Quincy Jones on Prince
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The source of the Quincy Jones interview is said to be from a project from Albert Magnoli (director of Purple Rain). This clip was released for the press in 1991 prior to the Diamonds and Pearls tour by Paisley Park.
Quincy Jones is a musical and entertainment legend. He has gain my respect and affirmation as one of music's crown jewels and icons in music forever. His work in scoring film and TV and live shows...not to mention his work with Sinatra and all the kings and Queens of music is unmatched. Rashida Jones' docummentary is a MUST watch and those who doubt Quincy's rightful place in history and genious. The documentary "Quincy" is transformative and humbling.
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Prince and "ok" don't even go in the same sentence.
Quincy mad cause Prince never gave im that lillipop
Andre Grant omg i was thinking the same!!!!!
Quincy Jones is a bitch
He was mad that prince didn’t want to sing on stage “we are the world “ lmao
@@inaj27 Um... This is before that even happened so... NOPE.
@@inaj27 Big mad! Lol
Prince never bowed down to Quincy and that is all that is about.
Thank you! Yes!
Basically.......Prince was one of a kind and walked to the beat of his own drum. You have got to be a strong person to stand alone and be inclined to be of different opinion than everyone else........and do it in an industry where speaking your truth may get you blacklisted, which they did to him anyway....or at least they tried. He never depended on anyone it seems and he did it all. Basically, nothing against Quincy............but Prince was the whole enchilada. Didn't need him.
Quincy was used to artists who, like Michael Jackson, would’ve never been anyone without him. Prince was on a league of his own and you can clearly feel Quincy’s jealousy and bitterness on this clip.
Prince knew he was the whole package & then some. He was an impossibility.
Prince didn't have to be compared to anyone, Quincy. He was in a league of his own.
Quincy tripping lol
That man plays like a humming bird
Prince was a genius at piano.
Quincy was a hater of Prince
@@archiejackson2315 Q's objection to Prince's chops might center around the reality that Mr. Nelson rose to prominence outside of the Q orbit and "gate-keeper" status. Prince never "bent the knee" (no pun intended) when it came to the industry gate keepers of that era. This video is not the first time Quincy went at Prince.
Exactly...Q is just a hater.
Quincy was seething with jealousy. Look at him now. A mess. Prince was a genius and an amazing pianist and profolic musician.
I won't necessarily call Quincy a mess........but he appears nowadays to be damn near close. I think he has always taken it personal that Prince didn't appear on the We Are The World track. It has always been stated that he was pissed......It also appears that he seems to have very "interesting" things to say about the previous talents he has worked with. I kind of give him the side eyes at times.....
Quincy despite his excellence as a producer, was never going to be a superstar like Prince or Michael Jackson. I feel like this is why he's always throwing shade at the both of them. He's got star lust but no star power. It takes more than just musical knowledge, you've gotta have that glamour.
Are you fucking stupid?
Takama94 Very true
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Tony you’re fucking delusional.
Prince didn't need Quincy so Quincy mad! Haha
Exactly
Ok piano player? Listen dude, sit down.
He knows piano chords? Yes, that’s what people that play the piano know.
Prince was a genius and extraordinary player in all instruments.
For real . Stupidest comment I have ever heard “ he knows some chords !” Yaa, piano players know chords 🤷🏻♂️
@@Chef_Djoudjou You have to understand Quincy Jones background and the musicians he grew up around. Quincy studied composition from some of the best that ever did it.
He did not berate Prince, he appreciated his genius. Honestly Prince played guitar better than he played piano. Personally Prince was a consumate musician, writer and composer but I am not a musician.
@@stedebassett1523 Take a listen to any of the Concert Recordings of "Prince, Piano and a Microphone" tour, you can hear for yourself that the Piano is Prince's "Go-To" Instrument. You can hear in the way that Prince approaches the Piano and plays the Piano that the Piano is clearly Prince's "At Home" Instrument.
When it comes to Prince A Guitar and a Microphone, it is clearly obvious that Prince is quite deadly with a Guitar in his hands and can play circles around any guitar player that steps up to challenge him. Prince is an absolute BEAST of a Guitar Player. He is not a Shredder, Prince is simply deadly as a guitar player. Prince can make you get out of your seat, stand up and wiggle your butt simply by playing the guitar. Prince can make wet stuff fall out of your eyeballs and run down your face simply by playing the Piano. Prince can steal your girlfriend and your wife simply by Singing. So....there's that.
Agree
Prince is a much, much better guitar player than a pianist. There is no argument at all. Prince is an accomplished piano player. He has his own style and he has a reasonable level of technical ability. He got further on the piano than most people who take up the instrument but he was much more talented. He is a very good piano player by normal standards. On the guitar, Prince was amongst the best players in the history of popular music. As a pianist, he might be one of the better players but he is light years behind the best players.
The irony is that from Herbie Hancock to Miles Davis, they both praised Prince as the one genius of his generation. Quincy was obviously jealous, because his best job was producing for a none musician Pop singer, so much irony in here.
First, let's look up the definition of "irony". Secondly, let's also explore the definition of "musician". Regardless of what Q believed at the time of Prince's abilities as a piano player, Prince respected not only Q, but also that so-called "non-musican Pop singer" for their musicianship.
Actually, Prince respected MJ as a performer, NOT as a musician. Besides, how can you respect someone as a musician when they're not a musician. Name one time you've ever seen MJ playing a musical instrument. You can't! Also, Quincy is just an old asshole.
Be mindful of writing checks you can’t cash. Although, this is the internet 😂. There was the time MJ composed string parts for an unreleased classical piece on piano. Another was during the “Dangerous”sessions with Teddy Riley. One more was during the “Man In the Mirror” sessions with the Winans. Many of the riffs, horn lines, bass lines and keyboard parts were “surprisingly” penned by this “non-musician” some lazy music snobs tend to dismiss as a simple performer. Do your homework. Never stop learning.
Be mindful of writing checks you can’t cash? LOL! Did MJ play air guitar on the "Dangerous" album as well? MJ could sing pretty good when he was young before he started to make those little squeaking noises between each line of the verses. MJ could do a handful of impressive dance moves (e.g. moonwalk), but other than that, he would just kick his leg up sideways and grab his crotch. MJ would eventually just lip-sync all of his vocals on tour, fake kiss his fake wife on TV, pretend like he actually had sex with the so-called mother of his kids when he wasn't dangling them over a balcony several stories high, and don't even get me started on the freak show that became his face. Q: You know what MJ considered to be a perfect 10? A: 2 five-year-olds. Face it, if MJ wasn't famous when he was alive, he would have been locked up in a mental institution, or worse.
Don't confuse ben polite with "respect", Prince was diplomatic (the opposite of QJ in this video), he never trashed no one publicly even though he din't respect the person.
I lose more respect for Quincy Jones ever time he opens his mouth.
I agree that Prince didnt have the same vocabulary on piano that Herbie had. Prince dedicated his time to more instruments/production, vocals, etc, while Herbie was a piano specialist. So, Prince´s biggest strenght was the combination of being a multi instrumentalist + songwriter + producer. But I dont understand why Quincy was so negative about him. I doubt that he would talk about Stevie the same way.
Yeah, but to discount his ability as a piano player.... why?
Quincy jones mad prince didn't let him lick his lollipop
He was negative about him because Prince was not part of "We Are the World" in 1985
@@fob3476 But he gave them a better song😉
He’s jealous about the talent prince have cause him and micheal reunited can’t beat it
I do not believe this! What is wrong with Quincy Jones! ....
Lol he can't be serious
Sounds a bit bitter perhaps? Jealous? Hmmmm. Haters gonna hate!!
As a musician, Quincy is a square in comparison to Prince who was an unconventional musician, who often liked to experiment.
I don't think you've really given thought to what you've said… or you just don't know Quincy Jones' music
@@OioisavaloyQuincy a hater
@@mikellclark635 Jesus… did you read the original comment and then mine? Because "Quincy a hater" has f**k all to do with what either of us said.
no i know quincys music...the themes to shows etc. He is a square through and through!!@@Oioisavaloy
FACTS 1000 percent
Prince was a REAL musician who wrote, arranged, produced & performed all of his own music. He didn't need the likes of Quincy! Q just sounds like a bitter old man!
After listening seriously to Prince's musicality across all genres of music, especially after his death, it is Brutally Obvious that the Piano is Prince's "Home" Instrument. There is no emotion that Prince cannot convey thru those 88 keys. Prince's Piano Skills, for a self-taught guy, are absolutely Remarkable. Plus, the fact that Prince took that 88 Piano Keys Mastery and translated all of it onto the Guitar and onto the Drums and even onto his own Voice....is simply Majestically Magical.
Michael's talent and ability is a completely different Beast than Prince's ability and talent. Neither is Greater Than nor Less Than the other. They are simply, Different.
Quincy is a BEAST in his own right and I disagree with him about Prince. If Prince at a Piano is "Mediocre" then, dear God, please bless me with boundless mediocrity....especially on this guitar I got.
I’d love to have some of Quincys mediocrity too!
Funny Thing Is Prince’s Dad Was A Jazz Pianist Sooooooooo I Guess John L.Nelson Is Mediocre Too.
He learned how to play piano from his father. Not saying that his piano songs aren't stunning, just that he wasn't really that self taught.
@@preciousmousse Prince said his Father would kick his butt if he ever caught Prince playing on his Father's piano. Prince had to wait until his dad was not around in the house to play on that Piano. So, Prince sorta is "self-taught".
Prince grew up in an environment that was conducive to him learning how to Master playing that piano.
Then he Mastered the Guitar, he Mastered the Bass Guitar, he Mastered the Drum Set, he Mastered Electronic Drum Programming, he Mastered Music Arranging, he Mastered Using Your Voice As A Musical Instrument, he Mastered Multi-Track Audio Recording and Mixing....His daddy did not teach Prince any of that. Prince just picked all that up along the way. Notice that i didn't mention that Prince mastered the art of Stage Performance and Dance...but he mastered that too. Again, his daddy didn't teach him that either. So..."Self-Taught"? What do you call it?
@@psexnyc Amen
I’m a fan of Q. Great musician. One of the best ears in music. But he sounds like a hater when it comes to Prince. Comparing him to Herbie Hancock? Cmon bruh. That’s rarified air. IMO Prince more than held his own vs his contemporaries.
No one since Vivaldi, no one since Chopin or Mozart, no one since Bach has had such talent. Knowing how to play several instruments, having such a multi-octave voice, and on top of that knowing how to create so many hits. Give me one who can do all of that at the same time! He was a true musician and no one will replace him for a long time.
That's an absolute stretch!!!
He didn't even finish! Dancer, writer, producer, composer & performer! I'm sure i left out some other talents, this guy was all over the damn place@@niqulusviii987
I recall being at one of Prince's concerts in MPLS (Jam of the Year Tour?) or maybe the subsequent aftershow at Paisley Park where he brought up that Quincy only considered him to be an average piano player or something to that effect, and he retorted by killing it on the keyboards all night.
Q has issues PERIOD
Yup
Shame on u Quincy!! U r just jealous of the most amazingly talented man in the world! Prince is better than them all!
Clearly you don’t know the first actual thing about music if you’re gonna sit there and say prince is a better piano player than Herbie Hancock. Prince himself would call you a fool
He so look jealous 😂😂😂 is pathetic,,,,, Prince didn't need u to be a successful artist 😂😂 poor thing
My respect to Quincy is gone. He is great producer and musician but his personality is very poor.
He is jealous. Shame on u Quincy.
He’s a horrible person.
Huh I doubt quincy is jealous of prince with track record in any way shape or forum / ok he's just not a fan / big deal / I love both and respect his opinion
@@gggfightklub8449 yup. He even turned against Mike after his death concerning thriller
@@ronpaizley9349 PERIOD!!!
Just OK? the hell is Quincy talking about and I never liked him anyways.....
Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
QUNINCY, you ain't jealous are you? SMH. Get over yourself. PRINCE, was, is and will ALWAYS BE the best musician ever born. PERIOD.
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Those old jazz guys are pretty snobbish about anyone who doesn’t play jazz or classical.
🖤💜🖤And who doesn’t need him.🖤💜🖤
Its personal it has nothing to do with music. The great jazz musician Miles Davis was impressed by Prince and Jimi Hendrix and said so many times. Real recognize real. Q opinion about Prince stems from the "We are the world" session when Prince would not do as he was told. Piano was Prince's first instrument and his father was a jazz pianist and could play well and Q knows it. To compare Prince to Hubie Hancock as Q does in this video is rediculous. How many people on earth can play as well as Hubie Hancock.lol Its just a dumb thing to say.
Quincy J is unmistakably a master at music scoring, writing, production, conducting, you name it. He has done it all and seen it all, and in terms of talent, he has worked with absolute legendary artist' in the music and film arena. Q has covered all the basis, so his purview is not easily shrugged off or dismissed. Quincy was there as most aspects of modern music evolution occurred for seven decades. Quincy Jones has a front row seat as to the impact of music and its impact on cultures world wide. He has seen it, experienced it, contributed to it and shared in it. He is a historical figure without question. His perspective far exceeds him just being a mere hater. This opinion piece on Prince runs a bit deeper than that. Q's objection to Prince's chops might center around the reality that Mr. Nelson rose to prominence outside of the Q orbit and "gate-keeper" status. Prince never "bent the knee" (no pun intended) when it came to the industry gate keepers of that era. This video is not the first time Quincy went at Prince. So, to cut to the chase, Prince got major respect from multiple corners of the music industry and in all genre's and approaches to the art of music. Jazz legends, Orchestral Conductors, Composer's, legendary Rock stars, Country stars, R&B legends, Hip Hop stars, Instrumentalist, Musicologist, Music Executives, Music Supervisor's and Pop Cultural historians revered Mr. P's skills as a musician, writer, producer and performer. Again, Q's issue likely has more to do with Prince going out of his way to shrug off the (Q.Jones circle) of gate keepers, and P. refusing to be validated in those circles of influence. Prince was a rebel. He had to be raw when it came to pushing up through the rank and file politics of that era and he refused to play their specific game. Q. was familiar with Prince well before the "We Are the World" era, even before the "Thriller and Purple Rain" era's, as was Miles Davis, Sly Stone and others. In closing, Quincy worked with people that were nowhere close to Prince's talent yet, he was far less dismissive of those creators so his comments on Prince reek of a more deep seated perspective towards Mr. Nelson. "Just sayin."
❤️🔥Well Said !❤️🔥
Selfish of you to think everyone has time to read a HUGH comment lol So if your not Prince's brother or close friend ill pass! 🤪
@@RudeBoYlove-w3o The comments were not meant for you or people like you that have a reduced appreciation for reading and comprehension. By all means use your time to do what most low information individuals do.........(pass). BTW. not related to Prince nor a fan, more so just observing pop music history in relation to the individuals mentioned.
@@emi-kkim-e4965 Oh I love to read Emi, its just the quantity of what you wrote is time consuming! People like to read comments and move on!👌Quincy's my mentor, but by you saying your not a fan of Prince lets me know your entire comment was bias.👎
Quincy jealous.
Quincy is just jealous because Prince absolutely destroyed Michael in every way and was the consummate musician to which michael was not. Love MJ, but he was and never ever will be PRINCE. And also, I think Quincy is jealous of him personally because I think Prince is everything Q really wanted to be.
& prince will never be MJ
Nah this wasn’t about MJ. Prince and MJ respected each other and played basketball together (lenny kravitz recently told this story). When MJ passed, prince stopped rehearsals and sat at the roof with his friend and reminisced about Mike till the sunrise.
QUINCY, however, threw shade at both of them. After Mike refused to do another album with him after Bad, Quincy called him Machiavellian and said he “stole” music. And then turned around and shit talked prince because prince DIDN’T care to work with him either. Thus leaving Quincy as hater. He’d never be prince or MJ.
Lawd this man been cooky lol
Yet his son did a remix to Letitgo. He recognized his genius even if his father didn't want to admit it.
Quincy sounds like he player haten 😐😬
Quincy doesn't sound like a hater?! He is a hater. Across the board P is considered a MUSICAL GENIUS and Q SAYING, "I consider him a person who knows some chords' is laughable and is proof that Quincy's ego got the better of him and clouded his judgement.
Herbie Hancock did a tribute to Prince that tells you all you need to know
Quincy got a touch of the Green Eyed Monster! AGAIN.
The Hate is Real...Damn Quincy!
where can i see the full piano performance of prince in this video？
this triggers me
"The great Quincy Jones is Jealous of Prince because Prince is a true Genius of the Music and Prince is the Boss and Quincy knows it"
Lol Quincy might be jealous and resentful but he is a living master of classical music theory. He is a brilliant instrumentalist in Jazz, jazz says to be the most complex and difficult genre their is.
Quincy beef is more with prince never working or hooking up with him. But his statements hold weight. Prince was a musical genius. But he wasn't traditional. A innovator, prolific and trend setter.
@@BoosterGoldEarth6 I would be interested to hear some great piano playing by Quincy but I can't find any. Could you link me some pls?
Are you insane lol Quincy is responsible for creating the music for the Wiz!! That music in that film, shuts everything down that Prince has ever done! And im a huge Prince fan! More then that, im a fair person!
Albert Magnoli shot this as apart of a series on a promo reel for Prince and Paisley Park.
Wow great info!😳Do you know how we can see the rest of this?
Quincy just butt hurt P didn’t do We are the World
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Wow, I really wish that I never saw this video because I have lost ALL respect for Quincy as a musician. Prince did things that we still don’t understand. That man could take a Pop sound and mix it with an orchestral sound and mix that with jazz and just make this musical collage, if you will. And it all worked sonically together effortlessly. I mean just listen to the “Around The World In A Day” album, “Hypnoparadise” or what I consider to be his greatest effort “Lovesexy” and it disproves everything that came out of his mouth. He’s probably incredibly jealous of Prince’s mammoth talent over his own AND over his pet MJ, or he is the king of ALL hating MJ fans who believe that in order to love Michael you must cast dispersions on Prince. I don’t know why people were hell-bent on pitting MJ and Prince against one another when there was NEVER any public rivalry. That would have been a legendary rivalry that the public could only dream of so the fans created that atmosphere amongst themselves, but that was NEVER the case with Prince and MJ contrary to popular belief. I know people wanted that rivalry more than they wanted their next breath, but it’s just one of those things that never was, will be or COULD have been! I love Michael dearly, but when it comes to musicianship, originality and overall talent; Prince takes the cake every single time against ANYONE! And that’s just the way it is. He IS the best and always will be. I had so much respect for Quincy but I have come to the conclusion that he is a complete and total jealous IDIOT! I mean, he arranged some of the greatest albums of all time and even arranged for Sinatra with Count Basie’s Orchastra in the “Sinatra At The Sands” album, one of the top 10 live albums of Sinatra’s incomparable live album collection. But I just can’t after this. I’m an aspiring artist and I always thought it would be cool if I had the privilege of having a record produced and arranged by Quincy. But after hearing this, pardon my French, Quincy cain’t do SHIT for me!
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PurpleRain500 PurpleRain500 you do know that quincy attacks Jackson as well right?? Also it's funny that you claim originality when Prince was a mix of rick James and James Brown together down from the songs to the moves to the overall image. Jackson came first (in the 60s), not the other way around, Jackson paved the way for Prince (not the other way around) and please Off he wall was released in 1979. It's better and much more influential than anything Prince has ever released sonically wise.
hello You sound SO ignorant. Michael was great, but he did not “Pave the Way” for Prince. First of all, when Prince hit the scene Michael hadn’t EVEN broken away from The Jacksons yet; while you think you know everything. Let’s keep it straight. And secondly, you can’t compare “Off The Wall” to ANYTHING that Prince did. First off it wasn’t even Michael’s best album, and secondly it was a run-of-the-mill Disco album with really great songs; but it CANNOT be compared to any of the Prince works that I mentioned or any of his material for that matter. Michael was incredible, but Prince was in an entire class of his own musically and creatively. If you knew anything else about Prince besides “Purple Rain” and his “Greatest Hits” then you’d understand where I’m coming from and the limitless depths of his creativity. But judging by the asinine comment you just wrote, I know that his work is far above your head. Go listen to “Off The Wall” and leave The Artist to those intelligent enough to comprehend his work.
ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn Look he ought to get over it, Prince danced to the beat of his own drum, and Mr. Big Stuff couldn’t handle it. He had TOO much talent and never needed to bow down to Quincy for shit, and he couldn’t handle it. That’s all it was. JEALOUSY! Prince didn’t need him! He was as useless to Prince as tits on a bull! And for the record, I’m well aware of Quincy’s work.
ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn I agree. And like you said the tours that Prince did were really something, I consider his 1988 “Lovesexy” tour to be the greatest tour of all time from what I feel is the greatest album of all time. And you are so right, Prince was on MTV before Michael. And Michael did have some great records after “Bad” in ‘87 such as 1992’s “Dangerous,” 1995’s “HIStory: Past, Present and Future” and 2001’s “Invincible.” Those were all genius records, but nothing ever topped or matched Prince, period.
ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn baby you are so mad that you don't even understand my comment😭😭. This person claimed Prince was original like he was something completely new and mj was not. When mj was in fact a pioneer, the first black boy band baby. Every boy band you see right now is following the Jackson 5 footsteps spearheaded by Jackson. You make no sense😭😭😭
He still the Greatest of all time my Favorite
Q played himself calling Prince an "OK" piano player
Hey Q, Prince will always outshine you, even in death!! Now you want to do a movie about him? I won't watch it!
I'm certainly no "expert", but I've appreciate piano playing for over 60 years. Prince is excellent, easily. His playing has so much emotion; hear his final concerts from 2016, or hear his Sunset Sound Piano Jam from 1984. His playing is both enjoyable and moving. Quincy Jones has done some great music too, his Walking in Space album is breathtaking, his expansion of Michael Jackson's talents also goes without saying. He does know his stuff, but Prince might be something beyond his orbit .
In alphabetical order: Johan Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich Chopin, Miles Davis, Hebbie Hancock, Prince, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, all are in the same category - Genius! Prince has excellent form, technique, touch and tonality on piano!! 💜💜💜
I'd put George Gershwin and Duke Ellington on that list before Miles and Herbie.
Please. I really don’t think prince is in the same category as these classical masters. His playing is not solid at all. If you listen carefully, he’s not listening carefully and singing every note and his finger tip technique and wrist technique is not there to produce that kind of tone and sensitivity of colors and counterpoint. And the intensity between notes are lacking. But I still love him to death. I’m saying this as a pianist at New England conservatory. Just listen to pianists like Horowitz, Rubinstein, Herbie Hancock and you will know what I’m talking about.
Prince is a very good piano player by any normal standards. He is not remotely near any of those people on the piano. Even the weakest players on that list are many, many times better than Prince. The only players on that list that were arguably not technical monsters are Miles Davis - a trumpet player - and he is not revered for being a technical monster like the likes of Charlie Parker - he is revered for his unchallenged lyrically beautiful playing and as an innovator and band leader. Mikes Davis is one of the most respected musicians of the 20th Century for that reason. Herbie Hancock is also arguably not an ATG virtuoso but he is almost certainly significantly better on the piano than Prince is on the guitar, nevermind the piano. That list contains some of the greatest virtuoso players that have ever lived. As much as I love Prince, he is not one of the greatest virtuoso players that has ever lived on any instrument, let alone one of the great pianists. The gap between the world of Pop and the world of Jazz and then the world of Classical is absolutely astronomical. Players like Beethoven, and, especially in his day, Bach, were world famous at a time when the gene pool for musicians was enormous. If you had money you played from a young age. Comparing Pop musicians and those worlds is impossible- they are entirely different, but in terms of technical ability, the skill levels are night and day.
@@Guankabun Have you ever heard Prince's father play?
Damn he a king of hatin
Wow , Quincy was hating.
I thought the story was that Prince had this piano footage interspread with Q comments on purpose to say "Shove It Old Man"
Quincy was salty cuz prince thought that we are the world bullshit was lame
Just found this, so, I remember the Q interview dating as far back as 1988, but not this critique, or really, badmouthing of Prince's piano playing, this is additional unseen footage. Very interesting. Q obviously had it in for Prince since the We Are The World lack of participation by Prince. Later you see Prince on stage NOT singing along with We Are The World in 1995 American Music Awards which may show up on the right video suggestions. This is rather messed up that Q said this about Prince when clearly Prince's playing is marvelous, I'm pointing out the obvious I know! Thank you for sharing this and the other amazing Prince footage. I can only imagine what the 1991 film with Troy Bayer has in terms of cutting room floor material, would be wonderful to see in a super deluxe Diamonds & Pearls album and or 'Love Symbol' 1992 super deluxe!
I think Quincy Jones was in love with Prince because he was always talking about him
Same with Michael Jackson and Stevie wonder
@@gggfightklub8449 Same with Tupac
What Quincy was trying to say is that Prince was a great mimic that learned how to play licks he heard others do, but he wasn't a piano player in the sense that you could hire him for an orchestra, put sheet music in front him, and have him play composed piano music.
That all he saying. Prince greatness is that he learn and plays in his own unique way. But that doesn't qualify him as skill as the specialist like Monk. .
@@BoosterGoldEarth6 Id rather have skills with MANY instruments vs just one! And Prince plays them all flawlessly.
Quincy will never be as legend as Prince and Michael.....not even can compare to them.....
wow, can I stop laughing old man?!
Dishonesty, anger, fear, jealousy and Quincy Jones will fall! Get it straight Quincy ! Love can save us all! You need some!
I'm impressed. But who am I ? He sounds like he can play to me. Lets see you on a piano Quincy Jones. Better yet pick up that trumpet you were always holding and blow.
Yeah prince have for me The capacity to create history with his instruments. For me prince was one of best pianist in this earth because he choose always good notes beetween connections. Like Thelonious monk, create a piece of theatre with few notes or few materials. Thats the way what i like.
Wtf is this man talking about sounds like he is hating or is because he is all buddy buddy with Manuela n Eric never liked any of them gold diggers ugh gets me so mad
what makes is prince amazing he always kept learning . he didnt have to be the best but he could interpret anything from any instrument and make music we all loved.
That why we love him
Micheal Jackson needed Jones; Prince did not - that is the basis for this shade
Quincy broke some taboos, why would you trash another musician publicly?
Quincy was always a hater of Prince.
Poor Quincy. He just didn't have the bandwidth to process Prince.
This is JUST Quincy hating because Prince didn't bow down . You know this because Quincy LOVES Stevie Wonder , while Stevie loved Prince. Stevie knew Prince was a one off like he was. These were 2 natural geniuses. As much as I respect & love Quincy, he's always about collaborating WITH geniuses to help him shine brighter. When Prince wouldn't do this, he starts talking smack .
Hater.
Wow Quincy Jones dissed Prince as a piano player. It seems Quincy Jones had a grudge against Prince for turning down the USA for Africa "We Are The World" duet and Michael Jackson "Bad" duet.
Michael Jackson spent hundreds of millions of dollars marketing his image. He and Quincy made a ton of money from that. Quincy also wants integrity. I guess he shouldn't have sold out then.
ROFL, this is what Quincy had to say about the Beatles. “They were the worst musicians in the world,” he said on The Beatles in 2018 to the New Yorker. “They were no-playing motherfuckers. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it”.
So Quincy started talking like this even back then? I mean I agree that Prince was not the goat piano player, but Quincy made it sound as if Prince shouldn't get props at all!!!
Well yall know this goes back to the WATW session when Prince didn't want to be in the session. I mean they asked him to be there and he politey declined, they wanted him to stand next to Michael Jackson and he said no. Quincy had no love for Prince because Prince didn't need Quincy, or Lionel, or Michael and THEY all knew that. Now, here, Quincy pissing on Prince??? GTFOHWTBS!!! Quincy should've took the lollipop 😂😂
All this because Michael Jackson, Q's favorite, wasn't as musically gifted as Prince? Do I detect some jealousy there? Hell, Prince was more talented than Q too!
J Shaffer eh he is trashing MJ as well?
J Shaffer ever since the late 80s, quincy has always trashed Jackson. There is no jealousy. If Quincy did not like Prince, it's because he didn't. It has nothing to do with Jackson. It's funny tho cause y'all keep bringing him up in every comment🙄
hello yes it has nothing to do with MJ. Quincy has always been a bitter man
@@linasmith9834 Yeah,he did.
I loss more and more respect for Quincy Jones everything he opens his mouth,quite sad actually.
sounds like Salieri describing Mozart. I smell jealousy
Quincy Jones was REJECTED by Prince so many times in history , the first one when the warner tried to forced him to accept quincy as a the producer of his first album with only 18 years old 😂😂... Prince ignored him. Quincy is just another frustated in front Prince's talent. Envy is poison, man.
I wasn't paying queery jones any attention he doesn't know nothing about Prince and never will ..i was only checking out that amazing footage of Prince on the piano .. Prince will always be the greatest musician ever lived ....period
Q is dismissive of nearly every major artist who, "entirely by coincidence", didn't need him. World-class hater.
The end result balances itself out. In the end P's artistic contribution cemented his space as worthy of consideration. The body of work outpaces all of Q's argument or disdain towards "P". The imprint of Prince is not up for debate especially considering that his massive success occurred in the very apex of both MJ & Q's biggest career achievements. "Thriller" was bigger than everything in recorded history at that time or now and that was Quincy, the amazing team of musicians, sound recording engineers and of course Michael J. Nothing in terms of success has truly compared to Thriller since then. Considering the magnitude of that project, "Prince" in the very middle of the "Thriller" period delivered a huge success of his own and absolutely change the conversation on the music world stage. He did it without the "Q" blueprint, involvement or approval. The rebuttals aimed at P's talent, suggest that there is something else going on, perhaps a personal dislike maybe. With that said, Prince as a pianist alone is a moot point and comparing him to any of modern jazz greats is nothing more than a cheap shot.
That says more about Quincy than it says about Prince. SMH Quincy's just jealous that Prince had all that talent AND good looks. Quincy always needs a front man because he can't command a stage. **Shrug.** Take that, Mr. Jones.
I agree that Prince may not have been a Herbie Hancock but.............based on this clip, I don't see why he would be someone known as playing "parts" of the piano. It looks to me as if he was a talented piano player amongst playing additional instruments very well. Clearly Quincy is a genius and I'm no music mind. What Quincy may have heard and what I hear are totally 2 different things......Just giving him the benefit of the doubt. However, Prince was a musical genius....and while I can respect his musical critique of Prince, I don't agree.
That was one of the funniest juxtapositions I've ever seen. Dying laughing over here!
Quincy, You produced a Cartoon character so being shook by Prince the best acclaimed artist of the last 50 years and you got the dude who problems out weighted his talents. Prince is a musicians musician, and you knew that, that's why your bitter about The Prince! Hell you talked about Elvis Presley like he had no talent?????? You were a very jealous person and Now this will be part of your legacy...... WOW
Hater !!!
Quincy is a hater. How dare you talk about prince that way especially when Michael couldn't do half of what Prince did. Prince didn't need a producer or engineer he was more than Quincy and Michael all in one.
Quincy Jones, who is that
Haters are always gonna hate. Prince was the most gifted musician of the 20th century.
When you see your competition in the room, you don't acknowledge their greatness - be we all see the fear in your eyes Quincy.
Sounds like some sub par hating diss, maybe because he don't wanna work with michael smh
Smh no Quincy...
Wow, haters gonna hate! Q was obviously jealous for whatever reason.
Man, I respect Quincy but honestly i give a f bout his mid ass opinons. At the end of the day everything that he did was made thru other artist that could play what he just wrote
lmao mans been haitin for decades. check out what he said about the beatles and MJ lmao
That's y Prince didn't mess wit him and mike..lol now I c
Quincy sounded mighty bitter...
Quincy Jones sounded like a salty hater. 😂
In the world of GREAT piano players Quincy is right. Prince was a good player but would probably not have ever been noticed much on the strength of his piano playing alone. Art Tatum and people like that is what I think Quincy is referring to. Prince was nowhere in the same league as Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell or scores of other great players past and present. Prince was a great musician nonetheless.