Four years after his death, superfan Maya Rudolph remembers Prince: 'He was a perfect musician'

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On Tuesday, actor and comedian Maya Rudolph will host “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince,” a primetime CBS TV special recorded in January.

” on the radio and recognized that it was Prince. But I didn’t really know what he looked like or anything. In those days you didn’t always put the picture with the music, not until MTV. When I saw him, I knew it was a world that I wasn’t a part of. But it didn’t scare me. I just felt deeply connected to the music.I definitely have always been drawn to his voice. He was a perfect musician.

. And there’s a great video for “Partyman” from the “Batman” soundtrack — he has this moment with a chimpanzee that’s like, “Oh my God, my heart.”I was at the airport. It was a really strange experience. I knew about the plane that week [when a flight Prince was on had to make an emergency landing after he lost consciousness], so I guess he was on my mind. I was flying that morning, so I had to get up really early.

.” We got out of the car, then got back in later and it started up again where it was. They were like, “Are youAre you as serious with the bootlegs and live recordings with any other artist? He’s the only one I went that deep on. I grew up in Westwood and we had a Tower Records, and I would go to Tower every time a new single came out and get the 12-inch because they had a long version of the song. They were these precious moments where I felt like you got to see more — you got to be in the room longer with him and with the song.

 

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He was THE best guitarist I've ever seen. I didn't particularly like a lot of his music, but EVERY time he was on stage for tributes with all the famous guitar players, he out played them all. It didn't happen just once. He outshone them all. Clapton, Beck, Walsh, ALL of them.

Correct. Despite his diminutive stature he was head and shoulders above his contemporaries. Listen with joy to Sign o' the Times.

Please, no Madonna in tonight’s tribute.

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