I love that Prince agreed to appear on New Girl because he wanted his favorite couple on the show to get together and writers just went on with it, such an icon
@@Einnor084 Why not buy it? Because Prince stated that he didn't release it then because it seemed like a very angry and bitter album, and he didn't want to be remembered like that if he were to die then. (He was obsessed with spirituality and mortality at that time.) This is around the 37-40 min. mark in the video, for reference.
This man shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, was toe to toe with Michael Jackson, kept putting out song after song even through the eras of Grunge and Hiphop, gave The Weeknd his first American Music Award, and made a halftime show impossible to top. Prince isn’t just another artist, he is THE artist.
Well it's even better then "toe to toe" with lip syncer Michael Jackson (LOL!). David Bowie admired him, Bob Dylan wanted to be produced by him, Punks like The Sex Pistols and The Clash respected him, it was Miles Davis favorite artist, Eric Clapton say Prince was the best guitar player etc.
@@horrorpowerfilms9481 Michael Jackson had been performing since the age of five (MUCH longer than Prince) and sang live throughout 3 decades, until the 90s when his health issues caught up. even then he sang mostly live. (while actually dancing!) Completely unnecessary to take a hit.
OMG!?!??? this has to be the biggest project The Snare has ever done bro. 39 albums is no joke and i hope this introduces a lot of younger people to Prince’s amazing discography
@@matthewbanton7077 yeah it sucks that he can’t go too in depth like he did with bjork (which is one of my favorite videos and artists) since there are so many albums but i still think he did a great job at describing Prince’s career and discography
"I didn't come here to watch this f****t stuff! I came to watch Mick Jagger pout and strut around the stage like a demented flamingo in skin tight jeans!"
Fun fact: Pat Smear, guitarist for the Germs and the Foo Fighters, was one of the background dancers of the music video for Raspberry Beret. He was almost kicked out during its filming because he couldn't quite keep in sync with the rest of the dancers. However, he was permitted to stay because, according to Grohl, one of the bodyguards relayed to Pat that Prince liked his hair. The degrees of seperation between Prince and hardcore punk/Foo Fighters are surprisingly low.
Reminds me of how Duff McKagan was a major figure in the Seattle punk scene before joining GnR but also cited Prince as one of his biggest inspirations and favorite musicians
It's even crazier than that. These 39 Albums are only the tip of the iceberg. He wrote and produced many albums for other, protege Artists, & there's an endless stream of unreleased material in his vault...
@@davidgold5047 My entryway into Prince was 1) the 2017 deluxe edition of _Purple Rain_ with a bunch of vault tracks from that era, followed by 2) a zip file with considerably more unreleased vault tracks, and the fact that all through his creative peak he was getting in the studio at seemingly every single waking moment where he could theoretically be in a studio and cutting hours upon hours of material that equaled or bettered all the revered classics he was actually putting out into the world, just for the sake of, like, roster depth in the selection process for later releases, or so he’d have something on hand if literally any musician came calling looking to pay cash for a Prince song, just blows my mind. It’s like the perennial joke/downvoted-on-Reddit idle speculation/“Bionicle dream” meme of your favorite act doing a Secret Good Album that inexplicably never saw the light of day until right now when you were really in need of something good from them, except it’s real and he did it like a hundred times over.
At the time he passed there were reports that he had easily 30+ more albums of material in his vault. Of course we don’t know what that material sounded like but it’s clear that prolific doesn’t even scratch the surface.
Susan Rogers and Andre Cymone said he had one of those conditions where your mind just doesn’t stop. I think that and his passion for music played a big roll in his career.
Fun fact: the album version of Purple Rain is actually a live track, recorded at Minneapolis’ own legendary music venue First Ave. Yeah, you read that right. Prince did that shit LIVE.
@@stitchgrimly6167 nono, they recorded it at an earlier show at first avenue, and then put the recording on the album and then recreated it in the movie :)
I'm from Minnesota and my band director told us how the old band director at Central (the high school Prince attended) gave Prince his own key to the practice room because he was there every morning before school to play the piano. He wasn't just a pop star, he was a true musician and that comes through in his music.
The hard transition from Micheal Snare loosing his mind over trying to find anything to say about the post N.E.W.S. Prince albums to Prince’s unhinged tweets made me fully start wheezing on my work shift. Amazing.
I used to know a guy, not a friend, but an acquaintance, who fancied himself a guitar player. Not just a guitar player, but a blues guitar player. And he firmly held that Prince was just another 80s pop star, no more relevant or talented than someone like George Michael or Bobby Brown (I'm not knocking either of them, necessarily, just pointing out that there's a LONG league of difference between artists of that caliber and PRINCE). Then I had the opportunity to play him the video of that solo from the Hall of Fame. After watching the video, he didn't say anything for about ten seconds, then said, "Ok, so apparently, I need to rethink my entire life." YES. YES, YOU DO.
If i were trying to explain it to someone id say Prince is a) rooted in more black music for lack of a better term. Jazz, r&b, funk, so a lot of his career is writing brilliant rhythm lines that sometimes get lost underneath all the production classic rock fans arent going to care for. And he is a pop star too, he was a lot of things. Prince did later drift into rock (has dude never heard the Purple Rain solo) but as someone who fancied himself a composer, he showed a lot of restraint. You dont hear Prince doing crazy solos on 85% of his studio discography but he has plenty. In his live performances you get to see him really rocking out and doing solos/improv For another performance to show people i recommend the Saturday Night Live version of Fury. He soloes between every verse, very Hendrix esque and high energy. Imo that one is better than Gently Weeps but doesnt have the cool surprise factor i guess
I have a pretty good ear and remember mistaking a live recording of prince for jimi hendrix. I was in the other room, but the dude is as talented as anyone. His first albums are jazzy as hell and he's playing all the instruments.
Get george michael’s name out of your mouth, that man was one of the most talented artists in popular music history. i think you and your friend both need to rethink what makes someone talented. Anybody, with enough time and effort, can play a crazy guitar solo. Writing, arranging and performing songs is an individual talent and arguably where the real skill lies in all popular music. I’m taking a degree in popular music and that is basically the first thing they tell us in every class i take and, as someone who makes music, I wholeheartedly agree. George michael singlehandedly wrote and produced most of his and wham’s catalogue. That is an insane level of achievement, one at a similar level to prince though perhaps slightly degraded by the fact that he was less prolific than prince. I don’t know about his instrumental talents but to be honest i don’t really care.
@@rugrugrugrug My apologies. I misspoke. I was not aware of Michael's credentials as a writer and producer. Thank you for educating me. Also, calm down.
@@rugrugrugrugGeorge Michael was an incredible singer and songwriter. Prince was an incredible singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, and instrumentalist. Prince changed the music scene in the 80s and was a huge influence on other artists up until the present day, and was an icon. He was one of the big three along with Michael Jackson and Madonna. As a guitarist alone he was one of the best. He also played the piano beautifully and most other instruments. He broke the mould, and was ahead of his time (in the 80s certainly). I urge you to watch the Sign o’ the Times concert movie and you can search for his 1988 concert Lovesexy on here (the full two hour version). He was an electric live performer. That’s why George himself adored Prince, as so many incredible artists also did.
Mic touched on it but that super bowl halftime show is a legendary performance and still the best halftime show of all time. It felt like a true celebration of music with Prince classics mixed with covers of everything from CCR to the Foo Fighters. It's still the only halftime show to date to take place during a downpour which makes closing the show with Purple Rain an unforgettable experience. Legendary 🏆💜
@@ikexbankai watch it again. Everything was drenched and you had Prince playing multiple electric guitars, a live mic getting soaked, and dancers in high heels on a wet stage. That show had every chance of being a disaster and instead we got something magical.
One of my friends was in the crowd of people who were standing right by the stage for Prince's Halftime show and she said it was torrential rains and that she was shocked that Prince still agreed to play the show because of how bad the weather was that night. He played his a** off in a Florida storm, with live instruments and his mic was on...greatness personified Period. I went to Paisley Park a few years ago and saw the guitar he used during that Halftime performance on display and they said it was so water damaged by that storm that they couldn't repair it. Prince played Purple Rain in the rain and he didn't disappoint. Even his worst album is better than most of the mindless drivel that is popular nowadays..I miss him so much 😞
I think it was ironic that everyone was aghast that JT ripped off part of JJ's outfit and we saw her nipple for like 2 seconds, but when prince projects a 20' tall silhouette of himself stroking his..guitar... no one said shit. And it totally was meant to look like a dick and balls. I guess no one wanted to be the person to tell Prince he was naughty for being too Prince.
God, how can a single video make one person so energised and so bummed out at the same time? I want to dive into this man's discography and mourn seven years late all at once…
If Dirty Mind was the album that established Prince’s credibility.. If 1999 was the album that brought him into the crossover mainstream.. And if Purple Rain was the album that made him a global superstar.. SIGN "☮︎" THE TIMES was the album that truly made him into a true all-time great *ARTIST!*
Coming back to this to say “The man just seemed immortal. It doesn’t necessarily seem right that he’s not with us anymore” is exactly how I feel about all my relatives who are no longer with us. And even my parents, who luckily are still around, even though I know damn well they’re not immortal either. And now I’m crying a little. Thank you for this, sincerely ❤
Wow that letter to the rolling stones is so telling. Idk how some people can act like racism doesn't exist anymore when this is how people wrote in the 80s.
I won't deny racism exists, but your evidence for it is that over 40 years ago some white trash Stones fans called him a n....? I wouldn't lead off with that if you were arguing the affirmative in your high school debate team and the topic was "Resolved: Some people act like racism doesnt exist, and they are very stupid."
This Deep Discog Dive could not have been timed better. Up until very recently I never saw the appeal of Prince at all, but two months ago my mom passed away. While I wouldn’t say that Prince was her favorite artist, she still loved him a lot. After she died I decided to finally check out Prince and I now think he’s absolutely incredible. Definitely my best new artist this. It’s a shame that I was never able to talk to my mom about it but that’s alright. What isn’t a shame is getting a 2 hour video going through Prince’s entire career. Like always, you did such an amazing job. Thank you so much for making this video.
In addition to all this he was also producing albums for The Time (4), Vanity 6 (1), Appolonia 6 (1), Sheila E (3), Jill Jones (1), Madhouse (4ish), and numerous others - he was beyond prolific. To the point that for every Prince song you don't like, theres at least 3 that you are going to LOVE
I've been thinking for awhile that Prince was a DDD that needed to be done just due to his level of impact, but that the monolithic nature of the discography itself would make that challenging. Getting the notification for this vid and seeing that it's nearly two hours long, you've turned me into Jeff Goldblum. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it!
I remember where I was when Prince died too. I’d just started fully appreciating his work through Purple Rain and 1999. I was on a train when I read it. First thing I did was tell my friend who was also a super fan of his, and then I just immediately played Purple Rain. A few days after, Sometimes it Snows in April was everywhere in the UK as people remembered Prince through it. This was late April. And it started snowing. Honest to god snow in April. Never seen it before at that time of year, never seen it since. I’m not spiritual or theistic by any means, but that’s the one moment I thought that maybe someone gave us one last moment of beauty from a life after ours. And it could only have been someone as eternal as Prince. An incredible video, Mr. Snare. Amazing work for an amazing artist.
I totally get why you didn’t mention it, but Prince’s guest spot on ‘Givin’ Em What They Love’ by Janelle Monae is EXCELLENT. I wish they got to do more together, but his influence on their work has been so evident on Dirty Computer and The Age of Pleasure. Also, the full story behind ‘The Song of the Heart’ from Happy Feet is so funny because he initially turned down the filmmakers’ request to use ‘Kiss’. George Miller sent him a copy of the movie on appeal and Prince turned out to love it SO much, he granted permission for ‘Kiss’ and offered to write an original song.
I think the most powerful thing about Purple Rain is how is builds to such heights with such bare production; just some minor reverb, but the layers build to just an INSANE climax. It really does feel like the first big cry after a breakup
i think sometimes people get confused by how the songs are credited. Batdance gets listed under just "Prince", so it shows up separately from Prince & the Revolution etc.
@@joshthefunkdoc The Revolution was practically Prince's E Street Band. Same went for New Power Generation and 3rdEyeGirl. We know who's the one and only person in charge.
@@Wired4Life2 Fink came up with the riff for Dirty Mind & It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night.. Mountains was Lisa's composition.. Wendy came up with the intro to Purple Rain, Brown Mark had a hand in Kiss etc...
Graffiti Bridge slaps so hard, most of the songs credited just to Prince, the George Clinton duet and the three song stretch from Thieves in the Temple through to Melody Cool go so hard. The title track is very weak though and Tick Tick Bang is genuinely one of Prince’s weakest tracks he ever released during his original run on Warner Bros Records so it really isn’t perfect by any means. In fact, it’s about 7 tracks too long, it’s meant to be the sequel or Purple Rain, the perfect album and soundtrack album which was a tight 8 tracks, this shouldn’t have been longer than 10 or 11 max. Sleeper pick for best song on the record? The Latest Fashion. You can tell Prince thought highly of it too as it’s the only The Time song also credited to him on the tracklisting unlike the other three which are fairly mid, even though he wrote them all of course. So ridiculously catchy. GO MORRIS, GO MORRIS, GO MORRIS Movie is beyond awful though which does somewhat taint this “soundtrack” in original sin, it also doesn’t help that this kind of bombastic, sunny funk/R&B/new jack swing style of music would sound dated very quickly with the changing tides of music throughout the 90s.
The thing about Prince is that he will always get respect as a musician's musician. The man plays a crazy amount of instruments, never bound himself to one genre, and always plays them with the idea of positivity and love in mind, even if it were vengeful. And as far as I know, he tried to rely on sincerity of the heart and mind when writing it. Regardless of the people who may have had problems in the past, there was no denying that his passion for art and music was infectious. Who you know can make an R&B, rock, jazz, gospel, rock, folk and pop album or song in the same album? HE may have had trouble as far as quality control, but you can't ever say it wasn't created with love for the craft.
Long time Prince addict and overall your comments and thoughts on his albums reflect mine. I hope you had the chance to experience a live show, what he did in the studio was amazing, but what he did on stage was magic. And i did receive a threatening letter/email for sharing bootlegs. Great video, and huge effort very much appreciated.
Nicely done young man. I've been with Prince all my life. I'm 59 and remember when all of these albums were released. I'm impressed because I can tell from your dialogue that you actually listened to all of these albums.....Great coverage!✊🏾👍🏾
This new episode on Ƭ̵̬̊ is fantastic. I love how you really went back to your 5 minute roots. Made me all warm and tingly on the inside, and later made me cry tears of purple!
Prince was very serious about complete ownership. I couldn’t believe he was gone until his music started being uploaded again, with no problem. Circa 2010 I even got in trouble for “When Doves Cry” slowed & chopped. Good times.
That story you had about discussing Prince after his death reminds me of a discussion I had with a French professor regarding the disbandment of Daft Punk, she loved them and their music, and she told us stories about living in Paris and seeing their impact on the French Club scene in the early 90s, it was nice to hear these stories from someone who was living in the heart of that scene during their.
If you didn't feel challenged enough by Prince's discography, you can do the 44 albums of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (Including Civilization Phaze III and Lather but excluding all 62 other posthumous releases and the other 21 box sets and live albums)
I think after this deeep discog dive. It would be so cool, to see a deep discog dive on Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye. These guys to me are some of my favorite artists of all time.
@@isirlaughsalot2675 That's so disappointing if true. Especially because there's so much evidence out there that MJ is totally innocent. MJ's discography deserves the deep dive treatment. Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous are classic albums and even HIStory has so many great songs.
Here´s one in support of your vital organs: I completely love all the videos you put out, your extensive research, your jokes in between and your nuanced ratings of albums, singles and artists. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do, so we are introduced to hidden gems of well-known artists!
You said towards the end of the video that prince seemed immortal, I would say he still is, the legacy he left behind will outlive me, you and anyone here. Great video man, cant believe i watched this in one sitting
It took me three full days to watch this so I can't imagine how many days you spent on it. As someone who casually engaged with Prince's discography before, this deep dive was SO educational, even if there's only so much you can say about nearly 40 albums. As always, you present information so concisely, so hilariously, and so creatively.
i'm 16 with parents that were young in the 70s and 80s and had no idea how many of prince's songs i actually knew. haven't heard too many, just the most popular (purple rain, little red corvette, 1999 etc) but i like them all so i feel like i may end up checking him out, even if i don't scratch the surface i'll still listen to the songs i know and see what else i like. putting out 39 albums over almost 4 decades takes serious dedication, and i can't even imagine the amount of time and effort put into only this ddd discussing it all. bravo mic the snare, bravo prince! may he rest in peace
@@ronan-outoftimeI’m 21, and also had parents that were young around the 70s/80s, and they pretty much started me with purple rain, 1999 sign o the times. Became a huge fan after.
Personal Top 3 Prince Albums: Crystal Ball Diamonds and Pearls Sign O’ The Times Crystal Ball holds a special place because it had Ripopgodazippa which was a song I’ve been on a decade long hunt for when I heard it in Showgirls (Don’t Ask) also, the title track, Acknowledge Me, Hide The Bone, Love Sign are absolute bangers for me! Rest in Purple Paradise Prince 💜💜💜💜💜
following your pain to get this video made on twitter not knowing it was prince you were covering... it all makes sense now. so excited to watch this though, thank you for all the effort you put into these, seriously some of my favorite youtube content of all time!
I loved the inclusion of Prince’s tweets, he and George Michael had a similar “millionaire farting around on phone” energy I miss. Also, I’d be curious if there’s a playlist you have of songs like “Purple Rain” that just their existence and listening to them explains everything amazing iconic thing about each song?
For those who've never heard it, the great reissue label Numero Group released an excellent boxset a few years back called Purple Snow that documents the creation and evolution of the Minneapolis Sound and the entire scene that shaped Prince in the beginning. Well worth checking it out if you're into stellar if relatively unknown funk and R&B (plus it features some of Prince's earliest musical recordings to boot).
i have been watching this video periodically over the course of a week and a half and im still not done but i had to pause and watch the 2007 superbowl halftime performance and i was genuinely moved to tears
The fact that too many people wrote off the incredible music U2 made in their prime because of stuff like Bono being pretentious or the iTunes fiasco is an absolute crime.
That might be a fun one. I would love to find the Best Albums from them. I really like certain albums but others have fallen very flat for me so I would love to hear what others think
Not to do Mic's job but their first 5 albums are classics IMO - Boy, October, War, Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree (my personal fav). Their 90s albums don't hit the same for me despite the excellent singles from that era, and I do appreciate how they expanded their sound. All That You Can't Leave Behind is my favorite later album - it became an unofficial / accidental 9/11 album and still resonates for me in that way, capturing grief and peaceful resilience (vs jingoism or revenge).
Hey i’ve kinda been on my own deep dive of his albums too. I’m on Emancipation , and like you, I think listening to it for 3 hours is a chore. That aside, this video is amazing. I have watched it so many times over the past week as a reference that it shows up every time in the “watch it again” section in my recommended. My favorite scenes were: “Anime Christian” “Gee I hope this album doesn’t hurt me” “Prince eats a grape” “And I need you and I am Batman” “Ooooooooouuuggh i did not like this movie’ “I can’t help but be a child from the ‘90s” “Some guy’s favorite thing is Come” (I actually LOVE come!) “Gosh gee willickers sufferin succotash “ Michael raving over Kamasutra “The way he says ‘baby’’ “ “Way to name a year after a prince song” “I can’t believe Prince did’t come out with this song” “Why do both of these women look like they are about to sell me ringtones?” “Congratulations!” “I don’t know, sue the internet?” Michael’s entire description of 20Ten (that album came oit literally two days before i was born.. so yeah) Every Prince tweet read out loud. Great job for making me laugh and informing me for two straight hours. To more DDDs. 💜 Jon
I was at karaoke with some friends when Prince passed away. The room was underground so we got no service, but I had picked Purple Rain, and we sang it, not knowing that he had died. When I came out of that basement, my phone vibrated and it was a message from my mum saying he had passed. It was a really sunny day, which felt unfair to me? I got home and blasted all the songs I grew up on. I was in mourning for a long time. I guess Prince was so important to me because he spoke to so many parts of me that I probably would not have been able to explore given my upbringing. The fact that he's still giving magic to the world even after death is nothing short of incredible.
Sign O' Times is a mind-blowing masterpiece. I grew up in the eighties and practically always worshipped the ground Prince walked on as a musician. He still has the strongest music catalog in all of popular music history. Some albums I agree were a little spotty but even those albums still had gems to be found. He will always be my favorite music artist of all time. My favorite Prince albums are Sign O' Times, Purple Rain, 1999, Around the World in A Day, Parade, Lovesexy, Dirty Mind, Diamonds and Pearls, Controversy, Love Symbol, Chaos and Disorder and Prince. Thanks for this excellent video of analysis of Prince's incredible output of music and albums when he was still living. Yes, Prince should still be with us making music.
Prince is one of my twin brother's all-time favourite artists and he actually saw him on his piano tour a week before he died. I can't wait for him to watch this when he feels like doing so. I'm not too, too big of a fan but I do respect him IMMMENSELY as just a musician.
With how far the series has gone lately, more extended remakes of the earlier episodes would be appreciated. Longer and updated Gorillaz and Oasis DDD videos (with the latter being complemented by the Bros' solo albums) whenever possible is what I'd really like to see someday, as those were the artists I've veen checking out quite in depth recently.
Idk, I felt the gorillaz one was pretty thorough relative to their popularity and overall musical impact. Mic was well into his longer vids when he did them, so I feel like he likely thought it sufficient. The artists that deserve a re-do are the ones that he did at the very beginning of the series that are only like 5 mins long tops
snare said that he didnt want to remake the other pre DDD DDDs for a while but i do think the format would do great with gorillaz where hed be able to explain some of the lore/story for each album as he goes through them
Jesus. This one is massive and I thank you for it. Not only because I'm a huge Prince fan, but also because I can't even imagine how much work this took.
It's just gone midnight here in the UK and imma stay up to watch this whole thing. Well done mic, well worth the wait and well done for tackling such a mammoth task!
I had the pleasure of seeing Prince 4 times in concert over the years. The last time I saw him was in Detroit about a year before he passed. That show was as good or better than anything I saw prior. I first got into him during the Purple Rain era, then it was off to the races. I'm so glad to have had the chance to witness his greatness in person. Out of the 1000s of concerts I've seen, seeing Prince and seeing Michael Jackson on the Bad Tour are the ones I'm most grateful to have seen.
A few years ago I decided to check out a few of Princes songs and I immediately fell for him! This man was an absolute genius! Ever since that day Prince has been my favorite artist and at least in my opinion, nobody can compare to him. :)
Having been born long after 1989 and batmania, knowing that prince did a batman album is the silliest and coolest thing ever. I bought the cd and vinyl. I wish WB re-released it cuz it goes for a pretty penny.
As a HUGE Prince fan I have to say I am beyond impressed with how much you were able to squeeze into this, and how much you were able to get correct and was happy to see a lot of lesser known knowledge or info get shouted out that most people never get to hear... that being said, and I don't think this should be surprising with someone as massive as Prince, there's a fair amount that was either not included or additional context that would have made this that extra 10% better, but I'd give this a solid A grade either way. The thing with getting into Prince is that inevitably the longer you research him, the more you will uncover and the more LAYERS you will find, always causing you to re-think everything you think you already know.
Prince was certainly known for fashion, he could certainly dress. I don’t see another artist that can ever standout in fashion like Prince. MJ dress nicely too but Prince was definitely the fashion man, even his shoes sometimes matches the colour of his outfit. Gone too soon but will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Prince with ur baby
Thank you for condensing 37 hours of music into a single 2 hour retrospective, truly has got to be the most emotionally exhausting (in terms or sheer amount) ddd you've probably made yet, and a let's hope the next artist only has 8 albums
As a huge Prince/TAFKAP fan…… This is an excellent job. You faced one of the largest discographies in pop music and largely addressed each album with the attention it deserves (almost everything Post Emancipation is worth of “ehh it’s fine” once our boy transitioned to more of a competent craftsman over boundary breaking phase). (The Batman album is genuinely pretty great/underrated too)
Prince was somebody that I was aware for a good amount of my life, but he wasn't someone who I fully appreciate (I mostly was more into Michael Jackson and other music artists) and would say that one of my top ten favorite music artists and acrs and even my musical heroes (along with Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix, a common thread of the three are black men in rock music, which I think that there’s something I wanna see more of these days of black rockstars) until I fully went through his discography at his prime and after his passing. My favorite all time Prince song is I would die 4 u, and my favorite Prince album is Sign O the Times.
I think I was in a similar situation like you when I heard about Prince’s death, except I was in 5th or 6th and my school would have morning announcements through the tvs in each classroom and it would talk about current events and his death was one of them. I never really listened to him much before but after it I started to listen to his music and learn who he was and wasn’t until much later that I realized what an absolute loss we had of a legend and music virtuoso.
Have heard most of these. I got into him around late 2019 but i remember my sophomore year of high-school was when he passed. We sang "purple rain" in choir to tribute him and its probably one of the first real songs that affected me. I didnt get into the man's music until he passed but like you said there is something immortal about him.
When you got to the Batman Soundtrack I was cheering and kicking my feet while twirling my head cuz that was literally my first introduction to Prince, not purple rain, not 1999, not any of his classics but my obsession with batman leading me into the surprise Prince was responsible for it's soundtrack, I even got a 2nd hand vinyl I got at a flea market lmaooo.
So glad you did this as Prince was one of my favs growing up and I love his discography, but I had to laugh when you compared his rapping to Flight of the Conchords. Prince was amazing but even geniuses can’t be great at EVERYTHING, lol!
What a respectful ending! As usual, great work Mike, but I will forever respect the kindness you showed at the end. Thank you for another amazing video!
I liked most of Prince's biggest hits when I was younger but I was never a Prince fan per se. I knew he was prolific but I didn't know he was THIS prolific. Thanks for educating me lol
Prince was a pop rebel. He was incredibly diverse in sound and subject matter and I've always thought the world of him but never really took the deep dive into his discography. I might do that now. I was in the car with my mom driving along the road, and I remember seeing the news on my phone and telling my mom that Prince passed away. She had to pull over, and frankly I don't blame her. There will never be another artist like him. Thank you so much for making this video.
Purple Rain the song definitely is a whole experience. Its insane how someone so young could create such incredible works of art and not art considered great in retrospect, but from the get-go. I enjoy Raspberry Beret a lot too its such a cute song and the production is so catchy and he has a song on his 2018 compilation called Chelsea Rodgers that is SUCH a jam. My favorite Prince song however is Little Red Corvette. It took me an embarrassingly long time for me to figure out he WASNT singing about the car but either way I would do my two step when it came on. Im so happy you did this though it took me forever to finish. Love all the hard work!
Prince is always the artist I think of when I think about my mother. I remember playing his best of CD and sobbing in my uni flat when I learnt the news of this passing. This video has been in my to watch list until my mental health was stable enough to handle the deep sadness I still feel about his loss. Today is that day. Thank you for all the effort Mr. Snare
I'm so glad you liked the rainbow children, I think it's my favourite prince album and it doesn't get the love it deserves. Thanks for your hard work on this DDD❤️
My dad bought one of the bootlegs of the black album, and he said that when he eventually bought the official one and listened to the original Masters he liked it less because all of the tape copying over and over again and boosted the base on his bootleg
Well done. I listened in one take and it never went through a boring lull, and I found out why my pockets couldn't keep up with Prince's record releases. Big ups from a part-time troll!
Captions will be added within the next week, I’m gonna go take a nap now 😴
sleep well while we enjoy this mr. snare, thank you for your work
Enjoy your nap, take your time also (Spoon DDD please)
enjoy ur rest, will enjoy ur work now!
Can you do tool
This video literally made my freaking week!!
Thank you for doing this!!
"barbie this" "oppenheimer that" when THIS is the most awaited july feature film
Fr, this should be shown in cinemas
Fuck. Was that really 6 months ago?!
Blows My mind new generations will not have the privilege understanding the impact Prince had on our culture
So 😀true 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😑 😐 😕 👍 🤔 about Prince 🤴 Rogers Nelson🌎 🎸 RIP 🙏 🪦😢!
I love that Prince agreed to appear on New Girl because he wanted his favorite couple on the show to get together and writers just went on with it, such an icon
i wish i had the power to make my ships come true 💀
@@wolfhaley6900 Whaaaa???🤣
No way Prince was watching or gave a sh!t about New Girl. He did it because it was airing DIRECTLY AFTER THE SUPER BOWL. Come on, now. 🤔😋
@@jeffs9300 naw. prince was a cute and silly guy. it’s okay for him to have interests like these lol.
@@jeffs9300 why would he care that it was on after the SuperBowl?
“Don’t buy the black album I’m sorry” is absolutely hilarious and I love Prince for doing that
Y?
@@Einnor084 Why not buy it? Because Prince stated that he didn't release it then because it seemed like a very angry and bitter album, and he didn't want to be remembered like that if he were to die then. (He was obsessed with spirituality and mortality at that time.)
This is around the 37-40 min. mark in the video, for reference.
I just don't think it wuz very good. BOB GEORGE, wuz funny, tho. ( Dat skinny muggafugga, wit da high azz voice? )
@@Einnor084... what?
@@davidbanan.
HUH?!?
This man shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, was toe to toe with Michael Jackson, kept putting out song after song even through the eras of Grunge and Hiphop, gave The Weeknd his first American Music Award, and made a halftime show impossible to top. Prince isn’t just another artist, he is THE artist.
So well said!!
Well it's even better then "toe to toe" with lip syncer Michael Jackson (LOL!). David Bowie admired him, Bob Dylan wanted to be produced by him, Punks like The Sex Pistols and The Clash respected him, it was Miles Davis favorite artist, Eric Clapton say Prince was the best guitar player etc.
@@horrorpowerfilms9481 Facts. Prince could simultaneously sing, play the guitar and dance. A true artist on stage and a genius while writing music.
@@nostromofidanza1502 yes I know, Prince is the greatest artist ever!!!
@@horrorpowerfilms9481 Michael Jackson had been performing since the age of five (MUCH longer than Prince) and sang live throughout 3 decades, until the 90s when his health issues caught up. even then he sang mostly live. (while actually dancing!) Completely unnecessary to take a hit.
OMG!?!??? this has to be the biggest project The Snare has ever done bro. 39 albums is no joke and i hope this introduces a lot of younger people to Prince’s amazing discography
I'd say this beats King Gizzard
I've really enjoyed this video regardless of the length, it's made me laugh out loud a lot more than most Mic videos
I never listened to any Prince release in its entirety, only random songs, but I'm definetly going to listen now!
@@matthewbanton7077 yeah it sucks that he can’t go too in depth like he did with bjork (which is one of my favorite videos and artists) since there are so many albums but i still think he did a great job at describing Prince’s career and discography
@@InkAndPoet King Gizzard has 42 albums I think. Probably 43 by the time I finish typing this comment.
"I didn't come here to watch this f****t stuff! I came to watch Mick Jagger pout and strut around the stage like a demented flamingo in skin tight jeans!"
Obviously the crowed was wrong but putting down one of the best performers of all time is necessary
Hey, the Rolling Stones Are a class act with their copious drug use, rampant sexcapades and association with organisational disasters!
@@christopherhidalgo6696I think they’re saying mick jagger is gay. Which he is.
@@AugAug989I thought he swings both ways
Fun fact: Pat Smear, guitarist for the Germs and the Foo Fighters, was one of the background dancers of the music video for Raspberry Beret. He was almost kicked out during its filming because he couldn't quite keep in sync with the rest of the dancers. However, he was permitted to stay because, according to Grohl, one of the bodyguards relayed to Pat that Prince liked his hair.
The degrees of seperation between Prince and hardcore punk/Foo Fighters are surprisingly low.
well, he did cover the Foo Fighters on the super bowl half time show. they found out live on tv haha
and prince was a big fan of their darling nicki cover too. whacc
Reminds me of how Duff McKagan was a major figure in the Seattle punk scene before joining GnR but also cited Prince as one of his biggest inspirations and favorite musicians
@@toothpastelover4553Same with Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. He said Prince was one of his biggest idols along with Bowie.
He also played in a little band called Nirvana😂
Like, how on Earth was Prince so prolific?? How could he possibly write and record an album's worth of music every few months? Insanity
It's even crazier than that. These 39 Albums are only the tip of the iceberg. He wrote and produced many albums for other, protege Artists, & there's an endless stream of unreleased material in his vault...
@@davidgold5047
My entryway into Prince was 1) the 2017 deluxe edition of _Purple Rain_ with a bunch of vault tracks from that era, followed by 2) a zip file with considerably more unreleased vault tracks, and the fact that all through his creative peak he was getting in the studio at seemingly every single waking moment where he could theoretically be in a studio and cutting hours upon hours of material that equaled or bettered all the revered classics he was actually putting out into the world, just for the sake of, like, roster depth in the selection process for later releases, or so he’d have something on hand if literally any musician came calling looking to pay cash for a Prince song, just blows my mind. It’s like the perennial joke/downvoted-on-Reddit idle speculation/“Bionicle dream” meme of your favorite act doing a Secret Good Album that inexplicably never saw the light of day until right now when you were really in need of something good from them, except it’s real and he did it like a hundred times over.
At the time he passed there were reports that he had easily 30+ more albums of material in his vault. Of course we don’t know what that material sounded like but it’s clear that prolific doesn’t even scratch the surface.
He's like the Frank Zappa of pop music in the sense of their output and productivity. Love both immensely.
Susan Rogers and Andre Cymone said he had one of those conditions where your mind just doesn’t stop. I think that and his passion for music played a big roll in his career.
Fun fact: the album version of Purple Rain is actually a live track, recorded at Minneapolis’ own legendary music venue First Ave.
Yeah, you read that right. Prince did that shit LIVE.
a couple other ones too!! lets go crazy, computer blue, a couple others but i forgor
Not truly live though. Staged for the film with multiple takes, overdubs and a relatively small audience made to look big.
@@stitchgrimly6167 nono, they recorded it at an earlier show at first avenue, and then put the recording on the album and then recreated it in the movie :)
@@wolfhaley6900 no hes right. Its not completely live. Its overdubbed. The basic track is live
@@Captain_Rhodes oh yeah of course there was overdubs, but i was saying they just lip-synced (kinda) it in the movie.
I'm from Minnesota and my band director told us how the old band director at Central (the high school Prince attended) gave Prince his own key to the practice room because he was there every morning before school to play the piano. He wasn't just a pop star, he was a true musician and that comes through in his music.
The hard transition from Micheal Snare loosing his mind over trying to find anything to say about the post N.E.W.S. Prince albums to Prince’s unhinged tweets made me fully start wheezing on my work shift. Amazing.
I used to know a guy, not a friend, but an acquaintance, who fancied himself a guitar player. Not just a guitar player, but a blues guitar player. And he firmly held that Prince was just another 80s pop star, no more relevant or talented than someone like George Michael or Bobby Brown (I'm not knocking either of them, necessarily, just pointing out that there's a LONG league of difference between artists of that caliber and PRINCE). Then I had the opportunity to play him the video of that solo from the Hall of Fame. After watching the video, he didn't say anything for about ten seconds, then said, "Ok, so apparently, I need to rethink my entire life." YES. YES, YOU DO.
If i were trying to explain it to someone id say Prince is a) rooted in more black music for lack of a better term. Jazz, r&b, funk, so a lot of his career is writing brilliant rhythm lines that sometimes get lost underneath all the production classic rock fans arent going to care for. And he is a pop star too, he was a lot of things.
Prince did later drift into rock (has dude never heard the Purple Rain solo) but as someone who fancied himself a composer, he showed a lot of restraint. You dont hear Prince doing crazy solos on 85% of his studio discography but he has plenty. In his live performances you get to see him really rocking out and doing solos/improv
For another performance to show people i recommend the Saturday Night Live version of Fury. He soloes between every verse, very Hendrix esque and high energy. Imo that one is better than Gently Weeps but doesnt have the cool surprise factor i guess
I have a pretty good ear and remember mistaking a live recording of prince for jimi hendrix. I was in the other room, but the dude is as talented as anyone. His first albums are jazzy as hell and he's playing all the instruments.
Get george michael’s name out of your mouth, that man was one of the most talented artists in popular music history. i think you and your friend both need to rethink what makes someone talented. Anybody, with enough time and effort, can play a crazy guitar solo. Writing, arranging and performing songs is an individual talent and arguably where the real skill lies in all popular music. I’m taking a degree in popular music and that is basically the first thing they tell us in every class i take and, as someone who makes music, I wholeheartedly agree. George michael singlehandedly wrote and produced most of his and wham’s catalogue. That is an insane level of achievement, one at a similar level to prince though perhaps slightly degraded by the fact that he was less prolific than prince. I don’t know about his instrumental talents but to be honest i don’t really care.
@@rugrugrugrug My apologies. I misspoke. I was not aware of Michael's credentials as a writer and producer. Thank you for educating me.
Also, calm down.
@@rugrugrugrugGeorge Michael was an incredible singer and songwriter. Prince was an incredible singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, and instrumentalist. Prince changed the music scene in the 80s and was a huge influence on other artists up until the present day, and was an icon. He was one of the big three along with Michael Jackson and Madonna. As a guitarist alone he was one of the best. He also played the piano beautifully and most other instruments. He broke the mould, and was ahead of his time (in the 80s certainly). I urge you to watch the Sign o’ the Times concert movie and you can search for his 1988 concert Lovesexy on here (the full two hour version). He was an electric live performer. That’s why George himself adored Prince, as so many incredible artists also did.
Mic touched on it but that super bowl halftime show is a legendary performance and still the best halftime show of all time. It felt like a true celebration of music with Prince classics mixed with covers of everything from CCR to the Foo Fighters. It's still the only halftime show to date to take place during a downpour which makes closing the show with Purple Rain an unforgettable experience. Legendary 🏆💜
It was not a downpour. It was barely raining
@@ikexbankai watch it again. Everything was drenched and you had Prince playing multiple electric guitars, a live mic getting soaked, and dancers in high heels on a wet stage. That show had every chance of being a disaster and instead we got something magical.
It's always that one hater lmao
One of my friends was in the crowd of people who were standing right by the stage for Prince's Halftime show and she said it was torrential rains and that she was shocked that Prince still agreed to play the show because of how bad the weather was that night. He played his a** off in a Florida storm, with live instruments and his mic was on...greatness personified Period. I went to Paisley Park a few years ago and saw the guitar he used during that Halftime performance on display and they said it was so water damaged by that storm that they couldn't repair it. Prince played Purple Rain in the rain and he didn't disappoint. Even his worst album is better than most of the mindless drivel that is popular nowadays..I miss him so much 😞
I think it was ironic that everyone was aghast that JT ripped off part of JJ's outfit and we saw her nipple for like 2 seconds, but when prince projects a 20' tall silhouette of himself stroking his..guitar... no one said shit. And it totally was meant to look like a dick and balls. I guess no one wanted to be the person to tell Prince he was naughty for being too Prince.
It really sucks that it took his death for me to get my hands on his music and understand how much of a legend this guy is
God, how can a single video make one person so energised and so bummed out at the same time? I want to dive into this man's discography and mourn seven years late all at once…
Go for it!
Purple Rain is such a perfect song that at over 8 minutes long, I still sometimes wish it wouldn’t end.
Check out the 18 minute version from the Prince & The Revolution: Live album
Janelle Monáe and Prince had a solid song together on her Electric Lady album.
If Dirty Mind was the album that established Prince’s credibility..
If 1999 was the album that brought him into the crossover mainstream..
And if Purple Rain was the album that made him a global superstar..
SIGN "☮︎" THE TIMES was the album that truly made him into a true all-time great *ARTIST!*
👍💜
Sign o the times is my favorite album of all time
@@tylerhackner9731 Ditto
@@tylerhackner9731 it’s in my top 20 favorite albums ever!
I mean, Purple Rain did that too. That album's untouchable.
Coming back to this to say “The man just seemed immortal. It doesn’t necessarily seem right that he’s not with us anymore” is exactly how I feel about all my relatives who are no longer with us. And even my parents, who luckily are still around, even though I know damn well they’re not immortal either. And now I’m crying a little. Thank you for this, sincerely ❤
Wow that letter to the rolling stones is so telling. Idk how some people can act like racism doesn't exist anymore when this is how people wrote in the 80s.
I sincerely hope those people are no longer around.
@@curly_wyn they are, and they raised kids, and those people are raising kids now. You've got to fight these attitudes, even when subtle, all the time
I won't deny racism exists, but your evidence for it is that over 40 years ago some white trash Stones fans called him a n....? I wouldn't lead off with that if you were arguing the affirmative in your high school debate team and the topic was "Resolved: Some people act like racism doesnt exist, and they are very stupid."
The 80s also tried to pretend that those problems weren’t problems anymore.
We've also come a LONG way since the 80's too. Some of us witnessed the racism we were raised with, and it actually disgusted us.
Seeing Prince live before he died was one of my favourite experiences ever.
This Deep Discog Dive could not have been timed better. Up until very recently I never saw the appeal of Prince at all, but two months ago my mom passed away. While I wouldn’t say that Prince was her favorite artist, she still loved him a lot. After she died I decided to finally check out Prince and I now think he’s absolutely incredible. Definitely my best new artist this. It’s a shame that I was never able to talk to my mom about it but that’s alright. What isn’t a shame is getting a 2 hour video going through Prince’s entire career. Like always, you did such an amazing job. Thank you so much for making this video.
hope you’re doing alright ❤
Honestly that’s really exciting lol. He has so much to dig dig into. Have fun! His music is really great
In addition to all this he was also producing albums for The Time (4), Vanity 6 (1), Appolonia 6 (1), Sheila E (3), Jill Jones (1), Madhouse (4ish), and numerous others - he was beyond prolific. To the point that for every Prince song you don't like, theres at least 3 that you are going to LOVE
I've been thinking for awhile that Prince was a DDD that needed to be done just due to his level of impact, but that the monolithic nature of the discography itself would make that challenging. Getting the notification for this vid and seeing that it's nearly two hours long, you've turned me into Jeff Goldblum. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it!
Plus how prince was super protective of his work with copyright laws, mic is genuinely a madman
Well said bro
I remember where I was when Prince died too. I’d just started fully appreciating his work through Purple Rain and 1999. I was on a train when I read it. First thing I did was tell my friend who was also a super fan of his, and then I just immediately played Purple Rain.
A few days after, Sometimes it Snows in April was everywhere in the UK as people remembered Prince through it. This was late April. And it started snowing. Honest to god snow in April. Never seen it before at that time of year, never seen it since.
I’m not spiritual or theistic by any means, but that’s the one moment I thought that maybe someone gave us one last moment of beauty from a life after ours. And it could only have been someone as eternal as Prince.
An incredible video, Mr. Snare. Amazing work for an amazing artist.
I totally get why you didn’t mention it, but Prince’s guest spot on ‘Givin’ Em What They Love’ by Janelle Monae is EXCELLENT. I wish they got to do more together, but his influence on their work has been so evident on Dirty Computer and The Age of Pleasure.
Also, the full story behind ‘The Song of the Heart’ from Happy Feet is so funny because he initially turned down the filmmakers’ request to use ‘Kiss’. George Miller sent him a copy of the movie on appeal and Prince turned out to love it SO much, he granted permission for ‘Kiss’ and offered to write an original song.
I think the most powerful thing about Purple Rain is how is builds to such heights with such bare production; just some minor reverb, but the layers build to just an INSANE climax. It really does feel like the first big cry after a breakup
31:10 both “When Doves Cry” and “Let’s Go Crazy” topped the Hot 100 (WDC was the #1 Billboard hit of the YEAR)
Yikes, that’s a bad omission.
Yeah. Prince had the #1 song, the #1 album, AND the #1 film in the US all in the same week as well.
i think sometimes people get confused by how the songs are credited. Batdance gets listed under just "Prince", so it shows up separately from Prince & the Revolution etc.
@@joshthefunkdoc The Revolution was practically Prince's E Street Band. Same went for New Power Generation and 3rdEyeGirl.
We know who's the one and only person in charge.
@@Wired4Life2 Fink came up with the riff for Dirty Mind & It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night.. Mountains was Lisa's composition.. Wendy came up with the intro to Purple Rain, Brown Mark had a hand in Kiss etc...
i know most people arent huge fans of Graffiti Bridge, but i will say Question Of U and Joy In Repetition are two of my favorites.
Totally agree!!
absolutely!!
OMG YEEESSSS
The "Graffiti Bridge" album was fire! I think people just hated on it because the movie was terrible
Graffiti Bridge slaps so hard, most of the songs credited just to Prince, the George Clinton duet and the three song stretch from Thieves in the Temple through to Melody Cool go so hard. The title track is very weak though and Tick Tick Bang is genuinely one of Prince’s weakest tracks he ever released during his original run on Warner Bros Records so it really isn’t perfect by any means. In fact, it’s about 7 tracks too long, it’s meant to be the sequel or Purple Rain, the perfect album and soundtrack album which was a tight 8 tracks, this shouldn’t have been longer than 10 or 11 max.
Sleeper pick for best song on the record? The Latest Fashion. You can tell Prince thought highly of it too as it’s the only The Time song also credited to him on the tracklisting unlike the other three which are fairly mid, even though he wrote them all of course. So ridiculously catchy. GO MORRIS, GO MORRIS, GO MORRIS
Movie is beyond awful though which does somewhat taint this “soundtrack” in original sin, it also doesn’t help that this kind of bombastic, sunny funk/R&B/new jack swing style of music would sound dated very quickly with the changing tides of music throughout the 90s.
The thing about Prince is that he will always get respect as a musician's musician. The man plays a crazy amount of instruments, never bound himself to one genre, and always plays them with the idea of positivity and love in mind, even if it were vengeful. And as far as I know, he tried to rely on sincerity of the heart and mind when writing it. Regardless of the people who may have had problems in the past, there was no denying that his passion for art and music was infectious. Who you know can make an R&B, rock, jazz, gospel, rock, folk and pop album or song in the same album? HE may have had trouble as far as quality control, but you can't ever say it wasn't created with love for the craft.
exactly that's why prince is the greatest solo artist of all time
Long time Prince addict and overall your comments and thoughts on his albums reflect mine.
I hope you had the chance to experience a live show, what he did in the studio was amazing, but what he did on stage was magic.
And i did receive a threatening letter/email for sharing bootlegs.
Great video, and huge effort very much appreciated.
"Sometimes it snows in April" is a funny song title because if you're from Minnesota, you know that's an understatement. Excelent video, Mic.
Most creators take way more than 3 months to make a 1 1/2 hour video. This showed the hard work you gave it. Excellent.
Prince's catalog is legendary! The Batman Soundtrack may be my favorite.
I love that album, how many times do you think you have heard it?
Nicely done young man. I've been with Prince all my life. I'm 59 and remember when all of these albums were released. I'm impressed because I can tell from your dialogue that you actually listened to all of these albums.....Great coverage!✊🏾👍🏾
This new episode on Ƭ̵̬̊ is fantastic. I love how you really went back to your 5 minute roots. Made me all warm and tingly on the inside, and later made me cry tears of purple!
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GET THE LOVE SYMBOL IN A RUclips COMMENT?!?
@@EngineerLume im just skilled you feel me
Prince was very serious about complete ownership. I couldn’t believe he was gone until his music started being uploaded again, with no problem. Circa 2010 I even got in trouble for “When Doves Cry” slowed & chopped. Good times.
That story you had about discussing Prince after his death reminds me of a discussion I had with a French professor regarding the disbandment of Daft Punk, she loved them and their music, and she told us stories about living in Paris and seeing their impact on the French Club scene in the early 90s, it was nice to hear these stories from someone who was living in the heart of that scene during their.
The Rainbow Children. Im not religious but I really really feel that album. It's so sweeping and grand, yet delicate and emotional 💜
YES. My mom is from Minnesota, so she has gotten me into Prince. Thank you to the RUclipsr formerly known as Mic the Snare
Are you required by law to listen to Prince in the State of Minnesota?
The Batman album was my introduction to Prince and I became a fan since then. Your hard work is appreciated and keep up the great work
Glad to hear some love for the Batman soundtrack, I love it and think it's really underrated in Prince circles.
If you didn't feel challenged enough by Prince's discography, you can do the 44 albums of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (Including Civilization Phaze III and Lather but excluding all 62 other posthumous releases and the other 21 box sets and live albums)
I think after this deeep discog dive. It would be so cool, to see a deep discog dive on Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye. These guys to me are some of my favorite artists of all time.
Same with me....this was a great video.
He's said he probably won't do an MJ DDD, just because of the controversy around him and not wanting to step into that snake den.
@@isirlaughsalot2675 That's so disappointing if true. Especially because there's so much evidence out there that MJ is totally innocent. MJ's discography deserves the deep dive treatment. Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous are classic albums and even HIStory has so many great songs.
@@isirlaughsalot2675but he did Bowie? 😭
Marvin Gaye would be amazing !
Here´s one in support of your vital organs: I completely love all the videos you put out, your extensive research, your jokes in between and your nuanced ratings of albums, singles and artists. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do, so we are introduced to hidden gems of well-known artists!
Thank you for covering Prince, he will forever be missed💜
You said towards the end of the video that prince seemed immortal, I would say he still is, the legacy he left behind will outlive me, you and anyone here. Great video man, cant believe i watched this in one sitting
if nothing else, Prince is definitely one of the most prolific music artists of all time
It took me three full days to watch this so I can't imagine how many days you spent on it. As someone who casually engaged with Prince's discography before, this deep dive was SO educational, even if there's only so much you can say about nearly 40 albums. As always, you present information so concisely, so hilariously, and so creatively.
i'm 16 with parents that were young in the 70s and 80s and had no idea how many of prince's songs i actually knew. haven't heard too many, just the most popular (purple rain, little red corvette, 1999 etc) but i like them all so i feel like i may end up checking him out, even if i don't scratch the surface i'll still listen to the songs i know and see what else i like. putting out 39 albums over almost 4 decades takes serious dedication, and i can't even imagine the amount of time and effort put into only this ddd discussing it all. bravo mic the snare, bravo prince! may he rest in peace
I'd recommend starting with the Purple Rain album in full. Then try 1999, Sign o' the Times and take it from there.
@@thatbloodypanda6989 alright, thank you!
@@ronan-outoftimeI’m 21, and also had parents that were young around the 70s/80s, and they pretty much started me with purple rain, 1999 sign o the times. Became a huge fan after.
Personal Top 3 Prince Albums:
Crystal Ball
Diamonds and Pearls
Sign O’ The Times
Crystal Ball holds a special place because it had Ripopgodazippa which was a song I’ve been on a decade long hunt for when I heard it in Showgirls (Don’t Ask) also, the title track, Acknowledge Me, Hide The Bone, Love Sign are absolute bangers for me! Rest in Purple Paradise Prince 💜💜💜💜💜
how are you actually a master at releasing ddd's of the artist im currently obsessed with every time lmao can't wait to watch all of this :)
Joy in Repetition is such a jam. Those reverse guitar effects in the backround... The percussion... The bass... The solo.. The everything :D
following your pain to get this video made on twitter not knowing it was prince you were covering... it all makes sense now.
so excited to watch this though, thank you for all the effort you put into these, seriously some of my favorite youtube content of all time!
I loved the inclusion of Prince’s tweets, he and George Michael had a similar “millionaire farting around on phone” energy I miss. Also, I’d be curious if there’s a playlist you have of songs like “Purple Rain” that just their existence and listening to them explains everything amazing iconic thing about each song?
For those who've never heard it, the great reissue label Numero Group released an excellent boxset a few years back called Purple Snow that documents the creation and evolution of the Minneapolis Sound and the entire scene that shaped Prince in the beginning. Well worth checking it out if you're into stellar if relatively unknown funk and R&B (plus it features some of Prince's earliest musical recordings to boot).
i have been watching this video periodically over the course of a week and a half and im still not done but i had to pause and watch the 2007 superbowl halftime performance and i was genuinely moved to tears
I’d be thrilled if you made a DDD for U2, it might help make younger generations like them again
The fact that too many people wrote off the incredible music U2 made in their prime because of stuff like Bono being pretentious or the iTunes fiasco is an absolute crime.
That might be a fun one. I would love to find the Best Albums from them. I really like certain albums but others have fallen very flat for me so I would love to hear what others think
Not to do Mic's job but their first 5 albums are classics IMO - Boy, October, War, Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree (my personal fav). Their 90s albums don't hit the same for me despite the excellent singles from that era, and I do appreciate how they expanded their sound. All That You Can't Leave Behind is my favorite later album - it became an unofficial / accidental 9/11 album and still resonates for me in that way, capturing grief and peaceful resilience (vs jingoism or revenge).
@@specialtramp Achtung Baby erasure will not be allowed. Probably one of the best sound changes for an 80s band.
Hey i’ve kinda been on my own deep dive of his albums too. I’m on Emancipation , and like you, I think listening to it for 3 hours is a chore. That aside, this video is amazing. I have watched it so many times over the past week as a reference that it shows up every time in the “watch it again” section in my recommended. My favorite scenes were:
“Anime Christian”
“Gee I hope this album doesn’t hurt me”
“Prince eats a grape”
“And I need you and I am Batman”
“Ooooooooouuuggh i did not like this movie’
“I can’t help but be a child from the ‘90s”
“Some guy’s favorite thing is Come” (I actually LOVE come!)
“Gosh gee willickers sufferin succotash “
Michael raving over Kamasutra
“The way he says ‘baby’’ “
“Way to name a year after a prince song”
“I can’t believe Prince did’t come out with this song”
“Why do both of these women look like they are about to sell me ringtones?”
“Congratulations!”
“I don’t know, sue the internet?”
Michael’s entire description of 20Ten (that album came oit literally two days before i was born.. so yeah)
Every Prince tweet read out loud.
Great job for making me laugh and informing me for two straight hours. To more DDDs.
💜
Jon
I was at karaoke with some friends when Prince passed away. The room was underground so we got no service, but I had picked Purple Rain, and we sang it, not knowing that he had died. When I came out of that basement, my phone vibrated and it was a message from my mum saying he had passed. It was a really sunny day, which felt unfair to me? I got home and blasted all the songs I grew up on. I was in mourning for a long time. I guess Prince was so important to me because he spoke to so many parts of me that I probably would not have been able to explore given my upbringing. The fact that he's still giving magic to the world even after death is nothing short of incredible.
Kiss was Prince's THIRD number one hit! When Doves Cry and Let's Go Crazy both hit number one.
My mind knew it was going to be Prince, but my heart wanted Bob Dylan
MN either way
OOOHH WE GOTTA HAVE BOB DYLAN THO
@@husvidfloden gotta be the greatest 1-2 punch from any US state
@@ArthurSanford3706 tho dylan kinda disassociated from minnesota, i feel. there's hwy 61 revisited, but what else ?
@@husvidflodenyeah he's more of a new Yorker.
Sign O' Times is a mind-blowing masterpiece. I grew up in the eighties and practically always worshipped the ground Prince walked on as a musician. He still has the strongest music catalog in all of popular music history. Some albums I agree were a little spotty but even those albums still had gems to be found. He will always be my favorite music artist of all time. My favorite Prince albums are Sign O' Times, Purple Rain, 1999, Around the World in A Day, Parade, Lovesexy, Dirty Mind, Diamonds and Pearls, Controversy, Love Symbol, Chaos and Disorder and Prince. Thanks for this excellent video of analysis of Prince's incredible output of music and albums when he was still living. Yes, Prince should still be with us making music.
exactly so true
Prince is one of my twin brother's all-time favourite artists and he actually saw him on his piano tour a week before he died. I can't wait for him to watch this when he feels like doing so. I'm not too, too big of a fan but I do respect him IMMMENSELY as just a musician.
As a hardcore, I can unnecessarily nitpick but I’m not. This is an amazing deep dive for new and or casual fans. Great job and great work! 🎉
With how far the series has gone lately, more extended remakes of the earlier episodes would be appreciated. Longer and updated Gorillaz and Oasis DDD videos (with the latter being complemented by the Bros' solo albums) whenever possible is what I'd really like to see someday, as those were the artists I've veen checking out quite in depth recently.
Idk, I felt the gorillaz one was pretty thorough relative to their popularity and overall musical impact. Mic was well into his longer vids when he did them, so I feel like he likely thought it sufficient. The artists that deserve a re-do are the ones that he did at the very beginning of the series that are only like 5 mins long tops
snare said that he didnt want to remake the other pre DDD DDDs for a while but i do think the format would do great with gorillaz where hed be able to explain some of the lore/story for each album as he goes through them
Maybe update the Blur DDD, since they will release a new album soon
Jesus. This one is massive and I thank you for it. Not only because I'm a huge Prince fan, but also because I can't even imagine how much work this took.
It's just gone midnight here in the UK and imma stay up to watch this whole thing. Well done mic, well worth the wait and well done for tackling such a mammoth task!
I can finally sleep now. It's 2:30am.
I had the pleasure of seeing Prince 4 times in concert over the years. The last time I saw him was in Detroit about a year before he passed. That show was as good or better than anything I saw prior. I first got into him during the Purple Rain era, then it was off to the races. I'm so glad to have had the chance to witness his greatness in person. Out of the 1000s of concerts I've seen, seeing Prince and seeing Michael Jackson on the Bad Tour are the ones I'm most grateful to have seen.
I wasn’t expecting the little Snapcube Fandub snippets in this video but I couldn’t be happier that they’re there
A few years ago I decided to check out a few of Princes songs and I immediately fell for him! This man was an absolute genius! Ever since that day Prince has been my favorite artist and at least in my opinion, nobody can compare to him. :)
god bless you for covering the most important discography in all of music, good shit mr. the snare
Having been born long after 1989 and batmania, knowing that prince did a batman album is the silliest and coolest thing ever. I bought the cd and vinyl. I wish WB re-released it cuz it goes for a pretty penny.
As a HUGE Prince fan I have to say I am beyond impressed with how much you were able to squeeze into this, and how much you were able to get correct and was happy to see a lot of lesser known knowledge or info get shouted out that most people never get to hear... that being said, and I don't think this should be surprising with someone as massive as Prince, there's a fair amount that was either not included or additional context that would have made this that extra 10% better, but I'd give this a solid A grade either way. The thing with getting into Prince is that inevitably the longer you research him, the more you will uncover and the more LAYERS you will find, always causing you to re-think everything you think you already know.
As a huge Prince fan since 83 I admire your insight and review on each album,great video on this great artist 👍
every time i listen to sometimes it snows in april i think that it just might be the greatest song ever written. i’m still considering it
Prince was certainly known for fashion, he could certainly dress. I don’t see another artist that can ever standout in fashion like Prince. MJ dress nicely too but Prince was definitely the fashion man, even his shoes sometimes matches the colour of his outfit. Gone too soon but will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Prince with ur baby
Thank you for condensing 37 hours of music into a single 2 hour retrospective, truly has got to be the most emotionally exhausting (in terms or sheer amount) ddd you've probably made yet, and a let's hope the next artist only has 8 albums
As a huge Prince/TAFKAP fan……
This is an excellent job. You faced one of the largest discographies in pop music and largely addressed each album with the attention it deserves (almost everything Post Emancipation is worth of “ehh it’s fine” once our boy transitioned to more of a competent craftsman over boundary breaking phase).
(The Batman album is genuinely pretty great/underrated too)
Prince was somebody that I was aware for a good amount of my life, but he wasn't someone who I fully appreciate (I mostly was more into Michael Jackson and other music artists) and would say that one of my top ten favorite music artists and acrs and even my musical heroes (along with Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix, a common thread of the three are black men in rock music, which I think that there’s something I wanna see more of these days of black rockstars) until I fully went through his discography at his prime and after his passing. My favorite all time Prince song is I would die 4 u, and my favorite Prince album is Sign O the Times.
Oh wow, hi5 on I Would Die 4 U! That might be my pick as well, one of my fav opening lines to a song ever
I think I was in a similar situation like you when I heard about Prince’s death, except I was in 5th or 6th and my school would have morning announcements through the tvs in each classroom and it would talk about current events and his death was one of them. I never really listened to him much before but after it I started to listen to his music and learn who he was and wasn’t until much later that I realized what an absolute loss we had of a legend and music virtuoso.
okay but this fr was so wonderful to watch. this took me three-four days to complete sooo worth it
This was REALLY great! I love seeing the younger generation discovering this man! Keep up the great work!
Have heard most of these. I got into him around late 2019 but i remember my sophomore year of high-school was when he passed. We sang "purple rain" in choir to tribute him and its probably one of the first real songs that affected me. I didnt get into the man's music until he passed but like you said there is something immortal about him.
JUST WHEN PRINCE IS STARTING TO BECOME MY NEW OBSESSION OF THE MONTH, YOU UPLOAD THIS… DARLING, YOUR TIMING IS IMPECCABLE
When you got to the Batman Soundtrack I was cheering and kicking my feet while twirling my head cuz that was literally my first introduction to Prince, not purple rain, not 1999, not any of his classics but my obsession with batman leading me into the surprise Prince was responsible for it's soundtrack, I even got a 2nd hand vinyl I got at a flea market lmaooo.
So glad you did this as Prince was one of my favs growing up and I love his discography, but I had to laugh when you compared his rapping to Flight of the Conchords. Prince was amazing but even geniuses can’t be great at EVERYTHING, lol!
The irony is their song "You're So Beautiful" is heavily inspired by Prince.
@cremetangerine82 the most beautiful girl in the room. I can see that. Prince of parties seems pretty prince too.
This will certainly be the longest DDD, until Mic eventually covers Bob Dylan!😂
Or god help us Guided By Voices
I did not imagine I’d watch this entire thing in one go, yet here we are. Love your work, Mic!
What a respectful ending! As usual, great work Mike, but I will forever respect the kindness you showed at the end. Thank you for another amazing video!
I liked most of Prince's biggest hits when I was younger but I was never a Prince fan per se. I knew he was prolific but I didn't know he was THIS prolific. Thanks for educating me lol
Prince was a pop rebel. He was incredibly diverse in sound and subject matter and I've always thought the world of him but never really took the deep dive into his discography. I might do that now.
I was in the car with my mom driving along the road, and I remember seeing the news on my phone and telling my mom that Prince passed away. She had to pull over, and frankly I don't blame her.
There will never be another artist like him. Thank you so much for making this video.
Purple Rain the song definitely is a whole experience. Its insane how someone so young could create such incredible works of art and not art considered great in retrospect, but from the get-go. I enjoy Raspberry Beret a lot too its such a cute song and the production is so catchy and he has a song on his 2018 compilation called Chelsea Rodgers that is SUCH a jam. My favorite Prince song however is Little Red Corvette. It took me an embarrassingly long time for me to figure out he WASNT singing about the car but either way I would do my two step when it came on. Im so happy you did this though it took me forever to finish. Love all the hard work!
Glad I'm not the only one who fixated on the name Mr. McGee In Raspberry Beret lol. Great song. Prince was, is and will forever be incredible.
Prince is always the artist I think of when I think about my mother. I remember playing his best of CD and sobbing in my uni flat when I learnt the news of this passing. This video has been in my to watch list until my mental health was stable enough to handle the deep sadness I still feel about his loss. Today is that day. Thank you for all the effort Mr. Snare
I'm so glad you liked the rainbow children, I think it's my favourite prince album and it doesn't get the love it deserves. Thanks for your hard work on this DDD❤️
My dad bought one of the bootlegs of the black album, and he said that when he eventually bought the official one and listened to the original Masters he liked it less because all of the tape copying over and over again and boosted the base on his bootleg
That was epic, a truly commendable undertaking, and the Animaniacs clip at the end was the perfect payoff for making through the whole thing.
Well done. I listened in one take and it never went through a boring lull, and I found out why my pockets couldn't keep up with Prince's record releases. Big ups from a part-time troll!