Is it possible 2 have 2 much fun?
August 13, 2013 8:48 PM Subscribe
Prince, once an early adopter of selling music over the internet and more recently notorious for controlling his online presence, got ahold of his newest band's twitter account and posted several youtube videos, including "Let's Go Crazy" and "Screwdriver."
Prince posted a rehearsal video of Screwdriver, as well.
He even posted his first "selfie."
Meanwhile, The New Yorker wonders if Prince has made peace with the internet
Who knows how long these videos will be up, but if you've wanted to check out Prince with 3rdEyeGirl, here's a chance to see them in action.
Prince posted a rehearsal video of Screwdriver, as well.
He even posted his first "selfie."
Meanwhile, The New Yorker wonders if Prince has made peace with the internet
Who knows how long these videos will be up, but if you've wanted to check out Prince with 3rdEyeGirl, here's a chance to see them in action.
I watched that Lets Go Crazy video earlier courtesy of another MeFite's FB feed, and... CRAZY. The little dude still has it, and then some. Amazing.
posted by unSane at 9:09 PM on August 13, 2013
posted by unSane at 9:09 PM on August 13, 2013
He even had a CD-ROM game called Prince Interactive, from 1994, that let you tour a virtual studio and find hidden tracks. (Remember CD-ROM games? Want to buy an old one for ten dollars?)
You mean "computer games on a CD-ROM", which is less sexy but more honest. "CD-ROM games" sounds like you're talking about "Jenga with Free AOL CDs!" or "Uitimate (Very Small) Frisbee"
posted by Going To Maine at 9:11 PM on August 13, 2013
You mean "computer games on a CD-ROM", which is less sexy but more honest. "CD-ROM games" sounds like you're talking about "Jenga with Free AOL CDs!" or "Uitimate (Very Small) Frisbee"
posted by Going To Maine at 9:11 PM on August 13, 2013
(of course this is all carefully choreographed by the PR machine, but I don't care, it still rocks)
posted by unSane at 9:12 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by unSane at 9:12 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
What I love about Prince is he is so committed to putting on a show.
posted by awfurby at 9:16 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by awfurby at 9:16 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Prince is on that 3rd eye shit too huh.
posted by Ad hominem at 9:20 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Ad hominem at 9:20 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Prince is:
1) Crazy
2) Crazy Hot
3) Crazy Stupid Hot
4) Enititled To Do Whatever The Fuck He Wants Because Playing Controversy Got Me Laid So Much Back In The Day
Pick one
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:21 PM on August 13, 2013 [13 favorites]
1) Crazy
2) Crazy Hot
3) Crazy Stupid Hot
4) Enititled To Do Whatever The Fuck He Wants Because Playing Controversy Got Me Laid So Much Back In The Day
Pick one
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:21 PM on August 13, 2013 [13 favorites]
I watched that Lets Go Crazy video earlier courtesy of another MeFite's FB feed, and... CRAZY. The little dude still has it, and then some. Amazing.
I was at one of the small-venue shows he played earlier this year. "Amazing" doesn't even begin to describe it.
posted by asterix at 9:35 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
I was at one of the small-venue shows he played earlier this year. "Amazing" doesn't even begin to describe it.
posted by asterix at 9:35 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Prince probably fell in love with the Paradiso, it's such a great venue.
posted by furtive at 9:45 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by furtive at 9:45 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Prince probably fell in love with the Paradiso, it's such a great venue.
posted by furtive at 11:45 PM on August 13
I was thinking the same thing - I played the small hall at the Paradiso a million years ago and absolutely fell in love with the joint. I can imagine Prince finishing his 2 shows there on Sunday and thinking, "yep, it's time to start broadcasting this stuff."
posted by elmer benson at 9:48 PM on August 13, 2013
posted by furtive at 11:45 PM on August 13
I was thinking the same thing - I played the small hall at the Paradiso a million years ago and absolutely fell in love with the joint. I can imagine Prince finishing his 2 shows there on Sunday and thinking, "yep, it's time to start broadcasting this stuff."
posted by elmer benson at 9:48 PM on August 13, 2013
The intersting thing is that even after all these years he's self-evidently organized, focused, energetic, and sharp as a tack. And hip enough not to pursue some weird auto-tuned playback gestalt but to go for the rock thing, without seeming remotely retro.
Dude knows exactly what he's doing.
posted by unSane at 9:48 PM on August 13, 2013 [7 favorites]
Dude knows exactly what he's doing.
posted by unSane at 9:48 PM on August 13, 2013 [7 favorites]
Prince is one talented and sexy motherfucker, and I will not hear a word otherwise.
posted by MissySedai at 9:52 PM on August 13, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by MissySedai at 9:52 PM on August 13, 2013 [5 favorites]
Saw the Purple Rain tour a zillion years ago.
Didn't see Prince recently at a small venue because tickets were ~$300.
Been resenting my own decision pretty much since it was made.
posted by hippybear at 10:43 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Didn't see Prince recently at a small venue because tickets were ~$300.
Been resenting my own decision pretty much since it was made.
posted by hippybear at 10:43 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
I never liked Prince's music. I went to see him at the O2 in London a few years back. Total convert. He's brilliant live.
posted by MuffinMan at 10:52 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by MuffinMan at 10:52 PM on August 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Prince is a great example why YouTube is useful. In earlier days of the Internet, Prince's fans used to shout down any criticism of the man by proclaiming that his records were basically a put-on, and if you wanted to hear his real music you needed to attend the live shows and after-parties. And that pretty much ended the discussion: the emperor had clothes, he just wore 'em in private.
Today every third concertgoer is holding up an iPhone, and YouTube is a trove. People still argue about whether Prince is any good, but you don't hear the same refrain about how he's secretly good.
...well. Not as often, anyway.
posted by cribcage at 10:54 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Today every third concertgoer is holding up an iPhone, and YouTube is a trove. People still argue about whether Prince is any good, but you don't hear the same refrain about how he's secretly good.
...well. Not as often, anyway.
posted by cribcage at 10:54 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Prince is one talented and sexy motherfucker, and I will not hear a word otherwise.
Yes. This.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:55 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yes. This.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:55 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
I know it makes me a poseur but I'm not sure I'll be into it until he posts a 'reloaded' performance of "Purple Rain". This is crazy good though. I love the allusion to "Frankenstein" in the middle.
posted by ob1quixote at 11:49 PM on August 13, 2013
posted by ob1quixote at 11:49 PM on August 13, 2013
I LOVE the fact that this conversation is happening largely among people who did not have to save their dollars to drive to the record store to buy that Prince album so they could take it home and dub it to cassette and play it in their car.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:51 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:51 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
This video is private.
Sorry about that.
posted by Wolof at 12:58 AM on August 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
Sorry about that.
posted by Wolof at 12:58 AM on August 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
Who knows how long these videos will be up
They already appear to be gone (or 'private' at least, same thing though, still can't watch it).
posted by shelleycat at 1:02 AM on August 14, 2013
They already appear to be gone (or 'private' at least, same thing though, still can't watch it).
posted by shelleycat at 1:02 AM on August 14, 2013
I LOVE the fact that this conversation is happening largely among people who did not have to save their dollars to drive to the record store to buy that Prince album so they could take it home and dub it to cassette and play it in their car.
But for Prince this is a disaster. I mean back in the day of Purple Rain, Prince released an LP, a movie based on the LP, and then went touring to promote both. He had the genius to hit the same fans up for cash three separate times and leveraged each investment into supporting the others. The artist also once had a real head for business.
Of course the internet took all of this old-fashioned revenue away - and Prince still hasn't figured it out - but nice to know he's still alive.
posted by three blind mice at 1:56 AM on August 14, 2013
But for Prince this is a disaster. I mean back in the day of Purple Rain, Prince released an LP, a movie based on the LP, and then went touring to promote both. He had the genius to hit the same fans up for cash three separate times and leveraged each investment into supporting the others. The artist also once had a real head for business.
Of course the internet took all of this old-fashioned revenue away - and Prince still hasn't figured it out - but nice to know he's still alive.
posted by three blind mice at 1:56 AM on August 14, 2013
ain't going to link but google 'da bang' plus dude's name who we're talking about, that should get ya there. definitely not official but it seems tolerated maybe?
thank me later, or better, ssssh!
posted by hap_hazard at 2:27 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
thank me later, or better, ssssh!
posted by hap_hazard at 2:27 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
Please you two.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 2:57 AM on August 14, 2013
posted by Samuel Farrow at 2:57 AM on August 14, 2013
hippybear: "Didn't see Prince recently at a small venue because tickets were ~$300."
When the Amsterdam Paradiso tickets (just about €100 I believe) went on sale the joke in Holland was "Tonight we're gonna party like it's €90.99".
As a dumb pun it's low-hanging fruit, but considering the regional stereotype of the Dutch being cheap, the notion of us having more fun just pretending we're spending slightly less is sort of hilarious to me.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:41 AM on August 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
When the Amsterdam Paradiso tickets (just about €100 I believe) went on sale the joke in Holland was "Tonight we're gonna party like it's €90.99".
As a dumb pun it's low-hanging fruit, but considering the regional stereotype of the Dutch being cheap, the notion of us having more fun just pretending we're spending slightly less is sort of hilarious to me.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:41 AM on August 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
All three of those vid links are dead now.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:00 AM on August 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:00 AM on August 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
Well, at least we'll always have the video of his guitar work on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Sure, there's Tom Petty and Steve Winwood, but Prince just steals the show. Because his name is Prince, and he is funky.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:29 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
Sure, there's Tom Petty and Steve Winwood, but Prince just steals the show. Because his name is Prince, and he is funky.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:29 AM on August 14, 2013 [3 favorites]
I missed being able to see these videos! Damn job. :'(
Saw him about 3 years ago, and I'm so, so, so glad I got to go. So glad. Almost every time I see my friend who gave me a ticket to the show as a Christmas present, I thank her. I was unemployed at the time, and there was no way I could've afforded it otherwise.
posted by droplet at 8:46 AM on August 14, 2013
Saw him about 3 years ago, and I'm so, so, so glad I got to go. So glad. Almost every time I see my friend who gave me a ticket to the show as a Christmas present, I thank her. I was unemployed at the time, and there was no way I could've afforded it otherwise.
posted by droplet at 8:46 AM on August 14, 2013
I was never much of a Prince fan, and from the unavoidable bits I heard of his music back in the 80's I never suspected he was such a hard rock guitar hero. And I certainly never would have guessed that 30 years later he'd be rocking so much harder than the bands I thought were great back then.
posted by straight at 10:54 AM on August 15, 2013
posted by straight at 10:54 AM on August 15, 2013
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Game, Blouses.
posted by ob1quixote at 4:43 PM on August 18, 2013
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