9 Minutes of Prince [must watch]

Who's Sick of Traditional Christmas Music?

Isn't it time that we move on from the traditional christmas music that we hear everywhere?  I have been moving on, but there is always a time where the music that I like to listen to at christmas doesn't match the office christmas party, or the home christmas party where everyone really just wants to hear White Christmas by Bing Crosby.  Bing was great, but there's a new Bing in town and that's thanks to Microsoft.

It seems like artists have an opportunity to write brand new xmas songs based on their own experiences.  Everyone treats christmas differently and it can be reflected in song.  

Type in "Another Lonely Christmas" into Bing and you'll get one of my favourite non-traditional christmas songs by Prince.

Another one that I've always hung from the mantle is Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney. 

Here's a list of new and original christmas songs by artists which should make their way into the traditional christmas music list.

Prince Live Footage Actually on Youtube

Prince has been notorious for keeping his concert footage off of video websites like Youtube.  Maybe in his more wiser years, he is more accepting to the world of social networking.  Hopefully content like this doesn't get removed from Youtube.

Prince's Opening Night Reviewed by Rolling Stone

 

Read the full review here

For a laugh, check out this surprise appearance on The View (of all places).  For some reason (around 2:00 mark), Barbara Walters thinks that she can compliment Prince by telling him that Justin Beiber wants to be more like Prince.  WTF Babs?

Every now and then, Prince decides to try being a normal rock star. You know, the kind who does a professional arena tour where he plays the hits. But part of what makes him such an eternally fascinating star is that he lives in his own private purple world, even when he sets out to make the house quake. He never surrenders his fundamental weirdness. Like his Minnesota homie Bob Dylan, he knows in his heart that nobody wants a standard greatest-hits revue — the mystique is that on any given night, he might bust out anything.

"Anything" is exactly what he delivered last night, on the opening gig of his rabidly anticipated Welcome 2 America tour, at New Jersey's Izod Center. He had the crowd panting as soon as he hit the stage, rocking a seriously cool black leather trench coat and glitter in his hair. He blazed away on guitar to his new theme song, "Laydown," featuring the immortal words, "From the heart of Minnesota / Here comes the purple Yoda!" At that point, all the crowd wanted was more Prince. So naturally, he fled the stage to make his three backup singers handle the next song by themselves. (They failed.) He's a weird guy, all right.

Listen to Prince Late Night Performance

PrinceWolfgang's Vault has just put up a couple of late night sets by Prince and the NPG (New Power Generation) from a late night performance on April 12, 1993 in San Francisco.  Prince has been known to show up with a skeleton crew of his band and perform for hours at afterparty's following his own shows.

Listen to Set 1

Listen to Set 2