He played Strange Relationship.

802 said:

If these Forum setlists don't shut up the 'he always plays the same songs' set then nothing will! Prince is definitely doing his thing!

802 said:

He played Strange Relationship.

OK, I KNEW it was gonna heat up. This is what I'm talkin' bout. Thank You Prince!

DMSR
Pop Life
Musicology
Prince n the band (with no doubt)
The question Of U intro
the one
Cock-Eyed Woman
I Feel 4 U
Controversy
Love Rollercoaster
Glamorous Life (with sheila e)
Nothing Compares 2 U (with shelby)
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
Cream
Cool avec Don't Stop Til U Get Enough
Let's Work (with gwen stephanie)
U Got The Look

encore
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) prince piano alone
Strange Relationship (with the band)
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
If I Was Ur Girlfriend (piano)

encore 2
Kiss
Purple Rain

encore 3
Sexy Dancer with le freak
Play that funky music
Inglewood swinging

encore 4
sampler set
When Doves Cry
Nasty girl
Single Ladies (beyonce sample)
Sign O The Times
Darling Nikki
Hot Thing
Black sweat

encore 5
jungle love (sheila e on the drum) no boubt on stage
a love bizarre

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GREAT setlist...they were having mind-blowing fun, I can just feel it...

Just got back from the show....tonight was sooo much better than last night! The place was pretty much full (at least it looked it from top to bottom)....the energy was really high....the whole place jumpin' and partying. Shelia E tore it up with Glamorous Life....the place was going crazy....she was throwing her sticks into the crowd while playing....banging those drums harder than I've seen her before....she was totally feeding off the audience and when she stopped....the crowd was going nuts...she took a step back and was like "woooo sh**T!" She was totally in the zone....looking at the whole place going crazy for her....the energy was on fire!

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Tonight was just I didn't want it to end! so much I took my brother who had never gone to a Prince concert and I think he screamed more than I did

Prince and Gwen singing "So far So Pleased"

I finally got to hear "Cool" live!

I was not expecting to hear "Something in the Water" or "Strange Relationship"

Got to hear one of my top favorites "If I was your Girlfriend"

A young man got to come up and dance with the ladies, he got down, wonder if he is on the org?

Someone also tried taking a picture with him on stage and Prince grabbed her phone and threw it out into the VIP area wonder if she got it back lol

I went Thursday which was fun but tonight was just mind blowing! the energy in that place was unbelievable!

Funk said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Oh God, I hope this isn't a hint or clue for Beyonce!

drfunkenberry drfunkenberry

From what I hear.......Prince's show...NO DOUBT......will be on everyone's lips tomorrow......but what do I know? "I'm just a...boy.."

5 minutes ago

Gwen Stefani...."no doubt".....I'm Just a Girl was a big hit for No Doubt.

That's what I get for not listening to the radio much for the past 10 years. lol

So Far, So Pleased indeed

Strange Relationship & Something in The Water

It keeps getting better for the LA folks

DMSR

Pop Life

Musicology

Prince & the Band

So Far, So Pleased w/ Gwen Stefani

The Question of U/The One

I Feel 4 U

Controversy

Love Rollercoaster (intro only)

Glamorous Life

Nothing Compares 2 U (duet w/ Shelby J)

Take Me With U

Raspberry Beret

Cream

Cool

Let's Work

U Got The Look

Whole Lotta Love (w/ Nikka Costa)

Something In The Water Does Not Compute

Strange Relationship

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Kiss

Purple Rain

Sexy Dancer (w/ lyrics 2 "le Freak)

Play That Funky Music

Hollywood (Inglewood) Swingin'

Samples:

When Doves Cry

Nasty Girl

Party All The Time (Eddie Murphy song)

Single Ladies

Sign O' The Times

Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Darling Nikki

Hot Thing

Black Sweat

House lights on:

The Bird

Jungle Love

A Love Bizarre

That was a hot set. Blazin' hot. No opener and not the three-hour plus extravaganza reported by Dr Funkenberry...but that's not a criticism, just an observation. Best way I can describe it is just that: a blazing hot, tight, funky full of fun set. Hightlights 4 me: Nothing Compares To U was church up in there...P has what appears to be a real, sincere chemistry and connection with Shelby; they play off of each other very well and she can def sang her face off. Whole Lotta Love was hot...Something In The Water...are you kidding me..? I don't know how many in the audience knew what that was or how special it was to hear P play it alone on the piano like that. One of "those" special moments. Strange Relationship rocked. Sexy Dancer...what?!? Couldn't believe that and the le Freak lyrics actually worked...if that's what it takes to get P to play the old sexier songs, I'm all for it. During the sample set he actually sang more than the usual snippets of Doves and Sign O' The Times. Wish he would stop dicking around with the samples and play the damned songs straight through again; I never got to hear him do SOTT live and it's been years since he did Doves. Hearing Party All The Time was weird...the audience was like, WTF? LOL All in all...hot.

I did all three shows this weekend as an experiment, to see if I could hang and if I would get tired of it. All I can say is...I ain't bored yet, and I can't wait to see what he's going to do next weekend. Forum was packed tonight, sold out, colonnade was open and every seat up there was filled in it appeared. So the lower attendance seems to be attributable to it being a Thursday night versus a lack of interest...we'll see what it looks like next week. See you there.

whooo hooo! my third show of the run. waaaaaaaay better than last thursday. almost as good as opening night of the residency. F&CK YEAH!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Funk said:

Gwen Stefani...."no doubt".....I'm Just a Girl was a big hit for No Doubt.

That's what I get for not listening to the radio much for the past 10 years. lol

More like, past 16 years.

StevenAnthony said:

Whole Lotta Love with Nikka Costa now... tonight's setlist is pretty good.

shit was off the hook! though it seemed only the white folk knew what song was being played, lol.

ladyleap2u said:

Ok orgers (the cool ones lol)...

It's my 50th birthday and I'm feelin' a lil purple love today I believe it's always better to give than to receive.........so...

I have 2 FREE tickets for tonight's show for a lucky twosome. They are Colonade Sect 10 Row 17 Seats 12 & 13 ($50 value)...50 / 50

If you feel like THE RIDE send me a orgnote and I'll email you tix - enjoy!

Peace

TICKETS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AWAY...ENJOY!

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THIS IS LOVE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

PS. Thanks everyone for the good reports! I think we are many from all over the world following this experience...

"Love" was also in the sample set after "Black Sweat"

did u guys like the AFTERSHOW????????????????

For the first and almost certainly the only time ever, I wish I lived in LA.

My crew went on an adventure tonight, but I swear through that adventure there was alot of Prince music involved and a bunch of laughing and grooving. We had nosebleeds so we spent the whole concert walking around on the second level and dancing everywhere haha, it was comedy.

ihatephish said:

StevenAnthony said:

Whole Lotta Love with Nikka Costa now... tonight's setlist is pretty good.

shit was off the hook! though it seemed only the white folk knew what song was being played, lol.

I'm sure many of the older black fans knew that song by Led Zeppelin, which was played non-stop back in the day on the radio;the younger fans, well, maybe not so much.

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802 said:

For the first and almost certainly the only time ever, I wish I lived in LA.

Oh yes, me too!! With every concert review I read my desire to be there gets even more unbearable!!! Love the excitement and I'm so happy that Prince is thrilling audiences night after night, but I feel like I am missing out on something really really special. *big sigh*

Especially to be able to go again and again, and getting something surprising every time ... Prince is really spoiling LA big time!!! I envy everyone who gets to enjoy this ride, but I am happy about it all at the same time!! Thanks for sharing the excitement, you lucky guys!!

Something In The Water Does Not Compute

Was this the piano version?

thanks 2 dr funkenberry & his funky tweeting.. ! X

GDB said:

DMSR

Pop Life

Musicology

Prince & the Band

So Far, So Pleased w/ Gwen Stefani

The Question of U/The One

I Feel 4 U

Controversy

Love Rollercoaster (intro only)

Glamorous Life

Nothing Compares 2 U (duet w/ Shelby J)

Take Me With U

Raspberry Beret

Cream

Cool

Let's Work

U Got The Look

Whole Lotta Love (w/ Nikka Costa)

Something In The Water Does Not Compute

Strange Relationship

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Kiss

Purple Rain

Sexy Dancer (w/ lyrics 2 "le Freak)

Play That Funky Music

Hollywood (Inglewood) Swingin'

Samples:

When Doves Cry

Nasty Girl

Party All The Time (Eddie Murphy song)

Single Ladies

Sign O' The Times

Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Darling Nikki

Hot Thing

Black Sweat

House lights on:

The Bird

Jungle Love

A Love Bizarre

That was a hot set. Blazin' hot. No opener and not the three-hour plus extravaganza reported by Dr Funkenberry...but that's not a criticism, just an observation. Best way I can describe it is just that: a blazing hot, tight, funky full of fun set. Hightlights 4 me: Nothing Compares To U was church up in there...P has what appears to be a real, sincere chemistry and connection with Shelby; they play off of each other very well and she can def sang her face off. Whole Lotta Love was hot...Something In The Water...are you kidding me..? I don't know how many in the audience knew what that was or how special it was to hear P play it alone on the piano like that. One of "those" special moments. Strange Relationship rocked. Sexy Dancer...what?!? Couldn't believe that and the le Freak lyrics actually worked...if that's what it takes to get P to play the old sexier songs, I'm all for it. During the sample set he actually sang more than the usual snippets of Doves and Sign O' The Times. Wish he would stop dicking around with the samples and play the damned songs straight through again; I never got to hear him do SOTT live and it's been years since he did Doves. Hearing Party All The Time was weird...the audience was like, WTF? LOL All in all...hot.

I did all three shows this weekend as an experiment, to see if I could hang and if I would get tired of it. All I can say is...I ain't bored yet, and I can't wait to see what he's going to do next weekend. Forum was packed tonight, sold out, colonnade was open and every seat up there was filled in it appeared. So the lower attendance seems to be attributable to it being a Thursday night versus a lack of interest...we'll see what it looks like next week. See you there.

Eddie Murphy was there.

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DoffieParker said:

thanks 2 dr funkenberry & his funky tweeting.. ! X

Yup...and don't 4get 2 check his website

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/

serpan99 said:

DoffieParker said:

thanks 2 dr funkenberry & his funky tweeting.. ! X

Yup...and don't 4get 2 check his website

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/

i saw the latest entry.. i thought gwen sounded TERRIBLE!! makes a change from shelbey.. bet her nose was put right out of joint!

but i was so excited to hear prince was doing the song & yes all just bit of fun at end of the day, maybe the clip doesn't do it justice but it's better than no clip at all

Man, I don't remember exactly which song it was - perhaps it was during "Kiss" - but twice the band stopped playing it and it was just John playing kick and snare and I SWORE - *I SWORE* - they were about to launch into "IT." I mean, they most definitely WERE playing the opening beat to "IT" if only for a few seconds each time. That would have been the ONLY thing that could have made this unbelievable, incredible show any better. "Something in the Water Does Not Compute" just Prince at the piano?? Are you kidding?? I was Loge 7 row E I must've been 25 feet from that piano with a far better view than anyone on the floor when that went down. Are you kidding me?? That more than makes up for no Amel Larrieux. Then he does "Strange Relationship" and RIGHT AFTER "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore"?? People - a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years from now - the ENTIRE WORLD will be marveling over this man's catalog - and whether 1,000 live DVDs eventually come outta the vault or not - NONE will have AN INKLING of what the TRUE live experience was like. We are the luckiest people that EVER LIVED.

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darkstranger521 said:

Man, I don't remember exactly which song it was - perhaps it was during "Kiss" - but twice the band stopped playing it and it was just John playing kick and snare and I SWORE - *I SWORE* - they were about to launch into "IT." I mean, they most definitely WERE playing the opening beat to "IT" if only for a few seconds each time. That would have been the ONLY thing that could have made this unbelievable, incredible show any better. "Something in the Water Does Not Compute" just Prince at the piano?? Are you kidding?? I was Loge 7 row E I must've been 25 feet from that piano with a far better view than anyone on the floor when that went down. Are you kidding me?? That more than makes up for no Amel Larrieux. Then he does "Strange Relationship" and RIGHT AFTER "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore"?? People - a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years from now - the ENTIRE WORLD will be marveling over this man's catalog - and whether 1,000 live DVDs eventually come outta the vault or not - NONE will have AN INKLING of what the TRUE live experience was like. We are the luckiest people that EVER LIVED.

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nice!

darkstranger521 said:

Man, I don't remember exactly which song it was - perhaps it was during "Kiss" - but twice the band stopped playing it and it was just John playing kick and snare and I SWORE - *I SWORE* - they were about to launch into "IT." I mean, they most definitely WERE playing the opening beat to "IT" if only for a few seconds each time. That would have been the ONLY thing that could have made this unbelievable, incredible show any better. "Something in the Water Does Not Compute" just Prince at the piano?? Are you kidding?? I was Loge 7 row E I must've been 25 feet from that piano with a far better view than anyone on the floor when that went down. Are you kidding me?? That more than makes up for no Amel Larrieux. Then he does "Strange Relationship" and RIGHT AFTER "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore"?? People - a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years from now - the ENTIRE WORLD will be marveling over this man's catalog - and whether 1,000 live DVDs eventually come outta the vault or not - NONE will have AN INKLING of what the TRUE live experience was like. We are the luckiest people that EVER LIVED.

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