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Thread started 06/26/06 7:41pm

sitruk7

Which songs sound THAT much better in concert?

Most of the time live performances of Prince's songs sound even better live.Which songs in particular really stomp all over the studio versions?

First ones that come to mind are...

ICNTTPOYM (1987 version)
The Ladder(1986 tour/1988 rehearsal)
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Reply #1 posted 06/26/06 9:11pm

December1984

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Sign o' The Times (love the added electric guitar)
Forever in My Life (love the added accoustic guitar)
Head (love the added horn section)
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Reply #2 posted 06/26/06 9:15pm

EmbattledWarri
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Gotta Broken Heart Again...
from ONA

amazing... Vocals..
I am a Rail Road, Track Abandoned
With the Sunset forgetting, i ever Happened
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Reply #3 posted 06/26/06 9:21pm

BoySimon

I Could Never take the Place of your man... without a doubt!
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Reply #4 posted 06/26/06 9:22pm

sitruk7

BoySimon said:

I Could Never take the Place of your man... without a doubt!

nod That's what inspired the question.
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Reply #5 posted 06/26/06 9:42pm

daPrettyman

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sitruk7 said:

Most of the time live performances of Prince's songs sound even better live.Which songs in particular really stomp all over the studio versions?

First ones that come to mind are...

ICNTTPOYM (1987 version)
The Ladder(1986 tour/1988 rehearsal)

The Everlasting Now
Musicology
I Could Never Take The Place Of Ur Man
Face Down
Joy In Repitition
**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
U 'gon make me shake my doo loose!
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Reply #6 posted 06/26/06 11:12pm

kpowers

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FACE DOWN!!!!! So much energy.
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Reply #7 posted 06/26/06 11:15pm

prime

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Bambi
Beautiful ones
Purple Rain
Little Red Corvette (with added strings in the begining)

Has anyone ever heard Gangsta Glam live???
Prime aka The Kid

"I need u to dance, I need u to strip
I need u to shake Ur lil' ass n hips
I need u to grind like Ur working for tips
And give me what I need while we listen to PRINCE"
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Reply #8 posted 06/26/06 11:16pm

theghostoftony
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fury
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Reply #9 posted 06/26/06 11:21pm

PurpleCharm

Life Of The Party
Musicology
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Reply #10 posted 06/27/06 12:15am

BoySimon

Strange Relationship, after the 'they won't play this on the radio' diatribe was pretty good.

Also, pretty much everything of Gold Experience - especially the version of Billy Jack Bitch he did for the Sunday Show on BBC, the one when he did that interview with Veronia Webb behind the mask.
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Reply #11 posted 06/27/06 11:10am

adorable2

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Live 4 Love
Alphabet St. at the Tokyo dome was just incredible!
Musicology
Sign O' The Times
She's Always In My Hair
Bambi
Oh and on the Lovesexy tour the medley with Slow Love/adore/sister u know oh that was FIRE!
oh wait i forgot Electric Chair on SNL smokin!
[Edited 6/27/06 11:11am]
I'm an org elitist... totally unapproachable.

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Reply #12 posted 06/27/06 11:35am

zennabell

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take me with U

No apples!
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Reply #13 posted 06/27/06 2:35pm

COMPUTERBLUE19
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Little Red Corvette (the arrangement sounds more alive in concert)
PLay in the Sunshine (see SOTT movie)
"Old man's gotta be the old man. Fish has got to be the fish."
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Reply #14 posted 06/28/06 3:31pm

kiki83

life o 'the party -l.a.
smile
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Reply #15 posted 06/28/06 3:42pm

Moonwalkbjrain

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get on the boat
Yesterday is dead...tomorrow hasnt arrived yet....i have just ONE day...
...And i'm gonna be groovy in it!
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Reply #16 posted 06/28/06 3:59pm

FunkJam

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Superfunkycalifragisexy
Still Waiting
Sister
If I Had a Harem

and more.
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"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system" - Bruce Lee
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Reply #17 posted 06/28/06 4:15pm

Istandcorrecte
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Black Sweat
3121
Lolita
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Reply #18 posted 06/29/06 11:32am

lefrenchfam

All of U R right... but most of all, I'd say Scandalous, because I didn't like it at all on record( U know,another slow song, the same old"Do me baby" routine)but it became 1 of my favs after I've listened the live Act 2 version in 1993.I still do not like the studio version, and I still do LOVE that live version.
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Reply #19 posted 06/29/06 11:34am

lefrenchfam

sitruk7 said:

Most of the time live performances of Prince's songs sound even better live.Which songs in particular really stomp all over the studio versions?

First ones that come to mind are...

ICNTTPOYM (1987 version)
The Ladder(1986 tour/1988 rehearsal)

I think The Ladder was even better at the end of the ONA tour,although I like the versions U R talking about.
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Reply #20 posted 06/29/06 4:56pm

prime

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Istandcorrected said:

Black Sweat
3121
Lolita


Where did u hear Black Sweat? Sounds good?
Prime aka The Kid

"I need u to dance, I need u to strip
I need u to shake Ur lil' ass n hips
I need u to grind like Ur working for tips
And give me what I need while we listen to PRINCE"
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Reply #21 posted 06/30/06 5:17pm

Istandcorrecte
d

prime said:

Istandcorrected said:

Black Sweat
3121
Lolita


Where did u hear Black Sweat? Sounds good?


I heard it in Las Vegas and it was FUNKY!!!!!
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Reply #22 posted 06/30/06 11:34pm

thekidsgirl

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Before I even read and get influenced by the other resposes
I gotta say

Strange Relationship
Anotherloverholeinthehead
Fury
Musicology
Daddy Pop
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Face Down


All these songs are awesome, but they sound MUCH better live!
If you will, so will I
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Reply #23 posted 06/30/06 11:37pm

thekidsgirl

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Istandcorrected said:

prime said:



Where did u hear Black Sweat? Sounds good?


I heard it in Las Vegas and it was FUNKY!!!!!


hmph! I'm Jealous!
If you will, so will I
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Reply #24 posted 07/01/06 12:18am

Velvet123

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I would say:

Anotherloverholeinthehead
Irresistible Bitch
Fury
Lolita
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Reply #25 posted 07/01/06 4:20am

heebong

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Istandcorrected said:

prime said:



Where did u hear Black Sweat? Sounds good?


I heard it in Las Vegas and it was FUNKY!!!!!


i was there, too...

Live Per4mance of Black Sweat was better than i expected...
Sometimes It Snows in April...
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