One of those clips (like 'Malice at the Palace' for different reasons) that I have to watch once a year or so nearly ten years later & am always glad I did.

I think at the time it happened there was folks on OKP claiming it was showy/he-made-it-about-himself or some other such nonsense but fuck that.

The end result was probably still the most iconic performance moment in the history of that somewhat stodgy affair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoR6YQ1V8ks

Love when The Midget gets a high-profile look (Super Bowl being another example) where he can remind the Boomer rock-critic establishment that he can do all the shit their heroes can do even when he's just visiting in that realm.

Kinda reminds me of that interview he did in RS around Graffitti Bridge (first big interview since probably '85) where his comment on the Grammy's (well, along with him saying in the same interview that he only listens to his own music which unfortunately might have been the case to some degree by then) stuck out to me:

"I don't go to awards shows anymore," he says. "I'm not saying I'm better than anybody else. But you'll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, 'Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse growing up, I *know* how to do that, you dig? But *you* will not do 'Housequake.'"

Full article here: http://princetext.tripod.com/i_stone90.html

^^^It's funny people forget how critically acclaimed Graffitti Bridge was as an album prior to the movie coming out & bombing. But I distinctly remember that album getting 4.5 stars in Rolling Stone & being compared favorably to Sign O' The Times in other publications.

Tom Petty looks salty as fuck in this performance once Prince hijacks it which makes it that much funnier because I feel like P starts to sense it & just goes further into his own thing.

You also see Petty give a wave to the band at the very end, I think Winwood was ready to jam on keys but Petty knew he might solo for another five minutes.

Meanwhile Danhi Harrison (who seems as well adjusted as the son of a Beatle could be as far as I can tell, he's likely the one who requested Prince) is just cheesing his ass off watching it.

I honestly don't even remember what Prince played on his own induction part of the show at this point, I'm not sure it really even matters.