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I don't own a single Prince album, but the guy can write... writes pretty much everything for other artists that Jim Steinman doesn't... plus all the soundtrack stuff he does... AND it turns out he can, er... "shred"
Funny though how the little purple guy gets sh*t on for doing what the wheedlers (yes, I'm looking in your direction Yngwie, SRV, Eddie Van et al) get raves for doing.
Bren R.
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Prince was on SNL this past week. May have been a rerun, I'm not sure. While I have liked some of his stuff on and off through the years, generally his material does not appeal to me. But I can not deny that he is an awesome guitar player. And he makes it look so easy. None of this grimacing and body contortions that make it look more difficult than it is. I think he is a great guitar player.
I'm not gonna remark on the guy's ego though. 
oz
"Life is what happens while your busy making other plans" John Lennon
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Whenever I first read this post and watched the video my first thought was 'Damn, I didn't know that guy could play like that', my second thought was 'Where in the heck did that thing land' and my third thought was that I just couldn't see the issue here. What was that song, 'Video Killed the Radio Star'? 
I'm not a huge Prince fan but I do enjoy listening to most of his tunes and to me his playing here sounds pretty darn good.
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IF you like guitar music.....
plenty of guitar music
plenty of "guitards" here
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and for instrumental guitarding
here
Last edited by warfer21; 02/11/06 03:22 AM.
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Well, I do like one band of Guitar Rock. Surf's up.
Bren R.
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Well Peter, you seem to be in the minority on this one.
Prince is about the music. What better compliment to Mr. Harrison could he give than to play his heart out on one of his songs. I say it was a great tribute.
Thank you for the link btw...I'd never seen that.
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Well Bren, thanx a bunch! 
That little walk down memory lane with the "Ventures" is gonna cost me a few bucks for some new CDs. 
That's OK though.  Need to replace some lost vinyl!!
I thought Mick at the Super Bowl was goin' strong, but the Ventures are still on tour and they were born in 36, and 33!!
Fun website; thanx for the link!!
Rich.
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Jack
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Hey look! It's the proud dad of those guys in the Ventures!
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