Documentary claims Prince’s Rock Hall solo was an act of revenge

The legendary Beatles guitarist George Harrison was finally inducted as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2004. His good friends Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were the ones responsible to induct him that night. Both of them performed the classic song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” alongside Harrison’s son Dhani, Steve Winwood and Prince.

It was Prince who really stole the show with an incredible and perfect guitar solo that night and according to an upcoming documentary about the Rockstar, it could have been motivated by an act of revenge. That was revealed by the New York Times writer Sasha Weiss who had the chance to watch the movie and told that story.

Prince wanted to prove Rolling Stone magazine they were wrong

She explained that the documentary says that Prince was really upset that he had been left out of the Rolling Stone list that chose the 100 best guitarists of all time in 2003. Since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was an event associated with Rolling Stone and the magazine’s co-founder Jann Wenner, Prince used the performance as an act of revenge. He wanted to show everyone he should be part of the list.

“Prince nursed these kinds of slights and his commandeering of the stage. At an event associated with Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone. (It) was, in part, an act of revenge. There’s spite and aggression in the performance. But there’s also pain — in his wincing face, his apartness. A small, soigné Black man onstage with these rumpled white rockers,” Sasha Weiss said.

Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on that same day. It was Outkast and Alice Keys who inducted him that night. That night he performed songs like “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Kiss”. He tragically passed away back in 2016 at the age of 57.