bellanoche said:

I absolutely love that Prince is doing this concert in Baltimore. I love that he is one of the miniscule group of famous people who has the compassion and backbone to stand up and speak up about the the homegrown terrorism that has led to the deaths of so many black men at the hands of the police.

However, I have to say that this is one of the least talented bands that I have ever heard Prince perform with. These girls have been around a few years now, and they just do not compare to previous bands. This all sounds so pedestrian. It is bland, weak, and lifeless. Prince doesn't even sound that great. He is oversinging and trying to oversell it.

Who on Earth is singing background? His beautiful guitar tone has disappeared in favor of noise, which helps to mask the limited range of his current guitarist. Her "solos" are all over the place, and the bass player might as well not even be on stage. The mix on the PA highlighted the amazing bands he has hand over the years. He's played these songs a million times before with much better bands. These renditions are lacking. This sounds like a Prince cover band, and not a great one. It is time for a new band.

I am happy for the people of Baltimore and the fans who are enjoying the concert. I truly commend Prince for doing the show. However, as a lifelong Prince fan, this is disappointing.

[Edited 5/10/15 18:57pm]

Are we listening to the same show??? His vocals and guitar playing are tight. And given that this is a benefit concert that you can listen to for free who cares which band he has?

And you forget many people have not seen him before so what's tired to you is everything to others hearing it the first time.

THis was a superb listen. Great energy great crowd. THis was a treat.

ficktyt said:

bellanoche said:

I absolutely love that Prince is doing this concert in Baltimore. I love that he is one of the miniscule group of famous people who has the compassion and backbone to stand up and speak up about the the homegrown terrorism that has led to the deaths of so many black men at the hands of the police.

However, I have to say that this is one of the least talented bands that I have ever heard Prince perform with. These girls have been around a few years now, and they just do not compare to previous bands. This all sounds so pedestrian. It is bland, weak, and lifeless. Prince doesn't even sound that great. He is oversinging and trying to oversell it.

Who on Earth is singing background? His beautiful guitar tone has disappeared in favor of noise, which helps to mask the limited range of his current guitarist. Her "solos" are all over the place, and the bass player might as well not even be on stage. The mix on the PA highlighted the amazing bands he has hand over the years. He's played these songs a million times before with much better bands. These renditions are lacking. This sounds like a Prince cover band, and not a great one. It is time for a new band.

I am happy for the people of Baltimore and the fans who are enjoying the concert. I truly commend Prince for doing the show. However, as a lifelong Prince fan, this is disappointing.

[Edited 5/10/15 18:57pm]

More black people have murdered each other in the past few weeks in Baltimore since the unfortuntate death of Freddie Gray than have been killed by police in the past 10 years! Think for a minute what those communities would be like without the police. Quit blaming others and work on changing the inner cities and the sad breakdown of the family there. Then and only then will you see change. For now though, just enjoy the show and put your political comments in the other section of the org.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:02pm]

This is such an ignorant and dismissive comment. What does one thing have to do with the other? That you liken police to the criminals who kill other black men is telling. In my opinion, officers of the law should be held to a higher standard. I guess we differ there.

However, as I see it, people who are paid by the citizens of a city and entrusted to protect ALL the citizens of that city but instead abuse and murder certain citizens of that city cannot be compared to citizens of the city, particularly those who are suffering from post tramautic slave syndrome and/or are losing a centuries-old battle against systemic discrimination.

Lastly, if you have a chance to find a dictionary, look up the word "blame." Making a factual observation, i.e. police have killed black men, is not "blaming" anyone. It's Sunday evening. That is a statement of fact, not blaming anyone. Just stating the TRUTH!

Also, why do I need to take my comments anywhere, when I only addressed the reason he is doing the concert in the first place? I swear, every time I try to return to this site I realize why it's been more than a year since I have been here. The intolerance of dissenting ideas here is crazy. Also, some of you just want to silence and ignore the existence and effects of racism at all costs. Then, you wonder why the USA is where it is in 2015 . . .

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i think i love you ficktyt

ficktyt said:

bellanoche said:

I absolutely love that Prince is doing this concert in Baltimore. I love that he is one of the miniscule group of famous people who has the compassion and backbone to stand up and speak up about the the homegrown terrorism that has led to the deaths of so many black men at the hands of the police.

However, I have to say that this is one of the least talented bands that I have ever heard Prince perform with. These girls have been around a few years now, and they just do not compare to previous bands. This all sounds so pedestrian. It is bland, weak, and lifeless. Prince doesn't even sound that great. He is oversinging and trying to oversell it.

Who on Earth is singing background? His beautiful guitar tone has disappeared in favor of noise, which helps to mask the limited range of his current guitarist. Her "solos" are all over the place, and the bass player might as well not even be on stage. The mix on the PA highlighted the amazing bands he has hand over the years. He's played these songs a million times before with much better bands. These renditions are lacking. This sounds like a Prince cover band, and not a great one. It is time for a new band.

I am happy for the people of Baltimore and the fans who are enjoying the concert. I truly commend Prince for doing the show. However, as a lifelong Prince fan, this is disappointing.

[Edited 5/10/15 18:57pm]

More black people have murdered each other in the past few weeks in Baltimore since the unfortuntate death of Freddie Gray than have been killed by police in the past 10 years! Think for a minute what those communities would be like without the police. Quit blaming others and work on changing the inner cities and the sad breakdown of the family there. Then and only then will you see change. For now though, just enjoy the show and put your political comments in the other section of the org.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:02pm]

wonder505 said:

bellanoche said:

I absolutely love that Prince is doing this concert in Baltimore. I love that he is one of the miniscule group of famous people who has the compassion and backbone to stand up and speak up about the the homegrown terrorism that has led to the deaths of so many black men at the hands of the police.

However, I have to say that this is one of the least talented bands that I have ever heard Prince perform with. These girls have been around a few years now, and they just do not compare to previous bands. This all sounds so pedestrian. It is bland, weak, and lifeless. Prince doesn't even sound that great. He is oversinging and trying to oversell it.

Who on Earth is singing background? His beautiful guitar tone has disappeared in favor of noise, which helps to mask the limited range of his current guitarist. Her "solos" are all over the place, and the bass player might as well not even be on stage. The mix on the PA highlighted the amazing bands he has hand over the years. He's played these songs a million times before with much better bands. These renditions are lacking. This sounds like a Prince cover band, and not a great one. It is time for a new band.

I am happy for the people of Baltimore and the fans who are enjoying the concert. I truly commend Prince for doing the show. However, as a lifelong Prince fan, this is disappointing.

[Edited 5/10/15 18:57pm]

Are we listening to the same show??? His vocals and guitar playing are tight. And given that this is a benefit concert that you can listen to for free who cares which band he has?

And you forget many people have not seen him before so what's tired to you is everything to others hearing it the first time.

THis was a superb listen. Great energy great crowd. THis was a treat.

Yes, we are listening to the same show, but with different ears and expectations, which is fine. I Also, to clarify, I did not say that I was tired of hearing the songs. I said he had played them a million times with better bands. The band is mediocore to me. I have heard much better from Prince. I am glad this was a treat for you and others. For me it wasn't a treat, and that is fine. As I said, I am happy for the people who enjoyed it. I didn't.

bellanoche said:

wonder505 said:

Are we listening to the same show??? His vocals and guitar playing are tight. And given that this is a benefit concert that you can listen to for free who cares which band he has?

And you forget many people have not seen him before so what's tired to you is everything to others hearing it the first time.

THis was a superb listen. Great energy great crowd. THis was a treat.

Yes, we are listening to the same show, but with different ears and expectations, which is fine. I Also, to clarify, I did not say that I was tired of hearing the songs. I said he had played them a million times with better bands. The band is mediocore to me. I have heard much better from Prince. I am glad this was a treat for you and others. For me it wasn't a treat, and that is fine. As I said, I am happy for the people who enjoyed it. I didn't.

then why tune in to listen? He's been with 3rd eye for a long while now and if you dont like them then why take time out of your life to be knowly dissappointed? I'm not picking a fight with you but I just dont get why long time fans stick around and spend time listening to things they know they're going to dislike.

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"Post tramautic slave syndrome" really? Keep making excuses and blaming others and nothing will change. Look at what has happened in New York City since the 1980's and how much better things are here. Unfortunately, now that things are better for all communities here, people start forgetting and we might easily slip back. Maybe someday, the other large cities with inner-city problems will wake up and look at how New York City was transformed. All I am saying is the small percentage of bad police are the least of the inner city's problems and it is being portrayed as it is the main problem.

And by the way, there can't be too much discrimination in Baltimore, look at the police force, the city council, the mayor, the prosecutor, etc.

bellanoche said:

ficktyt said:

More black people have murdered each other in the past few weeks in Baltimore since the unfortuntate death of Freddie Gray than have been killed by police in the past 10 years! Think for a minute what those communities would be like without the police. Quit blaming others and work on changing the inner cities and the sad breakdown of the family there. Then and only then will you see change. For now though, just enjoy the show and put your political comments in the other section of the org.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:02pm]

This is such an ignorant and dismissive comment. What does one thing have to do with the other? That you liken police to the criminals who kill other black men is telling. In my opinion, officers of the law should be held to a higher standard. I guess we differ there.

However, as I see it, people who are paid by the citizens of a city and entrusted to protect the ALL the citizens of that city but instead abuse and murder certain citizens of that city cannot be compared to citizens of the city, particularly those who are suffering from post tramautic slave syndrome and/or are losing an centuries-old battle against systemic discrimination.

Lastly, if you have a chance to find a dictionary, look up the work "blame." Making a factual observation, i.e. police have killed black men, is not "blaming" anyone. It's Sunday evening. That is a statement of fact, not blaming anyone. Just stating the TRUTH!

[Edited 5/10/15 19:25pm]

The feed was cut on TIDAL ater one hour

Anyone there know what he played after Sign of the times?

wonder505 said:

bellanoche said:

Yes, we are listening to the same show, but with different ears and expectations, which is fine. I Also, to clarify, I did not say that I was tired of hearing the songs. I said he had played them a million times with better bands. The band is mediocore to me. I have heard much better from Prince. I am glad this was a treat for you and others. For me it wasn't a treat, and that is fine. As I said, I am happy for the people who enjoyed it. I didn't.

then why tune in to listen? He's been with 3rd eye for a long while now and if you dont like them then why take time out of your life to be knowly dissappointed? I'm not picking a fight with you but I just dont get why long time fans stick around and spend time listening to things they know they're going to dislike.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:21pm]

There is no fight to pick. However, to respond to your post, though I have seen Prince live more times than I can remember, I stopped listening to, going to concerts, or viewing any of the 3rd Eye stuff because I was disappointed. I haven't even been to the site in more than a year. I bought AOA but not the 3rdEye project.

However, I thought I would give tonight a listen to see if they had improved. In the past, with previous new band members that weren't that great at first, they improved after some time. I figured with the time they had been with Prince that they might be better. However, to me, they were not tonight, and I will not be wasting time on Prince until he gets a new band. Thankfully, I had the show streaming while I worked, so I did not waste any real time on it.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:34pm]

I heard Hot Thing before it went dead.

By the way, they are replaying it. It came back on from the beginning after a couple of minutes.

ficktyt said:

I heard Hot Thing before it went dead.

By the way, they are replaying it. It came back on from the beginning after a couple of minutes.

Yes, I am listening again.

I heard Hot Thing

THE mix at the beginning on the PA system was good

bellanoche said:

wonder505 said:

then why tune in to listen? He's been with 3rd eye for a long while now and if you dont like them then why take time out of your life to be knowly dissappointed? I'm not picking a fight with you but I just dont get why long time fans stick around and spend time listening to things they know they're going to dislike.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:21pm]

There is no fight to pick. However, to respond to your post, though I have seen Prince live more times than I can remember, I stopped listening to, going to concerts, or viewing any of the 3rd Eye stuff for more than a year because I was disappointed.

However, I thought I would give tonight a listen to see if they had improved. In the past, with previous new band members that weren't that great at first, they improved. I figured with the time they had been with Prince that they might be better. However, to me, they were not tonight, and I will not be wasting time on Prince until he gets a new band. Thankfully, I had the show streaming while I worked, so I did not waste any real time on it.

good. so i guess that's goodbye then guess we wont see you round here no more because you be listening to anything anymore.

you're not still here are you?

#princedontcarethatyouregone

Listening to Question of U again. So sexy!

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wonder505 said:

Listening to Question of U again. So sexy!

[Edited 5/10/15 19:37pm]

The one

It was excellent

other parts of the show were not sooo good though

The guitar on The One/Electric Man is out of this world

prince needs to make nyc the next stop on the hit nrun tour.....jus sayin

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

The guitar on The One/Electric Man is out of this world

For sure!

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

i think i love you ficktyt

ficktyt said:

More black people have murdered each other in the past few weeks in Baltimore since the unfortuntate death of Freddie Gray than have been killed by police in the past 10 years! Think for a minute what those communities would be like without the police. Quit blaming others and work on changing the inner cities and the sad breakdown of the family there. Then and only then will you see change. For now though, just enjoy the show and put your political comments in the other section of the org.

[Edited 5/10/15 19:02pm]

I am just going to say this, so not to throw the thread off.Let's not use the Black crime statistics to excuse bad cops' behavior. It doesn't help the situation. Freddie Gray died in the hands of police who mistreated him. That is the problem. Sure, Black Americans in Baltimore need the police just like every community, no one will deny that, but they don't expect to die in the hands of police or be mistreated like Freddie was. Freddie died for no reason. Or like how the guy in Dover, Delaware was kicked in the face by a cop, even when he complied to the cops' instructions. It goes deeper than many want to admit. That is what most Black communities complaints are about--the approach and mistreatment they receive from 'bad' cops. How do you expect a community to respect cops who are suppose to protect them, but mistrust and mistreat the people from those communities upon approach, often times because of who they are and the community they come from. Respect works both ways, and that is what's needed for improvements to happen. Oh, and things are not all that great between cops and many Black communities in NYC, so we shouldn't put a bandaid on it. However, the police commissioner here is making changes (training) with NYPD to have better, trained cops on the street, as NYC has had their years of many unarmed Black males murdered by cops. Done and back on topic.

[Edited 5/11/15 4:46am]

Miguel

willie said:

prince needs to make nyc the next stop on the hit nrun tour.....jus sayin

I hope so! I so wanted to go to this and had a 1 and 2nd row seat on hold several times yesterday and today that kept popping up. I just couldn't bring myself to spent that kind of money and make the drive down and back in the same day. If it were here I would have done it, but it would have ended up a $700 evening with the tolls, food, parking, gas, etc. I spent a ton when he was at Mohegun Sun at the end of 2013, but just couldn't bring myself to do it tonight.

Estelle

if he makes a stop in nyc i think it would be lets say 7/4 weekend(which would be off da chain)

he's playin purple rain now(according to funkenberry)

Agreed. It was just the tone of the statement. It just seems that too many people think this is the main problem plaguing the inner-city communities and it isn't and too often I think the powers that be want to make it such to deflect from the real problems of the inner-city for their own political/financial gain, no matter what color they are.

2elijah said:

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

i think i love you ficktyt

I am just going to say this, so not to throw the thread off.Let's not use the Black crime statistics to excuse bad cops. Freddie Gray died in the hands of police who mistreated him. That is the problem. Sure, Black Americans in Baltimore need the police just like every community, no one will deny that, but they don't expect to die in the hands of police or be mistreated like Freddie was. Freddie died for no reason. Or like how the guy in Dover, Delaware was kicked in the face by a cop, even when he complied to the cops' instructions. It goes deeper than many want to admit. That is what most Black communities complaints are about--the approach and mistreatment they receive from 'bad' cops. How do you expect a community to respect cops who are suppose to protect them, but mistrust them upon approach, often times because of who they are and the community they come from. Respect works both ways, and that is what's needed for improvements to happen. Done and back on topic.

Dance Electric

bellanoche said:

I absolutely love that Prince is doing this concert in Baltimore. I love that he is one of the miniscule group of famous people who has the compassion and backbone to stand up and speak up about the the homegrown terrorism that has led to the deaths of so many black men at the hands of the police.

However, I have to say that this is one of the least talented bands that I have ever heard Prince perform with. These girls have been around a few years now, and they just do not compare to previous bands. This all sounds so pedestrian. It is bland, weak, and lifeless. Prince doesn't even sound that great. He is oversinging and trying to oversell it.

Who on Earth is singing background? His beautiful guitar tone has disappeared in favor of noise, which helps to mask the limited range of his current guitarist. Her "solos" are all over the place, and the bass player might as well not even be on stage. The mix on the PA highlighted the amazing bands he has hand over the years. He's played these songs a million times before with much better bands. These renditions are lacking. This sounds like a Prince cover band, and not a great one. It is time for a new band.

I am happy for the people of Baltimore and the fans who are enjoying the concert. I truly commend Prince for doing the show. However, as a lifelong Prince fan, this is disappointing.

[Edited 5/10/15 18:57pm]

Lawd Jesus these girls are not as bad as you make them out to be....

You make like Ida, the bass player, can't play worth a damn and she's been playing with Prince longer than the other two ladies. Now Prince wouldn't have played with her all this time if she was bad as u make her out to be.

By the way, what do you play?

donnyenglish said:

Great show. I have never been more moved at a Prince concert than when he sung Baltimore tonight. It was the highlight of the night. He brought out Mosby durijg the song. He had the crowd into the concert with all of his hits. If I had to say something negative it would be that he committed blasphemy by letting Estelle sing the first verse of Purple Rain. That almost ruined an otherwise very good show. Miguel had no charisma when he tried to somg When will we get paid. Prince basically kicked him off the stage. Dougie was there but Prince did not over do it with him. Judith Hill did the stop this train song and it was good. The other highlight was him closing with Mountains and Dance Electric. The One/Electric Man was very good also. I will let someone else do the set list.

I thought I read somewhere peeps said Miguel is the new Prince...

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[Edited 5/10/15 21:43pm]

donnyenglish said:

Great show. I have never been more moved at a Prince concert than when he sung Baltimore tonight. It was the highlight of the night. He brought out Mosby durijg the song. He had the crowd into the concert with all of his hits. If I had to say something negative it would be that he committed blasphemy by letting Estelle sing the first verse of Purple Rain. That almost ruined an otherwise very good show. Miguel had no charisma when he tried to somg When will we get paid. Prince basically kicked him off the stage. Dougie was there but Prince did not over do it with him. Judith Hill did the stop this train song and it was good. The other highlight was him closing with Mountains and Dance Electric. The One/Electric Man was very good also. I will let someone else do the set list.

Agree. Great show. The audience was very hype. Everyone seemed to be having the time of their lives. I like Estelle's personality but vocally she doesn't do much for me so I was kind of relieved she she left PR alone. Judith sounded great. The horns were giving me chills. The show was worth the money. Very glad I decided to go.