BartVanHemelen said:

Just listened to a tape of the first hour of the show of the 27th: unmitigated rubbish. A band that sounds barely rehearsed, endless medleys and jams, a predictable and boring song selection, an overdose of pointless covers (mostly for the benefit of "showcasing" the backing singers), Prince shouting instead of singing,...

I hope Prince watches that 1982 performance that "leaked" a couple of days ago, and hangs his head in shame.

dude i agree with a lot of what you say generally but come on. You can't go calling his bands barely rehearsed!, as for comparing him to his old hungry self in 1982 - really!, name me any artist that is as good now as they were 30+ years ago!. Have watched some clips from the 1st 2 shows in this series & it just seems like one big fun party jam..ain't nowt wrong with that!!

We know the score with P, he does what he wants when he wants - by now there is little point in complaining..there's wayyyyy too much great music out there to be hanging on for SOTT v2 !!

funkyhead said:

astanger said:

Josh gave DJ a thumb drive Doug E announced preview of prince 2014 Played Funk n Roll (prince came out by DJ)

what did Doug E say about prince 2014?

what did you think about Funk N Roll?

bashraka said:

bashraka said:

astanger said:

No Prince performance at after show. People were pissed. Silly P...

Wasn't it billed as an after party rather than after show?

astanger said:

(Hannah and Josh just left - I guess no P at the after show)

I know he didn't perform, but are you saying he didn't even appear?

Excellent main set. After show for the price was a joke and the main reason I will never give him another cent. People walked out cussing and bullshit and saying the same thing.

mkaye8 said:

...???but the symbol covers him..u cant see him.... the fro is too big...

Fuck all that..3rdeye girl youtube cvhannel..Something in water from Mohegan,,,Damnnnnnnnnnnn

lwr001 said:

tab32792 said:

lwr001 said:

Fuck all that..3rdeye girl youtube cvhannel..Something in water from Mohegan,,,Damnnnnnnnnnnn

It's even better live

yeah, those girls are jelling very nicely..cant no one on the org convince me otherwise even if i go bacj and look at shows from 82..lol

2elijah said:

astanger said:

Something in the Water Does Not Compute (Damaris brings him guitar for solo at end) Let's Go Crazy - 3EG plus Cassie Sample Set When Doves Cry Nasty Girl - beat only Sign O The Times - 3EG Forever in my Life - beat Pop Life Housequake - full band, horns 11:52 - first set ends

I enjoyed that live version of 'Something in the Water Doesn't Compute'. Loved the entire show. I like how he sang the samplers. He did the samplers different from his W2A shows, because he sang some of the songs rather than just playing the beats. [Edited 12/30/13 1:40am]

That is what Eye don't understand! Why nobody likes the sampler sets? U get to hear Prince sing without the band over his OWN beats! Then U get to hear the instrumental versions(which is rare) of his classic "MasterPieces", with Prince alone as the main DJ! Behind a state of the art sampler. Its a rare glimpse of a genius at work...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

2elijah said:

astanger said: I enjoyed that live version of 'Something in the Water Doesn't Compute'. Loved the entire show. I like how he sang the samplers. He did the samplers different from his W2A shows, because he sang some of the songs rather than just playing the beats. [Edited 12/30/13 1:40am]

That is what Eye don't understand! Why nobody likes the sampler sets? U get to hear Prince sing without the band over his OWN beats! Then U get to hear the instrumental versions(which is rare) of his classic "MasterPieces", with Prince alone as the main DJ! Behind a state of the art sampler. Its a rare glimpse of a genius at work...

All i know is I've heard Donna and Ida lay one of the nastiest solos on Housequake eva

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

... U get to hear Prince sing without the band over his OWN beats! ...

I already have that on the CD

BartVanHemelen said:

mkaye8 said:

Excellent main set. After show for the price was a joke and the main reason I will never give him another cent. People walked out cussing and bullshit and saying the same thing.

Someone wrote he was there at the club sitting somewhere with Janelle and some band members..I agree that for that price he should have played at least 2 songs himself... at least! I don't think the people there cared to see liv, shelby and doug e fresh so much

[Edited 12/30/13 7:25am]

Damn his hair is BIG. I think he wants to look like Allo and Spalding

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Ticket master just refunded all the online tickets purchased for the after party

dandan said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

astanger said:

3:36 Josh gave DJ a thumb drive Doug E announced preview of prince 2014 Played Funk n Roll (prince came out by DJ)

Sorry, just to be clear: Is "Played" the name of a new song, or did you mean that he played "Funk n Roll"?

Just got an email from Ticketmaster that they are refunding the money from the aftershow/afterparty last night. It says it was "cancelled."

Anyway, during the concert the guy called that took our names and numbers on Saturday offered us a "VIP pass" to the after party. Had already bought a ticket so I sold it to someone and used that to enter.

Had he played, it would have been a great aftershow/party because the rest of it was great. People were pissed that they spent all that money and he didn't play so I guess enough complained and they are refunding the money. I think there were 300 tickets sold so that's about $45,000 it cost him/the casino plus whatever other expenses because he didn't go up there and play a couple of songs---sad.

Anyway, all in all it was a great three days and a great venue to hear Prince. It added to the experience to walk around the place all weekend and hear his music over the intercoms. see his posters all over and see his videos playing in the record store there non-stop. Hope he returns. Only negative is that I had hoped over the course of the three nights or aftershow he would have played his new songs like Screwdriver and Breakfast can Wait along with Endorphine Machine and Bambi at least once since they have been playing those all over.

I bought my ticket through Ticketmaster so I suppose for those who bought theirs direct from the venue they should contact the box office or go to the box office if they are still there for a refund.

[Edited 12/30/13 8:34am]

[Edited 12/30/13 8:36am]

2elijah said:

Just to add, Prince ripped that guitar to shreds when be played 'Something in the water does not compute'. I hope he puts that live version up for sale. My sister was amazed by his guitar playing. Also have to give props to Donna and Ida because it was cool when prince, Donna and Ida stood side-by-side on stage playing their guitars together. Cool image.That would make a cool poster. [Edited 12/30/13 9:13am]

i concure,,what e did to that axe should be illegal

Trying to put words to how I felt abot the Saturday show. Bear with me, this could be cathartic for me.

Prince fan since 1999 (the album, not year). Too many concerts to count in too many eras. Last show I was at (before Saturday night) was the final show of his Las Vegas residency at Rio in 2007. Meh. But still better than most other entertainers. Sure, I'd love to hear nothing but old stuff, or obscure things. But that's just not going to happen at this point. I haven't really loved most of his output the past 13 years either (I think I'm one of the few that loved The Rainbow Children but that voice is still annoying). A couple things here and there I liked. And as always, it's still better than most other music today.

I've read reviews of shows over the last few years and I always think that the covers are annoying and the set list is devoid of anything interesting (recently the Musicology Tour spoiled me I guess). But I wasn't going to pass up a chance at seeing him only 2 1/2 hours away from home in Albany. So my wife and I went Saturday night to Mohegan Sun not expecting a great show (which is a relative statement of course). And the show was exactly what I expected according to previous reviews. What I didn't expect was how much freaking fun I had! Even when I look at the set list I think that it doesn't look like a great show. But you really have to be there.

The versions of Something In The Water and ICNTTPOYM were spectacular. Plectrum Electrum...wow! The piano solo is still similar to the One Night Alone shows. The sampling bit was new (to me) and I enjoyed it. I felt like there weren't as many covers as in the past. The opening bit with a few was fun though. It really was one big party. Thoroughly enjoyable.

I think that not seeing him in over 6 years definitely helped. Thinking of some of the tours in the last 15 years I marvel at how different the New Power Soul, One Night Alone, Musicology and 3121 Vegas shows were from each other. This newest incarnation shows P being much more James Brown-like in his band leading. But he still shreds like he always has.

I don't know what my point is. I guess I just need to reconcile the fact that it's not 1984 anymore. Don't expect a Lovesexy or SOTT tour again. Accept the incredible musicianship. Accept that he's going to play Let's Go Crazy, Raspberry Beret, Take Me With U. And just try to enjoy the ride. And maybe you'll find yourself unexpectedly entertained. I know I did.

lwr001 said: