1. Xemlify
2. Jam (apparently a jazzy instrumental)
3. Elephant And Flowers
4. Life Of The Party (new song)
5. Bambi (went for 10 mins)
6. Whole Lotta Love (also went for a good 10 mins)
7. (another song from xpectations)
8. Xemplify and this also went straight into When The Saints Go Marching In.

Now...all this information came straight from bkw. So you can trust what he's been doing.
The soundcheck was suppose to start at around 4pm, but didn't get underway until closer to 5pm. He played for an hour and a good 200 people attended the soundcheck. bkw said that you were allowed to sit wherever you wanted, so he grabed a spot up on stage about 10 metres from Prince. I hope he had bodygaurds.
Prince didn't talk alot during the soundcheck, but he did make some jokes and one liners. Requests weren't taken, or asked for, but it seems that the band were tight and the sound was amazing. Bambi was the major highlight.
There were other orgers there and bkw did give me names...but the pub he was calling from was noisy and I couldn't hear him very well.
I'm sure someone will come along and give a better description of the night...but this should help you guys until then.

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[This message was edited Tue Oct 21 21:30:38 PDT 2003 by althom]

I guess track 4 was "Life 'O' the Party "

looks great ! good to xenophobia tracks getting played...

if only vanessa mae would come and play too ...

10 minutes of Bambi WAHHH! !!!

not sure if i like that title: Life O The Party.

FunkyStrange said:

You could be right!

Great Post Althom!(and BKW)

Sounds AWESOME! SYD and BRIZ - look out!

R.

dnaplaya said:

Thanks!

Someone did scream out Bambi, and I thought OMG he is really playing it. Coincidence, not request I guess.

charlottegelin said:

Yeah.
Apparently someone did yell it out and he played it about 20 mins later. I think it was already going to be played.

Thanks althom!!

I wasn't on the stage you goose! I was front row though.

Bambi was the bees fucking knees let me tell you. Everyone I spoke to after the soundcheck was just buzzing and everyone of us felt that the performance of Bambi was worth the ticket price alone.

I can confirm that the 3rd song was "Life of the Party" which is a funky James Brown type tune. In fact, at the main concert he used the intro from James Browns "Hot Pants" which then segued into the new song.

The soundcheck was the best musical experience I have ever had. That band is so tight it's amazing.

I'll post more on a thread about the actual concert etc which also rocked!

bkw said:

You said you were!

althom said:

That was the beer talking.

It totally fuckin' killed!! The jazzy instrumental was a beautiful guitar intro that sounded like it was going to go into Gotta Broken Heart Again, I was *this* close to crying...he teased with the beginning of When you were Mine...sat down and pretended he was smoking during one of Renatos solos...looked very cool in white suit and purple shirt...I was about 10 feet away on stage right where he spent most of his time playing...total dream come true

bkw said:

You doofus!

Other things I remember about the soundcheck (which was amazing) - apologies if I mis-remember anything:
A lot of focus on band members doing their thing during the instrumentals. Prince would cue them with hand signals / nods etc.
Renato and John Blackwell in particular got a lot of solo time. I think everyone in the audience was blown away by his drumming. There was a cool little bit where he was going through the motions of solo-ing but without actually hitting the drums (if you get what I mean).
Rad and the other new keyboardist (Clint I think) were introduced - I think Clint is also a keyboardist but it was hard to tell as he stood behind a huge box thing which could have contained anything (keyboard or turntables, I don't know). During the actual show he came out on stage to sing 'Soul man' with Prince.
Rad is a good addition to the band, plus she can sing pretty damn well.
Prince also spent some time jamming on the keyboards towards the end.
While the show itself was absolutely great, the soundcheck was so impressive I think I stood there in stunned disbelief for most of the time.

xtian said:

Clint - read Chance

The soundcheck rocked!

xtian said:

I noticed Maceo with a huge smile during one of Princes solos like 'whooo...look at that lil mf GO!' I was SHAKING after the soundcheck.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Like...eerrr...good shaking...right?

dnaplaya said:

I'll take that credit thanks.


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[This message was edited Wed Oct 22 2:11:59 PDT 2003 by althom]

xtian said:

YES! I know exactly what u mean. John does this as the credits roll on his drumming DVD, it's a great thing to witness!

Can someone help me with what song 7 was...it's annoying the hell out of me now.

althom said:

i think it was nagoya from c-note, but no1 has confirmed it yet the only reason i say this is cause i remember hearing a whistle being blown during one of the jams, and it was in the same fashion as nagoya

If you had READ my review instead of getting pissy at me for posting it on your thread you would have seen that the instrumental was the title track from Xpectation. I can 100% confirm this

mynameisnotsusan said:

And how do you know this?

bkw said:

Heh

My 'memory' is especially vivid

There was an (awesome) instrumental between Life of The Party and Bambi as well. I don't know the name of it but I think it's Santana, maybe Toussaint L'Overture ? Not 100% about that because I don't have the Santana track to listen to

bkw said:

I've got one word to say to you Kim.

Cod piece!

mynameisnotsusan said

[This message was edited Sun Nov 16 18:51:23 PST 2003 by bkw]

toccata said:

mynameisnotsusan said:

if your 100% sure...i just want to get it right, so xpectation the the missing track then???

Aaaahhh... Whole Lotta Love... when i saw this on the ONA dvd i nearly crapped myself but when i saw it LIVE standing 5 metres from the man (i was up against the railing too...) I burst into tears and couldnt stop for half an hour... i was overcome!


I was lucky enough to have 2 meet n greets with Prince... but i coulda gone home happy after the 1st soundcheck!