This article came to my attention and am I ever happy that it did.
The description for the album reads,
“This is what one of the most talented humans to ever live, at the cusp of his creative and commercial peak, sounds like when he’s barely even trying.”
Prince was not just a singer, not just a guitar player. He was a true musician. And that is what matters. He is one of those who you listen to and just hear the music coursing through their veins.
As I ambled around the internet, looking for song interpretations, I ran across an article in the Guardian. His fellow band member Lisa Coleman described Prince far more eloquently than I ever could.
“He was working day in, day out at being something great. If that meant recording himself at the piano and studying it later he would do it. … He wanted to make sure that when the time came – and he was going to make that time come – he would be something that would make the world go, ‘Wow.’”
The beat. His voice. How raw the recording is. His unfailing dedication. Wow.
If finding this gem was not enough, the next video auto-played and it too was fantastic. Gosh, listening to him play that guitar at 7:30 as I watch the thunder and lighting out my window. What a joy.
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