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  • @tonyglover948
    @tonyglover948 4 месяца назад +217

    That's my mother cat glover that's singing the back ground vocals. And that prince is undressing. So IM so glad you enjoyed her performance as well as his. My mom is a legend as well as prince of course. Thanks everyone for all your nice comments. I'll be sure to let her know❤❤❤❤

    • @jjjones8609
      @jjjones8609 4 месяца назад +38

      Your MOM was the best back up dancer Prince ever had. Her chemistry in dance fit Prince’s music perfectly.

    • @ASalvaro
      @ASalvaro 4 месяца назад +14

      your mom is a total legend! so many of my favorite Prince memories back in the day have involved your mom..btw i am sure you have seen in but your mom did an interview on BET with Donnie Simpson in the late 80s that's on youtube that was excellent

    • @smittybenzo4693
      @smittybenzo4693 4 месяца назад +6

      Your Mom is absolutely amazing. My cousin would literally mimic her dancing and fill in the blanks when the camera cut away. 😄 Salute to you both 💜

    • @tonyglover948
      @tonyglover948 4 месяца назад +7

      @@jjjones8609 thank you so much. She def was

    • @tonyglover948
      @tonyglover948 4 месяца назад +8

      ​@smittybenzo4693 aww that's what's up. I'll make sure to let her know that. I know she will be very happy to know she left that kind of inpact

  • @russelltaylor561
    @russelltaylor561 3 месяца назад +24

    He's singing about the ultimate relationship between a man and a woman.
    He is her lover and confidant, her best friend and her protector... even if he was the somebody who hurt her, he would still protect her from himself.
    Prince turned vulnerability into his strength.

  • @farrellcityking1
    @farrellcityking1 4 месяца назад +24

    He’s singing from the perspective of a man wanting his woman to confide in him how she does her female friends. He wants the closeness that she only shares with them. In other words, he wants to be her everything. It’s International Playa talk through and through.

  • @nugglife3035
    @nugglife3035 4 месяца назад +91

    He's singing from his own perspective.
    It's about how he wants to be this womans EVERTHING.
    If i was your girlfriend... If i was your best friend, If i was your one and only friend. would you run to me if somebody hurt you? Even if that somebody was me? Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
    Prince is the only man in history who could steal your woman and double her wardrobe instantly.

    • @user-nc9vm6rw4i
      @user-nc9vm6rw4i 4 месяца назад +5

      truth

    • @whostheblackprivatestick8565
      @whostheblackprivatestick8565 4 месяца назад

      Sometimes, (but not this channel) people hosting reaction channels will shamefully use their captive audience members to add a measure of "spice" to their otherwise boring commentary/ies Sometimes there is a need for the host to position the spotlight on THEM--rather than the subject matter.
      Sad...but, true.
      So glad that doesn't happen here.

    • @user-mw3dd6ys1u
      @user-mw3dd6ys1u 3 месяца назад +2

      This was kind of an annoying reaction. She doesn’t watch Prince at all. Constantly stopping the song and really, come on, it’s not that hard to figure out the meaning of this one.

    • @heavydown2582
      @heavydown2582 3 месяца назад

      @@user-mw3dd6ys1u
      Truer words were never spoken.

    • @seymourheine7280
      @seymourheine7280 3 месяца назад

      @@user-mw3dd6ys1u
      I agree. Some reaction channels are more "performance art"--on the part of the reactors--than music critique. I agree.
      Kinda annoying.

  • @mauriceharris1527
    @mauriceharris1527 4 месяца назад +22

    Prince always likes to leave the interpretation to the listeners. So I guess the answer is simply YES.🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ericroberts7485
    @ericroberts7485 4 месяца назад +21

    Prince Super Bowl half time show is an absolute master piece. That is the best halftime show ever and it’s some of his best work. Towards the end it’s almost emotional. The backstory is amazing as well. Watch the whole thing. Don’t do part of it. It’s all or nothing. It builds. There’s never been another halftime show like it. When he was young his live shows were ridiculous. The dude could dance and he was all over the stage. His library of works could keep you busy for years. He’s changed a lot over the years. He’s always been cutting edge.

    • @davidhowell7279
      @davidhowell7279 4 месяца назад +2

      Amazing performance! I love the little documentary from the point of view of the organizers. They called him before the show to see if he knew that it was raining and if it would be a problem. He asked if they could make it rain harder. What a showman. Epic. He even showcased other people's music. The GOAT

    • @ericroberts7485
      @ericroberts7485 4 месяца назад

      @@davidhowell7279ya I saw that. Prince has done a lot of amazing things and the Super Bowl was one of many peek moments.

  • @RockHudrock
    @RockHudrock 4 месяца назад +29

    “If I was your Girlfriend” I always thought was Prince saying he wants to be EVERYTHING to her. Her boyfriend (masculine protector and provider) but also her girlfriend (tender and someone she could pour out her heart to and who she could trust with anything - even things women only tell other women
    Basically, he wants to be everything and meet every need she has.

  • @user-mx5it7jx2t
    @user-mx5it7jx2t 3 месяца назад +3

    Prince did ballet at a school in Minneapolis and donated money and put on a concert on to raise money, saving the school. He also wrote a ballet and gave it to the school. They travelled the world performing the ballet and were very successful.

  • @ericbeck7200
    @ericbeck7200 3 месяца назад +4

    The fact that he could write a song that can be viewed in so many perspectives shows his talent but i do believe he was writing a special lady to him

  • @hackapump
    @hackapump 3 месяца назад +7

    He’s singing from the perspective of a man who has lost the woman he loves: He’s left wondering if things could have worked out if he had been her girlfriend, eg. her best friend. It touches on a similar theme that Kate Bush wrote about on her classic Running Up That Hill: Kind of like ”what if I could walk in your shoes, would I have had a better chance then?”
    Prince had already proven himself as a lyricist before 1987, but on this album he took it to a new level: There’s a new level of maturity on display here. And he had yet to turn 30. The GOAT. His vocal skills are often forgotten, mainly because he always dazzled us with all the other things he was so incredibly talented at: The instrumental skills, the songwriting, the showmanship, the swag… But the vocals are on par with all the rest.

  • @carefullbob8136
    @carefullbob8136 4 месяца назад +10

    I knew Prince Rodger Nelson before all the fame.He was a
    Man of vision, intelligence.

  • @thepurpleladder
    @thepurpleladder 4 месяца назад +44

    This song was about Prince ex girlfriend Susannah Melvoin who was actually the twin sister of revolution member Wendy Melvoin, he wrote this after their break up,and it is definitely from a male perspective.

    • @evarene07
      @evarene07 4 месяца назад +13

      According to #susannahmelvoin this was written while they were still together…Prince was jealous of her close relationship with her twin #wendymelvoin…Susannah was on the verge of moving out.

    • @stevenmonte7397
      @stevenmonte7397 4 месяца назад +2

      @@evarene07 that sounds more like him.

    • @ronaldnelson6692
      @ronaldnelson6692 4 месяца назад +4

      Nothing Compares 2 U is about their breakup and the feelings after.

    • @thepurpleladder
      @thepurpleladder 4 месяца назад +4

      @ronaldnelson6692 Nothing compares 2 U was written when they was still together, and for the group The Family that she was co-lead singer of. Wally was the song he wrote after they broke 💔 up.

    • @thepurpleladder
      @thepurpleladder 4 месяца назад +3

      @evarene07 You right on point Prince was jealous of their relationship,Susannah got tired of being in Minneapolis and away from her sister,and she left him.

  • @farfromperfek
    @farfromperfek 4 месяца назад +12

    Of the 100's Concerts I've attended, Prince is top five artists I've seen.

  • @whodatguy8213
    @whodatguy8213 4 месяца назад +17

    Your reaction is the reason Prince was so great. His music was so thought provoking.

  • @Blkmail
    @Blkmail 3 месяца назад +5

    This is from a concert movie named after his double album called "Sign O The Times" in 1987. Prince is a Gemini so male and female is who he is! You need to watch the whole movie it was great. You know he was competing with Michael Jackson who had released the album "Bad" i liked both albums. I loved both Michael and Prince. Prince is more musician than Michael. But they were Both Great. I was in High School when this came. You know they were both born in the midwest to domineering Musician Fathers! Michael was a child star that developed into a mega superstar! I just amired Prince a little more because of his musicianship and how he was with the women. But i cant understand what Michael went through being the bread winner in your family at such a young Age. It affect him a lot. They were both great artist that admired each other a lot! I was lucky to grow up with both these great entertainers that were influnced by James Brown. Who did a lot of splits in his career. You should check out James Brown doing "Night Train" on The T A M M I Show in the 1960's. Helleva a performance!!!!!

  • @cheriwinn3852
    @cheriwinn3852 4 месяца назад +20

    Great reaction! Prince is the GOAT💜 The 1st line of the song pretty much spells out the meaning..If I was your girlfriend, would you remember to tell me all the things you forgot when I was your man.

  • @nikkisatchel4699
    @nikkisatchel4699 4 месяца назад +10

    it is from a movie...its from his live concert movie SIGN O THE TIMES

  • @SlimDaddy9
    @SlimDaddy9 4 месяца назад +9

    Thats Katt with the eyes! Remember what she said at the beginning "...I wanna know why a wolf is wearing lamb's clothing..." As a predator, she has to keep her eyes on him.

  • @matthewdooley7855
    @matthewdooley7855 4 месяца назад +8

    Prince is a unique talent.

  • @gripthemoney77
    @gripthemoney77 3 месяца назад +3

    He is simply the G.O.A.T 🐐...hands down no debating...great review

  • @lesal.1373
    @lesal.1373 4 месяца назад +9

    Fun reaction! Cat Glover was dancer and background vocalist on Prince's Sign of the Times and LoveSexy tours. This was a video clip from the concert movie for Sign of the Times, which I highly recommend. He wears the white fur coat on and off through both tours. Prince is not formerly trained as a dancer, it's all him! ☮️💜🎶☔

    • @sallykinley5939
      @sallykinley5939 4 месяца назад +4

      He did have some classical training during his school years through a programme with the Minnesota Dance Theatre.

    • @brittreacts
      @brittreacts  4 месяца назад +5

      Added!

  • @quintondees4501
    @quintondees4501 3 месяца назад +5

    Prince was an incredibly talented musician

  • @patrickyoung7685
    @patrickyoung7685 4 месяца назад +11

    Hell Yeah, a love song sung over a slow funk groove! You can always count on Prince to be on the #1! He was singing from a man's perspective of wanting to as close or closer to his woman than her closest girlfriend! The desire to be a woman's EVERYTHING! If you'd like a continuation of the same idea from the same album check out ADORE by PRINCE as well? Great Video! Great Reaction! Peace and love ❤️

  • @kennydeez..1774
    @kennydeez..1774 4 месяца назад +5

    Prince could really dance in High Heels...Just Astonishing to see. He was Outstanding and Amazing..Great Great Reaction👍🏾💯👍🏾

  • @MonaghanNiamh96
    @MonaghanNiamh96 4 месяца назад +20

    Jay Z & Beyonce sample it in Bonnie & Clyde, I believe TLC also covered this song.

    • @jasonnelson6624
      @jasonnelson6624 4 месяца назад +2

      Yes TLC had if I was your girlfriend on their crazy sexy and cool album. The song was also sampled by mob deep, 2pac, and George Clinton just to name some others.

  • @tracyface69
    @tracyface69 4 месяца назад +8

    It’s about a man who is saying he wants to be as close to his woman as she is to her girlfriend. He wants her to tell him all the things she tells her girlfriend.
    Yes on Beyoncé and Yes Prince took some ballet classes as a teenager.

  • @kimking6036
    @kimking6036 4 месяца назад +2

    His song, You've got the look is really great. Point of view from a man singing it to a woman. He wants to be her everything. His vocal range is amazing ❤

  • @sallykinley5939
    @sallykinley5939 4 месяца назад +23

    Amazing song and performance. As others have said, it is from a male perspective. He wants that closeness to his woman that she has with her female friends. Also he did have some classical dance training. Whilst he was at school he practiced classical dance with the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He played at benefit concert in 1983 for them when they were in financial difficulties. That’s the concert he debuted many of the tracks from Purple Rain. Also during the lead up to Purple Rain the movie, himself and the cast took dancing lessons. Having said that though, I think he was a natural dancer. He’s got the perfect dancers body. His movements are so fluid. Despite his height, his body was always muscular and toned. He was athletic. He played basketball like a pro! I love his dancing. The moves were all his own, not highly choreographed. He just moved the way the music made him feel 💜 Finally that black cut out jumpsuit and waist chains are sexy as hell!! Great reaction. More Prince please. A good video to see his moves is Thieves in the Temple, by the way xx

  • @eliaramirez2868
    @eliaramirez2868 4 месяца назад +5

    Prince=Respect 💜

  • @kenzelcold1636
    @kenzelcold1636 22 дня назад

    His singing, dancing 🕺 and guitar playing was all synonymous with Prince. His dancing was a trademark

  • @Martvandelay
    @Martvandelay 23 дня назад

    NOBODY else could’ve written that song! Pure brilliance from the GOAT! 💜💜💜

  • @shawnshugart9458
    @shawnshugart9458 4 месяца назад +5

    Every female has that girlfriend that helps her get ready and that she confides in. He wants to be that close to you

  • @antoine7352
    @antoine7352 3 месяца назад +3

    One of the best artists ever 🙌🏻✨

  • @kittymarch8455
    @kittymarch8455 Месяц назад +1

    Beyoncé quoted the line before that one, too. (Sorta) Basically a whole verse.
    Prince:
    If I was your one and only friend
    Would you run to me if somebody hurt you even if that somebody was me, yeah
    Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be, please
    Beyoncé:
    If I was your girlfriend
    I'll be there for you, if somebody hurts you
    Even if that somebody was me (that's right!)
    Yeah-hee (break it down for 'em, B!)
    Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be
    So she was doing a full on tribute.
    The book is really good! It’s a memoir by Nichole Perkins, a writer who was on the Thirst Aid podcast and also did one on Prince - The Prince Mixtape. She talks to a lot of people who worked with him, so if you want that insight, highly recommend.
    My take on the song is that it’s sung to a girl who said she didn’t want to be his girlfriend, so he’s singing that what if I was your girlfriend instead? But it’s Prince, so it’s kinda filthy [complimentary].

  • @ThePittsburghToddy
    @ThePittsburghToddy 4 месяца назад +9

    Prince is absolutely singing from a male perspective to a female. Interestingly, many people misinterpreted the song and thought Prince was gay which I found hilarious. Please try “Adore”!🖖🏼

    • @UMVELINQANGI
      @UMVELINQANGI 4 месяца назад

      There's some kings in my deck and a queen or two
      So you know there ain't nothing
      Nothing that I wouldn't do
      _ Prince, the artist

  • @dalee72
    @dalee72 4 месяца назад +4

    Prince was wearing a faux fur jacket. That was his then backup dancer and singer Cat Glover. She raps on his song Alphabet Street which you should react to next. This performance was part of the Love Sexy Tour and concert recording. You should react to the whole show and all of his other concert tours.

    • @dmnddog7417
      @dmnddog7417 3 месяца назад

      Actually, this is from the "Sign 'O' The Times" concert film. I know because I own a copy on DVD. For anyone who hasn't seen this, it's also available for streaming on Amazon Prime video.

  • @nikkisatchel4699
    @nikkisatchel4699 4 месяца назад +15

    if u break down the lyrics, he isnsaying he wants her to let him get as close to her, like how females let their homegirls/girlfriends get close, they way yall know EVERYTHING about each other, yalls deepest secrets

  • @mrreed2000
    @mrreed2000 3 месяца назад +1

    Check out “Kiss” for even more dancing. Prince was bad ass at everything.

  • @michaelcoffey1991
    @michaelcoffey1991 4 месяца назад +5

    The g.o.a.t for me and mine. Many PREFORM music Prince WAS music. Same reason his vault has over 10,000 songs and almost 100 fully finished videos we never saw. His vastness in his songs are unmatched,

  • @redrum482
    @redrum482 3 месяца назад +1

    Prince. I grew up with his music since the early 80s. He made you look at everything in a different way and turned all the gender roles inside out...

  • @kenneth2875
    @kenneth2875 4 месяца назад +5

    This live version is so much better than the album version. This video is from a concert movie from 1987. The song is about a man wishing his girl would tell him things that she only tells her girlfriends. Prince is dressed as his alto ego Camille. Watch Hot Thing from this movie.TLC did a cover of this song

  • @Activation1111
    @Activation1111 3 месяца назад

    That is clip of A concert movie,, called “sign of the Times“. The movie played in a number of theaters,, for a few weeks back in the late 80s. I saw sign of the Times in theaters over a dozen times. The concert movie was brilliant. I highly suggest you watch it. He is singing from his own perspective. In the song he is trying to get his girlfriend (or a girl) to be as open with him,, as she would be (or as he imagined she would be) with one of her girlfriends. Such a well written song. And as always,, Prince takes the song and his performance to the next level live. But the recording of “if I was your girlfriend” on The sign of the Times album,, is brilliant. I will never understand how someone could explore and experience a song,, by constantly stopping and talking in the middle of the song. Is that the new modern way of listening to music? While talking through the song as it plays?

  • @waynehector361
    @waynehector361 3 месяца назад +1

    He’s saying would you ever open up to to me the way you would to one of your girlfriends, first line says would you tell me all the things you forgot to when I was your man? Quite often we tell our close friends things we would never tell our partners

  • @lissdonovan5745
    @lissdonovan5745 4 месяца назад +4

    He's so talented and missed! Another favorite, please check out "The Cross"live in Dortmund, so good! Give it a go...

  • @megavideopowermegavideopow8657
    @megavideopowermegavideopow8657 Месяц назад +1

    This is a from the Prince Concert movie SIGN O THE TIMES there is couple of versions you should hear this is the live version and you should hear the album version he recorded the album version with a digital voice augment to make his voice sound like a woman and the other version is from the female group TLC recorded a version of this song

  • @nikkisatchel4699
    @nikkisatchel4699 4 месяца назад +4

    the 1 line that says it all is this: baby can I dress u/ I mean, help u pick out ut clothes before we go out/ I'm not saying ur helpless, but sometimes, sometimes, those are the things that being in loves about

  • @orlandoochoada2242
    @orlandoochoada2242 4 месяца назад +4

    I'm from Minnesota. More prince. You might enjoy his cover of "motherless child" or his cover of "play that funky music white boy/Inglewood swinging/fantastic voyage".

  • @firefx99
    @firefx99 2 месяца назад

    The track off the album STICKS! This one is cool too. One thing...Prince ALWAYS knows what he is doing!!!!!! LOL. this cut is AWEOME!

  • @dmnddog7417
    @dmnddog7417 3 месяца назад +2

    The song is in the perspective of a man who wants his girlfriend to trust in him the way she trusts and confides in her "girlfriend" (best friend).

  • @modifiedcontent
    @modifiedcontent Месяц назад +1

    His twist on the same theme of Running Up That Hill - he was a Kate Bush fan. Also just dealing with all the female trouble in/around his band at the time...

  • @carladavis1473
    @carladavis1473 4 месяца назад +3

    Is about him wanting to be closer to her. She doesn't talk to him like she talks to her girlfriend. He's saying let me be that to you as well. He wants to be her everything. He wants her to tell him her secrets.

  • @bakercarl8518
    @bakercarl8518 26 дней назад +1

    Listening to the rhythm,beat and vocals. This is a. Jam. Listening to the words.... this is a jam with some deep words.

  • @RockHudrock
    @RockHudrock 4 месяца назад +9

    Prince was one of the greatest ever! 💜🎸💜
    You should do a reaction to Prince’s “Free” from “1999” It’s from the time when the USSR was still an existential threat. It still gives me goosebumps. It’s sorta anti-woke in that it focuses on how America was truly free 🇺🇸 and no sense of victimhood. It’s intense but fundamentally patriotic and optimistic - especially when his vocals break away from the music in the finale.

  • @Tessiefaye
    @Tessiefaye 15 дней назад

    I think that he's singing from the point of view of a man who wants to be his woman's EVERYTHING. He wants to be her best friend, her man with all that entails.

  • @tracyface69
    @tracyface69 4 месяца назад +3

    I have a Prince recommendation for you to react to next… “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker” it’s from his Sign O’ the Times album which is the same album that “ If I was your Girlfriend” is on. Very good album!!’ Some argue it’s his best.

  • @williemurphy2421
    @williemurphy2421 10 дней назад

    PRINCE PUSHED THE ENVELOPE AND THEN SOME. HE WAS THE BADDEST MUSICIAN. GENIUS.

  • @JJlovesPrince
    @JJlovesPrince 4 месяца назад +9

    This song is in my Prince top 5 for sure. You trying to figure out the perspective is one of the reasons why. Technically, he’s singing it from the male perspective to his girlfriend because he wishes he could have the relationship she has with her best girlfriend (the girlfriend was Susannah Melvoin and her best friend is her twin sister Wendy who played guitar in Prince’s band The Revolution). It’s really a song about being jealous camouflaged as a love song. But, I’ve always thought Prince wanted this song to be interpreted by the listener. On the album, it’s sung in his “Camille” voice (a sped up version of his voice which sounds much more feminine). Also, he was really into Kate Bush and loved the song “Running Up that Hill” and the lyrics about making a deal with God to get him to swap Kate’s place with her man. He was inspired by that song when writing this one. So, all those questions you had about what it all meant were right on.
    The back up singer is the amazing Cat Glover. She is a dancer and was on the Sign O’ the Times and Lovesexy tours with Prince.
    Now, about his pirouette. Prince was a great dancer but was in so much pain as he got older that he couldn’t really go all out anymore. I read a quote from Susannah Melvoin about him asking her to teach him how to do a pirouette when they were walking around one night. Clearly, she taught him very well. 💜💜💜

  • @butterflymama0838
    @butterflymama0838 4 месяца назад +2

    What a musical GENIUS! I'm such a huge fan of his. He is so missed! 😢💜
    Also, he's not classically trained in dance. He just had such a natural talent and worked his ass off to perfect EVERYTHING. He was a self-proclaimed perfectionist so you know even his dancing will be perfected as well.

  • @DarrylSellers
    @DarrylSellers 3 месяца назад +1

    The perspective of the song, Prince explores the possibilities of a more intimate relationship if he were his lover's platonic girlfriend.

  • @shelboniramey4030
    @shelboniramey4030 3 месяца назад +1

    He was talking to Wendy’s twin sister who he was dating. He was envious of their twin thing.

  • @ThePersistentRumor
    @ThePersistentRumor 3 месяца назад +1

    I saw Prince live in 1986, at Madison Square Garden. He was a once in a lifetime performer. His talent was indescribable and unique. On his first album, he played every instrument. Thank goodness he was so prolific. He left behind so much amazing music.

  • @shannonmatheson1587
    @shannonmatheson1587 2 месяца назад

    Prince had it all....don't ever be surprised by what he can do. He couldn't do it ALL.

  • @TheKallenShow
    @TheKallenShow 3 месяца назад +1

    No, Prince was a self taught musician able to play pretty much all instruments by ear... naturally talented dancer.

  • @SilentPhoenix__
    @SilentPhoenix__ 3 месяца назад +2

    Beyonce is a hugeee prince fan
    Even her most recent album Renaissance has several Prince references

  • @lfyoung
    @lfyoung 3 месяца назад

    There are very few people born in this world that is truly doing the job that god chose for them. Thank goodness I was born when he was alive and doing his thing. My absolute favorite singer.

  • @ScottLaVine-br8wt
    @ScottLaVine-br8wt 4 месяца назад +5

    Camille is the voice. Look it up.

  • @NoNameNoFace-rr7li
    @NoNameNoFace-rr7li 4 месяца назад +2

    international Lover is my favorite Prince song...

  • @loveloochay
    @loveloochay 4 месяца назад +4

    💜💜 .. one the great things about Prince is that you don't really have to understand his intent to enjoy the songs. It is kinda sad that you had not seen him dance before ... i would suggest you search out some videos of him dancing. (( "I'm A Star" )) .. but my recommendation for a vocal performance is ... "Sometimes It Snows In April" .. enjoy .. 💜💜

  • @cryptozoomauler5505
    @cryptozoomauler5505 3 месяца назад +1

    He's singing from the point of view of a man who wants her to treat him as if he were her best friend, her girlfriend, telling him things she wouldn't tell him if she just thought of him as a man who couldn't understand.

  • @j.c6204
    @j.c6204 3 месяца назад +2

    I’ve been in love with Prince for 25 years. My husband knows. He loves him to. 💜💜💜💜

  • @dianehovland9579
    @dianehovland9579 4 месяца назад +4

    I love that song he is one sexy MF lol I liked the performance on Oprah in 1996 I like to see Oprah dancing to his music

  • @gfanarakos
    @gfanarakos 4 месяца назад +1

    prince was practicing dance ballet at his young age

  • @sarablack2547
    @sarablack2547 3 месяца назад +1

    This is from a special concert movie of his album sign o'the times.i have it on vhs.

  • @marcusmccormick8399
    @marcusmccormick8399 3 месяца назад

    TLC did this song as well. This is the film version, but if u listen to the album version, his voice is sped up. It goes into the era called Camille" which was going to be prince s alter ego. He did a "camille" album but record company said they didn't know how they d market. The girl in the video, cat glover, which coordinated the dance moves for prince and the band. On the shows, dhe played prince s love interest in the songs. Shared your reaction w peeps

  • @louissorrellv5290
    @louissorrellv5290 2 месяца назад

    Britt, the Brother P said in a later song "Days of Wild" (1994) that he "dress to make a woman stare, Eye'm puttin' on somethin that another won't dare...". So yes, to echo your comment, he pushed boundaries in his dress and appearance. :)

  • @user-zk7do9bt4n
    @user-zk7do9bt4n 4 месяца назад +2

    If Prince isn’t in the PDC he should be up at the top . He has a lot of sex appeal and animal magnetism.

  • @kayrobbie5840
    @kayrobbie5840 3 месяца назад

    This is how I interpret this song. Prince is singing from a man's perspective of how he feels about a particular women. He wants to be everything to this woman. He's asking the woman how can I make that happen. Alot of people thinks he's gay he is not. He just has a good understanding of women.

  • @solomonburke9213
    @solomonburke9213 3 месяца назад +2

    The answer to all of your questions is, YES!

  • @Kickinthescience
    @Kickinthescience 4 месяца назад +5

    Do Prince-Little Red Corvette official music video

  • @ignaciogalvan1732
    @ignaciogalvan1732 3 месяца назад +1

    I bought this show on VHS. Loved all of it!😊

  • @bmw3842
    @bmw3842 3 месяца назад

    Prince was to release an album titled Camille that is where the alter ego comes from in the high falsetto .But Warner Bro. Did not want to release it because they said it would confuse his fans .so the songs ended up on Sign " O" Times album.

  • @IENetworkTV
    @IENetworkTV 4 месяца назад +2

    He is singing from his own perspective of being everything to this woman Her man, her everything

  • @sarahjane5504
    @sarahjane5504 3 месяца назад +1

    I love your channel. Thanks for covering this song and I love that you love Prince, so much he’s my favorite!

  • @veot.2869
    @veot.2869 3 месяца назад +1

    Okay. It's time to do ADORE by Prince!!!!
    💗💗💗💗💗

  • @rosiethings228
    @rosiethings228 4 месяца назад +1

    it means he wants to be her everything and give her what she gives him

  • @bryanpolitte
    @bryanpolitte 3 месяца назад

    This is from the Sign of the Times concert movie! Must see as a Prince fan!

  • @oscarcavazos1040
    @oscarcavazos1040 4 месяца назад

    Prince is singing as the man that broke up with his girl and asked her if he was her girlfriend would she…!!?? 💜💜💜

  • @user-vk8ps8fx8s
    @user-vk8ps8fx8s Месяц назад

    Now when this song came out I was a grown man. I used to listen to it all the time in my vehicle. Think about the time period we're talking about the late 70s early 80s you could not sing about the LGBT type of relationships doing that time. You would never get on the radio
    So Prince is saying you don't say the things to me that you used to do when we were first dating it's changed between us but it hasn't changed between your women friends you all seem to be in the same pattern of a relationship or a friendship and nothing's changed but our relationship has changed. If I was your best friend would you run to your best friend to tell them you've been hurt in this relationship even if the person that hurt you with me and women do go to their friends to complain about situations in their relationship he said why can't you treat me like that if I'm the one that hurt you is no benefit did you go tell your friends how I hurt you the benefit is you tell me how I hurt you that way I can make amends I can apologize and I can correct the problem.
    He's also saying the little things that we did that was fun when we were first dating which included me picking out the outfit I think you're going to look good in doesn't happen anymore but if your girlfriend meaning the female friend of yours is at the house when you're getting dressed you and her talked about what dress looks the best are what outfits looks the best do I have to be a girlfriend to get all the things in our relationship that I once got that I'm not getting and the only thing I can see is you and I have changed but you and your friendships with these ladies you guys are still doing the same thing so he's asking what will it take for me to fix this problem. He doesn't want to be a woman he doesn't want his woman to be a man level of interactions and communication that she's so freely gives to her friends but for some reason she's no longer doing it with him so I love you is what he's saying but my love is not getting the response did it once got yet your love for your friends hasn't changed in how you all communicate and get together ask your man I can't think of anything to do other than to ask you damn do I have to be your girlfriend for you to do all these fun things because being your man you stop doing it. So it has nothing to do with sex it has nothing to do with gender has to do with a relationship that's lost some of his Spark and the only thing that he could compare how the relationship has changed is that it's changed with him and how he's been treated but then point out that you do all those things still you just don't do it with me you do it with your lady friends. So it's like one of those questions that really is not a question it's a statement in the form of a question which is do I need to be your girlfriend in order to have all the Privileges that she that your girlfriend has another words that your lady friend has you guys are still going strong we have fallen off but your lady friend relationships and friendship hasn't fallen off you guys are doing the same thing I can't think of anything else to do as a man but to ask you this stupid question which is does it take me to be your girlfriend meaning your lady friend for you to still do the things that we used to do that I enjoyed and was a part of our relationship. He's only speaking as a man that he has a woman that he loves that in his mind things are not the same and it's only not the same with him but it's the same with everybody else stupid question do I need to be your girlfriend meaning do I need to be your lady friend for us to still do the things that I like to do in our relationship that has now stopped but they have not stopped with your female friends and when you are around them.

  • @wilcostafkap4565
    @wilcostafkap4565 4 месяца назад +1

    I really love ur reaction 😊
    Please more Prince 💜🇱🇺

  • @user-mw3dd6ys1u
    @user-mw3dd6ys1u 3 месяца назад +1

    My favorite of his live performances and I can’t put my finger on it. . . Just . . . Sigh.

  • @DeadBird-wp9of
    @DeadBird-wp9of 4 месяца назад +2

    He was very short - his dancing was partly better than JB (James had more rhythm interaction) - Prince had a special Electro dance style - relatives were Morris Day / The Time (you see them in the Purple Rain movie). His band members were only temporary partners … Later he played with a lot of different musicians at his mansion (it was a come and go).

  • @TruthMovesMountains
    @TruthMovesMountains Месяц назад

    Dang girl, you can sing! You just hit high notes with ease as you're commenting. Nice.

  • @banihurtado8221
    @banihurtado8221 3 месяца назад

    That split move you said that you've never seen before is called the jazz splits. It was created by the Nicholas Brothers and popularized by James Brown. James, being one of Princes' inspirations.

  • @ericechols6056
    @ericechols6056 4 месяца назад +1

    Remember when TLC did a remake of this song back in 95' on the Crazy, Sexy, Cool, CD, they did a good job but, this is Prince's song, and he sang it to perfection.

  • @abrablue
    @abrablue 3 месяца назад

    Watch the entire concert movie (and double album) that this is excerpted from, "Sign O' The Times".

  • @emilyhrabowskie5598
    @emilyhrabowskie5598 3 месяца назад +1

    Yeah Prince was a great dancer. Very high energy performer. His agility was lost from aging and wearing high heels. Broke his body down. Prince did take dance lessons along with cast when filming Purple Rain.

  • @emilyhrabowskie5598
    @emilyhrabowskie5598 3 месяца назад +1

    Song revisits I Want to be Your Lover theme in my opinion… I want to your brother, mother and sister too. He wants to be everything to the woman he loves.

  • @jeffreyharvey9919
    @jeffreyharvey9919 4 месяца назад +2

    There's a lot going on in the song, but basically he's craving a greater level of intimacy with his female partner that females friends often have with each other ("help you pick out your clothes", "go to the movies and cry together", etc)

  • @joeaguilar1995
    @joeaguilar1995 4 месяца назад +5

    If your the 70s type of women, you need to hear Erotic City by Prince. The words will leave you speechless and amazed. Trust me when I say there's no bleeps in the erotic words

  • @user-cc6jp6el5e
    @user-cc6jp6el5e 2 месяца назад

    I love everything about Prince but you are gorgeous.