Prince Giveth and Prince Taketh Away
Mar. 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM in
Players, WTF, Well It's News to Me
Not many people think of Prince as a guitar player, but he is. And a damn good one. Here he is playing Dreamer, Hendrix-style:
Great performance. But did you catch what happened at the very end? The last 1 second or so? A guy cuts in front of the camera taking back the guitar Prince just gave away! What Prince didn’t know was that he’d given the guitar to a TMZ staffer. What’s TMZ? Oh, you know, that show that covers all that cheesy celebrity gossip? Like, say, I don’t know, when a celebrity pretends to give a guitar to someone and then takes it back? Oops.
The last time Prince was in Philly, my wife and I went the first night of a two night stint. It was so overwhelmingly mind-blowing that as soon as we got home that night, we went online and got tickets for the second night, which ended up being a different, yet equally amazing show. He is a flippin’ mutant god. Not only can he pull off face-melting Hendrixy stuff like this, but his clean funk rhythm playing is SUPREME, with killer voicings.
Best live performer I have ever seen, period.
I just had to share that with ya, Spence.
Bill Corvino
I don’t think he’s generally given enough credit as a guitar player. I think all his other eccentricities get in the way, quite honestly.
I completely agree with Bill.
Prince rocks!!
Saw him at the Meadowlands in NJ several years ago…and to my surprise…it was the best live show I have ever seen. Prince rocked the house.