PP is waiting for him to come home. It was empty, they left the gates open and we went in briefly to experience.

(Paisley Park is in our hearts)

Man, I miss Paisley Park, I haven't been there in 5 years. It's quite a place.

Well it looks a million times better than fucking Neverland!!!!

psychodelicide said:

Same here. The Celebration '02 was my last time.

The last few times I have seen photos of PP it seems as though know one is ever there. Is this true or do ppl still work there on a daily basis?

Klick

GangstaFam said:

Me too. I really need to go back there.

psychodelicide said:

Nancy, you sure missed something. I had a blast this past week-end but if it can make you feel better, it wasn't as great as the cellys.

malbena said:

Really? Orgnote me and fill me in on what I missed. The cellys were a lot of fun, I wish Prince would go back to doing them again.

rozilla, You didn't tell them who we saw at Perkins Restaurant right after these photos were taken. We ate and just before we hit the road back to Michigan in walks Shelby, Larry Graham and his wife and a few others I didn't recognize. I think they just came from church, but that was a trip. If it woulda been 5 minutes later we woulda been in the car and gone!

positivity said:

Did you say hello to them?

psychodelicide said:

Orgnoting? Nah, nothing too personal
Well, a couple month ago, I met Girl66 from the org. We met and camped out at Macy's where we met CarrieMPLs and Endorphin. Really nice people! Girl66 and I remained friends since then.

On 7/7/7, we arrived at Macy's at about 2.30 and they had already let in the people in line by giving them a red wristband (probably to avoid them from staying the the heat), so we stand in line and our Princey was already late and started his soundcheck. We were treated very nicely by the Macy's people and got in the auditorium at 5.05. The show began right away. Morries Hayes on keyboard and my dream coming true the ONLY SHEILA E arrived. I was so busy staring at her that I missed Prince coming in the side of the stage. He played the first four songs non-stop almost like in a hurry and gave no eye contact to the public. Then, finally he started talking to us and kept playing the last 3 songs. He then asked us if we wanted to hear something old or something new and we didn't even have time to answer that he said "how about we play both?" so we all screamed and enjoyed. Then he left and came back for an encore after trading his sweaty black shirt for a white one, he only played one song and told us he had to go back to the other place.

Target Center didn't let us in until about 9.30. We were mad and Girl66 and I about to faint from the heat and low blood pressure. We finally got in and didn't get out for another hour. Wendy was on stage, another dream come true. I loved when he called her his best friend and when she came behind him and cuddle him by posing her head on his left shouder. I wish it had been me. I also like when he introduced Sheila E to the public and since we didn't seem to clap loud enough, Sheila E started leaving, Prince took her by the arm and brought her back telling us: I said Sheila E so we clapped louder and she started playing. He also grabbed one of the Twinz by the arm and asked her to sing Lalalalalalala from Sheila's song.
At some point, he had a fan sing a song and he did wonderful. He also had a couple fans on stage and stared at one of them laying in front of the public like if she was crazy.

I'm sorry I can't remember titles, order or other details, I was just in Heaven.

We've stayed in Chanhassen MANY times .. even times that
Prince was NOT in town and Paisley Parks gates are pretty
much ALWAYS open.....
In fact a couple of times we actually walked in and asked
if there was anything planned there.
The people were always nice but usually just said
"With Prince you never know".....
The last time or so we have been up there the place has been
pretty quiet.. They are doing some major remodeling it appears.
Only a couple of cars and a van there when we stopped by on the
7th..

Also..... does any one else HATE how Chanhassen went from a
nice peaceful Village to just another stupid town??
Blah.. too many stores and junk.....
Progress is NOT always nice.....

Orionforever said:

I completely agree with you. When I first came in Chanhassen, Prince's ex house was the only one on the hill and Paisley Park was peacefully located. Then, all of a sudden, it grew like nowhere else. I HATE it!

Does anyone know what this building is being used for?

It looks like some type of storage facility.

Originally Prince claimed he was gonna use that circle building
for concerts and get togethers.. remember??
But then all of a sudden he got LA up his butt and
turned his back on MN..

Does any one remember that little Mini Golf course that
use to be up on the corner of Galpin Blvd??
My hubby and I use to play there all the time.. but I always
did lousy cause I was always watching for Princes car to
drive by.. and it did 2 times

Also the Festival Foods that use to be there.. that was a
neat store.. now its a Cub foods..

and the Prarie House Resteraunt.. they had great food.
It was right by the Chanhassen Inn.

Oh.. I was shocked at how many people were taking pictures of
our Van. lol
It has plates Prince 9.. and I have several types of Prince stickers
on it.. Even on the drive up alot of people were checking it out.
(Lots of Lab stickers too)

Nice foliage but a rather dated bin outside I feel.

JDInteractive said:

daPrettyman said:

Like Orionforever said..it was planned to be some state of the art concert hall for shows and stuff. Back in the early 00's on the NPCMC site...they would show pics of it being built and hyping the hell out of it...then Prince did the Grammy's got popular again with the masses, moved back to Hollywood, and there it just sits.

...

Thanks for the pics Rozilla. I have never been to Paisley Park.

I almost feel like a fam saying this, this but I really want to be there someday. It's just an odd white building from the outside, but you all know what it really means.

yeah I agree with malbena ... the past weekend did not come close to the celebration AT ALL! there was too little time btwn shows to really take it all in it was a whirlwind exciting nonetheless

kape said:

That's no. 57 on the list of 100 Ways On How To Turn An Innocuous Prince Thread Into A Prince Vs. MJ War Zone

I wanna go so bad.It looks like it could actually be a great experience inside those walls

daPrettyman said:

It's the "Vault"

KidaDynamite said:

I was thinkin that 2 but Im like "we wish"

PleasurePrinciple said:

It's not!!! Awww Man!

KidaDynamite said:

who knows?That be hot if it was tho!But Im sure we'd never know 4 sure cuz you know people would be breakin in there stealin stuff and bootleggin it .

This place needs a new paint job

mplsmike said:

Yeah! It's kinda rusty!

PleasurePrinciple said:

Damn! Can't be nice 2 people!