viewaskew said:

I can't blieve people are complaining about the music Prince plays in his own house!!
Then you wonder why he doesn't wanna be bothered with you??

Dayclear said:

one of the best comments made. So true, must admit when I saw LG as a guest and the set list I was in the OOh Yuk bigade, but Christ let the man be free at least in his own Dayum house!.

thanks funkyhead.

Graycap23 said:

Prince has been with him for what? Ten years or more? Looks like Larry's there to stay, in one form or another.

VenusBlingBling said:

How about that..imagine as a musician/artist, people telling you who you should have in your own home, and what songs you should have sung or played or which musician you should or should not jam with, while giving a private party for friends, especially when they're not one of the invited ones..

The same people criticizing him for that are usually the kind of people you don't want in your presence or in your home.
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Dayclear said:

Well-said.

Prince is a musician, playing what he wants to play. What he enjoys playing. Any musician will tell you that what they personally enjoy playing the most often isn't what the crowd wants to hear.

No one paid to get in this gig.

That is true but it should not stop someone from commenting on the set list of they wish 2.

it WAS a party in the man's own house and, speaking selfishly, *I* wasn't there, so i really don't care if he played anne murray's greatest hits with the banana splitz as his backing band. actually, i'd be bitter if that happened. i love me some "daydream believer" and the banana splitz were the shit. but you get my point. though this news did make me remember that about this time 11 years ago (or was it only 10?), i was standing outside in rockefeller center watching prince and larry and chaka perform all those sly songs, which for ME was the first time i'd ever heard him do them. who knew i'd be hearing about the exact same tribute jam a decade later?

Anxiety said:

The Banana Splits couldn't hold a candle to the Boog-a-Loos.

RodeoSchro said:

banana splits vs. boog-a-loos...wasn't this battle of the bands sequence depicted in the 'tick tick bang' scene from 'graffiti bridge'?

a jam at his house .... hope it didnt cost 3 grand to get in like the roosevelt. I know bring back the street scene and u can jam the whole damn thing [Edited 4/8/08 9:18am]
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RodeoSchro said:

I don't know too much about Larry, and I'm not a fan of religious dogma, having said that, I think Larry has had a more or less positive impact on the man.
In the 90's It looked like he was lost, He didn't look or act healthy, at least in the public eye.
I think he was headed for self destruction, and in a way the Larry and the Jehovah Witness thing helped him.
Too me he looks healthier now, and seems more at ease with himself, going out playing at clubs and whatnot.
I think people in general don't just jump into another religion if they were not ready, or looking for change.

I'm going to hide now

violetblues said:

Can't argue with that. It's sound logic.

violetblues said:

Exactly

L4OATheOriginal said:

You would be CORRECT!!! You missed some wild and crazy shit over at HQ
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RodeoSchro said:

Do me a favor & detach your lips from Prince's posterior & think for a minute...if you were there, would you rather hear that same old tired crap that's not even his own old tired crap, or something new & exciting?

Remember how exciting it was around the mid 1990s, around the time of the NBA All-Star Weekend jam at Paisley Park? Prince was energetic & playing stuff people hadn't heard before. What's wrong with wanting that again?

laurarichardson said:

[Post with multiple personal attacks snipped. --Matt]
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2elijah said:

Amen to that! Some of these people are so demanding and irrational that it is disturbing. At the end of the day Prince is a musician - a very talented and successful one - who can play whatever, whenever, wherever and with whomever he wants. There is no armed man forcing anyone to listen to Prince's music or to pay to see him perform. None of these complainers were there because they weren't invited. I am sure P and his INVITED guests enjoyed themselves. That's all that matters.

I would have been over the moon to be there, just to hear Prince do Stand my fav Sly song, saw Sly himself do it last summer at Lovebox in London, it was still special but wish I'd seen him in his prime. Prince was so damn good at doing Sly songs at the aftershows. I'd love to see him do Stand at the Europe gigs!!

purplecam said:

naw i like it better over here lol ..vysyons wouldn't know nothing about that

viewaskew said:

not a damn thing wrong in wanting that whether the gig was free or not, it's time 2 retire this set of nostaliga and branch out 2 something new

bellanoche said:

lol, Perfect!
Its so nice to hear about some of these PRIVATE parties, and the fams here just rain on the parade.

Maybe they should add some sort of *NSFF to threads so as warn them and not to cause them grief , plus we woudn't wade through their nutty rants. lol

L4OATheOriginal said:

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Maybe it is time for you to jump off the Purple Wagon. Take sometime out a go get some persecptive. Just listening to most of the crap on the radio should give pause to your rants.

I like some of P's covers and he does a good job of mixing it up at his concerts. He said he was retiring some songs and just not doing some of the more risque tunes. That was back in 2000 and I am not sure why some of you are not getting the picture.

viewaskew said:

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"Oh, I understand it just fine."
No you don't because your ranting about the covers at a show you did not even attend.

I am not the only person on this thread who thinks commenting on the music at a private party that you were not attending is a little out there. Sorry that is what I think. I also think that a few things are just your opinions.

Everybody is tired of Sly songs and Larry G. ( most funkateers are not tired of Sly and Larry G)

"get on with the business of making music relevant"

Relevant to who. The 12 year olds who buying dirty south rap and mindless Hannah Montana and Jonas Bros records. Newsflash buddy P is almost 50. His days of having top 40 Cd are done and your probaly the only person worrying about it.
He is relevant to the people who come out to his shows and the bitchers who cannot tear themselves away from this board.

I am touch with reality and I certainly do not think P walks on water. I just have better things to do with my time than come to a fan site (notice the word fan) of an artist I do not care for anymore and bitch. Which is something you do everytime you post on this board. I think you lost touch with reality a long time ago my friend.
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laurarichardson said:

naw it's time 4 u 2 jump back in2 ur underoos and grow the hell up. there is nothing wrong with wanting 2 hear new material live. apparently ur the type that can't let it go and won't let it go. i don't need 2 listen 2 the radio 2 know there is nothing good out there on it.

and if ur gonna quote prince then do it properly, he said he was gonna retire the hits after the musicology tour which was only 4 years ago. it's hard 2 understand y people like u r not getting THAT picture and wonder y those of US that want him 2 STOP doing the hits r complaining that he is STILL doing it.

so all in all i will say FUNK u and have a nice day

L4OATheOriginal said:

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"nothing wrong with wanting 2 hear new material live"
But if you know he not going to be doing but a few new songs. Why keep going to the concerts and complaining.

Prince said he was going to retire some of the hits and the more risque songs.
He can't go out on the road and not perform any of the old material. The shows would not do well. I sometimes wonder what world some of you are living it.

Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and any other old school rock act tours and performs old songs. The fans would not pay to come out and see these groups if they did not perform their hits.

In addtion, P does aftershows and did a whole tour (Rainbow Children) were he did nothing but new material and sone people were pissed about that.

He does a good job of mixing it up and seems to be successful at what he is doing now.

ToraToraDreams said:

Maybe on his birthday we will get that invite.....

does ben ever get an invite???

purplecam said:

does anyone know if this is the same house from 3121?????

^^ From what has been reported, no it is not.