Classic, pure classic. As I recall, the only instructions Prince had was to honor George Harrison by having fun. That he did and did well. Very technical and very clean. Well done Telemitter.

//+1 for the content

Probably could, but why bother? That was good.

sweet! You can tell they all know it is -a moment- and they let him shine and take it out. Very cool.

Seen it; his Super Bowl halftime show rocks harder.

Find better? Probably 50 but Prince still rocks the house. I contend that he is, and will be remembered as, one of the great musical talents in American music history.

TeddyBallGame: I contend that he is, and will be remembered as, one of the great musical talents in American music history.

Yep. Squiggly Sign sure knows how to play.

ok, I'll play: Yellow Matter Custard

People laugh when I tell them Prince is a great guitarist. I tell them to check out some of his stuff on Youtube. Now this video is going to be one of the vids I recommend.

Would like to see Prince on guitar, Lemmy on bass and Dave Grohl on drums. That power trio would lop off the top of your head.

Whatthefark: People laugh when I tell them Prince is a great guitarist. I tell them to check out some of his stuff on Youtube. Now this video is going to be one of the vids I recommend.

It is a silly thing that people forget about him though he did go through a long phase where, it seemed, he refused to shred. However, anyone that questions his prowess just needs to listen to "Let's Go Crazy," especially the very end. Epic.

I was thrilled to see him on SNL a while back not only tearing up the fretboard, but also working his own pedals, old-school, as opposed to having a tech do it backstage.

Ten posts (+?) and no Prince hate? Fark is failing.

/Love Prince
//Probably my favorite of all time

Jeff Lynn can't hold Prince's jock. In fact, I wish Jeff Lynn wasn't even on stage.

/Formerly Known as Hot-Linking

his blues jams are legendary

Can't stand prince - the nutball is much too strong with that one. But he's a talent nutball and that was awesome.

with that much musical talent it's no wonder the rest of his life is weird
all the great composers were bonkers

Not Prince hate here, but See: Any Kirk Hammett solo.

Maybe it was just the confides of the song he was playing, but that solo was very far from face melting.

nopokerface: Ten posts (+?) and no Prince hate? Fark is failing.

/Love Prince
//Probably my favorite of all time

Because anyone who knows/appreciates exceptional guitar playing wouldn't waste their time commenting on Prince's mediocre guitar skills.

prince can shred.

also underrated is lindsey buckingham.

Crude: Not Prince hate here, but See: Any Kirk Hammett solo.

Maybe it was just the confides of the song he was playing, but that solo was very far from face melting.

Oh you'd better get ready... they're gonna give it to you good here today. Unless that's what you were going for...

MilesTeg: Because anyone who knows/appreciates exceptional guitar playing wouldn't waste their time commenting on Prince's mediocre guitar skills

How many times have you seen prince live?

Crude: Not Prince hate here, but See: Any Kirk Hammett solo.

Maybe it was just the confides of the song he was playing, but that solo was very far from face melting.

Hell, I'm a fan of Metallica but Kirk's playing is so damn sloppy and imprecise.

I was skeptical of this video, but the little Chaka bastard pulled it off.


As far as finding other good solos?

Hmm..

Maggot Brain (Eddie Hazel) (new window)

Buckethead
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David Gilmour (new window)

Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule (new window)

Crude: Not Prince hate here, but See: Any Kirk Hammett solo.

Maybe it was just the confides of the song he was playing, but that solo was very far from face melting.

This has to be trolling... are you trolling? I enjoy me some shred too but Kirk Hammett? Come on... Kirk was a one time Satriani's student and even Joe hates to admit it.

The average american palate is so strung out on fat and salt that we can barely taste the fine subtleties of better food. In the same vein that 'not face melting' solo had two things I have never seen with Hammett. Tone and nuance... Prince can say 30x's more with one note than Hammett can by getting all weedley weedley.

MilesTeg:
Because anyone who knows/appreciates exceptional guitar playing wouldn't waste their time commenting on Prince's mediocre guitar skills.
I drink your trolling... I DRINK IT UP!

"Can you find a better solo?"

Uh, yeah. I think so. (new window)

Sure, it's not all wanky and all like all the metal crap but since when is that a bad thing? With enough practice just about anyone can play amazingly fast, that's easy. Playing well and within the vibe of any particular song, now that's talent!

Great ending, too. He chucks his guitar up in the air and walks off knowing he just absolutely killed it.
The look on George's kid's face tells it all. Prince took an up until then rather pedestrian rendition of a classic song and turned it into one of those amazing moments in music.

Where does his guitar go at the end?
He throws it up and it disappers..

Awesome!

no one can say a bad word about prince but that doesn't mean there are others who are better. I submit that many blues masters are better not in the sense of technical ability or sheer prowess but in that when you're watching an old bluesman play--there's something more than a man playing a guitar--sometimes it seems like demons and angels are coming through them. Check out any stevie r. vaughn playing the solo of voodoo chile

The Concert for Bangla Desh version.

Whatthefark 2009-01-05 09:16:09 AM

People laugh when I tell them Prince is a great guitarist. I tell them to check out some of his stuff on Youtube. Now this video is going to be one of the vids I recommend.

THIS, After seeing Prince do some amazing blues solos on T.V. I told my friends how great he was. All i got in return was Spock-like raised eyebrow looks . One friend is a big George Harrison fan so this clip may change his mind.

factoryconnection: Whatthefark: People laugh when I tell them Prince is a great guitarist. I tell them to check out some of his stuff on Youtube. Now this video is going to be one of the vids I recommend.

It is a silly thing that people forget about him though he did go through a long phase where, it seemed, he refused to shred. However, anyone that questions his prowess just needs to listen to "Let's Go Crazy," especially the very end. Epic.

I was thrilled to see him on SNL a while back not only tearing up the fretboard, but also working his own pedals, old-school, as opposed to having a tech do it backstage.

He's too much of a control freak to let anyone else do his pedals. Remember, on his first couple of albums he performed all the instruments.

Still rocks though. Why aren't there more rockers of color out there. Not rap, not R&B but rock. And how come Charlie Pride is the only person of African heritage to score on the country charts? I know why there are none in bluegrass, the rednecks won't allow it.

pfffft.... this conversation is over. There is only one Solo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Solo

He's the best.

Mr. P brings it again. I gotta say, Tom Petty looks rather pissed to be there, not having a bit of fun when he's being upstaged.

ClintBartonWannabe: And how come Charlie Pride is the only person of African heritage to score on the country charts?

This guy ([wikipedia],pops) might disagree with you.

Michael Angelo Batio of Nitro

Speed Kills (new window)

Subby's face is made of warm butter.



/simple blues scale stuff...

That's not your face melting, it's the semen dripping down.

I think he is genius, too, but I also think in this case he took a collective communication and turned it into a hot dog.

melting commences at 4:45 Link (new window)

funnybutmean: Subby's face is made of warm butter.



/simple blues scale stuff...

Yeah, 'cause nobody can play a great solo using the blues scale.

/ cept BB, Page, Jimi, Stevie, Beck, pretty much all revered rock guitarists, even Charlie Parker for chirssakes, one scale is no better than any other.

guitar nerds, take note : blues scales make for sweet solos.

//doesn't have to be Pentatonic/Japanese scales or whatever.
//nerds.

Where was the awesome again? I kept looking for it in the video but it wasn't there. Sorry, but something in that song didn't mesh. I'm all for guitar solos if they actually aren't drowned out by the rest of the crap going on in the song.

videocrime: Mr. P brings it again. I gotta say, Tom Petty looks rather pissed to be there, not having a bit of fun when he's being upstaged.

Yea Tommy gets a little bummed because Prince is soloing over his beautiful, beautiful voice. Harrison is just laughing.

That was sweet. Tasteful, melodic and just plain beautiful.

I love shred as much as the next guy, but Batio just get's old, and most shred for that matter. Let's go up and down the fret board for 5 minutes. Face melting. Yeah.

Prince is wonderfully talented. Full of himself, but talented.

skribble: melting commences at 4:45 Link (new window)

Ugh. And thats for the video editing, not for Prince.

I saw another Prince concert video and the video editing and cuts were so fast I had a migrane after watching only 15 minutes. Why oh why do they farking do that?? Just give me long views of him playing, Not him, then the drummer, then the back up singers, then the bass player, then the drummer, then back to Prince, all the the span fo 2.3 seconds.
/endrant
//mega prince fan

The Purple Rain tour was actually the first concert I ever went to. Prince kicks all kinds of ass. I've been sending my friends this video for awhile. But it's not really melt your face off, I'd say it's more of a soulful warping.

since that wolf... fellow picked one of my picks already ["Maggot Brain"].... here's the rest of mine:

perhaps, subby... perhaps...

Mark Knopfler:
Dire Straits, the solo at the end of Tunnel of Love, Alchemy Live 1983
Link (new window)

Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love" Sydney 1986 Part I
[please fast forward to beginning of end solo]
Link (new window)

Dire Straits, "Tunnel of Love" Sydney 1986, part II
Link (new window)


Sultans of Swing, Alchemy live, 1983
Link (new window)

Derwood: Jeff Lynn can't hold Prince's jock. In fact, I wish Jeff Lynn wasn't even on stage.

Apparently the "e" in his last name couldn't make it to the show, so that might account for it.

SplitGuy: Would like to see Prince on guitar, Lemmy on bass and Dave Grohl on drums. That power trio would lop off the top of your head.

Don't forget Howard Jones on keytar.

Prince is rewriting the book of how aging rockers age well. He's really performing fantastically. I was blessed with second row tickets to his Musicology tour. I walked away in awe, and wearing an orgasmic smile. Michael Jackson could study Prince and learn a thing or two.


/free tickets