Penelope Sighs, this is for you! :)

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighs :D I sure got a laugh out of that!

@purplerainstube6714

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your review of our video, it's refreshing to see great musicians like yourself reacting. You have such a rich channel, wishing you all the success on your online career! 💜💜

Prince was just one of those natural wonders that didnt have an explanation or logic, one of those too good to be true type of stuff, i really wish i could build a time machine and go back in time and do everything possible to see him perform live and to appreciate him more than i did and thats something that i trully regret and i feel guilt over that. I want to thank you my freind for taking me on this Purple Journey that has open my mind, soul, heart to Prince and im pretty sure it has done the same to you. VIVA PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE my freind

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Bro, please take me back in that time machine with you! :)

He just WAS music!

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree John. 6 months ago if you would have posted this I would have scratched my head and said..... "What?!?!?" So thankful I am so much more educated about him (thanks to all of you) :)

Some people just have that natural ability and a love and passion to want to improve or what u want to hear and express to others.Prince loved music and maybe the only thing that made him feel safe,Maybe the only thing he trusted and made him feel complete I miss his light here on earth But brother prince was called home.He had given so much and still we would love him to be here to create more magic.Its coming up to that time of year when he passed And its still as painful the day in 2016 when it happened.We miss u,But people like u are keeping his memory and music alive and to u sir,MANY THANKS to all prince's friends around the world I send much love and respect for one another,You are all great Peace and be wild

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

:) Great post as always my friend!

@MrTaurrean

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighs Many thanks,It's this type of positivity That makes life a Beautiful place to be,Lovely to hear from you and hope your having a wonderful day and day into the evening and evening into the night.Keep well and keep safe too in a world so crazy right now Peace and be wild

LOL a producer at Sunset Sound said he kicked out a harpist who couldn't play a part he wanted on harp. Prince got a harp and did it himself.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO man this gave me a good chuckle!!!!!!

@thepromiseman7745

2 жыл бұрын

Prince could play over 27 instruments ..he knew how to play over 27 instruments before he sign his first contract for Warner brothers at the age of 18 making him the youngest producer

Music was embedded so deeply in him, I don't know that he allocated a certain amount of time to practicing, I guess he must have at some stage, and had mastered the 27 instruments he played on his first album "For You' which he started recording when he was 19. He said once he'd be asleep and a song would wake him, or brushing his teeth and he'd have to run to the studio to get it down. One thing I believe though and that is he rarely slept, could stay awake for days without any ill effects, he was a workaholic but then again it wasn't work to him, it was a lifestyle, it came so naturally and easily. He was totally driven, music was his mistress. It breaks my heart that he's no longer here physically but I'm glad we shared the same lifetime 💜 G.O.A.T. 💜

@thesolitaryadventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely post. 💜 I think about the flexibility you must have in your life to be that willing to drop everything and go record the moment inspiration strikes. And that could be the deciding factor in why Prince is the most prolific and gifted musician. I've seen Elton John take a page of lyrics and write a song on the spot. I've seen Billy Joel create a melody from thin air. I've seen Paul McCartney muster up Get Back from a groove. I've seen Stevie Wonder discover a song sitting at his synths. And I'm sure Dylan could sit with a blank page and write a lyric at anytime. But the big difference could well be that they aren't constantly in the place of recording. How many ideas get lost to a voice recorder that cannot be recaptured two weeks later when their pre-booked studio session begins...? For Prince to have the wherewithal to build his own studios and sleep above them meant he could take an idea and turn it into actuality without risking losing it. This boggles my mind because the implication is huge for the amount of records that may be in the Vault.

@AC-mp7cx

2 жыл бұрын

for some reason he was not as successful commercially as he was instrumentally talented. Huge disparity

@Dornie51

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighs no - but we are 💜

I've been a Prince fan my whole life, Just snuck and listened to his music my parents at first were not gonna allow it, then my Dad would let me in the car on the way home from football practice, then one day as we were driving I could see a different look come over his face, he asked whose the band playing on the record???? He looked at me and I said well his touring band is the revolution but on the records it's all him. My dad looked at me with big eyes and said No Way! I said yes Plus that's all of his own songs he wrote . From that day forward they let me listen to Prince all I wanted and a little after that my Dad asked me do you have any concerts? I showed him the Purple Rain tour concert and he just shook his head and said son I've been playing music all my life and Never seen anyone this talented. What a special time in my life watching my Dad become a Prince fan🙏.... It's sure been fun watching you on your Prince journey especially knowing you're a gifted Gutiarist and musician, So it means even more coming from folks such as yourself. Thanks for your channel and keep up the good work!

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Free Speech, I can't tell you much this post meant to me. This is what doing a KZread channel is all about. Loved your story and I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts!

@gifted2at94

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Thanks you so much.

This is Prince on piano LoveSexy 88 Dortmund Germany one of greatest concerts of all time 🎉🎉🎉the reason I’m here 34 years a fan.. tearing up watching this watched it loads before …what a genius 💥💥💥💥

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

He sure was Stephen... I've yet to see a performance that I didn't like.... amazing!

Short answer to your big questions: he was not only incredibly gifted, but hyper-focused and driven with his use of time, and always aiming for greatness. His work habits (time alone in studio, afternoon band rehearsals/sound checks, evening concerts, followed by post-midnight aftershows, then back into the studio) left close friends worried about his health (he didn't like to sleep). He constantly strove for perfection and had exceedingly high expectations for anyone who worked with or around him. Woe to the tech who didn't tune or properly mic a guitar! Over the years, although he was fairly scarce with the media, he did drop bits and hints in occasional magazine and television interviews. The MuchMusic vid you featured a few weeks ago is introspective and revealing, as are his discussions with Larry King, Tavis Smiley, Chris Rock and Arsenio Hall, among others. However, even as closely as I followed his career in real time, I've never learned more about his habits and the depth of his mastery than from the interviews of his studio engineers (Sunset Sound Recorders has been dropping gems), and bandmates (Michael Dean's Prince Podcast has multi-hour discussions with several). Watching them might not make for interesting reaction vids, but will absolutely build your knowledge and deepen your astonishment with the depth of his talent.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Often I would just imagine as being a band member the demands put on you, I never even thought about it from a guitar or other tech's point of view! Yikes! There's so much more to learn about him... I've been listening to the Tavis Smiley interviews the past few days...

@thepromiseman7745

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Prince and Tavis smiley has been friends for 20 years

Prince never sleep so he study everything he started to playing at the age of 7 and by the time he was 12-13 he mastered everything all instruments what gets me about prince is how he managed to record over 8,000 songs and had time to tour for just about every album he released from producing arrangements composed and performed all on his own and made special appearance and wrote for others to me I believe prince from another planet because he ate music .. dream music .. sleep music ..drink music ... music was something he was addicted to doing it was his life ... singer composer .. songwriter ..actor. Dancer he done more than any musician alive and gone today ... prince is and always will be a musical genius he's a icon and legend and there will never be another like him in this lifetime nor the next ...I've been a fan of Prince since his first album For you 1978

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Great post the promise man, I loved reading it. I've learned the past few months that learning about Prince truly is a life study...

@thepromiseman7745

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Thank you very much I also enjoy watching your video

Hello! 👋 I'm enjoying your reactions to Prince! Like you, I figured out how amazing Prince was AFTER he passed! 😢 As a dancer, I was shocked at how much of this man's music stayed under my radar all my life (aside from the handful the radio always played). Since he passed, I've learned SOOOOOOO much about him, his faith, and the treasure trove of music he gave us. You, my new friend, have started a trip down a fantastic rabbit hole. As someone who's a few paces ahead of you in that same rabbit hole, I can assure you that you're in for quite a journey! (As you've probably noticed.) So continue wandering through the garden that is Prince's catalogue of music & live concerts & interviews. Soak it up & enjoy all of it! And YES, you MUST visit Paisley Park when you can!! I've been a few times and the place is amazing, especially for anyone involved in the creative arts. If you can, spend the $$$ and do the Ultimate Tour. It's worth it! There are a few spaces there where I could spend all day if they'd let me. I have a few suggestions for you to check out. There are, of course, many- probably hundreds- of videos out there of Prince performing "Purple Rain" live over the years. You already reacted to the Super Bowl performance (I don't care what anyone says. That Halftime is still THE BEST of all Halftimes.) But if you get a chance, PLEASE watch 2 more performances of "Purple Rain," even if you don't record reaction videos for them. They're both so beautiful it almost hurts. 1- Purple Rain Live at Paisley Park, 1999. The whole concert is SO much fun! It was filmed in the soundstage at Paisley Park for New Year's Eve 1999. The feeling I get when watching THIS performance of Purple Rain is what it felt like to stand in that soundstage during the tour. Stunningly beautiful. 2- Purple Rain Live in Milan on Nov. 3, 2010. (You'll probably find it under the title "Prince, Purple Rain, live in 2010.") He goes to another place during his guitar solo and it's absolutely breathtaking. And for extra credit: Check out his performance of Purple Rain at the end of Show 2 at the 2009 Montreux Jazz Fest. You've already seen some of Show 1 with "Empty Room" (1 of my favorites!); But really, you need to see all of Show 1 AND 2. Also, if you get a chance, check out the video for "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" from 1985. The song was Prince's contribution to the "We Are The World" project. I'm not a musician, but as a dancer, I have such an appreciation for musicians. The guitar is fascinating to me, and I'm impressed watching someone play a regular 6-string. In this song, Prince is playing a 12-string guitar! I'm no guitar player, but that seems impressive to me! Apologies for the long post, but thanks for taking the time to read this far! I look forward to seeing more of your reactions as you continue learning more about this anointed musical genius! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@kimmyb.1279

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighs thanks & YES!! 💜

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Kimmy, this post meant A LOT to me, post here as much as you want! I keep learning more and more about him. I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day watching the videos and taking the time to comment. We have a nice community here :) I will definitely take note of those performances :)

@kimmyb.1279

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Aww thanks! Stay blessed! 💜

Great video and reaction Bryan, will you check out a Web exclusive that just aired? It’s called priceless footage of Prince at age 11 😃💜

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

CRED of course! :) OMG I just watched it, it will be the big news about Prince for the next while! THANK YOU for telling me about it! :)

The funny thing about the Batman recording session clip is that bass part never made it onto any version of Partyman I’ve heard. I think he was just performing for the camera/documentary lol

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

His slap and pop chops are awesome!

Prince and Charlie Chaplin had a lot in common. He was a big practical joker.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I did not know this :)

Cool. I admire your openness to learn more about Prince.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Shauna! The more I learn the more I realize there is more to learn :)

There are things that come around once a Millennium for us that thing was Prince 💜

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree Marc, he was one of a kind :)

Yes another great video thanks for reviewing and sharing there are so many people that still don’t realize what his talent level were. Thanks again and keep them coming I think his skill was a gift from God.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

John, without getting into this too much, I have to agree with you on that one : )

@johngiaramita9988

2 жыл бұрын

I know and thanks for the reply also there’s a great interview he did with Larry king you should check out if you haven’t already .

@chica4530

2 жыл бұрын

John, you are completely correct. Prince knew it and always made it clear by voicing exactly that.

So you are a fellow Quebecer! Worth noting that Prince has a strong association with Montreal. Rhonda Smith was on bass from around 2000 to 2010 and Kat Dyson who played rhythm guitar for a few years were both Montrealers. He also loved the jazz Festival here, playing in 2000 at Salle Wilfred Peltier, a great show where he went full jazz for the first hour (in what was unbeknownst to us a preview of much of The Rainbow Children album) . And again in 2011 when he did 2 nights at Metropolis, the shows started at around midnight and went to 4am. Prince actually approached the Festival about those shows, as the Director said "you don't say no when Prince says can I come play?" Lucky enough to have been at all of them. If you ever need access to any physical version of Prince stuff in Montreal, let me know I have a very large collection (including hundreds of bootlegs).

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Great post Simon! I'm a fairly new transplant to the province but I love it here! At some point, hoping this summer I'd like to get down to Montreal to see a few concerts for a weekend! :)

Prince was the GREATEST musician/ live performer that EVER walked the face of the Earth.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

The more I keep learning about him, the more I realize that your statement is true...

I got tj say of all the musicians that tried acting PRINCE easily was the most natural meaning he cld act simple as . AMAZING in all areas

From what is been written about him, he learned to play the piano first at age 7 and didn’t pick up a guitar until he was a pre-teen. He then taught himself to play the drums and bass by age 14. From all accounts, he lived in the music room at school allocating a certain amount of time to each instrument every day until they would kick him out according to the music school teacher.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Great post and that is a fascinating aspect of his life I want to delve into further..... :)

I imagine raw talent plus discipline plus loving to play can help you master one instrument but to be so good on so many different ones is mind boggling. I too wonder how he did it and what his days looked like. We know he didn't sleep much but still. I guess we will never know now.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

It's my biggest question when it comes to the great one missmiko1..... how the hell did he manage his time so well?

@tala555

2 жыл бұрын

Gifted by God!?

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

@@tala555 Gifted by something that's for sure :)

Yes, the black and white is Under the Cherry Moon.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I have yet to see that movie, but I remember when it came out! And of course I was scratching my head wondering what the hell it was... typical of me back then.

@StevieStitches

2 жыл бұрын

​@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar It's funny. It's the Prince PG-13 comedy movie about a gigolo that falls in love on the French Riviera. The opposite of the dark dramatic very R-rated Purple Rain about the angry rocker struggling to not become just like his alcoholic abusive father who's a wife beater.

In regards to dancing, I recently found some information in MSPmag. It's interesting that Minneapolis public schools really nurtured their artistic students during this period. It's a shame that it's now practically non-existent in U.S. pubic schools. "Prince’s formal training began at Minnesota Dance Theatre when he was in high school and part of the Urban Arts Program. It was there that he connected with MDT founder Loyce Houlton. “My mother was very, very good at seeing talent and promoting it,” recalls Houlton’s daughter, Lise. Loyce Houlton, who studied with modern dance icon Martha Graham and the father of American ballet, George Balanchine, died in 1995, but she was a friend and mentor from the day they met. Prince even flew Houlton and her husband to Los Angeles for the world premiere of Purple Rain in 1984."

He just never slept ✨

My input on how Prince managed his time was music, music, and more music. (maybe a bit ping pong)..and then of course music!! I also think his 'persona' is partially why he was so overlooked for all of his artistry. The world just wasn't ready for Prince. I've read a few times about Prince possibly being on the spectrum -possibly high functioning Asperger....which has a lot more awareness now than in the 60s-80's.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are hitting on something very interesting here SD

@shiny_dreamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Here's a lil story i've mentioned somewhere, some time ago..about my last live Prince experience. It was his last time in Toronto (at Sony Centre), just before my bday, and he was playing in Montreal..so I prayed and watched out for ticket sales (they were quite limited, even tho 2 shows that nite). And it worked! I had Piano & a Microphone ticket for me, myself, and I. Anyway, I noticed there was some empty space at the front, 2nd row, right in front of his piano (which I snuck a pic of). Anyway, the story is that I met these 2 friendly guys that immed struck up a conversation with me when I asked if the empty seats were taken. I was direct, there was no lying about my desire to claim that spot if nobody show'd up. What's most interesting is that their discussion was based on their opinion that Prince was not from this planet. No, I'm not joking, and neither were they! I'll never forget that. ANd ya, some dreadful looking purple rain wannabees showed up, so I had to go back to my original spot. I did run up to front right before encore tho..and I got to look Prince in the eye..it was kinda outta this world! -True story.

@AC-mp7cx

2 жыл бұрын

he failed to sell

Thank u very much!! You ask the right questions. I can't remember anyone ever asked him specifically about it. How could he manage all this in a short time? This makes Prince absolutely unique.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I can't think of anyone else who comes close. I know how hard I had to work to be proficient on guitar over the years. Now mind you I laugh when people say I'm gifted and talented, but I wasn't, I had the desire to practice, and I was fortunate to have a very amazing guitar teacher in my formative years when there are so many horrible teachers out there.... Prince on the other hand was clearly very gifted...

@davidt.mustbe5345

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Talent is relativ. Prince was in his own league!! Thank you for your videos 👍🏾👍🏾🎸🎸

Those pirouettes are reminiscent of famous ballet dancers

It's so good watching u on this journey...so...my question to u my friend is this...maybe u not there yet .. but are u close to saying he is the greatest all round performer...this genius (and it's a word that's thrown around to lightly) could do everything...but not just do everything just to say he could... everything he did was on such an emotional level...yes,.I know people will say what about this album..that album...when u are as prolific as Prince over a forty year career u can't get everything right...I just know that a world without Prince... especially this world right now is a far worse place... stick Bowie in there too... great reaction as always my friend

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Performer yes hands down. If someone said guitar, that gets a bit tricky... I've had some requests for Bowie, I need to do some on him may he too RIP :(

Prince said that he was music. Songs would just come to him. He didn't have windows at Paisley Park so time wouldn't matter. He'd stay in the studio until he got out whatever was in his head. He said he never forgot a song. A member of his band was messing up and Prince asked him if he was a musical genius like he was and remember all the songs. When the band member said no, Prince told him that he needed to write it down. I think you'd enjoy watching interviews with people that used to work with him. But that's an entire other rabbit hole!

I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that I’ve seen all these clips several times over but what a great mashup. A wonderful illustration of how he could do it all, and making every part of it look easy as hell. Loved the clip of Days of Wild they snuck in there 😁

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

So much more for me to see, hear and learn! :) I hope all is well with you Mike

I hear he was also very good at basketball, ping pong, and pool. Which means he actually takes breaks from music!

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

But did he play hockey? The constant burning question lmao

The footage from the harrison tribute is singularly the finest performance I've ever seen and I've seen them all. From Gilmore ,Buckingham,Clapton to Gary Moore...you get my drift..every hair on my body stands on end (except my man garden that looks like a Scottish heather bed)you can see him thinking whilst playing ware can I take this....every guitarist on that stage is thinking There is a god and he's called Prince 🤴

His acoustic stuff shows true talent and deep concentration on key notes 🎶

Great video breakdown. Can you go back to his first album a song called I'm Yours, in which he seems to guitar duel with himself or Tracey Chapman's Behind the wall which is only about 2 minutes acapella. Ps I joined your patreon under Valencia because I really love your commentary.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I will absolutely do that, thank you so much :)

There's sumthin 2 be said about a guy who IMMEDIATELY after his passing, People magazine would feature an article about him, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, even up until NOW; and not 2 mention the fact that he has MANY autobiographies written about him by multiple authors.☔🎶🎵💜🎹☔ 'Sir Nelson/ The Pride of Minnesota' is TRULY a SUPER legend INDEED! RiP 🙏 bro

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Great post!

Re: metronome: According to everyone he knew, he didn't need one. Most songs were -play the drums,, play the bass, then everything else.. He even played drum machines like a live instrument..

Prince was a prankster too, look up those videos too.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I heard a bit about that, he liked to prank Jay Leno apparently....

RE: Time Management I don't have a reference on his time allocation. I imagine it will take a lot of listening to interviews of people like Susan Rogers, Mayte, members of The Revolution and the NPG, etc. to find information along those lines. Tyka Nelson (his full sister) and Andre Cymone would likely have the most insight into the early development of his skills. RE: Dancing Since his passing, seeing old clips of him dancing, jumping off speakers, etc. is quite bittersweet for me. On the one hand, that aspect of his performing really can bring joy and inspire awe. On the other hand, knowing what we know now, those very moves induced the issues he had with his hips, and combined with the dropped bathtub incident, drove him to his use of pain killers and eventually his accidental overdose. It's getting easier with the passing of time, but it's still hard to watch sometimes. RE: Acting In my mind, this is one skill that was not on par with professionals, but it still gives us moments to cherish. RE: Comedian When you watch interviews of people who knew him, to the (wo)man, they all say he was extremely funny. He enjoyed practical jokes, too, like he pulled on Jay Leno.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

dropped bathtub incident?

@johngarrett1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Yes, you read that right. "The late music legend turned to painkillers after suffering injuries when rehearsing for a performance in Minnesota on his tour promoting the 'Purple Rain' album. Prince had been planning to sing a song from the tub suspended in mid-air, but it collapsed during rehearsal and left him in terrible pain." It fell 10-12 feet. "''After that, his back hurt day after day. Then in LA, he slipped and hurt his knee. He got some meds and finished the tour, but I don't think his hip and his leg were ever completely normal after that.'" This is per his longtime tour manager, Alan Leeds (brother of Eric Leeds, long-time saxophonist for Prince... who was at the dinner Prince had had with Miles Davis, Sheila E and John L Nelson (Prince's father)). (uk.style.yahoo.com/princes-painkiller-addiction-started-bathtub-150000841.html)

A gift from God amen

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@debbiebennett1902

2 жыл бұрын

Yess indeed i know now

I always thought he was a musical savant. Just the best there was 💜

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@AC-mp7cx

2 жыл бұрын

best instrumentalist, or top 3 prolly

This was such a treat today! Once again, you kept me from doing my laundry.😖💜☔️😂🤷‍♀️

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Kristi you are too kind, this means so much to me! :)

@kristilouque8412

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar that one acoustic clip was from the MTV special that I was telling you about. He does a whole acoustic show. It really showcases his sense of humor as well. You would love it.

Great reaction. Congratulations on the success of your channel. You do a good job communicating with your subscribers. You mentioned his movies. While not a movie exactly 'Sign O' The Times' was released in theaters. It is concert footage. It would probably produce more for you to react to than Under the Cherry Moon would.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :) It's the great posts in this community from fine folk such as yourself that helps build the channel :)

Je suis sûrement impartial mais il n'y a jamais eu d'artistes aussi talentueux que Prince I am surely impartial but there have never been artists as talented as Prince 🧡💙💜💛💜💙🧡

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not as all around talented as he is that's for sure! :)

DUDE! You have ti listen to his cover 'Betcha by golly wow, from the Stylistics.

I really liked Michael Jackson but when I hear people comparing him to Prince, it makes me go crazy. Prince was one of a kind and as the great man said " No one does it like Prince" When paying tribute to Prince, Elton John said Prince was the best live performer and McCartney said Prince was a creative giant. We lost someone very, very special the day Prince died, but I am grateful to have been around in his lifetime. I appreciate your channel and enjoy watching your videos and hearing your reactions

The one thing I learned by listening and following "Prince" for 43 years is his rehearsal hours...the guy was a workaholic.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

He was that. I often wonder if he used stimulants or even caffeine. As I have been moving on in my 40's I've noticed more and more how much caffeine does for me to get me moving a productive in a day. I wonder where he was with caffeine, if he used it at all...

@gubbenpersson

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar He like our neverland man died from lucky juise. Before that it was mapel surup and honey. The doktors killed them both. look what these guyes where doing as artists..they got broken...the fuck doktors of america got them going. Hate,Hate,Hate..and the big buisness behind!!!

@thepurpleladder

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar He drank coffee,how much i have no idea.

Ooh, I forgot great post.. if you do drummers I'd love your take on Stewart Copland...Great analysis

There is a chanel of improvement skills beyond normal praticising. Normal people do maybe step 1, step 2, step 3, and so on. There are a few that follow another progression, like step 1, 2, 4, 16 for a certain period of learning. It comes to shortcuts and quant-development. The main basis is hunger and the miss of something important for one's inner motivation. Paternal love and appreciation might me lacking. It is known that he suffered from epilepsia in childhood. So... many explanations.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree so many things adding to his drive and learning....

This is a piano rehearsal I recommended before. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2iWw8miibmfnag.html. When Prince was on tour he would rehearse for several hours, play the concert, then either an after show or go to the studio to record. I know he and the Revolution took dance lessons for the Purple Rain movie. I believe the band said it was ballet. You should see if you can find one of Susan Rogers talks on Prince. She was his engineer for several years in the 80’s. She has great insight into his work ethic and processes.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Saved and noted Tracy :) I've been listening to his Tavis Smiley interview's lately.... There are a number of Susan Rogers interviews out there I believe, I'm hoping to listen to some of them this weekend :) Hope you are having an awesome weekend :)

@gabriels1869

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar Love listening to Susan Rogers, could listen to her talk about anything for hours. Her interview with the Res Bull Music Academy provides a great insight into Prince’s recording process

Awesome Ans Gifted Human Being...I Always Wanted To Here His Version Of "Maggot Brain" P'FUNK...

Nice!!!!

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! I hope you are enjoying this fine weekend :)

As far as I know, his training was just rehearsing and playing ALL the time

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are on to something there, and it makes sense...

Well, that 8 minutes captures a lot, doesn't it? They could have nixed the dubious accolades about being a "comedian" and a "rapper" and replaced them with his very real accomplishments as a "producer", "digital music pioneer", and "philanthropist" (the woman seated in the chair during the "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" video was Chicago school teacher and educational reformer, Marva Collins, whose Westside Preparatory School was the beneficiary of Prince's largesse). Also, that eye popping piano interlude comes from a televised(!) Prince concert from the 1988 Lovesexy Tour show in Dortmund, Germany - it's a must see event (note: the call-and-response segue during the 87' and '88 tour versions of "Let's Go Crazy" shows up again during the Brit Awards show version and the Prince Bowl version of the song, too).

@bolder2009

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think comedian is dubious at all. Exhibit A is a track like 'Movie Star', which is comedic brilliance. Now as far as Rap, he was a fan of Public Enemy, Rakim, Q-Tip, Common and Nas, just to name a few, so he appreciated the craft/skill that went into it, and took it as seriously as the other things he did. No he was not the greatest rapper by any measure, but he was a technically skilled rapper, which doesn't just happen. He would have to have put some time and effort to be competent at it, which he was.

@mharrislove

2 жыл бұрын

@@bolder2009 Perhaps...to your point, I wish that the "8 minutes" vid featured songs like Movie Star, If a Girl Answers, Cloreen Bacon Skin - or even the Jay Leno interview clips - rather than the perpetually awkward scenes from the Cherry Moon movie. I hear you on the rapping thing too, but I wouldn't include it among the top 20 greatest things about Prince. (Questlove has made similar comments when asked about Prince and the rapping thing.) The fact that he couldn't even hire good rappers (Tony M and T.C. Ellis) doesn't help his case.

@bolder2009

2 жыл бұрын

@@mharrislove Fair points and point well made as far as his judgement on rap. I just think he is given too little credit because people often write off his rapping as if it was incidental or a gimmick. I don't think he was that way about anything he put out. When he rapped it was with the same gusto he put into playing multiple instruments, singing, dancing, writing, producing, etcetera. And yes Cloreen Bacon Skin is both a comedy and funk showcase.

@mharrislove

2 жыл бұрын

@@bolder2009 True...you're right about that. One of the best things about the dude is that he took chances and wasn't afraid to fail. Critics gave him a hard time about getting social and political when he wrote "Ronnie Talk to Russia", but that led to "Dear Mr. Man", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night", and "When Will We B Paid?" Likewise, one can't fault the rap experiments if it leads to highlights like "P Control". I think Prince wrestled with emerging music trends like hip hop and new jack swing (mostly fodder for the vault that was released later, like "Acknowledge Me", etc.). At his best, he took some of those elements and made them his own (like on "P Control" and "Sexy MF") which is, you know, a very Prince-like thing to do.

@bolder2009

2 жыл бұрын

@@mharrislove He got more seriously into Rap, post the emergence of NWA and was seemingly competing with the hardcore elements of the genre, like an Ice T. I think Tony M was an extension of that aspect of Prince’s persona just as Morris Day was via The Time. So you get Sexy MF with Prince as the proverbial gangster/pimp alter ego. It was not a genre he could steer in the 90s, as it was still counter-culture with exceptions till the mid to late 90s. I'd say from about 1995 is when Rap started to become more firmly aligned with pop, after Mariah dropped the Fantasy remix with ODB. But he would have been up on the genre from its early days. Teena Marie's Square Biz was 1981. Chaka Khan's cover of Prince's I Feel For You with Melle Melle was 1985, so he knew what was up as far as the burgeoning genre of Rap. Ironically Prince in the 90s was operating from a business standpoint like some rappers of that era. I'm thinking of Wu Tang Clan's movement.

He played guitar, keys, bass, and drums.

Ok. Now this one is the best....i keep saying that after the last. Lol. But acting? Naaa. But everything stage and music wise. Yes.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree William :)

How did he manage time? He did not sleep.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Check out our interview with Susan Rogers for more on that :)

Taylor Hawkins RIP

I literally saw this video the other day of these guys looking at each piece of let’s go crazy. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqJ2zreplLGvZqg.html Again, I’m no musician but loved to hear vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums taken apart

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I have saved and noted that one for a future video, it looks really interesting SM! :)

RIP Taylor Hawkins

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

So sad, another great one gone :(

🧡💙💜💛💜💙🧡 Prince is not from this planet he is an alien

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Olie, where I live (and it's all french here btw) there is a beautiful river out the front window... often at night I will keep a lookout for UFO's..... I wouldn't have any fear if I saw one, I would likely run out and scream "Please take me off this planet!" :)

@oliviergougeon919

2 жыл бұрын

I too am not afraid and I ride in it but only if they are part of the planet sweet prince come @@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

He never slept :-D

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if he was a fan of coffee, or in later years Monster drinks... ?

@iyzabel

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar I read somewhere that in the 80s, he was using. Don't quote me on that, it could be pure rubbish...

@chica4530

2 жыл бұрын

@@iyzabel Why would you say that if you think it could be pure rubbish? I'm sure he like most of us during the 80s probably tried something once or twice. To say he was "using" implies something totally different. Prince didn't like anything that controlled his mind, believe me.

But that harsh dancing ended up killing him, with needing pain pills.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to delve into that more and learn more about it. :(

Pretty much all hid did (when he wasn't singing, writing, performing) was practice.

He trained in ballet

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

That would help explain some of what he does because he was in wicked shape for sure! :)

@heturnal

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighsi believe he studied it as a young teenager

@heturnal

2 жыл бұрын

@Penelope Sighs just amazing how dedicated he was to the arts...

I don't know if you've seen this one about how Prince started out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJyc1bdviZScZZs.html It's called The History of Prince in Minnesota. I love your channel and your reactions!

Chaka Khan stole I feel 4 u frum prince......

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Really?

@MrFaDookie

Жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar prince trikkd her 2 come 2 the stoodio 1 nite & she didnt like it......dey were label mates @ da time & she had dem remake it & add stevie wonders harmonica.......

So... talent are different. hard work are a thing. But real talent goes above. will make a quote from the Great Steve vai. Having breakfeast with Zappa after first gig. askink(as the small boy he felt as) "-how did i do? "-You did well but sounded like a ham sandwish. ...the sound is in your head". I have so many friends that just pick up and play so in that case i think your wrong. Whith that said...of course so many ouers spent..but whith funplay. Things are different lucky to have hade the best of times. Sorry! -64

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

All good :)

@gubbenpersson

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar love your thing..just had to say

Yeah, it was under the cherry moon. I can’t disagree, his acting wasn’t the best. We can give him a pass for that though.

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, and I want to have a big chat about his movies sometime, I think we might do that on Patreon....

@endlessrage4062

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar yes, that sounds like a plan. 👍🏻

@endlessrage4062

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar your comment “secondhand embarrassment” is how I feel when I watch the extended video for sexy mf. 🤣😉

As a professional dancer, I can tell you Prince is nowhere near the greatest dancer nor is he considered one of the greatest by the greatest dancers before or after him. There's a good reason for that. His "dancing" was akin to exercise. Vocals were not amazing to me, but that's a personal thing. He was a musical genius, an incredible entertainer and an incredible songwriter. So many gems and he was irreplaceable. I love him for those things for sure and the uniqueness and skill he offered the world! 💜

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

If there is someone on the planet who nows nothing about dancing, and then there is a person who knows even less, it's me, so I'll definitely take your word for it lol. Great post kashiaroundtheworld :)

@kashiaroundtheworld

2 жыл бұрын

@@YesYouCANPlayGuitar I really mean what I say. It's not to belittle Prince. Some people comment like this to put artists down but I only express this because DANCE is my art. I love Prince without him needing to be a great dancer anyway. Loved your video too! Thanks for listening to my perspective on 💃 🕺 😁

@MissMcQueen

2 жыл бұрын

Surprised anyone could feel that way about his vocals - he had quite an impressive range, you just need to search 'Prince's vocal range' on here to understand.

@kashiaroundtheworld

2 жыл бұрын

@@MissMcQueen A greater range for Prince only means more notes that I don't like. Range is not related to enjoying someone's voice. E.g. Whitney Houston had a tiny range of only about 3.5 octaves (in fact mine is much larger but it doesn't mean people will like my voice more than hers). I wish! haha.. what I love is Whitney Houston's vocals are her tone and timber. UNMATCHED except maybe by Aretha and Pavarotti. It enlivens my core, gives me goosebumps, and inspires. Rolling Stone labelled her the Stadavarius for a reason.. and her vocal interpretations and choices are also highly enjoyable to me (often unoriginal and traditionally gospel-based but still executed with a Stradavarius sound). This is another aspect of Princes voice that I really don't like actually, vocal choices. I much prefer Freddie Mercury, Jackie Wilson, Michael Jackson, and especially Pavarotti for the above aspect. Range has very little to do with me liking the quality of someone's voice that they are born with and what they do with it in terms of artistic choice. It could mean they just have MORE notes to bore or annoy mewith actually! Haha.. you know what I mean? I really love how Prince sings Get Off. I LOVED his approach in the Batman soundtrack. Super cool 😎 But in general, so many of his vocals give me a very bad bodily sensation. I need to skip the song cuz it is simply not enjoyable for me.. but for example, if someone else like Freddie or Jackie sang the same song in their own way, I'd probably love it. Actually Michael Jackson is big on this. He can sing some crap songs and of course some great ones too (let's face it 😅) but it's the quality of his voice that makes it worth listening to. His vocal choices, the use of vibrato is perfection, the husky rasp that he puts into his roughers songs, sweet upper tone and those warm lower tones are the best etc... Freddie the same... love the way he interprets music. Both sing rock, pop, soul, sweet ballads and power anthems so well. There are not many who can move well they've genres like this. I simply do not feel this way about Prince despite him being uber talented. I don't know if I've explained myself well. I do not enjoy Mariah Carey voice after Butterflies. She's clearly one of the greatest singers ever with a range bigger than most humans but there's way you much whispering and yoddling for my liking. I just wish she would sing like she used to. Boys ll Men. Yes. Yes. YES EVERYTHING those 3 do is YES. Harmonic choices YES! Range has nothing to do with any of that. Anyway I could talk about singers I love forever. But Princes vocals? No. Too scratchy, lacks a quality that I can enjoy, a very harsh falseta, really annoys the crap out me. But he doesn't always use those sounds. Sometimes I do enjoy his voice just not often. It's a personal choice. A great singer has nothing to do with their range at all (although it helps with... well range! Haha). There's tone, timber, vibrato, lower register, chest voice, head voice, affectations (Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Michael Jackson are geniuses with this one), vocal diversity which allows for gente shifting, vocal choices and interpretation etc... so much more than how many notes a person can sing. Im talking a lot about this just because I love talking about vocals. Please listen to some Pavarotti if you haven't yet. His control and use of voice is sublime, even if you don't like the genre, I hope you can appreciate his voice 😁

@phantompreacher6922

2 жыл бұрын

@@kashiaroundtheworld I respect your opinion but I think if you listened to the huge variety of prince's music, you can hear how versatile his voice was. For most artists, you can tell it's them straight away, e.g. Elton John, but it's amazing to me that the singer you hear on 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World' is the same person singing ''3 Chains O' Gold', 'Peach', 'Sexy MF', 'Little Red Corvette' and 'Elephants and Flowers'. I've seen a lot of 'greats' live and Prince certainly sang live and kept in pitch far better than many such as MJ, who often resorted to lip-synching later in his career. He certainly had the ability to sing the same song in different ways and was very adept at using affectations in his vocals when needed. I don't think we should compare any pop/rock/soul artists to Pavarotti, though, as it's unfair to compare artists from totally different genres with different aspirations and styles. I mean Jimi Hendrix didn't have a traditionally good voice but it suits his music and I can't imagine respected singers like Pavarotti or George Michael making his songs work. Likewise, Prince changed his voice according to what he wanted to achieve at the time and used the voice that he felt suited the song or his mood. What I really like about Prince's dancing was that it had soul and was fluid - very James Brown influenced mixed with a bit of Vaudeville. It matched the music well and showed his unique interpretation of his own music and he was less interested in tightly rehearsed, slightly sterile robotic movements of many 80s artists. He also changed his dancing throughout his career as his style and physical limitations changed.