# Prince on Saturday Night Live - Amazing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826 "2014-11-06T00:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/21 "2014-11-08T02:27:36Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > That’s a reference to, what, I think Prince broke Capt. Kirk’s (from the Tonight Show band the Roots) guitar? Yeah, not okay. > > But really, folks would rather see Ariana Grande or Iggy? Both were recent SNL music guests and both are pretty - well Grande looks like a 12 year old - but compared to the actual music made onstage by Prince? > > I stand by my OP! 🙂 Well to be fair, I mostly watch SNL off DVR now and nearly every musically act I Fast forward through. Prince kept me watching longer than most. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/22 "2014-11-08T02:51:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s up [online](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-princes-incredible-eight-minute-snl-medley-20141102). US only, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/23 "2014-11-08T07:17:09Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > That’s a reference to, what, I think Prince broke Capt. Kirk’s (from the Tonight Show band the Roots) guitar? Yeah, not okay. > > But really, folks would rather see Ariana Grande or Iggy? Both were recent SNL music guests and both are pretty - well Grande looks like a 12 year old - but compared to the actual music made onstage by Prince? > > I stand by my OP! 🙂 I’d love to see more like him on SNL instead of the pre-packaged artificial crap they trot out on a regular bases. . .just not HIM, per se. It’s not that I don’t think he’s talented, it’s that I don’t much like he does with his talent. I just never really ‘got’ him, I guess. People gush and point to particular performances, and at best, I’ll say, “Not bad.” Even that “While my Guitar Gently Weeps” solo on Youtube- I thought it was fun and entertaining, but I didn’t think it was amazing. It doesn’t help that I think he’s an incredibly egotistical ass who didn’t display the social graces of a 5-year-old [when he broke Capt. Kirk’s guitar](http://www.epiphone.com/News/Features/Features/2013/Kirk-Douglas-The-Epiphone-Interview.aspx). I wonder if he threw the guitar because Kirk wouldn’t sell it to him. I kinda feel like my first post was thread-crappish. Sorry for that. At least I used my words and tried to explain a little better this time. ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/24 "2014-11-08T08:33:33Z")
I’ve never gotten the chance to see Prince perform and only got into his music like five years ago. Even though I like his old stuff, I haven’t been that impressed as others have since he did that song with Beyonce. After seeing that video though (thanks Little Nemo), I have to say that was a bad ass performance! I will definitely be getting his new albums. Right now I only have Dirty Mind, Purple Rain, 1999, and 3121. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/25 "2014-12-01T15:03:11Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > I agree, it was spectacular. His two new records are terrific–by far the best thing he’s recorded 20 years, at least. 3rdeyegirl seems to have given him some new energy. He’s one of just a handful of lifelong favorites that I’ve never seen live (it’s pretty much him and Bowie at this point), so I’m going to rearrange my life around seeing him somewhere next year. > > My only complaint about the show is that I knew he was doing an eight-minute segment but I didn’t realize that they were just pushing the usual two segments together instead of giving him extra time. So I sat through the utterly terrible rest of the show waiting for a second segment that never came. The girls were great too. I read their Wiki entry which is pretty sparse. My wife noticed male performers on each side that were only barely on camera once or twice. Are they part of the band? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826/26 "2014-12-01T15:38:49Z")
For me, the best part of the show was the Taylor Swift sketch and the drug [Swiftamine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAhAz7JU0dg). That’s classic SNL stuff there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-on-saturday-night-live-amazing/703826.md?page=1)