can't think why i wasn't there - looks like the most fun you could have with your clothes on - the dancing WOW - Cat knocking out everyone - brilliant - let alone the music - going to watch it all again NOW

The 1987-1989 was the BEST time to be a Prince fan..creativity was just bursting out of him from every angle....he was just INCREDIBLE then...I've seen the Sign of the times concert films practicaly over 100 times and I swear it NEVER gets boring!!!

Krystal666 said:

It is a pretty amazing concert & wish I coulda seen this tour, can't decide which is the best though, SOTT or Lovesexy

Krystal666 said:

I agree 100%

royalbadness said:

Both! He had so many creative prodjects and around alot of talented people...wouldn't you just love to be an artist around then and work on something fantastic with him and the PP family? Like that movie the Hard Life! Oooh I love it! He was so adventorus and open then. Prince=cool in the late eighties.

Now u guys have me breaking out the pictures!

oooomgosh..
i havent seen this yet im watching it now and its like.. WOWWW..
he's sooo amazing dude

royalbadness said:

To me the BEST time for Prince was from 1980 through 1989...
Anyway, the SOTT shows... simply amazing. The DVD doesn't capture half of the actual event. That Lovesexy recording does a better job at that, but than this was not re-recorded in Paisly Park and is the real life event

roverlo said:

is there a Lovesexy cd and if so where can I get one??

ritaw said:

Don't know about a dvd... a video was released of the concert in Dortmund, Germany of september 9, 1988. That show was broadcasted in tv in Europe as well.

I love SOTT more than any other cd or dvd. It funks and rocks!!

ritaw said:

I'm assuming u mean the Live dvd and not cd, if you look hard enough somewhere on the internet you can find the whole concert streaming

Nah...
It was great and everything but the absolute buzz from him in 94/95 was palpable on a daily basis. He was ON FIRE and I won't hear anyone who doesn't recognise the greatness of his work during that period.

I'm not disagreeing about 86-87 though. At that point, I had people around me converting into Prince maniacs having been unconvinced previously. The SOTT movie-premiere I went to was scary and the first time I ever was in proper surround sound theatre. Went three more times with the converts as they appeared.

To summon up this ghost today n the UK is a masterstroke.
Even if he does retire now, he'll have played it for KEEPS with the UK population. Haven't heard a bad word said about Prince by anybody in months except of course on his fan-sites (the shame, the shame) and..erm...my dad.

Krystal666 said:

Wish i could have seen the Concert in person

Arrrrrgggh! I forgot to get the paper

Run out into the street and scream!
Someone will probably ask you what's wrong, then explain yourself and they'll probably say 'It's okay. My aunt Doris will have one for you'.
Then go on a ten mile journey to Aunty Doris' house, where you'll find her tryig to emulate Prince's 'Hot Thing' routine, have her committed to a nursing home and the DVD is yours.

No need to panic!

Starchild771 said:

Starchild771 said:

Coming soon to a charity shop near you.....

excessex said:

just have her committed!!!

excessex said:

I was a late-bloomer...didn't become an official "fan" until LOVESEXY...so regrettably I missed the SOTT tour.

how is the dvd that just got released with the paper in the UK. Menus? Sound? anyone wanna do a little review?

pictures nice and sharp - defo been remastered (visually) or somethin since the VHS release.

Not watched it years and totally forgot about P's drumming - its so cool, he's properly having it on the drums!
[Edited 9/30/07 16:51pm]

Krystal666 said:

The first three pics you posted are from Lovesexy, not SOTT.

kdl6248 said:

i thought it was great - never seen Prince do all those moves - the whole concert looked like great fun especailly the Housequake - someone else have to talk (with more knowledge) about the music

yes , nice but 90% was recorded in the studio

Dewrede said:

A majority of the soundtrack is a live recording - most of the visual aspect was re-shot at Paisley Park because of disappointing quality footage from the actual shows. Nothing wrong with that really is there?

I mean, its not like he's performing to the studio versions and, clearly, he is capable of doing what you hear live, so it doesn't really matter how the end product was assembled. He could have just shelved the project after the filming of the concerts didn't work but, thankfully, he didn't

Dewrede said:

how do you know that if you don't mind me asking?

Mindflux said:

but he's basically lip synching

ritaw said:

read it here