If Prince went on tour this upcoming year...
What would you like the setlist to consist of?

Personally, i would love to see the NPG jam out on
a setlist of songs from Musicoology, 3121, and Planet Earth.
I crazy about Fury, Get on the Boat, and Mr Goodnight to nane a few and
I'd love to hear a few classics thrown in, like Adore, the
One, and one of my all time faves Shhh!
And please keep the center stage permanent- i feel about e a mile away
from the stage when its on the side

What about you...what would you like to hear him play?

he needs to do something fresh. either take it up a level and play with symphony orchestra accompaniment, or take it down a level and do some unplugged/acoustic shows. even another string of hit-and-run instrumental gigs would be refreshing. but enough already with the prince & shelby 3121 vegas revue, it's getting stale.

Ditch Marva, Shelby and The Twinz

onecrush said:

Bring in Wendy & Lisa

i personally didnt mind shelby although it did sometimes sound like her microphone could do with turning down mainly because she has sure a powerful voice it took over everything else

to be honest i wouldnt mind to much if marva and the twinz went

XNY said:

I'd love to hear Shhh too

In an interview during the Musicology tour he said he couldn't imagine ever going back to a normal stage, because he loves the energy he gets being in the centre - so I think it will be a permanent thing!

He needs a new band or cut out a lot of the deadweight like "The Twinz" and I dare say Shelby, even though she is great. He needs to do much more post 1991 material. I don't mind if he does Little Red Corvette but can I please get some Dolphin or some Soul Sanctuary or some of The Word in that setlist? Seriously, he's got to change his game with his concerts. The needs to be a balance of the old with the new again.

Jeffiner said:

The round is the best way to experience Prince. It's great! I love the song choices XNY picked too. I'd love to hear what Prince would do with songs he's done in the 2000's.
[Edited 12/28/07 12:47pm]

Anxiety said:

Yes! I would love to see an acoustic concert--just Prince and his guitar.

But if I can't get that then:

Ditch The Twinz, Cora, Josh, & all but one horn player. (Maceo can stay. )
Bring Sheila back on drums.
Get funky again (days of wild!)

DevotedPuppy said:

sheila e is awfull on drums, yeah she might of been good about 20 years ago but shes had it. have you seen her with ringo starrs band??
besides whats wrong with cora and josh?? their the best hes ever had apart from rhonda and john

RumAndRaisin said:

Umm, we obviously have a very different opinion of what constitutes 'good' in Prince world. Two of your top 5 albums are at the very bottom of my list--out of *all* of his albums. Cora & Josh are adequate, but they have no flava, no personality, no chemistry, no funk. It's like watching a back-up bad. Booooring. I suggest you watch the Lovesexy tour or SoTT movie and tell me if Cora & Josh can sound half, no even a quarter, as funky as Sheila & Levi.

DevotedPuppy said:[quote]

RumAndRaisin said:

yeah, they sound 10 times better.

listen to some of the 02 bootlegs and youll find that clearly better

RumAndRaisin said:

I have every show from London that's circulating (and a lot of the Vegas shows) and they all sound the same:

Sheila pwns Cora.


Look we're obviously not going to agree because I think Planet Earth and Emanicipation are two of the most boring piles of steaming Prince has ever released and you....you think they are top five. So there ya go. Now, I'm off to listen to some shows from the Nude tour.

DevotedPuppy said:

the nude tour has michael bland drumming doesent it?? now he was a brilliant drummer! i love the 194-96 era

Jeffiner said:

Edit: i put my response in the wrong spot so i put it in bold letters above...oops
[Edited 12/30/07 14:19pm]

Hello every1... I haven't posted here in a while...
I've only seen Prince 1 time un4tunately... back in November 2000...
Now that I'm here in Europe... I hope that he makes his way back here 4 the new year... I would LOVE 2 c him again... maybe 1 day meet him...
I was dreamin' when I wrote this... 4give me if it goes astray...

peace and love 2 all... P4TM

If prince went on tour in 2008 and if he keeps to his word about this being it I hope he brings back people from past bands and that would even include Mayte I would love to see her and the twins in a dance off because they have their own style but still the same moves it would be amazing to see them all dance together then get a woman from the general public/audiance that can stand her own ground and show all the years of thinking this is what it took anybody can dance it is the music that carry the show don't get me wrong but sometimes I think he gets so lost in public opionon and what the fans will think he lash on to dead wieght the eye candy you can say when all that time it is him people pay to see and before he leaves the stage in 2008 I want him to know that we as fans just dug his music it was all about him the rest was just filler something to look at and for the twins they are good don't get me wrong but just filler to add to the stage taking up space along with so many over the years I think that is what I liked about his second wife she never tried to be a star off his name I hope in 2008 he finds real love and not just a person looking for 15 mins of fame off his name

tour of europe?

o2 was billed as the only venue to be played in eirope - but then they often hype sorry say something and then change it -

paris? yes id be there

just wishing hed do some more small venue gigs all over the place, sooooo much better than the main shows and sooo different.

still id be there wherever he chooses to play

syble said:

^^^ the O2 was billed as his only European gig in 2007 its 2008 now so that no longer counts

b3xy said:

OH YEAH!!!! DoH! sorry

syble said:

I hope he does Le'Zenith in Paris. I saw him there in '98 as part of the NPS tour. He came on at 11 and played til 2 am. One of my favourite shows of his (out of the 30+ I've seen) and compared to the 90 minute show at Wembley the following week, it just didn't compare. Damn our rubbish curfew times in London!

My ideal Line up would be Prince, Wendy and Lisa, Sheila, Levi, and Rosie and would consist of all the stuff you don't usually hear live.

I'm Yours
Why U wanna treat me so bad,
It's gonna be lonely,
Sexuality,
Private Joy,
Gotta stop Messin about,
Possessed,
Lets pretend we're married
17 days
Another Lonely Christmas
Computer Blue
Girl
Tambourine
Temptation
Life could be so nice
It
La,la la, he, he, hee.
Lovesexy
Electric Chair,
Tick tick bang
3 chains of gold
Get Blue
We can funk
Endorphine machine
I like it there
I like funky music
Welcome to the Dawn
Prettyman
The Dance
High
Lion of Judah.....

(I could go on forever so gonna stop before it spirals outta control!!!)

0+>

I'd prefer us orgers to hire him for a private show, I wonder how much it would cost to get Prince for one of these private party shows ? if all us orgers got together and setup a kitty, we could raise the cash and have our own private party, forget about the O2 and debates about when/where he tours, this would be much cooler,

We could have a vote for tracks to play and give him the list, imagine his face !!!! lol I reckon your talking £200,000 for a nite, so if 2000 of us put in £100 each, we got Prince for the night to do a gig, hey, I paid £500 for 2 VIP (not) tickets at the O2, so this is cheap and great value compared.

How much would you pay and what song would you choose?

My nominated song choice would be Around the world in a day, and as we're paying, I vote for an unplugged session.

This is abit of a duplication of a post I just put in for the 40'th gig he recently played in the hangar, but I figured its relevant for this as its the gig I'd love to see, Prince unplugged and just have orger's there !!!
[Edited 1/2/08 9:50am]

mentalist said:

that concert would get awfull reviews though

mentalist said:

What's "Get Blue" from?

It's one of favourite outtakes that I would love to hear live!

I totally appreciate that the random setlist would not make good reveiws but I wasn't really thinking about the bigger picture.

That list was selfishly all about me!

Petsie said:

bring in sonny t and michael b and leave it 2 b nothing but funk and material from the gold experience onward ..unless it's songs that haven't been beat down 2 death

purplecam said:

dude that's what i've been saying 4 months and years!!!

DevotedPuppy said:

what about renato? can he stay? he's funky!!!

RumAndRaisin said:

who gives a damn about the reviews? the only complaint i have about that set list is not enough material from post 1992 that's what i want 2 hear post era stuff

L4OATheOriginal said:

bad reviews = prince loosing fans

no fans = no concerts as theres no one to play to.

prince has to include at least kiss, lets go crazy and purple rain becuase the majority of people wanna hear them and like them. most people would feel dissapointed if they went to a rince concert and didnt hear any of the clasics.