Jon Bream on Twitter: "On...k in Time"

Cool!!!

And a release party for Judith Hill at Sayers Club in L.A. on Friday:

Well, he's going to kick at the Sayers Club in L.A. on Friday and then he's going to jet set back to Minneapolis/ Paisley Park on Saturday...."The Good Life, ond day will know"! Anybody remember that track by him?

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EVEN SERENA KNOWS 1ST COME 1ST SERVE...PAISLEYPARK2NIGHT: JUDITH HILL WITH SPECIAL GUEST PRINCE!!!

Astasheiks said:

Well, he's going to kick at the Sayers Club in L.A. on Friday and then he's going to jet set back to Minneapolis/ Paisley Park on Saturday...."The Good Life, ond day will know"! Anybody remember that track by him?

Love that track! Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin

so is the fro gone

antonb said:

Thought i had seen that picture before

I was expecting Judith Hill on the keys, but it ended up being a full on show by Prince. The soundstage and the Love 4 One Another room were open, but all the action was in the L4OA room. DJ to start then Prince, MonoNeon, Donna, Kirk, and Andre Crutchfield took the stage. Judith Hill joined for a few numbers. Prince was in all purple. Set list from what I can remember at this point, in no particular order:

As Trains Go By

Use Me

My People

Stratus

Cry, Cry, Cry

Alphabet St

Million Dollar Show

Sign O' The Times

Hot Thing

Prince on drums (777-9311)

Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

All The Critics Love U (In Minneapolis)

A new song was played, but he didn't give the name

[Edited 10/25/15 13:36pm]

motherfunka said:

If I wasnt working def would have went last night

sorry i missed this! sounds like it was fun

antonb said:

MIRvmn said:

rafael said:

motherfunka said:

I was expecting Judith Hill on the keys, but it ended up being a full on show by Prince. The soundstage and the Love 4 One Another room were open, but all the action was in the L4OA room. DJ to start then Prince, MonoNeon, Donna, Kirk, and Andre Crutchfield took the stage. Judith Hill joined for a few numbers. Prince was in all purple. Set list from what I can remember at this point, in no particular order:

As Trains Go By

Use Me

My People

Stratus

Cry, Cry, Cry

Alphabet St

Million Dollar Show

Sign O' The Times

Hot Thing

Prince on drums

A new song was played, but he didn't give a name for it

Thanks again!! U rule!! Any new merch?

Thanks. No new merchandise. I was hoping for a physical Judith Hill CD.

I noticed the Weltons standing to the side of the stage. How awkward for Hannah? I haven't seen Ida since May. For those speculating that Prince is just using this current line up for a one off are mistaken. This is the fourth show now and they seem well rehearsed. Prince seems to be much more relaxed and improvisational with them. I know Judith wants to be an act in her own right, but damn she would fit in so well with this band. I haven't had this much love for an associate since Rosie.

MIRvmn said:

motherfunka said:

XxAxX said:

sorry i missed this! sounds like it was fun

And only a ten dollar cover charge. You just never know...

purplethunder3121 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

sorry i missed this! sounds like it was fun

And only a ten dollar cover charge. You just never know...

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i do wish i'd been able to go. maybe next time admission will be only 7$

Prince rolls out Paisley Park’s purple carpet for Judith Hill’s ‘Back in Time’ album release

courtesy Judith Hill

Last March, Prince helped release Judith Hill’s debut album, Back in Time, for free. Like many online phenomena, though, the download link was temporary; after a couple of days on the web, the album disappeared. The good news for those who missed it: Prince’s label, NPG Records, re-dropped Back in Time last Friday (this time “through more conventio...hannels”). To follow up the album release, Prince hosted “a party for [Judith]” on Saturday in Chanhassen, playing over an hour of music with Hill.

The latest installment of Prince’s house shows followed typical Paisley Park protocol. The official concert announcement came via Twitter on the day of the show, and the party started late and stretched deep into the morning. The Twitter announcement didn’t mention a time for doors to open, so fans started showing up around 8:00 p.m. and waited on a side street in their cars.

Once I joined a row of parked vehicles, I got out and walked around. Doors were set for 10:00 p.m., according to other drivers, but we actually started toward Paisley parking around 10:15. “Turn off your headlights,” a security guard instructed. “Leave your phone in the car, and don’t get out until we tell you to.” As soon as the lot filled up, someone must have gotten the go—passengers pushed their car doors open, and a lot-wide exodus surged toward the doors.

Inside Paisley Park, guests paid their relatively modest $10 cover, and most people filed into a Triple-Rock-and-a-half-sized room with a small stage set up. “Love symbols” (a.k.a. the Prince glyph) decorated a back wall and the mic stand.

By the time the first rows of the crowd were in place, Prince’s band had already taken the stage. Saxophonist Adrian Crutchfield joined the line-up of musicians from Madonna’s Paisley visit: Kirk Johnson on drums, Donna Grantis (of 3RDEYEGIRL) on guitar, and Dywane “MonoNeon” Thomas on the bass. Prince walked on stage just after I found a spot in the crowd and jammed for two songs with the band; he played the keys on stage left, and I’ve never seen a crowd shift so clearly to face a performer.

After that mini-set, a long break elapsed, and most of the Paisley Park guests hustled over to the complex’s main stage. But something else was afoot during that first set gap; “PAISLEY PARK TOURS,” read a few fliers posted around the main stage’s entry doors. For 40 dollars, fans could go behind the scenes and tour the studios with Jester. During the four Paisley Park tours given, participants gawked at historic studio spaces and a wall of encased music awards…not to mention the motorcycle from Purple Rain. What’s more, Judith Hill sat in one of the studios, waiting to share some thoughts on recording there with Prince.

Hill seemed coolly gracious and thankful as she ran through Back in Time’s creation. She avoided eye contact, to some degree, as some fans enthused zealously about her work. During the tour I had joined, we walked over to the Granite Room (named for its construction materials), and she played part of “Cry, Cry, Cry” on a grand piano. She lunged beautifully through the chorus then ended abruptly. “That’s enough,” she said with a self-conscious smile.

If Prince was the center of gravity last night, Judith Hill was meant to be the bright new star. Hill is one of the best vocalists I’ve ever heard, which makes sense considering her professional background (backup singer for Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Carole King; key figure in 20 Feet from Stardom; Top 8 finalist on The Voice). She has masterful dynamics control, and her composure seemed unshakable last night. But once she joined Prince and the band for the night’s second mini-set, she stayed back at the keyboards: curiously out of the spotlight.

After one song (“As Trains Go By,” which is about “social inequality […] and police brutality in the streets”), the whole band left the stage for another long period. Two mini-sets down; how much music to go? Time felt nebulous at Paisley Park, especially with no watch and no cell phone to keep track of the hours. The feeling invoked lyrics from “MR. NELSON”; the ninth song on Prince’s HITNRUN (Phase One)album, it features Lianne La Havas singing, “Where you are now/ Is in a place that does not require time.”

Hill and the band returned to the stage for the third set of the night, performing “Cry, Cry, Cry” and jamming past the end. Hill’s voice wept over the words, squealing and even cracking. At first, she tried taking the center mic, but technical difficulties pushed her back over to stage left.

During the following break, EDM hits and older Prince songs entertained the audience for an hour or so. The playlist seemed to reflect Prince himself—creative (samples of Rihanna instrumentation over other hits) and playful (Ginuwine’s “Ride My Pony”) but also elegant and technically brilliant (“How Deep Is Your Love” by Calvin Harris & Disciples).

Finally, all six musicians took the stage again for a longer set of tunes, which included the Hill-featuring HITNRUN (Phase One) opener “MILLION $ SHOW,” a new Prince song (“Hey!/ Whatcha got cookin’?”), and a cover of “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” by Sly & The Family Stone (Hill said she sought to sound like them). During Hill’s call-and-response song “My People,” Prince invited a fan to dance onstage, singing, “You don’t want to mess with him/ He’s Judith’s nephew!”

Every musician got a chance to show off at least once, and Prince performed a delightful drum solo. Even after a dozen songs, he didn’t seem to want to leave—near the end, he started another song and said, “I know, I’m trying to stop.” But after several hours had stacked on top of each other—the party lasted from about 10:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.—he had to call it a night.

In closing, Prince encouraged the audience to buy Back in Time. Once more, he praised his protégée, saying, “Judith Hill: we love her, and we hope that you love her, too.”

tour?

Eye don't c how ANYONE can EVER utter the words doesn't care about his fans, after reading these reviews... His whole musical existence on this earth is 4 his fans...

Prince invites fans to party with him at Paisley Park

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Prince seems to be shedding his reclusive reputation and becoming a party animal.

In recent weeks the superstar has hosted late-night jam sessions where he serenaded Madonna, celebrated the Minnesota Lynx's WNBA championship and showcased his latest protege, singer Judith Hill. Hundreds of fans descended on suburban Paisley Park Studios on Saturday night, paying $10 each to hear Prince and his backing band raise the roof until 3 a.m.

"Y'all want to party with me?" Prince asks the crowd at one point.

So why the new openness? Prince, of course, isn't talking.

"Why is he so friendly? Why is he open now? He's inviting strangers into his house. Why? Why? What's the reason? Let's ask everyone else besides him," Prince — wearing a purple tunic and large gold chain — teased from the darkened stage as he blasted through a funky mix that included oldies by Bill Withers and Sly and the Family Stone and his own songs ("Alphabet St.," ''Hot Thing").

Since Prince wasn't giving interviews that night (he rarely does), here's what fans had to say:

"I think he's been open for a while," said Gina Meier, 48, of Richfield, seeing her seventh Prince performance at Paisley Park. "He's done Paisley Park stuff for years. It's like he's brought us into his home."

Meier described Paisley Park as "a safe place" for fans, with no drugs or alcohol allowed (Red Bull, juice, water, ginger ale and Coke were for sale).

Fans browsed through Prince T-shirts at the merchandise booth in the lobby, adorned by a large heart-shaped mirror and another mirror with the word "Love." An ATM machine was nearby. For $40, fans could take a "mini-tour" of Paisley Park, where Prince's gold records are on the walls and the purple motorcycle he rode in his 1984 breakout movie, "Purple Rain," is on display. In between music sets, a DJ spun Prince music as well as R&B hits.

"If you don't leave here feeling fantastic, there's something wrong with you," Meier said.

Andy Kiernan, 45, of Minnetonka, who has been at Paisley Park several times, brought a friend to see her first show at the white-walled studio complex bathed in purple lights outside of Minneapolis.

"My impression is it's every Prince fan's dream to have the access he allows now," Kiernan said. "I feel this is him opening up a little bit."

Longtime Prince fan Mark Anderson, 42, of Eagan brought his 17-year-old son Noah, who was making his second trip to Paisley Park. Anderson said Prince's music "just got with a groove and it just sucks you in. It's mesmerizing."

"Some people think that 'Purple Rain' is his best music," Anderson said. "I just love what he's doing now."

Announced on Twitter, the event was to promote Hill and her new album, "Back in Time," co-produced by Prince and released just the day before. Wearing a white fringed top, blue jeans and boots, Hill, a former contestant on NBC's "The Voice" and a backup singer to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, played keyboards and soulfully sang her songs such as "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "My People" to warm applause.

Hill, a 31-year-old California native, had told an interviewer that working with Prince would be her "dream collaboration." Shortly afterward, she got the call from Prince.

"It's been incredible," Hill told The Associated Press in the Paisley Park studio where her album was recorded — old-school analog — on 2-inch tape.

Jam sessions at Paisley Park led to the album, Hill said, citing the studio's "very free-spirited environment." She said Prince "wants to share with the world what goes on here."

"He feels he wants to share with everyone," Hill said of Prince's recent open houses.

Back onstage, Prince trades hot licks with 3RDEYEGIRL guitarist Donna Grantis. In a playful mood, Prince invites a fan, dressed in a shiny silver hooded parka, to dance onstage, announcing that he's "Judith's nephew" and "Kenny from 'South Park.'"

Prince keeps the groove going with a James Brown-style funk, a new song he's working on. He leads the party-goers in a call-and-response.

Prince thanks the crowd several times for coming. Eventually, nearly five hours after it started, the party ends and fans drift away into the cool autumn air.

motherfunka said:

rafael said:

motherfunka said: Thanks again!! U rule!! Any new merch?

Thanks. No new merchandise. I was hoping for a physical Judith Hill CD.

were hot thing and sign o the times from a sample? or played live?

rafael said:

motherfunka said:

Thanks. No new merchandise. I was hoping for a physical Judith Hill CD.

were hot thing and sign o the times from a sample? or played live?

A little bit of both.