That concert was the month I was born. I bought musicology a few years back, loved it, but never really saw much of old prince. That video blew my mind- that was one of the most beautiful performances I’ve ever heard. You could see the man really feeling the music in a way almost noone does these days. That was a true performance from a true artist.
Absolutely incredible solo, the entire 13 minutes the guitar was awesome.
When people bitch about music sucking these days- things like this level of craft are why. Everything is a temporary glib hit with a catchy hook and manufactured beat.
This is what lasting epicness sounds like. No one makes music to last like that now that I know of. Funny, when I was a teenager, I laughed at people who liked girly men like Prince. I just had no musical taste yet, and didn’t know 13 years before, when I was born, he already was blowing my mind. It just took me 32 years to realize it!
