GaryMF said:

sunmaid5 said:

Larry Graham seemed to be ending his set with "Thank you falletinme be myself," and then prince came on and played "Moutains" (yeah, the whole song, no extension, i didn't catch any major changes), and then Larry Graham came back and they did "Everyday People" and "I Wanna Take You Higher" together!

Cool.

@ Sunmaid5: I don't think he's played it live ina long time! Revolution played it at the Family Jamm though.

Also, the part i'm wondering about is right before the end, the horns do this little progression before you jhust hear the beat..... I doubt he did that if he went into another song.... it's kind of how the song ends before the fade out.

Mountains has been included in several shows of the last couple of years, usually seguing into a version of the Jacksons' 'Shake Your Body Down (To The Ground)'.

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

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.

I agree I wasn't looking forward to a Prince by numbers show...but I knew live it would be good. I can say as a long time fan, it didn't disappoint at all. Of course it helped that we were able to score better seats from our nose bleeds...

Highlights for me were Larry Graham. I had not seen him before and I have to say he KILLED! At points, I was like . When I thought it was done, I was about to go to the bathroom and then Prince comes on immediately and I thought it was the start of his set as he played Mountains..which was ok, but since I had not heard it live, I went back to my seat. Turns out it was still Larry's set as they went into Everyday People and Higher.

The opening of Uptown was a nice surprise and very playful. I think that was a thing about the night...Prince was having a great time and was being very playful on stage.

WHen Sheila E took the stage for Glamorous Life the entire place ERUPTED. It was like seeing her in concert as Prince was not on stage. And the Prince came back on and then Carlos Santana showed up. Prince and he exchanged guitars and Carlos TORE IT UP. As Prince said "We need to call the police!" Also during this was A love Bizzare in which Prince and Sheila E took to the Bongos in a Bongo-off which was very fun.

Shelby's Misty Blue was also great to my surprise. Contrversy was CRAZY as was Kiss (probably the best rendition live I have heard). The Ballad encore was also awesome. He kept saying "I can't play this song!" and each time another played he'd fall to the stage. I'm not crazy about his ballads, but the choice was killer.

I didn't stay for the last bit, but it sounded like it was good.

It was one of those concerts that can't be judged by the set list. My only complaint there would be that he hardly plays anything new. Aside from Dreamer, the newest song came from Diamonds and Pearls. All in all it was a great concert!

Prince Brings The "Rain" to Oakland

Funky leadoff to triple-header

By SCOTT BUDMAN

Updated 11:14 AM PST, Tue, Feb 22, 2011

"They said we couldn't sell this place out! How long did it take? Five minutes?"

And with that, Prince had Oakland ("The best place on earth to be tonight") back comfortably in the palm of his hand. But it didn't stay comfortable for long.

Starting off with "Uptown," from his first album, Prince shook things up at Oracle Arena for two solid hours, jamming, dancing, preening, and giving adoring fans a trip through three decades of funk.

Those decades have been surprisingly good to Prince. He still moves, hits the falsettoes, and even looks like he did back in the "Purple Rain" days. He's still wonderfully James Brown-like in his self love (vamping, "I wrote this while looking in the mirror" during "Cream"), but was not above giving the stage up to his opening act, Oakland native and Prince mentor Larry Graham, the still-gorgeous Sheila E. (a great duet for "A Love Bizarre") and his band, New Power Generation, as they drove through Rihanna's "Rude Boy" for an encore.

A highlight: Shelia E. drumming and ripping through "Glamorous Life," followed immediately by surprise guest Carlos Santana literally pulling the guitar off of Prince's back for an extended solo.

Prince stayed away from some of the obvious choices for crowd-pleasing songs (perhaps leaving "Let's Go Crazy," "1999," "Little Red Corvette," and "When Doves Cry" for wednesday or thursday's shows), but still had plenty of hits. "Purple Rain," as emotional as you remember from the mid-eighties, "You've Got The Look," and a sing-along with "Kiss" that wrapped with Prince popping and locking like he was in my high school hallways between classes.

The show wasn't perfect, but watching Prince calling audibles as things went on gave it a spontaneous, new feel. Not bad for music created long before we had families, mortgages, and adult concerns. You know, when we had extra time....

superspaceboy said:

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

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.

I agree I wasn't looking forward to a Prince by numbers show...but I knew live it would be good. I can say as a long time fan, it didn't disappoint at all. Of course it helped that we were able to score better seats from our nose bleeds...

Highlights for me were Larry Graham. I had not seen him before and I have to say he KILLED! At points, I was like . When I thought it was done, I was about to go to the bathroom and then Prince comes on immediately and I thought it was the start of his set as he played Mountains..which was ok, but since I had not heard it live, I went back to my seat. Turns out it was still Larry's set as they went into Everyday People and Higher.

The opening of Uptown was a nice surprise and very playful. I think that was a thing about the night...Prince was having a great time and was being very playful on stage.

WHen Sheila E took the stage for Glamorous Life the entire place ERUPTED. It was like seeing her in concert as Prince was not on stage. And the Prince came back on and then Carlos Santana showed up. Prince and he exchanged guitars and Carlos TORE IT UP. As Prince said "We need to call the police!" Also during this was A love Bizzare in which Prince and Sheila E took to the Bongos in a Bongo-off which was very fun.

Shelby's Misty Blue was also great to my surprise. Contrversy was CRAZY as was Kiss (probably the best rendition live I have heard). The Ballad encore was also awesome. He kept saying "I can't play this song!" and each time another played he'd fall to the stage. I'm not crazy about his ballads, but the choice was killer.

I didn't stay for the last bit, but it sounded like it was good.

It was one of those concerts that can't be judged by the set list. My only complaint there would be that he hardly plays anything new. Aside from Dreamer, the newest song came from Diamonds and Pearls. All in all it was a great concert!

Why the hell not?

Prince Jams With Carlos Santana, Covers Rihanna in Oakland

Before Prince even took the stage on Monday night -- less than a week after announcing the gig -- he added a third night, by demand, to this week's stand in Oakland, Calif. So Monday marked the opening night of the first West Coast run for his unconventional 'Welcome 2 America' tour, and Prince opened it in style fit for a king.

"Oh they said we couldn't sell this place out," he teased the audience. "How long did it take? Five minutes?"

And while Prince welcomed Sly & the Family Stone's Larry Graham to the stage for a quick romp -- respectfully thanking the local boy for opening the show -- it was the totally unexpected appearance of another Bay Area native that really made the night one for the history books: from out of nowhere, Carlos Santana emerged and literally took the guitar right off of Prince's neck, as if to show the visiting team a trick or two. Having been stripped of his instrument, but pulsating with every beat, Prince pounced on the purple grand piano and joined in the jam.

While his endless parade of hits -- so many of which so many hold near and dear -- are perhaps what you most look forward to when seeing a Prince concert, it's the reliable flashes of unplanned brilliance that you keep with you afterwards.

A second such standout moment came during the first of his several encores, when the band started tinkering with the intro to a familiar sounding song. Prince feigned protest but then requested his guitar -- and proceeded to lead the New Power Generation through Rihanna's 'Rude Boy,' nonchalantly navigating the song's DNA as if it was a deep cut from his own prolific past.

In the end, the show also did include many of those songs everybody came wanting to hear -- 'Purple Rain,' 'Kiss,' 'You've Got the Look' -- but, by his own admission, there just wasn't enough time for even half of them in a single night. At least, not unless he gave up those more spontaneous moments that made the show what it was. "I've got too many hits," he explained, justly. "We'd be here all night."

Of course, the audience wouldn't have minded that one bit. Quite the opposite, when the lights turned on exactly at 11PM, and the band had long been escorted from the center stage to the dressing rooms, the audience remained unwilling to leave. In fact, almost the entire arena began to "boo" loudly. The jeers turned into cheers as Prince returned to the stage. He must've made the call that, while he may always leave his fans wanting more, he'll never leave them unsatisfied. Thus, he strapped on his six-string, house lights on and all, for one last, guitar-driven jam. He charged forward into a fiery version of the rare 'Dreamers' before finally calling it a night. This time, no one booed. But everyone did leave trying to figure out how to get tickets and get their butts back to the Oracle Arena later on this week. One Prince show just isn't enough. Which means, of course, that it's everything an arena concert should be.

GaryMF said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Considering Cream and Insatiable came out in 1991, the set contains only one original Prince number from the last 20 years, and that one is a blatant rip off of a Jimi Hendrix song......

And 25% of the tracks were not released as or not written by Prince. So much for "so many hits, so little time"....Its becoming nothing more than an Old School Revue.

Come on P. Wake up.

If you don't understand why songs like Cool, Glam life, and Love Bizarre are entirely appropriate---and to some people PREFERRED--songs at a Prince concert, you probably don't belong in the audience.

You said nothing but the truth Gary. A lot of people in there didn't need to be in there if they didn't get why songs like those were played.

2elijah said:

purplecam said:

Sounds like Prince did his job in Oakland and it's good to see how people who actually went to the show enjoyed it unlike those who seemed bored by it and weren't anywhere near California to have an opinion.

And as for "The L Word", he used that with all the shows he did in NYC/NJ and he didn't seem to roll his eyes with that. I was annoyed with it after the 2nd shows because I was like "wow, he must not watch a lot of TV to keep coming up with this show and the show's not even on anymore"

True.. He could start saying "Reality Housewives" now because there is sure enough a lot of "attitude" on those shows. I believe one time he said "Tabatha's Hair Salon" if I'm not mistaken during one of his shows in NYC? Correct me if I'm wrong. So he pretty much has mentions different shows now, when singing that song.

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You know, I think you are right. I think that was the Dec 29th show. I need to find out for sure which one it was.

GaryMF said:

Wow... Mountains??? Can someone who was there tell us what the arrangement was like? was it the whole song of Mountains? Did he do the weird changes right before the ending part (the strange chord progression part)? Did he do any of the extended parts?

I saw hime say the "L" word at Both Dec MSG shows and it was just "whatever" I don't think he intended it to be homophobic (and I'm gay) but I didn't see eye rolls. Bear in mind he also has recently said "The Tavis Smiley show" too (maybe he said that one night actualy since Tavis was at the show)..... I think it's his strange sense of humor, not meant as an attack.

I'm gay too and I didn't take it as him being homophobic either. I was on the floor of the 2/7 show and I didn't see him act strange when he said "The L Word". I'm not trying to defend Prince, this is my account from having been to all the shows in NJ/NY.

sunmaid5 said:

I was happy to hear Mountains! Does he often play that song live?

He played it on 2/7 in NYC. I don't know if he did it in Europe last year. He did it in 2009 a couple of times that I know of.

Astasheiks said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Maybe I'm overly sensitive but Prince pissed me off by singing "You don't have to watch..."the L Word"...to have an attitude." He sang that while rolling his eyes. I thought 1) that's a really old reference 2) How rude is that to say with all my lesbian sisters rocking out to his music.

Pissed me off.

What show is he talking about? And why is he talking about L's anyway?

1. Yes you are oversensitive to Prince singing "the L word"

2. Lesbians should take it as a compliment that he is ackowledges them live

3. Havent you heard of The Real L Word on Showtime? its coming back this year for season 2 so hardly an old reference

Prince Concert Review

The Purple One reins in Oakland.

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(Ed. note: when Martinez Patch found out Brian Walker of the Hopeful Romantics was going to see Prince, we asked him to review the show for us. This is the dispatch he filed).

On a Monday night, Feb. 21, with a chill in the air reminding us that winter has not moved on, the Oracle Arena was warmed with the soulful sounds of Prince and his New Power Generation. They came to town determined to cement their place in soul history, making many a nod to old school of funk and soul. I apologize in advance for not being enough of a devotee to know the names of all the songs that were performed.

The show opened with The Purple One making a brief appearance on stage to introduce his opening act - Larry Graham - describing him as a founding father of funk. On to the stage stepped Graham and his band, Graham Central Station. A beloved favorite of the Bay Area for decades, Larry was the original bass player in Sly and the Family Stone. His work after the Stone included several soul ballads, including One in a Million.

Well, things didn’t stay quiet for long. Mr. Graham launched into a thundering set, punctuated by his (maybe a little too loud) iconic slap bass stylings. That’s straight from the source, y’all.

They finished their set with a couple of Sly classics, including Dance to the Music, with the original sista Cynthia blowing her horn. As they marched off stage singing like a second line chorus, Prince and company stepped onto the stage and started up with the Sly classic Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), with Graham and company back on stage to add to the melee.

The stage went dark as we waited for Prince and crew’s return. The set started strong, as they rambled through some of their more funky numbers. As they veered off into a latin theme featuring Shiela E. on percussion, performing her hit, Glamorous Life, there was a rumble through the crowd as Carlos Santana took the stage to trade riffs with Prince. That didn’t last long – Prince just handed Carlos his Telecaster, and was content dancing and grooving while Santana rocked out like he still had something to prove. Wow. They finished off the set soon thereafter.

The encore started after a short dramatic interlude in the dark. Prince did a stirring version of Purple Rain, without a hint of irony… just sweetness and light. He rambled through a super-funky Kiss before giving up the spotlight to his backup singers to showcase their talents. The second encore brought him back dressed in all gold, with an all gold (I mean everything) Stratocaster and a loud and heartfelt Hendrix-inspired piece. On top of all his other talents, Prince proves over and over again that he is a guitar slinger to be reckoned with. After that he settled into a few of his sexiest soul ballads. There was not a dry eye – or anything – in the house.

The recurring theme throughout the night was giving the love back to Oakland. Dozens of times, he had us all giving shout outs to Oaktown. Prince seems genuinely moved and motivated to pay respects to the soul pioneers that paved the way for him, and he seems determined to perform at the same level as the best of them. This is a great opportunity to see a true genius, not just of modern pop music, but of some old-school funk and soul as well.

Catch Prince and his Welcome 2 America tour on Wednesday Feb. 23, and just added date Thursday Feb. 24, 2011, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

where are the pics ppl? i found these on facebook

purplethunder3121 said:

My replies to this review in Bold Type.

Starting off with "Uptown," from his first album, Prince shook things up at Oracle Arena for two solid hours, jamming, dancing, preening, and giving adoring fans a trip through three decades of funk.

That's funny, all this time, I could've sworn "Uptown," was from his third album.

Prince stayed away from some of the obvious choices for crowd-pleasing songs (perhaps leaving "Let's Go Crazy," "1999," "Little Red Corvette," and "When Doves Cry" for wednesday or thursday's shows), but still had plenty of hits. "Purple Rain," as emotional as you remember from the mid-eighties, "You've Got The Look,"

"You've Got The Look?" isn't that Roxette or something?

The show wasn't perfect, but watching Prince calling audibles as things went on gave it a spontaneous, new feel.

Prince? Spontaneous? Too many lame reviews, too little time.

purplemookiebut said:

where are the pics ppl? i found these on facebook

^^^ Damn! You're good at finding stuff I can't seem to! That really shows the on-going playfulness between the two last night. Thanks!

wow, just listening to the gig now. Sounds great esp Adore, Bambi and Dreamer. U lucky people. Whe I 1st saw the set list I was surprised BUT listening to the set live makes sense.

funkyhead said:

wow, just listening to the gig now. Sounds great esp Adore, Bambi and Dreamer. U lucky people. Whe I 1st saw the set list I was surprised BUT listening to the set live makes sense.

you know.. ive been kind of a hater lately... ragging on the setlists... etc.

and i think if i hadnt been at last night's show and just saw the setlist.. i would have just been like 'oh boring, raspberry beret again", blah blah..

but being there was truly unreal.

he was just electric last night...

it was like a big giant party!

people were singing together.. i was holding hands with some lady in the row behind me and singing.. it was just so much fun...

the WHOLE AUDIENCE was standing for the ENTIRE show!

and people went friggin wild!

Darnit!! Reading these reviews and hearing he added another show makes me kick myself that I didn't go. Prince was on fire and looked great. I so should have gone. Next string of shows and I'm there!

The show last night was a typical Prince show the late 90's early oughts. He surprised us with Mountains, but it was a strange opening that didn't really feel as exciting as it should have been.

Prince has long been his own enemy. During the show he that he had "so many hits, so little time". I only heard a couple hits and Purple Rain was the only real hit. The rest of the "hits" he played were second rate. Unless you count Love Bizarre or Glamorous Life, but those were really Sheila E. songs. Thank God for those or else the show would have been super slow. There was nothing off 1999 or Purple Rain except the title song. I don't know about anyone else, but me and my friends were so over other people singing. We didn't pay to see a broadway review with other people singing. We paid for Prince. Sheila E. saved the day in many cases Monday night. Just seeing the joy on her face was enough to love the show. If I Was Your Girlfriend was a nice surprise, but U Got the Look was flat. Controversy has long been one of my favorites live. Especially the arrangement he did at Coachella and the Valentines show at the Fillmore in 04.
It didn't come close to the version at Musicology Tour. This one was flat and he ruined it by constantly chanting Oakland as if anyone cared. It was pretty teeny bop like. The biggest let down by far was the end of the show. He did Purple Rain and then went into Scandalous and Adore which were great, but then Bambi and Dreamer were just too mellow and snoresville for an end to a show by none other Prince.

I have a love hate relationship with Prince. Sometimes he blows me away but most of the times his shows are self serving ego trips. When I go to a concert I want substance and I want what I paid for. I don't want to hear you play 20 minutes with your back up band and let's face it- NPG is a back up band. It certainly is no Revolution. The excitement and art of a Revolution show far exceeds NPG shows. I think that's 1/2 of Prince's issue. His back up band is just way too boring. Theirs no edge. I'm sorry, but I go to at least 50 or 60 shows a year and most of the time I walk out feeling like I ran a marathon. I'm filled with joy and I'm super inspired and stoked that I got to see one of my favorite performers. I always walk out of a Prince show feeling melancholy with a big knot in my stomach. That's no accident. The gut don't lie.

I give the show a C.

mschirmer said:

He did Purple Rain and then went into Scandalous and Adore which were great, but then Bambi and Dreamer were just too mellow and snoresville for an end to a show by none other Prince.

I have a love hate relationship with Prince. I give the show a C.

I also have a love hate relationship with him, but after going to tons of lame shows from 1997-2001 on the Medley of the Year tour / Hit N' Walk Tour... with Doug E Fresh sometimes being on stage 20 minutes or even longer....it wasn't until ONA that he was awesome again. I wasn't there, but can hardly believe he screwed both Bambi and Dreamer up. Maybe you just don't dig those songs, but I've seen Prince 39 times live, and only twice was Bambi played, and haven't been to a show since Dreamer was released. It seems more like a B show to me....the Superfams are always going to say it was the best ever, and the super haters will always give it low marks. By Tony M not being in the band, the show automatically gets a C from me.

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

Darnit!! Reading these reviews and hearing he added another show makes me kick myself that I didn't go. Prince was on fire and looked great. I so should have gone. Next string of shows and I'm there!

You could tell when he was going to be on fire the whole night when he came on during Larry's set and just exploded into Mountains. The rest of the night he just lit it up. Classic Prince...He had the same energy since the Parade/Sign o the Times/Lovesexy era. His voice just kept getting stronger and stronger thoughout the night and he was hitting the notes like you hear them on the original songs. The camille voice during I was your girlfriend was off the hook. Bambi was that little special somethin he gave us last nite.

purplecam said:

2elijah said:

True.. He could start saying "Reality Housewives" now because there is sure enough a lot of "attitude" on those shows. I believe one time he said "Tabatha's Hair Salon" if I'm not mistaken during one of his shows in NYC? Correct me if I'm wrong. So he pretty much has mentions different shows now, when singing that song.

[Edited 2/22/11 11:45am]

You know, I think you are right. I think that was the Dec 29th show. I need to find out for sure which one it was.

Soeone had reported he said Tabatha's hair salon but I think it was Tavis Smiley on 12/13 when Tavis was in the a udience. he might have said Tabatha on antoher date but not the first 1 MSG shows in Dec

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Maybe I'm overly sensitive but Prince pissed me off by singing "You don't have to watch..."the L Word"...to have an attitude." He sang that while rolling his eyes. I thought 1) that's a really old reference 2) How rude is that to say with all my lesbian sisters rocking out to his music.

Pissed me off.

I'm not gay or bi, I'm a "straight" female. I'm truly curious as to why the statement is offensive. The way I interpreted it was in more of a positive (and not because I'm a fam), but moreso in context of the song verse.....you don't have to be beautiful to turn me on.....you don't have to be cool to rule my world.....you don't have to watch (Dynasty/L Word) to have an attitude.....

I think having an "attitude" can be positive, I interpret it as someone (Dynasty/L Word) who's assured of herself, knows it and acts it.

I never did see an episode of The L Word, but I have seen Dynasty. I understand The L Word was a good television show, groundbreaking and entertaining. Please school me on this.

x

[Edited 2/22/11 18:30pm]

sweething said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Maybe I'm overly sensitive but Prince pissed me off by singing "You don't have to watch..."the L Word"...to have an attitude." He sang that while rolling his eyes. I thought 1) that's a really old reference 2) How rude is that to say with all my lesbian sisters rocking out to his music.

Pissed me off.

I'm not gay or bi, I'm a "straight" female. I'm truly curious as to why the statement is offensive. The way I interpreted it was in more of a positive (and not because I'm a fam), but moreso in context of the song verse.....you don't have to be beautiful to turn me on.....you don't have to be cool to rule my world.....you don't have to watch (Dynasty/L Word) to have an attitude.....

I think having an "attitude" can be positive, I interpret it as someone (Dynasty/L Word) who's assured of herself, knows it and acts it.

I never did see an episode of The L Word, but I have seen Dynasty. I understand The L Word was a good television show, groundbreaking and entertaining. Please school me on this.

x

[Edited 2/22/11 18:30pm]

yeah I think he chose Dynasty, then Sex & The City, then The L Word that he obviously considered to be shows that stylish women watch, or shows that are stylish with an attitude.

But not as an insult.

purplecam said:

2elijah said:

True.. He could start saying "Real Housewives" now because there is sure enough a lot of "attitude" on those shows. I believe one time he said "Tabatha's Hair Salon" if I'm not mistaken during one of his shows in NYC? Correct me if I'm wrong. So he pretty much has mentions different shows now, when singing that song.

[Edited 2/22/11 11:45am]

You know, I think you are right. I think that was the Dec 29th show. I need to find out for sure which one it was.

Yes, I believe it was one of those two shows.

[Edited 2/22/11 18:53pm]

How come Prince even knows that type of show "the L world", if he is a straight man with a pimp attitude?

That show was only on gay chanel, and how Prince ended up watching that channel?? I want some answers!

GaryMF said:

purplecam said:

You know, I think you are right. I think that was the Dec 29th show. I need to find out for sure which one it was.

Soeone had reported he said Tabatha's hair salon but I think it was Tavis Smiley on 12/13 when Tavis was in the a udience. he might have said Tabatha on antoher date but not the first 1 MSG shows in Dec

Maybe I read it in someone's report here.

irinact said:

How come Prince even knows that type of show "the L world", if he is a straight man with a pimp attitude?

That show was only on gay chanel, and how Prince ended up watching that channel?? I want some answers!

Well, that show was either on Showtime or HBO, which neither are specifically "gay" channels, and the show was advertised on regular channels as well.

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purplemookiebut said:

where are the pics ppl? i found these on facebook

wow, thank you. Very nice photos. I like them together.

BTW, was Misty there? I think she was in Bermuda in some dance gala.

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_17450505?nclick_check=1

lolz. check out this review. this guy complained that Prince played "indulgent" songs like If I was Your Girlfriend and Adore. Such nonsense.

vandeluca said:

Wow would love to see Santana too!!! Lucky!

Carlos Santana! I knew it I knew it I knew I should have cancelled foot surgery! Glad to read reviews and the good time everyone had. Ok, now Prince you know what to do. Keep bringing the Funk! Btw, just kiddning about the foot surgery.