Prince: The First Dynasty - 1999 Era

[@CHAARAWTAZA144]

"i don't wanna leave you" was a very underrated very well composed song.

[@kandikane923]

This is/was a real life Empire not the tv show. i remember those days when Prince, Vanity 6, Time, all that great music came out. Prince was incredible, his talents was boundless.

[@spicyhot2552]

Nasty Girl by Vanity 6 was my jam..even tho I was only in elementary school at the time but my friends and I knew the words to that song ..lol. Prince was a musical genius period..💋

[@travismclaurin9419]

Dirty Mnd, Controversy was setting the stage for Prince. 1999 and Purple Rain identified the sound of Prince. Those albums were ahead of it's time concerning 80's music and the technology to develop his sound.

[@styner3]

I took my little brother to this concert in Atlanta, it was his first concert at 15yrs old. The show was incredible and we still talk about that night today.

[@CHAARAWTAZA144]

purple rain wasn't prince's best stuff. just his most commercial stuff accompanied by a movie.

[@tracymcdaniel9602]

Dirty Mind

[@avace917]

I don't know where I rank it. The songs from it that I deem among his best are When Doves Cry and The Beautiful Ones. Everything else is great but as a Prince album, it's missing that nasty dirty DMSR/Let's Work funk. I don't have Purple Rain in my top 5.

[@karenjewell6543]

​@avace917 I agree & would go with sott as best album

[@wannaknowbad]

PRINCE was better than the time because he was the Time. PRINCE was the star of that group and the fans found the star for themselves.

[@darqaegis9045]

The Time was an outlet, live musicians performing his music under the guise of an alternate persona. Technically, the Time didn't exist.

[@adrianboston8482]

Wrong

[@barbarawilliamson136]

That's rather subjective, I love morris days and the Time, jungle love performance in purple rain.. I look forward to waiting for that scene.

[@avace917]

While on record that's true, it wasn't true live. You're making it sound like they weren't kicking his band's ass on tour. TWO tours actually. I love the Revolution out of all Prince bands, but the Time were a whole other thing live.

[@dudeseriously57]

Exactly. I'm not sure why people don't understand that Prince was The Time!!! Prince fired Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Then he disbanded the Time and formed The Family. It was all Prince's music and his concept. I think people think the movie Purple Rain was true. It was a fantasy Hollywood movie.

[@vminajj1267]

Denise vanity matthews was FINE

[@DrCatriseAustin-VIPSmiles]

That tour was EVERYTHING!!!!

[@tracymcdaniel7265]

Catrise Austin Pittsburgh, February 1983

[@michaelhammond7115]

Catrise Austin Norman, OK. March '83 what a show!!

[@PeechCutie]

Yes it was, Atlanta, GA, Fox Theater November 1982

[@chuckst98]

Lakeland,Fl Lakeland Civic Center!!!!! Classic Concert!!!!!!!!

[@michaelhammond7115]

Charles Thomas priceless took some girlfriends and they freaked when his bed came out at the end!😎

[@themusiccritic902]

I think Prince should have kept the Family album for him self it would have blown the world up

[@Jsimm100]

John Parpuet He was too generous... LOL

[@gregoryhumphrey2950]

John Parpuet

[@gregoryhumphrey2950]

John Parpuet He and the Revolution did recorded all the track on the family album i do have a few tracks of Prince and Revolution

[@bybd]

THE best Prince album he didn't "put out"

[@themusiccritic902]

i have the vault which is out takes and unleased stuff from every year since 77 plus every album like when doves scream .

[@niqulusviii987]

Vanity 6 album dropped on my birthday! 8/11 🤘✊💪

[@johnniebanks4832]

Great pics on this cast...1999 era was definitely my era..saw it in 83 and it changed my life!!

[@nonameisthename138]

It STILL shocking to me, that some people STILL don't know that Vanity was with Rick James!! That whole era was just SO FUCKIN DOPE!!!! Prince, The Time and the whole circle was TRENDSETTING and making HISTORY back then!!

[@kandikane923]

so true

[@bybd]

She also kicked it w/ MJ...and Prince kicked it with Ola Ray (lead woman in Thriller)...one big circle

[@ninobossalini4179]

I didn't know V6 came from Rick James.

[@themusiccritic902]

then he started coming out with killer B-sides

[@karenmarie61437]

John Parpuet BRILLIANT!!!

[@sirjer73]

17 days, Shes always in my hair, Irresistible Bitch, Another Lonely Christmas, Why dont you call me anymore man he was in the ZONE!!!!!!

[@timlewis5475]

@@karenmarie61437 your sooooo right!!!!!!

[@catchybadsongs]

I love Prince in Under the Cherry Moon. It’s how I imagine Prince’s personality to be.

[@plmitch]

I just came from taking the tour @ PP last weekend and the tour guide confirmed that PRN in UTCM is the closest thing we ever got to seeing his actual personality, which is probably why I loved that movie more than any other one he's done...

[@HypeRhymz]

I'm very invested in the 85-87 period but I can't deny that 81-82 was a helluva groove man. There was a literal nasty feel to that shit

[@busywl69]

1999 man. no record has ever hit me as hard as that one did. it was like opening the door to a new world. then when you get older and dabble in music yourself you hear brand new doors open up that you couldn't see before. detuning hi hats and minimal hi hat patterns. snares that just popped. made drum machines sound human after all. synth voicings that made even the simplest of rifts seem so thick to the ears. basslines that were oftenlayerd to achieve affect, but only on close critical listening would you pick it up. his clever use of guitar, especially his rhythm guitar. the melting pot he created with the band. a double album that hasn't been matched in my world till he did sign O' the times. the lyrical content of the songs of 1999 which spoke to the youth, directly. pure genius, in a time when musicians had to be genius to have long-standing careers. Prince was simply automtic amazing and he is missed so much. Legend.

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

Prince is a musical genius the way he writes for himself and both The Time and Vanity 6 playing all of the instruments on all the songs he’s a hard working man

[@archiejackson2315]

damn prince had the finest women

[@darrellholmes913]

Hell yea Iv always said that prince 1982 album 1999 is his best album. That is the album that made prince mainstream. That's like his off the wall. Off the wall goes hardasfuck. From the signature sound to the signature purple trench coat to the pompadour curls hairstyle to the shirt ruffles. That was the period where prince found his pocket n became who he was searching for

[@beehug7]

Thanks for all the great photos!

[@kirkg811]

Being 23 in 82, believe, it was a hot time. Princemania! To see him blow out Rick James on the Fire It Up tour in 80 & then see the Time eat him up in 82/83. Prince was Dr. Frankenstein & the Time was his monster. He made it ALL happen! Nobody's fault but his own. Bottom line, the shows were fantastic & that's what really matters.

[@abrahamjackson6019]

kirkg811 I'm 51, yeah I remember the Prince culture it all started in late 81' with the 'Controversy' album. Best time of my life especially if you were light skinned . The 1999 tour in 83' change the of course of my life for a moment...

[@wisdomseeker3362]

@@abrahamjackson6019 Same age. Yes, it was a beautiful time. Speaking of, so are you.

[@barbarawilliamson136]

The time was Prince's bride and Vanity 6 was his bridal shower.

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I recommend that you buy Dez book " My Time with Prince" cuz my mind was completely blown after reading it, thanks to a very good friend for checking it out for me at the library and it was such a great book that my personalized copy is on the way....

[@dudeseriously57]

I went to see this tour in Macon, GA. I'm a life long Prince and Time fan.

[@dcplyr]

Facts: if Alexander o Neal would have been the lead singer of the time, the group would not have been as popular as it was with Morris Day

[@Lighting-ee9pf]

Very well said and a 100 percent Facts.

[@kingsports1113]

Yea rite you crazy those love songs would been dire Alexander O'Neal can sing

[@kingsports1113]

@@Lighting-ee9pf Alexander O'Neal can sing lol

[@5annent]

Moris said he ain't know shit!) &that Prince taught him everything) he said Prince would say "do this" ,"say this") Moris said his character, was really Prince's alter ego) it was surprising to me) Moris owned that shyt) that's what I liked about Prince) he could have easily been bragadousous, but he remained very humble) for the most part)

[@michaelfrazia4569]

I love this year in his career. .right as he was finally seeing his plan to takeover pop culture coming to fruition...in 2 years he'd have the number 1 song, movie, and album...total domination...I was 7 in 82. I saw prince doing little red corvette on some show and I was instantly hooked. this era is when I became a lifelong fan.

[@garfieldharrison510]

I believe that Prince's vision was to demonstrate his virtuosity to his record company. You have to remember back then the record companies was calling the shots. Prince probably saw it as leverage to develop those groups. The Vanity 6. single Nasty Girl was absolutely amazing. ..The Time 7779311 was incredible .that album I used to play and dance to with my boys back in the day, Since starting into the world of show business, Prince's music back in 1982 was a real stepping stone for me. In Purple Rain he made Morris who he was. So he wasn't thrown off to much with how Morris's character was percieved. Plus I personally believed that Prince didn't expect the movie to take off as it did. But, in any case he was prepared for the outcome. The movie turned out to be a great movie. Especially for the time.

[@CHAARAWTAZA144]

THE TIME'S first 1-3 albums sounded the way it sounder because Prince took personal interest in the project.

[@STN3050]

"Cool" also has a video. I don't know why Vanity 6 got 3 video and the Time only got 1 video

[@tracymcdaniel9602]

Cause Vanity was FINE...

[@STN3050]

@@tracymcdaniel9602 you are correct

[@themusiccritic902]

i loved the time song grace

[@nancypatricia511]

Listening to this show again. It struck me how critics would suggest that Prince was very audacious to think he could be a director, script writer and producer in film. Looking at The Time specifically, Prince : wrote their "script", he directed them, and produced them. He did the same for himself and his band and Vanity 6 (less successfully for various reasons) He may not have been as successful in film but he had reason to believe that he could be because of his past successes. He had little if any training in any of those capacities yet he was very successful with The Time and was very good at spotting talent and bringing out the best in others. We also know that Prince was very focused and soaked up knowledge and understanding like a sponge so we know that "Purple Rain" was an in-depth learning experience. Prince's greatest difficulty was discerning when to trust those outside of himself who had experience in areas where he had little to none. And that, for me anyway, is fully understandable.'

[@michaelhammond7115]

Triple Threat Tour was my second experience with Prince live. It was all new, all funky and nasty nasty nasty. People now days have no idea what that feeling was.....like getting away with something or doing shit you know you weren't supposed to.

[@brucetaylor2091]

"I Don't Wanna Leave U" still gets played in my ride 💯 #1982

[@sxnico]

"777-9311" is GENIUS.

[@princefriend4ever954]

I don't know about that. I'm being honest here that I love Prince's character more than Morris' character. It's a bit too easy playing Morris's role than Prince's stage performance. Morris has a lot to thank Prince for. If not for Prince, there would be no Time.

[@jupitermarx]

BET filled the gap where MTV stopped, when it came to discovering Prince, His Purple Rock! Zapp. Roger Thomson, etc!

[@avace917]

I would like to see y'all make a similar video regarding the Sign O The Times period

[@musicman7773]

The Bangles Manic Monday and Take Me With U are Vanity 6 songs. The had started a 2nd album but after the split he gave songs to other artists.

[@MrVb66]

I absolutely love the time but there was no way they could have outsold Prince Prince was more of a pop star and in a international star a world class star the time was more of a top echelon or and R&B group as an R& B group you could never outsell a pop icon

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

this is the one AWESOME tour era that I dreamed of seeing as a little boy....

[@MC-sj2ji]

PRINCE & then everyone else. No act was gonna stop PRINCE from being PRINCE aka HIS ROYAL BADNESS.

[@sm26801]

Why the fuck am I not 10 years older!!!! I was too young to be able to grasp fully what was going on -82, the best time as far as I'm concerned!!

[@oholm09]

I think Prince recorded a lot of songs in the 80s

[@kirkg811]

MFs are most prolific in their 20s.

[@andreewingsmith4698]

I think it was Morris playing the drums on what time is it album as Prince did everything else

[@tracymcdaniel9602]

Him & Prince did the first LP... I think Jesse played on the 2nd one

[@tubucoco]

Tell me was it Morris on the drums for 777- 9311 because that shit was tight. It wasn't even the drums he was playing, but the cymbals, it was fantastic.

[@andreewingsmith4698]

@@tubucoco it was a drum machine

[@andreewingsmith4698]

@@tracymcdaniel9602 your right Jesse did play on the second album

[@tubucoco]

@@andreewingsmith4698 oh, okay, thanks.

[@EANDM71]

Miss you guys!

[@lindagoldsmith5899]

Loved all these groups,

[@christophermanno6419]

You don't understand the darkness and allure of Prince from the 1999 era. Morris and the Time were different as in a different manifestation of Prince;s persona but not a threat. The contrast was reaching a wider more diverse audience. A bridging so to speak of cultures. 1999 to me was Princes most innovative album ever, A-u-t- omatic is something that has never been conceived before or since, completely unique in it's tonality and phrasing and dark textures yet romantically seducing, Purple Rain, although a good album of work to me was disappointing creatively as I found it to be a water downed version of 1999. To me 1999 was Prince's last true edgy artistic body of work with true innovation.

[@RebelThoughts82]

1999 is a perfect album. Every song is a total classic.

[@EANDM71]

Christopher Manno If you wanted to hear nothing but black music, then sure you think The Time was better than Prince. But if you wanted a broader palette, no one can touch P. Love these guys but they need to stop. No one is better than P. No one!

[@Einnor084]

Why Knot_Now? SO CALLED black peephole, can b mo CONservative, than SO CALLED white folkz. So, n otha wordz, lotzo brothaz & sistaz, wuz 2 busy callin Prince gay, 2 REALize, dat Prince wuz a muzakal genius!

[@molet8010]

Christopher Manno I think sign o the times 4 me..

[@christophermanno6419]

Agreed brother. Everything down to the album cover was perfect!! Dirty Mind, Controversy and 1999 all in perfect order with 1999 being to me his greatest work.

[@brewdooview]

Thanx 4 the "I Don't Wanna Leave U" edit !!!! Great Ears Fellas.Always Loved that, part But, Very Bad" tape splicing".Doesn't come in On The One(I recently noticed).Great Show,2nd Fav Prince Era(in retrospect)

[@Star-Mac10]

I still laugh at Morris's comedic scenes when I watch Purple Rain. He was a natural and Prince knew it which is why Prince constantly threw road blocks at his career. P love

[@Jsimm100]

Star Mac Me Too. Morris is hilarious and just had this natural charisma, he should have gotten more big motion picture movie roles.

[@LG-kx8xl]

Star Mac Actually "Morris" the character is an invention of Prince AND Morris Day. Susan Rogers said in the studio Prince talked & behaved like the character of Morris & was very funny all the time. He told her he & Morris started that character in high school so NO, Prince was far from jealous. Prince wrote most of their songs (Jamie Starr) & for all his groups would record most of it & sing most of it then give it to the various groups to follow line by line. That's a LOT of work. He was a Genius!

[@bladebrown4191]

While they did have a clash of egos during certain points, once Morris left the camp, he had quite a few movie/tv & music opportunities on the table that, for one reason or another, didn't exactly pan out. The main road block was the "Morris Day" persona itself. The industry kinda pigeonholed him into that image. Cocaine didn't help either.

[@k3nn3thinatl]

Yeah, roadblocks like writing his hits and getting him off cocaine.

[@Einnor084]

Perfect dscription of LITTLE RED CORVETTE, n da podcast.

[@qarsiq]

l CAN'T WAlT until 1999 gets remastered. .. hurry up!

[@Ambrosia369]

qarsiq, In 2099

[@qarsiq]

that would be a damn shame, but hopefully his sister got this, but then again, hmmm...

[@jupitermarx]

That was the year I was introduced, I was 11yrs old. That perfect Pre-teen time. When kids develop there music taste!;). For me it was Duran Duran/Prince & the Revolution! Everything British New Romantic and Minneapolis Fuck!

[@lseguy]

Just getting to this. Michael Dean: I’d love to meet you one day. Your takes on this are identical to mine. It’s like you are in my head!

[@DistantLights]

the 1999 era and the sign of the times era are prince's two best eras if you ask me

[@avace917]

I have to add that there weren't too many girl groups doing funk in 82. Klymaxx is all I can think of and I don't even think they were out yet. Most girl groups were doing New Wave, Synth Pop or Rock. He's So Dull was synced in National Lampoon's Vacation

[@1organgrinder]

I believe Morris played drums on Wild and Loose. Certianly his style.

[@curtiskaidkincaid3175]

Jeffrey Taylor you r right. I think its documented that he played drums on both albums

[@kingsports1113]

Prince

[@jmiguelsimpkins]

Morris Day played on Wild & Loose, The Walk, & Gigolos Get Lonely Too

[@k3nn3thinatl]

It's idiocy to say that Prince was threatened by The Time. He was getting PAID. It was his music. And the truth is in the pudding. If the Time was so badass they wouldn't have needed Prince.

[@Nubias]

Some of the members didn't.

[@bybd]

Disagree. I was there. This was my first concert ever. As a kid I was: immediately and permanently infatuated with Vanity (RIP), intrigued with but still processing Prince, and instantly a Time fan as they were the most accessible of the 3. Sure, history would prove Prince was the genius puppetmaster, but on face value, the Time was the move. Prince even concedes as much in the semiautobiographical Purple Rain...and it wasn't a far fetched plot line...

[@bybd]

k3nn3thinatl, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis are amongst the greatest producers ever. Prince opened the door for them, but he sure didn't think he was firing them to become so, lol

[@k3nn3thinatl]

BYBD and they came right back to him years later. They needed him more than he needed them. I've been listening to Prince since I was 9. Morris Day was an interesting gimmick, but if you really appreciated genius and diversity, Prince was it.

[@digitalrobotics914]

k3nn3thinatl Wow! You are so right!

[@3t-sm954]

1976 DO U WANT TO RIDE, kingdom come up. ❤

[@Einnor084]

Record Company, wuz probably complaining about how prolific Prince wuz, 2 him. Basically saying - HEY.... JUST GIVE US 10 SONGZ & WE'LL CALL IT A YEAR. Meanwhile, Prince wuz writing 100 songz, or mo, a year.

[@bonniecook9689]

Love Prince-Janis and all of the 27 club may they RIP

[@YnotNomis]

The main interviewer is very misinformed. These podcast really needed someone who know more about what was really going on at this time.

[@jackazzhole1]

Yeah, the good ole days

[@holmedw]

What song was that playing in the entrance?

[@ND-9]

Without a doubt, the best concert I’ve ever seen. And Vanity 6 was not that good…at all! But The Time and Prince…kick ass PERFECTION 🤘🏿💜

[@starrcompany3275]

Be4 Prince died he was gonna do a Appolonia 6 movie and get the girls back together. 💜🎼🎶🎵

[@saa9099]

Starr Company, one that would benefit from that said it. We don't know if that is real. And I expect NOT, because one of the members had passed away. Prince was funny like that. If he didn't have the whole group he wouldn't do the project. Example [ the band that played on the CD] Welcome to America couldn't tour playing the songs on the CD, so prince didn't release the CD because he couldn't get the whole group together. It was a matter of principle to him, he didn't need the money. He already had so much money that he couldn't spend it all, after he had 26 property's and a whole Island, he was still rich. So NO, wishful thinking though.

[@nonameisthename138]

ANOTHER GREAT podcast!! 😉😄😄

[@lionrockr]

Susan Moonsie was his girlfriend in High School.

[@randydemmings9356]

No Kim Upsure was his girl at Minneapolis Central High school and she was stunning. She passed first all 3 went in 5 months rest in peace

[@vminajj1267]

@@randydemmings9356 Susan was his girl in school as well. Vanity took him from her

[@randydemmings9356]

@@vminajj1267 she's 57 and he was 57 in 2016. He went to Bryant junior high And Central High school In South Minneapolis along with Kim Upsure, Jimmy Jam Harris and myself

[@briannaburch6737]

@@randydemmings9356 thank you some people still can’t do math there’s no way that Susan was Prince’s high school girlfriend/sweetheart she would’ve been 12 by the time he graduated she was born in 64 he was born in 1958 they are six years apart Kim Upsher indeed was his high school sweetheart/girlfriend and she passed in November 2015

[@grneyeddlbaby]

Susan was his girlfriend at some time because if you look at the sleeve from 1999 it was dedicated to VASHTI, that's Susan moonsie middle name.

[@lawtan9256]

The Time being left off of bills in major cities is what caused the band to not blow up properly. Back then the press was everything so their shine got messed up by Prince not waiting to share the spotlight Also am I the only one who thinks Under the Cherry moon is better than Purple Rain?

[@plmitch]

NO!! ME TOO!!! 💜💜💜💜

[@saa9099]

Law, the time only had prince's songs to play on tour. How could they blow up? By themselves?

[@CHAARAWTAZA144]

Susan was visually vicious!

[@andreatobias7386]

Both Mary Jane Girls Albums were far superior to the Vanity6 and Appalonia6 albums. and let's not forget Val Young Suduction album...fiyah!

[@derricknregina]

Andrea Tobias I use to love Val Young if you should ever be lonely.

[@daoodobaid6709]

What song is playing at the intro of this podcast?

[@MissKHYT1]

Pls let me know 2

[@drainedeyes4268]

I gotta disagree with you about Prince vs the Morris Day Character - and I know this is a super old video now, it just popped up for me so I watched it again. But man I really think a lot of why Prince was so massive was the character he played in Purple Rain - the emotional journey we go on with him. No it’s not written in a very sophisticated way, but I can definitely see how audiences adored Prince for how he was in that movie. Now I do think the Time and Morris would have been way bigger if Prince had let them do their thing alongside him - but everything happens for a reason I guess. But Ive heard others talk about how had the Time and Jam and Lewis not been kicked out of the circle basically, if he’d let them do their thing within the Paisley Park realm or on his imprint, that could have been the beginning of a new Mecca for music, far beyond what it was in that one period. Definitely agree with that part. But as much as I love Morris Day as a character, my heart roots for a Prince character so much more because of his look and aura and what he was working towards, the greater good, but still flawed in the most human ways. Anyways sorry I know this is old now, just had to respond to that one thing lol I love Morris, and I know everyone did, but I think many of us still wanted Prince to win in the end. And the songs he had for himself were better as far as artistic merit, musically speaking. Computer Blue is one of the sickest songs ever written, the solos and the movements in the music, it’s pure genius. I think the storyline we follow with those tracks during those nights he plays the club, it’s so brilliant. He took the idea of a rock opera and reversed it - actually made a movie out of but based it around the album which writes the story for the movie and holds some of the weight of the plot on its own. God it’s so brilliant lol.

[@gfanarakos]

Prince was the beginning of Minneapolis sound... crazy music: lady cab driver. No need to say more its the start then Terry and Jimmy went on their own to fly and Janet skyrocketed ... prince made a mistake to fire them but it was good for music ideas. Morris could be a good as he would...Prince opened the door for him and he exploded as a character as suited for him. Prince was the idea behind it as a further step given to Morris to get to the next level. Ideas came from Rick James too and there was a battle whose best...prince got him via MTV without being too interested, MJ was the favourite for kids, Prince was the revolutioner for adults. Prince asked Morris: Do you sing? and the story was written for The Time cause the drummer was JellyBean...

[@blairfranklin7320]

Oh the memories. On tour the Time was such a threat that Prince kept them off the bill in certain markets.

[@kandikane923]

true

[@kingsports1113]

If Andre cymone stated n the group they would had kick Morris day ass go back dirty mind Andre cymone was goi g nuts brown mark was going n friends with Terry Lewis

[@blakhausproductions7752]

Hey, What song is that in the intro?

[@lawtan9256]

I thought Morris played the drums on "The Time" records

[@avace917]

I believe he did, but Prince played almost everything else

[@saa9099]

@@avace917 Morris day said when he first saw the album "The time " it was completed.

[@avace917]

@@saa9099 I've heard several conflicting things from Morris

[@saa9099]

@@avace917 yeah, now Morris is saying he played drums on the Times album. But he has said a couple of times in interviews that the album The Time was finished when he first saw it.

[@avace917]

@@saa9099 I know. If you listen to Cloreen Bacon Skin which IS INDEED Morris, the drums do sound similar to Controversy, Let's Work and several of The Time's records

[@c.i.8317]

It's odd at how I hear people trying to say that The Time had better sets than Prince but yet they fail to realize that ALL of Morris's character and The Time's swag was actually orchestrated BY Prince...lol, smh. It didn't make P. feel threatened in the least bit. All it did was help him prove that EVERYTHING he touched was that deal!! And I like how Jimmy Jam breaks it down that if it weren't for Prince he wouldn't be the producer he is today. Also Terry Lewis also gave Prince tha tag credit. Yet, I hear the subtle Prince haters say stuff about how The Time made him feel threatened. SMH. Morris even mentioned about how when they first shot a video on Cool and he didn't even know what to do. Prince was the one that told him to pit one hand in his pocket and dont remove it and just stay cool and calm about it.

[@avace917]

When Graffiti Bridge came out, Prince said that The Time were the only band he's ever been afraid of. I've even heard audio of him saying it. There were even reviews where critics were saying that The Time were better. I know 2 people who saw the 1999 tour at Radio City Music Hall in nyc and The Time didn't play that night. He took them off the bill in major cities. Just sayin

[@debragainey4051]

CHAKA KHAN MADE THE SONG, I'M EVERY WOMAN. PRINCE RESPONDS WITH I'M EVERY MAN AKA ANDROGYNY. I LOVE PRINCES. MULTI TALENTED, VERSATILITY, AND EXPERIMENTAL WITH INSTRUMENTS, LYRICS, AND CLOTHING. THE WOMAN COMPLIMENTED PRINCE

[@healthpot5033]

Congratulations to myself... I'm the 99th person to like this video! lol

[@marianpeppers2061]

You're right with your speculations...on Prince and Time...Time is Prince monster (creation)...to where he challenged against himself...All of them are Minneapolis...the SOUND. They just brought their Boyhood ways from (out of) the basement...invading Hollywood...the world. All of them just caught ya off guard to where ya was not Expecting to expect...Performing live and being original is their MESSAGE...which makes their presence...NATURAL...All of them... US/NC c/c

[@djdoncruse1952]

I disagree on that one. The Time was a big threat , but Princes stage show was getting a lot better

[@sxnico]

Jamie Starr's a thief...! It's time to fix ur clock...! Vanity 6 is so sweet...!

[@curtiskaidkincaid3175]

Morris played drums on both Time albums

[@kingsports1113]

Susan moonise n Kim uphser n prince Andre cymone all live together

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

1999 double album was BETTER than mj thriller by the way.....

[@Mrazmatmahmood]

ROCKNROLLFAN That's debatable. I'd go with Thriller.

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

and let alone the extended dance remix for little red corvette, irresistible, and bside how come you don't call me anymore. And I'd still go with 1999 double album.

[@Nubias]

They are not comparable,M.J is safe,Prince takes chances..

[@ToniWellons]

They are incomparable. Their music is completely different. It's annoying

[@Mrazmatmahmood]

Nubias You clearly haven't listened to MJ's 90s output. "They don't care about us" alone is riskier than anything Prince did.

[@therealmikepfunk]

I don't think P was intimidated by The Time at all. Miss me with that one...

[@erriqueyoung]

good talk

[@RickDeRuler]

It’s been said that Morris Day (in an interview) is a caricature of Prince.

[@DevinHaley1278]

Mike Wazowski yep he is the funky alter ego side of Prince

[@themusiccritic902]

the cool video was out

[@Einnor084]

PURPLE RAIN, iz life. Good, vs. evil. Substance, vs. fluff. Conservative, vs. Liberalism. Black vs. white. So herez where ur wrong. By da time of PURPLE RAIN, Princez audience, had xpanded, & while lotzo SO CALLED white folkz, woulda been n LOVE wit DA SHOW, preSINted by THE TIME, Prince woulda given those liliez, dat Rock & Roll, they knew & loved, PLUS! So, n Prince, they woulda gotten their Mick Jagger, their David Bowie, ( Especially during COMPUTER BLUE, wit Wendy suckin Princez guitar. ) BUTT also sum Jamez Brown, sum Jimi Hendrix, & sum Sly Stone. Uh...... THE TIME wuz da bizness, BUTT Prince wuz NEVER 1, dat would steer away from competition. #PAUSEYOCLAWZ

[@Lppolymath90]

Is that a cigarette I see Prince holding in that photo with Morris? Didn't know he ever smoked...

[@leahstarner2704]

Lppolymath90 it was a prop for the pic, that was the Jamie star persona

[@Jsimm100]

Yeah it's a cigarette. No Telling I mean it was the 80's so I wouldn't be surprised if he smoked a little back then.

[@chrisdelphin4031]

I don't think that's prince.

[@leahstarner2704]

Chris Delphin yes it is Prince Morris day posted this ,this is Prince dressed up as Jamie star

[@girl6773]

Please explain to me how Morris day could of out shines Prince you must be crazy that was Princes music he made all the songs so your basically saying Prince out done Prince. No way can Morris touch him till this day RESPECT his Genius

[@lawtan9256]

Back then people (strangely) didn't know all of the music was prince. The public saw the time and on stage even the revolution admitted the time was killing them on stage. The Time were more raw at the time (no pun intended)

[@majikmuzak6385]

Whoever was confused of how Prince had more than one girl doesn’t know anything about Prince. Everything he says is wrong.

[@debramiller3428]

Strange to see Prince with a cigarette..7:20

[@offthetopp]

Also on something in the water off the 1999 album there is a loud scratching noise at the end or some weird edit.

[@debratimms5997]

3pm Debra yes 3pm Debra yes Love

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

The Time did in fact steal the show every night on the Triple Threat Tour..

[@carmenarms2043]

They truly did. But it worked out for all of them

[@elizabethlavine3195]

Actually they did NOT at the show in Philly

[@carmenarms2043]

+Elizabeth Lavine not in Philly but in other places there where more fans wanting autographs from the Time and Vanity 6 than from Prince.

[@Nubias]

@MrAzmatMahmood No one has to convince anyone of the truth,you are just in denial,like a great many fans who do not let truth guide them. Like I said you are not centered,that means little to you now,but in 10 years or so hopefully you will understand what it's all about. Doesn't matter what you do,truth will never dissipate,truth,playing an instrument gives you direct control over the music. How can you change that? It's not rocket science. If I use a blues scale,and for some reason decide to switch to mixolydian instead,I would need to have direct control of these scales,when it came to the music Michael did not have that control. If it were vocals,of course he had that control. A voice is a instrument,albeit a biological instrument. When it comes to forming the base of most songs which are made with instruments,yes they are the end all,and be all,when controlling the sound,it is truth,how ever much you shun it like a vampire running from the dawn. I am not trying to take anything away from Mike,he was bad,the world as we know it can not be imagined without his contributions!

[@tracymcdaniel9602]

3x2=6

[@bonniecook9689]

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