Damn, Gina!!!!!! Lol...

bronzefunk said:

Thank You for coming to my city and playing so many nights.

Thank You for making tickets affordable enough that I could go see you perform 16 times.

Thank You for coming at the time in my life where I could set most everything aside and go to your shows as much as I did. I really needed it.

Thank You for giving me a reason to hang out with my friends Dave and Albert and see a half dozen shows together.

Thank You for the new Prince fans I met, like Antoinet.

Thank You for every time I saw $25 on Ticketmaster I never saw a fee added to my price.

Thank You for making it affordable enough I could give away tickets when I got better seats.

Thank You for making it affordable enough for me to take people who never saw you perform before, now they get it.

Thank You for changing your set lists so much from night to night, and for changing the order of the songs that repeated.

Thank You for playing 3 hours a couple of times.

Thank You for caring about The Forum, most of the employees there were super nice.

Thank You for giving Magic Johnson's name love in The Forum. Being from LA, this is special for us.

Thank You for giving Michael Jackson respect every single night. Although I was not his fan it seems a LOT of people needed to hear you do this and it was right.

Thank You for the NPG, their commitment to what you choose to do is exceptional.

Thank You for bringing Elisa, Liv and Shelby J and their wonderful voices.

Thank You for that incredible stage.

Thank You for the dance you do at the end of Kiss.

Thank You for the purple confetti during Purple Rain.

Thank You for bringing people up on stage to dance, especially the woman you called your Mom.

Thank You for making the guys behind me laugh when you talk about your 'Walleyed girl'.

Thank You for the scream the sister in front of me let out when you sang 'Insatiable' three minutes after she asked me if you still do that song.

Thank You for having Sheila E. She killed it EVERY time she solo'ed on Glamorous Life and the crowd's love for her was amazing.

Thank You for introducing me to Janelle Monae.

Thank You for the pound or two I lost each night, dancing at your show.

Thank You for the 20 minute version of "When Eye Lay MyHands On U" on Thursday April 22nd.

Thank You for the 14 minute version "The Love We Make" on Thursday May 5th.

Thank You for "just making sure the bass worked" at the first House of Blues show.

Thank You for "Colonized Mind" at the House of Blues.

Thank You for "Sweet Thing" with Chaka Khan.

Thank You for "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" with Alicia Keys.

Thank You for "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Mary J. Blige.

Thank You for "Superstition" and "You Haven't Done Nuthin'" with Stevie Wonder on his friggin' birthday and playing until 1am!

Thank You for "The Beautiful Ones" on closing night, I got watery eyes. I think it was from all the smoke machines.

Thank You for all the cool pictures. I know you don't like it when I take pictures but I don't like it when you play Beyonce or Rihanna songs so can we call it even?

Thank You for playing these songs on nights I was there; She's Always In My Hair, 17 Days, Partyman, Black Sweat, Love, Peach, Sometimes It Snows In April, Adore, Laydown, Future Soul Song, Forever In My Life, Mountains, AnotherLoverHoleInYoHead, Endorphine Machine, Joy In Repetition, GingerBread Man, The One, Strange Relationship, Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), Somewhere Here On Earth, Eye Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore, I Like It There and Bambi.

Your fan 4ever,

-bronzefunk

P.S.

The other day I was meditating and for the first time in a long time I transcended the physical plane and traveled into the ether. While I was there I saw a huge coliseum with bright colored lights and lots of sound coming from it. When I went inside there were hundreds of thousands people of all backgrounds in the stands. I moved thru the crowd while they cheered and screamed and clapped for more music. There was a tall stage, I went behind it and it opened up to a large chamber with columns and musical instruments engraved on the walls. There was an archway that read "Pantheon of the Rock Gods". As soon as I stepped inside a large figure floated over to me. It was Jimi, I totally recognized him! You could tell by the features of his face, his moustache and brown eyes. What was weird though was he didn't have an afro anymore, he had a pompadour like James Brown. With his left hand he lifted three fingers to his mouth like he's smoking a joint but there was nothing in his hand. He inhales and then lets out a billow of pungent smoke from his lungs right in my direction. When the smoke clears he is still there but now he has Rick James braids in his hair.

In a low, slow voice he asks me "Whatcha doin', man?"

I told him "I'm writing a thank you note to Prince"

His eyelids fluttered and he said "Right on..."

Jimi takes another drag, and now he's got long dreadlocks like Marley.

Then he says "Hey, will you tell him something for me?"

I said "Sure"

with smoke trailing out his nostrils Jimi says; "Tell him I said,...You the man"

Jimi inhaled from his fingers once again and started to float away, afro fully intact. As I was losing sight of him I heard him faintly say "Peace"

After that, all I could hear was the roaring crowd, yelling, screaming and stomping for more as I traveled back down from the ether to my center.

Message passed.

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Hm, a bold one at that!

DaveG said:

Brownstien... U R truly a professional concertgoer...

Thank you for writing this thread. As I read it I relived everything I experienced recently. Dead on!!! All of it! Best thread of the year IMO