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Printablebottom line, when you sell $500 tickets, you play what people want to hear (ie. purple rain and other old songs).
And it's pretty clear he doesn't give a rat's about the latest albums (or the website), so why would he even bother playing the songs live? | |
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BartVanHemelen said:
Tell it to prince, he's the one playing concerts where the songs are on average a decade and a half old. What about the Rolling Stones or Chuck Berry ? [Edited 8/16/09 6:56am] "u can boo all you want, but Holland is funky "
princequote during concert antwerp ONA 2002 | |
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Dave1992 said: First show
Start: 8pm (local time) Band: Prince John Blackwell Rhonda Smith Renato Neto Setlist:01 The Love We Make 02 Shhh 03 Little Red Corvette 04 Somewhere Here On Earth 05 Crimson & Clover 06 She Spokes 2 Me 07 I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 08 Dreamer 09 The Beautiful Ones 10 Nothing Compares 2 U ENCORE: 11 All The Critics Love U In Monaco 12 Purple Rain Second Show Start: 11pm (local time) Band: Prince John Blackwell Rhonda Smith Renato Neto Setlist: 01. The Dance (Instrumental) 02. Joy In Repetition 03. Shhh 04. Little Red Corvette 05. Power Fantastic 06. Stratus 07. All Shook Up 08. Peach (aborted) 09. Spanish Castle Magic 10. When You Were Mine 11. The Long And Winding Road 12. The Love We Make 13. Controversy Encores: 14. I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 15. Dreamer vc40 said: 2nd show:
FINAL SETLIST 01. The Dance (Instrumental) 02. Joy In Repetition 03. Shhh 04. Little Red Corvette 05. Power Fantastic 06. Stratus 07. All Shook Up 08. Peach (aborted) 09. Spanish Castle Magic 10. When You Were Mine 11. The Long And Winding Road 12. The Love We Make 13. Controversy Encores: 14. I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 15. Dreamer Started @ 23:08 Ended @ 00:48 
[Edited 8/13/09 21:40pm] Only absorbing the breathtaking beauty of the Monaco Opera House is SUPERB! Such a beautiful stage. Prince must have been delighted to be performing there. Thanx real much for sharing the setlists and the pictures; it’s hugely appreciated. Wishing Prince, the band members and everyone else who’s attending a joyful and splendid time tonight!!   | |
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Have no pictures of the show surfaced? | |
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16.08.09
Start : 23:04 Stop : 00:42 Encore : 00:18 to 00:24 Musicians : Prince (guitar, vox), John Blackwell (Drums), Rhonda Smith (Bass), Renato Neto (Synths). Additional musicians: Morris Hayes (synths), Fred Yonnet (Harmonica) Music streamed on PA: Dance 4 Me (remix) 01. Purple Rain 02. When I Lay My Hands On U 03. Little Red Corvette (without “slow down” chants) 04. Somewhere Here On Earth 05. Cream 06. Miss You (Rolling Stones) feat F. Yonnet 07. Shhh 08. All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) 09. Peach feat F. Yonnet 10. Eye Love U But Eye Don't Trust U Anymore 11. 1999 12. Controversy inc. Housequake feat F. Yonnet Encore 13. A Love Bizarre inc. Love Rollercoaster (Ohio Players) 14. Sexy Dancer inc. Dance 4 Me 15. Nothing Compares 2 U Busy doin' something close to nothing | |
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damn said: Have no pictures of the show surfaced?
I think it's remarkable that we have already a few nice pics of the shows, 2 with the empty stage and 3 with the people on stage. Since people got frisked very thoroughley. The pics made must have been partly from the people of the Opera itself. I've seen a few security persons, high up, using their cellphones all the time. Hopefully also some of yesterday's show  | |
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vc40 said: N-I-C-E Thank you all for posting those reports and images! | |
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on the 2nd concert, is it for sure that mr hayes wasnt on stage. i can deffinately here him on controversy? | |
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RumAndRaisin said: on the 2nd concert, is it for sure that mr hayes wasnt on stage. i can deffinately here him on controversy?
He was on stage at both concerts. Not all the time, but he was! | |
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keil said: RumAndRaisin said: on the 2nd concert, is it for sure that mr hayes wasnt on stage. i can deffinately here him on controversy?
He was on stage at both concerts. Not all the time, but he was! That's right because during the beginning of the first show he was with me outside
No clue what he was doing during the 2 shows but he changed his gorgeous chocolate suit for some black suit with a red blouse and red glittering show hat. | |
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BartVanHemelen said: Dave1992 said: First show
Setlist: 01 The Love We Make 02 Shhh 03 Little Red Corvette 04 Somewhere Here On Earth 05 Crimson & Clover 06 She Spokes 2 Me 07 I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 08 Dreamer 09 The Beautiful Ones 10 Nothing Compares 2 U ENCORE: 11 All The Critics Love U In Monaco 12 Purple Rain Time for some maths. let's first look up when each song was first released: 01 The Love We Make - 1996 02 Shhh - 1995 03 Little Red Corvette - 1982 04 Somewhere Here On Earth - 2007 05 Crimson & Clover - 2009 (it's actually a cover, which I'd normally ignore, but this is one he released) 06 She Spoke 2 Me - 1996 07 I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore - 1999 08 Dreamer - 2009 09 The Beautiful Ones - 1984 10 Nothing Compares 2 U - 1993 (actually 1985, but let's be generous and take the version from The Hits 1) 11 All The Critics Love U In Monaco - 1982 12 Purple Rain - 1984 Now, to determine the average age of the songs played in this concert: determine the age of each song (year of concert - year of song's release), add all those number up, and divide by the number of songs in this concert. Song by song: ( (2009 - 1996) + (2009 - 1995) + (2009 - 1982) + (2009 - 2007) + (2009 - 2009) + (2009 - 1996) + (2009 - 1999) + (2009 - 2009) + (2009 - 1984) + (2009 - 1993) + (2009 - 1982) + (2009 - 1984) ) / 12 Easier notation: 2009 - ((1996 + 1995 + 1982 + 2007 + 2009 + 1996 + 1999 + 2009 + 1984 + 1993 + 1982 + 1984) / 12) Google is a calculator: http://www.google.com/sea...+%2F+12%29 So the average age of the songs performed in this concert is: 14.33333 years. And actually that's mainly because of him playing only a dozen songs, two of which were from 2009. If you ignore those two, the number drops to 17.2: 2009 - ((1996 + 1995 + 1982 + 2007 + 1996 + 1999 + 1984 + 1993 + 1982 + 1984) / 10) http://www.google.com/sea...+%2F+10%29 I now challenge anyone to do the same maths for a gig from the SOTT tour, for instance. And yet there are still people who accuse fans like me of living in the past. So... from the above we can deduce (Using just the basic maths, that is) that... 2009 - 14 = 1995 So he performed The Gold Experience songs in Monaco! 
Although, understanding your argument, if you're taking out the 2 newest songs, you should also take out the 2 oldest... not getting picky or anything... We ain't from Hollywood, so you know it's all good | |
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vc40 said: 2nd show:
FINAL SETLIST 01. The Dance (Instrumental) 02. Joy In Repetition 03. Shhh 04. Little Red Corvette 05. Power Fantastic 06. Stratus 07. All Shook Up 08. Peach (aborted) 09. Spanish Castle Magic 10. When You Were Mine 11. The Long And Winding Road 12. The Love We Make 13. Controversy Encores: 14. I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 15. Dreamer Started @ 23:08 Ended @ 00:48
[Edited 8/13/09 21:40pm] Nice.  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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Hi all.
If anyone's interested still, here's what Jimmyz looks like. Very small and intimate. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com...medium.jpg (I hope it's ok to post links to pics on here??) | |
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