powersoul99 said:

Maybe you are just too lazy and expect everything to come to you.

Amen!

People, why all complain. I only saw him 9 times!! You're all blessed that you've seen him before 1990, but my mommy wouldn't allow me to go back then... We can be happy that he was nearby Holland!! I am!

lavas said:

People, why all complain. I only saw him 9 times!! You're all blessed that you've seen him before 1990, but my mommy wouldn't allow me to go back then... We can be happy that he was nearby Holland!! I am!

'Only' 9 times.

You get satisfaction from numbers?

I also started seeing concerts in 1990.

Do I complain?

It is obvious why Prince played at Werchter Boutique. The festival was build around the Prince show and the location can be reached from Holland and Germany within a few hours drive.

The Werchter show was my 20^th Prince concert since Rotterdam 1986.

Dragging out some good old Let’s go crazy, 1999, Little red corvette to get the crowd going is the easiest way to make cash fast and Prince had a hard time enjoying him self while doing so. I have never seen him so lost in his own music on stage, there was simply no way the Werchter show was Prince worthy show.

The artist that could make the difference between a good performer and a top of the bill showman did not show him self in Belgium.

What remains is a great entertainer resting on his repertoire that made him famous like so many other artist do (who can blame him). Even though I very much miss the songs like SexyMF and Get Off, Get Wild and P-Control but those days are gone and will never return since he is a strong follower of the Jehovah religion.

But respecting that, I think Prince could come up with a more suprisingly set list:

Example:

Fury

Computer blue

5 women

Strange relationship

Blue Light

Controversy

Kiss

Raspberry baret

Te amo corazon

Diamonds and pearls

I would die 4 U

Purple Rain

One of us

Live 4 love (with Shelby J doing the Tony M part)

Housequake

Just to name a few.

mick725 said:

It is obvious why Prince played at Werchter Boutique. The festival was build around the Prince show and the location can be reached from Holland and Germany within a few hours drive.

The Werchter show was my 20^th Prince concert since Rotterdam 1986.

Dragging out some good old Let’s go crazy, 1999, Little red corvette to get the crowd going is the easiest way to make cash fast and Prince had a hard time enjoying him self while doing so. I have never seen him so lost in his own music on stage, there was simply no way the Werchter show was Prince worthy show.

The artist that could make the difference between a good performer and a top of the bill showman did not show him self in Belgium.

What remains is a great entertainer resting on his repertoire that made him famous like so many other artist do (who can blame him). Even though I very much miss the songs like SexyMF and Get Off, Get Wild and P-Control but those days are gone and will never return since he is a strong follower of the Jehovah religion.

But respecting that, I think Prince could come up with a more suprisingly set list:

Example:

Fury

Computer blue

5 women

Strange relationship

Blue Light

Controversy

Kiss

Raspberry baret

Te amo corazon

Diamonds and pearls

I would die 4 U

Purple Rain

One of us

Live 4 love (with Shelby J doing the Tony M part)

Housequake

Just to name a few.

But you only want him to play those songs because you like them..what about everyone else..and if you check the setlists he is actually playing most of those songs so sorry I am a bit confused..I can't see himever gonna playing Blue Light or Live For Love again and Tony M does NOT need replacing he is\was a legend.

What is with all the complaining on this site??? You saw the guy 30 times, and now you complain you can't see him again? Come on now!

Besides, Belgium is so close, if you really wanted to see him, you could have.

And than you close your post with "he plays kinda lame"....well, be glad you didn't see him than!

Intense said:

Stoffie said:

Hi there...

I thinks it is a discrase that Prince doesn't play in Holland. Over all the years, Prince-fans in Holland were always loyal to him, visiting his concerts time and time again.

And now, he does not play in Holland.

I can't help it, i am a prince fan for 21 years now, visited over 30 concerts in Holland, Germany, Belgium and England, but i'm starting to think Prince only goes for easy money. Last year he played Monaco and Paris for exhorbitant prices, this year he earns about 2 million Euro for Roskilde, plays in Werchter for probably the same amount and does some big festival in Portugal.

And what i read about the concerts last week, is that he wasn't inspired, he played kind of lame. It's too bad that an artist like Prince does this.

Kind regards

Stoffie (best show was the aftershow in London 2 years ago.... i totaly freaked out that 2,5 hour in the O2 arena....hope i ever see my Prince like that again)

Come on Stoffie, a disgrace? What are you talking about. We as Dutchies should be so lucky to be in the center of all these places he picks. You say yourself you've seen him over 30 times, how many people can say that.

I'm a Dutch Prince fan for 26 years and we've had plenty of chances in the neighbourhood. He has visited the Netherlands so many times, now he picks a few cities here and there. With a train or a car you're there in a short time. Nice is 1,5 hours by plane, he will probably do England, I think he's giving a lot of people the opportunity to go.

I've been to Werchter and he's not uninspired, he's getting a bit older, it all looks a lot more quiet than let's say 15 years ago but it was a great concert, just a bit too short. I was so surprised to see that the whole field was clapping with him, 40.000+ people partying along with him, that isn't bad for a 52 year old from who people don't even know he made cd's the past 10 years. Today's acts are around 25 years old. Be honest, we've had our time 20 years ago when he was in his prime, when he was a working horse to the max, we enjoyed it and now we occassionaly enjoy his shows whenever he feels like performing and that's the way it should be.

So right!

U say what I've been trying 2 say 2 some people here 4 a while.

(And really, this show was way better than the Gold Exp show in '95

when he refused 2 play hits and we didn't know the songs because the album wasn't released.

And I've enjoyed it more than the Act I tour or the NPS concert..)