kev1n said:

best audience sign EVER : "Ik haat het laatste nieuws" (I hate 'the latest news')

* 'het laatste nieuws' was the belgian newspaper that gave away 6.000 tickets with thair saterday edition*

Worst Prince Concert i've seen, he didnt seem to be in the mood for it , unlike the playing around hewas doing in arras.

Setlist was nothing special.

Purple Rain with the rain pouring and the purple lights was the highlight.

powersoul99 said:

kev1n said:

best audience sign EVER : "Ik haat het laatste nieuws" (I hate 'the latest news')

* 'het laatste nieuws' was the belgian newspaper that gave away 6.000 tickets with thair saterday edition*

Worst Prince Concert i've seen, he didnt seem to be in the mood for it , unlike the playing around hewas doing in arras.

Setlist was nothing special.

Purple Rain with the rain pouring and the purple lights was the highlight.

weird, I got the impression he was enjoying himself on stage. I can't compare the setlist etc to anything else, seeing it was my first concert, but as such I liked it a lot. But I have a completely different assession of his enthousiasm and the electricity... He was on fire as far as I can tell. At times he seemed genuinly taken aback by the crowds enthousiasm. that's just my perception, funny how two people can look at the same thing and read it completely different...guess that's part of the experience to.

kev1n said:

best audience sign EVER : "Ik haat het laatste nieuws" (I hate 'the latest news')

* 'het laatste nieuws' was the belgian newspaper that gave away 6.000 tickets with thair saterday edition*

Best audience sign for me was "Wesley Sneijder is een lul" this Belgium Holland rivalry always gets me smiling

I had a great evening at the concert. The concert took place at the festivalsite where the Werchter-festival takes place, so everything was very well organized. From the parking we had to walk about 15 minutes to the location. The atmosphere there was very relaxed. People were lying in the grass, chatting, enjoying themselves. There was a great variety of food to buy, everything from vietnamese food to mussles and even oysters at an OK price. No Prince-merchandising though, only Larry Graham shirts (there was even a sign reading "Sorry, no Prince-merchandise"). We missed Jamie Lidell and watched Mint Condition (not my cup of tea, really) from afar, sitting in the grass. Suddenly the sky became dark and the announced thunderstorm seemed to arrive. Many people fled under the roofs of the food-takeaways. But it took over 30 minutes more till it started to rain during the set of Larry Graham. Many people took the opportunity to get one of the free rain-ponchos in blue and red the organizers were giving away for free, which was great. The rain lasted nearly an hour and was quite heavy but since it was not cold nobody minded really. The Larry Graham-set was great with some old Sly & The Family Stone-Songs. It ended very abrupt at 21.30. I had the feeling they were told just then to stop early because Prince wanted to start early (having decided to play an aftershow later that night). It was very easy to get in the Golden Circle during the Larry Graham set and get a good place. Only after he finished the set it suddenly became quite crowded. But everything was well organized and we got a good place with a great view. Prince walked onstage at 21.35 to massive cheers and started with the usual setlist (Let´s Go Crazy, Delirious etc.). It had stopped to rain and the atmosphere was great. Then, just as he started Hot Summer, it began to rain again quite heavy and Prince stopped playing Hot Summer and went directly into Purple Rain, the stage-light illuminated the (real) rain in purple which was just great.
Prince was playful and in a very good mood the whole evening. People that are complaining about the concert yesterday seem to be very spoiled, it was WAY better than most of the last times I´ve seen him (including O2). The main concert ended at 22:50, quite early but I had already a feeling that he was planning an afertshow. He returned to play Forever In My Life etc. however, telling the audience ("They tell us we have to stop") several times as tough there was a curfew. Not very clever in my opinion as most seemed to know from experience that there wasn´t one at Werchter.
After the first encore the on-stage camera filmed a lady in the audience holding a mobile phone with the text-message ("We want more"). Prince & band came for a second encore with Prince laying down on the stage pretenting to be exhausted. He led the audience to a chant of "We like funky Music" and the crowd sand along. When he left the stage again the chants went on and the on-stage camera filmed the lady with the mobile phone again, this time the text read ("We want MUCH more!!!"), which was quite funny. It took some time for Prince to come back, some thought he had left already, but the he came back, laying on the stage again pretenting to be even more exhausted before he went into "Partyman", which was quite a suprise. When he came to the stage for the third encore (we had to wait maybe 10 minutes in between), the crown went wild again. He played Musicology mixed with Rollercoaster, staring the Rollercoaster-rhythm on guitar slowly and getting faster and faster with the band joining at the end. He repeated that many times and the crowd went wilder everytime. After each time he indicated that he thought us to be nuts and that he wanted to leave but we wouldn´t let him. That was really funny.
At 23:40 one of my best Prince-concerts for a long time ended.
One more thing: Many people here wrote that he looked exhausted. I didn´t think so at all. He just looks like a healthy 52 year old man who hasn´t gotten any plastic surgery or botox. He looks great for his age and not tired at all, I think!

Nightcrawler said:

I had a great evening at the concert. The concert took place at the festivalsite where the Werchter-festival takes place, so everything was very well organized. From the parking we had to walk about 15 minutes to the location. The atmosphere there was very relaxed. People were lying in the grass, chatting, enjoying themselves. There was a great variety of food to buy, everything from vietnamese food to mussles and even oysters at an OK price. No Prince-merchandising though, only Larry Graham shirts (there was even a sign reading "Sorry, no Prince-merchandise"). We missed Jamie Lidell and watched Mint Condition (not my cup of tea, really) from afar, sitting in the grass. Suddenly the sky became dark and the announced thunderstorm seemed to arrive. Many people fled under the roofs of the food-takeaways. But it took over 30 minutes more till it started to rain during the set of Larry Graham. Many people took the opportunity to get one of the free rain-ponchos in blue and red the organizers were giving away for free, which was great. The rain lasted nearly an hour and was quite heavy but since it was not cold nobody minded really. The Larry Graham-set was great with some old Sly & The Family Stone-Songs. It ended very abrupt at 21.30. I had the feeling they were told just then to stop early because Prince wanted to start early (having decided to play an aftershow later that night). It was very easy to get in the Golden Circle during the Larry Graham set and get a good place. Only after he finished the set it suddenly became quite crowded. But everything was well organized and we got a good place with a great view. Prince walked onstage at 21.35 to massive cheers and started with the usual setlist (Let´s Go Crazy, Delirious etc.). It had stopped to rain and the atmosphere was great. Then, just as he started Hot Summer, it began to rain again quite heavy and Prince stopped playing Hot Summer and went directly into Purple Rain, the stage-light illuminated the (real) rain in purple which was just great.
Prince was playful and in a very good mood the whole evening. People that are complaining about the concert yesterday seem to be very spoiled, it was WAY better than most of the last times I´ve seen him (including O2). The main concert ended at 22:50, quite early but I had already a feeling that he was planning an afertshow. He returned to play Forever In My Life etc. however, telling the audience ("They tell us we have to stop") several times as tough there was a curfew. Not very clever in my opinion as most seemed to know from experience that there wasn´t one at Werchter.
After the first encore the on-stage camera filmed a lady in the audience holding a mobile phone with the text-message ("We want more"). Prince & band came for a second encore with Prince laying down on the stage pretenting to be exhausted. He led the audience to a chant of "We like funky Music" and the crowd sand along. When he left the stage again the chants went on and the on-stage camera filmed the lady with the mobile phone again, this time the text read ("We want MUCH more!!!"), which was quite funny. It took some time for Prince to come back, some thought he had left already, but the he came back, laying on the stage again pretenting to be even more exhausted before he went into "Partyman", which was quite a suprise. When he came to the stage for the third encore (we had to wait maybe 10 minutes in between), the crown went wild again. He played Musicology mixed with Rollercoaster, staring the Rollercoaster-rhythm on guitar slowly and getting faster and faster with the band joining at the end. He repeated that many times and the crowd went wilder everytime. After each time he indicated that he thought us to be nuts and that he wanted to leave but we wouldn´t let him. That was really funny.
At 23:40 one of my best Prince-concerts for a long time ended.
One more thing: Many people here wrote that he looked exhausted. I didn´t think so at all. He just looks like a healthy 52 year old man who hasn´t gotten any plastic surgery or botox. He looks great for his age and not tired at all, I think!

That's just the way I feel about this concert!

Great atmosphere, people enjoying the music and Prince giving a great show.

And those who don't like him playing the hits got there share with the encores. ( I did like them but I thought Partyman wasn't that great...eveyone has an opinion;-)

I wonder why people always say he's on automatic pilot or not inspired whenever he plays his hits. Do they say the same thing about other artists who only play hits???

At least he plays different versions and jams !!

Maybe one point someone said here; missing the piano or intimate parts he used 2 do. During the concert I didn't miss it but it was always nice 2 see him do that.

BUT..remember when people complained because he stretched his piano

playing 2 long???

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Heidi said:

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Was you at the aftershow? Could you tell a bit about it?

kev1n said:

there was no prince merchandise available,...I was really hoping to get some stuff, but hey got me a GCS t-shirt, cd and dvd so not too bad either.

I had a phenomenal night last night!

Dancing and singing in the actual Purple Rain!

Heidi said:

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Now that is quite a stupid question, now ain't it?

Prince always enjoys aftershow since he has more freedom because the crowd is not expecting any hits.

The concert was fantastic! Prince was looking happy and playfull and danced around more then the last time i saw him in the O2. I liked the fact that he did the hits in new ways and did some old gems i never heard live before. It must be tough to please the regular fans and hardcore fans that have seen allmost everything once before. In my opinion the crowd was very responsive and energetic even after sitting there first in the burning sun and then in a freak thunderstorm. Belgium i love you (i am from Holland). I will never forget this.

On a side note: yes people were making a party with alcohol and funny sigarets but that happens everywhere. In the O2 some woman was drinking a bit much and didnt even see Prince because she was sleeping before he got on stage. Sad and funny at the same time.

Angelkim79 said:

The concert was fantastic! Prince was looking happy and playfull and danced around more then the last time i saw him in the O2. I liked the fact that he did the hits in new ways and did some old gems i never heard live before. It must be tough to please the regular fans and hardcore fans that have seen allmost everything once before. In my opinion the crowd was very responsive and energetic even after sitting there first in the burning sun and then in a freak thunderstorm. Belgium i love you (i am from Holland). I will never forget this.

On a side note: yes people were making a party with alcohol and funny sigarets but that happens everywhere. In the O2 some woman was drinking a bit much and didnt even see Prince because she was sleeping before he got on stage. Sad and funny at the same time.

what a pity stupid lady.

Sleeping while Prince performing

abierman said:

Heidi said:

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Now that is quite a stupid question, now ain't it?

Prince always enjoys aftershow since he has more freedom because the crowd is not expecting any hits.

yes most of the aftershows are jam sessions.

He just havin fun because there is no pressure at all.

But the crowd always expecting the hits.. a lot of people are like that!

Nightcrawler said:

I had a great evening at the concert. The concert took place at the festivalsite where the Werchter-festival takes place, so everything was very well organized. From the parking we had to walk about 15 minutes to the location. The atmosphere there was very relaxed. People were lying in the grass, chatting, enjoying themselves. There was a great variety of food to buy, everything from vietnamese food to mussles and even oysters at an OK price. No Prince-merchandising though, only Larry Graham shirts (there was even a sign reading "Sorry, no Prince-merchandise"). We missed Jamie Lidell and watched Mint Condition (not my cup of tea, really) from afar, sitting in the grass. Suddenly the sky became dark and the announced thunderstorm seemed to arrive. Many people fled under the roofs of the food-takeaways. But it took over 30 minutes more till it started to rain during the set of Larry Graham. Many people took the opportunity to get one of the free rain-ponchos in blue and red the organizers were giving away for free, which was great. The rain lasted nearly an hour and was quite heavy but since it was not cold nobody minded really. The Larry Graham-set was great with some old Sly & The Family Stone-Songs. It ended very abrupt at 21.30. I had the feeling they were told just then to stop early because Prince wanted to start early (having decided to play an aftershow later that night). It was very easy to get in the Golden Circle during the Larry Graham set and get a good place. Only after he finished the set it suddenly became quite crowded. But everything was well organized and we got a good place with a great view. Prince walked onstage at 21.35 to massive cheers and started with the usual setlist (Let´s Go Crazy, Delirious etc.). It had stopped to rain and the atmosphere was great. Then, just as he started Hot Summer, it began to rain again quite heavy and Prince stopped playing Hot Summer and went directly into Purple Rain, the stage-light illuminated the (real) rain in purple which was just great.
Prince was playful and in a very good mood the whole evening. People that are complaining about the concert yesterday seem to be very spoiled, it was WAY better than most of the last times I´ve seen him (including O2). The main concert ended at 22:50, quite early but I had already a feeling that he was planning an afertshow. He returned to play Forever In My Life etc. however, telling the audience ("They tell us we have to stop") several times as tough there was a curfew. Not very clever in my opinion as most seemed to know from experience that there wasn´t one at Werchter.
After the first encore the on-stage camera filmed a lady in the audience holding a mobile phone with the text-message ("We want more"). Prince & band came for a second encore with Prince laying down on the stage pretenting to be exhausted. He led the audience to a chant of "We like funky Music" and the crowd sand along. When he left the stage again the chants went on and the on-stage camera filmed the lady with the mobile phone again, this time the text read ("We want MUCH more!!!"), which was quite funny. It took some time for Prince to come back, some thought he had left already, but the he came back, laying on the stage again pretenting to be even more exhausted before he went into "Partyman", which was quite a suprise. When he came to the stage for the third encore (we had to wait maybe 10 minutes in between), the crown went wild again. He played Musicology mixed with Rollercoaster, staring the Rollercoaster-rhythm on guitar slowly and getting faster and faster with the band joining at the end. He repeated that many times and the crowd went wilder everytime. After each time he indicated that he thought us to be nuts and that he wanted to leave but we wouldn´t let him. That was really funny.
At 23:40 one of my best Prince-concerts for a long time ended.
One more thing: Many people here wrote that he looked exhausted. I didn´t think so at all. He just looks like a healthy 52 year old man who hasn´t gotten any plastic surgery or botox. He looks great for his age and not tired at all, I think!

Well said!

I like the fact that he had no love for opening act Jamie Lidell.........he gave props to Larry (of course!) and Mint Condition (to me they were nothing more than a poor man's Jodeci) but none to Jamie Lidell.........oh how I hate him!

smartin said:

After a 34 degree day it rained pretty much all through Larry's set. Then Prince came on and the rain stopped. He mentioned it had gone and started to sing 'Hot Summer'. A few minutes later it started to rain again. He quickly went into Purple Rain and a lightning storm started. It was amazing. Also the funkiest version of Kiss I've heard.

Exactly. And during Hot summer he said " the rain has gone away". But then it came back heavier than before. Everyone got soakin wet. Amazing fact how the party ended, amazing encores.

It was almost like the concert started all over again when the storm finally calmed down. He still had the crowd in his palm of his hand last night. Amazing energy, although the first part lacked spontaneity. He rushed through the setlist like he was more afraid of the thunder and lights than i was. And that says something. Compared to the first part of Berlin for example which was absolutely awesome. Great great night. But i missed the aftershow. Bummer!

Jamie Lydell was wack last night. Nothing as good as when i saw him three years ago.

The band sounded like they hadn`t rehearsed. He´s a good singer, but he hit too many wrong notes yesterday. It´s not that the video sounds like crap, the whole gig sounded like crap. Not his fault, maybe the sound engineer`s fault. Singing means you sing in the right key. Free Jazz is cool too, if you`re into that. If you want to sing a soulful song, you better sing in tune and make it feel easy. On record he does, but not last night on stage.

He was trying too hard. Sorry, that`s just my opinion.

Sounds like shit, sorry :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-AZRvDpqew

Sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtDPGC1p84

The End! Hahahahahahaha!

Good impression of Purple Rain with the soaking wet audience, but still singing and waving like there is no tomorrow!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...gVSNhgkXzQ

Prince Werchter Party report:

Left A'dam at 1300 for Hilversum. There we left at 1430 arriving in Werchter at 1700. We'd stopped at 2 petrol stations for the newpaper and cd, but many others had too, and there were big signs up "uitverkocht", i.e. sold out. Other petrol stations were just closed, really strange.

Signs to find the place were bad and we ended up parking at a zone where the walk was 30 mins in the blistering heat, along a country path and wheat fields which eventually joined the main road. It was 1730, had one long traffic queue and many others walking in the heat. We saw the first helicopter bring the first act & entry to the ter"rain" was quick and easy. Food and drink stalls were well organised, we never waited more than 3 mins for buying coupons or anything. No newspaper stand inside though with the cd. We were not impressed with the first act. In fact if I had the time over, I'd arrive for Larry Graham. We were way too early!

Mint condition weren't bad. There was one very nice ballad. But more attention grabbing was the incredibly dark sky. The wind, the colour & the clouds were ominous! We didn't know whether to run for the tents (probably no room) or the toilet. Larry Graham came on stage and it came down in buckets! Real pity! Great energy his band and he's awfully funky! He even joined the crowd in the rain, running below the stage with his guitar along the front of the golden circle. We stood right of the stage, quite close at the front behind the golden circle, but had to keep moving because peoples' umbrellas completey blocked the stage and screen views!

We had no umbrella or raincoat & were soaking wet. We stole, (yes stole) two brand new bin bags placed 5 seconds previously by the crew. I asked them for 2 but he said, they weren't allowed to give them away....but...when "if you take them when I tleave, then I didn't see it did I? He was our life saver, coz I did just that. We were drenched and starting to shiver. Our party clothes changed to black plastic, but oh it was so warm !

And then the party started. What can you say?

When Prince takes the stage & you've seen 3 previous acts, it's as if an eletric bolt goes through you. An explosion of energy, the crowd even in the pouring rain went mad. Some of the best images, were when the camera covered the crowd and you could see everyone, the what (?) approximately 40 thousand souls, in unision, waving, jumping, singing, swaying & smiling. It felt as if you were part of some kind of pilgrammage, there to pay homage to someone everyone loved and respected. Difficult to describe.

PR and 1999 are not my favourite songs, but live they were amazing! Take me with you & Let's go crazy were incredible & actually at that moment, I just wanted to hear the entire PR album. Prince was energetic, playful, taught us to clap, went from side to side of the stage to share his attention, challenging us to out-sing the other. We also sang to "try and wish the rain away" Force Majeure, an Act of God, it didn't leave and so we sang Purple Rain, in the Purple rain.

I just wish I had the view he did. It must be an intoxicating adrenalin rush. I also wish there had been shorter breaks, but I suppose it was as hot as hell on stage and Prince needed to catch his breath too. He was active all the time. Mountains & Kiss live were great and I think I danced the hardest to Shake your body and the Dance (Disco heat). The Slow down part, in one of the songs was also really just a spiritual experience. The part with Larry Graham and others on stage together was funky. He did a few chants and I got really excited when he said "I am here, where are you" thinking he'd do Cause and effect, which I like but he broke into something else. We also chanted the new cd Everybody loves me.

The crowd was mature, no pushing and I saw maybe 5 spaced out/drunk people. All ages and types, really mixed. Towards Partyman we moved out , dancing our way to the back, we wanted to avoid the traffic. We're not technology freaks, so knew nothing of the aftershow, but even if we had, we were just too tired, AND couldn't as we had to pick up someone from the airport on Sunday morning eary. We texted our Schiphol guest, who.....arrived with 2 cds from the UK for us. No booklet, but the cd artwork is lovely and cover, simplistic and pretty.

Walking back to the carpark, we could still hear Musicology and one more after that, but it was vague. We then saw the helicopters leaving, flying over us which was cool, walking along in the dark, in the midde of no-where knowing Prince had left the building.

It was fabulous, Prince was electrifying. But would I do it again? No. I don't want to see any other acts, only Prince. I also want to see Prince up-live and close in a smaller setting like the ONA or live at Alladin.

I'm in love with the new 20ten cd and it makes me really happy having seen Prince. He's looking older, like we all are, and to know that he's still making such beautiful music after all these years in such different times, is special.

After the World cup tonight, there is a live broadcast from the North Sea Jazz festival, with Stevie Wonder in the provisional programming. I'm hoping that Prince will join him. We'll see

[Edited 7/11/10 8:17am]

HamsterHuey said:

Btw, the golden circle areas was hopelessly overcrowded, which resulted in lots of pushing and shoving. It was so full I could not leave it, I had to leave it via the security passageway. Weird situation, the people near the exit got crowded badly and were SO angry at everyone that wanted to leave, due to the pushing.

You had to come to the right side,

I always go to the right side because it's the right side

(now I remember why, I didn't remeber yesterday why because I was thinking in dutch)

It was much more relax there, enough room to dance.

Some people were even a bit too relaxed. I mean how can you go through a princeconcert just standing still, holding your purse, I don't understand

Anyway,

I enjoyed the concert even if it was the zillionst time I saw him,

it was one big gardenparty, and what more do you need on the holy ground of Werchter.

Never mind the rain, certainly not if it colours purple.

Most of all it was a real joy for me to see my childeren having fun. Prince got at least three new young fans.

A plus was meating finaly those fine people you think to know online:

Marie, Hamster!!!, Aksel and Bart en Rick (don't remember all there screennams here.

/luc

Bohemian67 said:

Prince Werchter Party report:

Left A'dam at 1300 for Hilversum. There we left at 1430 arriving in Werchter at 1700. We'd stopped at 2 petrol stations for the newpaper and cd, but many others had too, and there were big signs up "uitverkocht", i.e. sold out. Other petrol stations were just closed, really strange.

Signs to find the place were bad and we ended up parking at a zone where the walk was 30 mins in the blistering heat, along a country path and wheat fields which eventually joined the main road. It was 1730, had one long traffic queue and many others walking in the heat. We saw the first helicopter bring the first act & entry to the ter"rain" was quick and easy. Food and drink stalls were well organised, we never waited more than 3 mins for buying coupons or anything. No newspaper stand inside though with the cd. We were not impressed with the first act. In fact if I had the time over, I'd arrive for Larry Graham. We were way too early!

Mint condition weren't bad. There was one very nice ballad. But more attention grabbing was the incredibly dark sky. The wind, the colour & the clouds were ominous! We didn't know whether to run for the tents (probably no room) or the toilet. Larry Graham came on stage and it came down in buckets! Real pity! Great energy his band and he's awfully funky! He even joined the crowd in the rain, running below the stage with his guitar along the front of the golden circle. We stood right of the stage, quite close at the front behind the golden circle, but had to keep moving because peoples' umbrellas completey blocked the stage and screen views!

We had no umbrella or raincoat & were soaking wet. We stole, (yes stole) two brand new bin bags placed 5 seconds previously by the crew. I asked them for 2 but he said, they weren't allowed to give them away....but...when "if you take them when I tleave, then I didn't see it did I? He was our life saver, coz I did just that. We were drenched and starting to shiver. Our party clothes changed to black plastic, but oh it was so warm !

And then the party started. What can you say?

When Prince takes the stage & you've seen 3 previous acts, it's as if an eletric bolt goes through you. An explosion of energy, the crowd even in the pouring rain went mad. Some of the best images, were when the camera covered the crowd and you could see everyone, the what (?) approximately 40 thousand souls, in unision, waving, jumping, singing, swaying & smiling. It felt as if you were part of some kind of pilgrammage, there to pay homage to someone everyone loved and respected. Difficult to describe.

PR and 1999 are not my favourite songs, but live they were amazing! Take me with you & Let's go crazy were incredible & actually at that moment, I just wanted to hear the entire PR album. Prince was energetic, playful, taught us to clap, went from side to side of the stage to share his attention, challenging us to out-sing the other. We also sang to "try and wish the rain away" Force Majeure, an Act of God, it didn't leave and so we sang Purple Rain, in the Purple rain.

I just wish I had the view he did. It must be an intoxicating adrenalin rush. I also wish there had been shorter breaks, but I suppose it was as hot as hell on stage and Prince needed to catch his breath too. He was active all the time. Mountains & Kiss live were great and I think I danced the hardest to Shake your body and the Dance (Disco heat). The Slow down part, in one of the songs was also really just a spiritual experience. The part with Larry Graham and others on stage together was funky. He did a few chants and I got really excited when he said "I am here, where are you" thinking he'd do Cause and effect, which I like but he broke into something else. We also chanted the new cd Everybody loves me.

The crowd was mature, no pushing and I saw maybe 5 spaced out/drunk people. All ages and types, really mixed. Towards Partyman we moved out , dancing our way to the back, we wanted to avoid the traffic. We're not technology freaks, so knew nothing of the aftershow, but even if we had, we were just too tired, AND couldn't as we had to pick up someone from the airport on Sunday morning eary. We texted our Schiphol guest, who.....arrived with 2 cds from the UK for us. No booklet, but the cd artwork is lovely and cover, simplistic and pretty.

Walking back to the carpark, we could still hear Musicology and one more after that, but it was vague. We then saw the helicopters leaving, flying over us which was cool, walking along in the dark, in the midde of no-where knowing Prince had left the building.

It was fabulous, Prince was electrifying. But would I do it again? No. I don't want to see any other acts, only Prince. I also want to see Prince up-live and close in a smaller setting like the ONA or live at Alladin.

I'm in love with the new 20ten cd and it makes me really happy having seen Prince. He's looking older, like we all are, and to know that he's still making such beautiful music after all these years in such different times, is special.

After the World cup tonight, there is a live broadcast from the North Sea Jazz festival, with Stevie Wonder in the provisional programming. I'm hoping that Prince will join him. We'll see

[Edited 7/11/10 8:17am]

Someone confirmed 2 me that he will play 4 sure with Stevie - 4 sure as one can be with Prince

Thanks Mirabelle

But for how long? 10 mins like in France?

I'm watching the SA Cup closing.

The Opening was fantastic and so is the closing, not even the American funk beats the AFrican spirit. It takes me an hour to R'dam. I'm thinking about it....though. There are too many things happening at once. We might win tonight in AFRICA:-P

I want Prince to come and live in France and play MANY MANY CONCERTS.

Thanks Mirabelle

But for how long? 10 mins like in France?

I'm watching the SA Cup closing.

The Opening was fantastic and so is the closing, not even the American funk beats the AFrican spirit. It takes me an hour to R'dam. I'm thinking about it....though. There are too many things happening at once. We might win tonight in AFRICA:-P

I want Prince to come and live in France and play MANY MANY CONCERTS.

PS I'm keeping an eye on Dr F's tweets. Maybe he'll come to A'dam somewhere afterwards. He must have slept all day toch?

EDD said:

You had to come to the right side

I always go to the right side because it's the right side

I will listen to you next time!

EDD said:

how can you go through a princeconcert just standing still, holding your purse, I don't understand

OMG! You'd hate me! I just stand and stare cuz I am too awed and wanna see/hear it all and don't miss a thing! I loooove watching him orchestrate the band with a flick of his hand.

EDD said:

Most of all it was a real joy for me to see my childeren having fun. Prince got at least three new young fans.

A plus was meating finaly those fine people you think to know online:

Marie, Hamster!!!, Aksel and Bart en Rick (don't remember all there screennams here.

Heehee. You called me Hamster. (grin)

For me, next to seeing Prince of course, is the people! It's always like a little reunion. Welcome to my Prince family, Luc!

abierman said:

Heidi said:

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Now that is quite a stupid question, now ain't it?

Prince always enjoys aftershow since he has more freedom because the crowd is not expecting any hits.

stupid question?

Actually, if I think about it, he played Cream, How come you don't call me, All the critics love you (in Belgium), Future Soul Song ... so he did play some of his hits

No I really got the impression during the Werchter gig that he was enjoying himself, .. if you look at his facial expressions during the show, he definitely had fun! And at the aftershow even more !

hestilllovesme said:

Heidi said:

euhm ... if you think he didn't enjoy himself and played on automatic pilot ... then why the hell did he continue the party with a 2 hours unbelieveable aftershow?

He was into it, having a great time, believe me!

[Edited 7/11/10 5:31am]

Was you at the aftershow? Could you tell a bit about it?

Let me just link you up with some of the other reviews .. the first review by Alex is the best, I couldn't write it up any better than this!

http://www.moquake.com/fo...&t=560

Very good review! in De Standaard...

for English (or other language) speakers, use altavista translate .. language is Dutch.

Prince versus The Rain

Heidi said:

abierman said:

Now that is quite a stupid question, now ain't it?

Prince always enjoys aftershow since he has more freedom because the crowd is not expecting any hits.

stupid question?

Actually, if I think about it, he played Cream, How come you don't call me, All the critics love you (in Belgium), Future Soul Song ... so he did play some of his hits

No I really got the impression during the Werchter gig that he was enjoying himself, .. if you look at his facial expressions during the show, he definitely had fun! And at the aftershow even more !

Er, the only song on this list you could call a hit is Cream...........

abierman said:

I like the fact that he had no love for opening act Jamie Lidell.........he gave props to Larry (of course!) and Mint Condition (to me they were nothing more than a poor man's Jodeci) but none to Jamie Lidell.........oh how I hate him!

Fully agree.

To me, Lidell was the highlight of the whole day.

To give mint condition some props; they sounded way better then Jodeci did when I saw them some years ago in the HMH in Amsterdam. That was absolutely the worst concert I ever saw in my life.

This P concert comes second in that row.

His worst concert I saw in the past, what, 24-25 years. Uninspired. Wrong people surrounding him. Shelby J's Angel was the absolute lowlight of the evening. What a f-ing bunch of crap.

Too many covers. why not play some of your own songs. And they don't have to be the well known hits.