Has it ever been performed live? I only listened to the gold experience for the first time today.

I saw him do it at the Palladium in NYC in 1994 or 95.

it was performed all the time from 1994-6

awful, embarassing song!!!

"all the cliches ain't gold (naa na na na naa na naaa)"

for fucks sake! that song is shite!

Rightly said:

meh, I like it.

jethrouk said:

He performed mostly stuff from Come, The Gold Experience, and Exodus, and that era, during that time, and he was not playing any "Prince" material. he often chanted "Prince is dead" in concert. But most boots I've heard from that era, he's played it. It's a great song.

I try not to heavily compare albums, but I always though The Gold Experience was really the Purple Rain of the 90's. For those Top 40 listeners who only knew him for "When Doves Cry" or "Kiss", the Gold Experience would have been a perfect "Purple Rain part ii" for them. Of course for the rest of us, we know all the stuff inbetween.

Rightly said:

wrong, great song,

the Purple Rain of the 1990's..

Rightly said:

It's not that bad. But it definitely wasn't the Purple Rain wannabe that he wanted it to become.

ernestsewell said:

He performed a few Prince songs, but they weren't hits by any means. Vicki Waiting and Pink Cashmere come to mind.

daPrettyman said:

yes and "7" too if I remember right.....

I saw the Gold Experience tour in Den Bosch Holland back in early '95, imo.... a truly great show full of surprises/ lots of new songs, the peak was the encore with Get Wild and Gold... while playing Gold it was of course raining gold confetti,

what a great show, one of his best tours imo.


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Great song!...and great memories!...March 1995.....
Aged 10...first ever concert...front row at the Gmex in Manchester...PRINCE!
Excellent show and finished off with "GOLD" along with gold confetti dropping from the ceiling...amazing experience!

lol, wish i was there. i just thought it would be a good song live, as everyone could sing along to it. i just didn't see it on any boots i had. i would also love to here the ladder and 7 live.
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Wonderful song. I'm listening to it right now.

daPrettyman said:

it's horrible

you're all space-cakes

Never mind the haters,

Gold is great... great song, great album, great era

Rightly said:

Says the guy who lists Pearl B4 Swine as one of his favourite Prince songs.

^^ PREACH!!!! (thedance)
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TwiliteKid said:

now thats an awful song

how did u know that.

pearls b4 th'swine
is the tops

doesn't take itself at all seriously
pearls is a sweet and heartfelt little number.

(I stopped smoking about 2 days ago)

Rightly said:

Do you realize who's the swine in this scenario?

emesem said:

gold is not a pearl, you junky!

emesem said:

Yeah, his fans. His pearls are his songs and his "graciousness" at the Celebrations.

does anyone not remember Prince dissing fans in one of the NPGMC Ahdio Shows? Femi Jiya was talking about how people were complaining that the shows were less than an hour long. They complained to NPGMC. If you add up all the missed times in those 11 shows (one was the release of the Rainbow children), it totals to right about an hour of lost time. Prince had Femi mock the fans.

GHeez, that could be another whole thread, right?!

Rightly said:

yes it is: Gold is a pearl,





"it's more hard 2 than it is 2 hate"... so it seems


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ernestsewell said:

I would prefer to eat an old pigs vomit than listen to Gold.
Even The morning after is better than the song Gold.
.
Forget pearls and swines

We're talking Muppets and horrible songs!!!

are you comparing The Morning After to Gold....

The Morning After is a cute little song, Gold is "an anthem" imo.



Like I said Gold is the Purple Rain of the 1990's.

in the words of Prince [Ol' School Company]...

this my song!

I chose it as my absolute favorite a month after I joined this place.
Heard it while watching, at someone's suggestion, "Love 4 One Another." This was the last song performed... the only one there that made an impact on me and it was just... the ultimate

The whole reason I got the album was to have this song

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

muppet!

TwiliteKid said:

That's one of my favorites of the last 10 years also.

daPrettyman said:

I actually don't mind it either, I was just teasing him. I've always loved Gold.