always in my hair

“Strangers touching my hair.” – Prince <revealing his one major pet peeve>

Whew.

This is sick.

Like in good sick.

Prince and his band 3rdEyeGirl on Arsenio Hall played “she’s always in my hair” and it was spectacular. Sick spectacular. As in every young band who is learning to play live should watch this.

In addition.

This is proof positive that:

<a> Prince is a superlative guitar player,

<b> while he may possibly have an ego bigger than … well … his physical size … he is the master of minimalism musically … he is a sparse – quality – contributor within the song,

<c> timing is everything. I am sure there is some musical technical term for it … but I don’t know it. He has an innate ability to step in and out of a song vocally and guitar playing at exactly the right time. It’s like he provides a lily pad to step on at exactly the right time to cross the musical pond.

Not only was this a great performance … but it is a really good song.

Prince on Arsenio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgm1qWOGYEY

I would also like to point out that Prince continues to be spectacular with a band <not as compared to solo artists> that never remains the same. I am not sure if this is any criteria for the talent of a musician and song writer … but the dude seems like he could put the Smurfs on stage with him and he would make them look and sound good. He is like the Tom Brady of music <sports people will get that analogy>.

Anyway.

Sick performance.

Oh.

And it is quite possible Prince’s friends are sick of his cooking as he admits he loves cooking … but … “But only one thing. Omelets. All my friends have high cholesterol.”