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A home to kings, The Palace belonged to Prince this night Review AUBURN HILLS THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Monday, June 21, 2004 By Doug Pullen dpullen@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6140 AUBURN HILLS - The confetti has been flying at The Palace lately. It flowed Tuesday, when the Detroit Pistons put away the Los Angeles Lakers for their first NBA championship in 14 years. There was the rally in honor of the team Thursday, and on Sunday - Father's Day and the last day of spring - the stuff filled up the air two songs into the first of Prince's two-night stand there. The song, appropriately, was "Let's Go Crazy," one of more than two dozen hits and obscurities that filled a more than two-hour lovefest between the artist and his near-capacity audience. It was the first of four planned appearances by The Purple One in Motor City (he's at The Palace again tonight, Joe Louis Arena on July 30 and The Palace again July 31, a show that goes on sale Saturday). Though Prince's current career revival has been questionably labeled a comeback, it has been a kind of return to the throne that started with a rousing appearance (with Beyonce) on the Grammys, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (including a searing guitar solo on an all-star version of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps") and his first hit album, "Musicology" (free copies of which were handed out at the door Sunday night), in years. Just as surely as the Pistons were crowned the kings of pro basketball, Prince's return to the city that embraced him long before "Purple Rain" served as a sort of coronation, too, a not-so-subtle reminder that he isn't about to give up his crown as one of pop music's most prolific, pre-eminent - and, not to mention - funkiest artists. Prince reminded the enthusiastic crowd of those long ties, recalling Mojo, the legendary Detroit disc jockey who helped break Prince in this area, and donning the No. 22 jersey of - who else? - Piston Tayshaun Prince (whose arms are about as long as Prince is tall) for most of the show's second half. The Pistons were underdogs but used dogged determination and selfless teamwork to become champion. Prince is one of a kind, a one-man studio band who relies on the superior musicianship of the instrumentalists who make up his ever-evolving New Power Generation band. Now numbering nine members, it includes a four-piece horn section anchored by former James Brown sax man Maceo Parker and the versatile singer-saxophonist Candy Dulfer. They have become a tight team themselves, a close-knit collective that's right in the pocket with the once and future Prince, whose penchant for cutting and pasting parts of different songs together, which he did most effectively Sunday with "Controversy" and "Love Bizarre," can be a challenge for any musician. He maintains an air of spontaneity that allows the audience to hear the songs they paid their $77.50 for while giving him and the band the opportunity to jam, or, as he put it so eloquently Sunday, "I told you we came to jam." Did they, through an explosive medley of "Purple Rain" hits (including "I Would Die 4 U" and "When Doves Cry," but not the lascivious "Darling Nikki," dropped since he became a Jehovah's Witness), songs that continue to reveal new shades in the hands of this crack unit, making one wonder if he'll truly abandon them after this tour, as he has said he will. It was also nice to see him play guitar exclusively, something he hasn't favored nearly as much as keyboards in recent years. A solo acoustic segment, accompanying himself on a purple guitar, offered up refreshingly intimate versions of favorites such as "Little Red Corvette" and "Raspberry Beret," which were met with boisterous backing vocals from the big crowd. The breather, coupled with less-inspired song choices, sucked some of the life out of the show's final third. But it didn't matter. Prince had proved once again that he is one of rock's true masters, a prince of a guy and a king of the funk who is finally comfortable in his skin, comfortable with his legacy and intent on extending it. *** Silence Speaks A Thousand Words. | |
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j7isapunk said: | |
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PurpleCharm said: j7isapunk said: Is That Kid Rock at the bottom of this picture? The guy with his back to us with the white hat on? | |
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AWESOME | |
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Thanks for the pic! | |
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manray10 said: PurpleCharm said: Is That Kid Rock at the bottom of this picture? The guy with his back to us with the white hat on? http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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Oh, i will b at the the July 30th show at Joe Louis baby yeeeees! So all u Dtroit Crawl peeps will get a little taste of the Nasy Nati's Funkiest! U,ME,WE!....2FUNKY! | |
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Eeeeee & | |
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NICE DETROIT PHOTO!! MORE IF ANYONE HAS EM!!! I WAS THERE, RIGHT DOWN BY JOHN BLACKWELL'S DRUMS..... WHOM EVER POSTED THIS PIC PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA ORG NOTE OR MY EMAIL(S)!!! LOVE 2 SEE WHAT WAS TAKIN' THAT NIGHT!!!
PEACE AND MUSICOLOGY! thegreatestromance .... aka DetroitPrince 3121... don't U wanna come??? | |
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thegreatestromance said: NICE DETROIT PHOTO!! MORE IF ANYONE HAS EM!!! I WAS THERE, RIGHT DOWN BY JOHN BLACKWELL'S DRUMS..... WHOM EVER POSTED THIS PIC PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA ORG NOTE OR MY EMAIL(S)!!! LOVE 2 SEE WHAT WAS TAKIN' THAT NIGHT!!!
PEACE AND MUSICOLOGY! thegreatestromance .... aka DetroitPrince If anyone sends you any.. lemme know! | |
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j7isapunk said: Cool foto! I was onstage but I don't know where I went in the photo! haha | |
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don't forget there's a newpowerdetroit crew too!
every 1st friday at mephisto's www.newpowerdetroit.com | |
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Here we go, the he ain't playing "Darling Nikki" reference again.... "When they tell me 2 walk a straight line, I put on crooked shoes" | |
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TheMax said: Here we go, the he ain't playing "Darling Nikki" reference again....
No joke! What's up with that??? He only played "Darling Nikki" on three tours in his career (and one of those, the "Hit & Run 2000" was AFTER he had been studying with the JWs!). They're really making more of this than it really is! Do not hurry yourself in your spirit to become offended, for the taking of offense is what rests in the bosom of the stupid ones. (Ecclesiastes 7:9) | |
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Personally, I don't miss Darling NIkki.
To me it is a filler song. Now EROTIC CITY.... cutting that one really hurt. Couldn't he please just play the music. Just do it instrumental. That was da JAM!!!! Especially the long playing version... "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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I love it
peace and be wild!!! | |
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Prince was so live in Detroit. The air was sensual, with a hint of old school, a twist of all-the-way-live and freshly squeezed spirit in the air, all over the place and ...in-your-face.
Can you say boo-yaah! It was worth the 12+ hour trip from MN 2 MI 2 c the show and the man again. WOW! Love and Light 2 theDetroitCrawl, Atlanta GA, and all MN! Walk, like you could use the ride; and remember...
All we have is th Love We Make. | |
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WTF???? GO LAKERS!!!!! | |
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thegreatestromance said: NICE DETROIT PHOTO!! MORE IF ANYONE HAS EM!!! I WAS THERE, RIGHT DOWN BY JOHN BLACKWELL'S DRUMS..... WHOM EVER POSTED THIS PIC PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA ORG NOTE OR MY EMAIL(S)!!! LOVE 2 SEE WHAT WAS TAKIN' THAT NIGHT!!!
PEACE AND MUSICOLOGY! thegreatestromance .... aka DetroitPrince I was over in that area too...but, closer to the horn section! | |
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Walk said: Prince was so live in Detroit. The air was sensual, with a hint of old school, a twist of all-the-way-live and freshly squeezed spirit in the air, all over the place and ...in-your-face.
Can you say boo-yaah! It was worth the 12+ hour trip from MN 2 MI 2 c the show and the man again. WOW! Love and Light 2 theDetroitCrawl, Atlanta GA, and all MN! We DID represent! Thank you and love to you as well! Wish we could have seen you! We didn't get your message til late... [This message was edited Wed Jun 23 10:06:11 2004 by applekisses] | |
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ELBOOGY said: Oh, i will b at the the July 30th show at Joe Louis baby yeeeees! So all u Detroit Crawl peeps will get a little taste of the Nasy Nati's Funkiest!
Wooooo Hooooo! I hope we're ready! | |
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applekisses said: Walk said: Prince was so live in Detroit. The air was sensual, with a hint of old school, a twist of all-the-way-live and freshly squeezed spirit in the air, all over the place and ...in-your-face.
Can you say boo-yaah! It was worth the 12+ hour trip from MN 2 MI 2 c the show and the man again. WOW! Love and Light 2 theDetroitCrawl, Atlanta GA, and all MN! We DID represent! Thank you and love to you as well! Wish we could have seen you! We didn't get your message til late... [This message was edited Wed Jun 23 10:06:11 2004 by applekisses] and you know this 3 Detroit Crawl Girls on stage with the first having that Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire solo on the second nite! so far I hear there were a couple of guiter pic and drum sticks had by a few of us too | |
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Mauve said: applekisses said: We DID represent! Thank you and love to you as well! Wish we could have seen you! We didn't get your message til late... [This message was edited Wed Jun 23 10:06:11 2004 by applekisses] and you know this 3 Detroit Crawl Girls on stage with the first having that Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire solo on the second nite! so far I hear there were a couple of guiter pic and drum sticks had by a few of us too AND...Revolution's son got Candy's tamborine! | |
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