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Thank you London, the Summer that changed EVERYTHING Prince said this at an O2 Aftershow one night, it was like a big 'statement'. What did he mean by this? Why did it change everything?
I know the O2 shows were incredibly successful, but he had a successful year all round. Any ideas?  | |
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he was thankful, so i guess it was a positive change 4 him whatever tht thang was | |
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lottielooloo1968 said: he was thankful, so i guess it was a positive change 4 him whatever tht thang was
Well, thanks for posting on my thread.... yeah, probably that's all it was, I was just beginning to wonder about the website going black and him 'disappearing' etc. started to get a bit paranoid You've cheered me up now  | |
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The line 'Thank you London, the Summer that changed EVERYTHING' was said at the end of the aftershow on the 6th of Sept, at the very end of Chelsea Rodgers. This was the first time he had played CR live and the audience was estatic, I remeber getting a version of it two days later, and you could hear the crowd going demented when he started CR off, however a second recording later came out where you dont hear the crowds reaction as much. He also claimed before the above statement that the o2 or indigo is his house now, or something to that effect.
I used the "the summer that changed everything" as my sig for quite a long time, as that is how i felt, and i am sure Prince felt the same way as well, he was the star of London during the summer, and i dont think he anticipated that and i think he fell in love with the whole thing, on the final night, especially the aftershow, you could see he was touched by it all. If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
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Whitnail said: The line 'Thank you London, the Summer that changed EVERYTHING' was said at the end of the aftershow on the 6th of Sept, at the very end of Chelsea Rodgers. This was the first time he had played CR live and the audience was estatic, I remeber getting a version of it two days later, and you could hear the crowd going demented when he started CR off, however a second recording later came out where you dont hear the crowds reaction as much. He also claimed before the above statement that the o2 or indigo is his house now, or something to that effect.
I used the "the summer that changed everything" as my sig for quite a long time, as that is how i felt, and i am sure Prince felt the same way as well, he was the star of London during the summer, and i dont think he anticipated that and i think he fell in love with the whole thing, on the final night, especially the aftershow, you could see he was touched by it all.  I was there! I went absolutely mental when he started singing CR too!! Shelby was grinning at me! You're right though, you can't really hear the crowds reaction!
So, I guess it was just as you say, he was really touched by the response of the whole 21 nights! Great stuff Thanks  | |
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I can't help but think that there might be some nostalgia to how the british audiences reacted this time round as well. The way I see it is that when he did the Parade tour it was a few shows - Lovesexy was more than double Parade and the Nude went into the 20's country wide - then from D&P the shows became less and less ending with 3 nights at Hammersmith (hardly a massive venue) of which I remember seeing a few empty seats on the nights I went. We didn't even get an official U.K release of The Rainbow Children here!!! He then pays no attention to the U.K for nearly 4 years - and then out of the blue announces 21 nights at a 23,000 capacity arena with countless aftershow oportunities as well. With the moderate interest in his last 2 sets of shows NPS in '98 and ONA in '02 our reaction to his 21 nights at O2 must have got straight to the soft spot under his outer ego and arrogance and truely felt the love we have for him again. I think his experience this summer here in the U.K has sparked some thing up inside him again, and I will be very surprised if he's not back here soon but with some thing totally different and original. Just like he did with ATWIAD straight after Purple Rain. He's got the masses back in his hands and ready to listen to anything he has to say!!! Hopefully.....O+> Life's a Parade! LoveLife, LoveSexy! | |
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^^ Empty seats at ONA? Are you sure? Touts were getting silly money at the Manchester gigs on that tour. Hammersmith must have been sold out surely?  if you've gotta pay for things that you've done wrong I've gotta big bill coming at the end of the day- Gil Scott Heron
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soulyacolia said: ^^ Empty seats at ONA? Are you sure? Touts were getting silly money at the Manchester gigs on that tour. Hammersmith must have been sold out surely?
Sold out the venue, definitely - but too many of the tix seemed to get in the hands of touts / agencies / greedy ebay mutha's - and it seems that alot of general fans weren't paying out!!! alot of the fans already had tix through NPGmusicclub but the rest of the venue definitely had seats spare. There was also quite a bad reaction from people there complaining they didn't know any of the songs, but Prince had stated from the beginning "don't be coming here expecting Purple Rain cuz I aint playing it!" Good for him too! Life's a Parade! LoveLife, LoveSexy! | |
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mentalist said: soulyacolia said: ^^ Empty seats at ONA? Are you sure? Touts were getting silly money at the Manchester gigs on that tour. Hammersmith must have been sold out surely?
Sold out the venue, definitely - but too many of the tix seemed to get in the hands of touts / agencies / greedy ebay mutha's - and it seems that alot of general fans weren't paying out!!! alot of the fans already had tix through NPGmusicclub but the rest of the venue definitely had seats spare. There was also quite a bad reaction from people there complaining they didn't know any of the songs, but Prince had stated from the beginning "don't be coming here expecting Purple Rain cuz I aint playing it!" Good for him too! Well yes I agree that a casual fan might not appreciate what he was playing but that tour was very much for the hardcore. Apart from the aftershows I saw last summer the 2 shows I went to on that tour were the most amazing thing I've seen I love TRC probably my favorite album post SOTT and to hear those songs played with such energy was a buzz. I liked that ONA was so relatively low key. The smaller the venue the better the atmosphere IMO and the jazz style material leant itself to theatres rather than a big arena. It was an exciting time to be a Prince fan and will live long in my memory. Shame there was no aftershow in Manchester though. if you've gotta pay for things that you've done wrong I've gotta big bill coming at the end of the day- Gil Scott Heron
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soulyacolia said: mentalist said: Sold out the venue, definitely - but too many of the tix seemed to get in the hands of touts / agencies / greedy ebay mutha's - and it seems that alot of general fans weren't paying out!!! alot of the fans already had tix through NPGmusicclub but the rest of the venue definitely had seats spare. There was also quite a bad reaction from people there complaining they didn't know any of the songs, but Prince had stated from the beginning "don't be coming here expecting Purple Rain cuz I aint playing it!" Good for him too! Well yes I agree that a casual fan might not appreciate what he was playing but that tour was very much for the hardcore. Apart from the aftershows I saw last summer the 2 shows I went to on that tour were the most amazing thing I've seen I love TRC probably my favorite album post SOTT and to hear those songs played with such energy was a buzz. I liked that ONA was so relatively low key. The smaller the venue the better the atmosphere IMO and the jazz style material leant itself to theatres rather than a big arena. It was an exciting time to be a Prince fan and will live long in my memory. Shame there was no aftershow in Manchester though. I couldn't agree more! (about te shows, not so much TRC - but earing some of te tracks live got me to like the album a bit more!) I want to the thurs and the sat, and hearing the tracks on the thursday was a dream. Excellent. The ones that still stand out are Ballad of DP, Beautiful ones, Strange relationship, Extraordinary and Sometime's it snows in april!! But on the Saturday when he changed the second half and brought in an acoustic set, starting with Don't play me from Truth It was confirmed in my head that these shows were those who have followed his music. I really want him to repeat something similar, although I wouldn't be too surprised if he did a set of shows at the Indigo 2 - just like the aftershows he did a few months back. That was a great venue for him to continue his Vegas/Jazz revues that he seems to be heading back towards!!! Life's a Parade! LoveLife, LoveSexy! | |
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soulyacolia said: mentalist said: Sold out the venue, definitely - but too many of the tix seemed to get in the hands of touts / agencies / greedy ebay mutha's - and it seems that alot of general fans weren't paying out!!! alot of the fans already had tix through NPGmusicclub but the rest of the venue definitely had seats spare. There was also quite a bad reaction from people there complaining they didn't know any of the songs, but Prince had stated from the beginning "don't be coming here expecting Purple Rain cuz I aint playing it!" Good for him too! Well yes I agree that a casual fan might not appreciate what he was playing but that tour was very much for the hardcore. Apart from the aftershows I saw last summer the 2 shows I went to on that tour were the most amazing thing I've seen I love TRC probably my favorite album post SOTT and to hear those songs played with such energy was a buzz. I liked that ONA was so relatively low key. The smaller the venue the better the atmosphere IMO and the jazz style material leant itself to theatres rather than a big arena. It was an exciting time to be a Prince fan and will live long in my memory. Shame there was no aftershow in Manchester though. Damn, I really wish now i had made the effort and spent a fortune going to a few ONA shows, they sound good, abit like the gold experience tour, almost no hits and small venues, oh well, at least i saw a few gold ones, the ONA i will have to just chill to from the vegas DVD If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
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mentalist said: soulyacolia said: ^^ Empty seats at ONA? Are you sure? Touts were getting silly money at the Manchester gigs on that tour. Hammersmith must have been sold out surely?
Sold out the venue, definitely - but too many of the tix seemed to get in the hands of touts / agencies / greedy ebay mutha's - and it seems that alot of general fans weren't paying out!!! alot of the fans already had tix through NPGmusicclub but the rest of the venue definitely had seats spare. There was also quite a bad reaction from people there complaining they didn't know any of the songs, but Prince had stated from the beginning "don't be coming here expecting Purple Rain cuz I aint playing it!" Good for him too! At least it wasn't as bad as the Bowie gig at the Apollo Hammersmith before Prince's first show. So many corporate/competition tickets were obviously given away to non-Bowie fans, that after about half way through the gig the whole back half of the stalls were half empty! | |
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Rico said: At least it wasn't as bad as the Bowie gig at the Apollo Hammersmith before Prince's first show. So many corporate/competition tickets were obviously given away to non-Bowie fans, that after about half way through the gig the whole back half of the stalls were half empty! No, not that bad, but I do vividly remember people moaning during the show that they didn't know what he was playing (I wasn't with the musicclub crowd) It did get a bit annoying and I wouldn't be surprised if many people left during the show. Life's a Parade! LoveLife, LoveSexy! | |
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Whitnail said: The line 'Thank you London, the Summer that changed EVERYTHING' was said at the end of the aftershow on the 6th of Sept, at the very end of Chelsea Rodgers. This was the first time he had played CR live and the audience was estatic, I remeber getting a version of it two days later, and you could hear the crowd going demented when he started CR off, however a second recording later came out where you dont hear the crowds reaction as much. He also claimed before the above statement that the o2 or indigo is his house now, or something to that effect.
I used the "the summer that changed everything" as my sig for quite a long time, as that is how i felt, and i am sure Prince felt the same way as well, he was the star of London during the summer, and i dont think he anticipated that and i think he fell in love with the whole thing, on the final night, especially the aftershow, you could see he was touched by it all. That's the day of the talked about version of The Beautiful Ones... Whenever I hear Sept 6th, that's what I think of... (I know, off subject...  ) | |
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wildgoldenhoney said: Whitnail said: The line 'Thank you London, the Summer that changed EVERYTHING' was said at the end of the aftershow on the 6th of Sept, at the very end of Chelsea Rodgers. This was the first time he had played CR live and the audience was estatic, I remeber getting a version of it two days later, and you could hear the crowd going demented when he started CR off, however a second recording later came out where you dont hear the crowds reaction as much. He also claimed before the above statement that the o2 or indigo is his house now, or something to that effect.
I used the "the summer that changed everything" as my sig for quite a long time, as that is how i felt, and i am sure Prince felt the same way as well, he was the star of London during the summer, and i dont think he anticipated that and i think he fell in love with the whole thing, on the final night, especially the aftershow, you could see he was touched by it all. That's the day of the talked about version of The Beautiful Ones... Whenever I hear Sept 6th, that's what I think of... (I know, off subject... )Yes, you're right, 6th Sept was the most amazing night, with The Beautiful Ones!! and a fantastic almost all hits setlist at the main show, then a lot of PE played at the aftershow, amongst lots of other things - 3121 stands out in my mind - "Come on Prince, play the bass" Ooooh yes! P on bass, heaven! | |
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mentalist said: Hi Guys!
I can't help but think that there might be some nostalgia to how the british audiences reacted this time round as well. The way I see it is that when he did the Parade tour it was a few shows - Lovesexy was more than double Parade and the Nude went into the 20's country wide - then from D&P the shows became less and less ending with 3 nights at Hammersmith (hardly a massive venue) of which I remember seeing a few empty seats on the nights I went. We didn't even get an official U.K release of The Rainbow Children here!!! He then pays no attention to the U.K for nearly 4 years - and then out of the blue announces 21 nights at a 23,000 capacity arena with countless aftershow oportunities as well. With the moderate interest in his last 2 sets of shows NPS in '98 and ONA in '02 our reaction to his 21 nights at O2 must have got straight to the soft spot under his outer ego and arrogance and truely felt the love we have for him again. I think his experience this summer here in the U.K has sparked some thing up inside him again, and I will be very surprised if he's not back here soon but with some thing totally different and original. Just like he did with ATWIAD straight after Purple Rain. He's got the masses back in his hands and ready to listen to anything he has to say!!! Hopefully.....O+> Ahhh, yes I think there was a big mutual love fest going on last summer.... I really hope you're right, that he had such a good time here, he might come back and do a stint at Indigo2, kind of like he did in Vegas, didn't he play every weekend or something for a few months? He can play anything he likes - I'll be there!!! | |
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It's pure speculation but he really seemed to enjoy both playing the old hits (you know how he seemed to have been all "I don't do Purple Rain" - you didn't get the sense that he was reluctant to play the big mainstream tracks at all, on one night part way through PR he said "I love this song!") but also quite a lot of the newer material got a really good reception, both by the crowd but also in the press reviews. I didn't read a single bad or even lukewarm review, and of all the different people I've met who saw him at the O2 everyone was bowled over. It really feels like the summer put him back at the top of the list in the general english public's consciousness,,, I'm hoping (cos I'm an optimist!) that before he did the shows he was feeling kind of jaded + like he needed a break, but by the end of the concert run his enthusiasm was renewed + he changed his mind about taking a long break!!!! Hopefully that's the change he meant!!!! You might not like the taste but I'm still gonna stick your face in this FUNK | |
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LondonSusan said: It's pure speculation but he really seemed to enjoy both playing the old hits (you know how he seemed to have been all "I don't do Purple Rain" - you didn't get the sense that he was reluctant to play the big mainstream tracks at all, on one night part way through PR he said "I love this song!") but also quite a lot of the newer material got a really good reception, both by the crowd but also in the press reviews. I didn't read a single bad or even lukewarm review, and of all the different people I've met who saw him at the O2 everyone was bowled over. It really feels like the summer put him back at the top of the list in the general english public's consciousness,,, I'm hoping (cos I'm an optimist!) that before he did the shows he was feeling kind of jaded + like he needed a break, but by the end of the concert run his enthusiasm was renewed + he changed his mind about taking a long break!!!! Hopefully that's the change he meant!!!!
I think Prince had a reputation of being quite pretentious for a while. Some fans may not like the last 3 albums but you've got to admit they're a hell of a lot more accessible than The Rainbow Children, or the epic listens of Emancipation/Crystal Ball. | |
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I think Prince had a reputation of being quite pretentious for a while. Some fans may not like the last 3 albums but you've got to admit they're a hell of a lot more accessible than The Rainbow Children, or the epic listens of Emancipation/Crystal Ball
Totally agree - I was amazed how many people said they didn't get tickets for a show because they thought he'd do the preachy religious thing. I think going for pure entertainment instead of trying to spread any kind of 'message' really warmed people back up to him. Personally I like a lot of the rainbow children, but I can see why people don't want to spend their free time listening to the man who wrote "Gett off" tell them they're going to hell for immoral behaviour!! Most of the tracks he played from recent albums were just the fun ones like Guitar which aren't going to depress the audience! You might not like the taste but I'm still gonna stick your face in this FUNK | |
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the crowd went crazy 4 'the one u wanna c'..especially some guys in front of us! it was a blast great memories... | |
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 I was there too on Sept 6th . The main show was sensational and the aftershow blew my mind. I also believe that after all the love he got (remember Prince lying down on the stage "absorbing the vibe" ?)he might have changed his mind about some decisions he had previously made career-wise. | |
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yael72 said: I was there too on Sept 6th . The main show was sensational and the aftershow blew my mind. I also believe that after all the love he got (remember Prince lying down on the stage "absorbing the vibe" ?)he might have changed his mind about some decisions he had previously made career-wise.Ahhh, you were both there too! Lottielooloo! Yeah, the The one u wanna see, went down pretty well!
Yes, the guys in the band had to 'carry / drag' him off the stage I also remember being able to see him at one point when he went 'back stage' he was swinging his arm round (Elvis style) while talking to some of the others back there! | |
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This has turned into a 6th September appreciation thread  I could talk about it indefinitely.....
My only regret, that I couldn't get to more aftershows - come back Prince, we need MORE !!!! | |
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I was there on the 6th too main and aftershow. I think my favourite main show that I went to apart from the last night was 13th Sept, just because that was the only one where I did everything at the last minute. Went to work, logged onto Ticketmaster, called my friend up to see if she fancied going that night. Grabbed tickets, went home early to change before heading out again. We got the Elton John surprise too and had such a good time we lined up for the aftershow. They only had balcony left but some nice guy grabbed us in the ticket queue wanting to swap his standing for balcony.
I didn't get a wink of sleep that night and just went straight into work. Ah, what a summer. | |
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Yes , We do  but it took me weeks to come back to my regular self after Sept 6th ....I was feeling sooo blue having to come back to reality and off that "high" I was in during the aftershow  I actually was unbearable to most people who are close to me  | |
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yael72 said: Yes , We do
but it took me weeks to come back to my regular self after Sept 6th ....I was feeling sooo blue having to come back to reality and off that "high" I was in during the aftershow I actually was unbearable to most people who are close to me I know exactly what you mean, I nearly lost my mind that night | |
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Ellie said: I was there on the 6th too main and aftershow. I think my favourite main show that I went to apart from the last night was 13th Sept, just because that was the only one where I did everything at the last minute. Went to work, logged onto Ticketmaster, called my friend up to see if she fancied going that night. Grabbed tickets, went home early to change before heading out again. We got the Elton John surprise too and had such a good time we lined up for the aftershow. They only had balcony left but some nice guy grabbed us in the ticket queue wanting to swap his standing for balcony.
I didn't get a wink of sleep that night and just went straight into work. Ah, what a summer. Hi Ellie! That's a cool story, lucky you! Great memories to keep forever  | |
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07-07-07 marked the beginning of a consciousness transformation on Planet Earth. Prince is aware of this. Lots of things will change the next 5 years. More info:
http://www.spiritweb.us/s...7_2007.htm [Edited 1/27/08 13:38pm] | |
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Christaro said: 07-07-07 marked the beginning of a consciousness transformation on Planet Earth. Prince is aware of this. Lots of things will change the next 5 years. More info:
http://www.spiritweb.us/s...7_2007.htm [Edited 1/27/08 13:38pm] Ah ha! Thanks Christaro | |
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