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Prince, live at the Staples Center, June 5


He’s still a showoff, one of his great selling points. Plus, of course, the great underrated guitarist of any damn era. Dance moves intact, sex appeal without question. My main quibble for a show I’m thrilled to have seen is that old bugaboo: the nature of the arena comeback concert. Like Springsteen and U2 before him, Prince returns to the basics by adhering to a crowd-pleasing synthesis of not just greatest hits, but greatest strengths – those being what I described in the first three sentences. But if his conception of Musicology as musicianship par excellence introduces new ears to Maceo Parker, then it also diminishes another underrated Prince virtue: emotional content. I mean, the point of "Let’s Go Crazy" is its liberating axe solo at the end; the point of "Sign o’ the Times" its spare, steely, weary funk. All musical geniuses deserve the right to reinvent their past, but Prince does a disservice to his songwriting’s impact by revue-styling too much and slavishly keepin’ the party going all night. Call me greedy – I think one of the best talents of the last 25 years can take his audience even higher than he did proficiently, and often ecstatically, tonight.

excuse me were we at the same concert?
I thought the show was FLAWLESS!!!
ina

Man that fool don't know what he's talking about. He took the building down on Saturday. As far as I'm concerned, Staples Center will never be the same after those performances. Those were some special moments that I'll never forget.

maybe he was at a different staple center
the one i was at however was kilted by prince
we should all be dead
do you think that they'll put saturday's show on dvd?

MY ONLY COMPLAINT.....

YES - INDEED!!,

The show was flawless, BUT as far as the audience goes (from where we sat, 8th row in front
of Rhonda Smith), the crowd seemed to NOT be into CHEERING for an encore. My SON "ZACK"
& myself, seemed to be the ONLY ones in the FRONT of the stage there whistling & cheering
for P & the band to come out again.

Where these people NPGMC members??, HUMM ??

All in all, it was a GREAT SHOW & as far as I'm concerned the OPENING NIGHT@ STAPLES
(Mar.29th), The POND (MAY 23rd) & AGAIN @ STAPLES (June 5th)
each show just got BETTER & BETTER!!

MANY THANKS TO PRINCE & THE BAND

Fish & Zack