Let's take a step back and ponder. How could any human being be this good on the piano and simultaneously, be as good or better on the guitar? And, if that's not enough, be damn near as good on the bass, on the drums, and on other instruments? No one could humanly practice that much! Which proves beyond any shadow of doubt, Prince was a gifted gift God gave to the world.
@@robertmounger407 I recall seeing a picture of both prince and Stevie in the studio. ..stevie was on Piano while prince was looking over him just amazed. Your so right. Both musical geniuses ✊✊🌹
Listened too with tears, still! Hard to believe he has been gone for 8 long years. What an incredible talent….. we had the best music … the 80s were special ❤😢😊❤
Father's song is part of Computer Blue slowed down at the top, Beautiful! I loved it then, but now realize what a Blessing it was to experience him LIVE so many times. There's only so much that can be told. That lives on in my heart, all of them, but during Purple Rain he only toured 6 months when his label wanted another year, but he was already on the next album. I asked my mom & she said no. I cried then called my dad. He promised he'd get me the tickets. He did & it was the last gift he gave me. He died about 2 weeks later. The concert was the next month 2 days before my dads birthday. I had great seats! During the intro to Purple Rain when you could hear a pin drop, I started screaming Prince I love you & he looked right at me & said I Love You Too Baby! One of the Best moments of my Life. I'll never forget my dad going out of his way to get me the tickets just knowing how much I love Prince & Prince saying He loved me too. I just thought about this again a few days ago on my dads birthday. Now, I miss them both.💖🎶💖
Prince, man oh man. Susan Rogers said Prince was very proficient at each instrument he played and that was why he could record so much music. This is a perfect example of what she was talking about. This is perfect playing. He's calm, collected, efficient. The lines are clear and always interesting. Soulful. Patient. Truly impressive.
This truly made me cry. Prince wore his heart on his sleeve on stage. He lived, breathed and slept his craft. This recording will evoke powerful emotions not just in Princes's most ardent fans but musicians alike like myself. As a jazz/soul singer Prince has been a constant inspiration. He cared about his audience and the man was laid bare I think through his music. This is/was Prince Rogers Nelson. Romantic, visionary, deep, thoughtful, showman, and totally connected to life and love and of his craft and spirituality. He was love.
Denise/Vanity said Prince would play classical music for her because they both loved it... she said how amazing it was to just listen to him play the piano for hour's..... 🎹💜
I remember when this came out, nobody believed it was Prince, and quickly discarded it, only to come back to it years later after it was verified. I had no doubt this was Prince, he has an extremely unique piano style, and this set is such a great showcase of his piano prowess. He truly does become the instrument. Thanks for posting this, I hope so many more ears come upon this purple piano extravaganza.
Prince is amazing he's very talented I can't believe this is French cut off the bad if you think about the album piano and microphone when he's playing it's pretty awesome I have heard several of his piano concertos and they're all awesome so I can say he was the top notch musician you really had to get into his music early in life to understand where he's coming from I started listening to Prince when his first album came out on 9 when he was playing with 94 East
The #1 GOAT!..I literally feel sorry 4 ANY1 who fails 2 C how much of a musical phenom this cat REALLY was (and still IS) 😑...Prince Rogers Nelson will never be topped!
This 1984 Prince's jewel intimate record, just only show the spontaneus Prince's musical TALENT. Just shows the real thing: He only needs a piano or a guitar to record his unique musician brain talent . No more. The Master's musican at work.People still do NOT realize that every sound of Prince's you could hear, is created from nothing BY HIM, and after mastered BY HIM in rehearsals with his talented live musicians . His music is healing souls around world . 2023 . His talent is ahead of anyone . His healing musical skill is doing well for so many people. Thank you so much .
When you've grown up alone and with personal struggles from a young age, you long for a friend or friends. Sometimes you find them in books, sometimes you find them in your imaginations sometimes you find them in expressing your being through instruments. Prince did this so wholeheartedly and without ego or wanting anything back. Listen to your own voice then come back and listen to this....can you see now? 😊
prince is amazing but not even close to the greatest pianist on earth. and no, he isn't better at piano than guitar. some of these comments come from a place of love but they are steeped ignorance -- a lacking knowledge of music in a broader sense.
I love Prince and agree he is awesome - and I don't mean to diss you - but I play a little piano and the truth is he isn't the greatest pianist ever. The competition would be Liszt, Rachmaninov, Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Martha Agerich - the list goes on. Modern session musicians like Greg Phillinganes might show him a thing or two. But Prince has his own style and, most importantly, we love to hear him play. And none of those guys could play drums, guitar or slap bass as far as I know.
There's a Prince a good Prince a naughty Prince a Prince 4 everyday a Prince every season rain or shine through the good & the bad...he has a place in your heart every day of the month...a Prince that takes all your worries away eases your mind & offers u love...
The master and emperor of all musics and true musicians..." Stevie Wonder say it about Prince Rogers Nelson....MAGIQUE ET MAGNIFIQUE. WHAOU WHAOU...AMAZING VERY GOOD IN OUR LIVES.. MERCI PRINCE
Prince was a true genius. We were so lucky to live through his time on earth. As bad as shit can get...we always have Prince. What a time to be alive and celebrate that we didn't't have bad taste and enjoyed Prince thoroughly and completely
My last memory of him playing live was killing the audience with 5 encores performing his Piano & A Microphone tour, easily one of the best concerts I've ever experienced...sometimes life comes around full circle
L’écouter, me rend nostalgique d’une époque où nous nous sentions vivant. Tu est le dernier qui nous aura tout donné, ta musique, ta voix, ton âme. Le monde musical est tellement médiocre depuis ton départ, car tu étais LA RÉFÉRENCE !! J’espère qu’un jour tu seras joué, au piano, par les plus grand pianistes CLASSIQUES. Grand monsieur 🙏🙏
Venus de Milo is still one of my favourite pieces of music. It's heartfelt. There's a tinge of sadness in it, longing....... Reaching.... Love. Pain. It's beautiful. I love what Clare Fischer did with it as well.
@@aremedyfrosty I was talking about him being a vessel for ENDLESS music and inhuman talent. Prince was the ultimate composer...just like Mozart. That's what I meant. 💎💎💎💎💎
God sounds so beautiful... i absolutely love it. this song is probably the closest of an innocent hopeful vibe i'd ever hear from prince. and its very fitting as a heartfelt tribute to God
For Prince to be what he actually was, a Da Vinci-like genius, a colourful wizard who could play his magic on so many paths, he had to be extraordinary in twenty different things (dancing, composing, engineering, playing dozens of instruments, creating coreographies and all the details of his fabulous on/offstage persona...) and I love it this way. But have you ever thought about Prince dedicating all his talents, 24/7 to ONE thing? He might have reached an unconceivable level of greatness. I prefer Prince being what he was, but sometimes I wonder about this...
This 16 minutes of mindbendingly-beautiful Music of Prince transported me into a PLACE WHERE THERE'S NO SPACE OR TIME ~ as a gifted musical artist friend of mine, Butch Robins ,would say. Its captivating resonance took me in a much deeper place than any Mozart or Beethoven that I've experienced thus far. See what you think ...
The first time I saw him live was in Denver, they premiered Under the Cherry Moon in Cheyenne, WY the night before (MTV contest). We were late but 1st there was no pot smell wafting but Prince was playing Do me baby on a grand, every person there was in his pocket like no other performer. A few years later I saw the first 2 shows of the Lovesexy tour in Minneapolis, not only was he peeking in popularity, he was musically as well and his beloved hometown. I saw Prince 5 times with 4 different bands, all of them were outstanding. I've seen lots of bands,1000's even Elvis and none of them are even close. As Bobby Z said recently "he sat down at the piano and from his mind to his fingertips music poured out" as evidenced by the VAULT. And a shit load of it in 5 inch heels, how about that gentlemen!!!
Music that transports you to places you've been before; EMOTIONAL. Music that transports you to places you've never seen before; HOPEFUL Music he lived, told in every song Music Prince gifted, touched so many souls.
This is the best recording of Prince solo piano - absolutely incredible, the playing and the melodies. Also I imagine he is on the classic piano he loved in Sunset Studio 3.
I'm so glad that I lived in the same time frame as him to witness THE MOST CREATIVE MUSICAL GENIUS EVER.......There are some losses that you NEVER get over......You just learn how to live with it.......Prince Rogers Nelson was one of those losses...........PRN4EVER!!!!!!!!!!
I don't just like this .. I love it!!!! Listen to Prince most days. Miss him, struggle to understand why as never met him, although fortunate enough to see many of his UK concerts :) Never in my lifetime will an artist have such a profound effect upon me.
What an Amazing Talent! For these to be his last concerts Exemplifies the raw simplicity through expression of his Unbelievable existence that we were Graced with now and Eternally!
As a huge fan of this guy I never thought for one second about him having to practice or rehearse but listening to this reminds me that a song may be 4 minutes, 5 minutes etc but only he knows how long it took to get to that finished product. Also upon listening to this I would buy an entire cd of him just rehearsing. This is really good in my opinion.
Sly Leggs ...I sure hope you’re right. It scares me when I realize how many of the younger generation have never even heard of Prince, let alone know his music. Also, all the Purple army are gettin’ up there in age and his deeply loyal fan base will begin to wear away eventually. Will he really ever be honored the way he should’ve been in life?
OMG!!!!! This is Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have 2 admit, brought a tear 2 my eye. Prince was 1 of a kind!!!! literally in every way an ORIGINAL!! Ive been a fan since I was 10 years old, he's Art/Music has been there most of my Life and he's music has gotten me through my Hardest times and Celebrated with me through the GOOOD Times, The soundtrack 2 my Big Keg Party Bashes back in HighSchool!! SounTrack 2 My LIFE!! R.I.P. My Friend. There will NEVER be another like PRINCE!! MASTER MUSICIAN!
He might have even been a better pianist than a guitarist and that’s saying something because he blew pretty much everyone out of the water on guitar. Just to hear Moonbeam Levels here is fantastic. Especially seeing as it wouldn’t see an official release until decades later.
Prince was an amazing pianist. I like how he hunts down the melodic scale after he hits a bad note. It's like he is trying to make sure he knows where to go next. His playing style is very unique. He combines alot of harmonic patterns as he finds the melody he likes. I have been listening to this over and over and each time I hear something new that I didn't notice before about what he was doing. I have to keep practicing to get better and for sure work on my scales.
Like Miles Davis said "there's no such thing as a 'bad' note - it all depends on whatever note you play NEXT after it" . I think Prince clearly understood this as well, as his playing is so fluid and if something unexpected happens he explores it ... weaves it along into whatever he's playing
@@jasperhalco871 He lived by that rule. He told Morris Hayes that it’s not a mistake unless u stop. If you make a mistake, don’t stop. Double down and do it twice. Make a show of it. Morris Hayes has the best stories
@@suzeesix yes Morris is a great guy, i saw the new power generation play 2 years ago and met him after the show, he was very open about his time with prince and shared alot of stories!
I’m reading Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions and this session is coming up. He recorded this for Apollonia when she was having trouble sleeping. He thought a tape of his piano playing would help ♥️
This entire rehearsal is beautiful beyond compare, but I have never made it to the last note of Moonbeam Levels (13:38) without shedding a tear. The second verse is just . . . 💜
How.. after 15 years being an obsessed fan.. have I never come across this gem. Thank you so much, my heart & soul needed this more than you know. I miss him & celebrate his life every. single. day.
This medley has been something I have recalled often and could not describe adequately to anyone. Some parts of this are played briefly in Purple Rain. But, where I heard this and was in awe was as this played, quietly & amazingly, before the Purple Rain Live Concert I attended in 1984, mesmerizing. Prince was a musical genius, truly missed and never to he replaced (maybe never matched) in overall musicality, sheer talent or originality. 🎹🎹🎹 Thank you for posting this!!
If you're a Prince fan...this is everything
I Come back everytime to hear this
Music 🎵🎶 Appreciation. FAN tastic performing ARTISTRY, CLASSICALLY TRAINED LOVE 💕
Everything, Credited Authentication OwnerShip IP inheritance
Everything!
Everything!
You'll never see the likes of him again. Part of me died with him.
True. I just hope he knew how much we truly love him as the friend, musician, and brother he was to all of us.
@@cdhbaker01 I got to tell him on an email :) he just replied "thanks for kind words".
You gonna see me flying by
His death almost broke me. my favorite line for the last four years has been " she couldn't stop crying cuz she knew he was gone to stay"
SAME....His soul was so pure and shining.....I feel his absence deeply...
There are billions of galaxies out there, but we are living in the one that had Prince!
💜💜🎶🙏🏼✨✨✨✨
🔥
BEST GALAXY EVER!!!!!!!
What an accurate comment I absolutely luv it ! 💜💯💞
Let's take a step back and ponder. How could any human being be this good on the piano and simultaneously, be as good or better on the guitar? And, if that's not enough, be damn near as good on the bass, on the drums, and on other instruments?
No one could humanly practice that much! Which proves beyond any shadow of doubt, Prince was a gifted gift God gave to the world.
While Also having skills in basketball. The man was the silver surfer of Our lives
Stevie Wonder was just as talented and blind he played keys, guitar, bass, drums, harmonica and other instruments as well, both geniuses.
@@robertmounger407 I recall seeing a picture of both prince and Stevie in the studio. ..stevie was on Piano while prince was looking over him just amazed. Your so right. Both musical geniuses ✊✊🌹
@@robertmounger407 Who is talking about S. Wonder? They are not in the same league.
And he could do dance his ass off. Anyone who says James Brown could dance, has to look at Prince and say: Shit, he's out-Jamesing James.
The greatest musician of all time. The great Prince Rogers Nelson. Truly incomparable.
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Beautifully said! Nothing Compares to our beloved Prince! I love and miss him as if he were a very close friend!! 💜❤️💔💔
very talented
Calm down.
He is the reason I play today. So beautiful and soul soothing. True Guiness 🙏
Listened too with tears, still! Hard to believe he has been gone for 8 long years. What an incredible talent….. we had the best music … the 80s were special ❤😢😊❤
Let's pray for all the people who can never see him live...
That would be me then!
Father's song is part of Computer Blue slowed down at the top, Beautiful! I loved it then, but now realize what a Blessing it was to experience him LIVE so many times. There's only so much that can be told. That lives on in my heart, all of them, but during Purple Rain he only toured 6 months when his label wanted another year, but he was already on the next album. I asked my mom & she said no. I cried then called my dad. He promised he'd get me the tickets. He did & it was the last gift he gave me. He died about 2 weeks later. The concert was the next month 2 days before my dads birthday. I had great seats! During the intro to Purple Rain when you could hear a pin drop, I started screaming Prince I love you & he looked right at me & said I Love You Too Baby! One of the Best moments of my Life. I'll never forget my dad going out of his way to get me the tickets just knowing how much I love Prince & Prince saying He loved me too. I just thought about this again a few days ago on my dads birthday. Now, I miss them both.💖🎶💖
Prince, man oh man. Susan Rogers said Prince was very proficient at each instrument he played and that was why he could record so much music. This is a perfect example of what she was talking about. This is perfect playing. He's calm, collected, efficient. The lines are clear and always interesting. Soulful. Patient. Truly impressive.
He didn't just play. He spoke from his heart
This truly made me cry. Prince wore his heart on his sleeve on stage. He lived, breathed and slept his craft. This recording will evoke powerful emotions not just in Princes's most ardent fans but musicians alike like myself. As a jazz/soul singer Prince has been a constant inspiration. He cared about his audience and the man was laid bare I think through his music. This is/was Prince Rogers Nelson. Romantic, visionary, deep, thoughtful, showman, and totally connected to life and love and of his craft and spirituality. He was love.
Denise/Vanity said Prince would play classical music for her because they both loved it... she said how amazing it was to just listen to him play the piano for hour's..... 🎹💜
I remember when this came out, nobody believed it was Prince, and quickly discarded it, only to come back to it years later after it was verified. I had no doubt this was Prince, he has an extremely unique piano style, and this set is such a great showcase of his piano prowess. He truly does become the instrument. Thanks for posting this, I hope so many more ears come upon this purple piano extravaganza.
Anyone who doubts that this is Prince, is a total arsehole
Prince is amazing he's very talented I can't believe this is French cut off the bad if you think about the album piano and microphone when he's playing it's pretty awesome I have heard several of his piano concertos and they're all awesome so I can say he was the top notch musician you really had to get into his music early in life to understand where he's coming from I started listening to Prince when his first album came out on 9 when he was playing with 94 East
@@rodneyharris3233 wow, 94 east, that is great, you've been along for the entire ride!
That's really weird... I mean it's completely Prince's style. Surprises me that people thought this was fake.
@@otakurocklee Yep, perplexing for sure. It is unmistakably him.
The #1 GOAT!..I literally feel sorry 4 ANY1 who fails 2 C how much of a musical phenom this cat REALLY was (and still IS) 😑...Prince Rogers Nelson will never be topped!
@@87oceanwave He's actually the most underrated.
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Prince lived on earth...but he was definitely from a realm of a different existence...
G.O.D. 2 me... Greater Otherworldly Dimension
Right you can often feel this which perplexed me when he became religious. It seems beneath his level of experience. He always seemed spirited intead
This 1984 Prince's jewel intimate record, just only show the spontaneus Prince's musical TALENT. Just shows the real thing: He only needs a piano or a guitar to record his unique musician brain talent . No more. The Master's musican at work.People still do NOT realize that every sound of Prince's you could hear, is created from nothing BY HIM, and after mastered BY HIM in rehearsals with his talented live musicians . His music is healing souls around world . 2023 . His talent is ahead of anyone . His healing musical skill is doing well for so many people. Thank you so much .
When you've grown up alone and with personal struggles from a young age, you long for a friend or friends. Sometimes you find them in books, sometimes you find them in your imaginations sometimes you find them in expressing your being through instruments. Prince did this so wholeheartedly and without ego or wanting anything back. Listen to your own voice then come back and listen to this....can you see now? 😊
Possibly the best pianist on earth. He is actually better on piano than guitar. Physically the greatest musician to ever live.
prince is amazing but not even close to the greatest pianist on earth. and no, he isn't better at piano than guitar. some of these comments come from a place of love but they are steeped ignorance -- a lacking knowledge of music in a broader sense.
@@romulus_ Blah blah blah. Whatever Bro. Depression is treatable. Hang in there.
@@DanFreeman723 "blah blah I'm thin-skinned" [projection] "blah blah I don't know what I'm talking about in several aspects of life..."
@@DanFreeman723 he's right. P was a gifted pianest, but no where near the best, and his piano playing can't touch his ax skills
I love Prince and agree he is awesome - and I don't mean to diss you - but I play a little piano and the truth is he isn't the greatest pianist ever. The competition would be Liszt, Rachmaninov, Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Martha Agerich - the list goes on. Modern session musicians like Greg Phillinganes might show him a thing or two. But Prince has his own style and, most importantly, we love to hear him play. And none of those guys could play drums, guitar or slap bass as far as I know.
The crazy part is after this and his well known guitar abilities, one of his sound engineers said he was best on drums above every other instrument .
Every instrument 🎸🎷 self taught. There will never be another Prince 💜 again 😪
his control of dynamics are unreal and unheard of...
Amazing to think this was recorded almost 40 years ago. It sounds so fresh.
40 yrs, I Can’t believe I’ve grown old to this.
like his ability to go from mezzo piano to forte is just unexplainable....
and he makes it sound so good..
He s very deliberate with every chord, with every key....what a genius....
Its the s p a c e between the notes ...
SUNSET In PRINCE'S HEART 💜
There's a Prince a good Prince a naughty Prince a Prince 4 everyday a Prince every season rain or shine through the good & the bad...he has a place in your heart every day of the month...a Prince that takes all your worries away eases your mind & offers u love...
Yes. So. Much. Yes💜
THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF LOOKING AT HIM 💜💜🎶💜🎶💜✨✨he was a gift 🎁
The master and emperor of all musics and true musicians..." Stevie Wonder say it about Prince Rogers Nelson....MAGIQUE ET MAGNIFIQUE.
WHAOU WHAOU...AMAZING VERY GOOD IN OUR LIVES.. MERCI PRINCE
He was an angel in disguise
Send to us for a short time and called back to the heavens above
The BEST to ever do it… no debates necessary
Among the GREAT COMPOSERS. YOUR ROYALNESS WILL SURELY BE MISSED.
Prince was a true genius. We were so lucky to live through his time on earth. As bad as shit can get...we always have Prince. What a time to be alive and celebrate that we didn't't have bad taste and enjoyed Prince thoroughly and completely
What 15 idiots disliked this video?!?!? They clearly have no concept of the pure genius of Prince, and why his music will FOREVER be played!
Man I miss him, musical genius
My last memory of him playing live was killing the audience with 5 encores performing his Piano & A Microphone tour, easily one of the best concerts I've ever experienced...sometimes life comes around full circle
Which one were you at?... I was fortunate to catch the 2nd (surprise) Oakland show 💜
He'd leave the stage... ride back out on his bicycle and play some more. Leave on the bike and returned again. That man was magic 🤩
L’écouter, me rend nostalgique d’une époque où nous nous sentions vivant.
Tu est le dernier qui nous aura tout donné, ta musique, ta voix, ton âme.
Le monde musical est tellement médiocre depuis ton départ, car tu étais
LA RÉFÉRENCE !!
J’espère qu’un jour tu seras joué, au piano, par les plus grand pianistes CLASSIQUES.
Grand monsieur 🙏🙏
Imagine a world where artists actually appreciate the instrument and share talents; gifting us with God's Grace.
There is so much healing on this recording
Man, I can't even imagine being able to just sit down and play like that. Truly one of a kind from someplace else.
I wish that there were more recordings of him playing piano.
Oh i bet there is. Somewhere in that vast vault. Estate needs to hurry up lol
there is....just search deep
Me too love to see him and hear him playing piano..💜💜💜🔥😍
Just boundless talent.
Venus de Milo is still one of my favourite pieces of music.
It's heartfelt. There's a tinge of sadness in it, longing....... Reaching.... Love.
Pain.
It's beautiful. I love what Clare Fischer did with it as well.
Incredible! He speaks through the piano. Where his voice is absent, his fingers take precedence.
He was MOZART.....no question about it.
@@aremedyfrosty I was talking about him being a vessel for ENDLESS music and inhuman talent. Prince was the ultimate composer...just like Mozart. That's what I meant. 💎💎💎💎💎
Mozart level genius
I listen to this as an angelic meditation.
It grounds me as well as takes me into another dimension.
Real Prince fans chill kick back relax have a sip close your eyes and enjoy
He introduced some of Computer Blue in the middle. Just gorgeous.
My God - absolutely breathtakingly beautiful
MAGNIFIQUE, MAGIQUE, UNIQUE, FABULEUX ET TROP GÉNIAL.. WHAOU PRINCE ROGER NELSON...EMPEROR OF ALL MUSICS...HAVE SAY STEVIE WONDER
God sounds so beautiful... i absolutely love it. this song is probably the closest of an innocent hopeful vibe i'd ever hear from prince. and its very fitting as a heartfelt tribute to God
It’s something really magical about this piano version of Raspberry Beret
Rasberry Beret??? lol
Loved all of them as well. Rasberry Beret....WOW what a unique version for sure.
Yes you can hear P tapping his boot to the beat
@@enertiastudios1074 Lol? You must not be a Prince fan.
I said the same thing!! The 'dynamics'!!!
For Prince to be what he actually was, a Da Vinci-like genius, a colourful wizard who could play his magic on so many paths, he had to be extraordinary in twenty different things (dancing, composing, engineering, playing dozens of instruments, creating coreographies and all the details of his fabulous on/offstage persona...) and I love it this way. But have you ever thought about Prince dedicating all his talents, 24/7 to ONE thing? He might have reached an unconceivable level of greatness. I prefer Prince being what he was, but sometimes I wonder about this...
He was a Gemini.
Sixteen minutes of speechless...
This 16 minutes of mindbendingly-beautiful Music of Prince transported me into a PLACE WHERE THERE'S NO SPACE OR TIME ~ as a gifted musical artist friend of mine, Butch Robins ,would say. Its captivating resonance took me in a much deeper place than any Mozart or Beethoven that I've experienced thus far. See what you think ...
Words out of my mouth!! 🎵💜
Im dropping everything to listen right now! I'm in that Space N Joy! Lata Purple Hippies!!💜
Wow! Did I just hear a little “Eye love u but eye don’t trust u anymore?” Amazing!
Instrumentally INFLUENCIAL 🎵🎶
The first time I saw him live was in Denver, they premiered Under the Cherry Moon in Cheyenne, WY the night before (MTV contest). We were late but 1st there was no pot
smell wafting but Prince was playing Do me baby on a grand, every person there was in his pocket like no other performer. A few years later I saw the first 2 shows of the Lovesexy tour in Minneapolis, not only was he peeking in popularity, he was musically as well and his beloved hometown. I saw Prince 5 times with 4 different bands, all of them were outstanding. I've seen lots of bands,1000's even Elvis and none of them are even close. As Bobby Z said recently "he sat down at the piano and from his mind to his fingertips music poured out" as evidenced by the VAULT. And a shit load of it in 5 inch heels, how about that gentlemen!!!
Your very lucky to have seen him with all 4 bands ... so if your good on earth you will get to see him playing with the angels ✨✨✨😇🎶🎶🎶
Hopefully we ALL will be able to see him in Heaven. (Please)
Music that transports you to places you've been before; EMOTIONAL.
Music that transports you to places you've never seen before; HOPEFUL
Music he lived, told in every song
Music Prince gifted, touched so many souls.
Is its soul is playing? What an Angel.
This is the best recording of Prince solo piano - absolutely incredible, the playing and the melodies. Also I imagine he is on the classic piano he loved in Sunset Studio 3.
I can hear him play all day, he was so✨ gifted 🎶 🎹 🎶 🎹 🎶
I'm so glad that I lived in the same time frame as him to witness THE MOST CREATIVE MUSICAL GENIUS EVER.......There are some losses that you NEVER get over......You just learn how to live with it.......Prince Rogers Nelson was one of those losses...........PRN4EVER!!!!!!!!!!
*Damn... Prince's unknown throwaway scraps were superior in excellence to most other artists' greatest and most famous works...*
Had just turned 14 on the fourth when this came out. God, I fell in love with music, believed Prince was the voice of God....
So entertaining. It's shame we can't see it live. RIP Prince. The world really miss you.
My sweet Prince, how you are missed and even more, how you are loved...by the world and my someone far less significant...me.
Amen
Absolutely beautiful!! RIP Prince! We love and miss you ❤️❤️❤️
With a lump in my throat - words fail me. ...Miss him
I don't just like this .. I love it!!!! Listen to Prince most days. Miss him, struggle to understand why as never met him, although fortunate enough to see many of his UK concerts :) Never in my lifetime will an artist have such a profound effect upon me.
EPIC.
The Amadeus of our time
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼💜
The way he softens and then bangs the keys on Raspberry Beret.....
What an Amazing Talent! For these to be his last concerts Exemplifies the raw simplicity through expression of his Unbelievable existence that we were Graced with now and Eternally!
As a huge fan of this guy I never thought for one second about him having to practice or rehearse but listening to this reminds me that a song may be 4 minutes, 5 minutes etc but only he knows how long it took to get to that finished product. Also upon listening to this I would buy an entire cd of him just rehearsing. This is really good in my opinion.
One of my favorite albums of his is actually his Noon Rendezvous Rehearsal one... not piano, but it's just so lovely
@@CWhite-bk7vr Thank you for the suggestion. Appreciate that.
Love, love this song. Also fathers song.❤❤
You hear when it snows in April that's how you know it's
I honestly had no idea he was that proficient on piano.
jesus....just....wow
An absolute prodigy! Virtuoso! Genius!
I didn't know music before Prince. 🙏
Damn, just listen 2 the rolling of the keys, I must say it does feel like my soul has been cleansed
If I could chose only one abilitiy gifted by God., this is it: playing piano like this Minneaolis genius.
If only the world had appreciated him sooner rather than later.
it coming brother,like all the true talented artists....100s years later they are god level
Sly Leggs ...I sure hope you’re right. It scares me when I realize how many of the younger generation have never even heard of Prince, let alone know his music. Also, all the Purple army are gettin’ up there in age and his deeply loyal fan base will begin to wear away eventually. Will he really ever be honored the way he should’ve been in life?
@@chippy7745 just keep spreading the love bro
The story of any true good artist, only bad artists sell much when they are alive.
@@chippy7745 Jhon Lennon was appreciated by the new Gen x young crowd after his death, remember that it was cool to hate the 60s during the 70s.
OMG!!!!! This is Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have 2 admit, brought a tear 2 my eye. Prince was 1 of a kind!!!! literally in every way an ORIGINAL!! Ive been a fan since I was 10 years old, he's Art/Music has been there most of my Life and he's music has gotten me through my Hardest times and Celebrated with me through the GOOOD Times, The soundtrack 2 my Big Keg Party Bashes back in HighSchool!! SounTrack 2 My LIFE!! R.I.P. My Friend. There will NEVER be another like PRINCE!! MASTER MUSICIAN!
He might have even been a better pianist than a guitarist and that’s saying something because he blew pretty much everyone out of the water on guitar.
Just to hear Moonbeam Levels here is fantastic. Especially seeing as it wouldn’t see an official release until decades later.
He was very gifted all around he was given the gifts of music 🎶
A jazz soul....reconstructed Summertime, in the upper octaves.....so casual...unaffected..at one with the keys....past perfect genius....PRINCE.....
He makes me cry, so beautiful.
This is Genius!!!
Prince was an amazing pianist. I like how he hunts down the melodic scale after he hits a bad note. It's like he is trying to make sure he knows where to go next. His playing style is very unique. He combines alot of harmonic patterns as he finds the melody he likes. I have been listening to this over and over and each time I hear something new that I didn't notice before about what he was doing. I have to keep practicing to get better and for sure work on my scales.
Like Miles Davis said "there's no such thing as a 'bad' note - it all depends on whatever note you play NEXT after it" . I think Prince clearly understood this as well, as his playing is so fluid and if something unexpected happens he explores it ... weaves it along into whatever he's playing
@@jasperhalco871 He lived by that rule. He told Morris Hayes that it’s not a mistake unless u stop. If you make a mistake, don’t stop. Double down and do it twice. Make a show of it.
Morris Hayes has the best stories
@@suzeesix yes Morris is a great guy, i saw the new power generation play 2 years ago and met him after the show, he was very open about his time with prince and shared alot of stories!
@@jasperhalco871 interesting as miles was a Prince fan and actually played with him on stage @ least once
He would have been much better had he not been so lazy and actually learned to read music.
Just like this shows how masterful he is on the piano, his song "Solo" showcases the full extent of his voice.
Intended 2 make u feel a set of emotions as only he can...
I’m reading Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions and this session is coming up. He recorded this for Apollonia when she was having trouble sleeping. He thought a tape of his piano playing would help ♥️
That’s so sweet.
It’s also my favorite Prince book until I can get the new one for the Parade era.
This entire rehearsal is beautiful beyond compare, but I have never made it to the last note of Moonbeam Levels (13:38) without shedding a tear. The second verse is just . . . 💜
What a treat💜
Thankyou
You’re welcome 😊
That is one of the most epic photos I have ever seen.
How.. after 15 years being an obsessed fan.. have I never come across this gem. Thank you so much, my heart & soul needed this more than you know. I miss him & celebrate his life every. single. day.
He's just an Angel, pure light. He fills my heart 💜 Thank you for posting this.
Simply Magical....is
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I feel as though my soul has been cleansed. No better way to end a long, hard day than with the piano (and Prince)💜
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I don't think I have the words to describe how good this is. Thank you for posting it.
This medley has been something I have recalled often and could not describe adequately to anyone. Some parts of this are played briefly in Purple Rain. But, where I heard this and was in awe was as this played, quietly & amazingly, before the Purple Rain Live Concert I attended in 1984, mesmerizing. Prince was a musical genius, truly missed and never to he replaced (maybe never matched) in overall musicality, sheer talent or originality. 🎹🎹🎹 Thank you for posting this!!
Tell me he isn't as good as Beetovan or Bach....I think BETTER! PURE GENIUS! 💖
He isn't anywhere near those two prophets of music. But he is really good.