Just going to echo what electricberet said. The DJ played a few new snippets of songs including a remix/rerecording of Superconductor and a few 3EG tunes. The stage was set up for Prince and 3EG after MPLS played, but nothing came of it. For what it's worth, MPLS was a lot of fun. By the end of their set, I think they'd won quite a few folks over. Bobby Z was there. They had the Mayweather fight playing in the L4OA room. It drew quite the crowd during MPLS' set. More of an MMA fan myself and what I saw of this fight didn't sway me. Hope everyone had a good time. Met a young college student who had just started coming out to PP for these shows and was converted to major fandom after seeing him play live. It's always nice to see people younger than myself joining the flock. Anywho, a good night, but here's to hoping he plays one more Paisley show before heading "across the pond"!

I think they could probably keep this going over the summer if they continue to book good acts like MPLS, but give a lot more notice so that people who want to come in from out of town don't have to pay outrageous last-minute fares. There is a market of fans who would like to experience a party at Paisley Park, with or without Prince, but when people face a choice between a long drive or a very expensive flight, you're mainly going to get people from the Twin Cities, and only if Prince shows up more regularly (because local fans have already had many opportunities to party at PP).

Also it would be nice to have some merch specific to these shows. The Hawaii box is a nice souvenir, as were the old T-shirts on sale, but if I'm going to come to more of these I'd like to get a PPAD poster or T-shirt.

These are just suggestions. I had fun this time and the first time I came (which was the first PPAD party). If this ends up being the end, it was nice while it lasted.

love5oneanother said:

once again..any hints of a release date?

luvsexy4all said:

once again..any hints of a release date?

No announcements about that.

This was just posted on the PPAD Facebook page:

A huge thank you to Dj Sxooba for cranking out some awesome tunes! And #MPLS, loved your energy and vibe! And another thank you to everyone who made it out last night! You guys make us what we are! PPAD has some exciting news for next weekend, so stay tuned for our next show and some announcements

Sounds promising!

After MPLS played, they cleared all of their equipment. Then they brought out all the guitars and equipment and Prince came out and took one look at the stage and left again. I'm thinking he didn't want to play to a crowd that small. There were a group of about 50 people hanging out at the front of the stage, and maybe a 100 more lined up around the walls. Joshua and Hannah came out and played some snippets of some new songs. Only one had Prince's vocals. Sounded cool, but too short to really tell. Donna and Ida were dancing on the floor. They should have had a drum off between Bobby Z, Kirky J, and Hannah...now that would have been fun!

luvsexy4all said:

once again..any hints of a release date?

my cousin from california was in wisconsin so i popped over and spent the weekend with my family; missed the party. imagine me trying to explain the prince experience to a bunch of cheeseheads might oughta someday organize a field trip for them all, like get on the bus! we're goin to the Park tonight!!!

motherfunka said:

WisdomNLove said:

motherfunka said:

After MPLS played, they cleared all of their equipment. Then they brought out all the guitars and equipment and Prince came out and took one look at the stage and left again. I'm thinking he didn't want to play to a crowd that small. There were a group of about 50 people hanging out at the front of the stage, and maybe a 100 more lined up around the walls. Joshua and Hannah came out and played some snippets of some new songs. Only one had Prince's vocals. Sounded cool, but too short to really tell. Donna and Ida were dancing on the floor. They should have had a drum off between Bobby Z, Kirky J, and Hannah...now that would have been fun!

i know this is something that is often hard for the purple family to do but this would have been the perfect opportunity for all 150 ppl in the room to work together in a roaring chant "Prince play Prince!" so loud that even someone outside on the street of Audubon Rd could hear you, I couldnt imagine Prince ignoring this and not wanting to put on a show regardless of the number of ppl in the room.

That is a good idea. I hope someone tries that if the situation happens again this Saturday. Looking at all those people staring at the empty stage, I kept thinking about Yoda's comment about Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:

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"All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. "

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I mean, if you're waiting for the purple Yoda to show up, you might as well do something, not just stand there.

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electricberet said:

motherfunka said:

After MPLS played, they cleared all of their equipment. Then they brought out all the guitars and equipment and Prince came out and took one look at the stage and left again. I'm thinking he didn't want to play to a crowd that small. There were a group of about 50 people hanging out at the front of the stage, and maybe a 100 more lined up around the walls. Joshua and Hannah came out and played some snippets of some new songs. Only one had Prince's vocals. Sounded cool, but too short to really tell. Donna and Ida were dancing on the floor. They should have had a drum off between Bobby Z, Kirky J, and Hannah...now that would have been fun!

It's impossible to know what goes through Prince's mind at any given time, on any given day, so I could hardly say whether that number of people present influenced his decision to not play...but I've been at Paisley on at least three different occasions I can recall offhand where he played for a crowd of maybe 40-50 people. The first time I was (fortunately!) there for that was the very first time I was ever at a Paisley party and I was amazed he played for such a small crowd. That was a long time ago, though. Maybe he doesn't care to play for small crowds now. I'm sure glad I was there for the times I was though; it's amazing to see him perform in such an intimate setting with so few people.

RobotDevil said:

motherfunka said:

After MPLS played, they cleared all of their equipment. Then they brought out all the guitars and equipment and Prince came out and took one look at the stage and left again. I'm thinking he didn't want to play to a crowd that small. There were a group of about 50 people hanging out at the front of the stage, and maybe a 100 more lined up around the walls. Joshua and Hannah came out and played some snippets of some new songs. Only one had Prince's vocals. Sounded cool, but too short to really tell. Donna and Ida were dancing on the floor. They should have had a drum off between Bobby Z, Kirky J, and Hannah...now that would have been fun!

It's impossible to know what goes through Prince's mind at any given time, on any given day, so I could hardly say whether that number of people present influenced his decision to not play...but I've been at Paisley on at least three different occasions I can recall offhand where he played for a crowd of maybe 40-50 people. The first time I was (fortunately!) there for that was the very first time I was ever at a Paisley party and I was amazed he played for such a small crowd. That was a long time ago, though. Maybe he doesn't care to play for small crowds now. I'm sure glad I was there for the times I was though; it's amazing to see him perform in such an intimate setting with so few people.

I have not yet seen him play at Paisley Park, but there were a lot of veterans there last night, and up until the end most people seemed to be taking it for granted that he was about to hit the stage at any moment. I don't think that will be a problem at the next party.

RobotDevil said:

motherfunka said:

After MPLS played, they cleared all of their equipment. Then they brought out all the guitars and equipment and Prince came out and took one look at the stage and left again. I'm thinking he didn't want to play to a crowd that small. There were a group of about 50 people hanging out at the front of the stage, and maybe a 100 more lined up around the walls. Joshua and Hannah came out and played some snippets of some new songs. Only one had Prince's vocals. Sounded cool, but too short to really tell. Donna and Ida were dancing on the floor. They should have had a drum off between Bobby Z, Kirky J, and Hannah...now that would have been fun!

It's impossible to know what goes through Prince's mind at any given time, on any given day, so I could hardly say whether that number of people present influenced his decision to not play...but I've been at Paisley on at least three different occasions I can recall offhand where he played for a crowd of maybe 40-50 people. The first time I was (fortunately!) there for that was the very first time I was ever at a Paisley party and I was amazed he played for such a small crowd. That was a long time ago, though. Maybe he doesn't care to play for small crowds now. I'm sure glad I was there for the times I was though; it's amazing to see him perform in such an intimate setting with so few people.

I've been going to Paisley Park since the early 90s, when you had to be personally invited to be there. The smallest crowd I ever saw was for Mayte's 21st birthday. It was held in the atrium and they played on a riser about a foot off the floor. There couldn't have been more than 50 people there. People have always just stood around staring at an empty stage. I remember one time the band took the stage and started playing and Prince started singing, but no one knew where he was. He was standing at the soundboard singing behind everybody. He eventually took the stage...but it was funny! Saturday night, it seemed pretty obvious that they intended on playing. They hurried up to clear the stage and bring out the guitars and pedalboards. Not sure if you saw Prince, or were even there, but like I said, he came out and took one look at the stage and turned around and walked out. It's his prerogative.

he walked out and looked around but didn't play????

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XxAxX said:

he walked out and looked around but didn't play????

He came in through the double doors on the left hand side of the stage (if you're facing the stage). He stood there and looked towards the stage for a few seconds, then turned around and walked back out. Maybe they didn't have intentions of playing, maybe they were going to rehearse some more after everyone left. Hard to say.

motherfunka said:

XxAxX said:

he walked out and looked around but didn't play????

He came in through the double doors on the left hand side of the stage (if you're facing the stage). He stood there and looked towards the stage for a few seconds, then turned around and walked back out. Maybe they didn't have intentions of playing, maybe they were going to rehearse some more after everyone left. Hard to say.

Maybe he needed to talk to Bobby Z. Maybe he had an idea for a new song and wanted to record it right away. Maybe he had too much Captain Crunch and his tummy hurt. Who knows? I still had fun.

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This Saturday a band called BluPrint is playing. They have announced free parking and $20 early admission:

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http://prince.org/msg/12/407298

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[Edited 5/5/14 17:40pm]

If you liked #MPLS their new CD dropped today on Itunes, CD titled "HELLO"

love5oneanother said:

Just going to echo what electricberet said. The DJ played a few new snippets of songs including a remix/rerecording of Superconductor and a few 3EG tunes. The stage was set up for Prince and 3EG after MPLS played, but nothing came of it. For what it's worth, MPLS was a lot of fun. By the end of their set, I think they'd won quite a few folks over. Bobby Z was there. They had the Mayweather fight playing in the L4OA room. It drew quite the crowd during MPLS' set. More of an MMA fan myself and what I saw of this fight didn't sway me. Hope everyone had a good time. Met a young college student who had just started coming out to PP for these shows and was converted to major fandom after seeing him play live. It's always nice to see people younger than myself joining the flock. Anywho, a good night, but here's to hoping he plays one more Paisley show before heading "across the pond"!