of all times.
I've heard many Prince stories and they all have one thing in common. For some limited period of time you are Prince's shiny new toy. And then he drops you for the next shiny new toy. But for those moments when you are the shiny new toy, life can't be any better, and so you don't regret when the next toy comes along.
And then he covered you at the Super Bowl!! I melted to the floor!!!
I love these Prince stories.
"Yeah! I've got a heavy foot!"
-- Dave Grohl affirmed by Prince
That's probably my favorite part of the story.
When Prince says you have a heavy foot and Princes go-to for years was Michael Bland...you have a serious heavy foot.
"I had a school fund-raiser." LMAO. Dave is the real deal.
From what I gather from Prince’s history you’re either all in or nothing. You had to give up your life to play with Prince. Amazing story.
Fuck that then
He was known as a perfectionist. Go figure
I’m 56 years old and when grow up, I want be just like Dave.😎🤙🏄
When I listen to Dave describe his childhood, how he learned to play drums, the music he listened to while learning, his friends, influences...I am amazed that me, growing up in South Texas, and Dave have a lot in common. I suppose a lot was just the time we grew up, in the 70's and 80's. Dave is a few years older but I was so heavy into everything from Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath, and RUSH to The Sex Pistols, Germs, X, PIL and The Eagles, Manilow, Bread, Sinatra. I am self taught also, spending hours learning songs in my garage with a walkman. And I am first and foremost, I am a fan. Music literally saved my life! It was my outlet and my focus...it is my passion. I love to hear him talk about how he is star struck when meeting his influences. I understand it completely, having had the honor of opening shows for a few of mine over the years. Still get that way every now and then. Dave is someone I would love to meet one day and just compare notes. His note book is much more full than mine but to talk as fans would be great! It must feel amazing to know that people look at him exactly the same as he looks up to his idols!
4 years ago today. RIP