guys u are going 2 ruin this 4 everyone if u dont stop fucking with him while he's giving u the chance of a life time 2 view him checking sound. 4 the love of god leave this man alone and let him entertain u the way he wants 2 without people giving him things and tapes and life stories enough already damn.

TESTIFY!!!

Right on, joelmarable!

Are you listening Divinity and Rebecca2?

It's people like them that will wind up getting this privilege taken away.

symbolboy said:

Lilaq67 said:

Yes. Break the word down: "Sound Check". Period.

YES! WHAT HE SAID! Show some love to those of us who are at the end of the tour!

In light of this new thread, I just had to repost my reply to rebecca2 from another thread:


I assume that this was posted by REBECCA2 in response to STARFISHNCOFFEE due to the lack of apostrophes and the incomplete thoughts:


From your comment you act as if your married to the man. Hardcore fan? You buy his merchandise? I own not one merchandise of him and I am not a hardcore fan of anybody. I have a life!! You are what they call fanatics. I am what you call a fan. And and far as the jealousy? Yes you are. If you were there and I was sitting next to you and he invited me and not you you would not be jealous? Who are you fooling? You are hardcore fan. You are one of them woman who let men treat them how they want! I can tell by your rudeness. I dont mind a comment but the rudeness is something else.



REBECCA2...You know what? You are right. I have seen the light. I think STARFISHNCOFFEE agrees with me now too. We are very jealous individuals. We also have many gifts to bestow upon Prince the next time we go to a soundcheck. I plan on giving him a 40 pound bag of cat litter and a one pound can of fruit cocktail since he mentioned that he liked it in The Ballad of Dorothy Parker. I'm giving him the cat litter because I've had it for 12 years and it's been my lifelong goal to meet him and present it to him.

STARFISHNCOFFEE and I have also decided that you are right about us selling ourselves short. We don't think we get enough for our membership either. The cd's, soundchecks, conversations and front row seats just aren't cutting it anymore. For our $100 membership we've decided that we want the following. So Prince, if you're listening, here's our list:

STARFISHNCOFFEE/SYMBOLBOY'S NPGMC WISH LIST

1. One of us wants to massage his left butt cheek. I'm not saying which of us.

2. I want to shine his shoes and moonwrap. I also want to wear Larry Graham's big white hat while shining those items.

3. STARFISHNCOFFEE wants to inspect his hair for lice and belly button for lint.

4. Since Candy is now in the mix, I want her to perform naked. It's only fair and I don't want to sell myself short.

5. We can't decide who gets to wipe Prince's butt, but it's definitely on our list.

6. Don't forget our gifts: cat litter & fruit cocktail from SYMBOLBOY and some Bounce dryer sheets and box of Cheez-its from STARFISHNCOFFEE.

7. We would also like an album a day for the next 100 days. We also want to be in the studio when he records each of them.

8. Finally, STARFISHNCOFFEE and I desperately want Prince to let us go into the vault for 5 minutes and grab as much as we can possibly carry and then let us bootleg it all with the proceeds going directly to US!

That is all.

Now, REBECCA2, Divinity, Mickey Mouse, Judas Iscariot, Bon Jovi, Miles Davis, Donny Osmond, Barry Gibb and anybody else out there who has some silly little trinket that you've always wanted to give the man...please do the rest of the grateful NPGMC members a favor and STAY THE HELL HOME!!!

Okay, that is really all this time

You fucking morons do you not know anything about how soundchecks are done. What he is calling the soundcheck is not the real souncheck (that takes place at about 3:00) he is there to play you a few songs and answer questions. The only way he will stop doing this is if he realizes that people aren't signing up for the club because of this.

LOL symbolboy did you have to reveal all our plans.
I do want to say 2 things.
1. Can I do butt cheek duty first?!? Pleeeaaaassseee!!!!!
2. I still plan on giving him the dryer sheets but I decided to make it all the used ones I've collected after drying all my Princely clothes and I want to give him Captn Crunch instead of cheez-its. O.K.?
Plus you forgot to mention we're still debating who gets to clean all the toe jam out after the shows. I think you should get that honor first since I get to pick out the lice.

Lots of love to ya sweety.

STARFISHNCOFFEE said:[quote]LOL symbolboy did you have to reveal all our plans.
I do want to say 2 things.
1. Can I do butt cheek duty first?!? Pleeeaaaassseee!!!!!
2. I still plan on giving him the dryer sheets but I decided to make it all the used ones I've collected after drying all my Princely clothes and I want to give him Captn Crunch instead of cheez-its. O.K.?
Plus you forgot to mention we're still debating who gets to clean all the toe jam out after the shows. I think you should get that honor first since I get to pick out the lice.[quote]


STARFISHNCOFFEE:

You are the best! I mean to give me toe jam duty--Sniff, Sniff--I don't know what to say... Sure you can have butt cheek duty first. You can even wear the yellow buttless pants that I was planning to wear! Oh, and Capt'n Crunch is a better choice...be sure to supply the Soy milk! See how well orgers can get along when they try!

lovemachine said:

Right on love machine! We were joking in line that he was soundchecking for soundcheck that's why we didn't get in until 6:30pm. I know for a fact that most band at his level never sound check. They pay a road crew around $2,500 a week each to set everything up and check the sound to their liking. Aerosmith gets to the show about an hour before they go on and never even checks a note, it's all been done by highly paid professionals!

i happen to know personally , that he has a crew "soundcheck" before him, and then he does it again. he is a perfectionist and a control freak, so he does it again.

sorry to burst your bubble but IT IS A SOUNDCHECK.

OF COURSE ITS NOT THE REAL SOUND CHECK FOOLS the point is 2 leave him alone when he's giving u some time. im sure he has an idea what he wants 2 do 4 u guys when u get there, but many come with music, tapes and life stories. im just saying leave him alone b4 he runs 4 the hills and not do this shit again, bcause we dont know how 2 act, he is not god just let him do his thing and b cool man just b cool and enjoy it instead of trying 2 get him 2 jump start your career.

lovemachine said:

Not entirely true. When I went, I watched and listened to the band do "Extraordinary" from the top, about four times. Also, Prince was calling out volume changes to the main soundboard and even asked us if such and such was too loud or too low, etc. He WAS checking sound, and I am not a "fucking moron".

How do any of you know that Prince is annoyed/angry with the audience antics at the 'soundchecks'? I think it is more the case that it is other audience members who are getting irritated by the likes of Rebecca02/Divinity6. People are attaching too much significance to the odd interruption (broken sand dollar/unwanted CD) and consequent whining, and then they assume that Prince is as fed up by it all as they are. It is highly unlikely that these episodes bother Prince too much. He has had a long and hugely successful career and if the price to be paid is women giving him seashells as gifts then he really has little to grumble about. Maybe he finds the whole thing amusing - it's all part of being famous. Long may the soundchecks continue - they certainly add to the mystique of Prince

I so agree it was so damn annoying to hear people shout out request as if he was perfoming 4 them only' human beings can be so ungratefull.