PRINCE - Controversy | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION | The Dan Club Selection

[@hayesboy2481]

All instruments by Prince. Genius.

[@Lovejazz01]

I would like to say , as a 62 year old whose been a huge Prince fan since his first album , yes indeed, Purple Rain and 1999 was huge for Prince , 1999 made him a superstar, Purple Rain made him a megastar, so it is indeed rightfully so that someone that doesn’t know his music at all would explore those albums first . But just know , that those album were still just chapters of an amazing music career that started long before those albums, and ended only a year before his death in 2016, even though more music has been released posthumously. This is how much music he created, so it is great to see some reactions of his early or later work , for a change…

[@tommtommkin]

Amen me too.

[@Judy_P]

"Controversy" and "Dirty Mind" are my favorite two Prince albums. Loved dancing to the many songs that got played from these albums.

[@vinceblack4086]

The greatest musician of all time 💜💜💜

[@keithmurphy5356]

Great reaction guys...Early 80s Prince was raw and uncut. So many layers to Prince's greatness.

[@jdubya30062]

Prince’s ‘1999’ is amazing. He recorded it overnight after a jam session with his band. When they returned next day, he had done a two album masterpiece. It has funk, rock, new wave, dance and a great ballad.

[@MrBronx61]

'Purple Rain' may have been more commercially successful, but '1999' was Prince's best LP, IMO

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Yeah, "pushing the envelope" was one of Prince's favourite activities 😆

[@joemachine4714]

FINALLY someone reacts to this 🥰 "Let's Work" and "Private Joy" are also bangers from this album.

[@anthonygallop290]

Private Joy made the club go crazy

[@kennethsmith6367]

Loooovvvveeee Private Joy!!!

[@LearnToRefine]

"I say Life is just a Game", "We're all just the Same"

[@DaleBrotherton]

Get the movie! 😊 There's some damn good music in it, and it's a great movie to boot.

[@michaelakkerman407]

He most likely played all the instruments on most of his recordings up to The Revolution. (1999 & Purple Rain etc.)

[@buddinganarchist]

He was a big fan of new wave, mixed that with funk and soul. Used synths to take the place of horns. He used horns later.

[@rudolfbecker4313]

I love Prince's funk, his groove ... much better than Michael's pop 😆 music like Controversy makes you automatically dance - even in your chair. Back in the 80s there were 2 discotheques in the town were I lived. One was more for germans and white americans, so they played the "normal" disco music, the other one had much more black americans (soldiers and civilians), that's the place where Prince and similar was played and it always looked awesome, when the dancefloor was packed and everybody had fun 😄 fun fact: last Saturday I listened to Prince during my breakfast ... one of my favourite songs is "My name is Prince" 🤘

[@desertflow3r]

To this day there's a Prince camp and an MJ camp. From the very beginning, I was team Prince. We naturally gravitate to artists who speak our musical language. Prince's sound was unconventional, decadent, evocative, provocative, and continuously evolving. Perhaps, his sound evolved faster than some of our musical sensibilities but isn't that the nature of a true artist? Though I'm team Prince, even I couldn't escape MJ's "IT FACTOR". I too owned the iconic red 'Thriller' jacket.😁

[@dancedout60]

When I played this in ~1983 or so the first time for friends, they were horribly offended that it had the Lord's Prayer in it, as Prince was like this sex maniac to them. I've never stopped listening (and gathering the good shit!).

[@Rebecca236]

Most under-rated Prince song of all time! Great review! 🤘 "Life is just a game, we're all just the same" Beautiful lyrics. 💜 Everything about this song is amazing.... 🎶

[@raybernal6829]

Prince was an extremely talented person and it shows on his music I had just started my mobile DJ business and always squeezed in a Prince tune .... Great fun as always guys ❤

[@davehess1019]

Thank you, Stephen C., for a great request and NicknLex for a great reaction.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

And he's playing all the instruments, wrote, produced, sange etc. All of it is straight Prince.

[@simonpeacock2288]

So happy to see you digging into Prince's studio work (which is unmatched), but to really "get" Prince you have to head into the live material. I think you would be blown away by the Sign O The Times Concert film (watch that instead of Purple Rain). Prince is a phenomenon on stage, the musicianship, the stage craft, the charm, the dancing, the humour, the band. Incredible, takes his music to another level live. The We Are The World snub was due to Prince really not being comfortable in crowds (believe it or not he was extremely shy socially). He offered to do a guitar solo, they declined. Instead he donated a track to the full USA for Africa album. I think some of the controversy was stirred up by Quincy Jones who has often made critical comments about Prince - possibly as Prince was the antithesis of what Quincy did - Prince wrote everything, could play all the instruments and Produced himself - he didn't need a Quincy. Prince released a track about the whole incident as a B-Side (called Hello as a dig against Lionel Ritchie). It explains his perspective on the night and what happened - it's a fascinating listen!

[@leeharrison8222]

"Controversy" is probably the first Prince song I can recall hearing on the radio. It has always landed itself in my top 5, then later top 3 Prince songs and still hovers at the top of my favorites. It is SUCH a vibe. This song never loses its luster for me. I love this dark, dissonant, new-wave funk. And I love how Prince explores the questions he had to wade through so often during that early time in his career. Very cool video to this song as well, though it's the shorter radio edit of the song. I'm happy you all chose to listen to the entire album version of this classic jam. 💜

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

I think it was "Delirious" for me.

[@cheriwinn3852]

Prince was always the coolest guy in the room. Controversial at times but some of that was by choice. He was referred to as "His Royal Badness". He also wasn't quite as serious as you might think. He's notorious for having a great sense of humor.

[@buddinganarchist]

You should do Crystal Ball, a ten minute opus. The most complex thing he ever did. Symphonic and funky at the same time.

[@davehess1019]

Lex, we have all the time in the world to catch you up to on Prince's music and all music in general that you haven't been introduced to yet, we'll go down the music highway together as a family and enjoy the journey together.

[@jeromeburoker1770]

February 21, 1981 Saturday Night Live had two musical guests, Todd Rundgren & Prince, turns out Prince was a big Rundgren fan.

[@lesal.1373]

There was nobody like Prince on the radio back in the early 80s. It was a new sound. He was always provocative. He was at his most provocative on the preceding album Dirty Mind, 1980. Definitely invest in the 4K Purple Rain film. ☮️💜🎶

[@danielserda]

Controversy was the first Prince album (cassette!) I ever bought, not long after hearing the 1999 LP. You should react to one of the myriad live performances of this song floating around, as he played it live throughout his career (often pairing it with Mutiny, a song he wrote a year or two later and that was originally released by The Family, the group he created from the members of The Time left behind by Morris Day after the Purple Rain movie was released).

[@bmac1205]

So, I guess this is the first YT Button Video where it is actuall proudly displayed? Displayed on the shelf instead of on the floor in the box? 😁😁👍👍💕💕

[@daveholloway3856]

Guys, as a Prince supporter since the very beginning, check out the song "HELLO" for your answer to the USA For Africa issue. It's a B Side,😉O+>

[@rhondaturner9494]

I doubt we'll ever really know why Prince didn't participate in the We Are the World song/video (he did, however give them a song for the album: "4 the Tears in Your Eyes") - but he did say he would play guitar on the album I believe and was told that wouldn't work... he just didn't want to do the individual singing parts from what I understand.

[@JoeGemini73]

One of my favorite Prince songs! Thanks guys for the reaction! Btw Lex, where did you get that Michael McDonald shirt?? - I want one! 😎

[@NicknLex]

It was sent to me as a gift from a dear friend & subscriber!! 💗 I love it, too!!

[@scottanderson8420]

Great Dan Request Stephen C. to keep the prince Journey moving forward. Lots of great song options still to come as he has a large dynamic and varied catalogue. Nick and Lex as dynamic as ever.❤️❤️ Nice Michael McDonald shirt Alexia looks sharp.

[@stephencaruso760]

@@scottanderson8420 you the man

[@sorensmith9873]

He certainly was serious about his craft but if you watch interviews with him and hear from people he knew he was a pretty funny guy, very great sense of humor. The movie that came after Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon which he also stars in..he has some funny scenes. For those who know the Wrecka Stow scene, you know😂 The soundtrack for the movie..Parade is also a really good listen

[@RayTorres-t3u]

✝️📖 he snuck in the Lord's prayer, Mathew 6:9 when you pray, don't pray in repetitions, (personally speaking to God) 🙏 song got a lot of people to memorize that important scripture

[@starlightperkins330]

The context of " Controversy ", was influenced by Prince's previous work, his stage persona etc..He was an enigma during this time that rarely did interviews.

[@DavidRogers-g8d]

Maceo Parker said Prince never slept, Prince said He tried to write one song a day, for people that don't know, The vault was moved to California, someone evaluated the music that was in the vault it was a lot of uncompleted music and songs, but the number of songs that were completed was a little over 8,000 I knew it was a lot but I didn't think it was that much, Prince was a prolific writer, and he's not in the songwriters Hall of Fame.

[@davehess1019]

Lex, if the inside of your car got wet, if you have a Shop Vac you can take the filter out of it and put it back together and suck the water out of your car and the car seats.

[@rosemarywatson1231]

This is a departure from what I first heard from Prince, but I still liked it.

[@SoundDisconnected]

The Controversy was mainly a response to the reactions to the Dirty Mind era

[@craigalaneleazer4473]

This is Prince doing everything! No one does first two albums. Everything is him except horns (if there are any) and strings. For You is amazing for a 17 year old.

[@stevenmonte7397]

I think Lenny Kravitz did the same.

[@stephencaruso760]

Thank you for your reaction! I also appreciate your love for my family and our trials.. I never met Prince but did see him in the lobby of a Hollywood building in 1978 when he had a 'Fro.. a little guy with high heels as we all had in disco days. .. a track off the album had a radio hit I wanna be your lover and if you see the video to that he dressed really wild..con troversy video is good too

[@scottanderson8420]

Great Prince choice not controversial at all. 😎 I Hope everything and everyone in your life are prospering. ❤️❤️

[@stephencaruso760]

@@scottanderson8420 thank you pal

[@JKonstage]

I got to see him at the 1999 release party in Minneapolis, at First Avenue. They played the album while he held court in a back corner. Later they used the same club to film Purple Rain.

[@stephencaruso760]

@@JKonstage cool!

[@canonfodder2068]

Thanks for this one , Mr.C! I loved this album. And when his movie came out, I saw it 3 times (I was14). I still never do that! Although, honestly, not a great movie, the performances of live music are awesome and pretty much what he was like in concert, so valuable/great in that way.

[@keithroberts4952]

Controversy is a great example of his tight musicianship! Fabulous song!

[@jenniferfoster1692]

I've been a Prince fan since I was in middle school in '78. Had all this albums on vinyl til Around the World in a Day. This album is a real raunchy one, he was well known for saying some wild stuff, lol.

[@dragonballz4998]

I first heard this song when I was 10. I don't know if it's true or not but in my opinion it seems like the lyrics were questions media had asked him and he saw it as attempts to cause Controversy. Love this song.Oh and there is a music video Liv4luv 0(+->

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Great reaction. It's funny you say you baby compare prince and mj but the you proceed to compare them. Lol! I loved them both. To me the were opposite sides of the same coin. One was night and one was day. Both serving a purpose. Can't have one without the other

[@JKonstage]

Thanks from another Prince fan, Stephen, Nick and Lex! The better comparison would be Stevie Wonder, who also played most instruments himself and revolutionized modern music. I would love to suggest the full albums 1999 and Sign o’ the Times, though they are each double albums. This song is telling his critics and the media to chill out and let him do his thing. And he did!

[@lesal.1373]

His 2 best albums, imo.

[@davehess1019]

Purple Rain is one of my all-time favorite movies, watch it, you will not regret it, you will love it, if you have surround sound hooked up to your TV or a good sound bar, the movie is much better.

[@robinmullins2454]

The PRINCE rabbit hole of music goes very deep if you guys start exploring him ya better hold on to your hats because my man was MIND BLOWING!!! A real musical GENIUS!!!

[@TZ61]

I believe this was the first Prince album I bought, (this or Dirty Mind) and at this time he was still bubbling under the surface of that impending eruption. As far as musical rivalries go, that's been around since early blues musicians tried to 'cut' one another's performance. Then think of Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis in their heydays, etc. Great upload here, oh, and he definitely ups the ante on the next couple tracks of this album.

[@JJlovesPrince]

I am so glad that you did the album version since the video is a shortened version. Keep in mind that he was only 21 when he wrote this. Yes, Prince often seemed to be very serious, but he was actually very funny and loved to laugh. That guitar riff you were both doing air guitar to is referred to as “chicken grease” in the funk world. I’m really hoping you’ll check out Prince live. Everyone simply must see his epic performance of Purple Rain live in Syracuse in 1985. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ6TZKqngb5mhMUsi=BFKd4w5FsQF655S9 If you want to see him dancing, I have always loved the Baby I’m a Star/Push performance from the Special Olympics in 1991. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i53Gd2CFo7Rslbssi=xsNem-pWNLDButx5 There are sooo many great live performances though. Really enjoyed your reaction 💜💜💜

[@NicknLex]

Thank you so much for your info and kind words!! Great to have shared this with you and hope to see you around! 💗

[@JKonstage]

And the Super Bowl in the pouring rain!

[@JJlovesPrince]

@@JKonstage A great performance for sure.

[@zsid3]

Definitely get the movie! ❤

[@canonfodder2068]

I was grooving along and agreed in my head with you all...we danced hard to this song. Then as reaction continues, I had a sudden memory of hitting the dance floor, all hyped and by about 1/3 through, totally regretting it, having run through my entire repertoire of basic suburban chic moves three times already.

[@stephencaruso760]

@canonfodder2068 lol!

[@richarddobson815]

Nice one Stephen. I definitely preferred early Prince.

[@davehess1019]

yes, please check out his movie Purple Rain, you will not regret it.

[@hugohugodiazdiaz]

Holi .saludos cordiales desde Australia ❤ todavía espero una reacción a los diferentes. Los Jaivas corre q te pilló en Viña del Mar 1983

[@bhart62]

Prince offered to play guitar on We Are The World but Quincy said no, he only wanted him to sing so Prince declined.

[@NicknLex]

Thanks for the info! We learned that while watching the Netflix documentary and talked about it on our review of the same. Check it out if you're so inclined! :)

[@craigalaneleazer4473]

​@@NicknLex His shyness and the fact that he was 5' tall would have stood out in video and photos. He always would photograph himself outside in front of the band to make him appear to be taller.

[@leeharrison8222]

Though the documentary leaves out that Prince did end up contributing an original song he wrote and recorded ("For The Tears In Your Eyes") for the We Are The World album, and he made a video for an acoustic version of the song that was played at the 1985 massive Live Aid concerts.. That was the main draw for me to buy the album in the 80s as I was (and still am) an avid fam of Prince's. And so many people wrote Prince's hesitation and decision to not attend the WATW recording as arrogance or lack of care for the charitable cause that inspired the song and album. But I didn't understand for many years how Prince was ironically, socially awkward off stage and would become very uncommunicative around folks he didn't know too well. So imagine how daunting being in a roomful of peers that he knew of, but didn't personally know well. And It was really MJ's territory, despite MJ extending the invitation to Prince. And Prince was well known by his own people to be very controlling in the studio. So Prince would have felt very much like a fish out of water there which is why he was trying to find another way to contribute.

[@NicholasSarsby]

The witness of the mozart of our generation and alrhough 1999 album was the album that made him a superstar, the early work laid.the foundations and his early work was raw and opinionated and the world wasnt ready for this genius. The 2nd song on the album, sexuality arguably exemplifies this more than anything. The social commentary on this song is very prefound.

[@mztweety1374]

My mother had this record …her and my grandma enabled my obsession😂😂😂 He was an absolute nut!

[@ellerootz6702]

Love this album!

[@nicholasgargano7396]

People wonder what prince best musical instruments was, it's his voice

[@dantibbs6232]

his b side 'hello' is all about why he didn't do heal the world

[@richardfairlamb9728]

You guys really need to hear Sign O’ the times.

[@OlleStahlberg]

39 albums in 39 yeas as a recording artist/producer😎

[@evarene07]

And there’s over 3000 finished songs in his vault that were never released because Prince felt they weren’t ready or didn’t fit a vision he had…let that sink in.

[@jackrenolyds933]

MODERN DAY MOZZART

[@tonybaker55]

He should have teamed up with Nile Rodgers. That would have been a real funkathon.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Stevie Wonder said "If Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, then Prince was the Emperor."

[@katestewart1984]

i was lucky enough to be exposed to prince in my pre teen years. everything before purple rain was the BEST!!!

[@nicholasgargano7396]

Morris Day is playing drums

[@theplanetruth]

2ecundo!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@gfanarakos]

the reason not to follow we are the world movement was that he was forced to it and he denied and well he did. How can you be in a place where you are not happy if industry dictates what to do for the money and fame. Prince owned that already so he set himself out of this. Many thought that was a dick move but in fact it was so wise when you think that everything was planned for the musuc industry, Quincy Jones and MJ fame. Prince would never obey or betray his beliefs in music and how charity should help people in need. He did his own effort to the album and did not kissed music industry asses and he was not bother to regret either.

[@NicknLex]

My respect for Prince. The way you explained it makes so much sense. Thank you

[@jonylawson73]

As elvis costello said ...is she really going out with him?? 😅

[@sidj6745]

Ppl doing reaction videos was one of the greatest ideas for average ppl to actually make money and hear great music. However, I thought about this. How awful does todays music have to be to go back 40 years just so kids of today can actually enjoy real music and real musicians?

[@Activation1111]

Why Why Why❓❓❓❓❓❓❓ do people stop the song in the middle or anywhere within the track❓❓❓ How can anyone absorb the song or fall to the music,, when you pull us out of the track like that. Let the song play‼️‼️‼️‼️ And critique after you deeply listen to it‼️‼️ the track is a journey. When you pull us away from the track,, it’s like you burn down the bridge,, and we can’t walk over the water‼️‼️ It’s like we’re watching a great movie in a theater,, and then someone’s cell phone rings in the middle of a great scene. Taking us all out of the film‼️‼️‼️ Prince was a master,, at what he did. There are so many little intricate things to hear,, within even this one track,, on the ‘Controversy’ LP. The whole album is absolute🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. But If you don’t listen, you’ll miss all of the little treats. So listen and Let the track play💜

[@joemachine4714]

They have to comment on it and add value or it will be copyright blocked 🚫