ficktyt said:

Hey Portia, I saw you guys. I was the guy sitting on the stool on the left side of the stage all night on the second step of the stage. Great view and I didn't have to stand there all night waiting! I literally went from the venue at 4:00, ran to the hotel, got my bag and headed right to the airport to catch my flight back to NYC. A 24 hour turn around. Was back in my house before the family woke up!

Portia said:

OMG...I just woke up and cannot BELIEVE the amazing night I had. First the incredible concert that Prince and The NPG layed down last night at The Bell Centre. Then the afterjam which was just that...THE FUNKIEST OF JAMS!!!

After the concert Utopia7 and my friend Crissy who had just been devirginized by the funky one hopped in a cab which took us to the Venue- NewTown. We get out and discover a bouncer with a rope and NO LINE!! Did ya hear me? No line! After we stayed at the concert for ALL the encores! The bouncer tells us we can go upstairs and have a drink...we said oh no....we will be standing right here witchya buddy, until the place opens up! The bouncer was cool as hell...we began talking about Montreal and Prince and how talented he and the band are. Then we are joined by two guys from Toronto named Chris and Ben(holler at me if you see this!) They were from Toronto and had seen the show their. We were inseparable the entire night! The bouncer, who I find out is from the same small island in the Carribean that my mother is from, was friendly and let the 5 of us in first. We descend down tthe stairs to Club Empire. The club had an art deco feel to it. It had a black and white, cinema inspired feel. Complete with a sunken dance floor that had black and white checkerboard flooring. (Very Under The Cherry Moon-esque) We got drinks said hello to Rashida and danced to her mix from about 12 till 2am. Time passes so quickly when Rashida is in the house...let me tell ya. We were unsure of what the night held in store for us...would Prince play or wouldn't he? While dancing we see the techs bringing in Prince's equipment. Is this really going down? Then we see the multi-colored horseshoe that makes up his pedals complete with the symbol pic holder. I almost faint on the spot. This is REALLY happeneing!!! Utopia and I almost have to hold each other up. I am so happy for my friend Crissy that she is going to have beginners luck like this...An amazing show AND an aftershow....WHUUUUUUUUT?? The band starts roling in and they are on a mission to have a good time partying too...they start out by just hanging out and jamming to Rashida's mix while the crew tunes uo the guitar and drums. The guitar of the night was an Orange one. Shelby came down from VIP which was up and stage left, and began dancing with those of us in the front row. She tells me to play my tambourine and play I did! When the NPG started to get on stage it was slowly. Rashida was still spinning and then Mr. Hayes got on keys, then John Blackwell got on the drums, then Cassandra O'Neill gets on the keys...this all made for a smooth transition from the DJ Rashida mix to the set. No way to tell when one started and the other stopped. Liv Warfield (who looks FAN-freking-TASTIC btw. How in the world did she lose weight like that? A girl like me needs to know!) started the set by singing...and sing she did! She did Brickhouse and improv stuff...Shelby came in and in the way that only Shelby can do she led the crowd in dancing and chants...all while Prince looked on and danced with us from VIP. She then had a couple of improv things but the stand out was her singing Jill Scott's A Long Walk...she killed it!! At theis point Prince is now standing by the keys...Cassandra also did some vocals...and began playing a little with Cassandra and then takes over the keys. Then he would do this pretty much all night, he would dip in on an instrument then stand back and watch with pride as his band tore up the stage.

A standout of the evening is when Prince picked up the bass! He took it after a great set from Ida... And he did an entire instrumental rendition of "Sexy Dancer" and The Time's "My stick". At this point he was warmed up and then began playing with his back to the crowd (for all those jackholes who felt the need to take their cameras out in spite of the warnings from us not to.) Then he began playing sideways with one foot on top of an amp (in his full length heels mind you...No WEDGE!! A heel!) and kept that up for some time... Shelby kept saying that we were gona party till the sun came up (btw...She and Liv wore MY tambourine out twice!!)....Then he and Andy Allo began dancing and horsing around on stage with him playing bass and her playing guitar. At some point Prince took the guitar from Andy and began playing while Andy danced. He performed various Larry Graham greats like "Higher" . Peppered into this whole mix was the one and onle Maceo Parker on sax...who funkied up the place and led us into the final song of Pass the Peas and Utopia thinks their was some Brickhouse thrown in as well. We closed the tab and dragged are behinds out of their at 4:20 AM after saying goodbye to our new friends. What an amazing night! If anyone can add to this let me know! This was well worth the 7 hour drive from NJ.

Hey there Ficktyt! We saw you too! Quite a comfy spot you held down there!! I'm impressed with your rapid turnaround time! Did your family even know?

organgrinder said:

I was there - it was amazing, dont listen 2 the moaners who werent even there so cant really comment.

Prince tore it up, on the bass for hours, 20 min Get Wild jam, no stage, only about 60 people down the front for the enitire gig, what more could u ask for?

I totally agree

and it's already over

I was there - it was amazing, dont listen 2 the moaners who werent even there so cant really comment.

Prince tore it up, on the bass for hours, 20 min Get Wild jam, no stage, only about 60 people down the front for the enitire gig, what more could u ask for?

Im sad its all over, all seems like a bit of a blur to me now

I know the man wouldnt agree with my next question but did anyone manage to get any pics at the aftershow?!?!

Thanks!

Portia said:

OMG...I just woke up and cannot BELIEVE the amazing night I had. First the incredible concert that Prince and The NPG layed down last night at The Bell Centre. Then the afterjam which was just that...THE FUNKIEST OF JAMS!!!

After the concert Utopia7 and my friend Crissy who had just been devirginized by the funky one hopped in a cab which took us to the Venue- NewTown. We get out and discover a bouncer with a rope and NO LINE!! Did ya hear me? No line! After we stayed at the concert for ALL the encores! The bouncer tells us we can go upstairs and have a drink...we said oh no....we will be standing right here witchya buddy, until the place opens up! The bouncer was cool as hell...we began talking about Montreal and Prince and how talented he and the band are. Then we are joined by two guys from Toronto named Chris and Ben(holler at me if you see this!) They were from Toronto and had seen the show their. We were inseparable the entire night! The bouncer, who I find out is from the same small island in the Carribean that my mother is from, was friendly and let the 5 of us in first. We descend down tthe stairs to Club Empire. The club had an art deco feel to it. It had a black and white, cinema inspired feel. Complete with a sunken dance floor that had black and white checkerboard flooring. (Very Under The Cherry Moon-esque) We got drinks said hello to Rashida and danced to her mix from about 12 till 2am. Time passes so quickly when Rashida is in the house...let me tell ya. We were unsure of what the night held in store for us...would Prince play or wouldn't he? While dancing we see the techs bringing in Prince's equipment. Is this really going down? Then we see the multi-colored horseshoe that makes up his pedals complete with the symbol pic holder. I almost faint on the spot. This is REALLY happeneing!!! Utopia and I almost have to hold each other up. I am so happy for my friend Crissy that she is going to have beginners luck like this...An amazing show AND an aftershow....WHUUUUUUUUT?? The band starts roling in and they are on a mission to have a good time partying too...they start out by just hanging out and jamming to Rashida's mix while the crew tunes uo the guitar and drums. The guitar of the night was an Orange one. Shelby came down from VIP which was up and stage left, and began dancing with those of us in the front row. She tells me to play my tambourine and play I did! When the NPG started to get on stage it was slowly. Rashida was still spinning and then Mr. Hayes got on keys, then John Blackwell got on the drums, then Cassandra O'Neill gets on the keys...this all made for a smooth transition from the DJ Rashida mix to the set. No way to tell when one started and the other stopped. Liv Warfield (who looks FAN-freking-TASTIC btw. How in the world did she lose weight like that? A girl like me needs to know!) started the set by singing...and sing she did! She did Brickhouse and improv stuff...Shelby came in and in the way that only Shelby can do she led the crowd in dancing and chants...all while Prince looked on and danced with us from VIP. She then had a couple of improv things but the stand out was her singing Jill Scott's A Long Walk...she killed it!! At theis point Prince is now standing by the keys...Cassandra also did some vocals...and began playing a little with Cassandra and then takes over the keys. Then he would do this pretty much all night, he would dip in on an instrument then stand back and watch with pride as his band tore up the stage.

A standout of the evening is when Prince picked up the bass! He took it after a great set from Ida... And he did an entire instrumental rendition of "Sexy Dancer" and The Time's "My stick". At this point he was warmed up and then began playing with his back to the crowd (for all those jackholes who felt the need to take their cameras out in spite of the warnings from us not to.) Then he began playing sideways with one foot on top of an amp (in his full length heels mind you...No WEDGE!! A heel!) and kept that up for some time... Shelby kept saying that we were gona party till the sun came up (btw...She and Liv wore MY tambourine out twice!!)....Then he and Andy Allo began dancing and horsing around on stage with him playing bass and her playing guitar. At some point Prince took the guitar from Andy and began playing while Andy danced. He performed various Larry Graham greats like "Higher" . Peppered into this whole mix was the one and onle Maceo Parker on sax...who funkied up the place and led us into the final song of Pass the Peas and Utopia thinks their was some Brickhouse thrown in as well. We closed the tab and dragged are behinds out of their at 4:20 AM after saying goodbye to our new friends. What an amazing night! If anyone can add to this let me know! This was well worth the 7 hour drive from NJ.

Thanks for the great review That Sounds Amazing

organgrinder said:

I was there - it was amazing, dont listen 2 the moaners who werent even there so cant really comment.

Prince tore it up, on the bass for hours, 20 min Get Wild jam, no stage, only about 60 people down the front for the enitire gig, what more could u ask for?

One doesn't HAVE to be present to see the setlist and know how boring the song selection is, on top of also knowing of the particular band that's playing the songs! Whoever attended may have had a good time, and that's all fine and dandy. But from a song selection perspective and what he's been known to do over and over again, this sounded like nothing special. Me saying that takes nothing away from whatever time you or anyone else had. And if it did, then you or whoever else need to grow some much thicker skin.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

yankem said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

One doesn't HAVE to be present to see the setlist and know how boring the song selection is, on top of also knowing of the particular band that's playing the songs! Whoever attended may have had a good time, and that's all fine and dandy. But from a song selection perspective and what he's been known to do over and over again, this sounded like nothing special. Me saying that takes nothing away from whatever time you or anyone else had. And if it did, then you or whoever else need to grow some much thicker skin.

Awww, stop crying. It'll be all right.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

IamFunkay7 said:

Why you gotta step on the posters dreams like that? it wasn't boring to her?

I wasn't stepping on their dreams. If they liked it, then they liked it. I can't change that fact. I just said it sounded like a boring ass show.

You know, you could have just said NOTHING !!!!!

Chatou7 said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I wasn't stepping on their dreams. If they liked it, then they liked it. I can't change that fact. I just said it sounded like a boring ass show.

You know, you could have just said NOTHING !!!!!

We ALL have that option when posting on these forums, so that's saying nothing new.

It was truly a privilege to see the NPG up close and personal! It's true it feels all like a dream and blur but some things you just remember forever, like when DJ Rashida began spinning Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's "The Message" (while we were waiting for it all to begin) and then Ida Nielsen and John Blackwell got to their instruments and began playing the song and the afterjam had indeed begun!!! Let's not forget when Maceo Parker got onstage and came to greet us all that were in the first row! One of the other things I remember is when Prince casually dropped out of nowhere the bass line for "Brick House"!!!

I'd like to say a big hello to organgrinder, portia, ficktyt and to anyone who was vibbing up in the first rows!!!

I was the guy wearing a black suit with the LotusFlow3r t-shirt and glasses

Damn bus...

BernardWilson said:

It was truly a privilege to see the NPG up close and personal! It's true it feels all like a dream and blur but some things you just remember forever, like when DJ Rashida began spinning Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's "The Message" (while we were waiting for it all to begin) and then Ida Nielsen and John Blackwell got to their instruments and began playing the song and the afterjam had indeed begun!!! Let's not forget when Maceo Parker got onstage and came to greet us all that were in the first row! One of the other things I remember is when Prince casually dropped out of nowhere the bass line for "Brick House"!!!

I'd like to say a big hello to organgrinder, portia, ficktyt and to anyone who was vibbing up in the first rows!!!

I was the guy wearing a black suit with the LotusFlow3r t-shirt and glasses

Hi mate - i remember you! Was good to meet u, we were all buzzing lol what a night! I was the guy in the blackshirt with the earwrap on with a buddy of mine - AMAZING night loved every second.. all seems like a blur now

organgrinder said:

BernardWilson said:

It was truly a privilege to see the NPG up close and personal! It's true it feels all like a dream and blur but some things you just remember forever, like when DJ Rashida began spinning Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's "The Message" (while we were waiting for it all to begin) and then Ida Nielsen and John Blackwell got to their instruments and began playing the song and the afterjam had indeed begun!!! Let's not forget when Maceo Parker got onstage and came to greet us all that were in the first row! One of the other things I remember is when Prince casually dropped out of nowhere the bass line for "Brick House"!!!

I'd like to say a big hello to organgrinder, portia, ficktyt and to anyone who was vibbing up in the first rows!!!

I was the guy wearing a black suit with the LotusFlow3r t-shirt and glasses

Hi mate - i remember you! Was good to meet u, we were all buzzing lol what a night! I was the guy in the blackshirt with the earwrap on with a buddy of mine - AMAZING night loved every second.. all seems like a blur now

Of course I remember you mate! It was great to meet you and live that moment of anticipation together, I'll always remember when you tapped me on the shoulder and said: "Look! It's Prince's pedal board!" and at that moment we knew it was on! Indeed still buzzing about it! This IS the event people will be talking about in Montreal for a while. Not to take anything away from the Metropolis shows but the element of surprise and the feeling of "will he or won't he show up" are simply irreplaceable! Did you end up going to Ottawa? Hope you got home alright! Cheers!!!

Yeah! I needed 2 say, Prince really have nice hair

not this matter... 2 B a good musician

and the band was awesomely chick and swell talented goody fun

and it's all over .. . it's drying up, dont worry

I've have an idea U sSsSss could always come back 2 Mont 3 All

YokoLeLE said: Mama I want 2 B a magician, can you by me a guitare

No! what about a

...... ..

alexnvrmnd777 said:

yankem said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Awww, stop crying. It'll be all right.