Don't hurt you.

Don't want you.

I only want you to have you.

I only want you to have some

I'm. This is Prince, the story of 1999, brought to you by the current in collaboration with the Prince Estate,

Paisley Park and Warner Records. I'm Andrea Swenson. I'm an author and a radio host living in Minneapolis.

Previously on Prince, the story of 1999, we spent a lot of time talking about Prince in the studio,

but what I want to do now is talk about Prince, the live performer.

If you have ever had a chance to see Prince perform live,

whether in person or maybe with that incredible Super Bowl halftime show

or his guitar solo at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You know he was an unparalleled

performer and my mind just goes to all of these moments that I got to have watching

him play at venues here in Minneapolis and especially out at Paisley Park.

There was one night in actually somewhat recent years it was back in 2015

when Prince actually invited Madonna out to see him perform and I got the chance

to see Madonna watching Prince she was seated on the edge of the stage looking up

at him as he played this just monstrous guitar solo and

her mouth was literally hanging open in awe.

And I just had this moment where I thought if even Madonna Madonna who has seen so much in her career and

done so much in her career is just mesmerized and awestruck at Prince that is a

powerful, powerful performer.

So we're going to get into that because so far,

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