Prince HitNRun show at the Fox. Ticket scanners not working. Waiting to get in. Thunder & lightning. #foxisajoke
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Printable datdude said: man, i want to do it but honestly i can't justify $500 from the budget right now. I could do one orchestra pit ticket at $250 but my wife would never let me live it down, to go w/o her. i've seen him several times, but these would easily be the best seats, its just not in the budget. SIGH I'm in the same boat as you. Would love to see him but not in the budget why in God's name do u wanna make me cry | |
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Soundcheck...
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Looks like delays in detroit...
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I got a Prince Purple Party in my house.
If Prine could hear his jams blasting down here in Texas.  [Edited 4/9/15 18:03pm] | |
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didn't they have the no cameras rule? especially during soundcheck (which is amazing anyone could get into that anyway) open yo mind, the entire universe you'll find
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Maybe he'll give 2 Young 2 Dare to a Detroit radio station. | |
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somebody needs to "report out"! yall got ur phones in the venue. c'MON, i'm dying over here. it's bad enough i couldn't hop in my car and drive 10 minutes and be all up in the mix, but SOMEBODY... setlist? surprises? u know Detroit always gets SOMETHING different! | |
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. What?! You mean they didn't all sell out in two minutes?! "I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015 |
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I'm waiting to see if there are reports of tickets being sold at the door...I'm just another die-hard crazy Prince fan sitting over here in Cali on my computer waiting for the Detroit juice? Well? Hello? Anyone? Anyone? what's the 411? I know ya'll still on your purple high, but will you please just let a girl get a little purple contact high?................just a dose?.................I'm waiting.............!
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chriss said: I'm just another die-hard crazy Prince fan sitting over here in Cali on my computer waiting for the Detroit juice? Well? Hello? Anyone? Anyone? what's the 411? I know ya'll still on your purple high, but will you please just let a girl get a little purple contact high?.....just a dose?.....I'm waiting.....!
[Edited It was fabulous,amazing....out of this world! Kicked off with let's go crazy, went through most of the jams of the 80s and sign of the times tunes. He really funked it out on play that funky music and Cool. Just suprised he didn't play much from his new stuff aside from clouds.No electric chair, chaos and disorder Another love. | |
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chriss said: I'm just another die-hard crazy Prince fan sitting over here in Cali on my computer waiting for the Detroit juice? Well? Hello? Anyone? Anyone? what's the 411? I know ya'll still on your purple high, but will you please just let a girl get a little purple contact high?.....just a dose?.....I'm waiting.....!
[Edited 4/9/15 20:57pm] I'm with you. I had the chance to snag one ticket when they went on sale, then, instead of buying the one I tried to get two...couldn't get two and when I tried to change the number of tickets back to one it came up unavailable. Been trying ever since without success. I live in Cleveland so it wouldn't have been a long drive....damn it...lol | |
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Yup. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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looks like he played 2.5hours!!!
not in order: Let's go crazy, pop life, 1999, cool, how come u don't call me, purple rain, little red corvette, play that funky music, the love we make, act of god, clouds, green garden (Laura Mvula Cover with Judith Hill), she's always in my hair .
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inspireof said: looks like he played 2.5hours!!!
not in order: Let's go crazy, pop life, 1999, cool, how come u don't call me, purple rain, little red corvette, play that funky music, the love we make, act of god, clouds
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[Edited 4/9/15 21:46pm] Musicology, Take me with you, Raspberry beret 😄 | |
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Looks like he did a killer bass solo on 777-9311 | |
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Great Show! Judith Hill is the best find Prince had in years, i enjoyed her . The final song to the night was The Love We Make Clouds was the only song from AOA, nothing from PE. Going to bed now. No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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Wow, I saw a show where he opened with "The Love we Make" I love that song, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up...thanks for sharing
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It was incredible! Such a surreal feeling being up there. | |
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Magnificent | |
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Great pic. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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Great show even though my wife and I were soaked from head to toe. What a clusterf$%k getting in! That really sucked! . It was obvious he was trying to please everyone with hits. Most of the songs were sung with all verses and not shorted medleys. That was cool. There was way too much sampler stuff for me though. There was a large part of it during the show and he returned to it for one of the encores. Like I said he was trying to please the crowd so I get it. Songs like Clouds, Act Of God, and The Love We Make didn't get much of a response from the crowd imo. Seems like many of the people there would have been happy with a whole show of the sampler set. . They DID have the no camera rule but Prince told everyone to whip out their phones during Controversy and everyone from that point on had their phones up in the air recording. The ushers started shining bright lights directly at the ones who kept recording and eventually escorted them to the back where it looked like the were making them erase what they had recorded. One lady close to us with her 9.7" ipad was being taken aside and they wanted here password to get into it. Why would you bring that to a concert and expect not to be seen? LOL! . He did mention coming back to Detroit a couple of times during the show. Said something about the Palace and then made a joke or comment referring to Tayshaun Prince. I'd bet he planned on multiple shows and it didn't work out but gave the impression it will happen down the road. Just my take on it. . EDITED: I added a few more with the help of dustoff and trax. I'm terrible with setlists right after a show but here's what I recall. Sampler set stuff all runs together in my mind(not in the exact order and missing a few) Let's Go Crazy Take Me With You Raspberry Beret U Got The Look Musicology When Doves Cry Pop Life Hot Thing Housequake Sign O The Times Nasty Girl I Would Die 4 U Don't Stop/Cool Controversy 1999 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)??? Not 100% sure Play That Funky Music She's Always In My Hair How Come U Don't Call Me Little Red Corvette Clouds Nothing Compares 2 U Kiss Green Garden ??? Act Of God Partyman Dancing Machine What Have You Done For Me Lately The Beautiful Ones The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Darling Niki tease (why bother?) Alphabet St. Forever In My Life X's Face snippit Love Bizarre 777-9311 Bass Solo The Love We Make
[Edited 4/10/15 1:32am] "Hey, I got the butta 4 ya muffin, honey.. I'm just 2 old 2 hold the knife!" | |
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. Good write up, reads as accurate to me. People making a big deal out of the "5 encores" thing but really it was more like six short sets. He also played What Have You Done For Me Lately, Nothing Compares 2 U (not as a duet, that was cool) and The X's Face (for about 2 seconds). [Edited 4/10/15 0:18am] | |
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Good show BUT.....3EG just ain't doing it for me Some of the arrangements were tailored to mask their weaknesses I see why the sampler set is in place Sad to say it but Hannah can't keep the groove in the pocket She's good for the rock stuff but she fell apart during the funkier songs And he needs a rhythm guitarist to help Donna out Because he was using a recorded bit for the Kiss opening lick which means Donna's not a rhythm girl. Ida was awesome and so was the NPG Horns Cassandra needs more of the spotlight minor keys and drugs don't make a rollerskate jam | |
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. Oh yeah, and Kiss. And A Love Bizarre. . Agreed about Cassandra. | |
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Setlist the best I remember. Someone can fill in the blanks and rearrange. I am going strictly off top of my head
Lets Go Crazy take me with u raspberry beret u got the look musicology Sampler set - when doves cry---start of sampler set(can't really remember past housequake what else was in this one - i would die 4 u - housequake dont stop til u get enough cool controversy 1999 how come u dont call me anymore little red corvette purple rain medley with a ton of quick covers - he did throw in partyman though the love we make another sampler set - sign o the times - pop life - the beautiful ones - most beautiful girl - diamond and pearls - alphabet st - nasty girl - darlin nikki tease - 777-9311 - love bizaare -...................(there are more but maybe someone else can fill in the blanks She always in my hair kiss gospel song with judith hill clouds encore medley jam(can't really remember other than dancing machine
My overall thoughts. The started crazy good with Lets Go Crazy and Take me with U. Raspberry and U got the look were also good crowd openers. Musicology was a personal downer for me. I am just so burned out on that one. He then went to a really weird sampler karaoke set that just seemed really weird and against what I always thought Prince stood for. I wasn't feeling it honestly. I would rather see him play it rather than playing prerecorded samples but the crowd seemed to like it. I just wasn't feeling this part of the show. Controversy was ok but seemed really short. 1999 sounded great. HCUDCMA was one of my highlights!! GREAT but again a little short. Pretty much the original version with no added parts but he nailed it. Dont Stop/Cool was fun. Purple Rain and LRC were ok. Nothing spectacular but nothing bad. Pretty standard versions as of late. The Love we make was my other big highlight. GREAT version!! I was hoping he would finish it off with a guitar solo but he didn't. The second sampler set was kind of a dud. He just flew through about 15 songs in about 15 minutes it felt like. I am sorry but this part of the show is just really weak and not Prince to me. I feel like this is just a lazy way of killing time but again the crowd I guess seemed to like it so he kept it going. She's always in my hair was one I was waiting for and he cut it way short on the extended part. No Prince solos on this one. The gospel souding song with Judith Hill was GREAT!! I was realy digging this one and Prince seemed to get into this one. No idea the title though. Clouds sounded a little off and was very short. The encore was a good jam the best I remember but can't remember any songs.
My final thoughts - A very good show but not anywhere close to his best. I left thinking for a 56 year old it was good though. He seemed to show his age alot as he sat down alot, played very little guitar and didn't really dance a whole lot. He came out with a ton of energy but it seemed to calm down to more of cheerleader mode after the first sampler set. He did extend the show to it seemed like 3 hours which was AWESOME!! I would give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars but a big drop off from 80s, 90s and early 2000's Prince but for 2015 Prince it was a very good show. The band sounded great. The only annoyance of the show was my wife getting her ticket taken by the security and a stern final warning for sending me a text during the intermission on what she wanted from the bar. She was told she would be ejected if she took her phone out again even if it was during intermission. Kind of ridiculous to me.
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They also played Shut it Down over the PA after the show also | |
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