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Great write up...agree with all your points....I think it was either Andy or Dave that had alot of fun with my brothers two string replica symbol guitar at the last gig in the O2 in 2007...I remember pointing out that home made symbol to my GF and telling her the embarrassing stories of the o2, but it reminds why your last point is so valid....we are after all "the freaks on this side" . Another great passion in my life is football, no prizes for guessing which club/clubs I support... If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
"True to his status as the last enigma in music, Prince crashed into London this week in a ball of confusion" The Times 2014 | |
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But seriously, u made me laugh calling EVERYONE a "cunt" every few minutes for no apparant reason, also enjoyed singing with you and CHOPIN all through the SOUNDCHECK!! We sang as many Prince songs as we could to keep everyone entertained....so if anyone was thinking "Dammit, shut them tonedeaf twats up!", or purposely didnt join in when we kept attempting to get everyone to chat "Oooh Waayyy Oohh!", well....then...bollocks to you im afraid! 
For those of you on facebook, check out the official Hopfarm page, almost every comment is praising Prince... If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
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Nice - such a good day - all the grrr stuff (car park, standing for hours, Tinie etc etc) get forgotten. I am so glad I went. Keep all the pics coming everyone - my other half had to prompt me to take photos I was just too lost in the moment!!!! Still on a high from it all "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift - that's why they call it the present." -RW Emerson
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Bit harsh about Tinie, Unique - not my cup of tea at all (though I do like Pass Out) - loads of young kids round us were going mental for him - in my opinion he was dirge - it all sounded the same - HAHA - I am 40!!! Still its good to see the oung uns getting passionate about music and not Blue Wicked (even if that music is samey and lazy).... "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift - that's why they call it the present." -RW Emerson
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) ..so i didnt get the chance to meet anyone although i did bump into one orger who lurks a lot on here (cant remember his name...sorry) and a guy i work with !.....Nice pics Zoerh
did he have fans up on the stage? Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Gotta love the last sentence of this review...
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Never realised the Guardian had such an ignorant readership base [Edited 7/5/11 0:31am] If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
"True to his status as the last enigma in music, Prince crashed into London this week in a ball of confusion" The Times 2014 | |
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So, back to work today...still on purple high. Shame there ain't no one I can share it with! Michael Buble/Take That/ Cheryl Cole etc all the way...dang. Was amazing - absolutely outstanding. My faith is restored in the P-Man for now. He still has it and he's nousy enough to write a hit if he needed to I am more than sure of that. Class is permanent, form is temporary. Has raised a couple of questions for me...
1) Should a DVD or CD be available of this in any form
2) It was a top show, many are saying its up there, like I saw him in 92, then 95 (I think), but can't remember them that clearly (i were 16 and 19) - if he comes again, soon ought I go? Truly I'd love to but should I be happy with the memory - what if the next time is a Stade de France!!
3) We're spoilt I think with being able to hear live boots. They make the setlists and sequences over familiar, and nothing can compare to the actual show can it? Unless soundboard these recordings lack the energy and the 'being in the moment'. In short whilst I was blown away - in the old days a P concert was so much more special as reviews were scarce, getting setlists was a lot more difficult so getting to the concert was almost spiritual unexpected pure pleasure.
...oh, and has any one worked out what the whole Andy Allo Allo thing? Fit, yes, but I just don't get it!
Thank you Prince and thank you everyone for a wonderful day - let's do it again eh??? Peace. Mike Gee.
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I was not going to post these as they are nothing in comparison to what has been already posted, but I feel they take a different perspective of the show, I especially like the Prince looking down on Prince shot.
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Hehe, found my camera with its one solitary photo...
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[Edited 7/5/11 0:50am] [Edited 7/5/11 2:36am] If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.
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Do anyone else's calves still ache?!!!
I know it's a bit late, but I had to give my little write-up of a truly awesome weekend, that was absolutely worth all of the 670 miles that I spent driving!
I finished work here in Lincoln (I'm a Flight Planner for the Red Arrows at RAF Scampton) on Saturday evening & drove down to my folks in Wolverhampton. Left Wolverhampton at 7 on Sunday morning with my brother (he's a casual Prince fan, seen him once before with me at the O2) & drove to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester. Had an awesome few hours in the sunshine, car & celeb spotting (Roger Taylor, Bear Grylls, Chris Evans). I wanted to ask Lewis Hamilton about the $100,000 Prince guitar he bought, but I only saw him zooming past in an old F1 car!
After another 70 miles behind the wheel, arrived at Hop Farm at 4.30pm & parked in section 29 (which proved to be an absolute Godsend later on!). Milled around the stalls for a while (great hats & poncho's!), then caught Larry's set from the back of the crowd (OK). We then politely worked our way further forward for Tinie Tempah's set. I thought he was OK, I know I'm not in his demographic (37), but I did comment that if his recorded stuff used real live musicians like the gig, I'd probably buy it. I was very impressed with his bass player's 7 string bass too!
Saw Prince's set from about 20 heads back & he was truly phenomenal! I loved the opening soundcheck, I'd love a copy on CD. His energy & humour were fantastic, he really held the crowd, made us laugh, sing, sweat & cry. If I'm being critical (& it's hard to be), my only disappointment was I felt it was a little light on monster guitar solo's. I would have loved a Hendrix/Foo's cover like at the Superbowl, or a bluesy 'Purple House' would have been nice.
Still, it was probably the best that I've ever seen him (It was my 9th time). I've never been so close at a massive gig ( though I was front-row at Brixton in '98, for the Purple Rain solo, played on top of the piano!) & the whole atmosphere was perfect. I'm also now seriously in lust with Andy Allo
As for the Festival organisation, I thought that it seemed very good. The loo's didn't smell too bad, the range of food was fantastic & thanks to being in section 29 of the car park, I was safely tucked up in my Premier Inn bed by 1230!
Oh & the poached eggs in the Premier Inn breakfast were perfect too..
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I was also on Row 29 and arrived at 4ish....perfect really as was pretty easy to get in and out!
The best Prince concert i've seen - great, fun atmosphere!
Anyone else still deaf and have ringing in their ears?!!??!
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Hah, I can't be held responsible for the cloth ears of my colleagues. I absolutely love Janelle... | |
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wow - what a night - thanks for all the photos shared - my crappy mobile didnt do a great job...!
i think it was one of the best prince gigs ive been to (this was number 5) - i danced my socks off and kept having to apologise to people i kept knocking into!!! some people were definately rude in the crowd - i told at least 3 lots of people to piss off and go and find somewhere else to stand as they came and pushed in in front of me! aside from that - i gave up in the queue to get out - 25 m in half an hour was enough - i parked up again and got in the back seat of my car and went to sleep til 3am and then drove home!!! much better than getting stressed out!
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harsh? i was being polite when i said he was utter shite. the sound was fucking terrible which didn't help. and where the fuck was the girl singing on half the songs? hiding under the dj booth? | |
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mine. my legs are aching. at least i've got no sunburn | |
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no. when he said "where are my dancers" (the usual cue for stage invading) he didn't get anyone up. i tried getting on stage but security weren't having any of it. party poopers | |
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Ah yes, I remember you guys. You were the ones who thought you could just push past everybody to the front at about 10 past 8 with absolutely no regard whatsoever about anybody else who had been standing there for 5 hours plus. I also had my young kids with me (7 & 8) who both love Prince and were almost trampled by the big guy in the very camp purple camouflage gear.
I'm not normally somebody who spreads negativity but you lot were well out of order. I've been a fan of Prince's for 20 years and I would never dream of acting the way you lot did, as if you had more right than those in front of you to get to the front.
My kids loved it too, they've been asking me since the gig if they can have the symbol incorporated into the way their bedroom is decorated. Talk about deja vu!! I was exactly the same when I was a kid!! | |
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Me either - miraculously avoided it thanks to silly hat & huge shades! I just think I'm getting a wee bit old for the whole front of festival thing - it's my body telling me to give up! I've never been one for this thing obsession... | |
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No - I don't think you 'saying' he was shite was harsh (Personally I didn't like it and thought it was dirge) - what I thought was a bit harsh was your 'throat' comment.
I agree about the sound quality - the bass even made my T shirt vibrate which was a bit weird. But I do think, in general and as long as it is done well, that you can combine modern technology tricks with REAL music and come up with something good and if we didn't advance forward with technology we would be stuck listening to rocks being hit with sticks! "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift - that's why they call it the present." -RW Emerson
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HAHA - my whole body ached (trying to sleep in car with only the sunday times as a blanket whilst waiting to get out didn't help!)
Felt absolutely wrecked yesterday and every single one of my 40 years BUT it was worth it - the standing about waiting in the sun (not burnt either lots of sunscreen), the 'patience' of listening to all the other bands on the main stage (although did get to see Sound of Rum who are pretty dam good), putting up with a moaning Boyfriend 'Are you really going to just stand here all day?' and then the car park debarcle and trippy car journey home (up to Toddington services where I just admitted defeat and grabbed 2 hours sleep) - YES DEFINATELY WORTH ALL OF THIS AND MORE JUST FOR THE THOSE FEW SPECIAL HOURS OF BRILLIANCE
Still wearing my wristband just to remind myself it was real and I was actually there - my work colleagues think I am bonkers and have a look of 'Awww bless it's just Zoe being strange again'
QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY - now back to work
xxxxxxxxxxxx "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift - that's why they call it the present." -RW Emerson
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Us hippies arrived at our spot around 1:30/2ish (8 hours before PRINCE!) to catch Aloe and we didn't leave till the end of P's set (Minus some toilet breaks)..Explains the burning calves...So have no idea about having no regard for anybody else at '10 past 8'. However, I can only speak for myself and the two chicks with me, not the other 30,000+ people all moving at once.
However, I would like to apologise for upsetting a 20 year prince fan. I’ve only been into him for 11 years now, but once I reach your level I’m more than sure to have learnt my lesson.
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Were you guy in the orangey t-shirt with the two little blonde lads? If so I was the guy next to you in the cowboy hat and white Veni Vidi Funki symbol t-shirt who held one of your lads up when Prince came out on stage! www.filmsfilmsfilms.co.uk - The internet's best movie site! | |
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Totally out of order there mate.I got into position at around 3:00pm these guys were already there.Fans were freely moving around at this time. They were about 10 people over to the left of me and seemed to be having a great time. The big fella came past me at one point and was very polite and full of smiles as the vibe was superb.
You should have been next to the couple who were pissed out of their minds and insisted on splashing their contraband liquor which smelt like camel piss all over everyone. Then there was the random screaming of the wrong lyrics all followed up by snogging the face off each other, then her collapsing to the ground....repeat this process for two hours and i think you got of lightly | |
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That gig was amazing! It was great to see some younger folks getting blown away by Prince. O nthe shuttle bus back there were alot of people who hadn't seen Prince before and were in awe of the guy. He totally rocked the place out and was by far the best performer across all the festivals so far this year.
As for Tinie Tampon or whatever his name is..colaborate with Prince!? Please, learn to appreciate music first. You can't just ask a guy to colaborate just because he was standing in the same field as you ( which u should think urself priveladged for ).
And finally...The Sun newspaper, crying on about Prince's demands for the show etc etc, unfortuantly for The Sun, no - one gives a crap what they have to say. This is the newsgroup company that hacked into a murdered schoolgirls mobile phone, so we all know where thier level of journalism lies...in the gutter.
Best gig i've been to, Prince looked lively, happy and really pleased with the crowds reaction...seriously...how good was Little Red Corvette!!!???
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Only asking because of this picture on Zoerh's post..(hope you don't mind me reposting)
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Who's the old dear in the middle?
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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the purple people, with the symbol totally deserved their place in crowd they were there from early morning and I should know cause I was at the side of them all day and they were all very cool and I was one of the oldest there ,30 year fan, taking ibrufen for the aches and pains still smiling though. xx | |
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Thank you all so much for your reviews and the wonderful photos  I couldn't attend for reasons I won't repeat again. I don't drive either and at the rate I walk would be guaranteed to miss the shuttle bus and have been begging for hours in the carpark for a lift. Regarding the setlist complaints someone who covered Prince and probably paid for his furnishing in that house he bought had complaints that he didn't sing enough hits at a recent Festival. My ideal setlist would be 1999 & Dirty Mind played in their entirety followed by a bside epic encore. If that ever happens I'll get my tits out at that venue with a roof:) | |
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I think she could be classed as Larry's fluffer [Edited 7/5/11 7:03am] | |
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I have DM, 1999 all the b-sides and a roof, so........ ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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