DoffieParker said:

thanks 4 the reviews & just WOW*ijustwetmyknickers*WOW @ the 2nd show..

i found this online (thanks pk)

any news on the 3rd show?

1st show:

Start @ 9:00pm
Guest : Mike Phillips*

D.M.S.R. (inc. Dance 4 Me - One Nation Under A Groove)*
Pop Life (inc. Scrapple From The Apple)*
Musicology (inc. Prince And The Band - Tighten Up)*
Shhh (inc. U Will Be... With Me)
Mountains
Everyday People
I Want To Take You Higher (inc. 777-9311)
Let's Work
U Got The Look
Cool (inc. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease)

End @ 10:45pm

2nd show:

Start @ 11:40pm

Star Spangled Banner Blues
I Like It There
Endorphinmachine (instrumental)
Villanova Junction
The Question Of U (instrumental) - Gingerbread Man - The One
Dreamer - Welcome 2 America (inc. America)
She's Always In My Hair
Bambi
Colonized Mind
Brown Skin (by Shelby J.)
Little Red Corvette

End @ 1:10am

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Very cool... thanks for sharing these

ihatephish said:

NPG2045 said:

11:47-1:02 ihatephish said:

how long was the second show? anybody know?

It was 90 solid minutes. No breather space, no applause time for encores. A few technical glitches forced the man to abandon a tune or two in favor of some loose guitar work. In between chords, you'd see him pointing and yelling at techs off the stage, but that just meant more guitar and less of the mainstream stuff (which was fantastic).

At one point, someone snapped a photo of him with flash, and he raised his hand, saying, "Stop filming me, ya'll. Seriously." That kind of put the fear of the Lord in me (Prince does that) and didn't get any pics of the performance. But here are two blurry shots of the setup right before he came on. Windows overlooked LA. Great vibe.

GDB said:

Fortunately for me I was within one row of people from the stage...unfortunately the two guys in front of me were just as tall if not an inch taller than me...so I felt sorry for anyone behind us because they were going to be screwed. That show should have been sold as obstructed view with such a low platform for the artist to play upon and no disrespect, but considering his height...you just couldn't see him from the rear. Weird space for a performance to take place...low ceiling, poor sightlines. But it was small and intimate.

It was a sweet view up close, wasn't it? For those of you in the back here ya'll go:

[Edited 5/26/11 9:54am]

luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucky!!!! What a beautiful amazing once in alifetime experience....Prince is a musical genius....take those vibes you got last night and make sure to hold on to 'em!

wanted to make the folks who weren't fortunate to come out feel better about saving their money.

i went to the first 2 shows.

although it seemed like tix were avail for the 7pm up until showtime, it was completely packed in there. walked to the back towards the end and it was wall to wall people.

1st show was ruined by an extremely drunk lady who failed to follow the basic rules of a prince show at a club. keep it classy people!

a)don't come in shitfaced. he doesn't like booze so don't be totally shitfaced, especially when he can see you and you keep bumping into the people around you

b)don't be sporting a hat when we are all in the same level. this isn't stadium seating yo. you are blocking people behind you.

c)don't be mistaking this show as an audition to be a back up dancer. no need to be flailing your arms and blocking everyone behind you while you are jumping around all sloppy

d)dude also pushed his way to the front and blocked some girls. luckily he moved back so the lil ones could see

all in all was a good show with a setlist similar to the forum. i liked his lil white knit cap that looked homemade and his lil curls coming out. *sigh* he wore the cutest silver sparkly sneakers. he was very playful but i don't think it was worth the $220 for such a short setlist (even with a 17 min version of dmsr-my fave!) since he came out so stinking late. he had big bags under his eyes. looked way more tired than he did at the troub show. hoping his voice will hold out for this weekend's shows.

2nd show was basically a clusterfuck. unless you were handful of people who came super early, you couldn't see shit. i would have rather saved my $100 and bought tix to the remainder of the forum shows. if i knew he was playing at the restaurant, i would not have bought these tix. security was a hot mess. people kept sneaking in without the proper wristband so they ended up pulling people out. people who were filiming got escorted out. it was hot as hell in there. he played in the dark for half of the show so it was like you were listening to a live bootleg at your house party during a blackout. it looked WAY more than 250 people. people were climbing on top of the booths to try to see. alot of sloppy drunks up in the restaurant. i've never seen so many people doing crazy dances in the back. sound was great but definitely not worth the $100.

[Edited 5/26/11 9:57am]

LectricManx said:

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Ppl there already - The guy in the round hat and P chain. Same guy who was first in line for Troubadour. HOB staff are looking well pleased

It kinda does my head in to think that Prince will be so close to where I live - Hard to explain really..Pumped for tonight

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WOW!!!!!

LectricManx said:

Outside after 2nd show- loose jam with mostly john, ida and P. He played so many things i'll have to remember what exactly although the was some sound issues to start so he guitar jammed for a good 10 mins teasing 'jose the sound guy' i can remember. Amongst these were stacks of loose jams Also I've NEVER seen him get proper angry at ppl. Man alive all the stories are real.. Phew But he's was in an amazing mood with us... V playful and fun Bambi Little red corvette(slow version) where we started singing slow down before he prompted and P loved it. Welcome to america Question of U instrumental Brown skin w shelby Colonized mind Dreamer She's always in my hair He played the melody from America during one solo - i nearly exploded More when they come to mind Bono is here! [Edited 5/26/11 1:59am]

Whats Bono doing there; trying to pick up some dance steps?!?!?!?

msdmsr said:

rasputin1981 said:

Just got out of the show.. Short but basically no filler.. Funk through and through Here's what I remember: DMSR Pop Life Musicology Shhh Mountains Sly medley with prince DESTROYING it on bass U got the look Eh.. There were more Encore: Don't stop till you/cool

shit! I knew I should have went. My husband would have probably divorced me but I wouldn't have cared. He played bass? aaaaaaaaaaaand I missed it

DoffieParker said:

thanks 4 the reviews & just WOW*ijustwetmyknickers*WOW @ the 2nd show..

i found this online (thanks pk)

any news on the 3rd show?

1st show:

Start @ 9:00pm
Guest : Mike Phillips*

D.M.S.R. (inc. Dance 4 Me - One Nation Under A Groove)*
Pop Life (inc. Scrapple From The Apple)*
Musicology (inc. Prince And The Band - Tighten Up)*
Shhh (inc. U Will Be... With Me)
Mountains
Everyday People
I Want To Take You Higher (inc. 777-9311)
Let's Work
U Got The Look
Cool (inc. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease)

End @ 10:45pm

2nd show:

Start @ 11:40pm

Star Spangled Banner Blues
I Like It There
Endorphinmachine (instrumental)
Villanova Junction
The Question Of U (instrumental) - Gingerbread Man - The One
Dreamer - Welcome 2 America (inc. America)
She's Always In My Hair
Bambi
Colonized Mind
Brown Skin (by Shelby J.)
Little Red Corvette

End @ 1:10am

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Okay I was standing outside around 12, the whole hour of 12. So seeing this setlist I thought it was the third show cause I heard LRC , then there was the longest pause so we left. Now I saw a post saying the third show ended at 4am

[Edited 5/26/11 10:13am]

legna said:

DoffieParker said:

thanks 4 the reviews & just WOW*ijustwetmyknickers*WOW @ the 2nd show..

i found this online (thanks pk)

any news on the 3rd show?

1st show:

Start @ 9:00pm
Guest : Mike Phillips*

D.M.S.R. (inc. Dance 4 Me - One Nation Under A Groove)*
Pop Life (inc. Scrapple From The Apple)*
Musicology (inc. Prince And The Band - Tighten Up)*
Shhh (inc. U Will Be... With Me)
Mountains
Everyday People
I Want To Take You Higher (inc. 777-9311)
Let's Work
U Got The Look
Cool (inc. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease)

End @ 10:45pm

2nd show:

Start @ 11:40pm

Star Spangled Banner Blues
I Like It There
Endorphinmachine (instrumental)
Villanova Junction
The Question Of U (instrumental) - Gingerbread Man - The One
Dreamer - Welcome 2 America (inc. America)
She's Always In My Hair
Bambi
Colonized Mind
Brown Skin (by Shelby J.)
Little Red Corvette

End @ 1:10am

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Very cool... thanks for sharing these

UNBELIEVABLE PHOTOS!!!

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

scratchy said:

wanted to make the folks who weren't fortunate to come out feel better about saving their money.

i went to the first 2 shows.

although it seemed like tix were avail for the 7pm up until showtime, it was completely packed in there. walked to the back towards the end and it was wall to wall people.

1st show was ruined by an extremely drunk lady who failed to follow the basic rules of a prince show at a club. keep it classy people!

a)don't come in shitfaced. he doesn't like booze so don't be totally shitfaced, especially when he can see you and you keep bumping into the people around you

b)don't be sporting a hat when we are all in the same level. this isn't stadium seating yo. you are blocking people behind you.

c)don't be mistaking this show as an audition to be a back up dancer. no need to be flailing your arms and blocking everyone behind you while you are jumping around all sloppy

d)dude also pushed his way to the front and blocked some girls. luckily he moved back so the lil ones could see

all in all was a good show with a setlist similar to the forum. i liked his lil white knit cap that looked homemade and his lil curls coming out. *sigh* he wore the cutest silver sparkly sneakers. he was very playful but i don't think it was worth the $220 for such a short setlist (even with a 17 min version of dmsr-my fave!) since he came out so stinking late. he had big bags under his eyes. looked way more tired than he did at the troub show. hoping his voice will hold out for this weekend's shows.

2nd show was basically a clusterfuck. unless you were handful of people who came super early, you couldn't see shit. i would have rather saved my $100 and bought tix to the remainder of the forum shows. if i knew he was playing at the restaurant, i would not have bought these tix. security was a hot mess. people kept sneaking in without the proper wristband so they ended up pulling people out. people who were filiming got escorted out. it was hot as hell in there. he played in the dark for half of the show so it was like you were listening to a live bootleg at your house party during a blackout. it looked WAY more than 250 people. people were climbing on top of the booths to try to see. alot of sloppy drunks up in the restaurant. i've never seen so many people doing crazy dances in the back. sound was great but definitely not worth the $100.

[Edited 5/26/11 9:57am]

Yikes, I'm lucky I was right in front, then. I didn't see any of that madness. And every time I looked back, it seemed like the back of the room was empty. Maybe it filled up as the show went on? No one up front was drinking (didn't want to run to the bathroom and lose our spot!). So the front of the room was respectful, sober and in a great, party mood.

Sorry to hear about your experience :-/

DaveG said:

Okay... Anyone who thinks this was a $25 Forum setlist either wasn't at the HOB or was so uptight about the $$ that they couldn't enjoy the show. Y'all should know that you get something different every time with Prince... I went to the first 2 shows, my ears are still ringing....

The main hall show was a dance party.. He did things with DMSR that I don't even think 1/4 of the crowd knew was even going on....

The 2nd show... What can I say? I couldn't even see him, but it might have been the best sounding Prince show I've ever been 2...... Imagine Prince playing in your living room.... Quite insane. I'm not sure what section of the HOB we were in... It wasn't the restaurant, like advertised... But It was pure purple heaven...

[Edited 5/26/11 3:44am]

AH-GREED! I could see his neck up from where I stood at 2nd show so that was lucky and I saw him walk out 3 feet away from me. Niiiice. BEST SOUND!

bronzefunk said:

antoinet said:

bronzefunk said: Hey bronzefunk I made it in the 2nd show just b4 Welcome2America. That was. Nice set. How close were u? Must have been CLOSE! I could have gotten in last show for $100 & ran out of cash. I hate myself for that but I guess it's better I'm home. I heard Beyonce & JayZ were up there & might perform. I can't wait to hear what happened from someone. THANK U Again!!!

After I got your text I was looking for you...

Second show was truly unbelievable. A hardcore Prince fans dream.

Let's catch up at The Forum this weekend..

For sure. Let me know (again if you already told me yesterday in the parking lot) what shows you will be at this weekend. I'll text you. I'm TRYING NOT to try for all 3, I'm hoping to just hit Friday and Saturday but how oh how can I pass up closing night!!!!???? Oh, man. I got it bad, bad, bad, just as bad as I always did. After last night, how could I NOT!!!????

Thanks for catching up with me and saying hi last night.

bwdinhb said:

GDB said:

Fortunately for me I was within one row of people from the stage...unfortunately the two guys in front of me were just as tall if not an inch taller than me...so I felt sorry for anyone behind us because they were going to be screwed. That show should have been sold as obstructed view with such a low platform for the artist to play upon and no disrespect, but considering his height...you just couldn't see him from the rear. Weird space for a performance to take place...low ceiling, poor sightlines. But it was small and intimate.

It was a sweet view up close, wasn't it? For those of you in the back here ya'll go:

[Edited 5/26/11 9:54am]

Nice pic!

xMikeBx said:

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

I heard the 3rd set was all NGP funk and the girls singing.

I heard that Prince didn't sing at all!

They said Prince was at the back playing guitar and that's it.

They said that they almost wanted to leave halfway through it,

but stuck it out just in case something interesting happened - nothing did.

(one person's opinion of the 3rd show)

CallMeCarrie said:

xMikeBx said:

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

I heard the 3rd set was all NGP funk and the girls singing.

I heard that Prince didn't sing at all!

They said Prince was at the back playing guitar and that's it.

They said that they almost wanted to leave halfway through it,

but stuck it out just in case something interesting happened - nothing did.

(one person's opinion of the 3rd show)

Barely awake after all three shows last night. The highlight of third set was 'more than this' roxy music cover.

CallMeCarrie said:

xMikeBx said:

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

I heard the 3rd set was all NGP funk and the girls singing.

I heard that Prince didn't sing at all!

They said Prince was at the back playing guitar and that's it.

They said that they almost wanted to leave halfway through it,

but stuck it out just in case something interesting happened - nothing did.

(one person's opinion of the 3rd show)

I left at 3:15 (I think it went to 4:15) but from what I saw, the first statement was correct, 2nd mostly (he sang some), 3rd, lots of BASS playing (awesome). It was also dark and dim, I as in 2nd/34d row (and am tall) so I could see him, if you were farther back, forget it. No stage and he is short.

CallMeCarrie said:

xMikeBx said:

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

I heard the 3rd set was all NGP funk and the girls singing.

I heard that Prince didn't sing at all!

They said Prince was at the back playing guitar and that's it.

They said that they almost wanted to leave halfway through it,

but stuck it out just in case something interesting happened - nothing did.

(one person's opinion of the 3rd show)

I was at all 3. The last show wasn't all girls. It was one massive jam session. Prince shredded the guitar.... Mike Phillips played Shelby did a bunch of tracks including Rude Boy from Rihanna and others. Prince did an extended version of Controversy and very strangely he did "More Than This" by Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music. I will have to get back to my friend 'mike' to go back tonight and check the tracks. After 3 shows and over 6 hours of Prince and 4 hours sleep, my brain is a purple haze right now but I am on a purple high

was there any celebrities in the house last night?

xMikeBx said:

Maybe I'm just missing it, but has anything been posted anywhere about the third set? Very curious. Thanks.

It ran until about 4:15am. Give them time to sleep in. Also, much less people attended.

Bono stood 3-4 people away from me for about an hour, watching the 3rd show.

legna said:

DoffieParker said:

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Very cool... thanks for sharing these

Anybody know what song or songs he played during his Bass segment?

Allanya said:

was there any celebrities in the house last night?

Yeah prince was there

UltraLash said:

stickywebs said:

how was the second show?????

Just came back from the second show, and it was definitely NOT jazz. This was a rock concert, probably similar to the second Troubadour show. Yes, it was in the restaurant upstairs. Maybe 100 - 150 people tops.

He opened with a blues jam making fun of their tech guy Jose because of some speaker issues ("Jose can you see..."), which led into a sharp guitar intro for the Star Spangled Banner. From there it was Gingerbread Man, Dreamer, Colonized Mind, Welcome 2 America, She's Always in My Hair and Little Red Corvette. Yes, there was some more, but those were the standouts (including a show-stopping "Brown Skin" from Shelby J -- I think I still have some Shelby spit on my shirt, btw).

What happened to the jazz? I think he saw the room and the crowd and the tiny stage and thought "Nah, this calls for a guitar." In fact, we saw bipoloar Prince -- raging at the stage techs in anger one minute and being playful with the audience the next.

It was a loud, rockin', fly-by-the-seat-of-your-buttless-pants show that ran for 90 minutes. Did I mention it was LOUD?

Oh, and it's official, this weekend will be the last 3 shows of his residency in LA. He said it himself at the end of tonight's "jazz cafe".... which was not a cafe... and certainly wasn't jazz.

[Edited 5/26/11 1:52am]

Pretty much sums it up...EXCEPT......how can you forget Bambi? Wow. That was an incredible performance of that song. Bambi and Colonized Mind were my two favs, I enjoyed the unique Little Red Corvette version and probably would have to say Shelby singing Brown Skin was the best performance I've seen of her...by far.

UltraLash said:

Yikes, I'm lucky I was right in front, then. I didn't see any of that madness. And every time I looked back, it seemed like the back of the room was empty. Maybe it filled up as the show went on? No one up front was drinking (didn't want to run to the bathroom and lose our spot!). So the front of the room was respectful, sober and in a great, party mood.

Sorry to hear about your experience :-/

Were you one of the ladies in the front row? Trying to find the cool people I was chatting with before and after the show - I'm the British guy...

Got to say the vibe up front was awesome...even with jet lag!

Astasheiks said:

legna said:

Very cool... thanks for sharing these

Anybody know what song or songs he played during his Bass segment?

IIRC it was Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again, Everyday People and 777-9311 with The Stick mixed in

scratchy said:

wanted to make the folks who weren't fortunate to come out feel better about saving their money.

i went to the first 2 shows.

although it seemed like tix were avail for the 7pm up until showtime, it was completely packed in there. walked to the back towards the end and it was wall to wall people.

1st show was ruined by an extremely drunk lady who failed to follow the basic rules of a prince show at a club. keep it classy people!

a)don't come in shitfaced. he doesn't like booze so don't be totally shitfaced, especially when he can see you and you keep bumping into the people around you

b)don't be sporting a hat when we are all in the same level. this isn't stadium seating yo. you are blocking people behind you.

c)don't be mistaking this show as an audition to be a back up dancer. no need to be flailing your arms and blocking everyone behind you while you are jumping around all sloppy

d)dude also pushed his way to the front and blocked some girls. luckily he moved back so the lil ones could see

all in all was a good show with a setlist similar to the forum. i liked his lil white knit cap that looked homemade and his lil curls coming out. *sigh* he wore the cutest silver sparkly sneakers. he was very playful but i don't think it was worth the $220 for such a short setlist (even with a 17 min version of dmsr-my fave!) since he came out so stinking late. he had big bags under his eyes. looked way more tired than he did at the troub show. hoping his voice will hold out for this weekend's shows.

2nd show was basically a clusterfuck. unless you were handful of people who came super early, you couldn't see shit. i would have rather saved my $100 and bought tix to the remainder of the forum shows. if i knew he was playing at the restaurant, i would not have bought these tix. security was a hot mess. people kept sneaking in without the proper wristband so they ended up pulling people out. people who were filiming got escorted out. it was hot as hell in there. he played in the dark for half of the show so it was like you were listening to a live bootleg at your house party during a blackout. it looked WAY more than 250 people. people were climbing on top of the booths to try to see. alot of sloppy drunks up in the restaurant. i've never seen so many people doing crazy dances in the back. sound was great but definitely not worth the $100.

[Edited 5/26/11 9:57am]

Note to self... Don't go to a show with scratchy...