Anybody know what song was played after Sign of the Times?

Who are these songs by:

Which Way Is Up

I Want 2 B Free???

Astasheiks said:

Anybody know what song was played after Sign of the Times?

Who are these songs by:

Which Way Is Up

I Want 2 B Free???

mrbags said:

For the W2A tour, I've seen the 12/17 NJ show, the 12/18 Madison Square Garden show, the 03/24 Raleigh show and last night's Charlotte show. To me, this was the most musically gifted of all of those shows. He played songs I've never seen him do live before and barely even on any of the hundreds of boots I have. Raleigh was a sexy concert for the ladies, doing a mainly slow jam set. Charlotte had prince doing many guitar solo's and long instrumental jams that I hadn't seen since Rainbow Children times. Shortly after his opening snippet on the piano, he said something along the lines of, "I'm going to play some of my favorite songs tonight. They aren't oldies, because that implies they are no longer good songs anymore." And he play he did! How many of your orgers have ever seen a live version of something in the water? I'm certain the man is on the internet reading and watching stuff daily. If I hadn't heard Meshell N'degeocello perform that song live 2 weeks ago, I don't think anyone could have dreamed that Prince would've pulled that song out the dusty bag of songs we'd die to hear live.

P even corrected alot of the mistakes he had in Raleigh with all of the filler of too many folks on stage wandering around not dancing. I get it, if its celebrities. I understand if he's in the bay area or some city where his fan clubs are massive and knows what to do when they get up on stage (peace bobby, gigi et all), but out here in the carolinas, the folks get up there and follow him around like lemmings. He invited 2 people on stage all night in Charlotte. That was fine by me, because that set the tone for more music jamming, less jamming up the stage. I'm also glad he took out the way too long version of Angel. I love the girls and all, but when your solo cover song is longer than all of the Prince material, we need to change somethng up.

Peace to Anthony Hamilton for doing his thang. I was disappointed the hometown crowd wasnt showing him the love like they do when he is usually the headliner. He had a full brass section with him on stage, which meant for the possibility of some great afterparty later in the night, because we know prince likes to jam with great musicians, especially ones that arent currently touring with him. But alas no afterparty that I know of last night. Still hoping to catch atleast 1 where he performs for these W2A shows that arent exclusive to the celebs. I caught the one in NY that was star studded, but only Larry G got on stage while the house band tore it up. Cmon Shelby J! Demand an afterparty in your hometown!

Thanks for the excellent review. I was a bit disappointed in the Raleigh show. Sounds like a few things were "fixed" for the next one.

Astasheiks said:

Anybody know what song was played after Sign of the Times?

Who are these songs by:

Which Way Is Up

I Want 2 B Free???

I Want 2 B Free - Ohio Players

Which Way Is Up - Stargard

[Edited 3/25/11 10:47am]

Making a few corrections to the earlier set list:

Sampler Set:

When Doves Cry>

Nasty Girl>

Darling Nikki>

Sign of the Times>

777-9311

The Most Beautiful Girl In the World

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Uptown

Raspberry Beret

Cream

Cool (w/ Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough over the intro)

Lets Work

U Got The Look

(wardrobe change)

? (Backup singer song)

Nothing Compares 2 U

Take Me With U

Anotherloverholeinyohead (with Rock Lobster outro)

Controversy

Play That FunkyMusic

Which Way Is Up

Controversy

I Want 2 B Free

SHHH

Elixr

Piano (Solo):

The Beautiful Ones

Diamonds & Pearls

Something In The Water Does Not Compute

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

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If I was Your Girlfriend

Kiss

Purple Rain

Encore:

Dance To The Disco Heat

Baby I'm A Star

There is a review in the Charlotte Observer today that doesn't sound like what I read in the comments from those that attended yesterday. The writer obviously isn't a long time Prince fan. Who cares what he thinks!

http://www.charlotteobser...lotte.html

[Edited 3/25/11 12:28pm]

http://charlottevibe.com/...mp;id=2275

This one is better!

[Edited 3/25/11 12:30pm]

petiteqtpy said:

There is a review in the Charlotte Observer today that doesn't sound like what I read in the comments from those that attended yesterday. The writer obviously isn't a long time Prince fan. Who cares what he thinks!

http://www.charlotteobser...lotte.html

[Edited 3/25/11 12:28pm]

http://charlottevibe.com/...mp;id=2275

This one is better!

[Edited 3/25/11 12:30pm]

Charlotte Observer article is way off!!!!!!!

What time did Prince take the stage?

Not sure the exact time but it was somewhere between 8:20 and 8:40.

JCB said:

What time did Prince take the stage?

8:42pm bro... P was at the piano... I dunno if he had a dj set up there or had the music programmed into the beautiful piano, but he was acting as if he was dj'ing at the beginning of the concert... I thought the crowd was dead for the most part till he did KISS!!! mofos were loud as fuck when he did that...seeing something in the water does not compute was the one song I wished 4!!! wanted it 2b like the original version but the piano joint was cool!! Overall a pretty cool show...bout 8 1/2 on da purple party meter... encore could of been longer... after the first one, people ran for the exits!!! a stage hand placed Princes mic stand back on the stage as if 2 have another encore...then the house lights came up and it was over....right at 10:37pm!

jsb23nc said:

Making a few corrections to the earlier set list:

Encore:

Dance To The Disco Heat

the song title is Dance (Disco Heat)

How was the sound. Folks said Raleigh was not a good mix on floor.

badu2fan said:

How was the sound. Folks said Raleigh was not a good mix on floor.

sounds like a few of the speakers are blown...heard alot of popping in them.

badu2fan said:

How was the sound. Folks said Raleigh was not a good mix on floor.

I'm glad you asked this. I was having a difficult time understanding him when he was talking. I asked the person sitting next to them if they were having the same problem and they agreed. I hope Greensboro is better.

mrbags said:

For the W2A tour, I've seen the 12/17 NJ show, the 12/18 Madison Square Garden show, the 03/24 Raleigh show and last night's Charlotte show. To me, this was the most musically gifted of all of those shows. He played songs I've never seen him do live before and barely even on any of the hundreds of boots I have. Raleigh was a sexy concert for the ladies, doing a mainly slow jam set. Charlotte had prince doing many guitar solo's and long instrumental jams that I hadn't seen since Rainbow Children times. Shortly after his opening snippet on the piano, he said something along the lines of, "I'm going to play some of my favorite songs tonight. They aren't oldies, because that implies they are no longer good songs anymore." And he play he did! How many of your orgers have ever seen a live version of something in the water? I'm certain the man is on the internet reading and watching stuff daily. If I hadn't heard Meshell N'degeocello perform that song live 2 weeks ago, I don't think anyone could have dreamed that Prince would've pulled that song out the dusty bag of songs we'd die to hear live.

P even corrected alot of the mistakes he had in Raleigh with all of the filler of too many folks on stage wandering around not dancing. I get it, if its celebrities. I understand if he's in the bay area or some city where his fan clubs are massive and knows what to do when they get up on stage (peace bobby, gigi et all), but out here in the carolinas, the folks get up there and follow him around like lemmings. He invited 2 people on stage all night in Charlotte. That was fine by me, because that set the tone for more music jamming, less jamming up the stage. I'm also glad he took out the way too long version of Angel. I love the girls and all, but when your solo cover song is longer than all of the Prince material, we need to change somethng up.

Peace to Anthony Hamilton for doing his thang. I was disappointed the hometown crowd wasnt showing him the love like they do when he is usually the headliner. He had a full brass section with him on stage, which meant for the possibility of some great afterparty later in the night, because we know prince likes to jam with great musicians, especially ones that arent currently touring with him. But alas no afterparty that I know of last night. Still hoping to catch atleast 1 where he performs for these W2A shows that arent exclusive to the celebs. I caught the one in NY that was star studded, but only Larry G got on stage while the house band tore it up. Cmon Shelby J! Demand an afterparty in your hometown!

He performed Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) a few times at 3121 in Las Vegas, he even opened with it Feb. 16, 2007.

yukoncornelius said:

mrbags said:

For the W2A tour, I've seen the 12/17 NJ show, the 12/18 Madison Square Garden show, the 03/24 Raleigh show and last night's Charlotte show. To me, this was the most musically gifted of all of those shows. He played songs I've never seen him do live before and barely even on any of the hundreds of boots I have. Raleigh was a sexy concert for the ladies, doing a mainly slow jam set. Charlotte had prince doing many guitar solo's and long instrumental jams that I hadn't seen since Rainbow Children times. Shortly after his opening snippet on the piano, he said something along the lines of, "I'm going to play some of my favorite songs tonight. They aren't oldies, because that implies they are no longer good songs anymore." And he play he did! How many of your orgers have ever seen a live version of something in the water? I'm certain the man is on the internet reading and watching stuff daily. If I hadn't heard Meshell N'degeocello perform that song live 2 weeks ago, I don't think anyone could have dreamed that Prince would've pulled that song out the dusty bag of songs we'd die to hear live.

P even corrected alot of the mistakes he had in Raleigh with all of the filler of too many folks on stage wandering around not dancing. I get it, if its celebrities. I understand if he's in the bay area or some city where his fan clubs are massive and knows what to do when they get up on stage (peace bobby, gigi et all), but out here in the carolinas, the folks get up there and follow him around like lemmings. He invited 2 people on stage all night in Charlotte. That was fine by me, because that set the tone for more music jamming, less jamming up the stage. I'm also glad he took out the way too long version of Angel. I love the girls and all, but when your solo cover song is longer than all of the Prince material, we need to change somethng up.

Peace to Anthony Hamilton for doing his thang. I was disappointed the hometown crowd wasnt showing him the love like they do when he is usually the headliner. He had a full brass section with him on stage, which meant for the possibility of some great afterparty later in the night, because we know prince likes to jam with great musicians, especially ones that arent currently touring with him. But alas no afterparty that I know of last night. Still hoping to catch atleast 1 where he performs for these W2A shows that arent exclusive to the celebs. I caught the one in NY that was star studded, but only Larry G got on stage while the house band tore it up. Cmon Shelby J! Demand an afterparty in your hometown!

Thanks for the excellent review. I was a bit disappointed in the Raleigh show. Sounds like a few things were "fixed" for the next one.

Enjoyed your review. Did anyone take pictures?

sweething said:

Did anyone take pictures?

There's always somebody with pictures

http://www.flickr.com/pho...221351391/

serpan99 said:

sweething said:

Did anyone take pictures?

There's always somebody with pictures

http://www.flickr.com/pho...221351391/

Is there someone with pictures of Prince without his shirt from the other night? Heard alot about that body action, jacket with nothing under, but haven't seen anything so far. Can you help a girl out? ha-ha

charlotte obsever is wayyyyyyyyyyy off anybody in the house know that prince had everybody screaming and on there feet all nite when prince did cool i thought the crowd was gonna go crazy. charlotte observer seems racist 2 me every since i have been livin here in charlotte they never wanna be poistive when it comes to blacks BUT PRINCE OWNED CHARLOTTE NC THURSDAY NITE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those pictures are amazing! It made my day! OMG! Purple is my favorite color

[Edited 3/26/11 9:50am]

After 2 days of digesting the Charlotte show, here are my thoughts:

1. He seemed rushed and like he really wasn't 100% into it. But a mediocre Prince show is better than most performers' great shows.

2. Only one encore song. I know it was 2 songs mixed up, but it was one long song to me.

3. Too many covers, too much disco.

4. They're called backup singers for a reason. Prince may want them to shine, but who paid $200 to see them sing? Though they sang wonderfully.

5. Three keyboard players, but no horns? Not that it made that big of a difference, but it was worth noting.

6. Something In The Water was a nice surprise.

7. At first I was bummed that I wasn't on the floor or up close to the stage, but 8 rows off the floor is the perfect vantage point. I saw everything that was going on. I imagine the people who paid for the VIP seats were staring at the back of his shins for 3/4ths of the show, then craning their necks to see him the other 1/4th.

8. No tourbooks, WTF? Everything else was junk. Why would he sell t-shirts for songs he didn't even release in the US (Compassion, everybody loves me)?

9. Did anyone else see the guy walking around dressed like 80s prince with the wig and sunglasses and ruffled shirt? He looked more like Austin Powers than Prince.

10. Prince rode his bike back to the stage for the encore.

That's my take. It was my 22nd Prince concert, and I can't wait until 24!

Chas

Chas said:

After 2 days of digesting the Charlotte show, here are my thoughts:

1. He seemed rushed and like he really wasn't 100% into it. But a mediocre Prince show is better than most performers' great shows.

2. Only one encore song. I know it was 2 songs mixed up, but it was one long song to me.

3. Too many covers, too much disco.

4. They're called backup singers for a reason. Prince may want them to shine, but who paid $200 to see them sing? Though they sang wonderfully.

5. Three keyboard players, but no horns? Not that it made that big of a difference, but it was worth noting.

6. Something In The Water was a nice surprise.

7. At first I was bummed that I wasn't on the floor or up close to the stage, but 8 rows off the floor is the perfect vantage point. I saw everything that was going on. I imagine the people who paid for the VIP seats were staring at the back of his shins for 3/4ths of the show, then craning their necks to see him the other 1/4th.

8. No tourbooks, WTF? Everything else was junk. Why would he sell t-shirts for songs he didn't even release in the US (Compassion, everybody loves me)?

9. Did anyone else see the guy walking around dressed like 80s prince with the wig and sunglasses and ruffled shirt? He looked more like Austin Powers than Prince.

10. Prince rode his bike back to the stage for the encore.

That's my take. It was my 22nd Prince concert, and I can't wait until 24!

Chas

This was only my first Prince concert so I have no comparison to offer but I'd have to say I agree with all of these points. Yes, I was on the floor and yes, it was not a very good seat. I took my 12 year old son with me and when everyone stood up to dance he couldn't see a single thing but their backs. I told him to stand on his chair but the people behind him cussed him out. I mean CUSSED him out. So, he laid down across the seats (because everyone was standing) and went to sleep. I can hear it years from now "Yeah, my first concert was Prince. My mom took me. I slept on the folding chairs." My seat for tonights concert in Greensboro is on the floor again. Had I thought ahead I would have opted for a few rows up and more toward the center of the stage rather than at the very end of the arrow. Live and learn.

Didn't see the guy dressed like Prince, but wish I had.

Would still love to see the bike!

Chas said:

After 2 days of digesting the Charlotte show, here are my thoughts:

1. He seemed rushed and like he really wasn't 100% into it. But a mediocre Prince show is better than most performers' great shows.

2. Only one encore song. I know it was 2 songs mixed up, but it was one long song to me.

3. Too many covers, too much disco.

4. They're called backup singers for a reason. Prince may want them to shine, but who paid $200 to see them sing? Though they sang wonderfully.

5. Three keyboard players, but no horns? Not that it made that big of a difference, but it was worth noting.

6. Something In The Water was a nice surprise.

7. At first I was bummed that I wasn't on the floor or up close to the stage, but 8 rows off the floor is the perfect vantage point. I saw everything that was going on. I imagine the people who paid for the VIP seats were staring at the back of his shins for 3/4ths of the show, then craning their necks to see him the other 1/4th.

8. No tourbooks, WTF? Everything else was junk. Why would he sell t-shirts for songs he didn't even release in the US (Compassion, everybody loves me)?

9. Did anyone else see the guy walking around dressed like 80s prince with the wig and sunglasses and ruffled shirt? He looked more like Austin Powers than Prince.

10. Prince rode his bike back to the stage for the encore.

That's my take. It was my 22nd Prince concert, and I can't wait until 24!

Chas

i really enjoyed the show it was my 3rd show and i hope 2 continue seeing him i have no complaints other then he didnt do lets go crazy but i have seen him perform it 2 times before so im cool. far as the back up singers i have took a lot of crap from people 4 saying what u said but i still feel like when i pay 2 see prince i dont wanna see nobody but him not shelby liv or elisa they could of stayed home

CLR said:

This was only my first Prince concert so I have no comparison to offer but I'd have to say I agree with all of these points. Yes, I was on the floor and yes, it was not a very good seat. I took my 12 year old son with me and when everyone stood up to dance he couldn't see a single thing but their backs. I told him to stand on his chair but the people behind him cussed him out. I mean CUSSED him out. So, he laid down across the seats (because everyone was standing) and went to sleep. I can hear it years from now "Yeah, my first concert was Prince. My mom took me. I slept on the folding chairs." My seat for tonights concert in Greensboro is on the floor again. Had I thought ahead I would have opted for a few rows up and more toward the center of the stage rather than at the very end of the arrow. Live and learn.

Didn't see the guy dressed like Prince, but wish I had.

Would still love to see the bike!

Now I feel bad for you and your son!

Maybe the people around you will be nicer this time!

cbarnes3121 said:

i really enjoyed the show it was my 3rd show and i hope 2 continue seeing him i have no complaints other then he didnt do lets go crazy but i have seen him perform it 2 times before so im cool. far as the back up singers i have took a lot of crap from people 4 saying what u said but i still feel like when i pay 2 see prince i dont wanna see nobody but him not shelby liv or elisa they could of stayed home

Yep. If he wants to spotlight them, let them be the opening act. Call it "Ladies Night" or something. They sing very well, but Prince just needs a little balance with them.

I wanted to share a pic or 2 from the Charlotte show! Had a GREAT time. I can agree, though about the show seeming "rushed". I loved the fact he came back out on his bike for the encore. Looked like he was having fun at times. I was disappointed he played just "hits" rather than "Welcome 2 America" like he did at the earlier shows. Oh well, I was just overly excited to be there & glad he came to my home town again! Last time Prince played Charlotte was in 2000.

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jpark6996 said:

JCB said:

What time did Prince take the stage?

8:42pm bro... P was at the piano... I dunno if he had a dj set up there or had the music programmed into the beautiful piano, but he was acting as if he was dj'ing at the beginning of the concert... I thought the crowd was dead for the most part till he did KISS!!! mofos were loud as fuck when he did that...seeing something in the water does not compute was the one song I wished 4!!! wanted it 2b like the original version but the piano joint was cool!! Overall a pretty cool show...bout 8 1/2 on da purple party meter... encore could of been longer... after the first one, people ran for the exits!!! a stage hand placed Princes mic stand back on the stage as if 2 have another encore...then the house lights came up and it was over....right at 10:37pm!

what show were u at everybody i went with was talking about how crunk the show was and from what i heard everybody was singing alone and loud as well through out the whole show it amazes me how people get online and try 2 make things seems so uncool