***Added pics, It was an awesome 2007, heres to an even better 2008, there is much to celebrate next year, Happy New Year Folks - LOVE and be loved.


Its been a fun and interesting year for Prince fans worldwide to say the least! Although the year isn't over yet there are some notable mentions I'd like to list as my top favorite Prince moments of 2007! List your top FAVORITE Prince moments here too!

In no particular order.....

1. Superbowl Performance - absolutely amazing!







2. Superbowl Press Conference when Prince walked in, went up to the mic, said something like "contrary to rumor I will be accepting a few questions". Places his hand by his ear to take the first question, the second the reporter starts to ask the 1st question, Prince drops his hand and signals the band to play and they start the first song what a Classic dis moment if I ever saw one!!!!



3. Alma Awards - Prince and Sheila performing at an Awards show together again and walking off the stage holding hands -



4. 7.7.7 - Minneapolis - the whole day! 3 shows in one day, what a treat!



5. 7.7.7 - Target Center - Sheila and Prince in matching Purple outfits

6. 7.7.7 - Target Center - Prince having a James Brown feel good moment - I used to watch footage of the young women screaming over the Jackson 5 and the Beatles thinking, whats the big deal they are only dancing, until this very Prince moment, I thought those women were silly until I felt the same way... what a sexy motha-shutyomouth!!!!!

7. 7.7.7 - First Avenue - Prince's entrance onto the stage - The Twinz waiving those fans - P walking in like a pimp, Classic!!!!!

8. 7.7.7 - First Avenue - The look on Cora's face when Prince said "We gonna be here til the morning!" Priceless! At 1am, She had to be pooped and realized she had at least another 2 hours to go! She rocked it out big time!

9. 7.7.7 - First Avenue - The look on Sheila's face when the authorities were standing right beside her trying to shut the show down. She glanced at P who signaled the Band to play yet another song - you could see the internal dilemma of her not knowing whether to listen to the authorities standing right beside her or her boss - she went with Prince of course!

10. 7.7.7 - First Avenue - Prince, Sheila, Wendy on the same stage again at First Ave

11. 7.7.7 - First Avenue- When the authorities shut the show down - Prince making the promise he would indeed be back - he looked touched by the outpour of love and suppport he receive that day and wasnt ready to leave - forever!!!

12. Chelsea Rodgers Video - Associated Artists Moment - The Twinz killing that runway walk and Shelby's presence proves what a star she is!!!!!



13. Release of PFUnk - nuff said


14. S.H.O.E. sneak peak leak -


15. Minnesota Hall of Fame - no show - for being the last state to play his music from the beginning- what did they expect? bigger question, why did it take so long? Good move on Prince's part whatever the reason for the no show was!

16.MSG - Prince performs "Superstition" with Stevie Wonder aka the return of Christopher Tracy, *Jerome voice* so sexy!



17. Amazing success of 21 nights in London - only Prince!


18. Verizon Guitar Promo - funky stuff!


19. Associated Artist Moment- Sheila E as judge on Next Great Band and Coed Performing, all hailthe queen!




20 . Release of 3121 fragrance and the amazing Macys display - what a site!


21. Release of Planet Earth - a masterpiece


22.Associated Artist Moment - Cali - Sheila E Garage Sale - "The Glamorous Life" furs, shoes, hats, drum sticks, Sheila E Fan galour!

I know there are more post them here!
[Edited 12/30/07 14:21pm]

PFU

then everything else like the superbowl and what not comes after.

hmmm let me think! the words O2+21 spring to mind...

It has been a pretty awesome year to become a supporter of Prince. I got to see/hear about all of these amazing events. I'm not sure if I could rank them in order or anything. But I can say what the most amazing moments have been.

1. SuperBowl HalfTime show
* "Purple Rain"= enough said (got me here, didn't it?)

2. NAACP acceptance speech
* Prince has been snubbed at awards before (Grammys ), so I had no idea he was going to win in the first place
* He actually had a speech prepared and it was history in the making (= the first verse of an awesome new song, Planet Earth)

3. 7/7/07
* Could it be a coincidence that on the same day I expanded my album collection from 8 to 12 on a major shopping spree where I finally couldn't resist spending all I had... that same night, Prince was touring Minneapolis, doing show and show... just like he did during the Lovesexy tour [got this from "Prince at Paisley Park"]
* An occasion that proved that he still can do multiple shows in a night w/o breaking a sweat... aka: "He's still got it goin' on"

4. PFunk
* In light of the negativity here, he writes/records a song overnight in response to the skeptics/haters/ex-fans that is arguably one of the best songs he's written in a LONG time (according to some anyways)
*The story behind its creation is reminiscent of "When Doves Cry"... song written overnight and becomes a huge hit (for most, anyways)

Those were some moments that blew me away and I got a frontrow seat to them.

Who says late bloomers missed out on ALL the fun/funk?

28th August at the o2

amazing gig, i was so happy to hear what a wonderfull world, mike phillips is amazing

Joyinrepatition said:

Oh YES! The Summer of 21, O2, 2007 - Bliss....

The release of Planet Earth
Shocking me at the Grammys with the Beyonce intro-hilight of the show 4 me!
The 3121 Las Vegas showz
Of course I love all the Prince moments already listed as well,but I'm just trying 2 post some thingz that weren't mentioned.It's been a fantastic year! Great positive thread,btw!

Having him more or less in my lap for the first post-Super Bowl aftershow.

sexxydancer said:

omg, what's wrong with me? How could I have forgotten?
I was around for the time when a new album came out
And a totally one at that.
Knowing how his life's story has been so far, there's nothing like getting the next chapter of his life going through your headphones for the first time. Even with the albums I acculumate being brand new to me, there's still nothing like picking up a brand new album to the entire community of supporters and listeners.



It's not over yet, my friend. Sure, with the negative stuff goin' round, no promises can really be made about it ending on the right now.

As for me, I've got one album I haven't listened to that I've been putting aside for a while now. There'll be nothing like ending a great year with one of the most prestigious albums he's ever written.
Sign O' The Times
[for those curious of why I haven't listened to it yet, just send me a message or wait until I start a thread on it next year]

Let's keep the positivity goin'

DanceWme said:

To bad the whole mess will overshadow the Superbowl's great performance.

Genesia said:

TheGoldEXp said:

In my case, that's never gonna happen.
SuperBowl got me here
It used to be nothing to me but the best football game of the year
(when my team wins ...which it did that year, they're not doing so great now though).
The "too bad" part will be that no other act they get for the HalfTime won't be able to put on a more awesome than Prince did
[But that's just spoken from a football fan/jockette's POV ]

sexxydancer said:

My sentiments exactly and I have to add

The 7/7/07 Macy's Show stage dive...That was too awesome to be forgotten

The Piano set at the Target Center...tear jerkingly too short but beautiful none the less...

3121 Vegas being close enough to share a glance and touch his guitar.

piano solo I WOULD DIE 4 U..on 16th september @ the O2!!!

-3121 shows (all three I saw this year, but my favorite was January 26)
-3121 aftershows ( I don't I'll ever have that intimate of a Prince Experience ever again)
-7.7.7 ( I'm just going to count the day as one entity)

Superbowl. That was a terrific performance. I love love loved it.




PFU - not because I like what's happening, but because it's made this forum so damned entertaining this last week

purplewisdom said:

i would second that plus:

for me the 14th August at the O2 - the first time i saw Prince live - a revelation

purplewisdom said:

What about The Beautiful Ones 'with screaming' on 6 Sept, O2??!

Getting in my car on a nice sunny London day..on the way to play some tennis and on the way stopping off at my newsagent to pick my FREE....YES...FREE... NEW....YES....NEW...Prince CD...YES ...Prince CD...GREAT...YES...GREAT...THEN SEEING...YES..SEEING...THE MAN LIVE! YES..THE MAN LIVE..

OK I'm I the only one who got a kick out of this?

Jeffiner said:[quote]

purplewisdom said:

What about The Beautiful Ones 'with screaming' on 6 Sept, O2??![/quote]

I second that !It was so magical the O2 was dead silent, people were gasping for air... :worship:The aftershow of the same night was THE best night of my life ! Being in such an intimate setting with Prince who gave a kickass show and an incredible audience.... It left me heartbroken and depressed for weeks afterwards

Jeffiner said:

hell yeah..that was mos def up there from the 02 highlights!!

OH and another 07 highlight has to be Prince making a crazy wild encore on the 31st august..this was during the lights being turned on.people leaving the arena..Prince just walked on stage like it was nothing!!!

i ain't gonna commit myself 2 anything until december 31st, 6 weeks can b a mighty long and eventfull time in 'princeworld' people !
oh, alright then, ALL the synth encores i saw at the o2, (about 5 i think), u knew it was gonna b a tease, u knew he would never 'sing' on darling nikki, sexy mf, nasty girl, etc, u knew he would stop and throw the stool and shake his fist... BUT IT WAS MAGICAL !

Gettin my 1st ticket of many 4 the O2 shows
Sept 9th main & aftershow, oozin funk
Final night at the O2, out of this world
'Jumpin up & down'
For sure 'The Beautiful ones'
The superbowl performance
Snippit of S.H.O.E (show us the full version!)
Watchin the sky news coverage over & over

Wait...prince played First Avenue this year?

liberation said:

yeah and the Police had him shut the show off!! lol

Just goes to show how little i know (and care) about Mighty Midget these days.

alexandernevermind1999 said:

you're right! lol
[Edited 11/13/07 10:59am]

purplewisdom said:

Have to agree, such a great moment on the 31st

Sept 9th main (even if we were up in the gods) and aftershow....wow!! P himself at the back of crowd b4 going on stage at Indigo, surrounded by bodyguards, and then appearing on stage in turquoise suit and huge shades, and played for 2.5 hrs....sheer bliss!!

Hmmm..tough one. The Koko club in Camden was pretty amazing so at 10:15 on the 10th May 2007 when I got two tickets that was a top prince moment..the heart did skip a beat or two..and at 2330 that night when Down By The Riverside began to play my year changed for the better....But even that that was not as special as when ticketmaster gave me 2 tickets for block a3 row a at about 1300 on 12th of September for the show that night (the bouncer even let us into the stage suites for the final encore Raspberry Beret being played about ten feet away from me!!) and then about 1400 on the 13th when the ticketmaster God smiled down on me again and coughed up 2 tickets for row a block d1 and then to top it all he played party up and ATHWIAD at the aftershow. Amazing 36 hours of my life.
[Edited 11/14/07 1:31am]