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@generalledger94152 ай бұрын
Prince - the only man in the world who could wear thigh-high boots and STILL steal your woman.
@vicrules66662 ай бұрын
In his dreams lol.
@PlayingWithMyselfGuitar2 ай бұрын
Nope, Rick James and George Clinton could too
@robertmugabe29052 ай бұрын
@@vicrules6666 yeah , you keep dreamin'.
@SynthiaSurber2 ай бұрын
What about Rick James!
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
He could definitely steal me! WHEW!!! Prince’s so dang s e x y - or sex on legs - as it’s sometimes called. Confidence in a man is a veryyy attractive trait and made me decide to date a guy - or not on more than one occasion.
@marvinhagler47212 ай бұрын
Still can't believe he's gone... RIP Prince
@randymccloud57432 ай бұрын
I know. Sometimes right out of the blue...I'll be like "damn, I miss Prince".
@LamonXX2 ай бұрын
@@randymccloud5743dude same…like every now and then I’m like I should be seeing something about prince releasing a album or something
@silvestros.55002 ай бұрын
He's gone or somebody made him gone... I really don't know!
@marvinhagler47212 ай бұрын
@@silvestros.5500 I will always say he was murdered
@gypsy6982 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure that Prince was murdered. I have a good idea as to why. R.I.P. fellow June 7th birthday. ♊🤴
@Tj-ho2fs2 ай бұрын
The hair was glorious
@randymccloud57432 ай бұрын
Prince may have had the sweetest hair in showbiz his whole career...lol. The different styles...phases...the hair was legendary.
@budb.85602 ай бұрын
Oh, his dome was flawless.. Better than Farah Fawcett. 😂
@Principessa1802 ай бұрын
@@randymccloud5743 i'm going to have to go with this i think 😂
@user-kq7gi7eh1s2 ай бұрын
Your comment is glorious
@angelawalker75822 ай бұрын
Ooh I loved his hair
@steadyglamourcosmetics2 ай бұрын
Why do I still have the feeling that audience wasn’t ready and still not ready enough for that moment! He was truly the most amazing and talented person in the world! Him and Michael took this world by storm!!! ❤💜
@user-is3yx9bg9r2 ай бұрын
Michael got whooped into it. But never would have brought his body out on stage singing about ( Hayyid). in a gold Liatard.
@bungobilbo57092 ай бұрын
@@user-is3yx9bg9r I think you might be wrong kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idFlgqh03bnFp4E.htmlsi=lw0zGPbAo5UWkXjQ
@Greenz11002 ай бұрын
Amen
@adonaiyah2196Ай бұрын
Jobriath paved the way on that programme
@richardfarris7190Ай бұрын
Yes they did
@leokimvideo2 ай бұрын
A once in 1000 year performer, Prince had the full package of tallent.
@Tchalla-jp5tz2 ай бұрын
The FULL PACKAGE 😅 He had the baddest girls, played numerous instruments, could dance, sing, wrote/ produce songs (for himself and others) iconic film w/ great soundtrack! How much better can it get???
@johnjuarez80052 ай бұрын
@@Tchalla-jp5tz Walking on water, would be a start.
@Tchalla-jp5tz2 ай бұрын
@@johnjuarez8005 Go sit down.
@aremedyfrostyАй бұрын
This was lip synced i believe
@adonaiyah219610 күн бұрын
I wish I could be this provocative etc. Except i wouldn't be talking about some girl, if i was dressed like prince here id be talking about a man
@elainewalls19652 ай бұрын
I remember watching this. I was mesmerized by his talent. My mom walked by the TV and had an absolute fit over what he was wearing. 😂 I thought he looked cool.
@KingCobra38492 ай бұрын
Yeah cool....if you're in the Village People, or live in San Francisco.
@elainewalls19652 ай бұрын
@@KingCobra3849 Homophobe much?
@omni-man46242 ай бұрын
Androgynous rocks stars are cool...David Bowie, Marilyn Mason!
@andrenaetrammell27112 ай бұрын
Years later I still vindicate him; Told ya'll he wasnt gay. He just freaky then a mug! & mo' women mo' women! Peace fellow Purplefan
@andrenaetrammell27112 ай бұрын
@@KingCobra3849 lol thats cold! But funny, too! as I stated- I took some slack as a kid for digging Prince. Now we know he was a serious player to the ladies!
@nothingsixsixsix2 ай бұрын
Prince was fearless to come out on stage with that outfit back in the 80s.
@BigdogGaming-sm3lj2 ай бұрын
This was in the late 70s not the 80s. I think this is either early 77 or late 77. Because Prince came out that year. This song was his very first single.
@ayejay88622 ай бұрын
@@BigdogGaming-sm3lj His first single was Soft and Wet. That was late 70's. I Wanna be Your Lover is from his second album. Maybe very end of 70's of very start of 80's. It can easily be looked up. I'm just too lazy right now.
@BigdogGaming-sm3lj2 ай бұрын
@@ayejay8862 Thank you for the correction.
@vlake36652 ай бұрын
@@ayejay8862 the thumbnail has the date as January 11, 1980
@nothingsixsixsix2 ай бұрын
@@ayejay8862 I did the foot work. I Wanna Be Your Lover was released August 24th 1979. But he did continue to come out on stage like that in the 80s for quite some time.
@postive-vibes3 ай бұрын
Prince was truly one of a kind.
@TBD3.02 ай бұрын
over rated.
@GiacomoJimmi2 ай бұрын
@@TBD3.0 Unlike your comment, which doesn’t rate at all.
@TBD3.02 ай бұрын
@@GiacomoJimmi Mozart had more talent in one single pinky than the guy in the purple silly outfit, but you wouldn't understand that. It's ok it's way above your understanding what a true genius is.
@GiacomoJimmi2 ай бұрын
@@TBD3.0 Hate to break it to you, sunshine. You are no Prince OR Mozart.
@gregoryduncan30673 ай бұрын
I think this is Prince's first TV appearance. This aired on TV before his Bandstand appearance. Good clip today.
@AMEER-114-3 ай бұрын
You like fake pretend singing How fake does that make you?
@PincoPallino-zh8wm3 ай бұрын
@@AMEER-114- Doesn't 'fake pretend singing' make it real singing? Stick to one adjective at a time, but I understand that English is hard...
@stoneysscapes75443 ай бұрын
@@PincoPallino-zh8wmAmerican is more like it ! lol
@iandowney46303 ай бұрын
@@stoneysscapes7544Not American…people like that are everywhere, unfortunately.
@AMEER-114-3 ай бұрын
@@PincoPallino-zh8wm STICK this in THERE: ,
@djjerome2 ай бұрын
I'll say what I said in a thousand reaction videos that I watched and commented on, we who lived in the 70s and 80s were witnesses to an era of musical Legends and Giants that will never be duplicated ever again. Those artists from that era were the veritable Olympian gods of Pop, Soul and Rock, and that is not hyperbole!
@wayaca477 күн бұрын
Yesssssss. 🎉🎉🎉
@stephanieparker50494 күн бұрын
💯
@swankyb94543 ай бұрын
Why did this show ever have to end? Young people dont realize how great Midnight Special was .
@JerjerB3 ай бұрын
Because music nowadays is trash and can never be performed live
@panurge9873 ай бұрын
@@JerjerB LOL - this performance by Prince is mimed. It's not live.
@chazcov083 ай бұрын
@@JerjerB Haha! Oops.
@TheKitchenerLeslie3 ай бұрын
The series was canceled by NBC at the request of Dick Ebersol as part of a deal for him to take over the then-ailing Saturday Night Live. Because there was no time for NBC to develop a new show from scratch in light of the urgent SNL situation, The Midnight Special was replaced by SCTV, a weekly Canadian sketch comedy series performed by members of the Toronto satellite of Chicago's The Second City improvisational troupe. That program, in turn, would later be replaced with another music show, Friday Night Videos, in 1983, also produced initially by Ebersol.
@jsizemo3 ай бұрын
Well I’d say the rise of cable, and in particular MTV, made shows like these less viable. Actually, I think this show broadcast its last episode in 1981, just months before MTV debuted.
@dirtyredd4905Ай бұрын
Prince was a wild dude back in the early 80s!!! He didn’t give a shytt‼️🤣🤣
@richardfarris7190Ай бұрын
This was 79 tfff
@DaisyAnnabelle6528 күн бұрын
I’m same age as him! He was a musical genius and gorgeous! 😍
@venanciahopkins50352 ай бұрын
My favorite musician of all time, an absolute music genius and legend. He was only twenty one when this was filmed. What a talent, I was crying in 2016 when we lost this genius. The original Prince band with Prince, Dez Dickerson, Andre Cymone, Gayle Chapman, Dr. Fink and Bobby Z.
@venanciahopkins50352 ай бұрын
@andrefabiao30 I have seen Prince twice in concert and both times he was great.
@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE2 ай бұрын
my favorite too! he makes taylor swift look like some drunk hobo on the street trying to perform. LOL!🤣
@edwardbernard644Ай бұрын
Me as well
@penickcindy2 ай бұрын
I remember watching this at 13! ❤ Rest in Peace
@johnjuarez80052 ай бұрын
Ok, so what have you amounted now? Please tell us.
@debralong97712 ай бұрын
I was 15
@salemdesigns652 ай бұрын
Your parents allowed you to watch the Midnight Special at 13? Yeah, right. 😂 Maybe at a sleep over... 😅
@dustyroze150Ай бұрын
u are class of "1984" or "1985" at your High School
@debralong9771Ай бұрын
@@dustyroze150 1984
@henryadolfo48412 ай бұрын
Prince is a musical GENIUS
@jaylovespti2 ай бұрын
Duh
@chaideelove18192 ай бұрын
Yep......
@MrDgeece2 ай бұрын
yes that is what is known for, nothing in common with MJ talent...completly different...but both great great stars and big phenomenum
@CJH715872 ай бұрын
Classic from 1980! ❤️🔥 Happy 66th birthday in heaven to Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson...💜🙏🏿🎶
@ShadowsofSmokeАй бұрын
Uhhh...excuse me, but Prince desire was not to go to heaven, but to sleep in the dust and wait til his Resurrection. I know this because he was a Jehovahs Witness, and I study the bible.
@CJH71587Ай бұрын
He's always be loved for real! 💞
@richardfarris7190Ай бұрын
1979
@CJH71587Ай бұрын
@@richardfarris7190 I know the song was released on 08/24/1979.💜 However, the show itself was aired on 01/11/1980! 💜
@busterhyman59072 ай бұрын
I was 15 years old. I remember watching this; one Friday night, in 1979. Although I'd heard his song "Soft & Wet" a year earlier...I hadn't yet SEEN Prince. UNBELIEVABLE ...is the appropriate word.
@user-re9ui1ji1b2 ай бұрын
YES SIR !!! At 16, I bought the Album "FOR YOU" that had Soft and Wet on it. Played the HOLD THING over and over on my Marantz QUAD SPEAKER system because I was so MESMERIZED that PRINCE PLAYED EVERY INSTRUMENT on EVERY CUT....AMAZING !!! LOLOL 🤣🧐😎
@tabithathewitch20012 ай бұрын
I became an instant Prince fan from this song!!!
@grayson89754tombean2 ай бұрын
😢DITTO
@VAZ9232 ай бұрын
This is the most flamboyant outfit I've ever seen Prince wear.
@babygirl6789Ай бұрын
What about those chaps that showed his ass lol
@keithbell93482 ай бұрын
Prince Dez Dickerson Andre Cymone Gayle Chapman Matt Fink Bobby Z Few at that time could see Prince landing a solid foothold in the music business. But NO ONE could anticpate him becoming the international global icon and influential music power that he would become. Forver indelibly eitched into pop music consciousness to the extent that he changed the look and sound of music moving forward.
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
Thanks for naming the band members here! I love Prince!💟
@franciscobuendiadelmolino2 ай бұрын
Isn't Lisa Coleman the keyboardist here?
@user-mg2wy8xe4h2 ай бұрын
ミック・ジャガーはいち早くストーンズのフロントアクトに抜擢した!
@keithbell93482 ай бұрын
@franciscobuendiadelmolino Not yet. At this earlier stage it was Gayle Chapman. She would eventually introduce Lisa to Prince who Prince replaced Gayle with, once Gayle left the band. And it would be Lisa Coleman who introduced her good close childhood friend Wendy Melvoin to Prince. And the rest is history.
@franciscobuendiadelmolino2 ай бұрын
@@keithbell9348 You're absolutely right! When I first watched the clip I had the impression it could have been Lisa judging by her hairstyle, but it's definitely Gayle on keyboards here, thanks for the feedback!
@sonall3212 ай бұрын
1979 was so fashion forward, plastic see through pants, shredded tops, tiny pants, thigh high boots....and this was for the men!! Love❤❤😂
@Hbizz8132 ай бұрын
Dear Prince, I really miss you 😢 💜
@ellisacklin5142 ай бұрын
What a treasure! People will be listening to that gem in 2099 💜
@robertmugabe29052 ай бұрын
and BEYOND.
@mofun53152 ай бұрын
Party like its 2099!
@philster611-ih8te2 ай бұрын
And it would be possible to release an album of new unheard songs every year up until then as well..Its is rumoured his vault has that much unreleased material
@J.T.M.6713 ай бұрын
The man had guts to go on stage in zebra stripe panties & high heels!
@monicafranklin-nr1te2 ай бұрын
Right lol he looked a hot mess!
@JB-ch9gt4 күн бұрын
😂
@j.w.p.laurey24552 ай бұрын
This is what we call a true vintage gem... Awesome!
@rudolphmcneill5152 ай бұрын
This beautiful, brilliant, and talented man was DEFINITELY taken away too soon. He should still be here cranking out hits for us to hear. Because I know firsthand that there is still a vault FULL of unreleased music. Continue to R.I.P. Beautiful King.
@johnjuarez80052 ай бұрын
Maybe the next step for you, is to craft a bronze statue of Prince. Maybe? LOL
@user-vq9kn2ix4n2 ай бұрын
In keeping with the emergence of newer & more innovative styles, Prince Rogers Nelson was (TRULY) a minister of music, & a Renaissance Man of sorts!!!! 🎼🎸🎹🎻🥁
@theotherrobzombie2 ай бұрын
Damn! All these years later I thought Prince just popped up in the early 80’s. What an evolution of an artist. I think he’s an absolute genius musically.
@eyeseeatlanta57272 ай бұрын
That was his first big hit, late 1978 i believe, off of his second album. A mint vinyl copy of his first album has got to be worth thousands now.
@thomasbrown33562 ай бұрын
@@eyeseeatlanta5727 His 1st album-Prince for you. The hit was 'Soft and wet'. Incidentally, released the same time as Rick James Debut album. 'Come and get it'.
@LamonXX2 ай бұрын
Prince was also on tour with Rick james during this time or maybe a little earlier. And Rick hated prince every since
@thomasbrown33562 ай бұрын
@@LamonXX The parallel paths of these two legends, tied them together, even in the circumstances of their deaths.
@NativeNewYorker-eb1xt2 ай бұрын
@LamonXX Watch the Rick James doc and they talk about how much Rick hated Prince. Apparently, Prince stole the "Ooww-wop" from Rick! 😅😅😅😅
@islandbeauty35402 ай бұрын
And Prince only became sexier and more refined over the years..❤❤❤miss him so much!
@zhairetariq20022 ай бұрын
Proceed with caution ⚠ A genius at work 🎸
@angelomelville90843 ай бұрын
Wow amazing! Sweet Gayle Chapman (soon 2 B replaced by Lisa Coleman) on keyboards , Bobby Z (drums) and Dr. Fink (master Keyboards) (both soon 2 B members of The Revolution) Dez Dickerson (guitar) (appears in the movie Purple Rain -1984- singing "Mordenaire") and Andre Cymone (cousin?). Prince played ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS in this number!
@machine44433 ай бұрын
andre is not related to prince
@JohnAnderson423 ай бұрын
Yeah Andre was not related to Prince at all. However, they met in grade school when Andre's family moved to the area. They struck up a conversation and discovered they both played music. So they started playing music together and they found out did they used to play together as little kids. Andre's father played with Prince's father.
@michaelkenyon61732 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. Most old school Prince fans know this, but you do a great job of teaching the future generations about the greatest to ever do it.
@paisleyprincess79962 ай бұрын
Gayle was never a good fit for his band. Lisa fit like a glove because she could hold her own and she just got. She looked like a street-smart chick who was tough enough to hold her own
@Fakename702 ай бұрын
@@paisleyprincess7996 plus, Chapman reportedly wasn’t cool with the sexual subject matter.
@ms.toniamorgan21722 ай бұрын
I don’t care what others say but Prince was such a handsome/pretty man.
@djjerome2 ай бұрын
I think outside of his talent that was his major appeal.
@user-qo5gz2tc7gАй бұрын
He definitely is,I'm 63 and I think he was sexy, all the guys I know Don't understand the appeal, I know a lot of women of different ages that think the same way.
@Ray_____Ай бұрын
He hit the White gene lottery. You all know it but never own up to / admit it. You'd rather embarrass yourselves by pretending the features that made him handsome aren't White features.
@Stella-ml5gfАй бұрын
I was 15 when this came out. I remember running to the Alco store to buy the 45 and I wore it out on my record player.😊. Loved him from that very start. This song made Prince.
@ezekielmajor5511Ай бұрын
Most talented musician/singer of our generation; possibly in history.
@branstarone2 ай бұрын
The Midnight Special hosted by Wolfman Jack!
@aprodutube2 ай бұрын
My very first concert was Prince and Rick James ill-fated Punk and Funk tour not long after this video was made. Rick James was the bigger star at the time but Prince stole the show. I can still remember Prince coming out on stage in knee-high stockings, high heels and a trench coat, and gyrating on the floor to “Let’s Work”. What a genius he was.
@Pagaugezero2 ай бұрын
I remember hearing this song in the dance clubs in 1979 and was like wow who is this.
@DavidRichardson953 ай бұрын
There'll never be another Prince.
@Monster_Mover_Stocks3 ай бұрын
Hopefully you're right.
@user-qr7ee2cp4y3 ай бұрын
They'll never be another midnight special either. At least I caught the very end of it....
@eugenefirebird89383 ай бұрын
I wonder why a guy like that wouldn't have had a few kids to carry it on.
@machine44433 ай бұрын
@eugenefirebird8938 the child he had with mayte died shortly after birth, don't know why he didn't try again tho
@jeffalbillar76253 ай бұрын
There'll never be another you either Brother. ✊
@flashingarrows3 ай бұрын
4 years later, he conquered the world,
@randymccloud57432 ай бұрын
#1 single #1 album #1 movie ICONIC.
@studiobauhaus77402 ай бұрын
No! that album conquered the world and established Prince as a superstar
@johnny66102 ай бұрын
Then Warner Brothers conquered him 😂
@randymccloud57432 ай бұрын
@@johnny6610 Well...they tried to tell him how much music he could release, after signing him to a 100 million contract in '92. He wanted to release when he felt like it...left in 96 when his contract ended. He got all his masters back from WB in 2014...in exchange for 2 albums. Prince had so much unreleased music, for him that was like most artists releasing a song. I'd say in the end he conquered WB.
@johnny66102 ай бұрын
@@randymccloud5743 he pissed away his prime. Lost momentum. I’m a fan and those years were really lost.
@promayes81862 ай бұрын
One of the best to ever do it and could dress flamboyant and still be very masculine. My parents used to love this TV show they did showcase great talent
@ApplePie..2 ай бұрын
Masculine? 🤣
@emiscolopendra2 ай бұрын
Era bisexual , tremenda hazaña , como si no hubiera suficienres gay.
@mrlafayette19642 ай бұрын
Try the opposite of masculine and yes it was a great show.
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
You said it!! Lots of jealous “men” in these comments are cracking me UP!!
@alainvosselman99602 ай бұрын
Gee i missed the masculine part i guess...lol
@thomasmurphy93483 ай бұрын
Why didn't they let him actually perform this instead of a lip sync? This song sounds as good today as it did way back then. That man had some real balls to perform in thigh highs and a Speedo.
@hanskloss13313 ай бұрын
a Siberian tiger print banana hammock 🤪
@thomasmurphy93483 ай бұрын
@@hanskloss1331 lol..as you can tell..not up to speed on my mens fancier underwear..thanks for the clarification.
@ravenaider3 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing....I was expecting raw vocals....not the record
@The_momur3 ай бұрын
“lately i been wishing i were five-foot-five weighing nine-nine wearing thigh highs.” ~Will Wood
@smooom3 ай бұрын
I'm assuming this was something Prince would have asked them. I've never seen a midnight special episode overdubbed except for this.
@lynnify62 ай бұрын
My sister's and I would stay up to watch the Midnight Special every Friday. Talk about screaming and hollering when we saw this particular episode with Prince.😅❤😊 And after all this time at the age of 59..this is still a performance like no other💜💜💜💜💜
@AdrianDeVore2 ай бұрын
A very talented man with a banging body whose music I still love after all of these years! 💜
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
Whew!!! You said it!! 😁 This is my 1st time seeing this performance and I keep coming back for more! 🔥🔥💟
@AdrianDeVore2 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz Same here. I was blown away by his outfit. 😂
@JeffReams3 ай бұрын
I was today years old when I found out that prince was on the midnight special. 👍 This show keeps surprising me.
@yancyjenkinssr18243 ай бұрын
Need Rick James
@boydbay62742 ай бұрын
I saw this the summer that it aired. I was listening to him since the"For You" album. I was a young teen, and all of my friends were teasing me for listening to "that fa**ot". I said I'm not interested in his sexuality, I'm vibing on his music. Three or four years later those same friends were blasting his music, asking me if I'd heard it... Had me cracking up...
@MisterJackson-so9lo2 ай бұрын
Singer Patrice Rushen put it on Prince and he wrote this joint about her. 19 years old and was killing it. RIP to his memory.
@ronaldfowler94562 ай бұрын
That’s not true MAGA!!!
@paradoxward25332 ай бұрын
loved Prince...., he was truly his own man......,
@that70sgirl903 ай бұрын
He was very extravagant. His outfit is crazy! It doesn't take away from the fact that he has a phenomenal voice and some great songs! Happy Tuesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
@rosskstar3 ай бұрын
ehhh, i'm thinkin it does
@AMEER-114-3 ай бұрын
And pretending to sing doesnt help either
@AMEER-114-3 ай бұрын
@@rosskstar And pretending to sing doesnt help either
@rosskstar3 ай бұрын
@@AMEER-114- 1980 was like a switch flipped, class went out the window
@TheScunion3 ай бұрын
The outfit absolutely distracts from the performance😂😂 What the hell was he thinking. Thank God he developed some sense and dropped that approach to stage craft.
@lorenzojennings34312 ай бұрын
The world didn't know how to take Prince back then . Now the people of the world wish he was still alive 💔 . So dam sad 😔
@davidnorton74643 ай бұрын
Way ahead of his time. So talented
@rman522 ай бұрын
The man who invented minimalist funk. His falsetto vocals in this are amazing. Damn drugs.
@zdave60832 ай бұрын
Er uhh.....Marvin Gaye ?.....Chic ?....and others.
@andremansa12 ай бұрын
I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE!!
@josephfroude60562 ай бұрын
The first Prince song I ever heard. Already recognized his genius. ⭐️
@moosemuseum18532 ай бұрын
First time I ever heard Prince. Exactly this.
@johnantonescu50962 ай бұрын
You have a lot to learn young grasshopper
@swisschocolatecake45472 ай бұрын
Minneapolis Minnesota needs to GLORIFY PRINCE 🌈🌞
@sonall3212 ай бұрын
The vibe, the funk, THE OUTFIT🔥🎉🔥🎉🔥🎉🔥🎉miss you forever
@patriciagrier2822 ай бұрын
I still have this original album/record. The Greatest. I'm still dancing 💃
@1969EType2 ай бұрын
Prince…always, always on the very edge of the creative frontiers. As a young artist here he is bridging the gap between the late 70’s soul, funk and R&B and starting to show us glimpses of what his signature sound would sound like heading into the 80s. He was one of a kind, never to be duplicated and we, the world, will always miss him dearly and remember the good times and good vibes he “rained” down upon all of us!✊🏻
@charmedlife77582 ай бұрын
I can’t believe he had the confidence to wear that outfit!
@joekennedythewriter3 ай бұрын
Prince on the way up Spectacular
@glamnesianouveaux20392 ай бұрын
Oh wow, the things one could get away with in 1980 without all these current ridiculous labels. Prince looks phenomenal!
@monicafranklin-nr1te2 ай бұрын
Prince looked a mess lol
@glamnesianouveaux2039Ай бұрын
@@monicafranklin-nr1te According to you. For a man let alone a Black man to be brave enough to do this was commendable. Pity you can't say the same.
@nestorsaunders81542 ай бұрын
I have that original album and rock this song to this day..
@drmarkintexas-4003 ай бұрын
🥺😢 It's great to see, but very sad to know he's really gone and why. Just difficult to be reminded of what we've lost. ❤️🩹✨💖😞🙏
@AMEER-114-3 ай бұрын
You mean to know hes murdered or the the bs they told you and you swallowed
@StephanieJeanne3 ай бұрын
I know, but I like to remember them happy and doing what they loved to do.💟 I hope you have a nice day. 🤗✌️
@reggieharris76202 ай бұрын
Total package of talent and charisma
@Motherloadrocks3 ай бұрын
anything from this era is a amazing find.thanks for posting
@user-mj2nq5cw9xАй бұрын
Prince was a MACHINE INCREDIBLE
@ekayaniperforms2 ай бұрын
His tailored suits were so good for him.
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
Yes they were! and Prince wore them so well I can picture him in a purple one - he always dressed to the nines!
@Wakeywhodat3 ай бұрын
Class of 1984 checking in. My bar fly career started senior year. I looked 13 but I had a banger fake ID. New Orleans had clubs for all the genres, dance, rock, punk, you name it.
@eugenefirebird89383 ай бұрын
When did that career end?
@stevepierce24572 ай бұрын
Class of 84 here. We are currently planning our 40 year reunion
@partymind3 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this
@nikkistringer57992 күн бұрын
Got just love that prints. You are wonderful.
@lencampa9049Ай бұрын
That's a get down tune that song was the first song I heard from prince it was funk. soul .rocker .i digged on it and the rest is history .
@16davelle2 ай бұрын
I bet no one would have predicted that he would become one of the best if not the best to ever do it.
@stuartwray61752 ай бұрын
Do what? Lol
@KittyGrizGriz2 ай бұрын
You Betcha!! 🎉🎉💟
@MrJeepsters2 ай бұрын
Il était hyper doué. Son défaut : vouloir faire trop, trop vite.
@stoneysscapes75443 ай бұрын
We can get a little bit of the magic when we play it, and even more whenever you get a little groove in your body and the ultimate gift is the Kid playing the whole damn time and trust me when you get into the best of the playlists of the 70s , 80s ,90s ,2K by the time you have played it all you'll never forget that Prince 💜♀️ was just better than them All 💟
@DunedinMultimedia23 ай бұрын
there will never be another like him
@KittyGrizGriz3 ай бұрын
Very, Well Said - Thank You! I miss Prince and am so thankful to see this performance for the very 1st time. I loved him and especially when he played homage to George Harrison on While My Guitar Gently Weeps song at the rock n’ roll hall of fame ‘2004 induction ceremony. As Tom Petty was quoted; “He just burned it up. You could feel the electricity of 'something really big’s going down here'.” R.I.P. Prince 🎸💜💜
@Vonslik692 ай бұрын
Great post👍 I remember watching this when it originally aired back in the day? Miss the Big Bro🎉....vintage Prince 💯💥🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾
@Crissy9912 ай бұрын
Prince got that nice good hair. That press and curl blow out. He got more hair than half the women i seen today and so talented
@sylvia.2223 ай бұрын
Awesome performance 💜
@PoundTown5953 ай бұрын
It’s a lip sync. They’re just miming to the record.
@JohnAnderson423 ай бұрын
@@PoundTown595yeah .. but given they had only done 12 concerts before this show and that he would go on to be one of the great live preformers... Maybe you can cut them a break
@PoundTown5953 ай бұрын
@@JohnAnderson42 I’m not criticizing Prince. It just wasn’t really a performance.
@Lacroix-er9yy2 ай бұрын
The Man......!!!!! Enough said.
@darnellmiller1215Ай бұрын
Prince's baddest jam ever!
@jackiehooks86133 күн бұрын
I use to hurry home on my second shift job to watch the Midnight Special I love watching these clips on youtube.
@richardlefaive19443 ай бұрын
Prince was on The Midnight Special? WTF ??? How early in his career is this then ? The man had guts though, no doubt about it. That outfit wouldn't really turn anyone's head in the later 80s and after, but in the late 70s ... that's some serious trail blazin' going on there.
@Lisarata2 ай бұрын
He was like 19 years old, I recall.
@SheilaLS2 ай бұрын
Did this one not air for some reason? I thought I'd seen every one when they first aired.
@boydbay62742 ай бұрын
@@SheilaLS ...it aired the summer of 79 or 80.
@vistalite-ph4zw3 ай бұрын
Wow! I didn't know Prince performed on Midnight Special. I also thought his first live TV appearance was on American Bandstand. Nice to see rare gems like this...
@JohnAnderson423 ай бұрын
bandstand was recorded first in Dec 79 this was recorded Jan 8 1980...but it was aired first (thus he did not talk to Dr Hook). he did this and "Why you wanna treat me so bad?" (on Both shows). Yes they were required to lip-synch...but the were live Feb 1981 on SNL.
@vistalite-ph4zw3 ай бұрын
@@JohnAnderson42 Oh ok...thanks for the clarification...😃
@lowbo47omsascotave2 ай бұрын
*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !* _Tappin' in from South Central LA_ If you're ever in downtown LA, Hollywood Blvd, Sunset Blvd, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Melrose, Long Beach, East LA, Pasadena, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills or ANYWHERE near the Los Angeles area and you hear this song blasting from a lowrider, IT'S LIKELY TO BE ME‼ 😂
@lauramorris26412 ай бұрын
Prince is one of the few who can pull off an outfit like that, along with the thigh high boots. The Bronx, New York
@NYCHFAN3 ай бұрын
Those boots though.....❤
@brendamelvoin20433 ай бұрын
At last !!!! Thanks ! Glad 2 have it in pristine quality. I'm sure the other song "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ?" will B posted. Great channel ! So happy as a huge Prince fan...
@mattmclean13062 ай бұрын
THIS DUDE IS PURE 100% GREATNESS. UNTOUCHABLE
@pierremartin25523 ай бұрын
Prince kicking ass as usual !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@nerrade2 ай бұрын
Probably the most talented entertainer of all time! He wrote all his songs, played all the instruments, sang and danced live. Lots of people can do one or two of those things. NOBODY else can all that with such skill!
@knockshinnoch19509 күн бұрын
This was so outrageous in 1980! The song that started his hit making career! We had no idea what was ahead!
@leonielefaucheurwoodward78910 күн бұрын
Wow!!! I’ve never seen him sing this live. God how he is missed. He’s unbelievable 🤩
@dominique2172 ай бұрын
A stage full of phenomenal musicians led by the... Prince. 🤲🏽
@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty662 ай бұрын
AND THIS is why I feel for him when I was a young teen, I had never seen such bravado and boldness. his refusal to care what people thought and be this unique thing was so amazing to me. and though I didn't know it at my age, I was so, turned on LMAO
@Iloveswedes2 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Prince songs ever.
@allybrosia37252 ай бұрын
God this is awesome! I was born in 1981!! ❤❤Gayle is jamming on those keys too.
@danielbalboa45372 ай бұрын
Prince a bad mfer .
@michaelhendrix98632 ай бұрын
Hush yo mouth😂😂😂
@d.shannon2612 ай бұрын
I enjoy his showmanship🎉
@WaveGlydr2 ай бұрын
How confident are you in your talent? Prince:
@RescuemacawsАй бұрын
💜🌹 l miss Prince so much l think about him alot. So heartbreaking he is gone.💔😥 First and best concert my BF ever went toooo. There is nobody like you.💜 🕊️💜
@musicalSFCat3 ай бұрын
Following year Prince was opening act for The Rolling Stones, during their '81 "Tattoo You" tour. His set was not well received by most in attendance. Purple Rain drastically changed that gig.
@clutchcarabelli80542 ай бұрын
Current artists thinking they're edgy or shocking or...good
@chriskroll41662 ай бұрын
He is so cutting edge and different yet he displays so many characteristics of many past R&b soul come funk performers. He dances like James Brown but he plays lead guitar like Ernie Isley . You could tell by this performance that great things were going to come his way. So much talent. 😊
@mshockey7322 күн бұрын
My very favorite Prince performance was at the 2007 Superbowl!
@StephanieJeanne3 ай бұрын
Too bad he had to lip sync, but wow! That was a flashy, splashy performance in that outfit!🥵🔥 😅 Great song!💜
@loulozano78103 ай бұрын
I agree. The audio was "canned." Still, the visuals were all "Prince." And there was no denying that we were witnesses to the rise of a superstar.
@StephanieJeanne3 ай бұрын
@@loulozano7810 Absolutely!
@gregoryduncan30673 ай бұрын
Well, that's the only time I've seen him perform in his underwear on national television.
@catserver85773 ай бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 Not me, lol.
@StephanieJeanne3 ай бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 😂😂That wasn't exactly underwear. It was like those female dresses or nighties that come with matching "bloomers."