Prince tells off Guitarist on stage

Durring last nights Prince concert in Gr. Rapids someting happened between Prince and his Guitarist that caused Prince to Bump into him and CLEARLY AND FIRMLY ask "YOU GOTTA PROBLEM" this happened as Candy was doing a little solo right infront of me! I had front row near the horn section, did anyone else see this! The rest of the night his guitarist was at the far side almost below Reneto. I have heard of Princes temper but to do that in front of a paying crowd is uncalled for....wait til' your below stage and bitch all you want. I have a staff that works for me and If I have issues I would never call them out infront of paying customers.....ITS JUST NOT PROFESSIONAL!.....and as for the performance I think it is obvious they are all ready for a break from this very long tour!

Prince seemed perfectly okay the night before when I saw him perform in Auburn Hills. Maybe he and the band were having an off night.

Irish Diplomacy: The art of telling someone to go to hell, and having them look forward to the trip.

My give a damn is busted.

I hope that's not the case.Mike is a great guy! I have been to several concerts and at all of them Mike spends the majority of his time by Renato. He even has a little stool he sits on. So, hopefully, it wasn't anything more than a one-comment tizzy from P.

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I can imagine that doing these great enterprises can result in a little friction every now and then...

I wish i knew why Prince is pushing himself and The Band so hard. When the tour schedule was posted it looked so extreme to me. Night after night, week after week. Of course people are going to loose their temper when they are stressed out and/or tired. With this relentless schedule, Prince is bound to loose his cool here and there.

What i don't understand is what is it that is driving him to push himself into this frame of mind and attitude? Is it the money? If we should loose the world to save our souls, that doesn't make much sense. Prince surely must have enough to get by and could stretch out his engagements and still make ends meet. Or is it responsibilities that he must cover for others? At a half mil a nite, one would think that would be enough to pay everyone plus have a little extra.

Or is it our fault for demanding his presence, his music, his love. We always want more & more of Prince.

What do U think?

are you sure this wasn't part of some kind of act? i've seen the show a bunch of times and there have been different little "skits" and jokes at each date. sometime prince ets a dig on a bandmember or there are little exchanges amongst the horn section (like greg boyer knocking on candy's head during "knock on wood"). maybe p was just teasing mike for bumping into him?

those shows are so incredibly polished, i can't see prince throwing a diva fit during one of those gigs. i bet it was just part of the little schtick he does w/ mike scott...the man has been playing w/ prince for far too long for that kind of thing to be serious.

Anxiety said:

SassyBritches said:

mzflash said:

I wish i knew why Prince is pushing himself and The Band so hard. When the tour schedule was posted it looked so extreme to me. Night after night, week after week. Of course people are going to loose their temper when they are stressed out and/or tired. With this relentless schedule, Prince is bound to loose his cool here and there.

What i don't understand is what is it that is driving him to push himself into this frame of mind and attitude? Is it the money? If we should loose the world to save our souls, that doesn't make much sense. Prince surely must have enough to get by and could stretch out his engagements and still make ends meet. Or is it responsibilities that he must cover for others? At a half mil a nite, one would think that would be enough to pay everyone plus have a little extra.

Or is it our fault for demanding his presence, his music, his love. We always want more & more of Prince.

What do U think?

mzflash said:

I wish i knew why Prince is pushing himself and The Band so hard. When the tour schedule was posted it looked so extreme to me. Night after night, week after week. Of course people are going to loose their temper when they are stressed out and/or tired. With this relentless schedule, Prince is bound to loose his cool here and there.

What i don't understand is what is it that is driving him to push himself into this frame of mind and attitude? Is it the money? If we should loose the world to save our souls, that doesn't make much sense. Prince surely must have enough to get by and could stretch out his engagements and still make ends meet. Or is it responsibilities that he must cover for others? At a half mil a nite, one would think that would be enough to pay everyone plus have a little extra.

Or is it our fault for demanding his presence, his music, his love. We always want more & more of Prince.

What do U think?

I saw it. It looked pretty serious. He walked away like he was pissed for a second, then got back into the song.

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well Prince can do it and the guiarist doesn't like see ya!

whellz99 said:

i'm sure its only a matter of time before someone explains how prince can never do any wrong and this was all mike scott's fault.

Oh I SOOOOO wish I had seen that!!! Too bad it wasn't fucking Maceo's sorry ass Prince was ridin'.

theblueangel said:

theblueangel said:

Revolution said:

theblueangel said:

Oh I SOOOOO wish I had seen that!!! Too bad it wasn't fucking Maceo's sorry ass Prince was ridin'.

Whatcha got against Maceo? He's a very nice man and, unlike LG, seems to know his place in the band...plus, he's a fine musician.
on the Maceo hatin'...

Thank you...Maceo be too cool

"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"

Noooo...oooo really??? I wish I could have seen that...he probably looked hot while he was pissed
No but for real....reallll...lly?

SassyBritches said:

i'm sure its only a matter of time before someone explains how prince can never do any wrong and this was all mike scott's fault.

from where i was, i saw how the whole thing played out.....

prince was changing things a little in the show - he was having the band continue playing the current groove while he "improvised" and played with the crowd. (I've seen enough of these shows to know what follows what). it was right around when Mike Scott would come out and prince would do the whole bit about mikes pimp suit and how prince 'doesn't like pimps, but he likes the dance move mike was doin. Mike was going over to take his spot not picking up that prince wasn't doing the standard routine tonight... Prince told him to go back - It seemed like Mike didn't pick this up and prince pushed him - mike came back again and prince pushed him a little harder - so mike went back to his normal spot.... Then shortly afterwards, Mike headed over to the area between Chance and John Blackwell.. Candy went on with her solo and Prince went up to Mike and said "You got a problem?" - Mike looked at him and said "what" prince repeated himself then got closer and made another coment (i couldn't read lips on this one) then Mike kinda shrugged his shoulders, Prince came in to make another comment and Mike stopped him and said "I got ya"
- was it an act - I don't know....
but when it was time for Mike and prince to do the whole pimp suit act, Mike was very aprhensive to take his place on that side of the stage.... like he wasn't sure if prince was going from his impromptu stuff and back into the normal show - Prince had to coax Mike out of his normal spot to get him to take his proper place to do the little pimpin skit.


The Grand rapids show was definitly different.... It seemed in the begining of the show that he was calling changes and stops and starts on the fly. (The band has to be bored with the normal show by now) - He even got on the Chances Keyboards for a little bit.... Chance looked like he didn't know what to do so he stood there right next to Prince, Prince shook his hand out towards Chance kinda like saying stand back and Chance kinda shrugged and stepped away from his gear until prince finished playing.
and also,Purple rain was probably the best I've ever heard him perform (especially the guitar solo where he led into the final chorus - it was perfect)... and candy played really well on her solo in call my name.

thats my take on it, It did seem like he was not happy with Mike, but he got over it pretty quick.

Artists are temperamental, emotional creatures. Put "perfectionist" on top of that & you have a person that will unleash on yo ass if he/she feels the need

If Mike wasn't paying attention & fuckin' up, OH WELL... They all know by now you gotta watch yo ass when you're on stage w/ P - he don't take no shit! Pay attention, listen up, roll w/ the changes & don't say shit!

Doesn't surprise me - on the Rave2000 DVD under Bonus Grooves (George Clinton @ 1:56) Prince kinda pulls Mike's sleeve, I think he tells him to "back up" & "watch me" or something like that. It wasn't angry but it was definitely corrective. Maybe P forgets that people are watching him @ ALL TIMES, no matter who's soloing.

theblueangel said:

Legend schmegend, he bores me to tears.

theblueangel said:

CalhounSq said:

theblueangel said:

Oh I SOOOOO wish I had seen that!!! Too bad it wasn't fucking Maceo's sorry ass Prince was ridin'.

I hope you're joking, that's just wrong Maceo is a fucking legend...



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[This message was edited Tue Aug 3 4:51:04 2004 by CalhounSq]

wwooowww! i thought i was the only one that saw that. at first i was like, "hmm...i think he is seriously angry!" but then i passed it off as it was part of the act. but it just seemed seriously real.

i mean, he did the whole "pimp" thing and stuff. that was an act. but i don't think this was. oh dear...

omg..I know I shouldn't be laughing, but this shit is funny as hell. I wish I could have seen P's lil ass getting gangsta...

RipHer2Shreds said:

CalhounSq said:

I hope you're joking, that's just wrong Maceo is a fucking legend...

Legend or not, if he doesn't like Maceo, he doesn't like him.

...come on Alfred... pack ya shit...

C