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PrintableNothinbutjoy said: I loved his entrance for the 15 Dec 2003 show in Las Vegas. It didn't make the dvd (Lord only knows why).
Drum kit was lit up w/ green, blue and white lights. Prince was on drums (favorite thing of mine. And to begin with it....  He does his thing then...
He starts to spin out and in spins Sheila E. without missing a beat. She does her thing then starts to spin out and without missing a beat in spins John Blackwell. The whole thing was WOW...the lighting made it larger than life...I still get goosebumps. I was there too! That was a hot entrance. It was like he came out of nowhere when the lights shined on him. That should have been on the DVD. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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Anxiety said: purplecam said: The Musicology Tour when Prince emerged from the ground in that crate. The crowd went nuts.
that was pretty frikkin' cool, every single time i saw it. though after a few times, i was more excited to see what he was gonna be wearing than i was about the actual theatrics of the entrance. "ooh! baby blue fringe!"  I was the same way. After the first show, it was like I would check for little things like which girl is gonna mess up Kiss this time or is he going to sing Call My Name this show. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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I really liked the Musicology entrance in Detroit.
He came out of the floor with a blinding light and fog lifting him up similar to the P.R. tour in 85. Man that got everyone all freaked out. Great show memory!  [Edited 8/24/05 9:06am] "
First I need a picture of your mother, to verify the fact that there's not another one in the universe so supreme!!" |
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DiamondGirl said: vainandy said: That's my favorite also. I have a video of that tour and at the beginning you hear the drums from "Controversy". All you can see is a large flashing light shining through the smoke. It almost looked like a big flashing ball of fire. My sister was watching it with me and she said it looked like the opening gates at the entrance of Hell.  Then you see Prince's shadow slowly rising to the top of the set by the blinds and the lights never come on until he swings down the pole at the beginning of "Let's Work".Yup I have a 1999 tour vid too. It's the homecoming one. What a show! That flashing light is coming from the drum too! All praise to Princes dramtic ideas and to Roy Bennet for the lighting and the design of the stage! As it said somewhere in some book: Prince was so damn dramatic and dynamic, there was nothing left to do BUT make a movie! I have it as well, but, it looked much scarier in person. I saw P twice on that tour, and each time, it TOTALLY was intended to look like he was coming from hell, with his shadow being the main thing u see from the fire and smoke (brimstones). He used the same concept again with his Purple Rain tour where he was coming up from hell. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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I've never seen him in concert.  But there's one video I have of him on the Controversy tour which begins with his gospel tune called "The Second Coming". Then after the song he kicks off the show with Uptown. May not be the best entrance, but it's my favorite.  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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blackguitaristz said: DiamondGirl said: 1999. Straight up and sillohuetted kickin right into Controversy!
Exactly! That's my pick as well, hands down! yeah thats it, he also did the same entrance at a " Hit n Run" in 2000, not really an entrance but I thought it was cool at the ONA show he was already sitting at the piano playing when people were arriving | |
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how can you consider the box from musicology as a stage entrance?
and my vote goes to SOTT... Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: how can you consider the box from musicology as a stage entrance?
and my vote goes to SOTT... because that's how he entered the stage?  | |
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Anxiety said: sosgemini said: how can you consider the box from musicology as a stage entrance?
and my vote goes to SOTT... because that's how he entered the stage? i guess im thinking of it in terms of theater...so for me his stange entrance is when he actually appears for the first time.. Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: Anxiety said: because that's how he entered the stage? i guess im thinking of it in terms of theater...so for me his stange entrance is when he actually appears for the first time.. so does he appear before he comes out of the box in the big cloud of smoke? i didn't think so, but i didn't really look up at the ceiling before the show started or anything, he coulda been flying around up there on a glider or something. | |
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Anxiety said: sosgemini said: i guess im thinking of it in terms of theater...so for me his stange entrance is when he actually appears for the first time.. so does he appear before he comes out of the box in the big cloud of smoke? i didn't think so, but i didn't really look up at the ceiling before the show started or anything, he coulda been flying around up there on a glider or something. everything okay there? Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: Anxiety said: so does he appear before he comes out of the box in the big cloud of smoke? i didn't think so, but i didn't really look up at the ceiling before the show started or anything, he coulda been flying around up there on a glider or something. everything okay there? i'm just trying to be accommodating! | |
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Anxiety said: sosgemini said: everything okay there? i'm just trying to be accommodating! oh..ummm..okay. Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: Anxiety said: i'm just trying to be accommodating! oh..ummm..okay. i just didn't understand how you didn't consider the whole prince popping up on stage out of a cloud of smoke thing to be a stage entrance, when that's the first appearance he made on stage during those concerts. i figured maybe i missed something he did before the show started, like maybe a little hang-gliding demo or a trampoline act with zelaira by the merchandise table or something. 
like i said: ACCOMMODATING! | |
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Anxiety said: sosgemini said: oh..ummm..okay. i just didn't understand how you didn't consider the whole prince popping up on stage out of a cloud of smoke thing to be a stage entrance, when that's the first appearance he made on stage during those concerts. i figured maybe i missed something he did before the show started, like maybe a little hang-gliding demo or a trampoline act with zelaira by the merchandise table or something.
like i said: ACCOMMODATING! oohh..i missed the "popping out of the stage" part and only noticed the "being carted out in a box" part... thats what i get for speed reading through the org. Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: Anxiety said: i just didn't understand how you didn't consider the whole prince popping up on stage out of a cloud of smoke thing to be a stage entrance, when that's the first appearance he made on stage during those concerts. i figured maybe i missed something he did before the show started, like maybe a little hang-gliding demo or a trampoline act with zelaira by the merchandise table or something.
like i said: ACCOMMODATING! oohh..i missed the "popping out of the stage" part and only noticed the "being carted out in a box" part... thats what i get for speed reading through the org.  | |
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DiamondGirl said: vainandy said: That's my favorite also. I have a video of that tour and at the beginning you hear the drums from "Controversy". All you can see is a large flashing light shining through the smoke. It almost looked like a big flashing ball of fire. My sister was watching it with me and she said it looked like the opening gates at the entrance of Hell. Then you see Prince's shadow slowly rising to the top of the set by the blinds and the lights never come on until he swings down the pole at the beginning of "Let's Work".Yup I have a 1999 tour vid too. It's the homecoming one. What a show! That flashing light is coming from the drum too! All praise to Princes dramtic ideas and to Roy Bennet for the lighting and the design of the stage! As it said somewhere in some book: Prince was so damn dramatic and dynamic, there was nothing left to do BUT make a movie! Exactly. I think that was his last show on the tour when he returned home to Minneapolis. The Time was great on that show too. A friend of mine, that I met at a concert, made me a copy of that tape. I just wish he had included Vanity 6 so I would have the entire concert. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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blackguitaristz said: DiamondGirl said: Yup I have a 1999 tour vid too. It's the homecoming one. What a show! That flashing light is coming from the drum too! All praise to Princes dramtic ideas and to Roy Bennet for the lighting and the design of the stage! As it said somewhere in some book: Prince was so damn dramatic and dynamic, there was nothing left to do BUT make a movie! I have it as well, but, it looked much scarier in person. I saw P twice on that tour, and each time, it TOTALLY was intended to look like he was coming from hell, with his shadow being the main thing u see from the fire and smoke (brimstones). He used the same concept again with his Purple Rain tour where he was coming up from hell. You just don't know how lucky you are to have lived in a major city where Prince returned every year. I was dying to see Prince back in those days. Prince came to my area in 1980 with Rick James (a concert that I had no one to take me to because I was too young) and never returned until 1997. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Also when he did face Down on the Chris Rock show.. | |
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I really like what they did at Last years "Essence Fest" where the band came out in costumes and P was roller skating playing guitar.
A couple of days before we watched the Johnny Depp pirate movie so it was great synchronicity. | |
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ThataintFunky said: It won't be long
All of God's children must learn 2 love It won't be long (I said it won't be long) Before the Second Coming, yeah It won't be long, no, it won't be long How many more good men must die before there's gun control U've got 2 love your brother if U want 2 free your soul (Soul, soul, soul) It won't be long (It won't be long) All of God's, all of God's children must learn 2 love Am I the only one who owns the boot "You Belong To Prince" ? (Houston 9 December 1981) It's the only boot of the Controversy-tour which contains the complete intro ... and it's very obvious that the Controversy tour has the best stage entrance. For those of you who do own the City Lights set (most of you I suppose): no .. both discs do not contain the start of the concert! GET YOURSELF A COPY OF ONE OF THE BEST PRINCE-CONCERTS EVER: Houston 9 December 1981 on cd : "You Belong To Prince" on DVD : The Summit 81 (Superball) | |
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I'm going with the SOTT tour. Saw him for the first time at the Frankfurt Festhalle in Germany. Now, although he stood there at the opening of SOTT, I'd forgotten about the band until they started descending the stairs. | |
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Sign 'o'the times, outdoors in Utrecht the Netherlands, 1987.
Madhouse played before a huge curtain. After Madhouse the waiting began. From behind the curtain more and more smoke began to escape. Then there was a louder and louder guitar solo (and even louder). Then suddenly the drumbeat of sign o the times started, the curtain dropped and a huge purple cloud came from behind. The smoke bacame lighter and there he was, al alone playing that guitar.  
I haven seen about 8 more shows i guess, it's never been better. [Edited 8/25/05 13:13pm] | |
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ThataintFunky said: ThataintFunky said: It won't be long
All of God's children must learn 2 love It won't be long (I said it won't be long) Before the Second Coming, yeah It won't be long, no, it won't be long How many more good men must die before there's gun control U've got 2 love your brother if U want 2 free your soul (Soul, soul, soul) It won't be long (It won't be long) All of God's, all of God's children must learn 2 love Am I the only one who owns the boot "You Belong To Prince" ? (Houston 9 December 1981) It's the only boot of the Controversy-tour which contains the complete intro ... and it's very obvious that the Controversy tour has the best stage entrance. For those of you who do own the City Lights set (most of you I suppose): no .. both discs do not contain the start of the concert! GET YOURSELF A COPY OF ONE OF THE BEST PRINCE-CONCERTS EVER: Houston 9 December 1981 on cd : "You Belong To Prince" on DVD : The Summit 81 (Superball) I have it. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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ThataintFunky said: ThataintFunky said: It won't be long
All of God's children must learn 2 love It won't be long (I said it won't be long) Before the Second Coming, yeah It won't be long, no, it won't be long How many more good men must die before there's gun control U've got 2 love your brother if U want 2 free your soul (Soul, soul, soul) It won't be long (It won't be long) All of God's, all of God's children must learn 2 love Am I the only one who owns the boot "You Belong To Prince" ? (Houston 9 December 1981) It's the only boot of the Controversy-tour which contains the complete intro ... and it's very obvious that the Controversy tour has the best stage entrance. For those of you who do own the City Lights set (most of you I suppose): no .. both discs do not contain the start of the concert! GET YOURSELF A COPY OF ONE OF THE BEST PRINCE-CONCERTS EVER: Houston 9 December 1981 on cd : "You Belong To Prince" on DVD : The Summit 81 (Superball) I have it, and I mentioned this earlier. Where were you?  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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chewymusic said: I saw him play at Jones Beach in NY for a
Jam Of The Year show. The stage is built right on the edge of the beach with the seats facing the water. All the lights went down, the intro music kicked in. You hear prince's voice a few times and then a spotlight hits the water next to the stage where Prince is perched on a boat! 
It had pulled around from behind the stage when the lights were down. He had a wireless mike and as the boat was heading toward the stage he was doing the intro to JOTY. I was like: oh shit he's comin in on a boat!  Yeah! That wuz cool. | |
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the 1999 tour....when his silhouette emerged through the pounding drumbeat of "Controversy" and THEN...AND THEN...his GUITAR kicked in...DOPENESS!!!! i MEAN he just looked so fucking COOL standing there, legs apart, playing that guitar all cool, he knew he was BAD!  | |
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NWF said: ThataintFunky said: Am I the only one who owns the boot "You Belong To Prince" ? (Houston 9 December 1981) It's the only boot of the Controversy-tour which contains the complete intro ... and it's very obvious that the Controversy tour has the best stage entrance. For those of you who do own the City Lights set (most of you I suppose): no .. both discs do not contain the start of the concert! GET YOURSELF A COPY OF ONE OF THE BEST PRINCE-CONCERTS EVER: Houston 9 December 1981 on cd : "You Belong To Prince" on DVD : The Summit 81 (Superball) I have it, and I mentioned this earlier. Where were you? My apologies ... you're absolutely right!  | |
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ThataintFunky said: NWF said: I have it, and I mentioned this earlier. Where were you? My apologies ... you're absolutely right!  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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CONTROVERSY TOUR IN DETROIT!
HE CAME OUT ON SEXUALITY STANDING ON THE 2ND LEVEL OF THE STAGE IN FOG. EVERYTIME HE DID HIS SIGNATURE SCREAM THE STROBE LIGHT WOULD HIT HIM SHOW HIS SEXY SILHOUETTE, THEN HE SLID DOWN A POLE ONTO THE STAGE. MY, MY, MY! I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ! | |
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