I first saw Prince in 2011, by that time he was already 52 and had nothing to prove. But his performance was mind blowing. He performed his ass off! Like he had something to prove. 3 hours straight of greatness. A magical show I will never forget.
The great thing about Prince is you'll never see or hear the same thing. The gifted ability to change it up and making older songs sound fresh again. For example: he's performed Purple Rain hundreds of times in a hundred different ways. He said he got tired of the amount of time that stage production was taking. He wanted it to be more focused on the music playing rather than some big show production. To encourage the up and coming musicians to learn Musicology
Prince was certainly a uniquely talented artist. And one can only imagine how much more he would have contributed. Just amazing! Thanks for the reaction Jammin!
You are correct! Jay was retiring (he later came back and then retired again) and it was a big deal. Jay and Prince established a friendship and mutual respect over the years and Prince went back to write him a very large, sweet and personal goodbye message. I don't know if the video includes it, it got stopped, but Prince runs back as Jay approaches the stage to finish writing and ripping the paper off the easel to hand to him. Jay is touched. It's a great vibe all around. I too saw it live and was very stoked.
THANK GOD FOR BLESSING US WITH PRINCE ROGERS NELSON I'M EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT SO THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS MY 8TRACK PLAYER OF "FOR YOU" RECORDING AT 12YRS OLD. LONG BEFORE THE STORM OF FAIR WEATHER FANS. I EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HIM LIVE SEVERAL TIMES MY 1ST WAS CONTROVERSY TOUR. @7:15 2ND TIME HE JUMPED OFF A "RISERS" kinda explaines the thing you were apparently talking about. SPRAINING his ankle during the 1999 tour. That was kinda oddly enough a blessing for me being I wore my 1999 CONCERT TOUR *(T Shirt) to school PRINCE had postponed his 2nd SHOW until a later date. A guy at my school had asked me if I would be interested in purchasing his tickets 🎟 because of the postponement. I was quick to say (YES) lol "👁 NO" my Joke for YES regarding the song "👁 NO" from PRINCE "LoveSexy" album another tour I attended LOVESEXY 88. Even though I went to two 1999 tour shows the song arrangements along with different songs added with the second show. PRINCE never cease to amaze me. Pure GENIUS REFLECTED by his work ethic. TRULY A ARTIST 🎨 🖌 EXAMPLFIED not nowadays as a fashion statement in a CULTure of Clout seekers for STYLE points when it comes to being fashionably IDENTIFIABLE as an "ARTIST" in HIP-HOP hypocrisy or a DIVA QUEEN etc of an EXALTED EXISTENCE or POSITIVE/GREAT Influencintal presences. RIP "PRINCE 💗 ✝️" and RESPECT for PRINCE ROGERS NELSON God given gift to the world 🌎 🙏🏽
I do agree with you. I loved his singing and the lyrics as he got older. I'll take the older Prince anyday over the 80's Prince. Don't get me wrong but I absolutely love the more mature Prince.
Somewhere Here On Earth ❤ 💜❤ omg I seen the video first on BET and I fell in love with this song . I like the jazzy set up on Jay Leno my kinda vibe. The girl they kept showing sitting behind him with the rose in her hair and orange dress was his girlfriend Bria Valente. Great reaction JJ 🙂
You cut off the ending, where he pulls off the drawing he did and gives it to Jay Leno. Those two were great friends, he was a regular guest on the show.
The sign said, "Leno is the best, even Paul Shaffer knows." I added a photo link, 1.bp.blogspot.com/_3Cq89gbL9SE/Sh-fXCBrp0I/AAAAAAAALMA/AMBc8Z8U1yQ/s400/princejayleno4.jpg
💯% FACTUAL statements regarding David Letterman ADOLESCENT childlike simplistic BUFFOONERY CONsidered to being LATE NIGHT LIVE adult comedy. 🎹PAUL SHAFFER late night🌛 band director also FAN of PRINCE like so many others... worked with David " EXALTED existence financial EMPOWERMENT an ARROGANCE" Letterman. David Letterman tried using PRINCE as the butt of his ignorant adolescent jokes. Making PRINCE look like some sort of belittled character because of his symbol unpronoucable name change during PRINCE dispute with *(Warner Brothers owned PRINCE name) *(SLAVE) so he couldn't use his own name for work or business purposes....later being called the ARTIST by the news media who needed a way to address PRINCE. Somewhat during that same particular time period DAVID LETTERMAN was vying for the JOB BIG MONEY JOB *(#1 NBC). PRINCE didn't care for the antic of BUFFOONERY David Letterman used to create a narrative of unfunny humor. I knew that PRINCE was uncomfortable with all David Letterman antic's an it surely would be his last appearance on that late show. PRINCE appeared several times before all the stupidity. DAVID LETTERMAN needless to say never got the JOB at NBC and JAY LENO stayed with NBC. PRINCE supported ARSENIO HALL for several years after ARSENIO left his late night show. PRINCE went to JAY LENO on NBC staying #1 for years to come.
I first saw Prince in 2011, by that time he was already 52 and had nothing to prove. But his performance was mind blowing. He performed his ass off! Like he had something to prove. 3 hours straight of greatness. A magical show I will never forget.
The arrangement and those VOCALS. just incredible. Great reaction choice
The great thing about Prince is you'll never see or hear the same thing. The gifted ability to change it up and making older songs sound fresh again. For example: he's performed Purple Rain hundreds of times in a hundred different ways.
He said he got tired of the amount of time that stage production was taking. He wanted it to be more focused on the music playing rather than some big show production. To encourage the up and coming musicians to learn Musicology
I can’t eeeeeeven take seeing this again!!!!❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️💜❣️
Prince was certainly a uniquely talented artist. And one can only imagine how much more he would have contributed. Just amazing! Thanks for the reaction Jammin!
Never heard of this beautiful Song..i have no words..i love this kind of Prince!!..great reaction..R.I.P..🙏🙏💓
It was the audience participation for me 🔥💥🌋🚀🧨. This is so FANTASTIC......... 👍🏿👌🏿👏🏿
Great reaction, I remember watching it when it aired. He was writing Jay a note of some sort I believe this was Jay’s last week hosting
You are correct! Jay was retiring (he later came back and then retired again) and it was a big deal. Jay and Prince established a friendship and mutual respect over the years and Prince went back to write him a very large, sweet and personal goodbye message. I don't know if the video includes it, it got stopped, but Prince runs back as Jay approaches the stage to finish writing and ripping the paper off the easel to hand to him. Jay is touched. It's a great vibe all around. I too saw it live and was very stoked.
Why wasn’t I invited?!😩Prince could do NO WRONG!! RIP PRINCE…listen to that magical voice💖👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽u are truly missed!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
THANK GOD FOR BLESSING US WITH PRINCE ROGERS NELSON I'M EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT SO THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS MY 8TRACK PLAYER OF "FOR YOU" RECORDING AT 12YRS OLD. LONG BEFORE THE STORM OF FAIR WEATHER FANS. I EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HIM LIVE SEVERAL TIMES MY 1ST WAS CONTROVERSY TOUR. @7:15 2ND TIME HE JUMPED OFF A "RISERS" kinda explaines the thing you were apparently talking about. SPRAINING his ankle during the 1999 tour. That was kinda oddly enough a blessing for me being I wore my 1999 CONCERT TOUR *(T Shirt) to school PRINCE had postponed his 2nd SHOW until a later date. A guy at my school had asked me if I would be interested in purchasing his tickets 🎟 because of the postponement. I was quick to say (YES) lol "👁 NO" my Joke for YES regarding the song
"👁 NO" from PRINCE "LoveSexy" album another tour I attended LOVESEXY 88. Even though I went to two 1999 tour shows the song arrangements along with different songs added with the second show. PRINCE never cease to amaze me. Pure GENIUS REFLECTED by his work ethic. TRULY A ARTIST 🎨 🖌 EXAMPLFIED not nowadays as a fashion statement in a CULTure of Clout seekers for STYLE points when it comes to being fashionably IDENTIFIABLE as an "ARTIST" in HIP-HOP hypocrisy or a DIVA QUEEN etc of an EXALTED EXISTENCE or POSITIVE/GREAT Influencintal presences. RIP "PRINCE 💗 ✝️" and RESPECT for PRINCE ROGERS NELSON God given gift to the world 🌎 🙏🏽
I have to agree with you "Just Jammin" his performances matured with time......Prince can change a song and make it into a whole different sound.
Agree w/ you. He matured with his music. I was looking forward to ”grow old with him”. Prince 80 yro on stage playing jazz and blues. 👴🏽👍🏽✨💜✨😎
I was so happy to grow with him too and was always expecting his next move. Thank you dear Prince for this life giving the best of you.
This is a great live reaction 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Just ran across this again. This was Jay Leno's last night. They were great friends so he wrote him a note
I loved this song when it came out. Great singer
Now that’s how it’s done 🙏🏽
Great reaction, thank you for doing this one!! He was just amazing. He can still just take my breath away!
I REMEMBER WA THIS WHEN IT'S FIRST CAME ON.
I do agree with you. I loved his singing and the lyrics as he got older. I'll take the older Prince anyday over the 80's Prince. Don't get me wrong but I absolutely love the more mature Prince.
Never knew about this Jay Leno appearance. Glad to experience this for the first time via your reaction channel. Right on!
Somewhere Here On Earth ❤ 💜❤ omg I seen the video first on BET and I fell in love with this song . I like the jazzy set up on Jay Leno my kinda vibe. The girl they kept showing sitting behind him with the rose in her hair and orange dress was his girlfriend Bria Valente. Great reaction JJ 🙂
Super great performance! Great reaction!💜☮️
Early Prince is great; when he was punky funky.
Ballad of Dorothy from Leno, where he plays organ.
He wrote something to Jay Leno. I can't remember what he wrote but it was nice.
So intense, so smooth, so beautiful 💜
You cut off the ending, where he pulls off the drawing he did and gives it to Jay Leno. Those two were great friends, he was a regular guest on the show.
I didn't cut anything, whoever uploaded it did. But yeah I saw what he wrote afterwards.
Prince was just "too bad" for words....
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hey daar ben je weer !
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IF I WAS HIM I WOULDN'T LET THEM ALL THAT MAKE UP ON ME.
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The sign said, "Leno is the best, even Paul Shaffer knows." I added a photo link, 1.bp.blogspot.com/_3Cq89gbL9SE/Sh-fXCBrp0I/AAAAAAAALMA/AMBc8Z8U1yQ/s400/princejayleno4.jpg
💯% FACTUAL statements regarding David Letterman ADOLESCENT childlike simplistic BUFFOONERY CONsidered to being LATE NIGHT LIVE adult comedy. 🎹PAUL SHAFFER late night🌛 band director also FAN of PRINCE like so many others... worked with David " EXALTED existence financial EMPOWERMENT an ARROGANCE" Letterman. David Letterman tried using PRINCE as the butt of his ignorant adolescent jokes. Making PRINCE look like some sort of belittled character because of his symbol unpronoucable name change during PRINCE dispute with *(Warner Brothers owned PRINCE name) *(SLAVE) so he couldn't use his own name for work or business purposes....later being called the ARTIST by the news media who needed a way to address PRINCE. Somewhat during that same particular time period DAVID LETTERMAN was vying for the JOB BIG MONEY JOB *(#1 NBC). PRINCE didn't care for the antic of BUFFOONERY David Letterman used to create a narrative of unfunny humor. I knew that PRINCE was uncomfortable with all David Letterman antic's an it surely would be his last appearance on that late show. PRINCE appeared several times before all the stupidity. DAVID LETTERMAN needless to say never got the JOB at NBC and JAY LENO stayed with NBC. PRINCE supported ARSENIO HALL for several years after ARSENIO left his late night show. PRINCE went to JAY LENO on NBC staying #1 for years to come.