Author | Message |
RUDEDOG'S OAKLAND PARAMOUNT CONCERT REVIEW! Here is my Oakland Paramount report, thanks to Cecy for helping me remember
all the details from the show! Excuse the typos please The soundcheck started(at 5pm) with Prince speaking from behing the curtain in front of the Exit at the side of the stage next to the first two rows. He spoke into the mic from behind the curtain saying: "NPG MUSIC CLUB!".... audience: where are you? "DIDN'T THEY TELL YOU I"M INVISIBLE?" audience laughs RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOUR HUNGRY. NOW KEEP YOUR HAND RAISED IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR YOUR FOOD. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT?.....EGGS??...OMLETTE?? audience: eggs?? THATS THE ONLY THING I KNOW HOW TO MAKE. A few minutes later he came from out of the curtain and walked RIGHT in front of us(in the front row) with the sly grin on his face. The band had already been playing some instrumental which stopped as soon as Prince hit the stage. Prince hit the piano and remained there for the whole soundcheck. Some guy went up to the stage and gave him a photo collage with an card. Prince said "Whats up with all these gifts, your presence is gift enough for me. He looked at the collage and said, oooooh, when I see picture of my face all glued together like that I go....ohhhh.." Prince asked him to take to take it back, but leave the card. (At the end of the concert, the card was still left there). He told the guy I'll give you something later....don't worry I'll find you. (Audience laughs) ...I will find him too!" Then went into a long version of The Ghetto. No one really was sure of what song he was playing until he starting singing the lyrics: THE GHETTO. After that, he mentions the word EXPECTION, then he went right into the song, twice(due to working on John's drumming). We assumed it was a song from Xenophobia because after the soundcheck, they played the WHOLE album over the PA and we heard Xenophobia(TWICE) and we heard the song Xpectation on the album which sounded EXACTLY like the song they did on the soundcheck. After that song, he did a great version of Ballad Of Dorothy Parker/4 without John Blackwell's drum solo. He right into She Loves Me For Me, very sparse version of it. Hardly sung the chorus and changed up the lyric: ...."this one I can take over my mama's house" to "this one I can take over my GRANDMA'S house". He paused a second before the slight lyric change. You can probably make your own assumption about the lyric change. He had an ear piece change, and went into The Condition Of The Heart. Many ppl in the crowd were yelling out song titles, one person yelled out EXTRAORDINARY...Prince then commented "Yes it is extraordinary that you're yelling out song titles to me!" (audience laughs) "I'm the chef, I'm gonna feed..yoouuuuu" Next song was Cream which was done on the piano, and added lyrics to Girls And Boys then went back into Cream. At one point in the soundcheck Prince asked how many ppl went to the LA show, many ppl cheered. He then mentioned that in LA, they take the "designer drugs" over there, "you guys don't, right?". "We had Sheila up there, but she wasn't doing nothing. She snuck up on me, surprised me...I thought she was a rabid fan." "You know who Victor Wooten is??" audience: yeah! "Rhonda invited him to the Celebration this year. She invited him so she can still licks off of him(looking at Rhonda) ...TELL THE TRUTH(pointing at Rhonda)" Rhonda gives Prince the shame shame gesture(two fingers rubbing against each other). Prince: "Thats why I invited Larry"(I guess meaning Rhonda can steal licks off of him). He then asked for the time which was then 6:10pm. He said: "I gotta to go get my hair done, because your critics out here are gonna say the concert was great, but his hair was all jacked up"(audience laughs) He decided to do one more song since we all were screaming for another song. Some loud freak girl yells out MINNESOTA RULES! Prince said "what she say?" and he said "Minnesota rules?? No it doesn't, Minnesota just had a snow storm so I'm staying out here for as long as I can." The final song he did for the soundcheck was Do U Lie. This time we impressed him, the whole NPGMC sang the song! Prince swung the mic around towards the audience and just smiled and was in awe that we knew the WHOLE song! He did tease us at the part in the song where it goes: I..I...I since we kind of muffled through it. At this point he said he had to go get his hair done." He takes the mic from the piano, slowly walks over to the center stage and puts into the stand and gives us all a slow stare and gives us a slow goodbye salute teasing us and just walks off smiling. Ok, one and half hour break here, the Xenophobia album was played like twice, put me sleep after awhile LOL!! The album seemed cool, all instrumentals, weird sounds. Still not quite Madhouse to me Security seemed very relaxed. T-shirts were VERY expensive, $40 for the Xenophobia shirt, $30 for other shirts $30 for the One Nite Alone Tour book. Prince actually started the concert LATE this time, at about 8:30pm. The show was hyped, but nothing unusual really happened, so I'm just gonna go through the highlights of the show. Rainbow Children was great! During the guitar solo, he sat on the steps to the stage right in front of us(front row), crossing his legs, he just jammed on the guitar. During 1+1+1=3, some old guy came on the stage and did some weird funky dances, crawling on the floor, and almost humping Prince. Prince said "DON'T HIT YOUNG MAN!" Bobby(from the BayNPG) and another girl with a shirt saying(...time to rise) was also brought up on stage. When the security guards saw Bobby dancing, they moved far away from the stage, to keep from getting hit by Bobby's wild dancin'. Bobby was wearing a big purple coat. Prince called him a pimp. Bobby took off his coat and was wearing flashing bright glitter sweater. Prince said, now we got MICHAEL JACKSON! During the Other Side Of The Pillow, he made a joke about "everyone having an uncle that dances like this when they're drunk" He did some really funny dances with drunk dips, the crowd was on the floor! Robot moves and sticking his butt out, he had the crowd laughing! The band was having a ball with it! Security couldn't help but laugh also. During the radio station speech, he mentioned great bands like Earth, Wind And Fire and OAKLAND'S own Graham Central Station, then he went into a pretty funny version of ONE IN A MILLION, Prince even used Larry's deep voice. Prince was impressed by ppl being really hyped during certain new songs like Xenophia and even Everlasting Now. He may be doing this for all the other concerts, but Cecy especially noticed that he had the audience a lot of the lyrics during the Piano Medley. During How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, the mic was handed to me to imitate what John Blackwell "HEY" and I kinda goofed with a off key "HEeeY". Totally caught me off guard! Purple Rain was OVER religious talking how we shuold all know God's true name. But he really hit me and other ppl hard on when he talked about unity and how inside the theatre, we we in perfect unison/harmony, but outside of the concert we're so devided. He asked, "whats wrong with us, when we leave this theatre"...fights in the parking lot, so forth. That really made a lot of sense and effected a lot of ppl. He mentioned that this past year has been a turbulent one. During Joy In Repetition....a long cool version of it..he talked the "theocratic order" and how woman has a place, but its determined by God, not by Man. "This has nothing to do with you brother, its about her and God" is what Prince said. Probably to clear up Prince beliefs on the role of the woman(being BEHIND the man, instead of in front) Anna Stesia came off pretty strong, everyone enjoyed it! The overall concert was great, a lot of songs played here, not played elsewhere. The crowd was in a GREAT mood and Prince fed off of that saying many times "I"m having fun here tonite!", "Call the babysitter, we're gonna be here all nite" or "Yall are crazy". Many smiles and facial gestures like he was impressed with the crowd's energy, enthusiasm, and how they knew most of the lyrics, especially with the new songs. I guess, in a way, the crowd made up for that last aftershow he did here in Oakland, Fillmore when we forgot the lyrics to the song, Paisley Park. The only drawback, NO AFTERSHOW Still the show was long, 3 hours, and got to hear a lot of material, old and new. Here is the setlist: Soundcheck: The Ghetto Xpectation(from the upcoming Xenophobia album) Ballad of Dorothy Parker/4 She Loves Me For Me Condition of The Heart(Instrumental) Cream/Girls and Boys Do U Lie Show: The Rainbow Children Muse 2 The Pharoah Xenophobia A Case Of U Mellow 1+1+1=3 Love Rollercoaster The Other Side Of The Pillow Speech about Radio Stations/One In A Million snippet Strange Relationship Pass the Peas Sing A Simple Song La La La Means I Love U Didn't Cha Know When U Were Mine Avalanche Family Name Take Me With U Raspberry Beret Everlasting Now Encore: piano medley (may not be in EXACT order) Adore (Full version) Girls & Boys I Wanna Be Your Lover Diamonds and Pearls TMBGITW The Beautiful Ones Condition Of The Heart Do Me Baby Free Starfish And Coffee Sometimes It Snows In April (FULL) Nothing Compares 2 U (FULL) Purple Rain (FULL) Joy in Repetition (FULL) How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (FULL) Anna Stesia | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Cool report. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Excellent report! We were in the 5th row and couldn't tell what he said during BODP. In L.A. he said, "fruit cocktail--I'm a vegetarian!" Did he change the lyric last night?
Treaux | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Now I know what RudeDog looks like.. hehe
HAI! Oh, and GREAT details on teh soundcheck . thumbs up! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Rudedog, was that you in front of me? Prince said somthing like 'can an Asian man sing this' and he approached you, your back was turned. I smacked you to pay attention as Prince was handing you the mic.
Cool deal, nice memories for ya and a great report. ________________________________________
Doin' The Jughead! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
man i hate to be such a stickler for accuracy, but Prince wasn't speaking to us from behind the curtain, he was sitting in the the middle of the theatre ducked down in his seat, like he'd been doing at all the other soundchecks. Just when people started spotting him, he got up and walked up on stage . . . thanks for the report, beautiful nite it was !!!! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
You guys kiss his ass so much. You are true addicts. I love how you tell everything he says except the bullshit. There is too much frosting on this burnt-ass, lop-sided cake. The three hour concert was pretty funky, I'll admit that, he had a great relationship with the audience and the whole place was jumpin' But the sound check was lame and there was no after party. So anyone with a non-club ticket got the same show. Only the first few rows got some perks. Lets not forget to mention he kept saying "call the babysitter you aint getting home til dawn" well I got home at midnight 6 hours prior to his promise. I was VERY disappointed there was no aftershow. Actually I cried all the way home. It was the ONLY reason I joined the club. Sorry I'm not a fanatic, but don't think I haven't paid my dues, I use to try to get into all the after parties in NYC, standing outside til 4am, running to this club and that, all to no avail. I thought finally I get to go without the leg work and disappointment. Wrong, not much leg work but more money than I could really afford and as always disappointment. As my husband joked its probably all my fault, just wasn't meant to be, sorry everyone had to suffer due to my Karma.
And what about the Santana torture. He kept insinuating that Santana was going to come out and jam, the crowd would go wild but no Santana, no Sheila E. I can't believe they performed in other cities and not their hometown. He even bragged (during the soundcheck) about how great LA was and who showed up. A note to members, try to avoid the aisle seats unless your tall or big. I sat there so I had more room to dance but there were so many people trying to rush down the aisle and sneak up front that it was really distracting. And not to mention the members, at least a hundred, that stopped by every row "Is that seat taken?" Yes! They are all taken get the last seat in the last row and sit down. I really wanted to pimp slap some members cause they were still trying to get those seats in the middle of the show. And when its a slow song, sit down, get some rest, your gonna need it. Also people, when your making your setlist be sure to note which songs he had the audience sing and not himself, its cute the first time, but I really wanted to hear him do Starfish and Coffee. This was not the "greatest experience of my life", having my daughter was and I wish I had spent the $225 (membership and concert) taking a trip with her. Peace and Love to all! I'm outta here for good! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Well i must say that the soundcheck 4 u guys upstate sounded incredible. i was @ the LA soundcheck & i felt somewhat robbed because of the fact that by the time we got let n @ 5:30, prince was @ the piano & he stayed there the whole time. he didn't talk 2 us quite as much. & we heard like 3 songs play while we were w8ing 4 security who was draggin' ass about opening up the doors 4 us.
I don't know if my Xpectations were 2 high 4 soundcheck but Prince didn't seem as enthusiastic @ r souncheck as he appeared 2 b @ others from the reports i've read. yeah, yeah, he made us laugh n stuff but something was a little off about his stage presence durring the soundcheck n my opinion. i feel like we didn't get enough attention. & Candy dulfer was missin' ques, like she was daydreaming or something. Prince seemed 2 b a bit impatient w/ the band. I don't know if they'd all had an argument a couple of minutes b4 we got n there or what, but i smelt a little attitude coming from somewhere. maybe it was just the funky nusic. If I Could B Muse 2 the Pharaoh...
~C10 H12 N2 O~ | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
NeptunEos said: Now I know what RudeDog looks like.. hehe
HAI! Oh, and GREAT details on teh soundcheck . thumbs up! Yeah man, where were you? Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sheanut said:[quote]You guys kiss his ass so much. You are true addicts. I love how you tell everything he says except the bullshit.
Dude, you obviously didn't read the part of my report about Purple Rain being "over religious". Oh no, don't back peddle you way out by saying "oh only one bad thing". Please... Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
youngworld said: Rudedog, was that you in front of me? Prince said somthing like 'can an Asian man sing this' and he approached you, your back was turned. I smacked you to pay attention as Prince was handing you the mic.
Cool deal, nice memories for ya and a great report. That was you man?? I was trying to hear what you were telling the lady next to me, when BAM you and my friend next to me pushed me right in front of Prince's mic! Man, I wish I was paying attention. I really goofed on that one The funny thing is I'm Latin, he called me Asian probably cause I was squinting so hard from laugh hesterically at myself! Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sheanut said: But the sound check was lame and there was no after party.
What was wrong about the soundcheck?? Damn, some ppl are so picky?? Did you want to hear the song exactly the way they sound on record or something?? Damn, he did a lot of cool shit in the soundcheck. Yeah, I'll admit, he gave us a near 2-hour gap between the soundcheck and the show. At last years Oakland soundcheck, it seemed like he played for way more than an hour. My only complaint was the sound check wasn't long enough, nonetheless he did some pretty cool performances. Man, the aftershows aren't guaranteed. I don't know why ppl think he'll do the SAME EXACT thing for every tour date. I more than anyone there wished that there was an aftershow, but I'm not holding it against him. We got a 3 hour show!! FUCK! Plus a cool(but short) soundcheck. Not to mention, we got great fuckin seats! Oh and I guess I won't mention he played a REALLY small, intimate venue even though he can still sell larger venues pretty well still(even for a guy who hasn't had a hit record for what 10 years??). I was VERY disappointed there was no aftershow. Actually I cried all the way home. It was the ONLY reason I joined the club. Dude, you're an idiot. You got a great show, a soundcheck...everything promised and more and you still whine like a little bitch. My oh my, did you want a blowjob or have Prince personally take you backstage for a special performance JUST FOR YOU? Come on, those aftershows are not promised. And the best ones are the ones he's really into. What if we got an aftershow and it sucked? Shit, then you wuold be complaining it sucked! I'd rather have an aftershow that he would be into doing, not done out of obligation. The show and soundcheck were obligations so that he should do anyways. And what about the Santana torture. He kept insinuating that Santana was going to come out and jam, the crowd would go wild but no Santana, no Sheila E. I can't believe they performed in other cities and not their hometown. He even bragged (during the soundcheck) about how great LA was and who showed up. ????? This kind of complaining I just don't get. He mentions someone's name and all of a sudden its ASSUMED there will be a duet. THe show was on a Wednesday, Santana and Sheila probably had things to do the next day, ever think of that? Oh no, if I can take the day off work, then why can't everyone else? Am I right? Also people, when your making your setlist be sure to note which songs he had the audience sing and not himself, its cute the first time, but I really wanted to hear him do Starfish and Coffee. Whats the point? He did perform the songs, right? He did sing at some points in the songs. Prince likes when ppl sing for him, shows that we like his music. Thats what makes a Prince concert great, he lets his fans be themselves and interact with him with the music. If you just want to hear him sing Starfish And Coffee, put on Sign O The Times. This was not the "greatest experience of my life", having my daughter was and I wish I had spent the $225 (membership and concert) taking a trip with her. Oh man, demand your money back! Please, do us all a favor and just drop being a Prince fan, or spending ANY money on him. I can understand complaining when its reasonable. But I don't think there is ANY way you'll ever be satisfied. Peace and Love to all! I'm outta here for good! Please, and you end this post with Princespeak?? Who ya calling assking?? Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
VERY nice review...thank you rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
serotonin said:[quote]Well i must say that the soundcheck 4 u guys upstate sounded incredible.
***** No it wasn't that incredible, we probably saw more of him sitting at his piano, but he was there most of the time too and he was mostly talking to people in the first few rows. He mumbled so much you could hardly understand him. Like he mentioned Ruby Skye and we all thought he was talking about the aftershow that night.NOT! They played Expection what seemed liked forever. The sound actually seemed really bad too, I don't know if they weren't playing their best or what, but everything was clearer during the actual show. The sound check is really not that special unless he does a Q&A otherwise your watching a sound check, energy is reserved and people are talking and looking for better seats. One group of girls didn't even know he was on stage when they walked in, one kept saying "I have to go pee, I have to go pee," Then Prince started singing a bit and they jumped "Oh my god Prince is on stage". It was funny I was hoping he'd tell the girl to just go pee and shut up. Oh yeah Rudedog, I am not a dude, I am a fine ass woman thank you very much! Peace and love | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
That sounded all the way live.... | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Did anyone hear at one point when I yelled out Stockton?? everyone was laughing afterwards but,I wasn't too sure if anyone really heard cause i held back some. "We all got a space to fill" | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sheanut said:[quote]serotonin said:[quote]Well i must say that the soundcheck 4 u guys upstate sounded incredible.
***** "No it wasn't that incredible, we probably saw more of him sitting at his piano, but he was there most of the time too and he was mostly talking to people in the first few rows. He mumbled so much you could hardly understand him. Like he mentioned Ruby Skye and we all thought he was talking about the aftershow that night.NOT! They played Expection what seemed liked forever." Ummm, you do know that it was a SOUNDCHECK, not a concert. The best part is when he talks, duh! Mumbled?? You need to take that earwax out of your ears. If you were paying attention, he went through Expection a couple of times because he was trying to work the tech difficulties out. Thats what musicians do at a soundcheck, thats why its CALLED a soundcheck. "The sound actually seemed really bad too, I don't know if they weren't playing their best or what, but everything was clearer during the actual show." Again, I guess you're slow. Its a SOUND CHECK! The have a sound check to work out the sound problems. OMG! I think there is more intelligence in an ouce of spam than there is in you. "Oh yeah Rudedog, I am not a dude, I am a fine ass woman thank you very much!" Well you may be fine, but you're not very bright. Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
rudedog said:
***** What was wrong about the soundcheck?? Man, the aftershows aren't guaranteed. We got a 3 hour show!! Come on, those aftershows are not promised. ????? This kind of complaining I just don't get. ***** Like I said ass kissing, its cool, be a big fan, I know he can do no wrong in your eyes, my post is for people who can barely afford this stuff and who want to know what really happens, you all paint this pretty little picture and its not that perfect. I'm just being realistic is all, and I'm sorry but when I joined the club they promised alot of shit. and don't tell me they haven't gone back on their promises before. But you guys let him get away with everything. I said it was a great show, but I didn't have to join the club to get the great show, I was told being a member would get me something more, the soundcheck was lame, face it. ***** rudedog said: Oh and I guess I won't mention he played a REALLY small, intimate venue even though he can still sell larger venues pretty well still(even for a guy who hasn't had a hit record for what 10 years??). ***** I saw him at Radio City 9 years ago, same size as Paramount, and he was more popular then, and he played three nights. I had front row balcony and it was one of the best shows, and I've been closer at all the rest. ***** rudedog said:everything promised and more and you still whine like a little bitch. ***** That's Supreme Goddess Bitch to you. ***** rudedog said: Oh man, demand your money back! Please, do us all a favor and just drop being a Prince fan, or spending ANY money on him. ***** I plan to! Did I forget to mention that before? ***** Peace and Love to all! I'm outta here for good![/quote] rudedog said:Please, and you end this post with Princespeak?? Who ya calling assking?? ***** Thats not Princespeak, I'm not that into him baby, lol. Thats what I always say and have been for a while when I email people. I really had no idea it was Princespeak or that there was such a thing, as you see I use real words not 2s and 4s and U to replace them. Actually when I say Peace I think of the Sweet Honey and Rock song of the same name, not Prince. Honestly I'm laughing here, I'm really laughing, I have an org note waiting. This is too funny, its really not that serious, I was disappointed but I have moved on, thats life. I really just wanted people who don't plan to camp out and be in the first few rows to know what it might be like. Everyone has a different experience and every city is different but this was my experience and I have a right to it, its my life and I'm a very centered, well adjusted person with a great life but Prince is not my world and this is my point-of-view. I just see Prince as the capitalist he is and if he can talk shit about all the other capitalist I can talk shit about him. ***** My oh my, did you want a blowjob or have Prince personally take you backstage for a special performance JUST FOR YOU? ***** It not what I was thinking or expecting, but now that you mention it, I'm down! Peanuts and Licorice to you all! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Well you may be fine, but you're not very bright.
Rudedog[/quote] ***** Do you know I am getting org notes from people that totally understand how I feel but have to tell me in private. If we are disappointed we have a right to speak, people should not be attacked for it. Don't take it so personal. I know I responded to your post but it wasn't directed entirely at you, you gave your experience I gave mine. Thats all. At least I got enough sense not to include your whole post if I'm only going to reply to one line. lol. I'm just kidding. Lighten up dude! Peonies and Lilacs to everyone! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
It could be that Oakland didn't get an aftershow because he had just performed 2 aftershows in LA a couple days before.
LA is the only city on the tour that got 2 aftershows. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Yeah Oakland was off the hook. Great show. Only bummer was that our cars got locked in a parking garage and we had to stay in a hotel overnite. We couldnt get our cars until 7 am. Oh well we had alot of fun. Peace and Love! Peace and Love! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Hey Sheanut!
Here's some public appreciation for your post. BTW "That's Supreme Goddess Bitch to you" I just joined the music club and I'm glad to have read your comments. It will help remind me to go into any Prince concert I may get to get to with no expectations, not that I'm saying you had any, I just have a rich fantasy life. Anyway, I feel for you regarding the afterparty. I'm not gonna lie, if I get to a concert and there's no sound check and/or afterparty I will feel some disappointment. Rudedog, lighten up! She felt some disappointment. Prince has the right not to do an afterparty (they are not guaranteed) and Sheanut has the right to feel disappointed. In every city that did not have an afterparty folks were disappointed. Sheanut, I hope you don't leave the .org. You are loved!! I'm firmly planted in denial | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Great review RudeDog! I wish every show had a review like this one!!! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
, [This message was edited Wed May 15 21:33:39 PDT 2002 by Swinger] | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sheanut said: You guys kiss his ass so much. You are true addicts. I love how you tell everything he says except the bullshit. There is too much frosting on this burnt-ass, lop-sided cake.
:O But the sound check was lame and there was no after party.
What was lame about the soundcheck? That he didn't do a Q&A??? You people are really starting to expect too much. The first soundcheck he did in Oakland was run by HIM. It was all about the music until somebody yelled something out, THEN he took the time to talk & answer some questions. I think people are reading all these stories about Prince doing this & that @ the soundcheck & creating GREAT expectations for it. Let him be! I wanted to ask him a question if I got the chance, but I knew I might not get to even if he did talk w/ people. Am I pissed @ him about it? NO. Do I say the soundcheck was lame b/c of it? NO! So I repeat, what was so lame about the soundcheck? Lets not forget to mention he kept saying "call the babysitter you aint getting home til dawn" well I got home at midnight 6 hours prior to his promise.
His "promise," huh? Aren't we taking this a bit too seriously? He's hyping you up, letting you know you're gonna have a good time. Yea, I hoped for an aftershow too, but DAMN y'all! I was VERY disappointed there was no aftershow. Actually I cried all the way home.
You... you cried??? O-KAAAAAY... It was the ONLY reason I joined the club.
Doesn't it say on the concert page that aftershows/parties aren't guaranteed??? 2 words: fine print. It's your mistake, not his. Believe me, I REALLY was banking on an aftershow too, but shedding tears is a bit much. Sorry I'm not a fanatic...
Claim it & be proud girl - you crossed the line when you sobbed @ the steering wheel! And what about the Santana torture.
Oh the torture! I forgot about Santana within seconds of the mention, as great as he is. I was just having too much of a good time to be so extremely pissy about every little thing. Damn, some of y'all are a tortured lot - nitpicking, only seeing the negative. Maybe YOU should stay & I should go! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
CalhounSq said: Sheanut said: You guys kiss his ass so much. You are true addicts. I love how you tell everything he says except the bullshit. There is too much frosting on this burnt-ass, lop-sided cake.
:O But the sound check was lame and there was no after party.
What was lame about the soundcheck? That he didn't do a Q&A??? You people are really starting to expect too much. The first soundcheck he did in Oakland was run by HIM. It was all about the music until somebody yelled something out, THEN he took the time to talk & answer some questions. I think people are reading all these stories about Prince doing this & that @ the soundcheck & creating GREAT expectations for it. Let him be! I wanted to ask him a question if I got the chance, but I knew I might not get to even if he did talk w/ people. Am I pissed @ him about it? NO. Do I say the soundcheck was lame b/c of it? NO! So I repeat, what was so lame about the soundcheck? Lets not forget to mention he kept saying "call the babysitter you aint getting home til dawn" well I got home at midnight 6 hours prior to his promise.
His "promise," huh? Aren't we taking this a bit too seriously? He's hyping you up, letting you know you're gonna have a good time. Yea, I hoped for an aftershow too, but DAMN y'all! I was VERY disappointed there was no aftershow. Actually I cried all the way home.
You... you cried??? O-KAAAAAY... It was the ONLY reason I joined the club.
Doesn't it say on the concert page that aftershows/parties aren't guaranteed??? 2 words: fine print. It's your mistake, not his. Believe me, I REALLY was banking on an aftershow too, but shedding tears is a bit much. Sorry I'm not a fanatic...
Claim it & be proud girl - you crossed the line when you sobbed @ the steering wheel! And what about the Santana torture.
Oh the torture! I forgot about Santana within seconds of the mention, as great as he is. I was just having too much of a good time to be so extremely pissy about every little thing. Damn, some of y'all are a tortured lot - nitpicking, only seeing the negative. Maybe YOU should stay & I should go! I couldn't agree more CalhounSq. I'm a hardcore fan of the man, but I didn't go cuz I was banking on a weekend show. But I'm not blaming him for scheduling. Yet the people who do go whine about an aftershow that is not guaranteed? Will the whining ever stop? | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
"Like I said ass kissing, its cool, be a big fan, I know he can do no wrong in your eyes, my post is for people who can barely afford this stuff and who want to know what really happens, you all paint this pretty little picture and its not that perfect. "
On the contrary, I'm probably Prince's biggest naysayer. Again, you must have missed my comments about his over religious portions ofthe concert. Thats the only part I don't like, being preached to. Prince has done wrong, but when Prince does right like he did last nite, we naysayers give him PROPS missy! I'm just being realistic is all, Unrealistic more like. and I'm sorry but when I joined the club they promised alot of shit. and don't tell me they haven't gone back on their promises before. Ok, please elaborate...you didn't get an aftershow and the concert wasn't what you imagined it would be. Tell me, what would be your perfect concert. I'm sure everyone in the whole freakin world would agree what YOUR idea of a perfect concert is. My point? You can't please everyone and NO ONE can please your ungrateful ass, thats for damn sure. But you guys let him get away with everything. I said it was a great show, but I didn't have to join the club to get the great show, I was told being a member would get me something more, the soundcheck was lame, face it. Well, lets see 4 CDs, GREAT SEATS, a soundcheck and a 3 hour concert(Go see Britney, lets see if she does 3 hours) in a SMALL ASS club like the Paramount. Geee yeah, I can see why you're so unsatisfied. I guess next year he should promise a 2 hour show in a HUGE ass venue that holds 13,000 ppl, nose-bleed seats, no souncheck and no possibility of getting into an aftershow without waiting in line. -I saw him at Radio City 9 years ago, same size as Paramount, and he was more popular then, and he played three nights. I had front row balcony and it was one of the best shows, and I've been closer at all the rest.- Yes, 9 YEARS AGO, again.....9 YEARS AGO. Let me break it down for you, he doesn't do these venues very often does he? Yet, YOU got to see him in a venue like that twice within 9 years. How many other ppl can say that?? I sure can't. Man, some ppl don't even know when they get a good thing. -That's Supreme Goddess Bitch to you.- Hey, the title is all yours -I plan to! Did I forget to mention that before?- Yes, it must have slipped your bright mind! -Thats not Princespeak, I'm not that into him baby, lol.- Could have fooled me, BABY -Honestly I'm laughing here, I'm really laughing, I have an org note waiting. This is too funny, its really not that serious, I was disappointed but I have moved on, thats life. I really just wanted people who don't plan to camp out and be in the first few rows to know what it might be like. Everyone has a different experience and every city is different but this was my experience and I have a right to it, its my life and I'm a very centered, well adjusted person with a great life but Prince is not my world and this is my point-of-view. I just see Prince as the capitalist he is and if he can talk shit about all the other capitalist I can talk shit about him.- And I am honestly sorry you didn't have a good time. But then again, I'm always sympathetic to those that don't deserve sympathy. -It not what I was thinking or expecting, but now that you mention it, I'm down!- Yeah, I would loved for Rhonda to go down on me, but in the real world, things like that don't happen, right? Also in the real world, we all don't get what we want, we get what we get and we should be appreciative when we get something good. If its bad, then its bad, but so far you're the only person bitchin, welcome to the real world. Peaches and Dildos Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
-Do you know I am getting org notes from people that totally understand how I feel but have to tell me in private.-
Yeah, sure Those are obviously either non-existent or a very silent minority. If what we got was bad, I would say so. BTW, I have also many emails from ppl telling me they think you're wrong. So what, right? I rest my case. -If we are disappointed we have a right to speak, people should not be attacked for it.- We?? Is your name Cybil? How many other personalities are in you Cybil? Attacked, please. There is a fine line between being disappointed and whining like a little baby. You play such the victim missy, I guess you're a person that like to do that a lot. -At least I got enough sense not to include your whole post if I'm only going to reply to one line. lol. I'm just kidding. Lighten up dude!- What makes you think I have veins popping out of my neck, you're the one thats considering herself "attacked". I was merely stating an opinion. You didn't have to respond, ya know Rudedog | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Great review Rudedog. Thanks man. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
This is a PRINCE fan site. How come those of us who enjoy the man and his music and don't act like spoiled brats if Prince doesn't behave exactly the way we want him to, are ass-kissers?
Oooooh, Prince didn't do the same thing at this soundcheck that he did at that soundcheck. Ooooooh, Prince preached too much. Can't you just enjoy the moment and stop bitching so much? If the guy came off the stage and hit you on the head with his guitar, then I could see complaining. It's like some of you expect Prince to be perfect 24/7. I guess the "asskissers" have discovered something the whiners have not: PRINCE IS HUMAN. He can't make every single fan happy. I go to a Prince show to have a good time. So far I haven't been disappointed. I hope for an aftershow, but I don't EXPECT it. I DO think Prince is one of the best live performers out there today. I DON'T think Prince can walk on water. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |