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My parents were at this show & this was Prince's like 7th encore. That's why the show almost looks like a rehearsal & this was a 7th ecnore after already performing for 3 hours. Than after the concerts, Prince would make a surprise pop up at a night club & continue to perform his rare songs til 6am. You can't say Prince wasn't the physcial embodiement of music!
Are you serious?
I have been to his concerts where they have had 3 encore performances,
But SE7EN?
Dude was friggin incredible!
In Toronto, 2011 - show 1 (Nov) he did something like this. @@keithbell9348
2011.04.28 - This was the 4th encore and the full concert was 160mins (2 hrs 40mins). He came back on for a 5th encore of "More Than This".
4. Last one was Brian Ferry cover ‘More Than This’
He didn't do encores. Everything was meticulously rehearsed
Prince was one of those few artists who was a conduit to music. He was a perfectionist who played many instruments, had great vocals and was an amazing songwriter.
So true! I hate that people type cast him as just the Purple Rain guy. He was so much more and is deeply missed 💜💜💜
Prince could play and write music for 20plus instruments. He was good beyond what most people know.
Its such a joy to watch your discovery of music history!
Prince was so amazing that to most of the people watching do not notice that many of his moves, head bobs, gittar jabs, even that look in his eyes that you exclaimed at are all directing the members of the band. Prince is the epitome of an orcestral director without anyone even noticing. Take a stroll through the many live videos and watch him closely!!!
Agree #Prince was a great bandleader along with his MANY other talents. Any real musician would notice #Prince's talent.
That “Inglewood Swingin’” thing was because this show was at the Forum, in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood.
This is too simple not to understand. 🤯🧠 LITERALLY *(Hollywood to Inglewood) Inglewood the "BLACK COMMUNITY OF INGLEWOOD" blends perfectly 😇🙏🏽 PRINCE have Always shout out BLACK COMMUNITIES people etc.
Those boots were all the rage! Honestly, Prince could wear a suit of broccoli and Vogue will feature it in the next magazine 😎🥰
Prince's unique outfits are tailored made specifically for him. That's why he looks good in all of them. That's another reason why he stands out from other entertainers. They would look ridiculous if they tried to wear what he wore.
Well, He was a vegan lol
Prince is an unparalleled mythic legend. 💜
1000% agree💜
There will never be another like him! RIP🙏🏼
Perfectly said. 🙏
people say that about a lot of artists, But there will never ever be another TALENT like him. 💜
Hey, Sebs! I love your Prince reactions. I was only 22 when Prince passed, but I got 38 shows in and they were all phenomenal. The small shows were definitely the greatest, and he always gave 700% on the stage no matter what size the audience was. The smallest show I attended had like 10-15 people in the audience (and he had us get on stage and sing backing vocals into his mic to a basically empty room). I'm gonna try to answer some of the questions you had and give you a few multi-instrument performance recommendations as well.
The Twinz are wearing wheels on their shoes, so they can skate around the stage. Kinda like Heelys but without the wheels obstructing the sole of the shoe, so they can still dance in them.
The song is called Hollywood Swinging, but this show was at the Inglewood Forum. That's why he had them singing Inglewood Swinging instead.
He's actually not playing a telecaster - it's a Hohner Mad Cat. He bought a used one in 1980, and it remained one of his favorite guitars throughout his career.
Okay, here are some performance recommendation with some brief notes about them:
2005 NAACP performance - He plays rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, and lead guitar in this one. The longer version with the award introduction also talks about him as an advocate for artists' rights. One of the best award show performances you will ever see.
Rave Un2 the Year 2000 concert film - specifically the part where they do Gett Off (Housestyle) into Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing, he has a keyboard solo and a drum/quads solo. He also does the most ridiculous version of the splits that I've ever seen in my life - at 41-years-old, nonetheless. There are some really amazing guitar performances during this concert film as well - one that stands out in my mind at this moment is his performance of Purple House (cover of Jimi's Red House). I know the audio for that one is on youtube by itself, but there is video for it in the full concert film on youtube (or you can probably find it on facebook).
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night from the Sign O' the Times concert film - This performance is super high energy, really fun dancing, and he gets back on drums while Sheila E raps.
America live performance from 1985 - Another high octane performance, he has a brief guitar solo and gets back on the drums on this one as well.
Partyman live at the Tokyo Dome 1990 - Mostly dancing in this one, but he has a killer piano solo. And to start the solo, he runs across the stage, slides on his belly across the top of the piano, and starts playing his solo upside down.
1999/Baby I'm a Star/Push from the Glam Slam 1992 concert film - This one is super fun as well. High energy and great rhythm guitar work. This show was at a club he owned in Downtown Minneapolis (extra shout out to Black ownership!), and he dances on the bar during this part of the performance.
I feel like that's probably a good starting point. Lol. There are so many amazing performances from throughout his entire career, so it can be quite a task to narrow it down.
I was about to write a bunch of answers to your questions and read Samantha’s comment so I no longer needed to. Haha! Ditto to everything Samantha said and recommended. 💜💜💜
Seb, I have defended Prince to everybody I ever get in a conversation with about guitarists. They say, Jimmy Hendricks. I say Prince! They say Eddie Can Halen, I say Prince, They say Jimmy Paige, I say Prince, They say Carlos Santana, I say Prince. He is very underrated. And this from a man who is totally self-taught. PRINCE! THE GOAT!
@@lilamuzik3385 I’m sure you have heard the story about Eric Clapton being asked what it felt like to be the best guitarist. His response was, “I don’t know, ask Prince.”
“Bambi” is another great song from Prince’s 1990 Tokyo Dome live show. His guitar solo is fantastic!
Wow your knowledge in Princology is pretty impressive. That word should be in the dictionary. Princology- When you enter the journey of making music with no boundaries and you master the art of instrumentation to perfection/when you master the art of crowd control in live performance. When you master the art of reinvention.
Another guitar masterclass by Prince is the 2021 Guitar Gently Weeps at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Must see if you have not yet.
Unmatched guitar playing in that video.
So something that out of all the accolades that Prince gets as a musician/song writer as a person he was humble and loved his fans. He disliked the industries way of making money not only off of the artists but he felt the fans got over charged as well. He had many concerts at Paisley Park where he had full control of ticket prices as it was his venue in the 90's and early 2000's that he only charged $5.00 a ticket because he felt fans should not have to pay what he thought was outrages ticket prices back then. He also had a show at the Minneapolis venue were he started that he charged such a low price he had to pay the venue for letting him preform. He also gave a lot of his money to youth centers all around Minneapolis as it being his home town. Just a little look at the personal side of Prince that seemed to get over shadowed by his bigger then life persona and flamboyancy.
I would love to see you do alot more Prince stuff, only because watching people fall in love with Prince the way I did brings me joy. And your reactions are how I felt the first time. You have so much to listen to and I guarantee his music will change your life.
His live shows were AWESOME!! So glad to see you "younguns" enjoying this music.
Keep up the Prince 😊
His live performance America Live 1985 (Official Video) he plays the guitar and at the end he does a drum solo.
Yeah, well he also played drums in "I Wanna Be Your Lover" as well as in the Sign O' The Times concert movie's "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" where he and Sheila E. switch off.
Interestingly enough, for years I thought he was playing a Fender Telecaster too, but that awesome butterscotch beauty is actually a Hohner Madcat !!
Prince…. The absolute Master of Musicology!! The GREATEST ever on planet earth. 💔💜☔️
This statement is 1000% correct!💜
#Prince LIVE was an experience, his talent cannot be stressed enough. The MOST prolific artist. He gave us everything he had on that stage. Hope you do a deep dive into his talents. Thankfully He left us so much. He truly is the Greatest of all time. #RealMusicByRealMusicians #Prince in a class of ONE.
I saw him 5 times including one time in an after hours club after he already finished a concert at the main venue. You would have been in heaven….he just lived to play. The after hours show he came on at 1:30am and played until 4am - covers and hits. I think he just wore himself out and left us.
One of the best of the Showmen; full of style and pizzaz...Magnetic and totally outrageous. Impossible to imagine in life on stage. No recording can possibly fully protray this Master Muscian...
GARGANTUAN TALENT WITH SKILL GALORE. Check-out the Superbowl Half-Time Show...The Best of all the Half-Time Shows. Or, the Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' for George Harrison. TOTAL MAGIC WHENEVER PRINCE IS ON STAGE.
This Prince performance is a top 5 youtube music gem. The sheer talent. 🙌💜💜
Prince was one in a million!❤
More like one in 7.9 billion. One of a kind never to be duplicated again. Glad we have all this footage to shake our heads to.
@@aldocipriotti6752 #Prince is in a class of 1.
1 in 8 Billion!!!
Mind blowing Talent and chops this man.
One of the best live performances ever. The GOAT!!!
This is his 3rd or 4th encore that night.
Saw prince 14 times in uk on 14 different tours , so amazing,
I saw Prince live outdoors at the Mill City Music Festival in Minneapolis in 1999, what an experience.
Thanks for this! To this day, when a Prince song comes on the radio, you know who it is!❤
I’m a Fam since 1979 and I was Blessed…..yeah Truly Blessed to see Him 13 times Live.
And the ones who saw Him will agree with me that those concerts weren’t just regular concerts….They were way beyond that.
For me those were trips to places I’ve never been before and to be 1 with the Man I love the Most made me the Happiest person on the planet.
I’ll forever be grateful and in debt coz i can never repay Him for what He did to my life.
I Miss Him every single day.
But i know One day we will meet again 💜🙌🏻👏🏻💜
You should check out his version of “ Motherless Child” absolutely sublime!!
Yes!!!!
Please react to Prince "It's gonna be a beautiful night" Live. It's insanely high energy & he gives a killer drum solo 🤗
YES! When he and Sheila swapped out it was friggin MAGICAL! Sign o" the Times concert video is so awesome.
I can attest to what Oscar said about seeing Prince live. I attended every concert since the summer of 1988 love sexy tour and right up to welcome 2 America. It was always a spiritual experience to have thousands of people in the same venue , vibing to Prince was euphoric and spiritual to say the least and anyone and everyone I took to his concerts agreed the same. I was blessed to have been able to witness the music God , Prince, live!! The goat!!!!! Bar none !!
YES, Prince was the most talented musician ever‼️ He was self taught on so many different instruments and his talent and showmanship was beyond compare‼️⭐🌠
I love this performance so much! Prince what humility and class act!
Fortunate enough to have seen him live a few years before he passed, it was pretty much a seamless 2 hour mashup of many of his most popular songs and a few covers where he played guitar, drums, piano and had full control of the 12 piece horn section while he was performing. Really just amazing to watch
I have dozens of screenshots of Prince and his epic “guitar face.” This man is just beyond words great!
He was an incredible musician…he left us far too soon like so many💔😢
I absolutely love watching your channel Sebs.😊
I just emailed you in response to you letting me know you couldn’t find my precious recommendation (because the Montreux shows were taken down) with some suggestions (I went overboard) and saw that you had this one up!!! I’m so happy you did this one. So much fun. Prince did the best transitions from one song to the next. There were often no breaks to music during his concerts. If I remember correctly, this was the 3rd encore and he came back out for another song. Yes, he was still “emceeing” from under the stage haha! I saw that some have recommended America. I almost added that to the list I just emailed to you but was trying not to get too greedy. It is great though! Plus, you get to see him on drums! 💜💜💜
Hey JJ!
@@mindoknows8924 Hey! How are you?
What I love the most about Prince is that he writes, sings, & can play 5+ instruments. He really put on an experience. You should check out his Super Bowl performance, it was epic.
5+ Instruments, you better double that then double that again he could play 20 by the age of 10.
Truthfully, @@talonlan this isn't an incorrect statement. I love Prince and his talent is unmatched. But the instrument count is basically anything stringed, anything keyed, anything drummed. He didn't play brass or woodwind. It's variations on guitar, piano and drums.
Which is entirely enough!
He's a maestro on all at various eras of his career. So that's more than anyone else can boast.
@@thesolitaryadventurer Actually he played Saxophone throughout high school. He also played the harp on several of his recordings. His engineer has a story of how they hired a harpist for a piece and P didn't like what she played. He told her to leave the harp and she would be paid for her time. Sat at the harp, strummed in a couple of times to hear the notes, and proceeded to play it himself.
Hi, Sebs 👋! I’m visiting your channel for the first time and loving it! I’ve been a huge Prince fam since his Controversy album. I’d like to recommend you watch his “Sign Of The Times” concert film. It will blow you away! And, he plays the drums🥁 on the second-to-last song.
Thanks!
Please watch Prince, Tom Petty and a host of other famous musicians play a tribute to The Beatles’ George Harrison with the song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Also watch Prince’s performance of Sign o’ the Times when he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Prince was amazing, I was never such a huge fan and regret not seeing him live, He lived in Toronto for awhile where I lived. I cried for days after he died. I love watching him, super talented one of the best guitarists musicians ever. He always played with women.
WOW! And Hollywood swingin'! I hadn't seen this performance. Thank you!!!🎉 I thought he might break into Bootsy next😅
And this was the second encore of the night after his 2 hour concert performance! He always gave 100 % to his fans.
You should react to a FULL concert performance. The Purple Rain Syracuse is classic, but I personally LOVE his Glamour Slam 1992 concert. Both are on You Tube. 😊
If you're talking about what the twins are wearing on their shoes, they're wheels. I've got the full Blu-Ray of this gig and there are moments where they are just skating around the stage on their heels
When Celebrities call U Thee Celebrity amongst Celebrities…..U not not only made it but it also means Everything to be called that by your Peers.
If you have the time watch how Everyone talks about Prince ….His Parties are Legendary and so are His stories.
There’s absolutely no one in History like Prince….He was Truly Unique and One of a Kind.
And for the ones who grew up with Him ….we were all Truly Blessed to be Born when He was making Real Music and even more so to be in His Orbit.
Yes he was the greatest. EVERYBODY should have known about him sooner before he was gone.
I saw him live in 1985.
I almost saw him live again in 1999 but I could not reschedule my final exams for grad school.
I love how perfectly his shows were. So much fun. He was so talented and always had great musicians including talented female players which I always respected. Listen to Soft and Wet and Nothing Compares To You which he allowed Sinead O’Conner to sing and made her famous. The amount of songs he wrote and allowed others to perform is astounding.
I was lucky, I won tickets to Prince in Dallas Tx, Fresh from Purple Rain, We were hyped up & sized Out! The stage was in the round. 1st; Purple Smoke filled the stage, Lights Unimaginable! 2nd; through the Smoke, BAM
A Little Red Corvette appeared circling the stage twice. Prince jumps out, the bands members were jamming on different moving levels playing The song
L R C !
Extra OMG Suprise !!!
SHEILA E joined playing her smaller drum kit.
Gale Sheila & her father
I was there! at Reunion Arena, right?
His performance of Creep gets better every time I listen to it.
You should check out his song, The Question of You. The song and his guitar solos are beyond great☮️💜
Thank u for sharing the funkiness that Prince was.. My first time seeing him was in 1981.💜 Would love to see you react to his cover of Creep at Coachella 🎸🎵 As Prince would say.. Peace and be wild✌️
Computer Blue is my favorite of Prince's guitar playing. I get excited every time I play it.
The Twins, as they were called, were Princes back up dancers. The shoes they had on were called Roller shoes. They were shoes that had wheels showing slightly through the heels. The twins would dance and then roll around on stage during the concerts.
The only reason Prince needed a band is because he couldn't play all the instruments and sing everything at the same time . He could cut an album in his basement with just he , him , and I !!! Not many out there that could do it all ! I think of my all time favorite band . Boston and Tom Schultz . He was another one of those , I can do it all myself . Playing the drums and singing lead would have given him some problems . But with more time he could have probably figured it out ! If you don't know of Tom Schultz and Boston , look it up ! Not only writing , playing , and recording the songs in his basement . He was an electrical engineer and he also built the things he needed to get the sounds he wanted . He also had to teach himself how to play the instruments after he graduated from college ! He also created a business to build the electronics other bands wanted . Prince and Tom were both at another level ! That kind of talent and determination doesn't come around very often !!
I say this often wouldn’t responding to Prince. He literally breathed music! Back in the day after completing long concerts, he was well known to hit up a local jazz club and just keep the jam session going! He was one of a kind and there will never be another Prince Nelson Rogers.. ever!
Thank you for this Prince is my favorite artist ever I had the blessed privaledge of seeing him live 21 times in my life I miss him I love him and thank you for this I cried and jammed all the way through it
You have to watch his solo from rock and roll induction he plays the guitar so masterfully on the son While my guitar gently weeps.
This was just one of several encores at the gig. Prince was and always will be the GOAT.
The things on the twins shoes are Heelies. They would skate around on the stage.
Prince could play many other instruments...he was an amazing artist and musician...love him so very much...he will always be one of the top people on my list of favorites...❤❤❤❤❤
He could play everything. He was a one man show at the end, recording all the instruments himself and putting it all together in his studio
Prince was an amazing person 💜 RIP 💔
I stopped simply because of your title. Saying he is "gifted" is absolutely correct. He was a musical genius & I'm grateful you hear that. 🙏🏻
Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside... amazing jam back in the day!
He IS the GOAT!!!
One of his most impressive feats was that he sang every single part, and played all 27 instruments you can hear in his debut album For You.
The album was released in 1978, when Prince was at the tender age of 20.
Saw him once in 1998 in Frankfurt, Germany
Look at my guitar gently weeps he kills it on guitar 🎸
the new generation would do well to wake up and learn what real music means... Prince is a shining example, live voices, live musical instruments, nothing fake... an artist who really loves what he does, a genius mind...
You need to react to Prince Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute to George Harris. Prince was also inducted that year, but the solo he did during the tribute stole the show. It was a "revenge" solo for not being on Rolling Stones' Top Hundred Guitarist. The Song was While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but Princes's guitar isn't gently weeping it is wailing to the four corners in the best "Prince" way. Walks in halfway through the songs, plays, falls into the crowd, finishes, throws his guitar and struts off stage.
He couldn’t have picked a better one to play! Love it!♥️
21 days at the Forum, Music in Americatour.... He promised that no 2 shows were going to be alike, with special guests. He kept his word, i saw 15 of these shows. Tickets were $25.
He always loved getting the crowd involved. Like he said "Ain't nothing like a purple party "!! Most talented artist in the last 4 decades!! 😭💔💜
his live shows would keep you pumped up for days. the high lasted so long...he ALWAYS delivered. He was the best performer ever. You really get him and it's cool to see your reactions. Wish you could have seen him live
Great video, positive love. Keep going!
I love a video of Prince doing a sound check in Y
Tokyo. Gorgeous piano playing. I believe he played Summertime on the piano during that sound check.
Prince was perfection and fun!
You can flex when you got it like that! This was only a part of an encore at the Forum in (Inglewood) L.A. for the Welcome 2 America tour. I used to go to the 2001 nightclub on Pittsburgh's northside.
When Doves Cry” is entirely a Prince creation. After getting his assignment from Magnoli, Prince turned around “When Doves Cry” in two days. (He wrote the song in a night, then spent one day recording and one day doing overdubs.) He won an award for this song Amazing!!! There are so many outstanding assets of this genius. Its a long list of them. What also makes him so uniquly different is He is the only human being that looks good in everything he wears. He is just so brilliant in everything he does.
The song was "Hollywood Swingin'", but he was jamming in Inglewood Ca, so he switched it up "Inglewood Swingin" He often changed lyrics to fit the venue... Paris, London, South Africa... the world is his.
The ending was a tribute to the 60's, 70's and a touch of early 80's R&B, funk and soul music. It's saddening how these new discoveries unfold. Marketing biases could be the reason. However, true music always has a heart and an ear to those that listen regardless of the genre.
If you have never seen his Super Bowl halftime performance in Miami in the pouring rain, definitely have to check it out!
Watch baby im a star live in detriot 1988! He killed it and he has Sheila E on tour!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
He loved to perform at The Forum.... Inglewood CA......
These shows were incredible and tickets were being sold for $25!! I went to 4 of them. Every show a different guest opening and I am talking about Esperanza Spalding and Mary J Blige etc. Big names. Everyone loves Prince! He was the artists artist.
By the way this was a 21 night residency at the Forum that is in Inglewood and that's why he changed the chorus to Ingelwood swinging
The way he directed the whole band on stage live. There will not be another like him. He was something else. You should check out the Rock and Roll hall of fame induction where he come on and owned it. While my guitar gently weeps.
Hollywood Swinging.. First thing I thought of was GTA lol!
Prince is one of few artists with perfect pitch.
sebs, i adore your reactions, esp to prince music. i was ridiculously fortunate to experience 6 of his shows, and each was its own. he was never boring nor predictable. to hear him live was to simply and wholly bask in the beauty of genius music! stay thirsty my friends!
To me. Best musician ever. Instruments are mere extensions of wherever he chooses to riff.
That was third encore of the evening!
So cool to find out that he was once asked how it feels to be the greatest guitarist, his response was " I don't know, ask Mark Knopfler" ........ such a classic answer..........
I have seen Prince live 4 times over the course of decades, always a different show. One performance, small after the concert, he sang 'Just My Imagination' and have never found a recording of it
You can find Just My Imagination when you type it live in Paard van Troje
The Solo is Mind Blowing
Love watching these guys discovering Prince. Man, you missed a comet pass. No one had it all like him.
I just loves Prince, the best ❤😂
You went down a serious rabbit hole with Prince and you will be in this forever. I saw several of his concerts and he developed strong connections with Memphis and Nashville due to their music scenes at the time. He was not always a Jehova's Witness, he developed that connection after a meeting he had with a guy from Nashville who encouraged him to develop spiritually which moved his music in another direction again. The guy he met was Larry Graham, and his music became more amazing. He also released more albums fusing multiple music genres blurring the lines even more. He had strong connections to Memphis and Nashville due to their rock, blues, soul and country music scenes.
The Master of 🎶 music💜
Dude the video of him performing America is still one of the most amazing live performances ever… to me!!
the BEST Superbowl halftime show!
Dude that was the 4th encore of the night! That was at the The Inglewood Forum in LA. I was there but you’re only scratching the surface of his live performances. Check out any of his Montreal’s performances. Dude was next level and really had no equal!
So sorry I missed the show. Hope you and Ali have an AWESOME day filled with Peace and Love ♥️✌️
If you want to be even more impressed by that performance… Watch Shelby J (backing singer) as he starts to play the intro. The band didn’t know what the encore was going to be until he started playing… and then they played THAT well.
I seen Prince live on the Purple Rain Tour in 1986 when I was 16