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  • stupidcorporatewhorestupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    T-Case wrote:
    What Foo Song did he cover?

    best of you

    Prince gave Dave and the foos a lot of (tounge in cheek) hassle about the "darling nikki" cover.

    you have to wonder if this was some sort of payback.

    It was good no matter what. Prince is a bad ass mofo.


    period.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    The only time that I was pretty sure he wasn't playing live was at the end of the solo during Lets Go Crazy. He turned to walk back toward the mike, slung his guitar behind him, but the solo kept playing. Can't find a good video of it online yet though.

    However, Prince is a bad-ass guitarist, as that 'While My Guitar Gently' weeps video will attest to.
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Posts: 381
    NakedClown wrote:
    A: Pretty sure he wasn't actually playing

    B: I guarantee you that no one, ever, heard that Foo Fighters song and said: HEY, I wish Prince would cover that!!!

    C: Apologies if I didn't catch your sarcasm


    he was playing

    he is a great guitar player
    heard him play MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS before
    it was great
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    I agree. Price fucking tears it up on guitar! I already knew before the halftime gig that he could though... just check out youtube.com for footage of the George Harrison Hall of fame induction with Tom Petty singing "while my Guitar gently weeps." Prince is on Guitar for that song and fucking shreds! :D I had a newfound respect for prince after seeing that. The dude is a bad ass!
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  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Time for a little re-cap and a little feel good:

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    The man had an entire stadium obeying his command to sing. Awesome.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    sapperskunk wrote:
    Holy fuck there's no way he was playing. He wasn't doing shit with his right, and his left fingers were in the wrong parts of the guitar for him to even play it off that he was tapping and pulling.


    Uhmm, no... have you played guitar... Maybe you can not pull it off, but study up.
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    the mere throught that prince "faked" all those guitar solos is pure ignorance.
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  • DercheefDercheef Posts: 732
    merkinball wrote:
    The only time that I was pretty sure he wasn't playing live was at the end of the solo during Lets Go Crazy. He turned to walk back toward the mike, slung his guitar behind him, but the solo kept playing.
    I noticed that too.
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  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    StoneG82 wrote:
    the mere throught that prince "faked" all those guitar solos is pure ignorance.

    I don't know... seems that more than one person thinks it may be possible...

    No one is taking anything away from him - we all know he's a great guitarist... we're just saying it looks like he may have been singing over a pre-recorded track in some spots...
  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    Having said that, I rewatched it this morning, and it does look a lot closer than I remember it... He does "Best of You" better than the foo fighters...

    So who knows...
  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    Dercheef wrote:
    I noticed that too.

    i am missed that but delays, boomerangs, loopers, echos are all used heavily throughout his performances.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Prince tears it up on anything. I didn't think it was the best show I've seen but considering the monsoon (and tremendous electrical hazards involved) they really pulled it off well. It was impressive he could play as well as he did with all that rain. He dosen't always produce my favorite music, but the guys talent level is staggering, he can pull off anything.
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  • fanner71fanner71 Posts: 19
    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/02/05/were-those-doves-or-bats-painted-white/

    I'm searching for where he is on the top 100...
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  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    i got another confession to make....i'm no fool :)


    best super bowl performance EVER! awesome stuff Prince!
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    AWESOME PERFORMANCE!!

    not the biggest fan of his,,but it was great to SEE ROCK BACK ,, not that pop,dance -hip hop bullshit

    nothing like a man and his axe


    AND YES HE WAS PLAYING
  • mattosbornemattosborne Posts: 339
    NakedClown wrote:
    There's four of us here... a few with musical backgrounds... and not one of us think he was actually playing...

    Then, i'm sorry for you all. It really couldn't have been more obvious. There's no way possible to fake what he did. There was too much going on. Why am I even debating this with you? I'm stopping now. He was playing period.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,846
    NakedClownPretty wrote:
    sure he wasn't actually playing

    what the fuck are you talking about?
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  • BeavBeav Posts: 223
    why would only parts be prerecorded? He's def. playing and singing. I study that shit. Damn his vibrato is delicious. I here some Hendrix in him. Nothing super technical but damn he got some soul.
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    A. I dont deny that he was actualy playing...which is why i think he sounded like shit.
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  • somebodyelsessky2020somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,173
    prince fucking rocked it!! the foo's song was kills
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  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but anybody who wants to listen to the half-time show again can do so here: http://timedoor.textdriven.com/mp3/SignotheTimes.mp3
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  • IWishIWasASailorIWishIWasASailor Posts: 129
    miller8966 wrote:
    A. I dont deny that he was actualy playing...which is why i think he sounded like shit.

    He's a tremendous guitarist and he was great. Don't like his style or questioning his technical ability?
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    It must be difficult playing a guitar well if you have a bad-ass. Was he playing cross legged?
  • endlessparadeendlessparade Posts: 99
    i got only great things to say about prince. his superbowl perfomance was amazing.

    for anyone who questions his talent they really need to see "while my guitar gently weeps" with tom petty & jeff lynne on the concert for george(harrison) dvd. there's a clip of that performance on youtube these days. by far it's the best guitar solo i've seen in a long long time. take the time and check it out cause u nonbeleivers will be quite shocked. imo

    he's an awesome musician
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    yeah i never really realized it before but he is a good guitarist.
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    IWishIWasASailor wrote:
    He's a tremendous guitarist and he was great. Don't like his style or questioning his technical ability?

    Too much feedback...he was goign for the hendrix thing, which hendrix already did.
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  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    miller8966 wrote:
    Too much feedback...he was goign for the hendrix thing, which hendrix already did.

    So nobody else can do it?
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  • fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    chromiam wrote:
    He's better than Mike McCready ... yeah I said it

    Many would make that argument
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  • coachchriscoachchris Posts: 749
    http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/prince/video/x15mqa_prince-superbowl

    Hurry before this one gets removed too! ;)
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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,895
    http://www.georgeharrison.com/brainwashedIndexDirect.html

    go to media and rock and roll hall of fame, Prince absolutely SHREDS the solo on Guitar gently weeps with Petty and the Wilburys
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