Prince played 'Fallon' (video); NYC tribute shows this week

Apparently Prince borrowed the guitar for the 'Bambi' performance from Kirk from the Roots, and then proceeded to throw it in the air and break it at the end of the song. He offered no apology and refused to sign the guitar for Kirk. Cementing Prince's status as a legendary asshole

Lenny Kravitz rules!!!

oh wait...

"He apologized, shook my hand & said he’d take care of it. Even after he did that I STILL asked him to sign it (he says he hasn’t signed anything since the 70’s) so I was guilty for being blinded by my love for the music that has passed through him” -Kirk Douglas FB post

not nearly as bad as 12:56 makes it sound

Borrowing someone's guitar and then throwing it into the air and breaking it is still an asshole move

@1:02, Prince is legendary. A legendary performer as well as a legendary asshole.

^Except for the people he deems worthy of his presence. Then he is a wonderful loving guy. In other words an asshole.

Fuck your guitar, ni--a, fuck your guitar! Game, blouses.

"Even after he did that I STILL asked him to sign it (he says he hasn’t signed anything since the 70’s)"

Which is an absolute fucking lie. He has signed plenty of stuff since then.

My first thought was what guitar was that? Makes sense that it was not his.

Vintage Epiphone or reissue?

Forget about the guitar, let's focus on the real problem at hand: how does Fallon have a job? He's awful.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/permanently-change-groundhog-day-bill-murray-day/6CXgyRY2

Who are the girls in his band? They couldn't have been chosen for talent alone...

"Game - Blouses!" LOL!!!

That was a dick move by Prince.
The least he could have done was sign it for Kirk, although Kirk seems cool with it.

I thought he was more of a prick to just walk-off and not even wait for Jimmy to thank him. Jimmy seems cool with it also.

Overall, like the new song and new band.

"BLOUSE'S"!!!!

That new song is awful...revisiting bambi is pretty sweet though. His new band sucks...drummer probably played metalcore at one point in her life.

New band? Isn't that the same touring band he's had the past few years?

I like girls who drum muscularly

Kirk is psyched that Prince borrowed, played, and threw his guitar. So the only question is "Did his move look cool?" Is there any debate on that point?

Prince doesn't sign stuff because he wants to control his image and his merchandising. Doesn't do interviews because he doesn't want to be misquoted or represented.

Makes and plays tons of amazing music, amazingly.

Those are the facts. You can disagree, but you'll be wrong.

yeah prince is the man. sorry, haters.

For the record... Prince also makes an amazing hummus platter.

Eh 2:26, his music is amazing. That is one fact that is true. A lot of those other "facts" you listed are incorrect buddy.

Prince has signed plenty of stuff over the years. I have a number of things he has signed and so do lots of others. He also does interviews. They are sporadic but he does them. The reporter is not allowed to record him though or take notes during the interview.

2:05, no this is a brand new band he put together in the last few months.

Hummus Man, keep trolling and commenting, I laugh every time.

Hummus man does not "troll" (nor does he even know what "trolling" means).
He simply posts hummus facts and an occasional recipe for the betterment of all mankind.

New band. Dumb new song. They play it well at least. I'm a huge fan but he hasn't done anything really new in many, many years.

I like this stuff simply because I love his guitar playing and don't get to see him do guitar-based rock often enough.

2:26 you got SERRRRRVVED by 2:58!! You should have said Prince "rarely, if ever signs stuff" and "rarely does interviews, and on unconventional terms." But you didn't! You said that other stuff! And 2:58 actually HAS autographs!

118pm 4ever

if he gives interviews but they cannot be recorded and the reporter can't take notes, isn't there more of a chance he will be misquoted or misrepresented?

I wish he played Batdance instead

eye bet u would luv 2 b the owner of a guitar played & broken by Prince

Why does anybody care? This guy hasn't has a good song since "Dancing on the Ceiling"

I'd let Prince break any of my guitars. It's fucking Prince.

He signed my copy of Judge's "Chung King Can Suck It" LP (not a bootleg, either). Dude was totally chill.

it was his fave guitar, according to his wiki page...an epiphone crestwood

Anyone who gives a shit I was working the counter @ a cleaners in the 80's across from the venue he was playing. One of his entourage brought in a soiled white jacket that needed cleaning. Low and behold we ruined the jacket (it turned pink) but evidently he was thrilled and left the cleaners a huge tip.

I watched this thinking it was Amanda Palmer's TED talk. It gave me much to think about.

Apparently the Jehovah's witness makes a mean pancake too according to Charlie Murphy.

http://vimeo.com/1720918

Jehovah's Witness' hummus sucks, though. Price FTW.

Actually, spelling FTW.

Yes. Makes total sense. Prince doesn't have his own guitar(s) to use. Decided instead to wing it on national TV with someone else's and hope it sounds alright. Oh and it matched his outfit perfectly.

Methinks we have been played in an effort to create, dare I say, "Controversy"?

Although I am a massive Prince fan I feel obliged to point out girl with skrillex hair was controlling his pedalboard.

When asked why he threw the guitar in the air and didn't catch it back, Prince said "fuck you, that's why..."

@11:34

He clearly has his own pedals in front of him

Prince is a little old man who is still trying to prove
hes got what it takes playing that old ass 1960 teess rock
shit far as breaking the guitar been done hendrix the who you
know 1960 tees boring

I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night,
I smoke two joints in the afternoon
and it makes me feel alright
smoke two joints in time of peace
and two in time of war
smoke two joints before i smoke two joints
and then i smoke two more

Just for the record, while Priced played at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Tom Petty (While My Guitar Gently Weeps) in 2004, he ended the song by throwing his Telecaster in the air...and it never came back down!
So clearly the Epiphone was at fault.

Why would you have him sign your Chung king can sick it album? Are you stupid or a moron?

Been a Prince fan since he was playing small clubs, before real concerts. I'm a fan of classic Prince music, the last concert of his I went to was in Oakland Ca. Paid $80 a tkt for horrible seats. I'm poor so that was a lot of $ for my daughter and I to see him. And we were both beyond disappointed in the show and the fact there was nada for fan stuff. Posters etc. even the only t-shirt we bought was sad. He will always have his own style, that's great. I don't like any of his new music since the late 1990's. maybe I'm boring, whatever. I will listen to his old music forever, but his new stuff is for the new generations to understand and enjoy. I'm just sad because my daughter and I saved for that concert and could hardly wait to go see him live. And it was sad. No dancing no cool clothes no dancers or performing at all. No stage show what so ever ! So sorry if we expected to see a concert like you see on TV and clips from concerts! He wasent dressed up in anything neither was the band, stage or anything . No lights no nada. The only thing we can say is, ya we saw him in concert live. Rave about it, no. So again, love the old, not the new.