May 11 - Sydney - Allphones Arena

Reply #92 posted 05/11/12 7:07am

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Lovesexy?!

Yeah. The guy who was posting live reports wrote:

23:09pm Ahhh everyone has their phones out lighting the stadium to LOVESEXY!!! and we’re back to funky!! Sorry for the delay on that I was too busy losing my shit!

See the man with the blue guitar, maybe one day he`ll be a star...

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Reply #93 posted 05/11/12 7:14am

Dreamer20ten	Nightcrawler said: Llanishenlad said: Lovesexy?! Yeah. The guy who was posting live reports wrote: 23:09pm Ahhh everyone has their phones out lighting the stadium to LOVESEXY!!! and we’re back to funky!! Sorry for the delay on that I was too busy losing my shit! Going by other tweets at that time, it must have been Controversy!
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Reply #94 posted 05/11/12 7:15am

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Hot Thing: "This cannot be reproduced by a band....because I am that band"

Seemed like the SOTT did just fine "reproducing" Hot Thing. Sounds like your band needs a fuckin' upgrade, son (something I've been saying for YEARS now).

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Prince: “We should be grateful for one another and be grateful for music, it brings people together. Why else would we all be here? Free Pizza?

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Reply #95 posted 05/11/12 7:38am

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What on earth r people talking about? He did NOT play ' Lovesexy'. Or 'Money Don't Matter 2 Nite'.

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Reply #96 posted 05/11/12 7:48am

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Show 1 of 4 down. Great to meet Peach and Black boys, thanks for the meet up, I will be there tomorrow too.

In terms of the show very interesting opening:

Gold (complete with glitter drop and arm waving)
Jam of the Year ( what? Didn't see that one coming. Apparently Australia is the Jam of the Year.)

Overall the night was fraught with sound problems, Prince constantly asking for sound adjustments. Don't know who that guy guitar technician was but he should get a slap for his performance. Guitar solo on Let's Go Crazy aborted. Problems during Little Red Corvette too. I hate to see Prince want to shred with the crowd begging for it and the build up of the extended Let's Go Crazy (with Delirious) and then the song just ends.

There were some nice moments with Andy McGee, Sometimes It Snows In April was nice but I would say the energy of the show was a bit up and now. 3 hours is not long enough! It just felt like the pace/flow was a little off. (For me)

This all changed with Cool. He got people up on stage and really turned it out on this one. The sampler set was better than I saw in the W2A shows. The crowd loved it, he played almost the whole of Doves Cry, and had the 80s SOTT chanting going on, Forever in my life was great but the lights were down and for the whole thing and it seemed like the lighting people were also off the mark tonight, missing key moments where there should have been spots etc. At times Prince seemed annoyed slightly but he kept the crowd excited and dancing anyway. Some people didn't seem to care! Alot of people were sweating and beat after the dance a thon. I have to say I missed Let's Work with the Ida bass slap. It was also a weird set up with Mike Hayes up above the soundboard away from the stage. Prince signaled to him a few times but he was hard to see. Weird that.

The other rarity was Love Thy Will be Done, unexpected.. Overall I would say a below average show for Prince. (still awesome but comparitively, could have been better but most of that was due to technical faults, Prince himself was on as much as he could be. Very talkative to Sydney! Overall, it all felt slightly like he never found his groove for any length of time. I think the breaks were also a little long. He needs to tune the mixing and sort out the guitar and lights. I don't want any distractions. It needs to look and sound seamless and it usually is. But Prince did pull off some genius guitar work and had the whole place screaming at the top of their lungs to Purple Rain.

My personal fave for the night was The Dance Electric. After listening to it over the last 2 weeks from Funkenberry, it sounded fresh, vibrant and probably gave the biggest dose of funk in my opinion.

Predictable, with some surprises, the guy never disappoints, they will iron out the kinks. Bring on Show 2. The casual fans were happy. On the train on the way home I heard people saying, why didn't he play Diamonds and Pearls of Gett Off. 20 years later and Sydneysiders still have an affinity with that album as it was his first tour and made for one of his top selling albums in this country.

Thanks Prince for coming back to Sydney and thanks to Peach ad Black for making me feel like at home. As I said, bring on May 12th!

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Reply #97 posted 05/11/12 7:57am

alexnvrmnd777	80spfantwp said: alexnvrmnd777 said: Seemed like the SOTT did just fine "reproducing" Hot Thing. Sounds like your band needs a fuckin' upgrade, son (something I've been saying for YEARS now). The SOTT movie had overdubs and you know it - I wasn't talking just the SOTT movie, though. He did it on tour live.
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Reply #98 posted 05/11/12 7:59am

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The best night of my life! Finally seeing Prince live, a dream come true! I loved every moment of it. So many highlights. I know for many of you veterans maybe seeing the hits for the xth time or a sampler set instead of a live rendition, maybe you guys might find the setlists dull or expect more. But for someone who's just seen him for the first time, I don't care if he used a sampler. I'll say it, I loved it! I loved every single song, I'm so grateful that he came to Sydney. This is the best feeling ever.

And how awesome was it when he came back riding his bike, and played Peach! So many people left already. My girlfriend was telling me that we should go. I was like, "Sit down, there's no way we're going yet." biggrin

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Reply #99 posted 05/11/12 8:03am

maybe im going to be the only one who was totally underwhelmed by that concert then?

I was at the 02 for several of them in 07, and I thought that was way better than this, and for less than 30% of the price.

The sound in Allphones was terrible

The bass and drums were way too overpowering. Couldnt hardly make out Princes guitar.

Andy McKees guitar was mixed way too low too. He's a great guitarist in his own right and deserves to be heard. Not sure he fits into Princes show. He's fantastic, just not sure he fits

Also Princes guitar didnt work in Lets Go Crazy or Little Red Corvette. He did well to improvise, but it ruined both fo rme, and he wasnt happy.

setlist quite interesting tho, but I will never see another gig at Allphones after this. Acoustics and sound terrible. I was on 2nd floor. Was sound bad for everyone else?

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Reply #100 posted 05/11/12 8:03am

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Vict0r said:

The best night of my life! Finally seeing Prince live, a dream come true! I loved every moment of it. So many highlights. I know for many of you veterans maybe seeing the hits for the xth time or a sampler set instead of a live rendition, maybe you guys might find the setlists dull or expect more. But for someone who's just seen him for the first time, I don't care if he used a sampler. I'll say it, I loved it! I loved every single song, I'm so grateful that he came to Sydney. This is the best feeling ever.

And how awesome was it when he came back riding his bike, and played Peach! So many people left already. My girlfriend was telling me that we should go. I was like, "Sit down, there's no way we're going yet."

I don't blame you lol

Glad that you had a great time!! Yea

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Reply #101 posted 05/11/12 8:07am

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PurpleRayven said:

Vict0r said:

The best night of my life! Finally seeing Prince live, a dream come true! I loved every moment of it. So many highlights. I know for many of you veterans maybe seeing the hits for the xth time or a sampler set instead of a live rendition, maybe you guys might find the setlists dull or expect more. But for someone who's just seen him for the first time, I don't care if he used a sampler. I'll say it, I loved it! I loved every single song, I'm so grateful that he came to Sydney. This is the best feeling ever.

And how awesome was it when he came back riding his bike, and played Peach! So many people left already. My girlfriend was telling me that we should go. I was like, "Sit down, there's no way we're going yet."

I don't blame you

Glad that you had a great time!! Yea

So glad I was seated where I was! I was sitting just directly above where Prince and the NPG entered and left the arena smile

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Reply #102 posted 05/11/12 8:08am

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Apologies for iPhone spelling

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Reply #103 posted 05/11/12 8:13am

btw in answer to earlier ?s

no Andy Allo

it was $ from lotusflow3r

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he didnt make any comment on the guitar probs, he just got on with it

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Reply #104 posted 05/11/12 8:18am

peri1025	hmm interesting....pretty cold when you're replaced by someone with your same name ;/ although i'm not entirely sure shes out of the prince camp i know he must have been pissed about the guitar problems! wth did damaris lewis do onstage? milesb said: btw in answer to earlier ?s no Andy Allo it was $ from lotusflow3r and he didnt make any comment on the guitar probs, he just got on with it
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Reply #105 posted 05/11/12 8:24am

jaawwnn	Did he/they sing much of Dance Electric or was it mainly a jam?
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Reply #106 posted 05/11/12 8:36am

kookooman73	Please please please could someone get me a tour program. I'm willing 2 buy via paypal one 4 u 2 plus P&P 2 the UK. The opening concert sounded awesome. Wish I was there!
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Reply #107 posted 05/11/12 8:37am

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milesb said:

Was sound bad for everyone else?

In a word: yes

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Reply #108 posted 05/11/12 8:37am

SometimesIwond er	Woowee that set list looks mega!! And a few nice little surprises indeed!! Are there any photos?
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Reply #109 posted 05/11/12 8:39am

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Did he/they sing much of Dance Electric or was it mainly a jam?

No it was a full song. Not just a chant. Sounded alot like the rehearsal. I don't think too many people knew it lol

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Reply #110 posted 05/11/12 8:39am

dayzofwyld	milesb said: btw in answer to earlier ?s no Andy Allo it was $ from lotusflow3r and he didnt make any comment on the guitar probs, he just got on with it No Andy Allo ... wonder why ... oh I know ... what exactly does she do ... float around like earth mother and pretend to play a few chords on the guitar!
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Reply #111 posted 05/11/12 8:40am

demaris lewis sang a bit and mainly did some beyonce style booty shaking with the usual "im scared of you" Prince comment. Dance Electric was basically the same as you heard on the rehearsal snippet. Except with worse sound smile I'll stop going on about the sound now. Maybe I'll focus on ranting about the aftershow debacle tomorrow night. Shame I aint in the Sydney elite

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Reply #112 posted 05/11/12 8:44am

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serpan99 said:

the merch looks good but why is the only cd the hits/b sides? lol

man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81

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Reply #113 posted 05/11/12 8:49am

hey one more bit of info for you tto, before I go snoozing. No Renato and no horn section. Tata have fun tomorrow I bet they'll sort things out better. 1st night of tour always has wrinkles

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Reply #114 posted 05/11/12 8:54am

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epronk said:

http://www.noise11.com/news/prince-plays-first-show-for-2012-in-sydney-20120511

Here is the setlist for Prince at Allphones Arena, Friday May 11.

Gold (from The Gold Experience, 1995)
Jam Of The Year (from Emancipation, 1996)
Song Of The Heart (from Happy Feet)
Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (from Diamonds and Pearls, 1991)
Let’s Go Crazy (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Delirious (from 1999, 1982)
1999 (from 1999, 1982)
Little Red Corvette (from 1999, 1982)
Nothing Compares 2U (recorded by Sinead O’Connor)
Take Me With U (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Raspberry Berry (from Around The World In A Day, 1985)
Cream (from Diamonds and Pearls, 1991)
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson cover)

Sometimes It Snows In April (from Parade, 1986)
Love Thy Will B Done (recorded by Martika)
Mountains (from Parade, 1986)

Dance Electric
When Doves Cry (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Nasty Girl (recorded by Vanity 6)
Sign O The Times (from Sign O The Times, 1987)
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (from The Gold Experience, 1995)
Forever In My Life (from Sign O The Times, 1987)
I Would Die 4U (from Purple Rain, 1984)

Purple Rain (from Purple Rain, 1984)

Controversy (from Controversy, 1981)

Peach (from The Hits2, 1993)

give credit where credit is due please ..the family recorded nothing compares 2 u way b4 sinead botched it up

man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81

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Reply #115 posted 05/11/12 8:54am

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http://www.princevault.co..._May,_2012 this link describes the show with set list and appearances. no guitar for two songs due to malfunction

"who need the exercise"..lol

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Reply #116 posted 05/11/12 8:55am

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80spfantwp said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Seemed like the SOTT did just fine "reproducing" Hot Thing. Sounds like your band needs a fuckin' upgrade, son (something I've been saying for YEARS now).

The SOTT movie had overdubs and you know it -

He owned that crowd!

20,000 fans just went of the chain Crazaaay over in Australia - seems like they disagree with ya

perhaps the movie did have overdubs however for the majority of that tour, that band managed 2 play the full song just fine

man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81

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Reply #117 posted 05/11/12 9:05am

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nice balance of songs tho it seems ..keep it up prince!

man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81

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Reply #118 posted 05/11/12 9:07am

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L4OATheOriginal said:

the merch looks good but why is the only cd the hits/b sides? lol

Cause otherwise they're gonna have to have like 30 different albums up

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Reply #119 posted 05/11/12 9:09am

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Wow, that looked wonderful based on what I read here, lucky Aussies! Hope you enjoyed a LOT!

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