langebleu said:

Yeah, co-sign. Much more fun, very funky (maybe because of the dances with Jerome etc.)...he was free in improvisons (germish?) and had a little devil on his shoulder (just watch Sheila Es Romance 1600 video 'A love bizarre'.)
The whole show was full of this joy.
Lovesexy was cool, right. But it was that kind of show with studied dances, more a musical than a concert. No Improvisations = less life.
And the musicians were a little bit like actors...

I saw both life, but at parade I forbid myself to blink my eyes.

PurpleBilly said:

It's just an oldschool org joke. rdhull used to say it all the time.

GangstaFam said:

OK cool

The Lovesexy Tour was incredible! That concert changed my life

DavidEye said:

And my dog's!

I personally don't understand why you have to bag on one concert to say you enjoyed the other one more. They were both great shows, but I think the Lovesexy shows have more impact, with me especially, because Prince toured both the US and abroad for Lovesexy, but didn't do the same for Parade.

TheBigBang said:

TheBigBang said:

The Hit'N Run tour of the US in 1986 was the forerunner and essentially the same as the Parade tour that folowed in Europe and Japan.

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PurpleBilly said:

I always thought people hated the medleys. Lovesexy tour is fill of them in the first half. Booooo!

The Lovesexy Tour was the ultimate overall Prince experience. The music was outstanding, the stage was unreal (especially for the times), the choreography and production were trend-setting, and the message was the final piece. For those who didn't attend, I wish you could have experienced it. Plus, the ticket price for ALL seats was $20.

RE: medleys. They weren't medleys as much as deconstructions of entire songs to form a unified theme.


FWIW, I would rank Prince tours in the following order:

1. Lovesexy--overall experience
2. One Nite Alone--musicianship
3. Musicology
4. Sign O' The Times
5. Parade
6. Ultimate Live Experience

jsb23nc said:

I know it was a theme of sex/bad and good/light themed acts.

They were still medleys. Yuck. I loved enjoyed the show though. Not in retrospect on dvd though. The piano portion is awesome however.
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They weren't just medleys, though. Prince also changed the arrangements to create a unified flow and consistent beat. Compare Sister from the Lovesexy Tour to Sister on the Dirty Mind LP. No comparison.

FWIW, I would rank Prince tours in the following order:

1. Lovesexy--overall experience
2. One Nite Alone--musicianship and intimacy!!!!!
3. Musicology
4. Sign O' The Times--didn't see that one


that's my top 3 too
then
4. 1999
5. o(+>
6. Purple Rain---loved it saw it all 6 nights,
7. Controversy--all I could see was a little man running all over the stage, I made a vow NEVER to had bad seats at a Prince concert again and I haven't

missed the hit and run but saw him that year in SF with the Bangles and Sheila E

he was at the peak of his powers

jsb23nc said:

True. I disliked that "unified flow and ocnsistent beat" (read: monotonous medley)though.

langebleu said:

If you blinked, you missed it. It wasn't a real tour like he gave Europe.

RepoMan said:

He didn't give a real tour for Parade. Under the Cherry Moon bombed and he didn't support Parade with a full on tour.

Still confused?

I remember as clear as yesterday finding out while I was in 2nd period that Prince was playing L.A. that night. It wasn't something you could plan for, like I was able to do two years later when he came to town for Lovesexy.

Still confused?

TheBigBang said:

I hate the way those "Hit and Run" shows were announced.The radio station would announce the show the SAME DAY that it was to take place! That was insane.I wasn't able to attend any of those shows.

DavidEye said




I hate the way those "Hit and Run" shows were announced.The radio station would announce the show the SAME DAY that it was to take place! That was insane.I wasn't able to attend any of those shows.[/quote]

missed that may san francisco show too huh?

Shela E. and the rest of the musicians were superior musicians compared to the revolution. Prince's voice was still improving, listen to the purple rain live to hear a sometimes mediocre singer. His idea of putting on a show was improving, he smiled alot and was more relative to the audience at this time than he was when he was still in his semi-recluse, period of purple rain. He worked harder than anyone I've ever seen live, he did more than anyone else. Purple Rain also had poor lighting if you see alot of the vhs footage, it was like he was not really even able to match his stageshow with his superstardom. The mix was poor, most of his co musicians had poor back up vocals. I've seen musicology too, his voice was obviously and understandably worn from the constant touring but overall as a musician he was superior, and of course as a singer he's much better, than he was at the time od purple rain or lovesexy. He's getting older for sure, he can't move the way he used to and doesn't have the same energy but that can all be replaced by superior musicianship and more musical substance. He says it was his last tour but we all know that's crap.

It was ok but there were far too many medleys and it was too staged
and Bonnie's wailing was annoying !
She killed Adore !
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mozfonky said:

Great response!

mozfonky said:

He hasn't said it is his last tour.
.

I saw PR twice, Parade Hit N Run once in NYC (though it had to have been announced earlier than that day cuz I planned for it), and Lovesexy twice in NYC.

I was so into Lovesexy that I went back the next night unplanned to see it again. Of course it had Sheila which was great.

I haven't seen it on DVD but I have heard the audio, and I guess I'd say Parade was the best, even though myu particular date wasn't the best (I have the Birthday DVD though).

My favrotie was probaly Purple Rain cuz it was my first and Sheila opened and came out for the encore.

And I don't like artists shoving their particular brand of religion down our throats.

sitruk7 said:

agreed

sosgemini said:

- Co-sign....the medleys on Lovesexy tour annoyed me. And on a video I have, Prince is more worried on being a showman on ´Blues In C´ than on playing the guitar.

But I understand that in terms of showmanship Lovesexy was truly great.

ALL of his tours in the 80's were awesome!!!!!1