Prince was a genius and a TRUE artist. Sadly, it seems the most talented are also the most tormented. Rest in Peace, Prince. Your musical legacy will NEVER be forgotten.
@@brendamiller6334 yeah but michael literally suffered from being literal popstar at age 8. imagine that lol. He had the worst abuse, and HUGE spotlight
Im Very afraid of people being raised in this extreme Religions Like Jeova witness, Seven day adventists or Other cults day raise Children horrible,full of guilty Trips,Shame ,sins acusations
It doesn't have to. He would have been a genius without the abuse. And there are many geniuses who were not humiliated and mocked and abused, who have done extremely well, and aren't repressed and destroyed.
@@mariaseidi4023 And yet, he went BACK to the Jehovah's witness after all that fame and wealth!! His life as god who was worshipped brought him NO peace. God bless
Both were geniuses. They both claimed to be incredibly lonely very grateful they both had the opportunity to share their immense talents with the world 🌎🙏❤
Both men were raised in very strict, even abusive religious homes. Both were in the closet, and tried to suppress their own nature. Bowie himself recognized his own, because he too suppressed his own nature. All three definitely expressed their nature in their music and dress, because that’s all they could do, at the time. RIP all three men. They contributed so much to the world.
Michael Jackson and Prince I miss them both cuz I used to listen to both of their music all the time I still do we'll never get musicians like Michael Jackson and Prince again.
The same here I grew up on both of them music Michael Jackson and Prince I like purple rain when when Doves cry I like the way he made over the song do me baby I wish I could have met both of them Michael Jackson and Prince cuz I grew up on both of their music listening to both of them music when I was a little girl and I still listen to it now today in 2022 cuz Michael Jackson and Prince made timeless classics timeless hits and you can listen to him all day all night anytime of the day anytime or the night and they don't be cussing and all that kind of stuff well sometimes they do but that's beside the point everybody cuss it ain't like people in this world know cuz everybody cusses even the ones that you never heard say a cuss word they cuss they just don't cuss around you and cuss around people because people like that have class about their selfs
Like it when it comes to auto tune everybody thinks T-Pain started that but T-Pain didn't start doing Auto tunes Roger Troutman rest peace started doing that the auto tunes with the machines
He helped my cousin by introducing her to her future book publisher and he was there for other musicians no matter the venue. He was a good guy. I was lucky to see him on stage in the “artist formerly known as Prince” period of his life.
I agree. I wish that he had gotten therapy for all he had gone though, he most certainly had the money for it. He needed to talk to someone, not though songs, but in real life. It breaks my heart to hear his story. However, we have to understand that it was all his child-life experiences that shaped and drove him and in the end made him so successful. I would have rather him find happiness than success in the end.
Honestly, Shenyae that is 100% true there are many people who do not have your best interest at heart. In my experience, people mostly only care about themselves, except for about 10% or 20% who are empathic!
So what about the other great artist that ever was? YALL kill me with that BULLSHIT and should start with...in my opinion vrs speaking for everyone...yes he was great but there are plenty of other great artist
@@absoluttchamp greedy? She can’t just want to hear from one of her favorite artist own mouth while alive rather than a bunch of white people kinda putting all their input on his family most likely without permission. The industry already killed him, then they send a bunch of people with no common upbringing to paint him as a sex addicted, sexually confused, problem child who grew to try and escape his childhood. Basically labeling him a walking contradiction, but isn’t that just the definition of humanity? I agree with Codename Diva cuz they treated Prince like a slave so if anything, the industry made him crazy on top of his upbringing and I ain’t too trustworthy on what 5 white people have to say about a man who they already took advantage of, so I too would have liked Prince to tell his own story from his own mouth or in a book. Tupac once said he wants to write a book and make money off his pain and when asked “all those records aren’t money for you pain?” He explained how music and novels are two different depths that can’t be reciprocated by the other, so yes, his music would be different than him telling the story with no baseline and drums behind it.
It just breaks my heart that he had such a sad childhood. He definitely was a strong man and changed so many lives. I know he has all his wings up there. Rest In Power .
Prince was a baptised jehovahs witness and he knew he was never going to heaven ,but to have everlasting life 9n earth, he will certainly have a resurrection x
@@bernettkearney8162 People speak to me from the Other Side all the time, angels & I've been to the Other Side, so I think that question was answered by God to me a long time ago, & I trust my experiences & other people's experiences more than anything you or anyone has read in a ancient, poorly translated text that has been used to manipulate people for centuries. And is extremely contradictory. No offense, experience trumps a cultural belief, no offense.
I got to visit Paisley Park after he passed. It made me respect him even more as a human being and artist. So talented, special and ahead of his time. He was no slave to anyone.
Prince has always been one of my very favorites stars ever. I cried so much when he passed away. He was misunderstood by many, but I’ve always felt a bond with him. I hope you’re resting in peace, Prince. I know you deserve it. Thank you for the music and the memories!
I’m really surprised they skipped over the Super Bowl performance. To me that’s a real peak moment. That performance to me was bigger than the solo he did. That Super Bowl performance was an absolute perfection.
It sickens me to the core of my being, that people have children, treat them with disdain and then abandonment. The emotional trauma a child experiences may last a life time and the wounds may never heal. All the while that person struggles to play the cards they were dealt in life, to the best of their ability.
The point being that we need much more mental health care in this country. This country seems to be a cess pool of criminal activity, which make it the land of the free criminals. Let's change this!!!!!!
Very religious parents who are strict believe they have to guide their children in the 'right ways' for their own good and salvation in the afterlife. It is silly, of course, but some people are raised to believe such bullshit.
i think it's more than shy, it's an inability to be assertive with who you are personally due to severe self esteem issues born out of family trauma but still have the ability to connect with your god given talent and communicate through that. no phd, just my experience
I remember camping out for 3 days to get tickets to Prince's concert. I went dressed Iike him shown in a clip here. I had the white ruffled blouse on with the black pants and large buttons which I had sewn on myself. While in the audience in the beginning middle section of seats I climb down row after row until I landed on a side railing to get a better look at Prince, he saw me and walked over to where I was and sprayed purple substance ( I think water) onto me from his guitar. People howled and cheered as flashes of cameras were going off. It was one of the thrilling moments of my life. R I P FOREVER PRINCE💜 p. s. I camped out for The Jackson Five Victory Tour as well....w/ my kids
I just love him and his music! Not only is he an artistic genius, also an all around great human being. All he suffered to bring such beauty to the world. My wish is he's at peace and content in the afterlife. His eyes. When he looked directly at the camera, there was nothing in between, falling into the deepest eyes. Beloved, beautiful man.
Great a human being is debatable, depending values. Suing people for sampling Prince's music from the late 80s on is not a very smart move in term of artistic behavior and understanding, neither is Xian-certified a charity for targeted struggling musicians. I feel sorry for his lifelong bleeding wounds though, this being the basic guy's condition. Abusive parents are waste, no need of this low-rate humanity to shape a genius. Though this confirms the rule genius can grow from every possible fumy.
His performing was obviously one of, if not THE biggest great love in his life. He loved music, making music, it was his joy I think. He was an original, unique man who, like all of us, had his ups and downs in life. I imagine you'd have to watch a few docs on him to get a full picture.
You're wrong. Introvert doesn't ALWAYS equal unhappiness and loneliness, but it often does. Because we are human and we are social creatures. I think the lockdown should prove how much people can suffer just by being lonely.
Sad sad documentary. He was a legend and unfortunately it seemed as if nothing could fulfill him completely. The day he passed was the day the music died.
Perhaps to so many in the general public nothing could fulfill him completely, but just maybe he did not see things like many did. We all live our lives the best to our ability, no matter who we are we all have obstacles. The music didn't necessarily die when he passed, it died when more and more acts were being signed for millions of dollar contracts/manufactured. Its pretty obvious even he knew this, why do you think he put "SLAVE" on his cheek. The natural born artists like Prince & MJ were pushed to the side having to promote themselves now, while the record companies were promoting these manufactured acts to push the agenda.
He had a time bomb on him mathematically speaking. It's mean able to calculate the drug usage with the damage for how many years will go down. Prince knew it and he put his signs up before it happened. His chef said he could not eat everything came back up and could not sleep. He was suffering and it showed how skinny he was and sitting only his last concerts.
I had no idea that his parents were as deeply rooted in religion as they were. Now I understand why he responded to me as he did when our paths crossed long ago in after seeing George Micheal perform. My mention of my Dad serving as a minister in Duluth in the early 70s may have been a "trigger," for him after the show. No doubt I was nothing more than one of thousands of people he'd seen over the decade before "armed with a camera." He called me the Light Sculptor from the Show Me state. I have clung to and tried to live up to that name ever since. Thank you for posting this!!!! Days have been a bit challenging since my first solo art show has been postponed until March due to weather. I needed to see something to elevate/remind me of my own internal thoughts as an artist after this weekend's "let down." This has served to remind me how temporary ALL things and situations actually are!
i don`t think that Prince would have liked to have his story told as if he had been a victim, a poor and weak outcast... He was a genius, he was God-like, he will always go on, live on.. Thank to the heavens above and all the gods and goddesses that there was Prince! May his spirit move on freely and happily wherever he / it likes to roam... we all were blessed to have known him and his music.
He was also very flawed and HUMAN. I rather hear that side too instead of putting him on a tower like a false God. Something he wouldn't want to be viewed as in the first place.
I will never forget 04/21/2016 the day doves indeed cried. I remember where I was and what I was doing when I got the news he died. I will miss his talent and music, there will NEVER be another PRINCE!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing this beautiful man in concert a few times and I will say without a doubt in my mind that he gave the best performance I've ever seen at any concert ever💚💚
My dad liked princes music, i was harder rock.My dads gone now and i seen prince literally blow everyone away with his guitar at george harrisons wake.Well i watched his life story and it was beyond sad. It pissed me off that his parents just didnt get it ? I was amazed at his personal growth then deeply saddened by his demise. The toughest part for me was when his TRUE FRIEND said : We loved him WHEN HE HAD NOTHING and then to see him riding around on his bicycle,all alone....Now that got to me. God Bless you man Take care...
You have to remember that both his parents were failed performers, his father a jazz pianist and his mother a singer. I don't think it would be too off the mark to say that they were jealous of his talent and success. His performance at the George Harrison Tribute was beyond mind-blowing. It breaks my heart watching this documentary and learning how unloved he felt throughout his life. Rest in Peace, Prince. You'll NEVER be forogtten.
@@styx53ocean Noticed your name and thought to leave you with this 1. I grew up in Arizona and waaaay back like 79/ 80 i saw styx. Years later i worked with a guy who KNEW tommy shaw. Grew up with him in detroit. He said tommys dad LEFT when he was about 10 never to be seen again, but he gave him a guitar before he went ! Now if you think about the abandonment and rejection he felt and See/ hear Tommy just SHREDDD the guitar in concert it makes all the pieces fit. Plus, later tommy was in a band called damn yankees. The front man is also a deadly guitarist from detroit. SEEN ted twice too and even eddy van halen acknowledged teds playing. Just a bit of rock history for you. Take care
This is 2022.. it's irreverent...some of these people..who have tried to dissect Prince live..he was human..not perfect..We can't take away his gift of music. Again RIP Prince..we loved him!!!
Prince was a gift to us. As with most art, the most beautiful comes from pain. It was the pain that was the catalyst for the masterpieces he produced. The pain made Prince who he was.
Prince we love and miss you so much! Such a legend and a beautiful soul. Your music, your legacy will live on for many, many years. RIP ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜. You didn’t know how loved you really were.
I took my 7th grade girlfriend to see Purple Rain in the theater. (Really showing my age). So, Prince's music and that movie will always be the soundtrack to a big part of my life. He will always be very special to my heart. RIP Prince.
This is the perfect example of why artists need to tell their own stories before they pass, like Janet Jackson just did. If Prince were alive he would not approve of this documentary. Yes he had sad moments, but everyone does. He also was known to be a big jokester, he loved to laugh and so many of his true close friends & industry friends attest to that. Where is the purple camp? Listen to Apollonia, Moris Day, the blonde from Vanity 6, and others fun memories about Prince from people other than what seems to be here, his disgruntled workers. He simply had different relationships with different people. The fact they left out Vanity who was a HUGE love in his life & just glazed past his relationships with his wives proved they were just trying to tell a “dark” story on Prince’s life in this fake-deep documentary. Another huge part of Prince’s life was his pro-blackness and he actually did a lot for the black community. SLAVE period wasn’t him fighting a “demon” he was a pioneer who helped music artists who for so long had been taken advantage of by labels that took artists publishing. His addiction to pain meds at the end of his life was a tragedy & we all know Fentanyl is a huge problem still, but that was not the totality of his life. I could go on and on, this doc missed the mark in so many ways. Plus the re-enactment scenes were horrible lol.
LOL bro Prince was taking advantage of all his artists he wasn't even paying the time or vanity 6 that's why Denise Matthews left his ass he didn't even want to pay her right to start in purple rain
Oh and not to mention he fired Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis for producing one of the SOS bands albums he didn't even want them to display their own talents he already knew they were very talented musicians he wanted to maintain control over them and Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis wasn't having that don't get me wrong I like Prince I like a lot of his music and I wish he was still alive but it still doesn't excuse the fact that he was taking advantage of a lot of those artists at the time if you think I'm lying check out tales from the tour bus season 2 episode 3 that'll tell you
He was bisexual. So what?!! A great artist with à sad childhood, wanted to be loved but then realised once been famous he didnt trust anyone. Which is normal.. I loved his music so much. Its very sad and tragic that he passed away. Stop all the jugements. He was brilliant. 💜💜💜
I try to keep an open mind about these types of documentaries, though they always fall short in interpreting a talented artist. Prince was, after the hype and spin a truly mysterious man, almost an enigma to himself. His life was shaped by formative influences and lived, guided and controlled by him and him alone. No one, I mean no one can confidently speak for him. Prince's energy, spirit and ethereal essence has moved on. He's free.
I absolutely love prince, I never, ever had an attachment to music like I did with his, music these days, I can't stand anymore because it's just not real, of course they do what they like but, man.. To me prince was a gift to this world, and it breaks my heart so much with this documentary on everything sad and depressing in his life. Im an artist myself, I draw, and I wanted to draw a poster of prince so I can treasure what his music has brought into my life. I think prince has touched many ppls hearts, and when he died, I think the world was hit pretty hard. I remember it raining when we found out of his passing. But I and so many others will forever, treasure his music, and I know he's safe in God's arms. I miss you prince 😭💜💜
As the gentleman said..there were too many 'yes' people and not enough 'no' people. Prince Roger Nelson....was more than just an icon. He was an angel that insured the pain and sadness of his life through the excellence of his musical genius. As a result, we, as his fans and those that truly loved him listened to his genius. But we were powerless and couldn't hear his screams.😭 RIP to the most beautiful one of all.
Was an angel😂😂😂😂😂 ummm yeah so that's why the pic that was shown @1:27:56 of him throwing up the 666 symbol giving homage to SATAN huh?..yall folks be so lost in IDOL and celebrity worship that yall can't see that these folks sell their souls and moral values to achieve the level of fame Prince had...prince was no different than any of these celebrities that willingly sell their souls for fame..and the more yall get that through your heads the better off yall will be......he is worth more dead than alive anyway ..yall gon learn
i tumbled across this today in the labyrinth of the internet. i was never a fan plus i always thought he was creepy.. well, this has massively opened my eyes! what a heartbreaking tale. yet uplifting too. he sure was, a one in a million genius! i’ll be buying his best of now (i’ll start there) ☺️😊 thank you for sharing this. ✌🏻🇦🇺☮️
I loved PRINCE and their WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM IN THIS LIFETIME GOD BLESS HIM and I DO HOPE HE IS RESTING BECAUSE he WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY SO MANY SO HE FINALLY got HIS WINGS NOW He can FLY in PEACE
I just want to appreciate the younger and older version of prince👏👏 and to Prince may is beautiful, gentle warm amazing and unique loving soul rest in the present of our almighty God.. and may he be united with is son!
That was the hardest thing for me to accept also. That he passed away in that elevator all alone. RIP PRINCE. I hope that you are finding your peace in heaven, that you couldn’t find here on earth. 💜☔️
Price is a genius Prince is the soundtrack to our lives. Prince was not confused about his sexuality. I only met Prince 2 times but he was a kind, intelligent man.
So surprised to learn Prince never used recreational drugs. It gives me a much higher respect for him that all of that creativity and expression and essence was just ...pure.
@@TheUnderCoverMother2020 Not really a follower. I’ve always respected his music and him as an artist of a certain caliber, but I did not follow him or his career. I just assumed he lead a rockstar lifestyle.
Tearsssssssssss if only him and MJ could have been closer they might have helped each other since they both went thru no childhoods & so similar two lonely souls that might have been here today had they have just tried to help one another just triedddddddddddddd..........cryinggggggggggggggg
They were actually friends a lot of people say that they hated each other but that is not true,the truth is that they had a weird relationship. And Noo plz don't think as in dating cause no
Manuel Santos When I was in California a long time ago, I think I saw this in the movie theater in Hollywood. What I saw was mind blowing because I didn’t know they made concert films like that. Of course I’ve seen Woodstock, but this was something different.
As a Prince (PRN) fan, this was hard to watch. I was at PRN's last Essence performance in New Orleans (2014). Happened to have breakfast with a person who did security detail for PRN during the Essence Fest who said that before his main performance (in between popping on stage with Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers) that he was taken to a nearby hospital. What for? He would not confirm, but my guess is it was probably pain-related dealing with his hip. I felt sad just to know that he had been in such pain, because he gave a great performance. Just watching the end of this documentary brought back the sadness of his death again. He was not a run of the mill drug addict - he was in severe, chronic pain. Ultimately his body could not handle those drugs (not that anyone else's could). I just wish that someone had been there to watch over him being so fresh from the incident on the plane, and he had gotten the help that he needed to wean himself off of those medications. Maybe he'd still be with us. RIP, Prince Rogers Nelson.
Prince had LOTS of depressing aspects about his life; HOWEVER, making music and entertaining his 'fams' brought him unexplainable joy and OVERWHELMING BLISS!
This documentary portraits him as a victim of his childhood! He has achieved things that no one has achieved before him. He clearly was a controversial figure but in no shape or form was he a victim of his past. If he was regular person with regular problems and a regular talent, he would not be able to write, play or produce music that was beyond the known and the possible. We all need to understand that the way we describe and associate with famous people tells us more about ourselves than them!
Your comment is very contradictory. you went on to explain how his past led him to his success. it isn't mutually exclusive to see him as a victim and survivor of his childhood. This documentary humanize the individual you iconized
I was looking for a comment like this, cos the documentary seemed to me like a one sided story ...specially when the record company manager said he was like a father to him...I doubt that prince would agree ...what do you think
Wow.!! Very powerful and very sad I’m 54 I grew up in the Bronx NY during the 80’s Prince Music is the soundtrack of my Teenage years,,, May he Rest In Peace ✝️🎸✝️🎸✝️🎸✝️🎸
This made me cry😥😥. I love Prince so much. What a genius and talent man he was. His greatness shall live on here on earth and in the spiritual realm. R.I.P beautiful soul no more pain and suffering. 🕊🕊🕊 Oh my I miss Prince and Michael Jackson. Oh what a Icon they were. ♥️♥️
Sounds like his parents did not do much to nurture him as a child. I find it very sad, what he said during the interview in 2009: my father was so hard on me, nothing I ever did was good enough. Parents sometimes do not realize that what they do or do not do, can affect a person way into adulthood.
Ohhh, they *DO* realize, my friend, they know damn well they’re abusive. Think about it: They don’t abuse us in public, they wait until you’re “home” or someplace private where they *can’t be seen by other ADULTS.* How is it they can control themselves in public? THEY DAMN WELL KNOW AND KNEW THEY’RE ABUSIVE. And every time they abused and neglected us *THEY MADE THAT DECISION.* No abuser abuses 24/7/365 but their PATTERN of behavior defines them as abusers. I cut no quarter with abusers. I do not accept their rationalizations or those of the bystanders who do nothing and are every bit culpable as abuse sympathizers. Bah. They’re despicable, all of them.
Sounds free to me. He built his own castle , kept friends around, and got happy towards the end. Don’t be fooled by these people looking to capitalize off his happiness.
Like most successful Musicians he was definitely a unique character but that's what I liked about him. RIP Prince my favourite songs 1999 and Diamonds and perals.
This hurt my heart, I've avoided any indepth looks into his life since his death. All I knew is what I got from his music and how its been the soul of my life for as long as I can remember. No wonder his music affected me so much, all his pain was in there. The line "He was the loneliest man I've ever known" just shook me. Prince Rogers Nelson. You are missed. Musical savant that was never truly understood.
Thank you for this upload! I remember as clear as day where I was when I first heard 'When Doves Cry' - 38 years ago! I can still tap into those feelings of the past, today. That is the everlasting legacy and power of Prince's exceptional talent - thank you for continuing to be in my life as I begin the last quarter of my life!
While it's nice to think that way, enlightement doesn't lead you to accidental overdose with painkillers. Artist ARE indeed more sensitive, more emotional souls - that enables them to make art (instead of products) but it does come with a price. If people saw them first and foremost as people, who need to be loved, instead as just superstars or supermen, they might be less lonely and less likely to leave us before their time.
We can see again how music saved a lot of people to their past. I didn't know Prince history I discover him and before I already know that listening his music that he had suffered.
I don't know why Prince was the only star I ever mourned for. I was a fan of his voice and the way he made his guitar sing all of my life. I don't have to miss him because his music still lives. I saw Michael as the King but I adored Prince the most.
Im only 5 mins in, so many dramatic bulshitters. Prince, did know love, dod know joy, did know creativity, beauty, it was all in the meaning of his music!!! He was not sad or isolated, he dived deep into his craft! How divine!
Tipper Gore felt the Darling Nikki lyrics were sexually explicit and inappropriate for children to hear so she recited them on day time tv exposing countless children to those very same lyrics? Wtf?
great documentary about one of my favorite artists,, Thank God for Prince Roger Nelson... it had me in tears of joy and sadness. His music lives on forever #ICONIC
Damn i only properly became a fan in 2016 then found out he past i cried but befor then i would occasionally hear his songs play in public every now and then and i hate the fact i never got to see him in his prime. I cried through out this doc too. Aw my prince i love you may you rest in love you musical god!! 💕💕
At that moment, he alone rides his bike surely around his empty house, .He comes back to find himself as a lonely child. His art is alive.It comes out of soul and connect souls.We,the others,the public enjoy it and nothing more.
It has been two years since I commented on this documentary. Both of Prince’s parents were very talented people . But both of them were emotionally immature, disconnected from themselves and could not connect with Prince or Tyka when they were very young in a chaotic and emotionally turbulent and abusive home. Prince found his identity in his music and told his audience a lot about himself and his desires to connect and fantasies of connection. But intimacy is what he feared most. Deep down he felt flawed and defective because when he was very young no one was able to reflect his true self to him. His parents were not able to connect with their children on an emotional level. This documentary really is the closest thing to the truth of Prince’s inner life. They are not saying anything derogatory about his talent. Many of the people speaking here are those who knew him best. Alan Leeds knew Prince for years as his tour manager and manager of the Paisley Park label. Bobby Z was a friend and bandmate. Pepe Willie knew Prince as a relative and as a temporary manager and supporter of Prince’s early career. Mica Paris, a friend, and Terry Guidesen, a photographer. They experienced Prince in the context of those relationships and are reporting what they saw and felt. Prince was certainly a unique talent. But he had emotional needs like everyone else and emotional wounds because those needs did not get met. He found his identity in his music and in the applause. But who Prince believed he was on the inside was covered over by his amazing talent which cast a spell over many of the people around him and his fans so that they could not see the weak person he subconsciously believed himself to be. As perfect as Prince looked on the outside was more likely a projection of really how small and flawed he felt on the inside.
Thank you for your thoughtful and compassionate understanding of this beautiful human beings pain. Intimacy for people who have experienced childhood trauma is next to impossible. And yet our of the flames of a disastrous childhood comes genius and incredible beauty.
Childhood trauma is very common. It is the plight of many and some of those people become musicians. Their lives become very public. Childhood trauma is so common that statistically, many public figures such as musicians suffer from it’s effects of shame and addiction as coping strategies to deaden the emotional pain. Prince was a workaholic among other things like perfectionism. Prince wore himself out and use opioids to deal with the pain of a body that was worn from all of his performing.
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Eric Clapton was asked how it felt to be the greatest guitarist alive. He responded,
"I wouldn't know, you have to ask Prince that question."
Prince had an incredible gift smashing documentary 💯
Yea and they should have been asking Jesse Johnson, lol, just kidding.. 🎸
There's actually no proof Eric Clapton said that
There is reputation and then there is video tapes.
@@riccrion718 and it still was true
Prince was a genius and a TRUE artist. Sadly, it seems the most talented are also the most tormented. Rest in Peace, Prince. Your musical legacy will NEVER be forgotten.
how was he tormented
@@AC-mp7cx he was tormented by physical pain and emotional and psychological pain from his upbringing by his parents.
@@brendamiller6334 yeah but michael literally suffered from being literal popstar at age 8. imagine that lol. He had the worst abuse, and HUGE spotlight
Modern day Mozart for sure... 👍🏽❤️🙏🏽💔🇳🇵
@@AC-mp7cx Why are we comparing?
Genius. Madness. Depression. It all goes together. And Prince was one hell of a genius.
Im Very afraid of people being raised in this extreme Religions Like Jeova witness, Seven day adventists or Other cults day raise Children horrible,full of guilty Trips,Shame ,sins acusations
It doesn't have to. He would have been a genius without the abuse. And there are many geniuses who were not humiliated and mocked and abused, who have done extremely well, and aren't repressed and destroyed.
@@mariaseidi4023 And yet, he went BACK to the Jehovah's witness after all that fame and wealth!! His life as god who was worshipped brought him NO peace.
God bless
@@mariaseidi4023 He was sit up he love life
I don’t think Prince was depressed I think he was in extreme pain in his hip from jumping to many things
Wow... Prince born June 7 in 1958 Michael Jackson born August 29 1958 both the best singers EVER with almost the same painful stories 😪
Both were geniuses. They both claimed to be incredibly lonely very grateful they both had the opportunity to share their immense talents with the world 🌎🙏❤
Ummm no, I would say MJ was quite a bit more catastrophic
Prince and MJ…….very differentnt stories……u cant comperes those 😠
Both men were raised in very strict, even abusive religious homes. Both were in the closet, and tried to suppress their own nature. Bowie himself recognized his own, because he too suppressed his own nature. All three definitely expressed their nature in their music and dress, because that’s all they could do, at the time. RIP all three men. They contributed so much to the world.
In case anyone wants to snap, what someone does in the bedroom is nobody’s business. I’m an ally, don’t get it twisted.
So blessed I grew up in the era of Prince and MJ... Real music
We felt JOY when we danced back then. We listen to Love and Unity in or
Michael Jackson and Prince I miss them both cuz I used to listen to both of their music all the time I still do we'll never get musicians like Michael Jackson and Prince again.
i love how in every prince comment section, people bring up MJ. its kinda insecure
The same here I grew up on both of them music Michael Jackson and Prince I like purple rain when when Doves cry
I like the way he made over the song do me baby I wish I could have met both of them Michael Jackson and Prince cuz I grew up on both of their music listening to both of them music when I was a little girl and I still listen to it now today in 2022 cuz Michael Jackson and Prince made timeless classics timeless hits and you can listen to him all day all night anytime of the day anytime or the night and they don't be cussing and all that kind of stuff well sometimes they do but that's beside the point everybody cuss it ain't like people in this world know cuz everybody cusses even the ones that you never heard say a cuss word they cuss they just don't cuss around you and cuss around people because people like that have class about their selfs
Like it when it comes to auto tune everybody thinks T-Pain started that but T-Pain didn't start doing Auto tunes Roger Troutman rest peace started doing that the auto tunes with the machines
Prince wasn't Black Bowie, Prince was Prince. Don't get it twisted.
Amen!
Bowie ain't have shit on mr purple rain!! Not saying bowie is a bumb but not no Prince!! Can't buy soul my bro's!!!
Amen!!!!! Nobody like him
Ya damn right about that
this documentary sucks!!! I love Prince and they make very strange video which are suggest to us truth in which I do not trust.
He helped my cousin by introducing her to her future book publisher and he was there for other musicians no matter the venue. He was a good guy. I was lucky to see him on stage in the “artist formerly known as Prince” period of his life.
Wow that's amazing. He was talented and such an artist and beautiful musician. Miss him in these dark days.
Who is the publisher she met
I saw him in Tampa around the year 1999 or 2000 front row. Such a small man with a giant voice.
L S Why can't you name your cousin and the publisher?
he literally was alwyas standoffish towards almost everyone
Prince didn’t trust too many people because he knew they didn’t have his best interest at heart
seems like prince was an empath surrounded by narcissists
I agree. I wish that he had gotten therapy for all he had gone though, he most certainly had the money for it. He needed to talk to someone, not though songs, but in real life. It breaks my heart to hear his story. However, we have to understand that it was all his child-life experiences that shaped and drove him and in the end made him so successful. I would have rather him find happiness than success in the end.
you are exactly right, which is why I only trust in this documentary what was spoken from his own mouth.
Prince didn't trust people because his parents didn't have his best interest at heart.
Honestly, Shenyae that is 100% true there are many people who do not have your best interest at heart. In my experience, people mostly only care about themselves, except for about 10% or 20% who are empathic!
This documentary really opened my eyes and made me really appreciate this man, all the more. We are lucky to have had him.
Yes we were fortunate to have been blessed with his Genius!✌💜🎸🎶🙏
So true so blessed
Prince was the best artist that ever was... May he rest in paradise and be at peace Amen
So what about the other great artist that ever was? YALL kill me with that BULLSHIT and should start with...in my opinion vrs speaking for everyone...yes he was great but there are plenty of other great artist
I wish Prince were here to tell his own story. I believe he was a man of truth.
Codename Diva I agree and he had so many years to tell it. But he was so mystical sometimes it’s better not to hear it from the true mouth.
Sounds a bit greedy. It is all there in his songs
@@absoluttchamp greedy? She can’t just want to hear from one of her favorite artist own mouth while alive rather than a bunch of white people kinda putting all their input on his family most likely without permission. The industry already killed him, then they send a bunch of people with no common upbringing to paint him as a sex addicted, sexually confused, problem child who grew to try and escape his childhood. Basically labeling him a walking contradiction, but isn’t that just the definition of humanity? I agree with Codename Diva cuz they treated Prince like a slave so if anything, the industry made him crazy on top of his upbringing and I ain’t too trustworthy on what 5 white people have to say about a man who they already took advantage of, so I too would have liked Prince to tell his own story from his own mouth or in a book. Tupac once said he wants to write a book and make money off his pain and when asked “all those records aren’t money for you pain?” He explained how music and novels are two different depths that can’t be reciprocated by the other, so yes, his music would be different than him telling the story with no baseline and drums behind it.
@@rayshepherd5971 Like I said. He left thousands of songs for the world to enjoy, and you still want more....
He wouldve pissed em off💯
It just breaks my heart that he had such a sad childhood. He definitely was a strong man and changed so many lives. I know he has all his wings up there. Rest In Power .
I like that, “rest in power”
He lives on though the people who appreciated him and can relate through his music.
Well said “in power!”
Prince was a baptised jehovahs witness and he knew he was never going to heaven ,but to have everlasting life 9n earth, he will certainly have a resurrection x
Nobody knows who's going to heaven but Allah!
@@bernettkearney8162 your right only God knows but there are 14000 that have this heavenly hope
@@bernettkearney8162 People speak to me from the Other Side all the time, angels & I've been to the Other Side, so I think that question was answered by God to me a long time ago, & I trust my experiences & other people's experiences more than anything you or anyone has read in a ancient, poorly translated text that has been used to manipulate people for centuries. And is extremely contradictory. No offense, experience trumps a cultural belief, no offense.
I got to visit Paisley Park after he passed. It made me respect him even more as a human being and artist. So talented, special and ahead of his time. He was no slave to anyone.
What do they mean by slave .in his case )please give me Examples
That Paysley Park home is awful , that all white bricks,he didnt have taste in building a home , but he was a great artist .
Prince has always been one of my very favorites stars ever. I cried so much when he passed away. He was misunderstood by many, but I’ve always felt a bond with him. I hope you’re resting in peace, Prince. I know you deserve it. Thank you for the music and the memories!
I’m really surprised they skipped over the Super Bowl performance. To me that’s a real peak moment. That performance to me was bigger than the solo he did. That Super Bowl performance was an absolute perfection.
Yes!!!!! But maybe this was more about his personal life
It sickens me to the core of my being, that people have children, treat them with disdain and then abandonment. The emotional trauma a child experiences may last a life time and the wounds may never heal. All the while that person struggles to play the cards they were dealt in life, to the best of their ability.
That also creates narcissists, codependents & empaths.
@@inspectorbudget You nailed it.
The point being that we need much more mental health care in this country. This country seems to be a cess pool of criminal activity, which make it the land of the free criminals. Let's change this!!!!!!
Prince
Very religious parents who are strict believe they have to guide their children in the 'right ways' for their own good and salvation in the afterlife. It is silly, of course, but some people are raised to believe such bullshit.
It's a little surprising that he was so shy because he seemed so powerful in his performances. He broke free singing.
Mj was the same way
i think it's more than shy, it's an inability to be assertive with who you are personally due to severe self esteem issues born out of family trauma but still have the ability to connect with your god given talent and communicate through that. no phd, just my experience
@@krumbsbakery154 💯
I remember camping out for 3 days to get tickets to Prince's concert. I went dressed Iike him shown in a clip here. I had the white ruffled blouse on with the black pants and large buttons
which I had sewn on myself. While in the audience in the beginning middle section of seats I climb down row after row until I landed on a side railing to get a better look at Prince, he saw me and walked over to where I was and sprayed purple substance ( I think water) onto me from his guitar. People howled and cheered as flashes of cameras were going off. It was one of the thrilling moments of my life. R I P FOREVER PRINCE💜 p. s. I camped out for The Jackson Five Victory Tour as well....w/ my kids
Cool story
The guy who portrayed Prince nailed it! Not only did he look like him he also sounded like him! WOW!😲
Are you kidding me? The look, more or less, but his singing and dancing really suck. I would not call this nailing a part...
You got to be a joke. Wow! 100% off.
Bad actor...no spirit
I just love him and his music! Not only is he an artistic genius, also an all around great human being. All he suffered to bring such beauty to the world. My wish is he's at peace and content in the afterlife. His eyes. When he looked directly at the camera, there was nothing in between, falling into the deepest eyes. Beloved, beautiful man.
Respect ....rest in peace beautiful one...💜💜
@Debra Morrison Ms you said it all, God gifted him with his talent, to touch our souls, this is his legacy, this is the impact that he left on this 🌎.
Great a human being is debatable, depending values. Suing people for sampling Prince's music from the late 80s on is not a very smart move in term of artistic behavior and understanding, neither is Xian-certified a charity for targeted struggling musicians. I feel sorry for his lifelong bleeding wounds though, this being the basic guy's condition. Abusive parents are waste, no need of this low-rate humanity to shape a genius. Though this confirms the rule genius can grow from every possible fumy.
Despite his personal issues
ending in loneliness,
isn't it mind-blowing how he
still makes us go WOW when
listening to his catalog ?
Surely prince had some happy moments. Why is this documentary so tragic through and through. Introvert does not equal loneliness/unhappiness
No, it doesn't. But beeing thrown out of your house by your father when you are in your teens does.
His performing was obviously one of, if not THE biggest great love in his life. He loved music, making music, it was his joy I think. He was an original, unique man who, like all of us, had his ups and downs in life. I imagine you'd have to watch a few docs on him to get a full picture.
You're wrong. Introvert doesn't ALWAYS equal unhappiness and loneliness, but it often does. Because we are human and we are social creatures. I think the lockdown should prove how much people can suffer just by being lonely.
@@vleaky3430 nothing I said should illicit the response your wrong. I do not speak in absolutes
@@KGmeatball then make sure to clarify it in your statement because the way it's worded is definite.
Sad sad documentary. He was a legend and unfortunately it seemed as if nothing could fulfill him completely. The day he passed was the day the music died.
Robin Cassidy R.N. 8
So true
Perhaps to so many in the general public nothing could fulfill him completely, but just maybe he did not see things like many did. We all live our lives the best to our ability, no matter who we are we all have obstacles. The music didn't necessarily die when he passed, it died when more and more acts were being signed for millions of dollar contracts/manufactured. Its pretty obvious even he knew this, why do you think he put "SLAVE" on his cheek. The natural born artists like Prince & MJ were pushed to the side having to promote themselves now, while the record companies were promoting these manufactured acts to push the agenda.
I miss him so much .
Robin Cassidy RN Too many great artists for music to die. I will be among the legends as well.
I was profoundly affected by prince and his music! He was strong, true and raw! I loved it!!
💜💜💜💜💜
The actor playing Prince is uncanny!!!! Amazing casting!
Wow very alike
I just came on here to say HAPPY 61st BIRTHDAY to the GREAT Minneapolis musician, Prince Rogers Nelson! May his INCREDIBLE LEGACY LIVE on FOREVER!!
I recently started to admire prince... Such an amazing genius.... ❤️💔
Such a sad ending for this beautiful and amazing genius human being. Rest In Peace Beautiful One 💜
He had a time bomb on him mathematically speaking. It's mean able to calculate the drug usage with the damage for how many years will go down. Prince knew it and he put his signs up before it happened. His chef said he could not eat everything came back up and could not sleep. He was suffering and it showed how skinny he was and sitting only his last concerts.
I had no idea that his parents were as deeply rooted in religion as they were.
Now I understand why he responded to me as he did when our paths crossed long ago in after seeing George Micheal perform. My mention of my Dad serving as a minister in Duluth in the early 70s may have been a "trigger," for him after the show. No doubt I was nothing more than one of thousands of people he'd seen over the decade before "armed with a camera." He called me the Light Sculptor from the Show Me state. I have clung to and tried to live up to that name ever since.
Thank you for posting this!!!!
Days have been a bit challenging since my first solo art show has been postponed until March due to weather.
I needed to see something to elevate/remind me of my own internal thoughts as an artist after this weekend's "let down."
This has served to remind me how temporary ALL things and situations actually are!
i don`t think that Prince would have liked to have his story told as if he had been a victim, a poor and weak outcast... He was a genius, he was God-like, he will always go on, live on.. Thank to the heavens above and all the gods and goddesses that there was Prince! May his spirit move on freely and happily wherever he / it likes to roam... we all were blessed to have known him and his music.
He was also very flawed and HUMAN. I rather hear that side too instead of putting him on a tower like a false God. Something he wouldn't want to be viewed as in the first place.
_he was godlike_ eyes rolling hard
I will never forget 04/21/2016 the day doves indeed cried. I remember where I was and what I was doing when I got the news he died. I will miss his talent and music, there will NEVER be another PRINCE!!!
I hear ya. I have the same thoughts. I went home. From work.
We lost a genius. I just wish he felt as much happiness and joy as he gave the world. RIP.
Amen!
Amen he was genius
He was hard time all him in life
I had the pleasure of seeing this beautiful man in concert a few times and I will say without a doubt in my mind that he gave the best performance I've ever seen at any concert ever💚💚
My dad liked princes music, i was harder rock.My dads gone now and i seen prince literally blow everyone away with his guitar at george harrisons wake.Well i watched his life story and it was beyond sad. It pissed me off that his parents just didnt get it ? I was amazed at his personal growth then deeply saddened by his demise. The toughest part for me was when his TRUE FRIEND said : We loved him WHEN HE HAD NOTHING and then to see him riding around on his bicycle,all alone....Now that got to me.
God Bless you man
Take care...
You have to remember that both his parents were failed performers, his father a jazz pianist and his mother a singer. I don't think it would be too off the mark to say that they were jealous of his talent and success. His performance at the George Harrison Tribute was beyond mind-blowing. It breaks my heart watching this documentary and learning how unloved he felt throughout his life. Rest in Peace, Prince. You'll NEVER be forogtten.
@@styx53ocean Noticed your name and thought to leave you with this 1. I grew up in Arizona and waaaay back like 79/ 80 i saw styx. Years later i worked with a guy who KNEW tommy shaw. Grew up with him in detroit. He said tommys dad LEFT when he was about 10 never to be seen again, but he gave him a guitar before he went ! Now if you think about the abandonment and rejection he felt and See/ hear Tommy just SHREDDD the guitar in concert it makes all the pieces fit. Plus, later tommy was in a band called damn yankees. The front man is also a deadly guitarist from detroit. SEEN ted twice too and even eddy van halen acknowledged teds playing. Just a bit of rock history for you. Take care
This is 2022.. it's irreverent...some of these people..who have tried to dissect Prince live..he was human..not perfect..We can't take away his gift of music. Again RIP Prince..we loved him!!!
Prince was a gift to us. As with most art, the most beautiful comes from pain. It was the pain that was the catalyst for the masterpieces he produced. The pain made Prince who he was.
Right On. You go girl
Prince we love and miss you so much! Such a legend and a beautiful soul. Your music, your legacy will live on for many, many years. RIP ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜. You didn’t know how loved you really were.
I took my 7th grade girlfriend to see Purple Rain in the theater. (Really showing my age). So, Prince's music and that movie will always be the soundtrack to a big part of my life. He will always be very special to my heart. RIP Prince.
This actor who plays Prince is unbelievable!
Brilliant documentary! Many Thanks !!
This is the perfect example of why artists need to tell their own stories before they pass, like Janet Jackson just did. If Prince were alive he would not approve of this documentary. Yes he had sad moments, but everyone does. He also was known to be a big jokester, he loved to laugh and so many of his true close friends & industry friends attest to that. Where is the purple camp? Listen to Apollonia, Moris Day, the blonde from Vanity 6, and others fun memories about Prince from people other than what seems to be here, his disgruntled workers. He simply had different relationships with different people. The fact they left out Vanity who was a HUGE love in his life & just glazed past his relationships with his wives proved they were just trying to tell a “dark” story on Prince’s life in this fake-deep documentary. Another huge part of Prince’s life was his pro-blackness and he actually did a lot for the black community. SLAVE period wasn’t him fighting a “demon” he was a pioneer who helped music artists who for so long had been taken advantage of by labels that took artists publishing. His addiction to pain meds at the end of his life was a tragedy & we all know Fentanyl is a huge problem still, but that was not the totality of his life. I could go on and on, this doc missed the mark in so many ways. Plus the re-enactment scenes were horrible lol.
💯 Perfectly said… I don’t think these people were that close to him. Except for Pepe obviously.
LOL bro Prince was taking advantage of all his artists he wasn't even paying the time or vanity 6 that's why Denise Matthews left his ass he didn't even want to pay her right to start in purple rain
Oh and not to mention he fired Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis for producing one of the SOS bands albums he didn't even want them to display their own talents he already knew they were very talented musicians he wanted to maintain control over them and Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis wasn't having that don't get me wrong I like Prince I like a lot of his music and I wish he was still alive but it still doesn't excuse the fact that he was taking advantage of a lot of those artists at the time if you think I'm lying check out tales from the tour bus season 2 episode 3 that'll tell you
He was not confused with his sexuality he knew what attracted him and that was women period.
He was so in touch with all his sexuality and sides. Something not many dare to
like you know Alison Stoopid
You don't know If they're confused or not stop It
He was bisexual. So what?!!
A great artist with à sad childhood, wanted to be loved but then realised once been famous he didnt trust anyone. Which is normal.. I loved his music so much. Its very sad and tragic that he passed away. Stop all the jugements. He was brilliant. 💜💜💜
Do you know him? Doubt it somehow.
I try to keep an open mind about these types of documentaries, though they always fall short in interpreting a talented artist. Prince was, after the hype and spin a truly mysterious man, almost an enigma to himself. His life was shaped by formative influences and lived, guided and controlled by him and him alone. No one, I mean no one can confidently speak for him. Prince's energy, spirit and ethereal essence has moved on. He's free.
I absolutely love prince, I never, ever had an attachment to music like I did with his, music these days, I can't stand anymore because it's just not real, of course they do what they like but, man.. To me prince was a gift to this world, and it breaks my heart so much with this documentary on everything sad and depressing in his life. Im an artist myself, I draw, and I wanted to draw a poster of prince so I can treasure what his music has brought into my life. I think prince has touched many ppls hearts, and when he died, I think the world was hit pretty hard. I remember it raining when we found out of his passing. But I and so many others will forever, treasure his music, and I know he's safe in God's arms. I miss you prince 😭💜💜
The actor who played Prince did a great job!
Mostly. He should not sing. Horrible.
@@Peter81369 lol that shit was terrible
As the gentleman said..there were too many 'yes' people and not enough 'no' people. Prince Roger Nelson....was more than just an icon. He was an angel that insured the pain and sadness of his life through the excellence of his musical genius. As a result, we, as his fans and those that truly loved him listened to his genius. But we were powerless and couldn't hear his screams.😭 RIP to the most beautiful one of all.
Was an angel😂😂😂😂😂 ummm yeah so that's why the pic that was shown @1:27:56 of him throwing up the 666 symbol giving homage to SATAN huh?..yall folks be so lost in IDOL and celebrity worship that yall can't see that these folks sell their souls and moral values to achieve the level of fame Prince had...prince was no different than any of these celebrities that willingly sell their souls for fame..and the more yall get that through your heads the better off yall will be......he is worth more dead than alive anyway ..yall gon learn
He was not
Never listened to prince until recently and my mind is blown and his story resonates with me
i tumbled across this today
in the labyrinth of the internet.
i was never a fan
plus
i always thought he was creepy..
well, this has massively
opened my eyes!
what a heartbreaking tale.
yet uplifting too.
he sure was, a one in a million genius!
i’ll be buying his best of now
(i’ll start there) ☺️😊
thank you for sharing this.
✌🏻🇦🇺☮️
I loved PRINCE and their WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM IN THIS LIFETIME GOD BLESS HIM and I DO HOPE HE IS RESTING BECAUSE he WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY SO MANY SO HE FINALLY got HIS WINGS NOW He can FLY in PEACE
I just want to appreciate the younger and older version of prince👏👏 and to Prince may is beautiful, gentle warm amazing and unique loving soul rest in the present of our almighty God.. and may he be united with is son!
Prince's music taught me so much over 30+ years. RIP Prince.
Me too
He is the only man that could steal your girl while wearing her shoes
💯 😂😂
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Yasss and look better too!
And eyeliner
Everyone is using that same comment. Lol.
That was the hardest thing for me to accept also. That he passed away in that elevator all alone. RIP PRINCE. I hope that you are finding your peace in heaven, that you couldn’t find here on earth. 💜☔️
Price is a genius Prince is the soundtrack to our lives.
Prince was not confused about his sexuality.
I only met Prince 2 times but he was a kind, intelligent man.
Vulnerable, never thinking good enough, betrayed by parents, depressed childhood. Trust issues yet talented genius.
So surprised to learn Prince never used recreational drugs. It gives me a much higher respect for him that all of that creativity and expression and essence was just ...pure.
Are you a new follower? Because he preached clean life his whole career... he was well known for it.
@@TheUnderCoverMother2020 right. I was in shock when they said overdose because he wasn't into drugs. I don't even think he drank either.
Prescribed drugs are worse than illegal drugs
@@kneesoxxx7902 There is a difference between treating Chronic pain... vs wanting to be high. Huge difference.
@@TheUnderCoverMother2020 Not really a follower. I’ve always respected his music and him as an artist of a certain caliber, but I did not follow him or his career. I just assumed he lead a rockstar lifestyle.
Tearsssssssssss if only him and MJ could have been closer they might have helped each other since they both went thru no childhoods & so similar two lonely souls that might have been here today had they have just tried to help one another just triedddddddddddddd..........cryinggggggggggggggg
*SUPERSTAR LEGEND TRIBUTES* 💯💯💯💯
*SUPERSTAR LEGEND TRIBUTES* They are reunited together in heaven with God himself. It’s okay 💜💜💜
They were actually friends a lot of people say that they hated each other but that is not true,the truth is that they had a weird relationship. And Noo plz don't think as in dating cause no
@@lenziababyzzz875 agreed! They were actually closer than what people think. So
many people have spoken about them
Sad the greatest artist are gone Micheal Jackson and prince!
Katphena S I'm still here. Plus there are a lot of other artists with talent as well.
Manuel Santos When I was in California a long time ago, I think I saw this in the movie theater in Hollywood. What I saw was mind blowing because I didn’t know they made concert films like that. Of course I’ve seen Woodstock, but this was something different.
Prince and MJ lol
As a Prince (PRN) fan, this was hard to watch. I was at PRN's last Essence performance in New Orleans (2014). Happened to have breakfast with a person who did security detail for PRN during the Essence Fest who said that before his main performance (in between popping on stage with Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers) that he was taken to a nearby hospital. What for? He would not confirm, but my guess is it was probably pain-related dealing with his hip. I felt sad just to know that he had been in such pain, because he gave a great performance.
Just watching the end of this documentary brought back the sadness of his death again. He was not a run of the mill drug addict - he was in severe, chronic pain. Ultimately his body could not handle those drugs (not that anyone else's could). I just wish that someone had been there to watch over him being so fresh from the incident on the plane, and he had gotten the help that he needed to wean himself off of those medications. Maybe he'd still be with us. RIP, Prince Rogers Nelson.
I agree they knew he was I'll and left him alone. Truely sad,
Very sad, teared up here. I could relate with the childhood
This is the greatest Prince documentary and I'm Lovin' it! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💜
Prince had LOTS of depressing aspects about his life; HOWEVER, making music and entertaining his 'fams' brought him unexplainable joy and OVERWHELMING BLISS!
The actor looks like Prince
Prince. Oh Prince. I miss you so much. But your songs live on in our hearts and souls. Love you always and forever.
This documentary portraits him as a victim of his childhood!
He has achieved things that no one has achieved before him.
He clearly was a controversial figure but in no shape or form was he a victim of his past.
If he was regular person with regular problems and a regular talent,
he would not be able to write, play or produce music that was beyond the known and the possible.
We all need to understand that the way we describe and associate with famous people tells us more about ourselves than them!
I was hoping someone would say it. This documentary is like a passive aggressive hit piece disguised as a tribute.
Your comment is very contradictory.
you went on to explain how his past led him to his success. it isn't mutually exclusive to see him as a victim and survivor of his childhood.
This documentary humanize the individual you iconized
I was looking for a comment like this, cos the documentary seemed to me like a one sided story ...specially when the record company manager said he was like a father to him...I doubt that prince would agree ...what do you think
@@natashavodegel8291
Sensationalist bullcrap!
@@firouz4296 Agreed
Wow.!! Very powerful and very sad I’m 54 I grew up in the Bronx NY during the 80’s Prince Music is the soundtrack of my Teenage years,,, May he Rest In Peace ✝️🎸✝️🎸✝️🎸✝️🎸
This made me cry😥😥. I love Prince so much. What a genius and talent man he was. His greatness shall live on here on earth and in the spiritual realm. R.I.P beautiful soul no more pain and suffering. 🕊🕊🕊
Oh my I miss Prince and Michael Jackson. Oh what a Icon they were. ♥️♥️
Sounds like his parents did not do much to nurture him as a child. I find it very sad, what he said during the interview in 2009: my father was so hard on me, nothing I ever did was good enough. Parents sometimes do not realize that what they do or do not do, can affect a person way into adulthood.
Very true, I sometimes feel that this also contributed to his greatness, always wanted to impress dad but couldn't, always improving.
Very sad.
Ohhh, they *DO* realize, my friend, they know damn well they’re abusive. Think about it: They don’t abuse us in public, they wait until you’re “home” or someplace private where they *can’t be seen by other ADULTS.*
How is it they can control themselves in public?
THEY DAMN WELL KNOW AND KNEW THEY’RE ABUSIVE. And every time they abused and neglected us *THEY MADE THAT DECISION.* No abuser abuses 24/7/365 but their PATTERN of behavior defines them as abusers.
I cut no quarter with abusers. I do not accept their rationalizations or those of the bystanders who do nothing and are every bit culpable as abuse sympathizers. Bah. They’re despicable, all of them.
All of their children ended up messed up .
His father and stepfather physically abused him.
This actor that’s playing Prince is really good. Looks and speaks just like Prince.
He doesn't sound like his voice, no...Prince was deeper..And the actors voice singing is hideous..Also his profile is not like Prince..only frontal
"Get outta my studio!"
~Prince
Prince was an absolute genius. He was no doubt gifted by a higher being....
Thank you for the upload. Such as a sad story. I grew up with his music. I dream of his music an him often. always love him forever.
I sang on soul train in 94 when Prince and my group for lovers only performed that Day . I will never forget him . He inspired me .
Sounds free to me. He built his own castle , kept friends around, and got happy towards the end. Don’t be fooled by these people looking to capitalize off his happiness.
It's bad enough just having epilepsy without the pain of people treating you that way , over something you can't help and didn't ask to have.!!#!!
He was loved and always will be loved. Miss him. RIP PRINCE.
Being 5'3" is enough for a man to deal with in one lifetime! I am 5'8" & my best men have always been shorter!
Me 5 '2. I'm a lot of women
Like most successful Musicians he was definitely a unique character but that's what I liked about him. RIP Prince my favourite songs 1999 and Diamonds and perals.
This hurt my heart, I've avoided any indepth looks into his life since his death. All I knew is what I got from his music and how its been the soul of my life for as long as I can remember. No wonder his music affected me so much, all his pain was in there. The line "He was the loneliest man I've ever known" just shook me.
Prince Rogers Nelson. You are missed. Musical savant that was never truly understood.
Its 2022 and I just lucked up on this old post. Thank you so much for the upload
Thank you for this upload! I remember as clear as day where I was when I first heard 'When Doves Cry' - 38 years ago! I can still tap into those feelings of the past, today. That is the everlasting legacy and power of Prince's exceptional talent - thank you for continuing to be in my life as I begin the last quarter of my life!
Perhaps he wasn't lonely, instead just more enlightened than the rest.
Remy Konimois Yes. Not lonely, a loner
agreed...wise is more like it..
agreed...wise is more like it..
While it's nice to think that way, enlightement doesn't lead you to accidental overdose with painkillers. Artist ARE indeed more sensitive, more emotional souls - that enables them to make art (instead of products) but it does come with a price. If people saw them first and foremost as people, who need to be loved, instead as just superstars or supermen, they might be less lonely and less likely to leave us before their time.
@@stephenson19861 very true..
We can see again how music saved a lot of people to their past. I didn't know Prince history I discover him and before I already know that listening his music that he had suffered.
The way his parents treated him, and the way his dad basically ripped out his heart with his fists at his most vulnerable helpless state is so sad.
I don't know why Prince was the only star I ever mourned for. I was a fan of his voice and the way he made his guitar sing all of my life. I don't have to miss him because his music still lives. I saw Michael as the King but I adored Prince the most.
Im only 5 mins in, so many dramatic bulshitters. Prince, did know love, dod know joy, did know creativity, beauty, it was all in the meaning of his music!!! He was not sad or isolated, he dived deep into his craft! How divine!
Miss you, Prince♡
Listen to the song “miss prince” by hey Steve!
greatest musician that america has ever had.
Tipper Gore felt the Darling Nikki lyrics were sexually explicit and inappropriate for children to hear so she recited them on day time tv exposing countless children to those very same lyrics? Wtf?
great documentary about one of my favorite artists,, Thank God for Prince Roger Nelson... it had me in tears of joy and sadness. His music lives on forever #ICONIC
Brilliant! Huge Prince fan. Saw Purple Rain in 1985. Amazing
Damn i only properly became a fan in 2016 then found out he past i cried but befor then i would occasionally hear his songs play in public every now and then and i hate the fact i never got to see him in his prime. I cried through out this doc too. Aw my prince i love you may you rest in love you musical god!! 💕💕
Great documentary
Fact of a opioid user
He was riding his bike with a fro, and that suggests that he wants to be a kid again😂😂😂 foh wow
lol...right.
It was not a conscious choice
At that moment, he alone rides his bike surely around his empty house, .He comes back to find himself as a lonely child. His art is alive.It comes out of soul and connect souls.We,the others,the public enjoy it and nothing more.
It has been two years since I commented on this documentary. Both of Prince’s parents were very talented people . But both of them were emotionally immature, disconnected from themselves and could not connect with Prince or Tyka when they were very young in a chaotic and emotionally turbulent and abusive home. Prince found his identity in his music and told his audience a lot about himself and his desires to connect and fantasies of connection. But intimacy is what he feared most. Deep down he felt flawed and defective because when he was very young no one was able to reflect his true self to him. His parents were not able to connect with their children on an emotional level. This documentary really is the closest thing to the truth of Prince’s inner life. They are not saying anything derogatory about his talent. Many of the people speaking here are those who knew him best. Alan Leeds knew Prince for years as his tour manager and manager of the Paisley Park label. Bobby Z was a friend and bandmate. Pepe Willie knew Prince as a relative and as a temporary manager and supporter of Prince’s early career. Mica Paris, a friend, and Terry Guidesen, a photographer. They experienced Prince in the context of those relationships and are reporting what they saw and felt. Prince was certainly a unique talent. But he had emotional needs like everyone else and emotional wounds because those needs did not get met. He found his identity in his music and in the applause. But who Prince believed he was on the inside was covered over by his amazing talent which cast a spell over many of the people around him and his fans so that they could not see the weak person he subconsciously believed himself to be. As perfect as Prince looked on the outside was more likely a projection of really how small and flawed he felt on the inside.
Thank you for your thoughtful and compassionate understanding of this beautiful human beings pain. Intimacy for people who have experienced childhood trauma is next to impossible. And yet our of the flames of a disastrous childhood comes genius and incredible beauty.
BULL!
His sudden death came as a shock and I’m still reeling almost six years later
Blessed 🙌 Love and thank you EXCELLENT Documentary. It popped up on my screen and I have absolutely no regrets. Thank You Beloved
Rest in peace Prince. You were the greatest. 😄
it was funny that Prince said get out of my studio to those people.
Get outta my Studio!!! Lol
now that part was probably real..
Just starting to get into Prince. Goddamn he was a true talent, an incredible artist, and a thoughtful person.
I've loved Prince my whole life. God bless his heart..
He seemed like such a sweet guy, and a gentleman. How sad that he was lonely. He had the charisma to attract people, and an awesome talent.
I wonder. Why is it that the most talented and gifted artists in our time seem to struggle with very similar childhood trauma.
Childhood trauma is very common. It is the plight of many and some of those people become musicians. Their lives become very public. Childhood trauma is so common that statistically, many public figures such as musicians suffer from it’s effects of shame and addiction as coping strategies to deaden the emotional pain. Prince was a workaholic among other things like perfectionism. Prince wore himself out and use opioids to deal with the pain of a body that was worn from all of his performing.
@@nancypatricia511 yes - Elton John too had a terrible ‘relationship’ with his father