any one know if this was recorded before or after 9/11/01

christtracy said:

And this is about Prince because?????

From memory it's from a New Power Soul tour aftershow, somewhere in Europe 1998(I think Germany somewhere??? - I can't remember). Anyway, it's not that amazingly prophetic. People knew Osama Bin Laden was terrorist LONG before Sep11.
[Edited 12/1/04 17:30pm]

The song was intended for Prince's unreleased album "Quatrains".

christtracy said:

9-11 isn't the only time Osama is said to have messed with the twin towers -- remember the bombs that went off in the underground parking garage of the WTC a few years before? I believe that's when Prince came up with this song.

toejam said:

Yeah, but he says "America you better watch out, 2001".

MrSquiggle said:

I read somewhere that Osama had made a specific reference to something major going down in 2001. Funny Prince listened but Bush & Co. didn't

But yea, it's from an aftershow in the late 80's for sure...

Fleshofmyflesh said:

You feel silly now, don't you

You know what I hate? This song is KICK ASS I just can't listen to it now w/o fearing the FBI will bust down my door

He should do some other jam over that beat, shit was HOT

This afterparty was in Utrecht Holland in the Tivoli.

Newpower Soul / Jam Of The Year Aftershow
December 24, 1998
Tivoli, Utrecht, The Netherlands
feat. Lenny Kravitz, Candy Dulfer, Hans Dulfer, Larry Graham

Cissy Strut
Superstition
Chameleon
Asswoop
The Undertaker
Joy & Pain
I Know You Got Soul
Baby Let’s Go
Hair
Love And Happiness
Are You Gonna Go My Way
The Jam
Morris Hayes Organ Solo
Mad
I Want To Take You Higher
Days Of Wild
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)
You Can Sing It If You Try
Forever In My Life
Everyday People
Guitar Jam
Guitar Solo
Santana Medley
The Question Of U
Gett Off
When You Were Mine
Also Sprach Zarathustra

--

"2001" was just the cue for Richard Srauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" motif - the name link referring to Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" using that very same music as a theme.

christtracy said:

Horse... Dead... Flog?

CalhounSq said:

90's not 80's. if it was from the 80's then i reckon prince would now be hosting his own show on psychic network by now!
[Edited 12/2/04 10:29am]

Jon said:

Meatloaf, anyone?

CalhounSq said:

BIG Time

fred said:

There 's a boot from this concert "...Osama Bin Laden is ready 2 bomb. America, u better watch out. 2001 :.....

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A LITTLE PROPHETIC

PRNelson said:

I meant 90's

I thought the Last December was pretty erie considering it was recorded before 9/11. Sounded very fitting to me. Also, the sound of the car driving up at the
end sounded much like the planes from the trade center..

cracknbush said:

Okay, now y'all just reading into stuff

cracknbush said:

I don't understand your point. Last December is about reviewing your life before you go.... People have always lived and died, you know - 9/11 or not.

purplecloud said:

It wasn't prophetic in the slightest.

Osama bin Laden was in the news long before 9/11.

not prophetic, however in retrospect, it sounds a little eerie: it's inevitable that "america", "2001" and "osama bin laden" all together in one line would bring to mind the 9/11 incident.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

wow, you really know you Prince stuff don't you

fms said:

Well DUH The eerie shit is that the govt. paid no attention...

swiftyweb said:

...sorry, but i just had to laugh.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

fms said:

Just looking at your avatar, the 'microchip in your neck' stuff from the War is likely to become a reality within the next 5-10 years, would we consider that prophetic, even though it's been in the news since the very early 90s?

Prince can be a loon, but give credit where credit's due, he does seem up on political conspiracy theory.

It was before 9/11

we did know about osama bin laden before 9/11 but the public according to president clinton, was not made aware of the details or extent of bin laden
becuse he did not want to help raise his stature.and also all of bin laden 's
attacks were over seas so to say america, binladen, bomb, 2001 is
pretty much as prophetic as it gets.