talking about the One Nite Alone and the Musicology tour I have a few questions for you guys (I've never seen the man live and I'm not very expert on his live history).

- which one was better, One Nite Alone or the Musicology tour ? for better I mean, tighter, louder, less quiet and of course generally speakinf of setlists and performances. elaborate

- how did those tours rate compared to Prince's tours from time to time in his history ?
is he oin top form or not or what ?

- is it true that he's gonna come back in Europe in october november or january february for a european leg to the Musicology tour?



thankyou.

eyesbomb said:

Hi
Answers to your questions:
- I guess most people like ona more because of the 'non hits' like shows plus the more intimate gigs in theatres.
- U cant compare any tour because each tour is different and very nice. But from the shows i saw lately he was in topform
- Nonone knows when he is coming but i guess in february-march 2005 as bandmembers are doing their thing (maceo and candy are touring in november-december

Cheers
Rafael

eyesbomb said:

You're welcome. And too polite.
[Edited 10/7/04 11:58am]

Musicology was better than one night alone. I can't explain it other than it was more cohesive.
One Night Alone left me feeling a little short changed. Prince is always an amazing musician live. I think The Purple Rain Tour and Lovesexy Tour were my favorites. I love Princes dark and dirty stuff, so it's kinda hard getting totally enveloped in his new format. It's very adult contempory. Don't get me wrong. I love him live and he definately redeemed himself with his last tour, but it's not the 80's anymore. The Revolution gave him that creative edge that I personally loved.

I've thought about this a bit and come to the conclusion that while Musicology was great, I liked ONA better for these reasons:

1. smaller venues
2. played the non-hit material off his albums
3. the smaller band was more than enough and the larger band was sometimes a distraction from Prince
4. more spontaneity
5. intimate jazzy vibe rather than arena rock vibe


The deciding question for any fan is: do you want to hear the most recognizable songs (albeit in new formats) or do are you comfortable with less predictability (at the risk of a "failed experiment")?

Prince did the right thing in 2004 by putting himself back in the public mind - remember back in 2002-2003, quite a few die hard fans wanted him to have a "big" popular year just like this one.

All in all, I hope the next tour resembles ONA and is not Musicology pt. II