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"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"-Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)This is cool too. A recording session in 1970 at the Homewood studio in LA.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)with Drumpf taking office in less than 3 weeks, this song is as relevant as ever!
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)And here she is roasting George Lucas when he got an AFI. Lifetime Achievement Award.
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)I loved her one-woman show. Miss her already.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)artist: Jefferson Starship
song: Hyperdrive
album: Dragonfly
lyrics:
I never thought there were corners in time
Til I was told to stand in one
One straight line head on into the other
Maybe standing in the corner looks like where it's got to come.
But I pretend one wall is the past and one is the future
And I just stand here like the present looking for a
Good place to run
Every fish that swims upstream now that's a catch
Because the full mouth never wants to stop cooking.
The map may be flat, the globe may be patched
But the long line keeps right on hooking
Circles in the ring of fire, where do you go
On a night that is clear and warm?
Oh where do you go?
I never thought there were corners in time
Till I was told to stand in one
I've heard circles moving right through corners
And they don't even know they've been around and around before
Ringing, ringing against each other on a singing chain
Like a flying magnet hyperdrive has never seen any reason
To remain the same.
Because I felt it I believe it
Because there are things I've never seen that I believe
So I'm going to place my face right in the triangle door
Till I can move right on through instead of just standing here
Looking at the floor.
And If it rains again tonight, I can think light years ahead
Or I could put myself back a thousand years ago
As if I'd always been here before or as if I am still to be born
I'm a slow loser, but I'm a fast learner
That much I know
Anyone can go
That much I know
Anyone can go
That much I know
Anyone can go.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)You want to shoot Princes European Tour? Need to know ASAP.
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10,000 frames later, the Paris show ended very late. Curfew laws meant that the stage lights in the stadium went out at 11pm, to prevent the concert from continuing. Prince, though, simply continued to play in the dark. They eventually turned the lights back on, and he finished with an amazing rendition of Purple Rain. Afterwards, he played an un-announced after party in Paris which lasted till 4AM.
Prince didnt have time to review my photos from Paris until the next show, in Gdynia, Poland. I was nervous, but I had my edit ready. Before the show, Prince walks into the production office and says, Hi, Im Prince. You have something to show me?
Normally, when showing an edit, I have things in chronological order, but for some reason, 20 seconds before he walked in, I re-arranged the 200 picture edit to bring my favorite five frames to the beginning. I said, Yep! and clicked to the first frame, the shot which I thought encompassed all of what Prince is aboutan epic wide shot from behind the stage, Prince facing me, the audience at the Stade de France sprawling out behind him, Prince with his Hohner guitar caught by a spotlight seemingly a mile away. My finest moment. I thought. Kiran, Princes manager at the time, said, Wow.
Prince stared at the picture for 15 seconds, then stood up, and walked out of the room.
I turned to Kiran and said, What does that mean? She said, I dont know, hes never done that before. We waited for about two or three minutes in silence, then Prince walked back in, with the entire band trailing behind him. He pointed at the screen, smiled, and stood back. The band broke into multiple Ooohhhs and Ahhhs and WOWs! Prince turned to Kiran and asked, Where did you find this guy? I said, Queens. Prince laughed out loud, and from then on, we seemed to have a great understanding of each other.
~~~
My days and nights went like this typically: Wake up at noon, eat, relax for an hour by going for a walk in whatever country we were in, then start gathering and inspecting my gear. I was at the venue around 4PM for a 9PM show, often reviewing last nights pictures for ideas on how to shoot differently. Unlike other performers I have photographed, with Prince, there is no set show. Everything is different every single night. The band has to know 300+ songs, ready to go at the drop of a hat. And lets talk about those band members. The absolute best, the cream of the crop. Maceo Parker needs no introduction, but the other members were the best musicians I have ever seen, night after night. You have to be, if you are working with Prince.
More from behind the scenes here...http://petapixel.com/2016/04/28/shooting-prince-photo-story/
See some of Ach's photos of Prince on his site.
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)What an amazing post...
Initech
(100,080 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 6, 2017, 12:12 AM - Edit history (1)
Here he is, amazing as ever, in 2006:
Brit Awards 2006 featuring Wendy, Lisa, and Sheila E.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)Orrex
(63,215 posts)also, I didn't see the interview when it first aired, but after David Bowie died, I saw an interview that he did with Mark Goodman back in the early-ish days of MTV, and Bowie explicitly (yet politely) called them out for excluding non-white performers from the rotation.
Goodman gave some kind of limp, company-line response along the lines of "we do feature black artists," but in the end it was clear that Bowie had absolutely nailed it.
If someone knows of that piece and can post a link, I'd love to see it again.
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Orrex
(63,215 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)...and Good Morning!
Jetboy
(792 posts)Here he is aided by guitar hero Mickey Baker.
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)I really like this picture of him:
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Jetboy
(792 posts)I seek out joy in music and Joe Clay had a lot of joy in his songs. Red-hot rockabilly if there ever was any.