Hi all

Have seen "Bambi" mentioned a couple of times here on the forum on " wish lists".

In all my years of Prince concerts across two continents ( Europe and USA) the only time I remember him playing this song was on the second night of his Diamonds and Pearl shows in Paris in 1992 (Christ it rocked!!!)...any other memories of Bambi?????

He played a heavy version of it at Brixton Academy the first time I saw him back in 1998. Was fantastic! Has indigO2 aftershow written all over it...

london aftershow @ bagleys, dont know the year

remember seeing it online... it was BAD

As a Jehovah's witness would he do it again???
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seanbee said:

He did it a few times in 2002, when he was much more vocal about his beliefs than he is now. And I heard he did it on the Ellen show in 2004, though it wasn't screened (can anyone confirm this or was it just posted as a joke at the time?)
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Interesting. thanks Leecaldon

seanbee said:

I think it waas 1994 the warm up for Wembley - brilliant - love that track so much - do you think he might oblige before he goes home?

seanbee said:

Performed it a few times in 2004 during the Musicology Tour.
I witnessed it in Chicago at the HOB aftershow in 04.

Played it ONA Hammersmith / London was it 2001 ??

boomboomboom said:

yes he played it at hammersmith apollo october 2002 - he use to "mix" it with whole lotta love

He played it a few times in London on the 1990 nude tour, he definitely played it on the Japan leg in Tokyo also, I have a video of it.

Can u youtube the vid????

ecnirp98 said:

yea, he played it at the nec on the nude tour too, think it got a fair few outings on that tour!...was one of my favs at the time, so i was well chuffed!

Christ the "Nude" tour!!


Had nearly forgotten that!

Apart from his "Nothing compres 2 U" the Irish shows were pretty lame.....

seanbee said:

Yeah, I always thought the nude tour was a strange tour coz he wasn't touring on the back of an album unlike previous tours, so it felt abit disjointed, also I think the Irish gigs were stadium gigs, he did a stadium gig in Manchester and it sucked when I went, but I also saw all the Nude shows at Wembley and they were cool, paricularly enjoyed Partyman and Housequake on that tour, so funky ...

I don't think Prince suits open air stadium gigs, his show is much more suited to the arena gigs like NEC/Wembley/O2 etc as he puts on a show rather than just standing there with a guitar like most stadium bands.

Nude was also cool as it was on the same time as the 1990 World Cup in Italy, so was great to watch England play then goto a Prince gig !!!
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There's quite a good live version of it on The Undertaker

See your point.....this was the only time I saw the man outdoors.....

seanbee said:

those shows were the first time i'd seen him, i enjoyed it at the time, but now i've seen that he's capable of so much more with subsequent tours!

there were highlights though...bambi was certainly one of them, the question of u was great too, especially as it hadn't been released then

seanbee said:

Why wouldn't he?
If you expect the conventional religious morals to determine which songs he plays, wouldn't this in fact be on top of the list?
A lyric of trying to convert somebody from a homosexual (physical) relationship to a heterosexual (emotional) relationship would surely be played.

.. and believe me 'it's better off with a man'

Rewi said:

I was just going to say that myself, not really at odds with his beliefs at all.

Saw a RIPPIN' 'Bambi' at the New Power Soul show in Chicago (I think it was at the Rivera) with Chaka and Larry.

boomboomboom said:

At the Gold experience tour, the same night he played at Wembley, Prince (then known only as of course) played two utterly mind-blowing aftershows at a tiny little club (now some semi-posh/pretentious place called Tantra) then called The Emporium.

It was a defining moment in my adolescence, I kid you not. Anyway, he opened the second night (a Wednesday, a school night for me!) with the entire Undertaker album... and then went on to play a further 2 hours plus; man, I didn't sleep for a whole week after.

And I remember after Honky Tonk Woman he said:
"One time I opened for the Rolling Stones. I got booed off stage. Perhaps I shoulda sang that shit. Or perhaps I shoulda sang this..."
And launched into Bambi. Sick.

Good story Secret!!!

20 June 1992 at Earls Court!

jackmitz said:

I was at that show, no Bambi.

stillw8ing said:

I'm pretty sure that there was...He played a four song, guitar heavy set before the 'Larry and Chaka Variety Show' began.