The "Musicology" opener this tour was pretty fonky "Erotic City" with the car was awesome! and of course ATWIAD was a perfect opening song. But the best opening song choice was "My Name IS Prince" on the ACT 1 & 2 tours.

The only thing that could beat that is an "Eye No" show opener!

Ithought Sheila E. was great when shew opened for him during the PR tour.

I like the Nude tour opener.

No frills, just a soundscape, cue Prince. Play, sing, dance yer pants off.

The Future/Housequake/Sexy Dancer/1999 as opening medley was an awfully good slap in the face.
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Fav, show openers...

Purple Rain: Let's Go Crazy... just like the movie

Sign O' The Times: title track with minimal backing, then the band files in
playing the drums

Lovesexy: Erotic City... arrival by T-Bird

Act II: My Name Is.... Mayte!!

The Gold Experience: Endorphinmachine... arrival by conveyer-belt as the
curtain drops!

BorisFishpaw said:

taken from miles davis

BorisFishpaw said:

I forgot that one, kewl too.

BorisFishpaw said:

I liked those three best.

Lovesexy just love it

Diamonds and Pearls tour with the time capsule was intense i love that enterance..such energy the house went nuts!

Are there any videos/dvds of any shows from the Lovesexy tour?

BorisFishpaw said:

Except when the conveyor-belt malfunctioned.



We should also have 'Best Spinal Tap moment'. Whenever I see Prince in that transparent cylinder featured in the '7' video, you have to wonder.

Wouldn't it have been fun if, during the 'Let's Go Crazy' entrance, only his head and shoulders had emerged?
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carrynobanners said:

There was a video and Laserdisc release (Lovesexy Live 1 and Lovesexy Live 2) of the Dortmund concert (originally broadcast on televison) from September 1988 which went to retail in 1989.

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Thunder kicked ass.

My favorite was when they opened with ATWIAD and played it in the dark until about half way through then the lights came on and there was Prince and the Revolution in all their glory!

1999 tour, opening up with "Controversy". It looked like P had risen up from hell. All u could see was tons of smoke and P's shadow standing on the catwalk with red lights behind him. Similar thing he used later on the Purple Rain tour during "Let's Go Crazy" coming from beneath the floor.

EverlastingNow said:

Also on that tour, they opened with "17 Days" played behind the curtain, THEN opened with "Let's Go Crazy".

blackguitaristz said:

I thought that was a Purple Rain tour show???

EverlastingNow said:

It was.

monte said:

when did miles do this?

Let's Go Crazy.

Well the only one I've seen is Musicology and it kicked ass!

Erotic City on the Lovesexy tour.

Krystal666 said:

HELL YEAH!!

blackguitaristz said:

That was pretty cool. I liked the way he used the silouette effect with the venetian blinds. That whole show was off the chain and it seems to me that a lot of folks sleep on it. It was monster. My Name Is Prince was a cool opener too.

Actually i liked the "hit and run" tour when he came out rocking to "my name is prince!". That was a lot of fun.

Yeshua4all said:

It may seem that way cuz many on here didn't see the 1999 tour. If they had, it would definately get more love.

blackguitaristz said:

Yeah that opening was pretty cool too. God I wish I wasn't one year old back then so I could have seen it live.

Scrapluv said:

Maybe they meant Graham Central Station?