happy_renting Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I've got the George Harrison Tribute DVD. Its a belter. Billy Preston doing My Sweet Lord is up there*. * Not religious in any way. Having become bored with mainstream pop over the years, my taste has moved to other areas of 'world music'. I'm not religious at all, but I enjoy a lot of American Gospel singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 The highlight for me in the Harrison concert is Joe Brown singing I'll See You In My Dreams playing a ukulele. (can't embed! ) There you go: Beautiful - I murder this piece on my uke now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 There are many very talented musicians including brilliant guitar players....most people do not know their names...prince was the complete package bundled up marketed and sold very successfully. Not sure anout that. Musical prodigy from a young age, wrote, arranged and produced pretty much everything he did. Like everything that requires talent: there are levels, and there are levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I can do that.How many lead guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten, one to change it, nine to stand around saying "I could have done that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 he also didnt seem to throw himself into the celebrity nonsense and get all preachy like so many others, cough, madonna, geldof, bono do. Rather lived a quiet and private life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 he also didnt seem to throw himself into the celebrity nonsense and get all preachy like so many others, cough, madonna, geldof, bono do. Rather lived a quiet and private life. Something to do with having genuine talent. He was a musical savant by all accounts. The others you mention are mediocre musicians that have aggressive PR and ruthless ambition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Something to do with having genuine talent. He was a musical savant by all accounts. The others you mention are mediocre musicians that have aggressive PR and ruthless ambition.He had Mozart levels of talent from what I can tell. Not just a huge catalogue of his own material but a string of hits written for other people too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John51 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 he also didnt seem to throw himself into the celebrity nonsense and get all preachy like so many others, cough, madonna, geldof, bono do. Rather lived a quiet and private life. Apart from knocking on doors and handing out the Watchtower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Apart from knocking on doors and handing out the Watchtower. Ha ha! He did that too, but always stayed in Minnesota, which is probably cheaper than Beverly Hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 He based himself in Mineosotta too. Like the artic circle, without the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 He based himself in Mineosotta too. Like the artic circle, without the fun. Each to his own! I bet the fun followed him round. He was a much better musician than I gave him credit for way back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Ship in girls, drugs booze and party... Mindyou ID not put à flat roof on a complex in the mid west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubuntu Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Another one of his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 ...and this, great song writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thombleached Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Did anyone see Lisa Stansfield on breakfast? Firstly, she was clearly smashed. Secondly, she asked on of the presenters if she'd slept with Prince But my favourite car-crash moment was when they asked her "So, what's your favourite Prince song?" Quite a long pause, then eyes darting about until she finally answered whatever popped into her head after a seemingly excruciating long time. Quite a bonkers interviewee to get on the show to talk about Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 One of the best: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Did anyone see Lisa Stansfield on breakfast? Firstly, she was clearly smashed. Secondly, she asked on of the presenters if she'd slept with Prince But my favourite car-crash moment was when they asked her "So, what's your favourite Prince song?" Quite a long pause, then eyes darting about until she finally answered whatever popped into her head after a seemingly excruciating long time. Quite a bonkers interviewee to get on the show to talk about Prince I am annoyed I missed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I am annoyed I missed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 One of the best: Music really was better in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long time lurking Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yes, Prince was a genius. Just listen to his guitar playing at the end of this clip from 3:27 in: (Also worth pointing out how brilliant Tom Petty and - ESPECIALLY - Jeff Lynne sound too, but you need to listen from the start to hear that!) Anything as good as that nowadays? Nope. 3.35> plenty more out there aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long time lurking Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I was actually referring to all of them together: Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne (WHAT.A.VOICE!), Dhanni Harrison (of couse, son of the original songwriter George Harrison) and Prince. What an ensemble. Glastonbury ELO this year can`t wait he`s sound a bit like Kelly Jones on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 3.35> plenty more out there aswell When that chap has written the song he's playing then it might be be worth a look, but he needs to write and sell 100 million albums before he is close to what Prince was capable of. Don't be me wrong their are plenty of people capable of playing the guitar better than Prince (although he has always made it in to Top guitarist lists, 33 in the Rolling Stones top 100), but they don't come close to the level of musical talent that Prince possessed. Anybody who has seen Prince live will know the talent of the man, he basically made the set up as he went along most the time. I remember on one occasion when I saw him, he opened with Purple Rain, a song many people will know but have probably never heard the full version as it's far too long for radio. For most musicians that would have been the pinnacle of their writing and performing talents, saved up and treasured and brought out right at the end of the concert as their crescendo. Not for Prince, basically knocks it out of the park from the off because it's just one in a catalogue of amazing songs. His only issues is he was a little excentirc and did go a little bit mental with the whole Slave business, that was also at a time when I think he was at his peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Another great one by Prince Which is best? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/prince-watch-rare-footage-of-the-singer-performing-nothing-compares-2-u-a6997516.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Which is best? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/prince-watch-rare-footage-of-the-singer-performing-nothing-compares-2-u-a6997516.html ...of the 37 seconds.... Prince sounded very good, shame there wasn't more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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