I remember seeing Purple Rain at the drive-in theater in 1984....it was mind blowing. There's no one else even close to what Prince was. He's simply "One of a Kind"...he absolutely broke the mold....

PRINCE was a phenomenal guitar player. This media had/has uploads of Prince playing with other artists and he blows out the scene. When you see these videos and hear PRINCES' guitar work, you see him from a totally different place. It's worth the time to watch all the videos with PRINCE that you can find. His performance of PURPLE RAIN at the SUPERBOWL Halftime, in the pouring rain gives me chills. It is outstanding! I never tire of watching it. PURPLE RAIN, the movie, is iconic. You can't forget when it came out and going to the movie theater to see it. The Oscars did a segment from PURPLE RAIN. Every body stood up, everybody was singing - it was awesome. It is a tragedy he passed as he did. The elevator he was in kept going because it didn't have the floor he was going to - straight up to Heaven. RIP PRINCE May he rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon him 🙏❤

What a great story and history. Thank you for doing this work.

People said he was a very private man but if you really listen to his music you will get to know him pretty well.

Such an icon and a fantastic example of staying true to yourself. On top of being a musical genius. 😍💜

@Smithsonian Channel, thank you for continuing to not only educate us, but entertain us. 😃

🥰🥰🥰🥰 A true artist!!!

Probably one of the top 5 greatest guitarists ever.

Prince was one of the greatest musicians of all time and no one will ever replace him

One of the most beautiful guitar of all time.

This was so awesome. Truly appreciated sharing this story. 🤗💜

I really like that couch that the man is setting on.

AWESOME " PRINCE "

I saw Purple Rain in San Francisco when it first came out. What a night that was! We were frying pretty hard, and everyone wore something purple. Prince was like some kind of angelic being on the big screen.

That guitar melody you hear in the very last part of this video of Purple Rain is absolutely the most beautiful, emotional, heart 💜 heart pounding sound I've ever heard. While 14 years old on my first date of my life with a girl. We were both mesmerized watching this movie!

The first time I was ever stopped in my tracks by a guitar solo was with Let's Go Crazy. Take being the best of being a favorite out of it, then it comes down to this: he spoke a language in his playing that no other guitar player in music history spoke.

june 2004, milwaukee summerfest. epic.

You know you're a badass when people study and dissect your work.

Is this also the Blue Angel guitar as seen in Lovesexy 88 tour ?

The end made me cry. This was that guitar, in all those albums….

He was the only person I ever saw in concert and to be honest I doubt anyone will ever compare 2 u ( get it? ) 😉

I have an exact replica of his cloud guitar 😊💜

Excellent 💜💜💜

The Best 😢😢❤❤

Saw this in person yesterday. Looks a bit smaller in person than you would think from the pics and videos of him with it. They have a replica on display in front of the glass case where the real one lives. Brought back memories of a simpler time, for me anyway,. Music was evolving and Prince was a huge part of it. Real people playing. Few if any drum loops in music as a whole. It feels like that is making a bit of a comeback so hopefully today's artist will find the right balance between current technology and old school musicians. Here's to future lol.

Wow just wrapped it up and sent it he could have had all the glory by saying Hi its prince heres The Iconic Purpel Rain Guitar but no how Humble was he so Beautiful x

it woud be easy way if you ask david rusan who made the guitars for prince,

Wow!

Good commentary.

Happy 65th Birthday 👑

there where at least 3 made by dave rusan so you can not say that it's this or that guitar , it could have been any of the 3

I liked it with the peach color most

W♡W truly amazingly beautifully crafted from PRINCE ROGERS NELSON🎼🎶 🤔 LoVely LQQK/glance at a moment of historic clarity being delivered to future generations of true lovers of ARTISTIC excellence.

My question is: why is everyone standing around fingering this historic item without one glove in sight? 🤔

I know it’d be totally unprofessional, but how do people who work with that guitar resist the urge to pick it up, plug it in, strap it on and sneak a quick jam?

70' s guitar hero rocks; MN SOUND Renovation

Alot of my stuff get stolen- "Prince" So many other people taking advantage on prince I hope his family will recover other of his stolen item. Prince is one of the legend

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I remember a very different 1980's than is described in this video.

You put the guitar upside down in the thumbnail good job!!!

94 EAST BEST exemplifies p.r.n. instrumental 🎸 influence

💛P💛R💛I💛N💛C💛E💛

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I thought he smashed the white cloud on stage in 86?

MTV remaking... it's a RAP

Hi I'm first

Now it just sits in a glass case and is never played.........what a waste.

I love Prince but the dude talking , not so much. I think it’s silly to work that hard in order to look like you don’t care how you look. Prince doesn’t need all the embellishments, his work speaks for it self.

Snore

So basically what he's saying is Prince basically painted the cloud guitar every time he came into a new year