I don't keep up too much with Prince's recent music so help me out here.
I was watching Midnight Love on BET and I saw some kind of recent performance by Prince, if anyone else has seen it, is this the Aladdin show? if so it looks really weird because it looks like some sort of bootleg recording, my 5 year old nephew could have done better than that..

if the quality of picture and sound was crap you can be sure it was aladdin vegas live !

but dont worry someone from the org will be on tellin you how lucky you are prince released it at all , and that the quality is actually quite good , theres even been people on saying that the ones complaining are liars !!! unbelievable !!! for the record believe me the quality of the dvd is terrible.

yep, that's from the dvd...

danielboon said:

thanks for telling/warning me. i saw the show and i couldn't believe it, i don't even know how they would have that type of nerve, whoever filmed that needs to be shot, stabbed then shot again

NikkiVail said:

So u like Dolby Digital and crystal clear picture. Try this...

Better Quality

JohnDoe
[This message was edited Sun Sep 7 7:14:54 PDT 2003 by JohnDoe]

JohnDoe said:

ILL!!!

JohnDoe said:

Seriously though, at the beginning of the dvd, there is a little blurb about Prince throwing a party and 4,000 people crashing it. One of the "crashers" taped the show, hence the "questionable" quality.

I can see the picture. I can hear the sound. Could it have been better? I guess. Since I'm not savvy on the technicalities of filming, I wouldn't begin to criticize it.

I just look at it as a nice momento of the show I went to. Whenever I want to re-live the show, I just put on the DVD.

The Quality of the Video/DVD is not that bad, Get over it!

NPD313 said:

the problem is it should be perfect . story ended.if you did something sub-standard at work you'd be questioned no ?
if prince had released it perfect quality there would be no debate at all ! apart from the track list ofcourse, evey one has they're live favourites.

danielboon said:

I agree.

I don't buy into the whole idea that we are 'lucky enough' to even be allowed to purchase this dvd. When Fleetwood Mac released 'The Dance', they were not at a peak in popularity and they still released a quality video of that performance. The same goes for most performers. The art direction of a dvd should not eclipse its quality standard. I've seen a music video from Bon Jovi in which they gave the fans cameras and allowed them to tape a show. They then used the bits to make a music video for some single, back in the day. That music video was way better than the quality of 'Live at the Aladdin'. Prince's vision could have been executed with better standards.

Oh well, at the end of the day it is still only a dvd and not the end of the world.

NPD313 said:

you were right danielboone

Man, ya'll mofos seek 2 find any flaw desperately just 2 complain.

Harlepolis said:

i'm just judging from what i saw on BET, maybe it was BET editing i was seeing.

NikkiVail said:

I ain't talking about you here. I would've pointed you out!

I'm talking in general terms, I sho as hell don't find nothing wrong with the DVD. Not one tiny bit,,,other than its too short!

Harlepolis said:

that's odd, all the reviews i've seen always speak about the editing quality. but que sera sera

NikkiVail said:

Yeah, I'm kinda fimiliar with that too. I wish it was abit longer,,,but I ain't complaining about whats available tho!

And yes indeed,,,Whateva will be, will be

I love the Ozzy Osbourn imitation!

DVD is too short...

i saw the show and i couldn't believe it, i don't even know how they would have that type of nerve, whoever filmed that needs to be shot, stabbed then shot again[/quote]



This is all very funny to me. Sanna Hamri directed this video. In the industry she is best known as an editor ( many Hype Williams and Philip Atwell (Dr. Dre) videos. She has in the past two years moved her career into directing. Song Cry for Jay Z and Common's joint with Mary J Blige.(forgot the name) as well as India.Arie. Rumor had it that Prince wanted to work with her for awhile and I guess this is the first foray into a collaboration. Unfortnately the quality of the video overshadows the performance somewhat but to me this a well edited piece. I think he was giving her shot but with limited resources. We've met before and have a mutual friend so I'm trying to get to the real deal behind the video.

Harlepolis said:

i thought the DVD was 10/10. I dont understand people these days. Maybe they're talkin about a bootleg per4mance because the Aladdin dvd was better than the Purple Rain live move at all costs.

wizardofmath said:

stoopid people these days. U guys should be luck to EVEN HAVE A FUCKIN PRINCE DVD DAMMIT. I mean i dont understand y people are complaining! I dont understand what's wrong with the DVD at all???!!! I mean What??? WHAATT!!!?? Im gettin furious over here, im sorry...but still. This is PRINCE u talkin about! He dont never release nothin that often, and here he comes out with this great dvd and peeps just diss him. Damn, no wonder y he wanna b suin people 4 havin bootlegs cuz u mutha fuckas complain about every gotdamn thing like babies. Cryin out loud.

Sorry im just havin a fucked up day and im talkin my anger out on yall, sorry.

paisleypark4 said:

YES.

paisleypark4 said:

why do you think prince is beyond critcism ?

i like the wee man very very much !

but i have 2 eyes in my head and the dvd stinks !!!

surely its about opinion, i am not criticising for a buzz , i surely after being a fan for 19 fu**in years am entitled to an opinion, you may not agree but thats because you obviously watch the dvd thru prince specs and them damn specs are covering up the flaws !!!

are you a wind up or are you for real ?

the dvd is poor quality and every single fan on this site who says its not is blinded by devotion to the artist we all like so much !

yeah ?

its concert footage. look at the syracuse show video I wouldnt exactly call that high quality. I have seen the video and I think it looks and sounds pretty dam good.

danielboon said:

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No, the DVD is not poor quality in my opinion. Do you think people on this site are spending their money on this thing do to blind devotion?. I think a lot of people went to the ONA concerts and wanted to have concert footage in their collection. The average person who is not a tech nerd does not care about the technical aspects of the DVD. Most consumers who, are Prince fans care about the music and the performance.

People on this site made this DVD out to unwatchable and that is not the case. I think Prince wanted the DVD to have a bootlegg look due to so many fans buying bootlegg concert footage anyway. Therefore, you have a official Prince sanctioned bootlegg tape. End of story.

well since no one really answered my question i guess i'll just forget about it

NikkiVail said:

i never seen it.

now, I dont understand what is wrong with the quality? It looks perfect. I didnt see a flaw the first! Although i didnt like seeing Sometimes It Snows In April on a little screen. I guess u guys are FAMATICS and judge every little thing he does, even if his shoes have a scrape on them.

Nothinbutjoy said:

Exactly,

I like it, I don't know what people expect. I just criticize the lenght.

JohnDoe