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Reply #30 posted 02/21/11 11:59pm

ficktyt

Actually he played it once at msg in NYC I. 2004 at the second night of the Musicology tour.

Maybe he felt it was an appropriate choice being he was in the San Francisco area.

a2grafix said:



serpan99 said:




paisleyperk said:


Bambi




U gotta b kidding me, he hasn't done that song in a decade or so?! eek




Bambi hasn't been played since after Celebration 2001 gigs. Remember Prince ripping the Hohener to shreds at Joe Louis in June 2001 in Detroit.


lol lol eek
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Reply #31 posted 02/22/11 12:03am

paisleyperk

a friend who went txt me. they bought 90 tickets and were upgraded to the 300 seats. so, clearly it was not sold out.

I may get tickets tomorrow morning for the Thursday show, since the possibility of a public after show is looking sketchy.

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Reply #32 posted 02/22/11 12:44am

serpan99

First press report of the concert: http://www.ktvu.com/news/...etail.html
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Reply #33 posted 02/22/11 1:03am

SharonLA

I was on the floor, and looking up and around, the arena looked sold out to me, although there were a couple of empty VIP tables that they filled after Larry Graham.

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Reply #34 posted 02/22/11 1:20am

AzhnConnectzhn

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GoldenParachute said:

SPOOKYGAS said:

Is he a drummer?

boo brick

lol OMFG!! Hilarious!!

..."think from a positive place, and eliminate the negative fate"...
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Reply #35 posted 02/22/11 1:22am

AzhnConnectzhn

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SPOOKYGAS said:

GoldenParachute said:

boo brick

a singer then?

Please... make it stop?!?!?!nuts

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Reply #36 posted 02/22/11 1:24am

AzhnConnectzhn

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serpan99 said:

paisleyperk said:

Bambi

U gotta b kidding me, he hasn't done that song in a decade or so?! eek

YES!!! I was like HOLY SHIT!!! I've always wanted to see him perform this live and now it finally happened!! headbang woot!

..."think from a positive place, and eliminate the negative fate"...
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Reply #37 posted 02/22/11 1:28am

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Great Show! Nice to see Sheila E playing the drums during Purple Rain.Great Santana guest spot as he tore it up. Happy to have Prince sing the song COOL. Nice guitar work on Dreamer and Bambi. No Cali4ornia tour book yet. Had the NYC chocolate bars. Looks like I will be returning Wednesday and Thursday.

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Reply #38 posted 02/22/11 1:41am

serpan99

Any reports on new W2A merchandise compared 2 the NYC concerts?
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Reply #39 posted 02/22/11 1:49am

ludwig

a2grafix said:

serpan99 said:

U gotta b kidding me, he hasn't done that song in a decade or so?! eek

Bambi hasn't been played since after Celebration 2001 gigs. Remember Prince ripping the Hohener to shreds at Joe Louis in June 2001 in Detroit.

Not true. He played Bambi at the Ellenn show in 2004 for the audience after the tv broadcast ended.

He also played it a few times on his Musicology tour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology_Tour

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Reply #40 posted 02/22/11 2:02am

NightGod

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The tour merchandise seemed to be the same with the exception of the tour book. The vendor said they were supposed to have them, but they didn't show up.

Arggggh.

I do think it's strange to have t-shirts with song titles from 20ten (Compassion / Everybody Loves Me) when it hasn't been released here.

Chocolate bars, symbol necklace, guitar picks, raspberry beret, posters, all the usual stuff from NYC shows, except tourbook and tamborines (did they have those in NYC?)

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Reply #41 posted 02/22/11 2:04am

IstenSzek

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ludwig said:

a2grafix said:

Bambi hasn't been played since after Celebration 2001 gigs. Remember Prince ripping the Hohener to shreds at Joe Louis in June 2001 in Detroit.

Not true. He played Bambi at the Ellenn show in 2004 for the audience after the tv broadcast ended.

He also played it a few times on his Musicology tour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology_Tour

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so he only plays bambi now when it's wildly inapropriate? i mean, on ellen and in SF? falloff

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #42 posted 02/22/11 2:07am

HonEMan

IstenSzek said:

ludwig said:

Not true. He played Bambi at the Ellenn show in 2004 for the audience after the tv broadcast ended.

He also played it a few times on his Musicology tour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology_Tour

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so he only plays bambi now when it's wildly inapropriate? i mean, on ellen and in SF? falloff

He's gonna show all those lezbos just how confused they really are!!

Please.

Blech.

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Reply #43 posted 02/22/11 2:08am

IstenSzek

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HonEMan said:

IstenSzek said:

so he only plays bambi now when it's wildly inapropriate? i mean, on ellen and in SF? falloff

He's gonna show all those lezbos just how confused they really are!!

Please.

Blech.

i know disbelief it kind of devaluates the whole song. sigh

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Reply #44 posted 02/22/11 2:10am

GoldenParachut
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SPOOKYGAS said:

GoldenParachute said:

boo brick

a singer then?

hmm That is like asking who Lenny Kravitz is, but worse. Safer for you to google then ask a Prince fan base that is 99% musically fine-tuned and cultivated. Just sayin'

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Reply #45 posted 02/22/11 2:24am

IstenSzek

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GoldenParachute said:

SPOOKYGAS said:

a singer then?

hmm That is like asking who Lenny Kravitz is, but worse. Safer for you to google then ask a Prince fan base that is 99% musically fine-tuned and cultivated. Just sayin'

come on, it was just a joke lol

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Reply #46 posted 02/22/11 2:33am

GoldenParachut
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IstenSzek said:

GoldenParachute said:

hmm That is like asking who Lenny Kravitz is, but worse. Safer for you to google then ask a Prince fan base that is 99% musically fine-tuned and cultivated. Just sayin'

come on, it was just a joke lol

I hope so lol

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Reply #47 posted 02/22/11 2:42am

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NightGod said:

The tour merchandise seemed to be the same with the exception of the tour book. The vendor said they were supposed to have them, but they didn't show up.



Arggggh.



I do think it's strange to have t-shirts with song titles from 20ten (Compassion / Everybody Loves Me) when it hasn't been released here.



Chocolate bars, symbol necklace, guitar picks, raspberry beret, posters, all the usual stuff from NYC shows, except tourbook and tamborines (did they have those in NYC?)


Yep tambourines were 80 bucks a the NYC shows. So does anyone have a setlist?
Eye Wish u Love, Eye Wish U Heaven
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Reply #48 posted 02/22/11 2:44am

IstenSzek

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from the vault:

uptown

raspberry beret

cream

cool

lets work

u got the look [w/sheila e]

the glamorous life [w/sheila e, including soul sacrifice coda w/santana]

misty blue [shelby j]

a love bizarre [w/sheila e]

controversy

purple rain

kiss

if i was ur girlfriend

rude boy [w. shelb, live, elisa, no prince]

insatiable

scandalous

adore

bambi

dreamer

damn. well, at least the second encore was interesting. misplaced, but interesting.

the rest of the show looks like a total snooze zzz

people will say "you had to be there". but i've seen the footage of the 20Ten and

the welcome to america shows this far and heard all the bootlegs. it's just boring.

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #49 posted 02/22/11 2:47am

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this is one of those tours again where you can put the initial night in a folder

and then just keep the one off songs from the rest of the shows.

and just 1 song from post 1989 again eek

even the "welcome 2 america" song or any other new stuff is missing here. confused

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Reply #50 posted 02/22/11 3:00am

purplemookiebu
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IstenSzek said:

from the vault:

uptown

raspberry beret

cream

cool

lets work

u got the look [w/sheila e]

the glamorous life [w/sheila e, including soul sacrifice coda w/santana]

misty blue [shelby j]

a love bizarre [w/sheila e]

controversy

purple rain

kiss

if i was ur girlfriend

rude boy [w. shelb, live, elisa, no prince]

insatiable

scandalous

adore

bambi

dreamer

damn. well, at least the second encore was interesting. misplaced, but interesting.

the rest of the show looks like a total snooze zzz

people will say "you had to be there". but i've seen the footage of the 20Ten and

the welcome to america shows this far and heard all the bootlegs. it's just boring.

ok it'd be worth it just for bambi but otherwise bored

yoda i don't wear a cross?!!? i wear a prince symbol prince guitar wacky nutty I When Prince's cum dries, diamonds are formed. lol eek drooling no one tops prince in concert!
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Reply #51 posted 02/22/11 5:30am

SPOOKYGAS

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GoldenParachute said:

IstenSzek said:

come on, it was just a joke lol

I hope so lol

was he a member of the revolution or maybe the N.P.R.?

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Reply #52 posted 02/22/11 5:34am

ludwig

IstenSzek said:

and just 1 song from post 1989 again eek

Well, I count 3 songs post 1989. Try again, it's easy.

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Reply #53 posted 02/22/11 6:14am

NeoSoul

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When I saw him at MSG in January, I thought the was going to play Bambi. It sounded like he started it, but then it became Anotherloverholenyohead, followed by Dreamer. California is lucky to have cheaper prices. I hope he keeps the promise that he made at the February NYC show to come back soon and not make us wait. He said he loved NYC.

NeoSoul.com
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Reply #54 posted 02/22/11 6:22am

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Dont forget he played Mountains during the Larry Graham set too...

I was happy to see things mixed up. Loved Insatiable, Scandalous and Adore. If I was your Girlfriend was also great.. The guitar shredding was fierce last night in general. He played some wicked solos throughout the night. Santana tore it up. Even Prince was like... Ohhee! Then after Adore, the house lights came on and the crowd started booing and screaming for more and Prince came back out with the house lights still on just with bass and drums and he ripped into a furious version of Bambi. After a while the house lights went back off and he settled in again to the crowds delight. Then he did a Hendrix inspired launch into Dreamer which was a raw guitar assault on the crowd.

Overall it was a little weird to go to a Prince show and not hear 1999 or Let's Go Crazy but I will take Bambi and Dreamer happily.

Only thing missing from the night for me was the piano solo with How Come U Don't Call, Sometimes it snows etc. I am guessing with Santana there, Prince wanted to show his guitar shredding off. Which he more than did.
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The feeling you get when...

(you squeeze your balls?) no that's not it...
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Reply #55 posted 02/22/11 6:43am

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serpan99 said:

paisleyperk said:

Bambi

U gotta b kidding me, he hasn't done that song in a decade or so?! eek

He played that song during the Musicology tour, at least for the 7/13/04 show I went to at MSG.

I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that
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Reply #56 posted 02/22/11 6:56am

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paisleyperk said:

rude boy

insatiable

scandalous

same tired line about how he'll be there all night he has so many hits.

lol

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Reply #57 posted 02/22/11 6:58am

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ludwig said:

IstenSzek said:

and just 1 song from post 1989 again eek

Well, I count 3 songs post 1989. Try again, it's easy.

Even 3 seems very few...

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Reply #58 posted 02/22/11 7:50am

itsjustaroundt
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Ok here goes:
this was my 21st or 22nd prince show.

It was THE BEST show I've ever been to !!!!!

I am one of the crazy die hards who are difficult to please. I always want when doves cry, or I hate Larry Graham or don't play covers. I'm THAT person.

This show was INSANE !

It was PACKED! My god, there were so many people there.

First off: HE DID MOUNTAINS !!!!! I went nuts. People thought I was crazy. It's one of my all time faves and I've never heard it live in person. I was in heaven.

Then the show just felt like a non stop party of hits. And love bizarre was so great. Carlos santana was awesome. Let's work was so funky. U gotbthe look / raspberry beret / cream was a great way to start.
But he did a FULL version of adore! C'mon!,!!!!! It was nuts.
The girl next to me and I were screaming like we were 15 years old.

And hands sown the best version of purple rain I've ever seem. Sang it pretty straight, less vocal improv which really really helped.

And then to close he did Dreamer!!!! I fucking love that song.

It was so special. I'll never forget it.

Thank u Prince!
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Reply #59 posted 02/22/11 7:50am

irinact

any photos?

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