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Have a great show everyone!

Any details? Setlist, people excited, something?...

Maybe because he will sing at the after Party!

Montreal is ready to funk all night

huskerdu said:

Good show, but the first night had way more encores and a better setlist. No adore, if I was ur girlfriend, baby I'm a. Star. Crowd seemed stunned that there was just 1-2 encores and finished. Sucks for me as I shelled good money thinking it'd be easier to get good seats the 2nd night, but you live and learn. Here is a rough setlist, but I'm not as familiar with the covers so expect something more accurate to come: Gold You will be moved Let's go crazy 1999 Delierious Little red corvette play that funky music white boy Purple rain Everyday people Nothing compares to u Angel (sarah mclaughlin cover) Take me with u Controversy Sampler set: Doves cry I would die 4 u Sign o the times Kiss Most beautiful girl in the world I'm sure I'm forgetting some songs and the order is off but that's the gist of it. Really wish I went last night instead though. [Edited 11/26/11 20:43pm]

Tonight was fun, and I was thrilled to hear Gold, Hot Thing and a few others, but the boring ass covers set brought things waaaay down for me. The crowd seemed to dig it though.

A few things to note: He sang U Will Be With Me over the first half of Shh, which was kind of neat to hear, and he tossed a few lines from Extralovable into Little Red Corvette. I really do dig this new arrangment, but does he not usually play guitar on it? I'd only heard the Montreaux recording before tonight, and he obviously lets rip on that one.

All in all it was a great show, but I wish I'd gone to last night's night show too.

Edit: Where the hell was Maceo?

[Edited 11/26/11 21:28pm]

prince seemed to be in a MUCH better mood tonight than yesterday (and it's not like he was a wet towel yesterday). This was my favourite Prince show so far (compared to yesterday's show and the first of the two shows in Montreal last summer). His energy and performance was much higher. His singing and guitar playing was better...

highlights for me:

Shhh + U Will Be With Me (wowzers, I liked this much better than Adore from yesterday - and I love Adore)

Mountains - non crappy version

The giant funk medley with the covers and stuff... Lots of funky guitar and a version of Alphabet St that I really liked. Not the one that's more rockabilly.

I liked Shelby and the girls, too! I liked the songs they sang and I like how Shelby wasn't telling everyone to clap their hands all the time.

Again, just in general the level of energy and effort put into the vocal performance was great. Last night felt like a great show from Old Man Prince. Tonight though... judging from what I've seen on youtube, I'd prefer tonights performance to even most of his 80s shows.

[Edited 11/26/11 22:45pm]

i wasn't at the show last night but from what i heard tonight and read about last night i think last night was probably better. (if not only for the 5 encores)

only 2 encores, hubby was not impressed with all of the covers.

the energy was high and most people danced all night.

he brought people from both sides of the stage to dance.

from where we were sitting the vip tables didn't seem all that special to me. his stage is very high and any movement from him across the stage andyou couldn't see him.

as far as i am concerned if i am in a room with prince and i can see him sweat, not have to look on the big screen to see it, it is a good night:lol:

we were in section 120, row 8 - got the tickets earlier in the day for $67 taxes in and the seats were AWESOME!!!

we were sitting behind a degrassi actress, the former editor of flare magazine and in front of the actor idris elba (got a pic with him)

i am one happy camper

fusk said:

prince seemed to be in a MUCH better mood tonight than yesterday (and it's not like he was a wet towel yesterday). This was my favourite Prince show so far (compared to yesterday's show and the first of the two shows in Montreal last summer). His energy and performance was much higher. His singing and guitar playing was better...

highlights for me:

Shhh + U Will Be With Me (wowzers, I liked this much better than Adore from yesterday - and I love Adore)

Mountains - non crappy version

The giant funk medley with the covers and stuff... Lots of funky guitar and a version of Alphabet St that I really liked. Not the one that's more rockabilly.

I liked Shelby and the girls, too! I liked the songs they sang and I like how Shelby wasn't telling everyone to clap their hands all the time.

Again, just in general the level of energy and effort put into the vocal performance was great. Last night felt like a great show from Old Man Prince. Tonight though... judging from what I've seen on youtube, I'd prefer tonights performance to even most of his 80s shows.

[Edited 11/26/11 22:45pm]

I think Shelby shouted "Put Your Hands Up," at least 400 times total in the 6 shows I saw this year. Either she is sick, or you are lying. Just kidding... Ok, maybe Prince has figured out that saying Put Your Hands Up a billion times more than you hear at a hip hop concert doesn't help matters.

if she did, i didn't notice at all. I'm a Shelby fan now!

Maybe I have a skewed perception of things because before the show i was feelin' down because of some issues with a close friend, but the show made me feel totally happy with everyone and everything. It really made my day.

I was at the Nov 25th show (last night) and tonight was much better. Yes he does a whole lotta covers for some dumb reason but tonight was a party from start to finish. There was also less of those lame back-up singers annoying me tonight and more Prince!

I wish Prince would just understand that we are there to see and hear him, not some covers or back-up singers (unless he gets some hot girls like Sheila E).

Its weird because last night was much longer but tonight was tighter and more up-beat....You can't mess with HOT THING...that beat is just crazy awesome!

huskerdu said:

Good show, but the first night had way more encores and a better setlist. No adore, if I was ur girlfriend, baby I'm a. Star. Crowd seemed stunned that there was just 1-2 encores and finished. Sucks for me as I shelled good money thinking it'd be easier to get good seats the 2nd night, but you live and learn. Here is a rough setlist, but I'm not as familiar with the covers so expect something more accurate to come: Gold You will be moved Let's go crazy 1999 Delierious Little red corvette play that funky music white boy Purple rain Everyday people Nothing compares to u Angel (sarah mclaughlin cover) Take me with u Controversy Sampler set: Doves cry I would die 4 u Sign o the times Kiss Most beautiful girl in the world I'm sure I'm forgetting some songs and the order is off but that's the gist of it. Really wish I went last night instead though. [Edited 11/26/11 20:43pm]

You will be moved

NO he didn't

I love the way Prince is pulling out these delish treats

TwiliteKid said:

Tonight was fun, and I was thrilled to hear Gold, Hot Thing and a few others, but the boring ass covers set brought things waaaay down for me. The crowd seemed to dig it though.

A few things to note: He sang U Will Be With Me over the first half of Shh, which was kind of neat to hear, and he tossed a few lines from Extralovable into Little Red Corvette. I really do dig this new arrangment, but does he not usually play guitar on it? I'd only heard the Montreaux recording before tonight, and he obviously lets rip on that one.

All in all it was a great show, but I wish I'd gone to last night's night show too.

Edit: Where the hell was Maceo?

[Edited 11/26/11 21:28pm]

thx 4 that. Maceo had another show w/ Pee Wee. This is his FBook post:

So Maceo wasn't there, does that mean that there was no opening act?

rialb said:

So Maceo wasn't there, does that mean that there was no opening act?

Much better show tonight...

The arena was nearly full...

Prince came with the hits and tore the place up...

The aftershow was neat but he didn't hit the stage - instead he MCd from somewhere in the club with a live mic on..

Definately disappointed with him not getting on stage but will stay focused on the positive - he destroyed the arena show!!!!

J

nooooooooooooooooooo he did Gold without me there!!!! shit!!!!

I'll get over it. I promise, really.

I think the show was better as well tonight, even if shorter. Starting with Gold was so powerful, and I was feeling much more emotions than last night.

Even if some songs were the same as yesterday, the whole repertoire was higher in quality today.

The Hohner Telecaster was more aggressive, and he played the Stratocaster on a kinda cover of Wild Thing, maybe because it's Jimi's birthday tomorrow...

Less people came to dance on the stage tonight, but one girl was the lucky one because Prince passed the Guitar to her at the end of a song. She didn't happen to play... but she touched it

The bad news is that security was very strict with the cameras tonight. NO cameras were allowed, I had to try my chance to a second gate to be able to get in.

I'll post on the afterparty thread, I was there as well.

It looks like it is the same setlist for a while now over and over again with only little surprises.

I wish Prince would take a long enough break to show up with something "new"...

Always interesting that as a group we have such different preferences/expectations from/for Prince.

I was at both nights - very different shows.

Friday was more of a sustained dance party and featured Maceo. It was unique because it went on forever.

Saturday was more a "guitar" night - SHHH/Crimson Clover. Tighter more traditional show.

And I love the covers - I want to hear him play stuff I have never heard him play live.....appreciate the hits, but have heard them before and I want to see the band stretch out on something unexpected. The Bob Marley tune was beautiful.

And after 14 shows, I finally got Mountains live which made the night.

Good to meet cami41 - when my wife finds out "Stringer Bell" was sitting that close and you got a picture and she did not..........maybe I just won't tell her.

Hope to see you in London.

All in all it seems like a great show, like the W2A ones. But I too cringe on the thought of his backup singings being given so much stage time and covers, I mean why? He keeps telling his fans he's got so many hits, etc... yet he feels he needs to educate us by introducing other people's songs? One or two at the most is OK… Reading reviews on here sometimes lowers my expectations for the upcoming show (I'll be attending the Halifax concert)… I always fear that it'll be a bit dissappointing, but from experience, it shouldl be amazing. I'm paying money to see Prince sing Prince songs, and play the guitar and the piano, and the bass… is that too much to ask for?

…no? OK, AND that he plays Dreamer, The Beautiful Ones, Laydown, Controversy, Beggin' Blues Woman and The Question of U!

Voog said:

(...) I'm paying money to see Prince sing Prince songs, and play the guitar and the piano, and the bass… is that too much to ask for?

…no? OK, AND that he plays Dreamer, The Beautiful Ones, Laydown, Controversy, Beggin' Blues Woman and The Question of U!

I still dream to see Elephants and Flowers live too...

Next concert is ours, lady!!!

Voog said:

All in all it seems like a great show, like the W2A ones. But I too cringe on the thought of his backup singings being given so much stage time and covers, I mean why? He keeps telling his fans he's got so many hits, etc... yet he feels he needs to educate us by introducing other people's songs? One or two at the most is OK… Reading reviews on here sometimes lowers my expectations for the upcoming show (I'll be attending the Halifax concert)… I always fear that it'll be a bit dissappointing, but from experience, it shouldl be amazing. I'm paying money to see Prince sing Prince songs, and play the guitar and the piano, and the bass… is that too much to ask for?

…no? OK, AND that he plays Dreamer, The Beautiful Ones, Laydown, Controversy, Beggin' Blues Woman and The Question of U!

Co-sign.

It is a nice gesture of him to pay respect and homage to his old school heroes but...do they really benefit in any form from that? Do they sell more CDs because of Prince covering them? And in case of those who are dead, do their families benefit from it? Does Prince pay any fees for doing cover tunes? Do these artists even WANT to be covered by Prince and Shelby?

It was nice when he used to do it occasionally during some of the aftershows in the 80s and 90s, and back then he would change the tunes he´d cover but these days it´s a whole different story. Sometimes Shelby and the coverversions become way too dominant, and yes, just like you, I go to a Prince concert to see and hear Prince and his music, not Shelby, not a bunch of covers.

It´s nice of him to educate people about those old school artists but the fact is that these days, with the younger generation knowing very little about Prince and with his strict anti-Youtube policies, he really should focus about educating people about HIS OWN back catalogue.

He´s written so many great songs that people hardly even know.

I´d rather see a shorter, tighter show with more Prince content than a 3 or 4 hour show with Shelby and the band doing cover versions or Shelby butchering trademark Prince songs.

I like Shelby but I think Prince´s shows would be better without her.She´s too dominant and I never really liked those eras where Prince had dominant singers that would get a huge spot on his stage.

Bonnie Boyer was different, her voice was used in moderation and she added a lot to the Sign of the Times and Lovesexy tours. May she rest in peace.

this is cracking me up....

and during 'controversy' when she says 'clap your hands, yall.. stomp ya feet'..

i just want to SMACK HER!

stillwaiting said:

fusk said:

prince seemed to be in a MUCH better mood tonight than yesterday (and it's not like he was a wet towel yesterday). This was my favourite Prince show so far (compared to yesterday's show and the first of the two shows in Montreal last summer). His energy and performance was much higher. His singing and guitar playing was better...

highlights for me:

Shhh + U Will Be With Me (wowzers, I liked this much better than Adore from yesterday - and I love Adore)

Mountains - non crappy version

The giant funk medley with the covers and stuff... Lots of funky guitar and a version of Alphabet St that I really liked. Not the one that's more rockabilly.

I liked Shelby and the girls, too! I liked the songs they sang and I like how Shelby wasn't telling everyone to clap their hands all the time.

Again, just in general the level of energy and effort put into the vocal performance was great. Last night felt like a great show from Old Man Prince. Tonight though... judging from what I've seen on youtube, I'd prefer tonights performance to even most of his 80s shows.

[Edited 11/26/11 22:45pm]

I think Shelby shouted "Put Your Hands Up," at least 400 times total in the 6 shows I saw this year. Either she is sick, or you are lying. Just kidding... Ok, maybe Prince has figured out that saying Put Your Hands Up a billion times more than you hear at a hip hop concert doesn't help matters.

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

this is cracking me up....

and during 'controversy' when she says 'clap your hands, yall.. stomp ya feet'..

i just want to SMACK HER!

stillwaiting said:

I think Shelby shouted "Put Your Hands Up," at least 400 times total in the 6 shows I saw this year. Either she is sick, or you are lying. Just kidding... Ok, maybe Prince has figured out that saying Put Your Hands Up a billion times more than you hear at a hip hop concert doesn't help matters.

Prince seems to have no clue what people like about his shows and his songs in the first place.

I think we give Prince too much credit in the "Prince always knows best" department.

The man is eradicating his live reputation now just like he effectively destroyed his reputation as an innovative recording artist/record maker.

It has been said many times by many people whom have worked closely with him...Prince is in bereft need of an editor, or at least someone he can bounce ideas off of.

He has pretty much played these same songs in roughly the same order for many years now.

I think he is phoning it in.

Who told him having Shelby be an integral part of the show was a good idea?

Who told him spot-lighting the background singers too much was a good idea?

Who told him that doing a bunch of cover songs was a good idea?

Who told him that Andy Allo's rap on ExtraLoveable was a good idea?

ETC...ETC...ETC...

The answer to these questions would be,nobody.

Prince makes these decisions, soley.

He is the one who thinks this stuff is cool.

Face it.

Prince has become an oldies act.

maybe we will get lucky and one of the npg will read our posts and STOP the "hands up".

nice to meet solomonthedog. i think the 4 of us were the most dressed up in the place

i will bring the pic of 'stringer' to london - if you decide to tell her

hubby and i both agreed that the musicology tour was much better. better set list, more if not ALL prince songs and not to much from the backup singers.

but 'any day is a holiday' with his Purpleness

Here's the set list:

Gold

Purple Rain

Let's Go Crazy

Delirious

Let's Go Crazy (reprise)

1999

Shhh w/ You will be with me

Mountains

Everyday People w/ Love Rollercoaster

Alphabet St

Play that funky music

Angel

Nothingompares 2 U

Crimson and Clover w/ Waiting in vain

Controversy w/ I Like Funky Music chant, Housequake chant

Sexy Dancer w/ Get down tonight

Controversy (reprise)

Encore 1

Little red corvette w/ Extra lovable

Take me with U

Raspberry Beret

Cream

Cool w/ Don't Stop til you get enough

Encore 2

Sampler Set

When Doves Cry

Nasty Girl

Sign o the times

TMBGITW

I Would die 4 U

Darling Nikki

Hot Thing

Kiss