Prince - Sign O' The Times (Official Music Video)

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  • "Sign O' The Times" from 'Sign O' The Times' (1987)
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  • @jessicawilliams1176
    @jessicawilliams1176 Год назад +304

    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

    • @gentlehorst
      @gentlehorst Год назад +8

      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.

    • @enricovankeeken1624
      @enricovankeeken1624 Год назад +1

      @@gentlehorst *`he died of h0rse ~~ Isn´t that **#ironic** 🤣😈´*

    • @StreetnastyEntertainment
      @StreetnastyEntertainment Год назад +2

      💯🙏💜🫡💫

    • @lizzysimner7715
      @lizzysimner7715 11 месяцев назад +2

      This is a genius record

    • @anaisan009
      @anaisan009 10 месяцев назад +2

      miss him more😢

  • @ToniWellons
    @ToniWellons 7 лет назад +1996

    Sign O' The Times is a musical masterpiece

    • @specirt6894
      @specirt6894 6 лет назад +28

      Undoubtedly !

    • @daveramdeen3937
      @daveramdeen3937 5 лет назад +16

      @@specirt6894 Couldn't agree with you more Toni.

    • @markchitwood2152
      @markchitwood2152 5 лет назад +10

      Agreed

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 4 года назад +8

      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.

    • @kareemwalton1289
      @kareemwalton1289 4 года назад +6

      Hell YEAH

  • @Szpzer
    @Szpzer 7 месяцев назад +19

    This is truly one of the best pop songs ever written. Genius!

  • @ididyermom3273
    @ididyermom3273 Год назад +54

    The Genius that was Prince.

  • @venanciahopkins5035
    @venanciahopkins5035 7 лет назад +717

    This song is thirty years old and the lyrics still rang true today! Prince was a total visionary!

    • @carlosvalencia5118
      @carlosvalencia5118 5 лет назад +7

      Exactly

    • @hermeticxhaote4723
      @hermeticxhaote4723 4 года назад +11

      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.

    • @tinalannen393
      @tinalannen393 4 года назад +1

      Disciples BD GD MD SD

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 4 года назад +17

      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.

    • @charlottejackson7690
      @charlottejackson7690 4 года назад +10

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  • @brock8128
    @brock8128 2 года назад +47

    Sign of the times was way before it's time... just like Prince...genius

    • @jaynieblueyes2270
      @jaynieblueyes2270 Месяц назад +1

      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

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 Месяц назад +1

      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.

  • @leemcbride9273
    @leemcbride9273 3 года назад +1210

    It's 2021 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.

  • @KOMET2006
    @KOMET2006 3 года назад +369

    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.

    • @sirprince9734
      @sirprince9734 3 года назад +5

      Agreed

    • @stephanieinman1551
      @stephanieinman1551 3 года назад +4

      Most definitely!

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 3 года назад +8

      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.

    • @jamesman5338
      @jamesman5338 3 года назад +4

      @@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.

    • @francescobattisti9926
      @francescobattisti9926 2 года назад

      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)

  • @shiquillabell1215
    @shiquillabell1215 2 года назад +86

    Prince was definitely before his time

    • @Jerrywest1
      @Jerrywest1 2 месяца назад +4

      what does that even mean

    • @haukionkannel
      @haukionkannel 2 месяца назад +5

      More like timeles.

    • @thegrimyeaper
      @thegrimyeaper Месяц назад +1

      @@Jerrywest1 At least she didn't say he was underrated....

    • @robertsonghurst8681
      @robertsonghurst8681 Месяц назад

      ​@@thegrimyeaperas a guitar player possibly most underrated

    • @droxxx3583
      @droxxx3583 Месяц назад +1

      Prince is and was timeless and will forever be.

  • @01BenMillar
    @01BenMillar 2 года назад +229

    It blew my mind when I was 14. I'd still vote it as one of the best tracks of the 20th century.

    • @robynsmith4164
      @robynsmith4164 11 месяцев назад +3

      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 ♥️🤠🌴

    • @nebojsadurmanovic2268
      @nebojsadurmanovic2268 10 месяцев назад +3

      This is a soundtrack for a failing soceity, an actual historical piece. It's eternal.

  • @mishawilliams3571
    @mishawilliams3571 8 месяцев назад +28

    A masterpiece ❤ 2024

  • @pauldove5740
    @pauldove5740 2 года назад +162

    It's 2022 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.

  • @calneon6549
    @calneon6549 3 года назад +572

    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?

    • @markhorton2920
      @markhorton2920 3 года назад +23

      Absolutely no one. Especially this day and age.

    • @burlhorse61
      @burlhorse61 3 года назад +11

      agreed

    • @markhorton2920
      @markhorton2920 3 года назад +4

      @@danielduplantier4526 So what example would you give then? Please explain why the statement is an example of hyperbole.

    • @MudSluggerBP
      @MudSluggerBP 3 года назад +19

      Only other Prince songs 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @lisacammarata7080
      @lisacammarata7080 3 года назад +5

      Amen

  • @stevehndz9300
    @stevehndz9300 7 лет назад +1105

    30 years ago. Prince was so ahead of his 'time.' 💜✝️🕊☮️☔️

    • @VarietyMusicLover
      @VarietyMusicLover 7 лет назад +17

      sign o` the times :)

    • @dimidynamite2452
      @dimidynamite2452 7 лет назад +17

      Indeed. Scan RUclips 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.

    • @Purple1984Rain
      @Purple1984Rain 7 лет назад +16

      He still is.

    • @FanofChowder
      @FanofChowder 7 лет назад +11

      This and "Praying For Time", were truly the first 'Lyric Videos'.

    • @Jsimm100
      @Jsimm100 7 лет назад +3

      stevehndz #Truth

  • @podmaneliction9744
    @podmaneliction9744 Год назад +5

    かっこええ、beautiful🥰🥰

  • @LoriDitchfield
    @LoriDitchfield 3 года назад +177

    This entire album is next level. Every song is brilliant.

    • @boxcomix1
      @boxcomix1 3 года назад +3

      Yup, my absolute favorite album of his.

    • @sabrinamejorado4331
      @sabrinamejorado4331 2 года назад +1

      Every1 of his songs are bad ass

    • @camel303
      @camel303 2 года назад +1

      @@sabrinamejorado4331 yeah right

    • @AC-mp7cx
      @AC-mp7cx Год назад +1

      didnt get as good ratings as PR

    • @bohemianbeaumontfilmsltd9418
      @bohemianbeaumontfilmsltd9418 Год назад +1

      Double album as well. How many artists today can produce,write,compose a classic double album?

  • @cazb877
    @cazb877 3 года назад +402

    This is not a song it’s a social commentary. Genius 💜

    • @thepitkeepa2478
      @thepitkeepa2478 3 года назад +8

      EXACTLY 👍🏾💯💯💯💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏼

    • @jalexmpe
      @jalexmpe 3 года назад +3

      Well put

    • @robertodandrea5587
      @robertodandrea5587 3 года назад +9

      Plus he wrote it 5 minutes on his own with a drum machine after a live show.. Can Harry Styles say the same?

    • @cazb877
      @cazb877 3 года назад +2

      @@robertodandrea5587 I would say not. Like I said Genius 💜

    • @KAZSANable
      @KAZSANable 3 года назад

      ⚡️💜

  • @jeslucas2515
    @jeslucas2515 Год назад +19

    It's 2023 and this song still resonates. Prince was a genius.

  • @marlinfish128
    @marlinfish128 2 года назад +32

    The baddest jam by Prince for me. Groove is too hard. Lyrics, brutal....funk meter, funkadelic level.

  • @michelemelucci4667
    @michelemelucci4667 11 месяцев назад +39

    He was so gifted.What a loss

  • @Thinkwild-sr4rr
    @Thinkwild-sr4rr Год назад +19

    It just doesn't get any better than this. One of the best songs ever recorded

  • @manonyeager1847
    @manonyeager1847 2 года назад +40

    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.

  • @burrwoodgehrke6887
    @burrwoodgehrke6887 4 года назад +716

    Prince was a Genius. He stood alone in a world saturated with mediocrity.

    • @TBOTSS
      @TBOTSS 4 года назад +7

      Really? I found Prince to be a vacuous little shit.

    • @mattchild9954
      @mattchild9954 4 года назад +35

      @@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
      @grunthostheflatulent9649 4 года назад +17

      Prince and David Bowie deaths really shattered me.
      Thank God their music is with us.

    • @Yrr666
      @Yrr666 3 года назад +13

      @@TBOTSS That's because yer a dumb fuck.

    • @CamPalinSmith
      @CamPalinSmith 3 года назад +4

      @@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.

  • @misska7535
    @misska7535 Год назад +16

    My mom absolutely loved Prince. She passed away before him😢
    Rip Angel's 🕊🌈🌾❤
    Still 🔥🎶 in 2023. A true lyrical genius. 🎶💯🥰💜💜

    • @tkowalke76
      @tkowalke76 7 месяцев назад +1

      Now they're jamming together! ❤️💜❤️

  • @freddyrobinson6453
    @freddyrobinson6453 4 года назад +319

    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.

    • @sirprince9734
      @sirprince9734 3 года назад +14

      we lived it! gen x and prince forever

    • @streetsbrook
      @streetsbrook 3 года назад +5

      Freddy, I totally agree. It’s his finest lyric and it resonates every time I hear it.

    • @jjasper2291
      @jjasper2291 3 года назад +2

      Don't forget about the revolutionair video clip

    • @carlhoward4220
      @carlhoward4220 3 года назад +5

      I am 54 years old know this song well damn the Reagan administration

    • @hanawana
      @hanawana 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/PobrSpMwKk4/видео.html ? !

  • @f.herumusu8341
    @f.herumusu8341 Год назад +49

    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.

  • @barryboertje7236
    @barryboertje7236 2 года назад +83

    Sadly this masterpiece is still relevant.

    • @christelvandenwyngaert1487
      @christelvandenwyngaert1487 5 месяцев назад

      He is very sexy

    • @BlackIce100
      @BlackIce100 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@christelvandenwyngaert1487Um, somebody missed the point 🤦🏽

    • @Trinatricks
      @Trinatricks 3 месяца назад

      It will always be relevant. Prince was a poet of times

    • @roemellobell
      @roemellobell Месяц назад

      You didn't know his name was Prince for a reason 💯

    • @michaelspyker8390
      @michaelspyker8390 Месяц назад +1

      More relevant than ever

  • @sherbertdip6924
    @sherbertdip6924 3 года назад +93

    Absolute masterpiece. Guitar dipping in and out is pure genius. Greatest all round Musician and sorely missed.

  • @riccardotrono4930
    @riccardotrono4930 6 месяцев назад +5

    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 💯

  • @RichardZumach
    @RichardZumach 7 месяцев назад +3

    A true musical genius never to be replaced and never forgotten !!! Thankyou Prince !

  • @mikecausey5860
    @mikecausey5860 Месяц назад +9

    He was an absolute genius

  • @zane1961
    @zane1961 4 года назад +136

    Ridiculously Brilliant!!!

  • @megabyteNZ
    @megabyteNZ 2 года назад +12

    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.

  • @chadachamberlain2728
    @chadachamberlain2728 2 года назад +45

    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

  • @carolewhittaker4052
    @carolewhittaker4052 2 года назад +5

    December 2021 30 th ... So relevant .. Endlessly ...Time 💜

  • @jameskeyes9112
    @jameskeyes9112 Год назад +10

    His purple badness still relates.

  • @sonyaphillips4027
    @sonyaphillips4027 7 лет назад +326

    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😍😘😄🎉😉😇😜🎊🌺🎊😜😇😉🎉😄😘😍😘😍😘😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

    • @dennisdelany9098
      @dennisdelany9098 6 лет назад +2

      Totally agree.

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 6 лет назад

      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.

    • @driggins67
      @driggins67 6 лет назад +2

      I am wrecked. I am blessed that I work in nyc I met him

    • @cliffbechard3402
      @cliffbechard3402 5 лет назад +3

      I think this same theory about John Lennon.

    • @ernestbutler4141
      @ernestbutler4141 5 лет назад +2

      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

  • @eijiaquarius
    @eijiaquarius 4 года назад +26

    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 !

  • @liesbeth3012
    @liesbeth3012 6 месяцев назад +12

    Unfortunately it is still relevant. Yesterday, 8 years ago, I cried my heart out...Prince is and remains for me the best artist ever!

  • @smiranda7696
    @smiranda7696 4 года назад +102

    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

  • @Jojo8080daisy
    @Jojo8080daisy 3 года назад +36

    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....

    • @judithgarner1081
      @judithgarner1081 3 года назад +1

      Like you so sad 😞 can't believe it xx miss him 😢 💔 xx

  • @VaronDiStefano
    @VaronDiStefano 2 месяца назад +10

    This is one of the greatest albums of all time

  • @FredericLEGUEN-Excel
    @FredericLEGUEN-Excel 7 лет назад +405

    This song is one of the best, ever !

  • @scioarete7987
    @scioarete7987 6 лет назад +75

    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.

  • @stevendunkley8284
    @stevendunkley8284 3 года назад +51

    Prince was my generation's Hendrix

  • @pokang100
    @pokang100 6 лет назад +16

    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.

  • @Anu90421
    @Anu90421 5 лет назад +36

    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.

  • @dimpsey3
    @dimpsey3 11 месяцев назад +7

    Prince constantly came out with hit after hit for decades, He was an excellent writer..

  • @akinicolette1979
    @akinicolette1979 6 лет назад +49

    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.

  • @AmandaEm7
    @AmandaEm7 3 года назад +5

    My man 💜

  • @paulettejohnson6261
    @paulettejohnson6261 7 месяцев назад +15

    I love me some Prince

  • @Frosty319
    @Frosty319 7 лет назад +57

    SOTT is a ground breaking masterpiece. It truly showcases this genius of an artist at the height of his powers.

    • @travvistodd6016
      @travvistodd6016 6 лет назад +2

      Agreed. An amazing array of styles performed, all performed magnificently. Absolute masterpiece.

  • @lorst55
    @lorst55 5 лет назад +38

    Prince being the GENIUS he was. Decades ahead of every artist in 80's!

    • @daveramdeen3937
      @daveramdeen3937 5 лет назад +1

      Lorraine Rotundo, I totally agree with you, still listen to his music, such a talented guy.

    • @andrealucibello8417
      @andrealucibello8417 2 года назад

      The best decade

  • @sportbikeguy00
    @sportbikeguy00 3 года назад +29

    Great classic song, very prophetic back in the day.

  • @dangerdave1455
    @dangerdave1455 6 лет назад +7

    OHHHHH YEAH!!!!!

  • @davidroberts5322
    @davidroberts5322 4 года назад +29

    Prince was a genius, who was way ahead of his time... Sadly missed.

  • @deborahmrs.p8706
    @deborahmrs.p8706 Год назад +4

    PRINCE truly awakening people
    He's very awakened Truth

  • @justmadeit2
    @justmadeit2 7 лет назад +49

    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

    • @daveramdeen3937
      @daveramdeen3937 5 лет назад +3

      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.

  • @Purple1984Rain
    @Purple1984Rain 7 лет назад +38

    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.

  • @yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322
    @yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322 3 месяца назад +3

    Its amazing how this song had a powerful message that still reverberates today! SMDH

  • @mattwstewart205
    @mattwstewart205 7 лет назад +237

    There's no more relevant song than this piece of art

    • @BrickCity_101
      @BrickCity_101 5 лет назад +8

      This is America

    • @misterblash5221
      @misterblash5221 4 года назад +3

      Ball of confusion- The Temptations

    • @angeloadams3069
      @angeloadams3069 4 года назад +3

      Money don’t matter and man in the mirror

    • @AC-mp7cx
      @AC-mp7cx 2 года назад +3

      @@angeloadams3069 they dont care about us

  • @chemicalBR0
    @chemicalBR0 3 года назад +34

    my fave Prince song BY FAR the lyrics are pure genius

  • @jfilesgraphics
    @jfilesgraphics 3 года назад +50

    This whole album was a masterpiece. It's like the Sergeant Pepper of his generation

  • @michaellaabs1538
    @michaellaabs1538 Год назад +8

    Prince was a hero in Minnesota. A fantastic musician, songwriter, & dancer. Gone Way Too Soon. F Fentanyl.

  • @ferlandriashivers3202
    @ferlandriashivers3202 3 года назад +89

    I'm 22 and this song gives me chills Everytime I hear it 😩😮

    • @sopwithcamelus
      @sopwithcamelus 2 года назад +2

      That's okay.
      I remember when this song came out.
      It still gives me chills too...

    • @MISTYEYED.
      @MISTYEYED. 2 года назад +1

      JUST IMAGINE WHEN THIS WAS RELEASED IN 1987. You missed out.

  • @BlackPrimeMinister
    @BlackPrimeMinister 2 года назад +52

    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?”

  • @yomiorimolade
    @yomiorimolade 6 лет назад +18

    Dis Song was a massive hit in Africa in 1987. That's 31yrs ago. Rest in Peace.

  • @d23bw
    @d23bw 5 месяцев назад +10

    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.

    • @_Ag-
      @_Ag- 5 месяцев назад +3

      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 🎢

    • @peterselie6500
      @peterselie6500 3 месяца назад

      you are okay?

  • @DeborahWhiteside
    @DeborahWhiteside 4 месяца назад +2

    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❤❤

  • @hannahschulte2038
    @hannahschulte2038 3 года назад +36

    Listen to the lyrics , and you will understand this mans music stood for something much bigger than his name

  • @danielhill7529
    @danielhill7529 2 года назад +9

    Prince owned the 80s !

  • @DingKong
    @DingKong 3 года назад +14

    Relevant then.
    Relevant now.
    Brilliant song.

    • @jackhall501
      @jackhall501 6 месяцев назад +1

      This will be always relevant

  • @MrLee2e
    @MrLee2e 7 лет назад +42

    this tune introduced me to the genius of Prince , these lyrics are more relevant than ever which is so sad but this song sounds like it could've been recorded yesterday which show it light years ahead of its time

  • @keleharvey4572
    @keleharvey4572 3 года назад +14

    The guy had tremendous vision

  • @sirricwebb8287
    @sirricwebb8287 Год назад +3

    He would never admit to being a genius
    Just an artist doing his thing about explanation.... expressing it.

  • @sdey893
    @sdey893 Год назад +5

    The One and Only!

  • @Lhiza_P
    @Lhiza_P Год назад +7

    On a Sunday morning listening to this jam 2023 🇿🇦

  • @chicocapelane
    @chicocapelane 6 месяцев назад +1

    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…

  • @lisacammarata7080
    @lisacammarata7080 Год назад +9

    2023 Prince Was Head Of His Time Yeppers Today 😢😢

  • @AlessioRomaMusic
    @AlessioRomaMusic 7 лет назад +31

    God Bless Prince 🌎❤️🎸🎶🎶

  • @babbleswhencaffinated751
    @babbleswhencaffinated751 5 месяцев назад +3

    I love how the first word that comes to all of minds with this is MASTERPIECE 🙌🙌🏽🙌🏿

  • @simonmiller5165
    @simonmiller5165 3 года назад +34

    An absolute masterclass. It’s only when someone is gone that you realise what you lost. A true visionary.

  • @melodyparsons4590
    @melodyparsons4590 Год назад +49

    Prince was an unrecognized prophet. We were robbed by his death.

    • @melodyal3357
      @melodyal3357 5 месяцев назад +3

      100%!!!🙏💜🌟🍀🌟💜🙏

    • @EllaGijsberta
      @EllaGijsberta 4 месяца назад +3

      The right answer❤

    • @thewoundedhealer4950
      @thewoundedhealer4950 2 месяца назад +1

      Very, very interesting comment. Thank you.

    • @suur-turku7806
      @suur-turku7806 Месяц назад

      He robbed us of him with his pill dabbling.

  • @shannonmcgrath1978
    @shannonmcgrath1978 2 года назад +2

    What a prophet!
    Thanks always, and again, for your kindness Prince!!

  • @ryanm5578
    @ryanm5578 6 лет назад +6

    RIP Prince. Thanks for your musical contributions to humanity. The fuel that fired your desire to be great has gifted us all with amazing/heartfelt music.

  • @paulerickson9200
    @paulerickson9200 Год назад +10

    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.

  • @LadyMargaretSteppin
    @LadyMargaretSteppin 9 месяцев назад +1

    I listened to this song growing up and just listened again and cried. With the beat I never really understood the reality of this song and how it affects those who understood it's significant!

  • @supadupahilton6848
    @supadupahilton6848 3 года назад +29

    I was never a hugh Prince fan, but I absolutely love this song.
    Probably more pertinent now than it was back then.

    • @CMDR_Verm
      @CMDR_Verm 3 года назад +1

      Same here. I'm not a fan but there's no denying the brilliance of the lyrics and music. God help us all.

    • @enricovankeeken1624
      @enricovankeeken1624 Год назад

      @@CMDR_Verm *i only rEAlly LOVE a hand full of Prince songs (but he wAs great) and he dEfinitely had his OWN sound*

    • @celaine1970
      @celaine1970 11 месяцев назад

      How can anyone not be a fan of Prince?!😯

  • @joesmithguide
    @joesmithguide 2 года назад +18

    This song didn’t get a lot of play on the radio. It’s a great song and stands the test of time. If they rereleased it today it would be a hit, no doubt.

  • @jesssweet2523
    @jesssweet2523 3 месяца назад +2

    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

  • @robjones2408
    @robjones2408 4 года назад +16

    Prince at his most sublime.
    The influence of that other talented Gemini, Curtis Mayfield is
    evident. At their very best, they were unbeatable.
    My one major regret is that I never got to see him play live.
    May they rest in peace.

  • @slappedhappy9549
    @slappedhappy9549 Год назад +25

    🔊I'm backtracking with this awesome (actual) track from one of my most worshiped musicians EVER!
    I'm 53yo now and still listen to old vinyls!Love the STARFISHNCOFFEE with the MUPPETS!

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 6 месяцев назад +2

    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]

  • @erniec987
    @erniec987 3 года назад +5

    Purple Rain & 1999 were great ... but for my money Sign O' The Times is Prince's greatest album and masterpiece.

  • @RobertoTifi
    @RobertoTifi 4 года назад +8

    33 years, still great. Prince, I miss u sooooooo much!!

  • @mathewdsouza3397
    @mathewdsouza3397 2 года назад +8

    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.

  • @chokesmc
    @chokesmc 3 года назад +35

    "A Man ain't truly happy unless a Man truly dies.........."

  • @LuvOneAnother
    @LuvOneAnother 7 лет назад +231

    Prince was 30 years ahead of everyone else when this came out.. He's spelling it out 4u here... this is relevant today still!

    • @mattgreen3696
      @mattgreen3696 6 лет назад +2

      he was just ripping off what punk rockers said 10 years earlier and they where ripping off old school country western

    • @conniejones413
      @conniejones413 6 лет назад

      Luv4oneAnother 1999)

    • @gilgameshian6066
      @gilgameshian6066 5 лет назад +3

      @@mattgreen3696 "ripping off" is a crass way to put it, but point taken. Prince still definitely has the look

    • @micjakes1
      @micjakes1 5 лет назад

      People that far ahead of their time don't live very long for some reason.

    • @mxghan9268
      @mxghan9268 5 лет назад

      Luv4oneAnother 1999 he did start

  • @betlea8070
    @betlea8070 2 года назад +20

    Came up through the ranks with Prince as the soundtrack to my life! Another one we lost way too soon!
    Listening in 2022 post apocalyptic Britain and this is as relevant today as the first day I heard it!

    • @gaggita9922
      @gaggita9922 2 года назад +1

      thanks to big pharma.
      Prince is just another number of deaths that didnt have to happen thanks to these crazy strong and highly addictive pills.

  • @DavidBowieNews883
    @DavidBowieNews883 7 лет назад +26

    Absolute genius and forever missed 💜