How Prince Wrote 'Sign o' the Times' | Diary of a Song

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @SunofZMusic
    @SunofZMusic 4 года назад +509

    People really don’t realize what this dude was. A musical Jedi.

    • @darkknightsds
      @darkknightsds 4 года назад +12

      Yes, they do.

    • @BellofattoBrews
      @BellofattoBrews 4 года назад +17

      From the heart of Minnesota here comes the Purple Yoda.

    • @stephaniemeals4983
      @stephaniemeals4983 4 года назад +12

      What he still IS.

    • @yvonnenoel7206
      @yvonnenoel7206 4 года назад +9

      Some of us do. I have been in love with Prince since high school. Trust me, it's been many years. I have seen him in concert so many times and this is what I miss the most. RIP💜

    • @michaelmoraga2926
      @michaelmoraga2926 4 года назад +3

      ... The Purple Yoda, in fact. ; )

  • @SunofZMusic
    @SunofZMusic 3 года назад +138

    Underrated...I don't think people really realize how unique this dude was. He was one of one.

    • @druscillalee2183
      @druscillalee2183 2 года назад +3

      AWESOME 👍🏽

    • @1w598
      @1w598 Год назад +5

      Underrated is the most overused word. The older generations appreciate his music. However, the younger generations simply don't care to know Prince or his music. I don't think they're even aware.

    • @garfieldharrison510
      @garfieldharrison510 Год назад

      Oh They realize it. But, they don't want to encourage his deeds in the mainstream. But, its okay. Because his true friend do that anyway. He will be seen if they can help it. Friend meaning his Fans. That's how Prince referred to us.

    • @NikosKatsikanis
      @NikosKatsikanis 28 дней назад

      @@garfieldharrison510 deeds?

  • @anushapremkumar7356
    @anushapremkumar7356 4 года назад +163

    When she said he takes a break from recording to play basketball I’m just imagining that Chappelle show skit with Charlie Murphy 😂😂

  • @LocoArt
    @LocoArt 3 года назад +42

    What nobody ever mentions is he essentially wrote a blues song - but he totally reimagined the genre. There are many blues songs, but this is the last original blues song - building on from Marvin Gaye's 'whats goin on'. This was not 'his' blues ("I've lost my job, my woman ran off"). He was singing the blues of the entire world.

    • @Ryan-ye2fm
      @Ryan-ye2fm Год назад +1

      What an insightful comment -- thank you! It's a blues song, but not a cover or an homage (as most blues songs are today). Charley Paton or Son House would have loved Sign O' the Times -- it's just good, creative, innovative blues songwriting.

    • @draaienmaar
      @draaienmaar Год назад +1

      I have to admit that Suzanne Rogers explaining how he recorded his vocals on a very basic track and then the guitar to answer and emphasize, made me realize how much this is truly a blues song. The chords in this song, though stretched out, should give that away, obviously. The use of synts and samplers, and overall wild arrangements (in other songs) may obscured it perhaps. But I get that this blues approach is very much how he approached music, not just in this song. Thank you for pointing that out😊

  • @CymaticsFZ
    @CymaticsFZ 4 года назад +124

    Them a cappella vocals gave me chills man. Smh only Prince

    • @melodyal3357
      @melodyal3357 Год назад +2

      Only he could do that. No one had (and won´t ever have) such remarkable, insane vocal range as Prince had. That is not an opinion, that is THE FACT!

  • @memorandom7484
    @memorandom7484 4 года назад +190

    The man was a tiny purple genius, the likes of whom we will never see again.

    • @rebeccaflores608
      @rebeccaflores608 4 года назад +7

      I like Purple Rain Prince sing that very good I Love it always play his CD in my car I like also the movie Sign of Times

    • @yvonnenoel7206
      @yvonnenoel7206 4 года назад +8

      Believe it! He was a musical genius. I miss him so much. May be REST IN POWER 💜🖤💜

    • @amremnant
      @amremnant 4 года назад +7

      Still not over his death.

    • @Projectheureka
      @Projectheureka 4 года назад

      REMEMBER Remember America:
      It is the same reckless big Pharma CARTELS, and their ALEC & Trump Republican cronies peddling their super chilled and yet unproven COVID19 vaccines on everyone, who recklessly killed Prince and millions of others with their GREED for opioid profits!
      NEVER forget THAT! 😊😷🤗😘😍
      Godless Best,
      A.E.
      Projectheureka LLC;

    • @yvonnenoel7206
      @yvonnenoel7206 4 года назад

      @@Projectheureka , WORD!!!

  • @jessenia.rosalesss
    @jessenia.rosalesss 4 года назад +142

    Finally Prince is starting to get a bit more recognition in this generation

    • @AC-mp7cx
      @AC-mp7cx 3 года назад +1

      his numbers havent done well for whatever reason

    • @PrinceLeaker
      @PrinceLeaker 3 года назад +3

      @@AC-mp7cx It has actually, his albums sales are doing good specially in the past two years, the Prince Estate has made a lot in these years. Prince was #2 on the Highest Earning Passed Celebs list for Forbes at the end of 2021. The Michael Jackson Estate fell off, the Prince Estate is higher than them now. The MJ Estate is at #3, and I wonder why because they weren’t releasing anything.

    • @AC-mp7cx
      @AC-mp7cx 3 года назад +1

      @@PrinceLeaker I dont think that is true. look I respect Prince, he is aight. But Michael was the biggest celeb ever, and he is dozens of millions of sales ahead of prince, always will be. Respect to all

    • @BoosterGoldEarth6
      @BoosterGoldEarth6 2 года назад

      @AC Prince records since death has been in the upper tier. Especially the post death releases. All have went gold or better in physical releases. Sounds like your another sassy hater.

    • @melodyal3357
      @melodyal3357 Год назад +1

      He may never be forgotten. I hope people appreciate him more. Because if they do, that is a good sign that there is still hope for this (or next) generation.

  • @keifer39
    @keifer39 4 года назад +117

    I was 21 in 87 and this song smacked hard then and it still does 33 years later.
    Sometimes I still find it hard to believe he is dead. "...all good things they say never last."

    • @mknightyt
      @mknightyt 4 года назад +5

      His music was the soundtrack of my life

    • @teetee19768
      @teetee19768 4 года назад +5

      Sometimes it snows in April

    • @junglecat_rant
      @junglecat_rant 4 года назад

      @@mknightyt Yes, mine too

    • @Olubumni
      @Olubumni 4 года назад +1

      I still have hard time listening to his music😢

    • @micksaltydog
      @micksaltydog 2 года назад

      And love isn’t love until it’s passed 👑

  • @jaydeepbhadra
    @jaydeepbhadra Год назад +27

    Hearing Prince's isolayed vocals, guitar and synths for this track is incredible!! I want to poke my head and ears behind the curtain to look and hear the process. Thanks for doing this! More please!!

  • @KOMET2006
    @KOMET2006 4 года назад +55

    Simply put, PRINCE was the Mozart of our times. (I say that as someone who's been a fan of his music since 1980.)

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

      yes he could make music all alone and no one else could do that but his music alone was top 50

    • @eleanormedina6703
      @eleanormedina6703 3 года назад +2

      I agree prince was like that .His controversy album was my entrance to prince. His purple rain movie was ..what can I say or discuss? Michael Jackson 's entry to movies was Ben. Madonna had a movie with Sean Penn. Some wanna be Madonna movie. Prince no 1.

    • @bluepeopledoNotexistBlacksDo
      @bluepeopledoNotexistBlacksDo Год назад

      Better and More Talented than Beethoven.

  • @Breakbeats92.5
    @Breakbeats92.5 4 года назад +34

    "If he was awake he wanted an instrument in in hands and if he had an instrument in his hands he wanted to be recording." Talent is the starting point, hard work is the key to success.

  • @persnickety369
    @persnickety369 2 года назад +17

    I enjoy listening to how Susan Rogers appreciates Prince, even after he worked her so hard.

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 года назад +1

      She said that every day for 4 years was something exciting. I bet that can't be said for most recording artists.

  • @debbiemarquis3231
    @debbiemarquis3231 4 года назад +26

    The first time i listened to Purple rain as an adult..when the guitar solo started..i literally cried..

  • @JaesadaSrisuk
    @JaesadaSrisuk 4 года назад +51

    Dr. Susan Rogers is an absolute legend! She’s a professor of audiology and psychoacoustics at Berklee now.

  • @HEARDIFFERENT
    @HEARDIFFERENT 4 года назад +82

    Give me a reason for not thinking that this song could be recorded today and still sound relevant.

    • @Projectheureka
      @Projectheureka 4 года назад +4

      Sign of The ( COVID-19 & USA' gods squads- Killer-cops') Times:
      Just stop your crying
      It's a sign of the times
      Welcome to the final show
      Hope you're wearing your best clothes
      You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky
      You look pretty good down here
      But you ain't really good
      If we never learn, we been here before
      Why are we always stuck and running from
      The bullets?
      The bullets
      We never learn, we been here before
      Why are we always stuck and running from
      The bullets?
      The bullets
      Just stop your crying
      It's a sign of the times
      We gotta get away from here
      We gotta get away from here
      Just stop your crying
      It'll be alright
      They told me that the end is near
      We gotta get away from here
      Just stop your crying
      Have the time of your life
      Breaking through the atmosphere
      And things are pretty good from here
      Remember everything will be…
      You WOKE yet you religious SLAVES? Nah, You aren't, yet, Kiddos! 😊😷🤗😘😍
      Godless Best,
      A.E.
      Projectheureka LLC

    • @stonew1927
      @stonew1927 4 года назад +1

      I think it's mixed. The events he alludes to in the song do make it feel dated, i.e. rocket ships exploding and people dying of aids and needles, etc. Yet the underlying tone of concern for the those troubled times is quite relevant today since we are experiencing our own collective existential angst. In that way, it's relatable....

    • @HEARDIFFERENT
      @HEARDIFFERENT 2 месяца назад

      @@jamaikanivory ok

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler 4 года назад +28

    I remember when this tune came out. I was hooked beyond belief. Like it was music coming down to earth from heaven.

  • @MrPierreCitron
    @MrPierreCitron 11 месяцев назад +5

    He made the whole song on a Fairlight.. Man, he was way ahead of the curve even hip hop sampler-wise... LOVE

  • @yhvhislove
    @yhvhislove 4 года назад +45

    Greatest album in my book. Don't care what anybody says.

    • @lampkindickerson1424
      @lampkindickerson1424 4 года назад +7

      No one has anything different to say

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

      @@lampkindickerson1424 oh we do

    • @BoosterGoldEarth6
      @BoosterGoldEarth6 2 года назад +2

      @Ac once again your caught being a sassy hater

    • @minigrande1939
      @minigrande1939 2 года назад

      It's really hard to write a great album because there has to be consistently a narrative so to to it on a double album is just god level only pink Floyd The wall .thats the only two great double albums

  • @Black22Productions
    @Black22Productions 4 года назад +68

    Thank you NYT for this amazing series. I love the topics, the editing, everything. Thank you thank you thank you! And man, do I miss Prince.

  • @eugenemason8279
    @eugenemason8279 4 года назад +45

    The Greatest To Ever Do It! REST IN POWER MESSENGER!!

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

      not the best to ever do it

    • @BoosterGoldEarth6
      @BoosterGoldEarth6 2 года назад

      @AC Please seek help. Let ppl have their opinion, especially over a great talent like Prince. Geesh

    • @deborahharrison7348
      @deborahharrison7348 2 года назад

      @@AC-mp7cx Prince in the other had all his concerts were different there was always something new prince was trying he wasn't afraid to go out the box he wasn't afraid to try new things Prince concerts was always new and exciting and fun and how he really interact with his audiences and had them singing along with him or prince would just have the audiences sing with him and Prince would have alot of his audiences to come on stage to dance with him and his audiences would go wild with being on the stage with him i never seen MJ have any of his audiences go up on stage and dance with him and MJ FAKE A$$ Audiences doing all that fake SH*** Falling out Crying and Carrying on with that nonsense

    • @deborahharrison7348
      @deborahharrison7348 2 года назад +1

      @@AC-mp7cx AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION AND I AM ENTITLED TO MY OPINION AND THATS HOW IT WORKS PERIOD

  • @B.Jewels
    @B.Jewels 4 года назад +30

    Can't get over that Prince liked lemon cake, Lemon sweets happen to be my personal favourite.🍋🍰🍨🧁

  • @melodyal3357
    @melodyal3357 Год назад +11

    The Greatest Musical genius of all time! Prince was like music itself embodied into one human, one soul. Mind blowingly talented, unique, ethereal, charming, surreal. He was like mix of modern Mozart and Jimi Hendrix (and so much more!). Some, very rare, but some people God truly makes masterpiece of his own! 💜🌟

  • @mrebholz
    @mrebholz 4 года назад +17

    For me, this was and is his signature song. This is so much more Prince than Purple Rain. It’s like a distilled version of his discography. I was 14 years old when the movie came out and I saw it three times in a row like a little teen girl watching dirty dancing.

  • @erlineandrews
    @erlineandrews 3 года назад +18

    I'm impressed by how many women Prince always had on his team.

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Год назад

      Susan was the key

    • @uploadvidz4490
      @uploadvidz4490 7 месяцев назад

      I'd be more surprised if it was the opposite. It's almost like he wanted to be a woman at times.

  • @hopeclayburnsax9369
    @hopeclayburnsax9369 4 года назад +57

    This was a great piece on an amazing song and time in Prince lore. I wore out two cassettes of this album as a kid trying to learn every intricacy of this masterpiece and hearing the isolated vocals was a treat. Big props to Susan Rogers for sharing her knowledge in a humble and fan like way.

  • @DukesMusic84
    @DukesMusic84 4 года назад +9

    Prince came from the old school of rock stardom. No social media, very few interviews. In order to get opinions on the news and politics you had to listen carefully to the lyrics or go out to a concert.

  • @slowboi1688
    @slowboi1688 3 года назад +11

    Dude this guy is the definition of music

  • @DrexelRivers
    @DrexelRivers 4 года назад +21

    Sign O the time is THE best Prince album.....period! yeah i said it....a masterpiece from beginning to end....

    • @eleanormedina6703
      @eleanormedina6703 3 года назад +2

      Controversy album.

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

      it sold horribly

    • @DrexelRivers
      @DrexelRivers 3 года назад +2

      @@eleanormedina6703 still feel sign of the times is the best . Enjoy controversy

    • @DrexelRivers
      @DrexelRivers 3 года назад +4

      @@AC-mp7cx sales are not indicative of greatness . Purple rain is prince highest selling album and far from his greatest , that is from prince own lips .

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

      @@DrexelRivers So his albums just flopped and u thin that doesn't matter. Good for you

  • @IamRam7425
    @IamRam7425 4 года назад +10

    That was an awesome story, about the most prolific and talented musician of my lifetime. I was lucky enough to witness this man in action.

  • @selene.sibelius
    @selene.sibelius 4 года назад +39

    We need a sign o the times for 2020

    • @heatherlacovara4601
      @heatherlacovara4601 4 года назад +1

      Lmao the song is timeless. NYT is trying to exploit it like everything else. If you knew anything about Prince you would know what's actually happening according to the NYT has zero to do with Prince's words. Some of you are so pathetic. So obvious you don't listen to Prince past Purple Rain and 1999. Clowns

    • @vivianawhite8280
      @vivianawhite8280 4 года назад +1

      We do,yes.
      Some up and comers are here.
      Obviously our generation would be critical of "new".
      Myself included.
      There are some surprises out here

    • @packleader1215
      @packleader1215 4 года назад

      Another song with idea of "things are falling apart so let's party" is a song by John Legend ft. Brandy - Quickly
      ruclips.net/video/XdQQ_55JVMA/видео.html

  • @IvanCampoMusic
    @IvanCampoMusic 4 года назад +13

    It could quite easily be called 'Ahead o' the Times'. Absolutely groundbreaking song!

  • @cynditompkins8646
    @cynditompkins8646 4 года назад +11

    May the angel's hold you in their wings, love you always. "Until your in my arms again" tribute to his son!

  • @Power_Fantastic
    @Power_Fantastic 4 года назад +14

    Loved it, well done NYT, it's good to see this has just come out ... Prince's music is timeless 💜

  • @marylee-anderson8793
    @marylee-anderson8793 4 года назад +18

    Prince = legend
    Great video

  • @SuperSpace2009
    @SuperSpace2009 4 года назад +8

    It is not many artist you can say that was beyond his time! Sign of the time! Was true back then as it is true NOW! 2020! Absolutely an ICON before our TIME! I am overjoyed I got to witness it! Not the mess of today!

  • @kelliv2995
    @kelliv2995 4 года назад +12

    And he gave us so Much

  • @ddelaney712
    @ddelaney712 4 года назад +7

    Prince. Unfortunately we will never meet. I want to say just how much your music both influenced and lifted me. What most people, myself included, would call your work genius, I know that you would call normal.
    My personal favorite, When Doves Cry, is just that, a personal favorite in a ocean of rythem and sound. Sign O' the Times another song that stopped me dead in my tracks first time I heard it. The visual aspect was another but everything was tied back to the music.
    Prince Rogers Nelson. Thank you for your music, your words, your dance, and your funk.
    I will not say RIP. Instead I'll leave this promise. Someday, I'll repeat these words to you, hear your songs again.
    Peace.

  • @gwenrobinson7433
    @gwenrobinson7433 4 года назад +18

    There will NEVER be another Purple Prince.

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 года назад

      The next one will be violet

  • @myothercarisadelorean8957
    @myothercarisadelorean8957 4 года назад +4

    Once the pandemic is over and we can get back normal, do yourself a favor and go tour his mansion in Minnesota. I did it 3 years ago and it's unreal! The tour guides are great and give you all the details about every room in the house.

  • @johnmoore4714
    @johnmoore4714 2 года назад +4

    Prince 💜 brilliance will never be duplicated

  • @ashleylong679
    @ashleylong679 4 года назад +10

    Great video! These are some of my favorite videos. I would love to hear about older songs, just like this one. Great job!!! Keeping them coming!

  • @BellofattoBrews
    @BellofattoBrews 4 года назад +34

    Prince is, was and always will be the greatest musical artist ever and yes I will die on that hill.

    • @sannikemi368
      @sannikemi368 4 года назад

      MJ is

    • @stephaniemeals4983
      @stephaniemeals4983 4 года назад +10

      @@sannikemi368 MJ is the greatest entertainer, not musician.

    • @suzeesix
      @suzeesix 4 года назад +8

      I’ll die on that same hill. Prince was the most talented human in our lifetime. Cars like that don’t pass you everyday.

    • @Olubumni
      @Olubumni 4 года назад +1

      You will not die alone, and sorry, MJ does not take that title.

    • @tyroncline5978
      @tyroncline5978 4 года назад

      @@sannikemi368 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ladylovely7745
    @ladylovely7745 3 года назад +6

    Yessss he was so misunderstood by folks. Such a great artist, beautiful being..he is definitely missed

  • @priyac7054
    @priyac7054 4 года назад +22

    2020 would've seen another generational song by Prince!
    WHICH would've been a staple for another 80 years

    • @heatherlacovara4601
      @heatherlacovara4601 4 года назад +3

      Lmao why don't you go learn a thing or two about Prince before you post your stupidity?

    • @MrSanpj
      @MrSanpj 4 года назад +3

      @@heatherlacovara4601 . Exactly.

    • @lisagnoza9819
      @lisagnoza9819 4 года назад +2

      You act like this is a GOOD thing? We had terrible tragedies this year, that are still going on and you think that if Prince was alive today he would write about it again? He has been there, done that. You either listened to what he had to say through his music decades ago, or you ignored it. Either way, the song remains the same, as does our current sign of the times. Sign O' The Times was not a generational song. It is timeless. There is nothing new he could say that he hasn't already said/sang about.

  • @oliviercasabielhe842
    @oliviercasabielhe842 Год назад +1

    Thank U so much. This song is more than a simple hit, this is maybe the perfect expression of Prince's genius.

  • @carrieanderson132
    @carrieanderson132 4 года назад +3

    Really enjoyed listening to this song during my Jr high & high School years

  • @ScottyMackAttack
    @ScottyMackAttack 4 года назад +25

    Prince's greatest song. (And that's not easy to say )

    • @jamstagerable
      @jamstagerable 4 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @zahravee737
      @zahravee737 4 года назад +3

      Yes, " " is the best song! 😂

    • @violetthebat8810
      @violetthebat8810 4 года назад +2

      @@zahravee737 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💜💜💜💜💜💜💜👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

    • @ubself
      @ubself 4 года назад +2

      I could never say greatest, or best or pick one

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 года назад

      @@ubself it can change daily

  • @carvalone3076
    @carvalone3076 4 года назад +22

    Prince always was and will always be a dream 💋💋❤️

  • @integratedboxingsystem8827
    @integratedboxingsystem8827 2 года назад +3

    I remember seeing Sign Of The Times when it first came out in the movies. If you haven't seen the movie go to Amazon and watch it for free.

  • @arvycrayton8870
    @arvycrayton8870 4 года назад +10

    We are finally starting to see into his world and how far ahead of his time he was. Sign of the times is relevant today and his music in the vault that we’ve yet to hear was recorded years ago and will be just a powerful when it sees the light of day. I hope we get to hear more isolated vocals and isolated instrumentation in the coming yrs.

  • @catchingthemoon
    @catchingthemoon 4 года назад +12

    I miss you genius man.

  • @bignoyz4111
    @bignoyz4111 4 года назад +8

    Prince, The Midwest Music Monster ✊🏿...Epic Album.

  • @brendaswanson6629
    @brendaswanson6629 4 года назад +6

    Oh man I miss this angel

  • @LaCheleWallace
    @LaCheleWallace 2 года назад +2

    I was just a baby when this came out, but when I finally came around to it, I was all in. 1987 is my favorite year for '80s music through and through. _Sign o' the Times_ is indeed my favorite Prince LP(s), period. Imagine what this project(s) could've been like if the label would've let him work his magic. I had so many questions about his music that nobody asked about. What was _Crystal Ball_ really supposed to be?

  • @gg41r
    @gg41r 4 года назад +9

    My fave Prince song

  • @hmngbrd
    @hmngbrd 4 года назад +3

    I miss him so much after all this time.

  • @Overqualified1
    @Overqualified1 4 года назад +9

    This was a great video. Wow.

  • @artepjan
    @artepjan 3 года назад +3

    to hear Prince and his music is something else, it's beautiful perfection 💜 gives me chills

  • @princebootlegchannel
    @princebootlegchannel 4 года назад +9

    Witness to a Genius.💜🙏👏

  • @PaoloC.
    @PaoloC. 4 года назад +17

    I'd really like to know how that incredible guitar sound came together.

  • @frogkisser
    @frogkisser 4 года назад +4

    I MISS HIM

  • @stylecollective-qt9um
    @stylecollective-qt9um 4 года назад +9

    Sign of The Times, Ronnie Talk to Russia, Count the Days, We March, Free, 1999....you can keep digging into Prince crates and never come up short for political anthems...he essentially has an entire catalog of political songs discussing issues that are still relevant today. That, everyone, is what you call timeless songwriting.

  • @headishome8452
    @headishome8452 4 года назад +7

    I miss him...

  • @johnmoore4714
    @johnmoore4714 2 года назад +1

    I didn't know what to expect from sign of the times. I was blown away 😳

  • @TheRegularjoe1365
    @TheRegularjoe1365 4 года назад +30

    I find it amusing how they try to define (pigeonhole by genre) Prince's sound, circa 1987. When I tag my music files I have a label for Prince tracks, it's ''FUNk."

    • @faith2xxx
      @faith2xxx 3 года назад +1

      Prince WAS/IS his own genre.

    • @eleanormedina6703
      @eleanormedina6703 3 года назад +2

      My daughter ❤ little Red corvette.

  • @yeux-s7i
    @yeux-s7i 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for making this. Prince was gone too soon.

  • @TheCaptainKim
    @TheCaptainKim 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful purple genius, never forgotten.

  • @Gothicblackchic
    @Gothicblackchic 4 года назад +59

    Man I was gorgeous

    • @Projectheureka
      @Projectheureka 4 года назад +1

      Sign of The ( COVID-19 & USA' gods squads- Killer-cops') Times:
      "Just stop your crying
      It's a sign of the times
      Welcome to the final show
      Hope you're wearing your best clothes
      You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky
      You look pretty good down here
      But you ain't really good
      If we never learn, we been here before
      Why are we always stuck and running from
      The bullets?
      The bullets
      We never learn, we been here before
      Why are we always stuck and running from
      The bullets?
      The bullets
      Just stop your crying
      It's a sign of the times
      We gotta get away from here
      We gotta get away from here
      Just stop your crying
      It'll be alright
      They told me that the end is near
      We gotta get away from here
      Just stop your crying
      Have the time of your life
      Breaking through the atmosphere
      And things are pretty good from here
      Remember everything will be…"
      You WOKE yet you religious SLAVES? Nah, You aren't, yet, Kiddos! You are still just merely only crying, holding Virgil after Virgil and nonsensical PRAYERS, you slaves! 😊😷🤗😘😍
      Godless Best,
      A.E.
      Projectheureka LLC

    • @181cameron
      @181cameron 4 года назад +1

      Rest in Purple, fake one

  • @persnickety369
    @persnickety369 2 года назад +2

    Cat was such an original and dynamic dancer. 💃🏻

  • @Califormula
    @Califormula 4 года назад +7

    She knows music. . . .

  • @arinka1712
    @arinka1712 3 года назад +2

    This album is incredible also Parade and Around the world in a day these 3 LP for me the BEST.

  • @-HRH
    @-HRH 4 года назад +2

    Loved this. Well done, NYT. ☮️

  • @calevy7099
    @calevy7099 4 года назад +5

    Brilliant telling! ❤️

  • @billiondollarman3847
    @billiondollarman3847 4 года назад +5

    This was the first song not to have a Video. Back in 87 it was unheard of. A pop video without a video in the 80's ?? Say what !!

    • @suzeesix
      @suzeesix 4 года назад +2

      It had a video. They’re showing the video in this clip. It was a lyric video.

    • @purpleflowers699
      @purpleflowers699 3 года назад +2

      @@suzeesix 💋🍒💋I think he means a standard video with a storyline. Also Prince didn’t want to make a video for this song, it was the record label that put that together. Videos back then were used for advertising, so they felt the song needed to have one...it didn’t.🍒💋🍒

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 года назад

      @@purpleflowers699 Music videos are still used for advertising. The whole point is having something to watch when the music is being played on TV. No TV station wants to broadcast an empty screen.
      I remember thinking the video was revolutionary as it featured animated computer graphics which I had never seen in a music video before.

  • @LehuaUHH
    @LehuaUHH 4 года назад +3

    What a joyful subject!

  • @silverfritzreah5598
    @silverfritzreah5598 4 года назад +20

    "im feeling with my hands..." plzzz

  • @MarroniMusic
    @MarroniMusic 2 года назад +1

    Finally, an interesting video from the NYT

  • @lancel71
    @lancel71 3 года назад +5

    I'd love to see more o these on Prince, extremely interesting!🤘

  • @B.Jewels
    @B.Jewels 4 года назад +4

    4:12 He is so adorable here, so shy he held up 4 fingers 😊

  • @bhn028
    @bhn028 4 года назад +3

    Wow, thank you!

  • @jenga181
    @jenga181 4 года назад

    Thank You! The insight and "method"(yeah, right!) of his craft that i've been curious to see for years!

  • @Cormac-jd2kx
    @Cormac-jd2kx 8 месяцев назад

    The song is a masterpiece. I remember i wasn’t much into Parade and disappointed with the film so when this was released as the first single I was so happy I was listening to it all day everyday. Still get goosebumps

  • @michaelmoraga2926
    @michaelmoraga2926 4 года назад +7

    'Here come the Purple Yoda...' 💜

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 года назад

      Guaranteed to bring the dirty new sound

  • @Bradbluebathgate
    @Bradbluebathgate Год назад

    my favorite album,,, It has about 100 songs..

  • @crunk209
    @crunk209 4 года назад +1

    R.I.P Prince 🤴🏻!!!!!! 😢👉🏻👈🏻💯

  • @mrqs1549
    @mrqs1549 4 года назад +25

    “Sign o’ the times” is a Sociology class. Musically genius.

    • @compasdelaire
      @compasdelaire 3 года назад

      I'm going to speak in spanish
      El no habla de música.
      El no habla acerca de la humanidad.
      El no pretende hacer sociología de libro.
      El únicamente necesitó sentirse querido ( que no tiene nada que ver con ser querido)
      Desde mi tremenda ignorancia, me atrevo a decir que su hermana era la Persona que entendía su fondo, de lo que me alegro, pero llegar a entender a una persona con AA CC es muy difícil, por más que los amemos.

    • @compasdelaire
      @compasdelaire 3 года назад

      Disculpa, esto no era una respuesta a tu comentario. Me equivoqué cuando empecé a postearlo

  • @Toracube
    @Toracube Год назад

    The guitar on it was beautiful. In and out..lots of space….

  • @marcdr.9816
    @marcdr.9816 4 года назад +14

    When I heard "how you met Prince?" I remember the Chappelle show

  • @cillamoke
    @cillamoke 3 года назад

    I was 14 when this song came out and still know every single word

  • @josedacunhafilho
    @josedacunhafilho 4 года назад +6

    Michael Jackson danced like nobody could dance, but the truly great pop musician of the 1980s and 90s, no doubt, was Prince. I believe the future will bring a lot more weight to his work, and, as new tracks are unveiled, as no doubt many will be unveiled, his fame will grow, and grow. I don't throw this word around much at all, but he was by all means a genius.

  • @kiuakakirstine8257
    @kiuakakirstine8257 4 года назад +1

    Poetic, Prolific, Peaceful, Power Prince 💜💜💜💜💜💜❤️ 4ever in our lifes

  • @angelomelville9084
    @angelomelville9084 4 года назад +2

    Great!! More!!

  • @lindarob6197
    @lindarob6197 3 года назад

    Prince was the greatest musician we ever had , he had a unique talent his music will live on forever 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @deannaterry6875
    @deannaterry6875 4 года назад +4

    Great back story for one of the best timeless songs!

  • @ShiningEyeBrigade
    @ShiningEyeBrigade 2 года назад

    Great video, thank you.

  • @ginamulligan4401
    @ginamulligan4401 4 года назад +2

    He was fly.....💜☔

  • @drazensimic
    @drazensimic Год назад

    Timeless masterpiece, the song and the album.

  • @garfieldharrison510
    @garfieldharrison510 2 года назад +2

    You see people thought after Purple Rain he reached his peak. He reached his commercial peak. But, the real stuff was coming after that. Because Sign O the Times was amazing. All of his subsequent albums had some gems on them. I mean he saturated us with enough music till we all transition. I believe that God has a sense of humor. You see it with the politicians. All the clowning. Here was a man who lived only 57 years and gave so much to the music world. Because he knew he could. Didn't get caught up with the hype. He was the hype. Rest in Power Prince. Thank U!

  • @NewEarthEnglish
    @NewEarthEnglish 4 года назад +1

    This is a great video 💜👍🏾

  • @houzbizness303
    @houzbizness303 Год назад

    I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I loved the snippets of the individual tracks. I wonder if an instrumental version of Sign Of The Times exists. I never felt I would enjoy that but after watching this I feel I would.