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One of the Celebrations, I think, has it. Very nice version. He does a good job with it.

Oooh! Sounds nice! I'd love to hear that.
Thanks for the input 8up.
Wonder what it sounds like.

Yeah its gorgeous his voice does it justice.

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Prince's version is very nice, and very bootleg. So you can find it at the usual places that we don't discuss here..

Read about the Celebrations here: http://www.thedawnexperie...phobia.htm


DAY FIVE: June 25, 2002

DAYTIME ACTIVITES AT PAISLEY PARK: Clinic/Q&A session by saxophonist Eric Leeds and keyboardist Renato Neto in the NPG Music Club Room. Renato mentioned that the band had rehearsed 25 new songs especially for the Celebration.

OPENING ACT: Bernard Allison (8:15 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.; 65 minutes)
PRINCE: 10:30 p.m. to 12:25 a.m. (115 minutes)




SETLIST:
Prince Guitar Solo
Bambi
Whole Lotta Love (Cover of Led Zepplin tune)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
The Question of U
The One
Jazz Jam
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Ain't No Sunshine (Cover of Bill Withers tune)
She's Always In My Hair
The Ride (w/Morris Hayes on keyboards)
Alphabet St. (w/Morris Hayes on keyboards)
Blues Jam (w/Morris Hayes on keyboards)
Elephants & Flowers
All The Critics Love U In New York
Beautiful Strange

Calhoun Square (Encore)

If Saturday night had been "Lounge Singer Night," Tuesday evening was definitely "Rock Night." Prince played heavy guitar on nearly every song and the set included many rarities. One of the video projectors was setup in the back of the soundstage and broadcasted weird, psychedelic images over the audience and onto Prince's face and video screens. It made for a very cool effect the whole night.

The set opened with Prince alone on stage, illuminated from the rear by a white spotlight and smoke. He launched into a scorching guitar solo for 2-3 minutes before stopping to allow the band to get into place. An intense version of "Bambi" opened the show. Prince sang all of the verses before moving into a cover of Led Zepplin's classic "Whole Lotta Love." The first surprise of the evening was a full-blown version of "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)," containing all of the lyrics and Prince playing the keyboard part on his guitar. Awesome. This lead into "The Question of U" and a new arrangement of "The One," which was arranged in a much more rock fashion (I barely recognized it at first). A long jazz jam followed, which seemed a bit out of place given the rest of the material. This was followed by "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man," which Prince has drastically rearranged by slowing the tempo down by half and turning it into more of a blues song (this was actually one of the highlights for me of the night... it sounded GREAT!).

A cover of Bill Wither's "Ain't No Sunshine" was next, followed up with "She's Always In My Hair" (an obvious crowd favorite). Former NPG band member Morris Hayes then joined the band, playing Prince's keyboards on "The Ride,"
"Alphabet St." (a full-band version), and a lengthy blues jam. The main set concluded with a lengthy jam on two surprise inclusions: full, complete versions of "Elephants & Flowers" and "All The Critics Love U In New York." Prince had the audience repeat the chorus to the former several times near the end, and during the latter many audience members were brought up onstage to dance (including 79-year old Mary Boyer from Cleveland, Ohio). Prince then returned to the rock theme with absolutely blazing versions of "Beautiful Strange" and "Calhoun Square" (the encore). These last two songs sound much better live than on record.

Another absolutely unforgettable night!

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lopez568 said:

The Celebrations started in 2000.

Paisley Park was opened up for a week with tours of the studios, display of vehicles and costumes from Prince's career, some bargain sales and guest artists (e.g. Macy Gray, Mint Condition) performing each evening - Prince in attendance and performing in Minneapolis in concert with guests at the end of the week (Angie Stone, Q-Tip, some Revolution members).

Week nvited attendees to vote for the tracklist for Crystal Ball II with the winning list subsequently announced, but never emerged.

Year 2 - 2001 - and the morning sessions included first listening sessions for 'The Rainbow Children', followed by discussions, some of which included Prince. Afternoons allowed free roam of Paisley (within bounds). Evening performances included The Time, Erykah Badu, Common. Week ended with two Prince concerts in St Paul.

One evening the air conditioning broke, so Prince invited everyone to follow him to a local movie theater which he had hired for a showing of 'Minority Report'.

Year 3 - 2002 - musical and other workshops daily included Sheila E and Larry Graham. Evening performances by guest artists including Sheila and Norah Jones, and Prince performing every night.

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