uncontroversial said:

Why don't you call me anymore (Alicia keys cover)

what the h*ll is that...

Don't u know ur: Prince history....?

uncontroversial said:

Why don't you call me anymore (Alicia keys cover)

chriss said:

mschirmer said:

Prince's clock must be with his publicist because clearly both are missing from the picture. Still waiting.

this must be your first Prince joint.....? are you a virgin?

LOL! No, but this was only my 17th time. It was my 2nd Fillmore show. I seem Prince whenever he comes to town and usually multiples. The past couple times I've seen him (the DNA and then tonight, he has been extra annoyingly late. He DELIVERED the goods. I like his current formula.

I'd like to know why tickets here in the US are over $200 for general admission yet he plays in the UK for 10-77 pounds? That kinds shit pisses me off. No wonder the crowds seem more receptive over there. No matter who it is or how great the show is that's too much money for me. I see this is a Prince show not a 3rdeyegirl. Still Prince is Prince no matter who the band is. Only high rollers can afford those $2500 VIP tickets. *Nevermind, I did not know it was a charity event*

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I sure hope IF he ever decides to hit the midwest in this lifetime again he don't pull that shit with outrageous prices. The prices are one thing but I get sick of him saying it's not about the money. Yeah I get it that he feels if some acts get that much he should too but c'mon be more reasonable.

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Glad those who went had a good time though.

Oh yeah, Alicia Keys cover? Oh boy you're gonna get an earful here on that one.

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SmiggyG said:

I'd like to know why tickets here in the US are over $200 for general admission yet he plays in the UK for 10-77 pounds? That kinds shit pisses me off. No wonder the crowds seem more receptive over there. No matter who it is or how great the show is that's too much money for me. I see this is a Prince show not a 3rdeyegirl. Still Prince is Prince no matter who the band is. Only high rollers can afford those $2500 VIP tickets.

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I sure hope IF he ever decides to hit the midwest in this lifetime again he don't pull that shit with outrageous prices. The prices are one thing but I get sick of him saying it's not about the money. Yeah I get it that he feels if some acts get that much he should too but c'mon be more reasonable.

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Ummm, could have sworn this was a charity event, hence the high ticket prices...

Prince's normal shows have much more reasonable pricing compared to many major acts, I thought it was a great way to help a local charity.

uncontroversial said:

Set list from early show to the best of my memory Let's go crazy (was still in line at time( Play that funky music white boy Sometimes it snows in April Unknown funk Nothing compares 2 u Unknown U got the look The time Diamonds and pearls (price piano solo snippet) The beautiful ones Why don't you call me anymore (Alicia keys cover) Unknown Unknown Little red corvette - solo piano When doves cry Unknown Unknown Sample mix with the most beautiful girl and love bizarre Guitar The ocean Crimson and clover Take me with you Raspberry beret I would die for you Purple rain Probably missing a few and had to leave after purple rain so not sure if there was another encore

the ocean...

i think you mean plectrumelectrum

EARLY SHOW

Hannah Speech
Fall In Love Tonight (PA)

Let's Go Crazy
Play That Funky Music (Josh on Keys)
Sometimes It Snows In April (Prince On Keys)
The Max (Prince On Keys)(oh yeah, this smoked)
Nothing Compares 2 U
Pretzel Body Logic (I liked it much better live than studio, but it may just be
U Got The Look
THE RIDE (unbelievable, I mean it was so great)

Piano Set
Diamonds and Pearls
The Beautiful Ones (complete with the end Do you want him or Do you want me, Cause I want you part)
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (complete with you number the number S-E-X)
Start Fish and Coffee
DOROTHY PARKER (Fairly complete and sweet as hell)
Little Red Corvette (really cool to hear as piano only)

Sampler Set W/Band
When Doves Cry
Sign Of The Times
Nasty Girl
If I was Your Girlfriend
Most Beautiful Girl In the World
Pop Life (instrumental)
Love Bizarre
4 Ever In My Life (Prince on bass) (Ida on Keys or at least on bench by keys)
777-9311 (instrumental, Prince on Bass)


Guitar
Plectrum (aborted half way through)
Bambi

Crimson and Clover (really great, Hendrix played on that same stage!)
Take Me With U (Prince On Keys)
Raspberry Beret (Prince On Keys)
Hot Thing (Prince On Keys)
Housequake (Prince On Keys)
Mr Goodnight (just a bit instrumental) (Prince On Keys)
I Would Die 4 U (Prince On Keys)
Dance Electric (mainly instrumental) (Prince On Keys)
Love
Mr. Goodnight
Purple Rain

FunkNRoll might have been in there and I missed writing it down, or it is one of the illegible scribbles.

I'll write more tomorrow, but that 2nd show was out of control. Much like the 4 hour shows in L.A. and the DNA shows, 3 hour Oakland, etc., there is no question Prince can still go as strong as ever. I'm too young to have experienced what many probably consider the golden era, but after DNA and tonight, I imagine that the nights 3RDEYEGIRL is on the shows are as good as anything from that era. Prince and 3RDEYE were on fire and in guitar icon mode. So many extended versions of songs, very guitar-centric night. But the stuff on the piano was tremendous too. He would frequently play guitar and switch to piano and sometimes back to guitar during the same song.

Highlights, and I know I'm forgetting many: She's Always In My Hair, Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), Bambi, I Like It There, Cause and Effect, The Love We Make (Piano), Do Me Baby (Piano), Purple Rain was a treat as they started taking away the mic and last minute he came out for a final performance encore to the diehards that remained. After Purple Rain he came back out and apologized that we hit the curfew and the venue had been quite gracious to let him play so long, but because we wouldn't leave he jammed out from the stage listening party style, playing what I believe were 3RDEYEGIRL songs (please correct me if I'm wrong). The first was incredible, and the second two were very strong as well. The rest of the band came out for the second two songs and hung out from the stage with Prince. Very fun end to the night. I know I've left out at least a half dozen other highlights, but I'm sure people will pop on soon to share more.

FunkNRoll was definitely in the first show as well - one of the first five songs I think - but you did a great job with the setlist!

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xMikeBx said:

I'll write more tomorrow, but that 2nd show was out of control. Much like the 4 hour shows in L.A. and the DNA shows, 3 hour Oakland, etc., there is no question Prince can still go as strong as ever.

When did the concert start - for how long did he play?

He played part of a recorded version of The Breakdown after most of the crowd left at the end of the second show...

mathfriis said:

xMikeBx said:

I'll write more tomorrow, but that 2nd show was out of control. Much like the 4 hour shows in L.A. and the DNA shows, 3 hour Oakland, etc., there is no question Prince can still go as strong as ever.

When did the concert start - for how long did he play?

I'm thinking 12:10-12:15, but I might be slightly off on that. I think the main part of the set ended with a big Play That Funky Music jam (might have been one more after that), then the recorded song (The Breakdown), and then after a bit of a gap, he came back out for Purple Rain. And then after that he came out an apologized for the curfew, but did the mini listening party, playing 3 songs over the PA while rocking out first with just Josh and then Hannah, Ida, and Donna. That ended around 2:54 AM. I may have some of the song order off as I'm exhausted, but I'm sure someone will correct me soon.

purplethunder3121 said:

He played part of a recorded version of The Breakdown after most of the crowd left at the end of the second show...

Yeah, it was a fairly small portion of the crowd that remained for Purple Rain and the 3 song listening party. Purple Rain was pretty big surprise as his (or maybe the Fillmore's) head of security waved us off and lifted the lights. People still weren't fully leaving and then started to do so as the mic stand was pulled away. The crowd lingered a bit and started to head out and last second they brought the mic back and people rushed up to the stage. After that third night at the Oakland Arena (Welcome 2 America tour) I learned to never leave until the venue forces you to. Prince often comes back if people are wild enough. The crowd was HOT. I read reports that he seemed upset when people weren't into Something In The Water at the Fox (in terms of the crowd participation portion) and I knew we were in for a good show when the crowd was screaming lyrics back at him. Prince and the band were absolutely on fire, but the crowd was a meaningful component of making it special. Everyone gave energy back. Very fun night.

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What were the 3 songs played? All new and unheard?

xMikeBx said:

mathfriis said:

When did the concert start - for how long did he play?

I'm thinking 12:10-12:15, but I might be slightly off on that. I think the main part of the set ended with a big Play That Funky Music jam (might have been one more after that), then the recorded song (The Breakdown), and then after a bit of a gap, he came back out for Purple Rain. And then after that he came out an apologized for the curfew, but did the mini listening party, playing 3 songs over the PA while rocking out first with just Josh and then Hannah, Ida, and Donna. That ended around 2:54 AM. I may have some of the song order off as I'm exhausted, but I'm sure someone will correct me soon.

Marco81 said:

What were the 3 songs played? All new and unheard?

xMikeBx said:

I'm thinking 12:10-12:15, but I might be slightly off on that. I think the main part of the set ended with a big Play That Funky Music jam (might have been one more after that), then the recorded song (The Breakdown), and then after a bit of a gap, he came back out for Purple Rain. And then after that he came out an apologized for the curfew, but did the mini listening party, playing 3 songs over the PA while rocking out first with just Josh and then Hannah, Ida, and Donna. That ended around 2:54 AM. I may have some of the song order off as I'm exhausted, but I'm sure someone will correct me soon.

I'm not entirely sure. The first had a chorus of "Down, down, down" and had a classic Prince ballad vibe. Prince was going off hard during it and the crowd was loving it as well. I believe the next two both had female vocals. Hannah was out with Josh dancing for the second one while Prince was off to the side, so it's possible she sings on it. Not sure. It had a bit of a dub/reggae vibe/swing to it. I believe the third had female lead vocals as well. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm assuming they are 3RDEYEGIRL songs, but I'm not sure.

xMikeBx said:

Marco81 said:

What were the 3 songs played? All new and unheard?

I'm not entirely sure. The first had a chorus of "Down, down, down" and had a classic Prince ballad vibe. Prince was going off hard during it and the crowd was loving it as well. I believe the next two both had female vocals. Hannah was out with Josh dancing for the second one while Prince was off to the side, so it's possible she sings on it. Not sure. It had a bit of a dub/reggae vibe/swing to it. I believe the third had female lead vocals as well. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm assuming they are 3RDEYEGIRL songs, but I'm not sure.

Down down down are lyrics from The Breakdown. Maybe one of the songs (the reggae one) was Stop This Train.

So nothing with Prince vocals then (Breakdown aside)?

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BigSurScott said:

The Beautiful Ones (complete with the end Do you want him or Do you want me, Cause I want you part)

Last time I heard that live was Lopez Tonight, how did he do on it tonight?

Marco81 said:

xMikeBx said:

I'm not entirely sure. The first had a chorus of "Down, down, down" and had a classic Prince ballad vibe. Prince was going off hard during it and the crowd was loving it as well. I believe the next two both had female vocals. Hannah was out with Josh dancing for the second one while Prince was off to the side, so it's possible she sings on it. Not sure. It had a bit of a dub/reggae vibe/swing to it. I believe the third had female lead vocals as well. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm assuming they are 3RDEYEGIRL songs, but I'm not sure.

Down down down are lyrics from The Breakdown. Maybe one of the songs (the reggae one) was Stop This Train.

So nothing with Prince vocals then (Breakdown aside)?

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Hmmm...interesting, the first track must have been The Breakdown. I'm not sure what he played over the PA before Purple Rain then. I'm sure someone will hop on and let us know soon. I don't believe the other two had Prince vocals - Hannah was singing along to the second one in a major way and then for the third everyone was out. I believe the third was without Prince on vocals as well. But the third track had a 3RDEYE vibe to it. Looking forward to someone confirming.

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Marco81 said:

xMikeBx said:

I'm not entirely sure. The first had a chorus of "Down, down, down" and had a classic Prince ballad vibe. Prince was going off hard during it and the crowd was loving it as well. I believe the next two both had female vocals. Hannah was out with Josh dancing for the second one while Prince was off to the side, so it's possible she sings on it. Not sure. It had a bit of a dub/reggae vibe/swing to it. I believe the third had female lead vocals as well. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm assuming they are 3RDEYEGIRL songs, but I'm not sure.

Down down down are lyrics from The Breakdown. Maybe one of the songs (the reggae one) was Stop This Train.

So nothing with Prince vocals then (Breakdown aside)?

[Edited 3/20/14 4:11am]

It couldn't have been 17 Days, could it? (Let the rain come down, down)

Bambi82 said:

Marco81 said:

Down down down are lyrics from The Breakdown. Maybe one of the songs (the reggae one) was Stop This Train.

So nothing with Prince vocals then (Breakdown aside)?

[Edited 3/20/14 4:11am]

It couldn't have been 17 Days, could it? (Let the rain come down, down)

Oh man, 17 Days would have been fun, but as Marco noted, I'm pretty sure it was The Breakdown.

xMikeBx said:

purplethunder3121 said:

He played part of a recorded version of The Breakdown after most of the crowd left at the end of the second show...

Yeah, it was a fairly small portion of the crowd that remained for Purple Rain and the 3 song listening party. Purple Rain was pretty big surprise as his (or maybe the Fillmore's) head of security waved us off and lifted the lights. People still weren't fully leaving and then started to do so as the mic stand was pulled away. The crowd lingered a bit and started to head out and last second they brought the mic back and people rushed up to the stage. After that third night at the Oakland Arena (Welcome 2 America tour) I learned to never leave until the venue forces you to. Prince often comes back if people are wild enough. The crowd was HOT. I read reports that he seemed upset when people weren't into Something In The Water at the Fox (in terms of the crowd participation portion) and I knew we were in for a good show when the crowd was screaming lyrics back at him. Prince and the band were absolutely on fire, but the crowd was a meaningful component of making it special. Everyone gave energy back. Very fun night.

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I never left. But P was definitely on fire the whole time unlike at the end of the Fox concert as you pointed out. I thought it had something to do with the not so hot acoustics at the Fox. No problem like that tonght. You gave a pretty good summary of what went on, especially considering the late hour. When the herd started running back for Purple Rain one woman stomped on my foot and her heavy friend tried to knock me over to get near the stage. I really wish Prince had played all of the Breakdown. I thought he seemed a little tentative about the reaction to it. I'm assuming the following two unknown new songs belonged to 3rd Eye Girl? Seems like he handed them off to Josh rather carelessly after aborting The Breakdown...

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purplethunder3121 said:

xMikeBx said:

Yeah, it was a fairly small portion of the crowd that remained for Purple Rain and the 3 song listening party. Purple Rain was pretty big surprise as his (or maybe the Fillmore's) head of security waved us off and lifted the lights. People still weren't fully leaving and then started to do so as the mic stand was pulled away. The crowd lingered a bit and started to head out and last second they brought the mic back and people rushed up to the stage. After that third night at the Oakland Arena (Welcome 2 America tour) I learned to never leave until the venue forces you to. Prince often comes back if people are wild enough. The crowd was HOT. I read reports that he seemed upset when people weren't into Something In The Water at the Fox (in terms of the crowd participation portion) and I knew we were in for a good show when the crowd was screaming lyrics back at him. Prince and the band were absolutely on fire, but the crowd was a meaningful component of making it special. Everyone gave energy back. Very fun night.

[Edited 3/20/14 4:06am]

I never left.

Nice - glad you stayed! That was a fun little rally toward the end. The crowd that remained was loud. I would have loved another song or two, but Prince and 3RDEYE rocking to tracks over the PA was unusual and fun.

[Edited 3/20/14 4:38am]

uncontroversial said:

Set list from early show to the best of my memory Let's go crazy (was still in line at time( Play that funky music white boy Sometimes it snows in April Unknown funk Nothing compares 2 u Unknown U got the look The time Diamonds and pearls (price piano solo snippet) The beautiful ones Why don't you call me anymore (Alicia keys cover) Unknown Unknown Little red corvette - solo piano When doves cry Unknown Unknown Sample mix with the most beautiful girl and love bizarre Guitar The ocean Crimson and clover Take me with you Raspberry beret I would die for you Purple rain Probably missing a few and had to leave after purple rain so not sure if there was another encore

the ocean....the zep track? was this played?

luvsexy4all said:

uncontroversial said:

Set list from early show to the best of my memory Let's go crazy (was still in line at time( Play that funky music white boy Sometimes it snows in April Unknown funk Nothing compares 2 u Unknown U got the look The time Diamonds and pearls (price piano solo snippet) The beautiful ones Why don't you call me anymore (Alicia keys cover) Unknown Unknown Little red corvette - solo piano When doves cry Unknown Unknown Sample mix with the most beautiful girl and love bizarre Guitar The ocean Crimson and clover Take me with you Raspberry beret I would die for you Purple rain Probably missing a few and had to leave after purple rain so not sure if there was another encore

the ocean....the zep track? was this played?

I'm sure he meant Plectrum Electrum (which contains a passage very similar to Led Zeps' The Ocean)

purplethunder3121 said:

He played part of a recorded version of The Breakdown after most of the crowd left at the end of the second show...

Wow!

micv said:

[img:$uid]http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjJmsXxCEAAQQjL.jpg[/img:$uid]

That poster is pretty phat.

AGGGGGGHHH! he played part of the breakdown??? and they didn't stream it either. bah

huh. if i hadn't taken such a stubborn stance on bootlegs i'd be looking for it rght now

purplethunder3121 said:

xMikeBx said:

Yeah, it was a fairly small portion of the crowd that remained for Purple Rain and the 3 song listening party. Purple Rain was pretty big surprise as his (or maybe the Fillmore's) head of security waved us off and lifted the lights. People still weren't fully leaving and then started to do so as the mic stand was pulled away. The crowd lingered a bit and started to head out and last second they brought the mic back and people rushed up to the stage. After that third night at the Oakland Arena (Welcome 2 America tour) I learned to never leave until the venue forces you to. Prince often comes back if people are wild enough. The crowd was HOT. I read reports that he seemed upset when people weren't into Something In The Water at the Fox (in terms of the crowd participation portion) and I knew we were in for a good show when the crowd was screaming lyrics back at him. Prince and the band were absolutely on fire, but the crowd was a meaningful component of making it special. Everyone gave energy back. Very fun night.

[Edited 3/20/14 4:06am]

I never left. But P was definitely on fire the whole time unlike at the end of the Fox concert as you pointed out. I thought it had something to do with the not so hot acoustics at the Fox. No problem like that tonght. You gave a pretty good summary of what went on, especially considering the late hour. When the herd started running back for Purple Rain one woman stomped on my foot and her heavy friend tried to knock me over to get near the stage. I really wish Prince had played all of the Breakdown. I thought he seemed a little tentative about the reaction to it. I'm assuming the following two unknown new songs belonged to 3rd Eye Girl? Seems like he handed them off to Josh rather carelessly after aborting The Breakdown...

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purplethunder3121 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

purplethunder3121 said:

He played part of a recorded version of The Breakdown after most of the crowd left at the end of the second show...

Wow!

Question: It is the same studio version that has been played last Year over PA at a party???

Thanx