Sunday, February 21, 2021

Why nobody was talking about Prince's Saturday Night Live debut



Prince : Partyup


On February 21, 1981 a 22 year old Prince performed the Dirty Mind track  "Partyup" on Saturday Night Live. He wasn't actually the designated musical guest that night. That honor went to Todd Rundgren. But when Prince got his chance to play, he took it. Producer at the time, Jean Doumanian, said of the performance to Rolling Stone: “I was blown away, he was just the most original act I had seen in a long time.” 

This might have been the performance everyone talked about Sunday morning had Charlie Rocket not said fuck that night on live television



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