Going to Catholic school in the early eighties and being a Prince fan got me in so much trouble! I wore my Prince fandom like a badge of honor! No one will ever be as cool, controversial and sexy as Prince! Total genius! He showed all the hypocrisy in society! This man was truly brilliant!
Thank you, your story is very close to mine so you totally understand the conflict internal and external we were going through. Good for you being strong enough to do that 💜
Oh my goodness!! I can relate. It was so strange a feeling being a Prince fan in my heart as a kid in the early 80s, I couldn't be really open about it because of how Prince was.... Strange thing how on the one hand Prince taught me everything I needed to know about sex and sexuality, but yet I lived in a repressed environment of Catholic home and school. It got better when Prince became a household word when *Purple Rain* was released... But even still, those were some repressed times....i just wish I learned to be more open and speak up and not be so shy and timid all the time. Being that way really did go against me in life. I always applaud people who speak up even when everybody and everything else tells 'em to sit down.
3:10 “Don’t let your children watch television until they know how to read, or else all they’ll know how to do is cuss, fight, and breed!” One of the top 5 realest shit ever said by Prince.
Boring?! BORING?! You fucking kidding me. A decade that threw out Kim Wilde, Duran Duran, Bangles, ABBA's brilliant farewell, OMD, China Crisis, Toyah, Jennifer Rush, Kirsty MacColl, Propaganda, 'Til Tuesday, Voice Of The Beehive, The Bluebells, Talk Talk, Five Star, Shakespears Sister, Blancmange, A Flock Of Seagulls, Breathe, Comsat Angles, Go-Betweens, Real Life, Animotion,The Smiths, Crowded House, Sandra, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Alphaville, Sandra, A-ha, Berlin, I could go on. You're nuts. Boring like fuck! Princeius only added to that brilliance, he didn't own it.
Or the time for you to get a life and go to school you stupid little blimp. I know you were born from a test tube and your parents substituted for stray dogs that pitied you, but the sooner you learn that most people don't communicate in capital letters the better of we'll all be. You cissy!
Kyach Distent I AM SORRY FOR MY EDUCATION, FORGOT YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE UPPER CLASS FUCK BOY. BITCH PLEASE, JUST SOME TRASY ASS BITCH WANNA BE IMPORTANT,
lauren 100% agree, sometimes Princes tremendous talent was overshadowed by his bigger ego. Its a shame it took his death to really appreciate his genius on UA-cam.
W Lee His videos weren't on UA-cam because he didn't want them there. No one could get Prince's music for free. He was extremely intelligent. As much as I love that I can watch these videos Now, I know he wouldn't have wanted these videos on here.
This is the one song that turned me into a life time Prince. I stayed up late in 1981, watching this video. His early stuff was wayyyyyyyy better than after purple rain. Y'all just don't know. Man, I went to high school deep in the hood. It spoke volumes to be blasting Prince's music on your boombox, drawing attention to yourself. I didn't give a fug!
@@standaman1963 Agreed. As time has gone by, "Purple Rain" has become one of my least fave Prince albums. His first albums, "Prince" through "1999" are great. "Purple Rain" was devised for mass appeal. The following two albums had only 3 decent tunes between them. "Sign of the Times": fantastic. "Batman": a novelty. "100 Balloons" best track. Some scattered decent tunes until "Musicology.". His final efforts somewhat lackluster, but better than most 👍
I said that back in 1986 watching the video for the first time on TBS's "Night Flight" since MTV wouldn't play it. Defiantly caught the social commentaries, and one of my favorite Prince songs along with "Controversy". The basslines were out of this world,!
Man! This is one of my all-time favorite videos and songs by Prince. He was so raw, funky, and nasty back in the controversy era. This is the underground artist during a time when he was breaking all the rules as a black performer. I had never seen anyone like this before or after this awesome video. New wave, rock n' roll, and funk are all here! This man was so full of life and drive.
@Dunbar F I agree with you, however, I have duality with your comment. Yes, PRINCE was heavily influenced by the great Little Richard which was one of the originators of rock n' roll, a brilliant showman, as well as a performer that broke the rules in terms of sexuality. However, Richard was gay, and PRINCE made it very clear that he was all about loving the females in a very romantic, yet lustful way. I didn't dig PRINCE'S outfits back in those days, but that cat was so damn funky and driven that it was hard to deny him! He came at the funk with the same masculine in your face type of force as James Brown and Jimi Hendrix! So he made it possible to get away with all of that shit!!!
And I really get tired of all the Michael Jackson fans that try to put him in the same orbit as Prince. Prince was so much more than just a pop singer and “dancer.” During this era Prince was a New Wave Soul singer, he changed into more of a Rock guy next. Then he morphed into a blend of Pop/Rock. You never got the same thing from him and that was something that we had never seen before, and still haven’t seen.
Thank you to the Prince family and Estate for unleashing these classics on UA-cam! Now a new generation can finally understand what we already knew; Prince was the GREATEST!
Sure did. I loved Prince back then. It was decades before you could have such lyrics in music without offending everybody. Dirty Mind album was so rebellious for its time, I loved it
No child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere! Such social commentary in this tune that is ever relevant this very moment. Peace2Prince!
YAAAAAAAS! He was so ahead of his time. Created a totally new genre of music, too. You can really see the punk/new wave influence here. Really liked that he pushed all the boundaries in his earlier music.
So confident and fearless both as a performer and lyricist right out of the gate. These official videos will inspire musicians for generations to come.
Prince was a musical genius which didn't always translate to block buster record sales but he was one of a kind from a musician and creative standpoint!
Yes and loads of other great underrated artists are never allowed to have what they deserve, while all the shit like Madonna, Bon Jovi, Wet Wet Wet, and all the crap 90s to now stuff get the "sales" like the fakes they are.
So should many people of the 80s who are also underrated geniuses and now pushed off into corners with all the youth crap and overrated old lags up front!
Prince at 22 years old. Already on his 3rd album where he has written and played all the instruments on all 3. He set a standard that will never be matched.
yes,,, yes,,, its was,, i was barely 13 when i heard him and i was in love,, totally shocked and he was how i learned about SEX,,, and have been in love since,, i love and miss my Purple love,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP PRN
@KOMET MARTIN Really? The last time I remember seeing/hearing it broadcast (in the 80's) was on Night Flight back in 86'. That music video show loved them some Prince!
When you think about it, it's not fair to ask, what's your favorite Prince song, when no one, I mean no one can name only one. This man biblical. He was a pure genius. He sung about events back in the 80's, that a lot of us are just starting to realize. I miss him so much. There will never be another Prince.
This man made many songs in the 80's that wasn't even considered as hits Prince made nothing but good music hit after hit double Platinum after Double Platinum he made songs to make you think about a relationship relationship genius.
This Video was actually being recorded in the W.B. Record Studio 🎙 in Hi Quality when Prince's Controversy Album was being made. Great Performance !!!.
PRINCE- innovator, musical genius , lyrics phenominal, this punk -funk fusion was one of the 1st songs i ever bumped in my 67 mustang coupe back in 81.i miss that era.
If you listen to Prince in 1981 such as his 'controversy' album and even 'The Time' I feel this wass him at his most authentic self. You can hear his 'mature' sound from 1999 onwards but also he had that cynical and street edge he had from before. *Controversially* I think this was his best year in music creatively and this song epitomizes it best. The rhythm guitar, the funky bassline, the slapping drum beat and the rough yet tasteful synth textures. A product of a genius which is a hurricane moving at a *100 mph* that moved on as quickly as it arrived. If he just held off one more year, released 1999 in 1983 and did an 'inbetween' album as an incremental improvement on this style we'd be talking about a hallmark album which was the perfect blend of funk/new wave/post punk/indie. Ultimately Prince had a little to give for everyone and that was his best quality. RIP to arguably the GOAT.
Ashley White Prince music back then was considered to ex rated for the youth of my generation back the. You had to be 17 yrs old if you wanted to see him in concert & when the movie purple rain came you has to be 17.
My God he was light 🕯️ years ahead of the 80s . The music 🎵 mind of Prince was unmatched. Nobody dare to make a song like this then. Listen to the message to parents and politicians." Don't let your children watch TV they can read" no child is bad. Those only try emulate their atmosphere my God the brilliance of this man 🙌
You have never had any one that had so much energy and funk thur his body. And it just had to come out! He just knew how to grab attention of the people. And we could not help but see energy and love he was giving. And the way he would Holla at the beginning of this song. No one can do that only Prince. His royal highness is on the throne.
Powerful message and performance. The truth and boldness in his statements and their delivery. This track epitomizes Prince, especially during his rise. Unstoppable.
Lived in Minnesota my whole life I was a teen when prince was up and coming in junior high we had all his music and high school purple rain hit best times ever !!!!!! So fortunate to grow up with prince 💜
Been with his Royal Badness since 1978 when I was a junior in high school!! I can STILL my mama saying cut that shit down!!! Miss him much!!!💯🔥🔥🔥🎸🥁💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My brother taught our pet parrot to do the Prince screams you hear to open this song. Everytime I hear this song I think about both Prince and the parrot, which too is sadly gone. But it still brings a smile to my face. Song still kicks, too.
at the 2:30 Mark he killed it with that split. this to the sound of his music don't nothing nobody sound like Prince. " I'm okay as long as you were here with me and sexuality is all we ever need"
The first time that I saw Prince was in this video of "Sexuality" and when I heard that scream of guitar after "Mama, are you listening?" I remember to have said "hey, what Hendrix's got to do with a dance song?", it was genius and soon he became my absolute idol. 💜
So ahead of his time...rock it Prince and the band. Pocket camera haaaa - cell phones now. He's always been so deep and in tune to Life and got his message across loud and clear with no fear!
Pammy - Prince was a White boy with Black blood in him. Lol How do I know because I looked like him or so I've been told for most of my adult life. In the 80s when I was young that's all people would say, one time I dated a Black chick who said I looked like a White guy trying to be Black. Lol Another said I looked like the guy in the movie Soul Man. Smh-Lol It would irritate the hell out of me that people could be so idiotic and racist, but what the hell are you gonna do. I can't beat them up or go around beating them up because then..... But I realized that as I became older that people like myself and Prince are mixed with a lot of White blood in us which is why we look the way that we look. So, to me, Prince with his music could have easily gone the Rock route if he had wanted to because this song here demonstrates that ability, but he wanted to prove his Blackness as I did early on in our lives. So, he played more R&B type of music, but I wish he had played much more Rock music. Sorry, didn't mean to write all of this.
@@tubucoco I look VERY SO CALLED black & I LOVE da side of Prince, dat iz Rock & Roll. Itz 2 bad we haveta b obssessed wit color. Itz a double whammy, dat typez of muzak, have color/ethnicity, attached. If I am nspired by sum Reggaeton, I should b able 2 use it, & a countryboy, mite like how I used it, without having 2 b lambasted 4 likin sum of dat R&B trash. Perhapz, DUH peephole, who r runnin DUH scamz, don't want us comin 2gether, bcause then it'll b 99% against 1%. Gotta dvide, then we CONquer. I'ma b free wit my muzak! I don't care if a green gurl iz sangin. If da beeyatch got soul, I'm up n here, like EF Hutton! Ya heard?!?
@@tubucoco I really enjoyed 3rdEyeGirl, I think that he was his most authentic. He was full on Rocking it with the women in the band at some point I mean jamming hard! Not funk, rock. I wish I'd not passed up on tix to see that show here to this day. A friend said the guitars were non stop so tells me he was rocking/rolling. Good analogy, he was many different people....😉✌💜and many sides to the Purple One.
The beginning of this song 0:06 to 0:26 was a very unique opening to a song back then and unlike anything we heard back in them days. And till this day no one has been able to copy. He was 23 yrs old in this video...he wouldn't survive in today's music industry wearing that outfit and signing about "sexuality is all I ever need." Still miss u Prince, ur absence from Planet Earth hurts me really bad. Love is God, God is love.
I LOVE COMING BACK TO THE OLD JAMS!! PRINCE YOU WERE/ARE THE MOST ORIGINAL, IDGAF ARTIST, THAT NO ONE WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO ALL OF THE TALENT YOU HAD STORED IN YOUR GORGEOUS HEAD!!!! #OBSESSED #PRINCE
My GO2 in my freshman in College down in Columbia, MO. in 81/82 where everyone in my Dorm hated the guy at the time. I showed them years later once 1999/Purple Rain came out. This was the man and now you KNOW!!
Prince really put his all into this!! & Just look at those moves, & just listen to that voice!! No one could ever compare!! &, Of course, Prince was so gorgeous & sexy!! The words in the song made some good points!! I love this song!! Prince, from the start of the song, gets you really excited & into it!! Thank-you, Prince, for having given us so much, & for being the forever one & only true Master!! We'll always remember you, miss you, love you, & charish you!! May you always shine in heaven like you shined on this earth!!
My favorite all time PRINCE
No one was ready for this man, A ball of energy and talent🎙️🔊🎶🎸
@PBAL7 Prince Sexuality is one of my favorite song
1:24
@@brandonmoore7497 the first song/video that got me hooked, I have not looked back since, one of the best to ever do it
He spoke the truth even though it was nasty
It's crazy how much I love this man....
Missy Reed ikr he's with me all the time!
me too mztweety1374
Missy Reed me too and im not gay
Missy Reed it's not crazy it's the truth. The feeling is mutual
Missy reed... Me too..Iam musician...prince's my great master of music
This is the era where his music is Raw, unapologetic, and Revolutionary. Love it
YESSSSSS
❤❤❤❤@@jayskywalker5049
its so weak now
Prince was his own genre. Bold music! Brave music!
He literally was punk funk.
@@adonaiyah2196 That changed over his evolution. Sign O the Times.
This is what it sounds like
Always changing and always brilliant
@@adonaiyah2196 or new wave funk.
Going to Catholic school in the early eighties and being a Prince fan got me in so much trouble! I wore my Prince fandom like a badge of honor! No one will ever be as cool, controversial and sexy as Prince! Total genius! He showed all the hypocrisy in society! This man was truly brilliant!
I know what you must of went threw,so he had to be kept secret to those hipocrites claiming they didn"t like him,but first in line for his concerts...
😂
Thank you, your story is very close to mine so you totally understand the conflict internal and external we were going through. Good for you being strong enough to do that 💜
YYYYYAAAAAAASSSSSS
Oh my goodness!! I can relate. It was so strange a feeling being a Prince fan in my heart as a kid in the early 80s, I couldn't be really open about it because of how Prince was.... Strange thing how on the one hand Prince taught me everything I needed to know about sex and sexuality, but yet I lived in a repressed environment of Catholic home and school. It got better when Prince became a household word when *Purple Rain* was released... But even still, those were some repressed times....i just wish I learned to be more open and speak up and not be so shy and timid all the time. Being that way really did go against me in life. I always applaud people who speak up even when everybody and everything else tells 'em to sit down.
He was so far ahead of everyone else - a pure genius!
3:10 “Don’t let your children watch television until they know how to read, or else all they’ll know how to do is cuss, fight, and breed!” One of the top 5 realest shit ever said by Prince.
Always thought that was genius
Very true statement!!!
Yep
That I still quote to my kids along with "no child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere." It seems to work.
He said the truth
Can't belive these are finally on youtube. The 80s would have been boring without Prince.. Such a cool combination of new wave and funk
Boring?! BORING?! You fucking kidding me. A decade that threw out Kim Wilde, Duran Duran, Bangles, ABBA's brilliant farewell, OMD, China Crisis, Toyah, Jennifer Rush, Kirsty MacColl, Propaganda, 'Til Tuesday, Voice Of The Beehive, The Bluebells, Talk Talk, Five Star, Shakespears Sister, Blancmange, A Flock Of Seagulls, Breathe, Comsat Angles, Go-Betweens, Real Life, Animotion,The Smiths, Crowded House, Sandra, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Alphaville, Sandra, A-ha, Berlin, I could go on. You're nuts. Boring like fuck! Princeius only added to that brilliance, he didn't own it.
Kyach Distent I THINK YOU NEED TO CALM THE FUCK DOWN BITCH
Or the time for you to get a life and go to school you stupid little blimp. I know you were born from a test tube and your parents substituted for stray dogs that pitied you, but the sooner you learn that most people don't communicate in capital letters the better of we'll all be. You cissy!
Sad sad little ponce, ain't you dear. Think you're so hard, don't you. Poor little uneducated gutter-shite.
Kyach Distent I AM SORRY FOR MY EDUCATION, FORGOT YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE UPPER CLASS FUCK BOY. BITCH PLEASE, JUST SOME TRASY ASS BITCH WANNA BE IMPORTANT,
I'm so happy that these masterpieces have been uploaded for us to enjoy.
Musician need to sit up and listen.. real music here!!!! Played and mastered these instruments.. TRULY MASTERPIECES!
lauren yeah I agree Lauren!!!! I love watching him I can't get enough***
lauren 100% agree, sometimes Princes tremendous talent was overshadowed by his bigger ego. Its a shame it took his death to really appreciate his genius on UA-cam.
W Lee His videos weren't on UA-cam because he didn't want them there. No one could get Prince's music for free. He was extremely intelligent. As much as I love that I can watch these videos Now, I know he wouldn't have wanted these videos on here.
+lauren And tomorrow's Friday. Yay!
2:30 those splits and so smooth with it. Get it Prince.
This is the one song that turned me into a life time Prince. I stayed up late in 1981, watching this video. His early stuff was wayyyyyyyy better than after purple rain. Y'all just don't know. Man, I went to high school deep in the hood. It spoke volumes to be blasting Prince's music on your boombox, drawing attention to yourself. I didn't give a fug!
damn 1981 was a while ago
When I seen this video I was hooked but I was young and as I keep listening to this I understood this man was a genius
He was talking about what's going on in that era and it's true till this day 2024
A deceptively titled tune that turns into an unexpected social commentary. Underrated tune. I really enjoy pre-"Purple Rain" Prince.
Real talk, I thought he was at his best before "Purple Rain."
@@standaman1963 Agreed. As time has gone by, "Purple Rain" has become one of my least fave Prince albums. His first albums, "Prince" through "1999" are great. "Purple Rain" was devised for mass appeal. The following two albums had only 3 decent tunes between them. "Sign of the Times": fantastic. "Batman": a novelty. "100 Balloons" best track. Some scattered decent tunes until "Musicology.". His final efforts somewhat lackluster, but better than most 👍
I Prince 6 times BEFORE Purple Rain and it(to me) was when he was at his best.
I said that back in 1986 watching the video for the first time on TBS's "Night Flight" since MTV wouldn't play it.
Defiantly caught the social commentaries, and one of my favorite Prince songs along with "Controversy". The basslines were out of this world,!
Very observant evaluation
Man! This is one of my all-time favorite videos and songs by Prince. He was so raw, funky, and nasty back in the controversy era. This is the underground artist during a time when he was breaking all the rules as a black performer. I had never seen anyone like this before or after this awesome video. New wave, rock n' roll, and funk are all here! This man was so full of life and drive.
Prince was the 2nd coming of Little Richard back then during the Controversy era
@Dunbar F I agree with you, however, I have duality with your comment. Yes, PRINCE was heavily influenced by the great Little Richard which was one of the originators of rock n' roll, a brilliant showman, as well as a performer that broke the rules in terms of sexuality. However, Richard was gay, and PRINCE made it very clear that he was all about loving the females in a very romantic, yet lustful way.
I didn't dig PRINCE'S outfits back in those days, but that cat was so damn funky and driven that it was hard to deny him!
He came at the funk with the same masculine in your face type of force as James Brown and Jimi Hendrix!
So he made it possible to get away with all of that shit!!!
@@zroy9263 My comment was not in the context of either performer's personal sexual preference.
@@dunbarf2413…I see what he means. To do what prince did as a straight man adds a whole different element to him
And I really get tired of all the Michael Jackson fans that try to put him in the same orbit as Prince.
Prince was so much more than just a pop singer and “dancer.”
During this era Prince was a New Wave Soul singer, he changed into more of a Rock guy next. Then he morphed into a blend of Pop/Rock.
You never got the same thing from him and that was something that we had never seen before, and still haven’t seen.
"Let me take you to another world"
His music does take me to another world.
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One of my favorite Prince videos.No child is bad from the beginning.They only imitate their atmosphere!
@@toddnelson7711 VERY PROPHETIC
As an ‘08 gen z i must agree prince was absolutely amazing. He was so bold. His music is absolutely awesome and he is truly missed.
I agree as a fellow ‘08 gen z ☺️
Awesome
Im 01 and yea he was the greatest
Thank you to the Prince family and Estate for unleashing these classics on UA-cam! Now a new generation can finally understand what we already knew; Prince was the GREATEST!
Prince at his funkiest. Raw, young, opinionated and hungry.
He was always funky!!
Oh yeah
Always hits hard...in the right spot!!! Mezammie, Prince!
@@soaribb32 lololol
And *"horny."* 🤣🤣🤣
KIDS THIS IS THE ERA THAT BLEW OUR MINDS WAYYYYYYYY BEFORE PURPLE RAIN LONG!!! LIVE !!!!!PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤴
Preach brotha, PREACH!!!
YES IT DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Sure did. I loved Prince back then. It was decades before you could have such lyrics in music without offending everybody. Dirty Mind album was so rebellious for its time, I loved it
WAYYYYYYYYY before? It was 3 years before Purple Rain. 😆 That said, I will give you that 3 years does seem like a long time when you're a teenager.
best era up through 1999
No child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere!
Such social commentary in this tune that is ever relevant this very moment.
Peace2Prince!
Prince is dropping truth bombs left and right!! The social commentary is legendary.
Yep you right!💯✊
and it's still revelant to this very day.
YAAAAAAAS! He was so ahead of his time. Created a totally new genre of music, too. You can really see the punk/new wave influence here. Really liked that he pushed all the boundaries in his earlier music.
OMGG I SEE U EVERWHERE I LITTERALLY SEEN U ON IG
样闪耀你像太阳 i was gonna say the same thing, she’s everywhere on Prince IG pages 😂
So confident and fearless both as a performer and lyricist right out of the gate.
These official videos will inspire musicians for generations to come.
Shane Anthony
YUPPERZ!!!!
@@Einnor084
SUMMERS!!!!
Prince was a musical genius which didn't always translate to block buster record sales but he was one of a kind from a musician and creative standpoint!
He sold 100 million albums over his whole career.
Yes and loads of other great underrated artists are never allowed to have what they deserve, while all the shit like Madonna, Bon Jovi, Wet Wet Wet, and all the crap 90s to now stuff get the "sales" like the fakes they are.
+RebelThoughts82 He should've sold way more. He's a genius
So should many people of the 80s who are also underrated geniuses and now pushed off into corners with all the youth crap and overrated old lags up front!
Toni, Prince actually did sell well over 100 million
records. That's just estimated number that's out there.
Prince at 22 years old. Already on his 3rd album where he has written and played all the instruments on all 3.
He set a standard that will never be matched.
4th Album
Dumb to compare artists
All of above I learn from.prince
Prince lyrics were truly ahead of his time... Awesome!
Political message unbelievable 💜
yes,,, yes,,, its was,, i was barely 13 when i heard him and i was in love,, totally shocked and he was how i learned about SEX,,, and have been in love since,, i love and miss my Purple love,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP PRN
HE WAS SO MUCH AHEAD OF HIS TIMES, IT'S ALMOST SCARY
"Only Prince could pull this off Period"!!!!!!
yep sexually ARROGANT totally PRINCE I miss the 80's
Absolutely.
He knew exactly what he was doing at a very very young age. So smart. He had it figured out and he was WAY ahead of everyone else.
The Minneapolis Maestro! This man and his music are truly missed. Grew up on this in the early 80s and STILL sounds good! Miss his presence dearly!
That split @ 2:29 just added 10 years to my life! 😊
Gave me 20
This album was a masterpiece 👍🏾
Damn near every song was a hit!
TRUTH
You're right David
all of his albums are masterpieces 👍🏾
@@masterpenguins "Controversy" Album by Prince was one best songs in 1981.
DIRTY MIND/CONTROVERSY/1999 STILL MY FAVORITE ERA OF PRINCE. WHAT A GREAT TIME TO GROW UP AND WITNESS HIS RISE FRON THE VERY BEGINNING!!
@Boscova -
Agree 💯!!!! The Dirty Mind era was my time of youth as well.
OMG! This is my first time tonight (August 11th, 2017) hearing this song in 35 YEARS. Takes me back to my senior year of high school (1981-82).
KOMET MARTIN I was in Jr. High 7th grade when this album was out.
Mine too Komet..lol
I was nowhere near born when this came out lolol but still classic
@KOMET MARTIN Really? The last time I remember seeing/hearing it broadcast (in the 80's) was on Night Flight back in 86'. That music video show loved them some Prince!
Remember reciting these lyrics? Who knew? Genius!!!
I have this CD. I play it over n over. Love my Prince
I love watching 80's Prince videos simply because I like seeing him evolve on each album.
Legend- can't believe this was over 40 years ago. What a lyricist he was. Pure genius.
They'll never be another like him. He was absolutely Brilliant!!
Hard to believe this is the same man that performed at Montreax in 2009 and 2013!! What an evolution....what a brilliant entertainer!!
Prince scream was outer this world!. love this song!
One of my favorite tracks from the Controversy album! Thanks for putting this up!
"Controversy" was the Best Selling Album by Prince from 1981 via Warner Brothers Records.
Mine's too. I always wanna get up and jam to this.
When you think about it, it's not fair to ask, what's your favorite Prince song, when no one, I mean no one can name only one. This man biblical. He was a pure genius. He sung about events back in the 80's, that a lot of us are just starting to realize. I miss him so much. There will never be another Prince.
I love his whole discography. And songs he wrote for other artists. All songs!
This man made many songs in the 80's that wasn't even considered as hits Prince made nothing but good music hit after hit double Platinum after Double Platinum he made songs to make you think about a relationship relationship genius.
This Video was actually being recorded in the W.B. Record Studio 🎙 in Hi Quality when Prince's Controversy Album was being made. Great Performance !!!.
That split was everything! So good :)
I appreciate to have Prince here. He's here more now. I love it. Also miss him. His Music will live forever.. I do love live Videos
PRINCE- innovator, musical genius , lyrics phenominal, this punk -funk fusion was one of the 1st songs i ever bumped in my 67 mustang coupe back in 81.i miss that era.
New wave rock and roll! This brings back great memories.....this man defined genius!
Prince introduced us to a new revolution of music.. he was brilliant
The nerve, brillance and courage to pull of music and style like this! You a bad mother Prince.
THAT SPLIT ! YESSSSS!!!
It's impossible to categorize Prince as an artist. He broke boundaries and made a gumbo with his music
If you listen to Prince in 1981 such as his 'controversy' album and even 'The Time' I feel this wass him at his most authentic self. You can hear his 'mature' sound from 1999 onwards but also he had that cynical and street edge he had from before. *Controversially* I think this was his best year in music creatively and this song epitomizes it best. The rhythm guitar, the funky bassline, the slapping drum beat and the rough yet tasteful synth textures. A product of a genius which is a hurricane moving at a *100 mph* that moved on as quickly as it arrived. If he just held off one more year, released 1999 in 1983 and did an 'inbetween' album as an incremental improvement on this style we'd be talking about a hallmark album which was the perfect blend of funk/new wave/post punk/indie. Ultimately Prince had a little to give for everyone and that was his best quality. RIP to arguably the GOAT.
Yay! I've never seen this music video in its entirety before! Thank you Prince Estate! 😊😊😊
Ashley White Prince music back then was considered to ex rated for the youth of my generation back the. You had to be 17 yrs old if you wanted to see him in concert & when the movie purple rain came you has to be 17.
My God he was light 🕯️ years ahead of the 80s . The music 🎵 mind of Prince was unmatched. Nobody dare to make a song like this then. Listen to the message to parents and politicians." Don't let your children watch TV they can read" no child is bad. Those only try emulate their atmosphere my God the brilliance of this man 🙌
3:07 DOCTOR FINK DID SURGERY ON THAT KEY BOARD
Prince unfiltered! The Kid is in rare form!!💜💜💜
To all my peoples, y'all know Prince was early!! A man ahead of his time, (musical legend)
You have never had any one that had so much energy and funk thur his body. And it just had to come out! He just knew how to grab attention of the people. And we could not help but see energy and love he was giving. And the way he would Holla at the beginning of this song. No one can do that only Prince. His royal highness is on the throne.
Years ahead of his time. Priceless footage.
Preach 🙌 the message to parents and politicians 🙌
Go Ahead Prince !!
U Bad As You Wanna Be !!💯✨✨
Powerful message and performance. The truth and boldness in his statements and their delivery. This track epitomizes Prince, especially during his rise. Unstoppable.
When you started to feel we got a real bad ass on our hands…a JB/Jimi hybrid, the one and only Prince!
Lived in Minnesota my whole life I was a teen when prince was up and coming in junior high we had all his music and high school purple rain hit best times ever !!!!!! So fortunate to grow up with prince 💜
He's so raw and rough here......before he discovered his clean cut pretty boy persona.....i love it 🔥
Keep the videos coming! Cant get enough Prince!
Everytime I hear this song, I see bit of this video, especially Prince's little shimmy in the beginning.
This dude was an *absolute champ* in dancing in heels, and pulls off to steal girls hearts easily at the *same damn time.*
Been with his Royal Badness since 1978 when I was a junior in high school!! I can STILL my mama saying cut that shit down!!! Miss him much!!!💯🔥🔥🔥🎸🥁💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yep me to I was jamming private joy
My brother taught our pet parrot to do the Prince screams you hear to open this song. Everytime I hear this song I think about both Prince and the parrot, which too is sadly gone. But it still brings a smile to my face. Song still kicks, too.
Somehow I can actually picture that! Sounds really cool! 😁
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Phantom Shadow I can actually picture that! Sounds really cool! 😁
Prince is a Gemini. Classic Gemini's twin. Love him, miss him but he is with us everyday.
No child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere.
Exactly!
ABSOLUTELY
Well shit aliens must have raised me then
Products of their environment.
E.J. Barrois
Hmmmmm
I thought it wuz a genetic link, wit DUH godz. After-all..... We r made, n their goofy-azz image!
This is What They call VINTAGE PRINCE!
One of his most underrated jams ever!
at the 2:30 Mark he killed it with that split. this to the sound of his music don't nothing nobody sound like Prince. " I'm okay as long as you were here with me and sexuality is all we ever need"
The rhythm guitar playing on this track; killing.
The first time that I saw Prince was in this video of "Sexuality" and when I heard that scream of guitar after "Mama, are you listening?" I remember to have said "hey, what Hendrix's got to do with a dance song?", it was genius and soon he became my absolute idol. 💜
So ahead of his time...rock it Prince and the band. Pocket camera haaaa - cell phones now. He's always been so deep and in tune to Life and got his message across loud and clear with no fear!
Pamela Perry
Whut?
No flash, again?!?
@@Einnor084 We need a new breed, stand up organize! Fuck it, sexuality is all I'll ever need!
Pammy - Prince was a White boy with Black blood in him. Lol How do I know because I looked like him or so I've been told for most of my adult life. In the 80s when I was young that's all people would say, one time I dated a Black chick who said I looked like a White guy trying to be Black. Lol Another said I looked like the guy in the movie Soul Man. Smh-Lol It would irritate the hell out of me that people could be so idiotic and racist, but what the hell are you gonna do. I can't beat them up or go around beating them up because then.....
But I realized that as I became older that people like myself and Prince are mixed with a lot of White blood in us which is why we look the way that we look. So, to me, Prince with his music could have easily gone the Rock route if he had wanted to because this song here demonstrates that ability, but he wanted to prove his Blackness as I did early on in our lives. So, he played more R&B type of music, but I wish he had played much more Rock music. Sorry, didn't mean to write all of this.
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I look VERY SO CALLED black & I LOVE da side of Prince, dat iz Rock & Roll.
Itz 2 bad we haveta b obssessed wit color.
Itz a double whammy, dat typez of muzak, have color/ethnicity, attached. If I am nspired by sum Reggaeton, I should b able 2 use it, & a countryboy, mite like how I used it, without having 2 b lambasted 4 likin sum of dat R&B trash. Perhapz, DUH peephole, who r runnin DUH scamz, don't want us comin 2gether, bcause then it'll b 99% against 1%. Gotta dvide, then we CONquer.
I'ma b free wit my muzak! I don't care if a green gurl iz sangin. If da beeyatch got soul, I'm up n here, like EF Hutton! Ya heard?!?
@@tubucoco I really enjoyed 3rdEyeGirl, I think that he was his most authentic. He was full on Rocking it with the women in the band at some point I mean jamming hard! Not funk, rock. I wish I'd not passed up on tix to see that show here to this day. A friend said the guitars were non stop so tells me he was rocking/rolling.
Good analogy, he was many different people....😉✌💜and many sides to the Purple One.
今聴いても最高にｶｯｺｲｲよ！
I'm crying Purple now
DJ Gary nice profile picture
DJ Gary purple tears?
My LP faves by him (all masterpieces imo) Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999..
This was my idol I wore this out fit to school and the girls dressed like Vanity 6 this was the best era of music 👏👏👏
The beginning of this song 0:06 to 0:26 was a very unique opening to a song back then and unlike anything we heard back in them days. And till this day no one has been able to copy. He was 23 yrs old in this video...he wouldn't survive in today's music industry wearing that outfit and signing about "sexuality is all I ever need."
Still miss u Prince, ur absence from Planet Earth hurts me really bad. Love is God, God is love.
So electric and at the same time raw and funky ! no one can do this but Prince.
I love his screams! That's when you can that he's getting into his work as a musician. Too serious!
These Lyrics are soooo Prophetic!!!!
I LOVE COMING BACK TO THE OLD JAMS!! PRINCE YOU WERE/ARE THE MOST ORIGINAL, IDGAF ARTIST, THAT NO ONE WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO ALL OF THE TALENT YOU HAD STORED IN YOUR GORGEOUS HEAD!!!!
#OBSESSED
#PRINCE
long gone but never 4gotten but this song and video rite here, is the very reason why Prince was a musical genius. Wow!
Prince on top of his game
Revolution of a new breed STAND UP ORGANIZE!!!! I'm in heaven with these videos!
Thank you so much for putting these rare Prince gems up!!!! 😍😍
All these years later, the lyrics are still 💯.
Prince is killing it.
*this album is so good.. If you like pop rock and punk and funk this for you*
"1981"my favorite! Prince album and cover💜
this song was SO GOOD that I wanted it to keep going after it faded and the drums came back in.
Prince is a damn legend
I love you Prince ♥
Rest in peace
One of my favorite songs ♥
My GO2 in my freshman in College down in Columbia, MO. in 81/82 where everyone in my Dorm hated the guy at the time. I showed them years later once 1999/Purple Rain came out. This was the man and now you KNOW!!
Prince spoke truth to power
Prince really put his all into this!! & Just look at those moves, & just listen to that voice!! No one could ever compare!! &, Of course, Prince was so gorgeous & sexy!! The words in the song made some good points!! I love this song!! Prince, from the start of the song, gets you really excited & into it!! Thank-you, Prince, for having given us so much, & for being the forever one & only true Master!! We'll always remember you, miss you, love you, & charish you!! May you always shine in heaven like you shined on this earth!!
Prince with no doubt changed the face of pop music
Happy 66th Birthday Prince🎂🎈
Gotta love his trademark sound