[Edited 1/19/13 6:13am]

rafael said:

serpan99 said:

"ICNTTPOYM"

By Baron3121

killer setlist....great!!

18 j 2013 Dakota last nite b4 die!
8pm show

Endorphinmachine
Screwdriver
When U Were Mine
Guitar
I Like It There
I'm Yours (IIRC)
She's Always in My Hair
Bambi
New piano + band jam
Beautiful Strange
Purple Rain (from piano)
Cause and Effect
Dreamer
Elephants and Flowers

addition: i am yours and e&f.....

Was I the only person who heard "How come you don't U call me anymore" @ the 8PM show - did I dream that?

[Edited 1/19/13 6:13am]

Yeah pretty much exactly what I was hoping for. Dammit.

Hope these girls perform at Paisley soon.

onecrush said:

ugh, jealous at the people that heard Screwdiver in full version live.

Now that the Dakota shows are over, do we know any more than we did before? Specifically, was any insight given/hinted at with regard to the following:

1: Is the NPG still the/a ongoing Prince backing band? 2: Is the new female trio the/a ongoing Prince backing band (and if so, 2a: in addition to the NPG or in place of)? 3: Is the new female band called 3rd Eye (Girl)?

I figured these questions would be settled by the end of this run, but really it only seems more muddled to me. I mean, not only did the NPG play a set, Prince was auditioning a new drummer for it -- just after he recruited new players (that included a drummer) and has been rehearsing them for weeks. Do you think Prince might be planning to take two outfits on the road and play different sets with each configuration? In Marvin's immortal words, "What's Going On"?

livewire said:

I have a gut feeling that the new drummer may be for Andy Allo as she will probably be the opening act for the next tour - seeing as how her record is released on the NPG label and all.

His sound may suit her music better than the direction Prince seems to be going on towards heavier rock - which is all good with me !

2nd show Friday night - Legendary! I've seen Prince a lot. The song list doesn't do it justice. Here's how it was different. Mind you I'm not a musican. The sound volume was Perfect. His guitar playing rediculously clean. His voice, also very clean and he throws it around like it should be illegal. From screams to whispers. The band very rock heavy. Hanna, ridiculously fun to watch and drop dead sexy. Prince was in a terrific mood. As relaxed fun and true as I've ever seen him. Kind of like he wasn't Prince but more like the kid from Central High throwing a little show. The crowd and intimate setting added an entirely different element that he leveraged to the max.

Endorphinmachine - Rocked as hard as 95. Maybe harder. The extra metal he's getting from his guitar player, he never had before. It was hard and edgy. like 80's metal. The Endorphinmachine scream was tight. And he started the show with an ohyah. I didn't think he could be as raw and hard as Summer of 95. Whoops I was wrong. This song pounced on you and ate you for lunch.

Screwdriver (new) -New songs are hard to get into. I'm your driver your my screw, multiple times with voice inflextions all over the place up, down, deep and then the crowd trading places with the chorus I'm your driver your my screw. Mindblowing. Guitars were blazing mad. Dirty rock hard in a way too funky place. This song live is AWESOME. It rolls through like a big thunderstorm that scares you with power. Prince singing very free and funky like dirty come hither. He could have played this another 20 minutes and I would have been cool. It was that freakin good and nasty...although he said it's not what you think ...yeah

Beautiful Strange - After blowing MPLS up for 2 songs, this was slow, at first I was like no don't kill the mood even though I like the song alot. And then it got slower and softer and the place was dead silent except for this soft almost heavenly prince whimpering beautiful strange from his piano. I like the song, but this was spine tingling almost reilgious. It had everyone in almost a spiritual state.

Purple Rain - I've heard this too many times was hoping for something else...except, this was something else. It was the bluesy version, the crowd (choir) as Prince referenced us was doing the oh oh oh and most of the singing. He bounced in at the right times when we would let him sing and pounce on something like "I never want to be you're weekend lover" It felt like a garage band at a house party with every body singing to bring the song to life, of course with perfect instruments and Prince's voice. We all mixed this one up and made it our own. Different than the stadium concerts.

Guitar - Song deserves to be played live, it rocked I won't lie, similar to past times I've heard it live and similar to the album, but better. Again the girls add extra metal and a rock edge. Everything was tight. Great song for a live audience. audience yelled with Prince "but not like my guitar" on the chorus, because his guitar was king he tore it up. The one thing, as fun as this is live with riffs and hooks and melody...ScrewDriver is better and nastier.

I Like it There -This song rocks live. Some of the crowd didn't know his deeper cuts like this. Somehow and I'm not sure how, he changed up this song and had us all singing "I like it there" but different than the record. The song started heavy and then went into this really cool crowd participation funk blues rock jam something or other. He kept saying he didn't know how to get out of the song and we kept singing and grooving. It turned into the coolist freakin song, partially because people didn't know it off the record and he turned into something way better than the studio version. Can't explain...I wish the song could have gone on another 30 minutes I was purplexed how he made this cool.

She’s Always in My Hair - Classic, he played pretty straight up like you've heard before live. Somethings just shouldn't be messed with. He kept this one straight like a classic should be done live. Was it awesome, of course.

Dreamer - Great song live, similar to what you've heard except it rocked harder that the studio version. This was maybe the one song that was my least favorite if I can say that. But there was a lot of guitar slaying and for those who really love this song...he did it more than justice, he ripped it open and throw it back at us.

Encore #1
Instrumental piano ballad - Thanks Prince for letting us take a breather and just chill for a bit, great instrumental I think new. Very cool It was fun to watch Hanna look over at him on keys and just play.

Bambi -This song I love, a lot of the crowd didn't know it?? He tore it up and nasty like. The beauty of this song is how it starts kind of soft and then turns agressive. His voice was so smooth "Maybe it's because U're so young, or maybe I'm just 2 naive" creamy soft and rediculously clear and clean like he was trying to pick up my girlfriend (well she was just 6 feet away from him) and then bam stomp hot guitar heat and Prince screaming Bambi, it's better with a man!!! ...the band behind him blowing up their guitars. This is still one hot freakin song live!! 88 he laid the heat live...this was raw and freaking hard. Had me throwing my head aroun like an 80's rocker.

The Record/Compassion - Very good, nothing to compare to I haven't heard them live before, except Prince is wearing this funky pink panther hat and is lose and fun and bending his voice around melodies and lyrics and I'm thinking, I'll never see or hear this again. And that there is probably no other musician truely as talented as he. It was carefree, loose and fun. Like it was he and a couple of friends jamming in there basement goofing around.

Encore #2
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Think Sign O The Times version...and then forget about because this one was different. It was slow blues like and awesome. You could feel the tension, the crowd wanted to go fast like the normal version and Prince was taking us throw it slow and we had to stay with him. Then it stayed slow with every word crisp. He took us to a place with that song, we've never been. He was coming way off the mike and throwing his voice into it super soft like. Incredible song, I've never heard it like that before.

I was incredible, it was 1am. And it was hometown, heartfelt, off the chain legendary. Welcome home Prince!!

^ Thx very much 4 writing ur report!! Been waiting 2 hear from a fan what it was like last nite

serpan99 said:

^ Thx very much 4 writing ur report!! Been waiting 2 hear from a fan what it was like last nite

^^^Yeah that x10! Like to hear personal eyewitness reports of these gigs.

DJ Night Hosted by DJ Rashida and Prince

http://dakotacooks.com/event/dj-night

[Edited 1/20/13 0:38am]

Farfunknugin said:

livewire said:

Now that the Dakota shows are over, do we know any more than we did before? Specifically, was any insight given/hinted at with regard to the following:

1: Is the NPG still the/a ongoing Prince backing band? 2: Is the new female trio the/a ongoing Prince backing band (and if so, 2a: in addition to the NPG or in place of)? 3: Is the new female band called 3rd Eye (Girl)?

I figured these questions would be settled by the end of this run, but really it only seems more muddled to me. I mean, not only did the NPG play a set, Prince was auditioning a new drummer for it -- just after he recruited new players (that included a drummer) and has been rehearsing them for weeks. Do you think Prince might be planning to take two outfits on the road and play different sets with each configuration? In Marvin's immortal words, "What's Going On"?

Looks like prince is taking a page from jack white. 2 bands one night. Oh wait he did that in La in 2009

I've noticed a lot of musicians use different band members for different occasions.I think that's a good idea. He could use one group for his aftershows/small venues/private shows, and others for arena tours/tv appearances, especially with the variety of music he's known for, and what kind of sound he wants to present at the time, with the band members he hires.

His rock, funk/soul/r&b/blues/jazz, blues-rock/rockabilly/funk rock/pop all at once, in one show, and he could do that.

Imagine going to an arena show or even at a small venue, and within the timeframe of the entire show, he switches band members, for different sets, from guitar/bass/drums/keyboards?

It's like getting a slice of various sounds in one show, giving the diverse audience he usually attracts, a diverse band set, with a little bit of everything for everybody. He has pretty much done that before. I remember when Sheila E sat in on the drums for a bit at a Vegas show, and then Cora took over. I think doing that keeps his shows interesting.

[Edited 1/19/13 12:23pm]

fridays show sound like they were great.....too bad i havent seen him since 2002.....

Sounds expensive! That is a lot of band members on the payroll...Prince must be preparing 2 play every style of music he can this year...Can't wait 2 hear all these styles in his new "MasterPiece" album...

augustwinters said:

serpan99 said:

augustwinters said:

2nd show Friday night - Legendary! I've seen Prince a lot. The song list doesn't do it justice. Here's how it was different. Mind you I'm not a musican. The sound volume was Perfect. His guitar playing rediculously clean. His voice, also very clean and he throws it around like it should be illegal. From screams to whispers. The band very rock heavy. Hanna, ridiculously fun to watch and drop dead sexy. Prince was in a terrific mood. As relaxed fun and true as I've ever seen him. Kind of like he wasn't Prince but more like the kid from Central High throwing a little show. The crowd and intimate setting added an entirely different element that he leveraged to the max.

Endorphinmachine - Rocked as hard as 95. Maybe harder. The extra metal he's getting from his guitar player, he never had before. It was hard and edgy. like 80's metal. The Endorphinmachine scream was tight. And he started the show with an ohyah. I didn't think he could be as raw and hard as Summer of 95. Whoops I was wrong. This song pounced on you and ate you for lunch.

Screwdriver (new) -New songs are hard to get into. I'm your driver your my screw, multiple times with voice inflextions all over the place up, down, deep and then the crowd trading places with the chorus I'm your driver your my screw. Mindblowing. Guitars were blazing mad. Dirty rock hard in a way too funky place. This song live is AWESOME. It rolls through like a big thunderstorm that scares you with power. Prince singing very free and funky like dirty come hither. He could have played this another 20 minutes and I would have been cool. It was that freakin good and nasty...although he said it's not what you think ...yeah

Beautiful Strange - After blowing MPLS up for 2 songs, this was slow, at first I was like no don't kill the mood even though I like the song alot. And then it got slower and softer and the place was dead silent except for this soft almost heavenly prince whimpering beautiful strange from his piano. I like the song, but this was spine tingling almost reilgious. It had everyone in almost a spiritual state.

Purple Rain - I've heard this too many times was hoping for something else...except, this was something else. It was the bluesy version, the crowd (choir) as Prince referenced us was doing the oh oh oh and most of the singing. He bounced in at the right times when we would let him sing and pounce on something like "I never want to be you're weekend lover" It felt like a garage band at a house party with every body singing to bring the song to life, of course with perfect instruments and Prince's voice. We all mixed this one up and made it our own. Different than the stadium concerts.

Guitar - Song deserves to be played live, it rocked I won't lie, similar to past times I've heard it live and similar to the album, but better. Again the girls add extra metal and a rock edge. Everything was tight. Great song for a live audience. audience yelled with Prince "but not like my guitar" on the chorus, because his guitar was king he tore it up. The one thing, as fun as this is live with riffs and hooks and melody...ScrewDriver is better and nastier.

I Like it There -This song rocks live. Some of the crowd didn't know his deeper cuts like this. Somehow and I'm not sure how, he changed up this song and had us all singing "I like it there" but different than the record. The song started heavy and then went into this really cool crowd participation funk blues rock jam something or other. He kept saying he didn't know how to get out of the song and we kept singing and grooving. It turned into the coolist freakin song, partially because people didn't know it off the record and he turned into something way better than the studio version. Can't explain...I wish the song could have gone on another 30 minutes I was purplexed how he made this cool.

She’s Always in My Hair - Classic, he played pretty straight up like you've heard before live. Somethings just shouldn't be messed with. He kept this one straight like a classic should be done live. Was it awesome, of course.

Dreamer - Great song live, similar to what you've heard except it rocked harder that the studio version. This was maybe the one song that was my least favorite if I can say that. But there was a lot of guitar slaying and for those who really love this song...he did it more than justice, he ripped it open and throw it back at us.

Encore #1
Instrumental piano ballad - Thanks Prince for letting us take a breather and just chill for a bit, great instrumental I think new. Very cool It was fun to watch Hanna look over at him on keys and just play.

Bambi -This song I love, a lot of the crowd didn't know it?? He tore it up and nasty like. The beauty of this song is how it starts kind of soft and then turns agressive. His voice was so smooth "Maybe it's because U're so young, or maybe I'm just 2 naive" creamy soft and rediculously clear and clean like he was trying to pick up my girlfriend (well she was just 6 feet away from him) and then bam stomp hot guitar heat and Prince screaming Bambi, it's better with a man!!! ...the band behind him blowing up their guitars. This is still one hot freakin song live!! 88 he laid the heat live...this was raw and freaking hard. Had me throwing my head aroun like an 80's rocker.

The Record/Compassion - Very good, nothing to compare to I haven't heard them live before, except Prince is wearing this funky pink panther hat and is lose and fun and bending his voice around melodies and lyrics and I'm thinking, I'll never see or hear this again. And that there is probably no other musician truely as talented as he. It was carefree, loose and fun. Like it was he and a couple of friends jamming in there basement goofing around.

Encore #2
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Think Sign O The Times version...and then forget about because this one was different. It was slow blues like and awesome. You could feel the tension, the crowd wanted to go fast like the normal version and Prince was taking us throw it slow and we had to stay with him. Then it stayed slow with every word crisp. He took us to a place with that song, we've never been. He was coming way off the mike and throwing his voice into it super soft like. Incredible song, I've never heard it like that before.

I was incredible, it was 1am. And it was hometown, heartfelt, off the chain legendary. Welcome home Prince!!

Now thats the kind of review Ive been waiting for. Thanks. Nice descriptions of music, atmosphere, and feeling. Excellent.

MunkiHanger said:

rafael said:

killer setlist....great!!

18 j 2013 Dakota last nite b4 die!
8pm show

Endorphinmachine
Screwdriver
When U Were Mine
Guitar
I Like It There
I'm Yours (IIRC)
She's Always in My Hair
Bambi
New piano + band jam
Beautiful Strange
Purple Rain (from piano)
Cause and Effect
Dreamer
Elephants and Flowers

addition: i am yours and e&f.....

Was I the only person who heard "How come you don't U call me anymore" @ the 8PM show - did I dream that?

[Edited 1/19/13 6:13am]

"The Guitar Set". That's what I'm talking about. What I wouldn't give for a full show of stuff like this, leaving the ballads, the piano and the sexy come ons to the ladies in the audience out of it for once and just give a straight up rock and roll show. Add in stuff like "The Ride", "Calhoun Square", "Fury", "The Cross" and maybe an acoustic set like Musicology just for pacing purposes.

augustwinters said:

2nd show Friday night - Legendary! I've seen Prince a lot. The song list doesn't do it justice. Here's how it was different. Mind you I'm not a musican. The sound volume was Perfect. His guitar playing rediculously clean. His voice, also very clean and he throws it around like it should be illegal. From screams to whispers. The band very rock heavy. Hanna, ridiculously fun to watch and drop dead sexy. Prince was in a terrific mood. As relaxed fun and true as I've ever seen him. Kind of like he wasn't Prince but more like the kid from Central High throwing a little show. The crowd and intimate setting added an entirely different element that he leveraged to the max.

Endorphinmachine - Rocked as hard as 95. Maybe harder. The extra metal he's getting from his guitar player, he never had before. It was hard and edgy. like 80's metal. The Endorphinmachine scream was tight. And he started the show with an ohyah. I didn't think he could be as raw and hard as Summer of 95. Whoops I was wrong. This song pounced on you and ate you for lunch.

Screwdriver (new) -New songs are hard to get into. I'm your driver your my screw, multiple times with voice inflextions all over the place up, down, deep and then the crowd trading places with the chorus I'm your driver your my screw. Mindblowing. Guitars were blazing mad. Dirty rock hard in a way too funky place. This song live is AWESOME. It rolls through like a big thunderstorm that scares you with power. Prince singing very free and funky like dirty come hither. He could have played this another 20 minutes and I would have been cool. It was that freakin good and nasty...although he said it's not what you think ...yeah

Beautiful Strange - After blowing MPLS up for 2 songs, this was slow, at first I was like no don't kill the mood even though I like the song alot. And then it got slower and softer and the place was dead silent except for this soft almost heavenly prince whimpering beautiful strange from his piano. I like the song, but this was spine tingling almost reilgious. It had everyone in almost a spiritual state.

Purple Rain - I've heard this too many times was hoping for something else...except, this was something else. It was the bluesy version, the crowd (choir) as Prince referenced us was doing the oh oh oh and most of the singing. He bounced in at the right times when we would let him sing and pounce on something like "I never want to be you're weekend lover" It felt like a garage band at a house party with every body singing to bring the song to life, of course with perfect instruments and Prince's voice. We all mixed this one up and made it our own. Different than the stadium concerts.

Guitar - Song deserves to be played live, it rocked I won't lie, similar to past times I've heard it live and similar to the album, but better. Again the girls add extra metal and a rock edge. Everything was tight. Great song for a live audience. audience yelled with Prince "but not like my guitar" on the chorus, because his guitar was king he tore it up. The one thing, as fun as this is live with riffs and hooks and melody...ScrewDriver is better and nastier.

I Like it There -This song rocks live. Some of the crowd didn't know his deeper cuts like this. Somehow and I'm not sure how, he changed up this song and had us all singing "I like it there" but different than the record. The song started heavy and then went into this really cool crowd participation funk blues rock jam something or other. He kept saying he didn't know how to get out of the song and we kept singing and grooving. It turned into the coolist freakin song, partially because people didn't know it off the record and he turned into something way better than the studio version. Can't explain...I wish the song could have gone on another 30 minutes I was purplexed how he made this cool.

She’s Always in My Hair - Classic, he played pretty straight up like you've heard before live. Somethings just shouldn't be messed with. He kept this one straight like a classic should be done live. Was it awesome, of course.

Dreamer - Great song live, similar to what you've heard except it rocked harder that the studio version. This was maybe the one song that was my least favorite if I can say that. But there was a lot of guitar slaying and for those who really love this song...he did it more than justice, he ripped it open and throw it back at us.

Encore #1
Instrumental piano ballad - Thanks Prince for letting us take a breather and just chill for a bit, great instrumental I think new. Very cool It was fun to watch Hanna look over at him on keys and just play.

Bambi -This song I love, a lot of the crowd didn't know it?? He tore it up and nasty like. The beauty of this song is how it starts kind of soft and then turns agressive. His voice was so smooth "Maybe it's because U're so young, or maybe I'm just 2 naive" creamy soft and rediculously clear and clean like he was trying to pick up my girlfriend (well she was just 6 feet away from him) and then bam stomp hot guitar heat and Prince screaming Bambi, it's better with a man!!! ...the band behind him blowing up their guitars. This is still one hot freakin song live!! 88 he laid the heat live...this was raw and freaking hard. Had me throwing my head aroun like an 80's rocker.

The Record/Compassion - Very good, nothing to compare to I haven't heard them live before, except Prince is wearing this funky pink panther hat and is lose and fun and bending his voice around melodies and lyrics and I'm thinking, I'll never see or hear this again. And that there is probably no other musician truely as talented as he. It was carefree, loose and fun. Like it was he and a couple of friends jamming in there basement goofing around.

Encore #2
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Think Sign O The Times version...and then forget about because this one was different. It was slow blues like and awesome. You could feel the tension, the crowd wanted to go fast like the normal version and Prince was taking us throw it slow and we had to stay with him. Then it stayed slow with every word crisp. He took us to a place with that song, we've never been. He was coming way off the mike and throwing his voice into it super soft like. Incredible song, I've never heard it like that before.

I was incredible, it was 1am. And it was hometown, heartfelt, off the chain legendary. Welcome home Prince!!

Thanks for sharing your experience, glad you had a great time.

[Edited 1/19/13 13:12pm]

Prince's new horn section. Which witnessed at the Jimmy Kimmel Show last year with both & Andy's band is a "MasterPiece"......He has really assembled a great band sound this time...

serpan99 said:

onecrush said:

Does this mean Larry Graham is finally out of the picture as far as sharing or should i say hogging stage time. Lets pray that is so.

DONT JINX IT!

Its like when a pitcher is throwing a no hitter.... but you cant say it because it will be jinxed!

but i am DEFINITELY praying with u!

2elijah said:

Farfunknugin said:

livewire said: Looks like prince is taking a page from jack white. 2 bands one night. Oh wait he did that in La in 2009

I've noticed a lot of musicians use different band members for different occasions.I think that's a good idea. He could use one group for his aftershows/small venues/private shows, and others for arena tours/tv appearances, especially with the variety of music he's known for, and what kind of sound he wants to present at the time, with the band members he hires.

His rock, funk/soul/r&b/blues/jazz, blues-rock/rockabilly/funk rock/pop all at once, in one show, and he could do that.

Imagine going to an arena show or even at a small venue, and within the timeframe of the entire show, he switches band members, for different sets, from guitar/bass/drums/keyboards?

It's like getting a slice of various sounds in one show, giving the diverse audience he usually attracts, a diverse band set, with a little bit of everything for everybody. He has pretty much done that before. I remember when Sheila E sat in on the drums for a bit at a Vegas show, and then Cora took over. I think doing that keeps his shows interesting.

[Edited 1/19/13 12:23pm]

Imo, based on what we are seeing now, it appears to be the direction that Prince is going. It wouldn't suprise me if the new album is a double album exploring both sides of the coin that the tour would also explore with multiple bands.