October 11, 20241 yr So I went down a Tom Petty hole and searched Tom Petty threads and came across this one. Seemed as good a time as any to watch one of my favorite performances ever. I think my favorite part of the video is at 4:58 when Prince gives TP a look like "I know that shit I already did was pretty cool, but wait till you see what's next, Tom" with an absolute shit-eating grin on his face. Anyway, I figure no one will complain about necro-bumping this thread and watching this.
October 11, 20241 yr Never mind. I understand what you were doing now. Edited October 11, 20241 yr by Kennythetiger 5:16 and ou sucks.
October 11, 20241 yr I crack up every time I watch it, I'm pretty sure he's giving the "watch this" grin to the cheesedick session guy who got mad Prince was gonna take some of his solo. And then, the cock of the walk toss-my-guitar-into-the-rafters move, holy shit.
October 12, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, irishtexan said: So I went down a Tom Petty hole and searched Tom Petty threads and came across this one. Seemed as good a time as any to watch one of my favorite performances ever. I think my favorite part of the video is at 4:58 when Prince gives TP a look like "I know that shit I already did was pretty cool, but wait till you see what's next, Tom" with an absolute shit-eating grin on his face. Anyway, I figure no one will complain about necro-bumping this thread and watching this. I loved both of them so much.
October 14, 20241 yr On 10/11/2024 at 6:07 PM, jimmyjazz said: I crack up every time I watch it, I'm pretty sure he's giving the "watch this" grin to the cheesedick session guy who got mad Prince was gonna take some of his solo. And then, the cock of the walk toss-my-guitar-into-the-rafters move, holy shit. I mean, Prince obviously burned the place down. But Marc Mann isn't exactly chopped liver. There's a great NYT article about how it all went down. But the short version is that Prince never rehearsed that solo with the band because Mann took both solos in the rehearsal. After that, everyone got together to make sure he knew to take the outro solo, but nobody knew what was coming. I remember reading that his guitar tech caught the guitar and handed it to Oprah, who ultimately took it back to Prince backstage. Edited October 14, 20241 yr by dcbc
October 14, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, dcbc said: I mean, Prince obviously burned the place down. But Marc Mann isn't exactly chopped liver. I know I read somewhere that Mann was grumpy about Prince taking one of his solos.
October 14, 20241 yr 30 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: I know I read somewhere that Mann was grumpy about Prince taking one of his solos. I've never heard of anyone's being grumpy during that moment.
October 16, 20241 yr I read a guitar player article interview with princes stage guitarist one time. He told a story about one night where for some reason prince asked him to take the solo on purple rain. Said he tore the ass out of it and after the show prince apparently said you are never playing that again.
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