Gently Weeping Prince

“One of the first YouTube clips I ever saw was lost performance footage of a godhead ax solo Prince performed at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. If (this) performance were given to me as an MP3 file I wouldn’t have cared about (it). This illuminates one of those depressing paradoxes about rock ‘n’ roll: very often, profoundly exceptional guitar playing is boring to listen to.” Chuck Klosterman in Esquire. He goes on to describe how flawless, masterful guitar playing just sounds effortless, or studio-enhanced, unless you can actually see the sinewy, athletic and uninhibtedly sexual act of rocking that shit out. Case in point is said Prince performance.

Comments

[Roc Pecs]

Dave Grohl once said Ronny James Dio (singer for Black Sabbath after Ozzy) was the "coolest little midget in rock-n-roll." I think that performance really tells us who's the coolest little midget in rock-n-roll.

[d.molished]

could the rest of that song be more boring? why is tom petty still here? that was mean, huh? well... seriously.

[solo_b8]

damn fuckin fabulous performance. wish there was a better and complete recording of the whole song, the sound on the youtube upload is awful. thanks for the post.