Comments by "James Clendon" (@jamesclendon4811) on "Prince: Music Royalty" video.

  1. In the "Andy Warhol Diaries," Warhol talks about going to a Prince concert and the after-party. Warhol was impressed with how polite Prince was, personally greeting every guest and thanking them for coming. Warhol's driver was a big Prince fan so Warhol brought him along--it was a high point of his life that Prince spoke to him, thanked him, called him by name and shook his hand. Maybe Prince changed later when he became more famous, but I'd like to think not.
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  2. I can never understand why people say things like that. In what conceivable way was he underrated? Underrated by whom? Virtually any qualified critic of popular music of the era acknowledges as one of the greatest guitarists of all. Any musician of the time would say the same thing. If the general public don't instantly equate Prince with "great guitarist" it's because that was only part of his genius. He was also a great singer, songwriter, performer, producer. Is there anyone familiar with his music who says he wasn't also great on the guitar? Sure, there are some, probably here in this thread even, who will put him down because it inflates their own ego to trash someone whom everyone else admires. Their opinions don't count. Among those whose opinions are worth listening to, Prince could hardly be more highly rated.
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  3. I love that the producer of that show called Prince earlier in the day and asked if he was going to be OK with the rain, if he needed anything. Prince said "Can you make it rain harder?"
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  4. Please explain in what possible sense of the word he was "underrated."
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  5. Really? He's a professional script reader. I think I agree with the other posters who wondered if Simon ever even heard a Prince record.
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  6. And beat you at basketball.
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