You know what I find funny ( and for the record I am/was a huge Prince fan), is that by the standards of American Idol, Prince really can't sing.
If you listen at his records, his draw is not the vocal acrobatics ( although dude has a KILLER falsetto).
Now we all know that back in the day( and quiet as is kept, even still today) prince's lyrics were "racy" to put it modestly. But the visuals that dude could paint with a song were out of this world. And of course he is a "muscian's artiist".
But I just think its wild that if Prince went on American Idol, no instruments, and tried to sing somebodys else's music, they would laugh him out of the stadium.
But, when he does "him", man he has IT ( whatever it is).
just thinking out loud. BTW my favorite prince album ( besides purple rain) was Sign of the Times. Just a classic.
jlewis