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New topic PrintableDexterDayglo said: 5 hour show described elsewhere as "legendary" and "insane"..... and nothing on org, but smallness, in all its glory. I guess the real fans were at the show I never do set lists, and am honestly worn the freak out from last night. Yea, show was all that. Before the piano solo, I was thinking it was less than epic cause he didn't play. Then he picked up the guitar and I thought " it can't get better than this" Most fun I had since the Essence Aftershow. It's great when Prince is in a good mood. I guess either he's feeling it or he's not. It makes it harder for us, but the fact is nights like Sunday is what made the man into a legend. Prince's singing was so on point. With all the guitar shredding, you forget how he can sing the panties off. In the beginning, he sang and then hung back. I guess he got a good vibe from the crowd. You could see him getting more and more comfortable. The encores were true encores, not Pre rehearsed breaks. I'm convined my Parade era tambourine led the cheers for encores since Run & Them were saying "Here we go" | |
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Most artists rehearse at length for a tour and don't change the set list up much, if at all. I agree, quite repetitive if you're just looking at set lists or listening to boots. I've been going to Prince shows for 28 years. The 3rd Eye Girl shows were a much needed change-up in set list. Call it preference, but I prefer the guitar wielding Prince rather than the band leader Prince. That's not to say I still can't get with the other, if you know what I mean. TRUE BLUE | |
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Are you talking about the Dakota shows? I don't think we really knew what we would be getting or even had time to think about which show we wanted to go to, but the pricing kind of let everyone know which show would be the best. All 6 shows were sold out within the hour and I know some die hards who didn't even hear about it until the shows were sold out. TRUE BLUE | |
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I guess when people pay $200 they feel like they are entitled to act like fools, So sad. Thank God for "The Prince Rules" which I wish were in effect at ALL shows. | |
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I love all sides of Prince but if I had to choose I want to hear him light up his guitar although The Hit And Run/Parade Tour was one of my faves. It's all good! Just no sampler set! I guess that's why I've been an avid fan since the early 80's. So many sides to his musical genius. [Edited 8/26/13 19:52pm] | |
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jjazznola said:
I guess when people pay $200 they feel like they are entitled to act like fools, So sad. Thank God for "The Prince Rules" which I wish were in effect at ALL shows. Thank God indeed. No price gives you permission to act without class. since Run & Them were saying "Here we go" | |
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Don't insult people. We're having an adult conversation. You do realize a show ending at 6am isn't everyone idea of "insane" in a good way, right? You also realize that most people see one Prince show, and decide it's legendary. The people I know who got in don't even own Prince records. Not even the classics. They'll tell you it was historical. | |
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^ Prince 4Ever. | |
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Thank you all for your reports on Real Music By Real Musicians! | |
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....love the Parade tour, love when Prince plays guitar, but surely the '86 tour was the first time P spent more time as band leader than musician? | |
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No offense, but screw you. Real fans have jobs. Real fans have children. Real fans can't drop hundreds of dollars on a single ticket on the chance he'll perform. Real fans don't necessarily think a parade of nobodies leading up to the main event qualifies as "legendary" & "insane." | |
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. Maybe he thinks being a true fan means you can exaggerate the lengh of the show. Princevault puts it at 155 minutes, which works out as 2 hours 40 minutes, not 5 hours. | |
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That's probably only the Prince part of the event...of which we got 79 legendary insane seconds via 3EG youtube channel. | |
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Just want to explain to 'SometimesIwonder'. The pics were several pics of the band members (npg) who performed at CW on Wed/Thurs, and the images came from a site which had those images on there, including about 2 or 3 pics of P, when I posted that article here out of good graces, not bad intentions. Anyway, when I saw the message that his images were removed from my post, because they were unauthorized, I thought it was best to ask one of the mods to remove the rest of the pics of the npg band members, and the article from my post altogether, to avoid any purple drama from the purple campers. No biggy, it's all good. [Edited 8/27/13 6:35am] | |
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I believe that to properly perform, the stage has to be properly warmed up. You want to assure the technical glitches are taken care of, and more importantly, the proper vibe has been set. With a good dj and opening acts, the air will start to be electric with anticipation, as it was on Sunday. Far from being nobodies, the opening acts created the proper atmosphere for Prince's main set. Yea, we all have jobs and must squeeze every penny is this tight economy. I chose to go after I got the buzz from Hip Hop that Doug was performing and that he thought Prince would sit in. I'm not a big fan of Doug E. I've seen him over 50 times. But he was stellar on Sunday, the way he worked with the band. He did Hip Hop proud. I was wishing some that disrespect Hip Hop as music were there to see Doug. Every genre has performers that suck live. For some reason those acts are promoted and win awards in Hip Hop. . Maybe he thinks being a true fan means you can exaggerate the lengh of the show. Princevault puts it at 155 minutes, which works out as 2 hours 40 minutes, not 5 hours. since Run & Them were saying "Here we go" | |
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Gawker or one of those sites had second hand reports describing the show ending at 6am with the sun coming up. He went on after 2:30am. Prince wasn't on stage for 5 hours. Anyone claiming that might as well be writing fan fiction. | |
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prince dint go on till 330 am,larry graham and the npg people played before.buy the time prince went on half the people had already left.pss.the club comped alot of people that nite to fill the place | |
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paperposter said: prince dint go on till 330 am,larry graham and the npg people played before.buy the time prince went on half the people had already left.pss.the club comped alot of people that nite to fill the place Yea. Alot of people were not in for the long haul. People have been MTVized, used to 90 minutes canned shows. Plus, a Sunday night. Many had to work, and are bridge and tunnel people. Add the fact that some people went to Barclays beforehand, and you can understand people bailing. I was lucky that I had a few days off and made it back east. It was worth the cramped legs and exhaustion. How many superstars at this stage in their life have the passion to still play club dates? Prince is proving to have more stamina than us in the audience. He truly loves a crowd that dances while he plays as opposed to standing there watching. The reality is, his core base is aging and doesn't have the time, money and legs that they used to. since Run & Them were saying "Here we go" | |
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Yes, but I don't really consider what he was doing on the Parade tour the same as what he does now with the full current NPG. I mean, the focus was still on Prince back then. I've only saw one show with the full current NPG and it was the rehearsal at Paisley Park. Too many covers, too many horn players, and not enough Prince. It was only 10 bucks, so I can't complain and I did have a good time still. TRUE BLUE | |
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It's my dream set list... The only other thing I'd add on might be a track from One Night Alone. But actually, it's a perfect set list. Amazing. | |
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Shelby J? Nobody. Liv Warfield? Nobody. The NPG? Nobodies. The biggest name on the bill outside of Prince? Larry Graham? Sure, but he's doing his own show at B.B. King's at a reasonable hour.
I don't know why I'm wasting my time replying to you. Your logic is illogical. You claim to not be a big fan of someone in one sentence & in the next, you profess to having seen him perform 50+ times. Senseless. | |
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Sounds like a personal issue not Prince's....If Prince wanted you to have children or a job they would have comae with the record!!!
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He was onsatge fro 2hr 40 min... the band was also doing their own thing prior to him hitting stage,, Stop fucking hating,, Go home | |
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LittlePurpleYoda said:
Shelby J? Nobody. Liv Warfield? Nobody. The NPG? Nobodies. The biggest name on the bill outside of Prince? Larry Graham? Sure, but he's doing his own show at B.B. King's at a reasonable hour.
I don't know why I'm wasting my time replying to you. Your logic is illogical. You claim to not be a big fan of someone in one sentence & in the next, you profess to having seen him perform 50+ times. Senseless. We know them, so they are somebody. Doug E usually performs on a large bill, so it wasn't hard to see him a lot. Not my favorite MC , but I respect his showmanship. My favorites are MastaKilla, Jean Grae, REDMAN, and Curres$y. since Run & Them were saying "Here we go" | |
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This site sometimes has a love/hate relationship with Prince that even when we are blessed to be a part of a show so filled with electricity, high power energy and extraordinary showmanship and beyond exceptional musical presentations there is still complaints. The show was simply phenomenal...no ifs, no ands and no buts...phenomenal!!!
The vocals were crystal clear, moving, emotionally piercing, deliciously sending our artistic spirits on satisfying journey of fulfillment and leaving us saturated and spent after the concert's end. So overwhelming was the pure joy of the concert all you could do was just hug on the people who came from around the country, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Australia and others places around the globe who I was blessed to meet and share love with who ALL agreed this Sunday's concert one of the best if not the best Prince performance AND his friends they had ever attended.
We layered with a paradeof powerful and incredible industry power houses that were the catalyst to creating an ever expanding delightful musical attack against the ordinary great concert experiance...to a superb live musical event.
Each gifted performer brought their own signature eclectic style that rocked us, soothed us, created an atmosphere for excitement/fun/partying to the awesomeness of their unbelievable hot musical styleswhether that was presented in the form of a musical instrument or delivered in vocals that set the table for us being indulged in musical pleasure.
The line-up each complimenting the other providing incrediblysynchronized but wonderfully unique musical...Shelby, Liv, Alice Smith (watch out for this amazing beautiful soulful/rock/pop/funk/jazz/spoken word talent), to the energy and entertainment of Cee Loo Green, to the crowd rocking greatness of Doug E. Fresh (yeah I said it) to Larry Graham's sensational guitar playing(I seen him many times and this was my all time favorite)...to those fabulous NPG Hornz who I like many others were mesmerized by theirr ability to move the crowd through a maze of wonderful outrageously incredible music..
They pointed us to a visibly present Prince who could feel the love, embrace the initmacy of the venue and the unmatchable vibe of New York (I DO NOT live in NYC) that kept him giving us more and more...and more. A friend who was at the recent Denmark concert that was outstanding but this one indescribable and she couldn't believe she was able to witness one the best concerts of her life!
I'm not sure who is reporting on duration of the concert but I was there, exhausted and spent, for every moment and I the concert was over @ about 5:25-35am.
What I am saying for the splurge (my summer vcation although I don't have to justify anything to anyone I choose to) to attend this incredible setting, be in NYC, see beloved friends and meet people from the org, around the country and around the world... and see the best Prince concert I every seen....what is there to complain about? Just called me blessed Was it good 4 U?
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kok said: This site sometimes has a love/hate relationship with Prince that even when we are blessed to be a part of a show so filled with electricity, high power energy and extraordinary showmanship and beyond exceptional musical presentations there is still complaints. The show was simply phenomenal...no ifs, no ands and no buts...phenomenal!!!
The vocals were crystal clear, moving, emotionally piercing, deliciously sending our artistic spirits on satisfying journey of fulfillment and leaving us saturated and spent after the concert's end. So overwhelming was the pure joy of the concert all you could do was just hug on the people who came from around the country, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Australia and others places around the globe who I was blessed to meet and share love with who ALL agreed this Sunday's concert one of the best if not the best Prince performance AND his friends they had ever attended.
We layered with a paradeof powerful and incredible industry power houses that were the catalyst to creating an ever expanding delightful musical attack against the ordinary great concert experiance...to a superb live musical event.
Each gifted performer brought their own signature eclectic style that rocked us, soothed us, created an atmosphere for excitement/fun/partying to the awesomeness of their unbelievable hot musical styleswhether that was presented in the form of a musical instrument or delivered in vocals that set the table for us being indulged in musical pleasure.
The line-up each complimenting the other providing incrediblysynchronized but wonderfully unique musical...Shelby, Liv, Alice Smith (watch out for this amazing beautiful soulful/rock/pop/funk/jazz/spoken word talent), to the energy and entertainment of Cee Loo Green, to the crowd rocking greatness of Doug E. Fresh (yeah I said it) to Larry Graham's sensational guitar playing(I seen him many times and this was my all time favorite)...to those fabulous NPG Hornz who I like many others were mesmerized by theirr ability to move the crowd through a maze of wonderful outrageously incredible music..
They pointed us to a visibly present Prince who could feel the love, embrace the initmacy of the venue and the unmatchable vibe of New York (I DO NOT live in NYC) that kept him giving us more and more...and more. A friend who was at the recent Denmark concert that was outstanding but this one indescribable and she couldn't believe she was able to witness one the best concerts of her life!
I'm not sure who is reporting on duration of the concert but I was there, exhausted and spent, for every moment and I the concert was over @ about 5:25-35am.
What I am saying for the splurge (my summer vcation although I don't have to justify anything to anyone I choose to) to attend this incredible setting, be in NYC, see beloved friends and meet people from the org, around the country and around the world... and see the best Prince concert I every seen....what is there to complain about? Just called me blessed Wow!! Thank you for sharing. What an incredible run of concerts. I wish Prince will come to my neck of the woods. ...every night another symphony... | |
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion but please don't use that idiotic term "hating" or "hater". I don't hear any hate at all, just differing opinions. You are the one being rude, not powersoul99. | |
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