Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

egansmind said:

Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

Prince as a bandleader?? We don't need that.....Manchester 2 is hard to be beaten....

rafael said:

rafael said:

rafael said:

egansmind said:

Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

Prince as a bandleader?? We don't need that.....Manchester 2 is hard to be beaten....

I know what your saying but I do prefer the horn /funk sound than heavy guitars

That is my preference

egansmind said:

Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

Manchester all the way. The 3rd Eye Girl shows are insane, I'd much rather be at one of them than an NPG concert.

LA has now finished - 4 hours long !!

thisisreece said:

egansmind said:

Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

Manchester all the way. The 3rd Eye Girl shows are insane, I'd much rather be at one of them than an NPG concert.

Not this one. It was the best of several worlds. This edition of NPG Horns is insane, even if they overpower 3rdEyeGirl, who came into their own in the stretch. What a night, what a party!

egansmind said:

LA has now finished - 4 hours long !!

Started at about 10:20pm, ended at about 2 (original time without the spring forward), so approximately 3 hours 40 minutes from start to finish.

[Edited 3/9/14 3:51am]

Just home from the Palladium. I didn't have my phone to checj the times but I think he probably had to end at 2AM (prior to spring-foarward time, which I am tolf does NOT allow bard to stay open later).And I'm gonna guess he started in the neighborhood of 10pm. So a four hour gig? Crimony, I couldn;t remain standing for all of it, I was upstairs onthe patio outdoors for a good part of the time between 8pm and the start, It was too late to get right up to the stage, but, the press to the the front was only about 10 deep at that point. I would say the Palladium was at about half to two thirds capacity; I have seen sold out shows where you couldn't hardly get upstairs to the bathroom, while for this one, you could walk right into a stall, shortly before showtime. I guess LA isn;t down with the hit and run concept.

Well too bad for them, it was outstanding. Unlike the 3rd Eye Girl show in Anahaeim (Bambi. EndorphineMachine, She's Always In My Hair type set), this was all horns except for some of the multiple encores. Special guest tonight ws Doug E Fresh who rapped and human-beatboxed while Prince played bass, in one of the coolest segments of the night. I believe Prince did not pick iup a guitar till the very last encore, which was the slow Lets Go Crazy into Funk N Roll.

OK So the setlist... not complete & not strictly in order

Musicology

1999

Days Of Wild

Something In The Water

Nothing Compares 2U

Purple Rain w/sax solo

Raspberry Beret

U Got The Look

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Sampler set - When Doves Cry, Pop Life, Sign OTT, Hot Thing (This was one where Doug E came out & rapped/ did beatboxing), Forever In My Life w/band

Solo piano: How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore, Beautiful Ones

Housequake

Let's Go Crazy

Funk N Roll

Full set list will probably be posted by someone w better memory than me, or so I would hope, because that was awesome. Good sound inside the Palladium too, much better than previous shows I have seen there.

[Edited 3/9/14 4:07am]

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

bobzilla77 said:

bobzilla77 said:

I believe Prince did not pick iup a guitar till the very last encore, which was the slow Lets Go Crazy into Funk N Roll.

Prince borrowed Donna's guitar early on, when they were jamming in the dark, at a point when it looked like things were "unravelling" slightly. He gave it back to her before asking the crowd one of those "Y'all still feelin' good?"

Also: Janelle Monae stepped up to mic--briefly.

[Edited 3/9/14 4:28am]

naffi said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

trax said:

doug e fresh's dj set ALMOST ruined my entire night.

I left an hour early. Missed the sampler. Not upset I did.

Prince with 3rdeye for an hour is a better show than him playing conductor.

the place was only half sold, i guess the last minute thing isnt working

paperposter said:

the place was only half sold, i guess the last minute thing isnt working

It really seemed empty

egansmind said:

I saw both NPG and 3rdeyegirl in 2013 and to me Prince as always is one of the best performer.BUT

my thought is that:

3rdeyegirl: both Hanna and Donna are not GREAT musicians (at least not in the same league of Prince:Donna plays the same licks at every solo and Hannah seems "flat").the keys by Joshua are embarassing.

I remember the show he plays in 2009 with Sonny T and Michael B,to me is on another level even with one guitar less,or Montreux 2009:with Blackwell,Rhonda Smith and Renato neto,or the Crimson and Clover performance with Sheila E and Rhonda Smith....I think these girls are playing with Prince because their costs is not so high and because Prince likes the idea of an "all female" group.Ida is a great player.

NPG: the horns are good but a little bit too much,the backup singers are boring,imho. Hannah and Donna arenot Funk at all.

Mike Scott as ryhthm guitarist back in the day was FUNKY.

Prince likes to change musicians,but the current choices are not the best,imo.

My dream NPG band is: Michael B,Sonny T,Mike Scott,Renato neto,Mike Philips,Greg Boyer (and Maceo when available) and new backing vocalists.

Rock: Michael B,Sonny t and Prince (mike scott 2nd guitar)

Sorry for my rant,of course the most important thing is that Prince is still around playing shows!

Having left my house at 1130 in the morning and waiting in LA all day, I was exhausted an hour before he began. I was a zombie as I was leaving the place. I left an hour early.

Fucking dj set. filled with expletives. So that's okay, but Prince cant' play Darling NIkki? bullshit. If you saw me, I'm sure you'd remember me. I was the guy who was looking most pissed off during doug's spinning. Sorry, I wasn't there to hear a recording.

The drummer may be the most beautiful girl in the world.

I would have loved to see the piano set, but I don't know if I would have been able to drive home safely after that.

I know we are all different, but is it anyone's idea of a good time when there are 4-5 horn solos a song?

bobzilla77 said:

Just home from the Palladium. I didn't have my phone to checj the times but I think he probably had to end at 2AM (prior to spring-foarward time, which I am tolf does NOT allow bard to stay open later).And I'm gonna guess he started in the neighborhood of 10pm. So a four hour gig? Crimony, I couldn;t remain standing for all of it, I was upstairs onthe patio outdoors for a good part of the time between 8pm and the start, It was too late to get right up to the stage, but, the press to the the front was only about 10 deep at that point. I would say the Palladium was at about half to two thirds capacity; I have seen sold out shows where you couldn't hardly get upstairs to the bathroom, while for this one, you could walk right into a stall, shortly before showtime. I guess LA isn;t down with the hit and run concept.

Well too bad for them, it was outstanding. Unlike the 3rd Eye Girl show in Anahaeim (Bambi. EndorphineMachine, She's Always In My Hair type set), this was all horns except for some of the multiple encores. Special guest tonight ws Doug E Fresh who rapped and human-beatboxed while Prince played bass, in one of the coolest segments of the night. I believe Prince did not pick iup a guitar till the very last encore, which was the slow Lets Go Crazy into Funk N Roll.

OK So the setlist... not complete & not strictly in order

Musicology

1999

Days Of Wild

Something In The Water

Nothing Compares 2U

Purple Rain w/sax solo

Raspberry Beret

U Got The Look

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Sampler set - When Doves Cry, Pop Life, Sign OTT, Hot Thing (This was one where Doug E came out & rapped/ did beatboxing), Forever In My Life w/band

Solo piano: How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore, Beautiful Ones

Housequake

Let's Go Crazy

Funk N Roll

Full set list will probably be posted by someone w better memory than me, or so I would hope, because that was awesome. Good sound inside the Palladium too, much better than previous shows I have seen there.

[Edited 3/9/14 4:07am]

Thanks for the report !

Ppenguin said:

egansmind said:

Look like the set list from tonight's LA show is far better than the set lists he done in Manchester UK.

I wish he had brought over the NPG to the UK, lets hope he will in the Summer

Every time I hear of any other gig that's happened recently it pisses me off that I queued for 11 hours and witnessed how little time, thought and energy he put into the first KOKO gig a few weeks back...the set list was utter bogstandard and consisted of ONLY the songs every other show as a basic (19 songs inc brief samples on piano). Compared to the other hit and run shows from London and Manchester it was insultingly short gig that it was £70; the dude tried to get us to leave after 80minutes to make way for his celeb friends and a 2.5-3hr show, had that not got booed we wouldn't have stretched to 90 minutes...and then you get reports of the latest gigs breing 3-4 times longer again. Greedy git turned up, went through the motions as fast as possible [Edited 3/9/14 11:21am]

Will you stop complaining, you had the choice of going in or not, it was a gamble, just like life.

So we all seen a better show than you, well oneday you might be on the reciving end, get over it.

1ststatestereo said:

I know we are all different, but is it anyone's idea of a good time when there are 4-5 horn solos a song?

Oh, yes!

POP2000 said:

POP2000 said:

bobzilla77 said:

I believe Prince did not pick iup a guitar till the very last encore, which was the slow Lets Go Crazy into Funk N Roll.

Prince borrowed Donna's guitar early on, when they were jamming in the dark, at a point when it looked like things were "unravelling" slightly. He gave it back to her before asking the crowd one of those "Y'all still feelin' good?"

Also: Janelle Monae stepped up to mic--briefly.

[Edited 3/9/14 4:28am]

This was right after "Don't Stop" but before "Cool." For me it was the strangest part of the set. It almost stoped the concert for the people around me. At first I thought Prince was simply showing Donna the lick he wanted her to play, however, after awhile, it almost seemed as if Prince left the building. I mean, his back was to the audience, his attention focused on Hannah and the guitar and it almost seemed like he forgot he was in the middle of a concert. This all happened at the rear of the stage so it was hard to see what was going on. Even Donna seemed caught off-guard over what was taking place. I think Prince had given some instructions to Hannah, but only a few words. Most of the time he was playing the guitar--but he way he played it. Oh the way he played it. It didn't appear to me to be a simple matter of Prince really being into the guitar solo. He almost seemed in a trance for a few minutes. He seemed like a man on a mission--to "get these sounds out of my head." My conclusion is that Prince was essentially writing a song in his head based on the groove he was feeling. I could be totally wrong about this, but that was impression. It was just an odd 5-7 minutes, yet kind of cool if he actually was "composing in his head." Oh, at the end of these few minutes, he seemed to recompose himself (pun not intended) and went back to the mic for "Cool." Anybodyelse find those few minutes strange? He didn't pick up the guitar until the end of the show.

Everyone in LA was so lucky...