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Thread started 08/07/08 2:47am

Jeffiner

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7 August - one year ago at the O2 - and MORE Pics!

I HAD to start a thread .... I can't believe it's been a whole year since I first saw Prince at the O2 - one of the most INCREDIBLE nights of my life (and I've had a few - honestly!)

Here's the setlist - courtesy of someone at Housequake - thanks! biggrin

Little red corvette
Raspberry beret
Never take the place of your man
Alphabet street
Sometimes it snows in april
All of the above Prince solo on guitar

Band come on
Cream
You got the look
Musicology
maceo blow your horn
Freaks on this side
Funky london
Pass the peas
Give it 2 me Babe
Play that funky music- audience member singing
feel for you
Controversy
Housequake

Wonderful world
piano medley
somewhere here on earth
Diamonds & Pearls
beautiful ones
how come you don't call
condition of the heart
do me baby
I wanna be your lover

If I Was your Girlfriend
Black Sweat
Kiss
Purple Rain
Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With You
Guitar

So, who else was there? What are you memories of that night? For me, when he first came on, just HIM in the spotlight playing Little Red Corvette on that guitar I was completely in shock, it took me the whole of that part of the show just to digest that it was actually Prince, in real life, a few yards away from me, after all that time..... When he did Purple Rain, I didn't cry, I just honestly thought that I had actually died and gone to heaven... I was ecstatic, it was such a good version that night too, the crowd were doing the 'Oooh oooh's' but not so much as later shows, and it seemed really authentic, the solo was AMAZING!!

I remember him popping back on stage during Maceo's 'Wonderful World' where one of the notes just went on FOREVER... and I mean FOREVER... and wiping his brow with a towel, grinning at the audience like he was really proud of him, and popping back down again. Then he appeared at the piano and did SHOE, which just hypnotised me... then The Beautiful Ones - well.... what can I say? During Funky White Boy, he went up behind a girl who was dancing (quite badly!!) and he was copying her, she kept trying to turn round to see what was going on, but he was so fast he just kept dodging from side to side, it was really funny! He also at one point just threw himself on the stage and shimmied along on his stomach for yards.... I couldn't believe my eyes, I was like 'HOW did he just do that?!'

Well, I could go on and on and on.... but it was such a good show, he really amazed me, especially at just HOW HARD he WORKED the audience, I really didn't expect that, I thought he'd be 'aloof', and he wasn't at all, when Prince says 'Jump!' all you say is 'Yes Prince, how high?!!' If he'd told me to stand on my head, I would have!! he was funny, sweet and just INCREDIBLE! I want it to be a year ago..... I'm PRAYING he comes back to London for the book launch and does just ONE more Indigo night.... pray cloud9
[Edited 8/13/08 15:24pm]

Wake up children, dance the dance electric, there isn't much time... Who screamed? Was it you?

when2rinlove2	i was there that very night ,it was amazing one of the best nights of my life what made it even better was i went to the aftershow party and got to the front of the stage i couldnt belive that the man i have idolised for years was two foot in front of me ,the show blew me away i didnt want the night to end
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