if prince, brings his show to the US, it will work.i bet you will be the first one to buy a ticket. Don't hate appreciate.

Ahh once again I am Australian -
Why would I be buying tickets top US shows ?
And especially with the ridiculous prices you can expect for his next shows there ... No way

FunkyStrange said:

That's it I am officially done with this org. F-cking cry babies.

lmas said:

Can I start the "THAT'S IT I'M LEAVING THE ORG!" thread
for you ? I love those ones

FunkyStrange said:

You are just plain WRONG my friend. WRONG!

I was fucking there and the song went off. That stream quality is just shit.

The show was absolutely amazing and all the songs were given new treatment and arrangments.

The second show was even better and they got the sound perfect. Additionally, I can tell you that his voice was perfect. Sublime even.

Oh fuck it, take it from me WHO WAS THERE that it was awesome.

Here endith the lesson.

Then one more thing. Prince is not 28 anymore, or 33, or 38. The guy is 44 becomming 45, and my god, he's still at an enormous peak. His voice is still amazingly good, and his performance is also still high top level.
I can't believe you're nagging about him not reachin' a high note in a 1 minute sampler af a poor quality on which you diss him. But hey, it's your choice and voice.

Listen, be glad he's still around. And INDEED, for other Australian fans, it's a must to see him once more again in ten years time. The critics and newspapers are all in awe.

I've been spoiled overhere in Belgium, Europe. We were able to see him nearly every other year. And i had the oportunity to go and see him during each tour in different cities around. And i had the oportunity to join one of his secret gigs here in Brussels. I think i don't ask anything of Prince anymore. I'm a very very happy man, but i think the quality of his output isn't always good, somtimes even plain bad. But i rest on my own opinion, and try to see everything with as much space to it as possible, which i believe is the best thing to approach things in life.

I do hope that Prince will age like anyone else, and i'm not expecting him to reach that high note on his 50st birthday again. If he wants to make extra money by repeating those same old tunes. Fine! It's his life and choice, hey the man wrote those songs remember? He created more hits then any other contemporary artist i know! It's his choice to feel free and earn money with the things he did best. One cannot renew a whole lifetime. Creativity sometimes just is at its peak, and then the only thing we can hope for, is that it happens just once or a few times more.

If Prince will be old, and unable to be more creative, will you be the one to diss him for not being able to perform a high note, put out (good) new songs, or earn his $ by playing those old hits?

I have loads of respect for the man. He did it for more then 3 decades. And i'm sure he will go one at least one more! But take it from me, he will become an even more tight believer with his JW thing... i only hope he does it for the right reason. And that it has just a little impact on his future output. (!)

Peace to everyone, and Prince, and U.

Prince is the only artist who re-arranges his older tunes time after time, tour after tour. Only that is worth while listening to.
I made CDR's with for instance just the "when doves cry" title on it, but then performed during all his different tours from the past 3O years, and you have no idea how creative he can be!
It's amazing.
Try that, it's fucking amazing... Thàt shows you how different Prince is from other contemporary performers.
Not even Michael Jackson, or Madonna, or Kylie or George Michael or U2 or Pearl Jam or any other major does this constantly the way Prince does.

Peace

I expect other Australians to disagree with me.

You haven't seen him for 12 years.

Very few Australians have seen the other tours to compare them with. (and no matter how many boots u may have heard - it don't count - they cant compare)

But he has DONE the retiring the hits thing in every other place he has toured. In 1993 in Europe he 'retired' the hits with fans voting what songs he played...

USA had the Hit n Run Tour of 2000/2001 where he was 'playing the hits for the last time'

Now it is Australia's time to 'retire' them.

I KNOW it was great if you were there BKW I won't deny that
but your rxperiences are totally different to the overseas people who have seen him every other year doing the same old stuff.

Sure if he tours this same tour over Europe and USA , hw will probably deifinitely sell out shows to the mainsteam but the fans will be royally pissed off and THAT is what I am talking about.

It sounds like the 2nd show was a vast improvement on the first, setwise and soundwise, if there was only a 3rd to improve it even more !!

This happens every time he tours, some people aren't satisfied with this or that. That's what you get in this place lol I am not having a go at anyone. These are just words, opinions, nobody needs to get their head stuck up somewhere it shouldn't be because of some stupid words on a website.

You can disagree - that's fine, I expect it - everyone has an opinion - but please - just have a logical basis for it - that's all I ask.


I will have the boots soon enough and I will be able to hear for myself (in a way) how good the show was. I have to say the Hit n Run USA tour was one of my least favourite tours in the last 10 years , most fans who saw those shows felt the same, yet the mainstream public lapped it up like the arselicking dogs that they are.
And this just seems like more of the same - we have heard it all before, this isn't a very different band from that tour (with a few exceptions)

Yet for Australians - this is just what u need. You HAVEN'T seen this all before, so just remember everyone else HAS before you tell them this the bes tour in the history of the earth - If I hadn't seen him for 12 years I would be saying the same damn thing Fo sure !

But luckily I have seen him several times in the last few years in other countries - so obviously my experiences and perceptions of things will be very different to any Australian who hasn't seen him in the last 12 years or in fact NEVER seen him.

and NOW I am just rambling - that's all for now


Do ya geddit ?

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The band is tight and Prince is having fun - when you have these two combinations you cannot go wrong!

2 soundchecks, 2 shows and 1 aftershow down, another 4 to go!

I can now see that I know nothing and have been royally corrected. Of course, i cant compare the performances I witnessed to his last tour here or the other hundreds of bands I have seen over the years inc tours by other "greats" like Springsteen, Rolling Stones or U2.

I was just a thirsty man in the desert suffering hullucinations brought on by desperation.

Take it from the 25000 or so dumbarse no nothing, ignorant Aussies that we apologise for knowing a good thing when we se and hear it.

HOW CAN YA'LL JUDGE THE SOUND QLTY FROM A STOOPID STREAMING CLIP? I WAS THERE AND BOY WAS IT LOUD BUT VERY CLEAR AND HIS VOICE WAS IN STRONG FORM.AT SOUNDCHECK I YELLED OUT BAMBI AT A QUIET MOMENT AND LOW AND BEHOLD HE PLAYED IT.2 COOL.I TAKE MY HAT OFF 2 HIM(IF I HAD 1)...PEACE

bkw said:

Well considering those other people aren't PRINCE - no you can't compare them to him when judging HIS tours. YOU can sure compare this to the 1992 tour but there have been 8 tours since then which you haven't seen. which you can not compare - Point is OTHERS CAN compare with those other tours, Man just have an open mind and admit other people have a different viewpoint from you. If you had seen every tour since 1992 I am pretty sure you wouldn't be calling the best tour ever, probably quite the opposite in fact.




Sure it was a good thing that's not the point here bkw.
Compared to the other crap that tours Australia it probably was the best tour ever. I can't say if it is better than the D&P tour since I haven't seen this one yet.
and
Considering probably more than 95% were just mainstream Joe Public and had no idea what his recent tours have been like sure considering the scraps that make their way to Australia, Prince might very well be the best tour since 1992.

But my main point anyway is that you can't compare it to his last 8 tours which you haven't been fortunate enough to see. Others who have seen it seem to have more informed point of view than someone who hasn't seen them.

But who cares...

That is your opinion , this is mine

S'all good.

I just watched that hi quality video of BIAS - it's not THAT bad...