What was the concert they showed...? I recall it being some aftershow gig or something in a tiny venue...

Does anyone know what show that was and what songs they aired?

it was the beautiful strange video from cafe de Paris in London 1998. It wasn't an aftershows but it was a tiny venue. I was front row in front of the mic stand and prince stagedived right on top of me. Was a great show. They shot the video for come on at that show.

unique said:

and its hard to believe prince was 40 at that show, he looked about 20!

What songs did they broadcast? Was it the entire show?

MattyJam said:

no, it was only about half the show, it was edited to peices. chaka khan and larry graham were there too

RumAndRaisin said:

Damn... I know, right!

I haven't got his on my collection any idea how I can get it?

Thanks

What songs did they show?

The VHS release is as follows:

Beautiful Strange (video clip) / Push It Up / JOTY / Talk'in Loud & Sayin' Nothin' /
Blues Intro / Sweet Thing / Baby I Love U / Don't Talk 2 Strangers / Free /
Party Time / Come On / Mad / Come On (Video Clip)

I don't recall if the C4 version was exactly the same, or slightly different.

NouveauDance said:

Are these Chaka and Larry numbers???

So it was officially released on VHS was it?

MattyJam said:

Sweet Thing / Baby I Love U / Don't Talk 2 Strangers were duets with Chaka, with prince playing guitar


Party Time - was basically doug e fresh rapping

MattyJam said:

Free is also a larry song

"Party Time" is the wrong title. It's actually "La Di Da Di" by Doug E Fresh.

"The show" by Doug E Fresh is also performed between "Come On" and "Mad".

RumAndRaisin said:

I was just gonna add, that it's the Larry//Chaka 'Free' from GCS2000, not the one from 1999.

MattyJam said:

it was available on vhs online from whatever his website was called at the time. i got my copy from paisley park. was pretty cool to go to paisley park and buy a video that you can see yourself in

the show started the same as the standard 98 setlist and then ended up more like an aftershow with chaka and larry guesting and prince playing with them. chaka did a song with prince that they had only just rehearsed that afternoon (whilst we were standing outside talking to larry, jerry and cynthia), in no order she did don't talk to strangers, sweet thing, never be another fool, and baby i love you (the aretha franklin classic).

the last couple of tracks were shown in a different order on the show to the actual running order. he played for just under 2 hours. i remember the manager saying he could have played for as long as he wanted as he was so excited to get prince there. the whole upper floor was full of various celebs. there were only 250 tickets available to fans who called a number to place an order and one of the main guys at the record company took the orders all personally at 8am. they did a mail out to people who responded to the cards that they sent out in the cd singles for the emancipation album. we got really cool looking numbered tickets and i got mine signed by most people but they took them off us at the door, even though we asked to keep them and put our addresses on the back so they could be returned. fortunately i scanned both sides before the show

Great story..... thanks!

Chakas performance of Dont Talk To Strangers on this was brilliant. That point where she hits a high note and prince carries it on with his guitar solo is magic for me. Why does he always realise the definitve versions of his songs on stage? I guess its testament to his insane genius in some way - but i remember when i discovered his live version of Love Thy Will Be Done from 95.....I must have searched for 6 months to find a ghigh quality or studio version as good as the boot i had but nothing came close. I still come back to that poor quality recording i have from his birthday show.