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Printablemy first ever prince concert, cork july 7, about 50,000 + at it, loved it, bought every piece of merchandise i could find, still have. first time i heard him sing nothing compares 2 u, sinead o'connor was about 10 feet away from me, in tears. amazing.
he looked cool also us irish fans went crazy may u live 2 see the dawn | |
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My first Prince concert. May 6, 1990. St Paul MN. I would have to dig out my ticket but I think the price was $10. I remember he asked "Do you wanna hear a new song?" Of course we did and he played A Question Of U. I was in the seventh row and took a few pics. Even snapped one during Partyman at the point when they say "Ladies and gentalmen, no pictures please" I often wonder if he saw my flash. Shut up already...Damn | |
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CrozzaUK said: Well i never had the pleasure of attending, but from the shows ive heard it was a mixed bag of a show. Some awesome versions of some tracks - some tight grooves, but also very short shows, and a complete lack of horns, stripped back arrangements.
I dream about a horn-less Prince album. I do not think he can... CrozzaUK said: Nothing Compares 2 U was amazing and the definite highlight of the tour.
I hated it when he just started playing it becuz it was a hit. Even though it was a hit, I always thought the song was lame in any version he did and he never topped Sinead's version in my eyes/ears. I hate it is still on his roster to play. It bores me to smithereens. |
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All I know that he was completely nude. "LOVE YOURSELF AS ALL PEOPLE" | |
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eireboy34 said: mayebelle81 said: was it taped?
 Not officially..... I've read that Prince has always had people record his shows 4 him and even some rehearsals. I would so love 2 view this footage.  follow the leader follow the leader | |
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'Nudity' is a good bootleg to seek out, soundboard rehearsal. things going wrong, Prince clowning and telling people off when drum machines break down. good stuff. |
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HamsterHuey said: CrozzaUK said: Nothing Compares 2 U was amazing and the definite highlight of the tour. I hated it when he just started playing it becuz it was a hit. Even though it was a hit, I always thought the song was lame in any version he did and he never topped Sinead's version in my eyes/ears. I hate it is still on his roster to play. It bores me to smithereens.I totally agree with that Huey. To my ears it always sounded like he was doing a bad cover version of someone elses song. | |
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Jochem said: HamsterHuey said: I hated it when he just started playing it becuz it was a hit. Even though it was a hit, I always thought the song was lame in any version he did and he never topped Sinead's version in my eyes/ears. I hate it is still on his roster to play. It bores me to smithereens.
I totally agree with that Huey. To my ears it always sounded like he was doing a bad cover version of someone elses song. Only fams can like his versions. Real music lovers go for the emotion. That's Sinead's version. Prince's every version is kitsch. |
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Tamera1 said: eireboy34 said: Not officially..... I've read that Prince has always had people record his shows 4 him and even some rehearsals. I would so love 2 view this footage. Yeah the footage from this gig is very good | |
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HamsterHuey said: [b]Hamburg Thu. 7 June 1990 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Yeah, I was there. Just note the date. My brother, me and a pal of us (who also had birthday on that day) |
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HamsterHuey said: Jochem said: I totally agree with that Huey. To my ears it always sounded like he was doing a bad cover version of someone elses song. Only fams can like his versions. Real music lovers go for the emotion. That's Sinead's version. Prince's every version is kitsch. ----- The live version on the "HITS" collection kills Sineads version. P's version has soul Sineads is more middle of the road. I do not know any RnB fans who like Sineads version. | |
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laurarichardson said: HamsterHuey said: Only fams can like his versions. Real music lovers go for the emotion. That's Sinead's version. Prince's every version is kitsch. ----- The live version on the "HITS" collection kills Sineads version. P's version has soul Sineads is more middle of the road. I do not know any RnB fans who like Sineads version. Ah. There you say something that explains it. Any person's opinion that does not venture outside of one music style does not cut it with me. And before people understand me wrong, I do not mean Laura, but 'any R&B fan'. Of course, Sinead's version has got more soul in it's little pinkie than all of Prince's and The family's version combined. Hehehe. It has got the scope and depth and emotion that Prince's version lacked and talking about The Hits 1 version; having Rosie on that does not help. I must admit that even though Rosie seems a nice lady, her vocal range just grates me. |
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HamsterHuey said: Jochem said: I totally agree with that Huey. To my ears it always sounded like he was doing a bad cover version of someone elses song. Only fams can like his versions. Real music lovers go for the emotion. That's Sinead's version. Prince's every version is kitsch. Prince's version is kitsch, but this version he played on the Nude tour was completely different to how he performs it now, or even to how he performed it on the D&P tour. I agree Sineads is by far and away the best version - but the Nude tour version had something that he's never managed to capture since. Is there any video footage around of him performing it on this tour? | |
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laurarichardson said: HamsterHuey said: Only fams can like his versions. Real music lovers go for the emotion. That's Sinead's version. Prince's every version is kitsch. ----- The live version on the "HITS" collection kills Sineads version. P's version has soul Sineads is more middle of the road. I do not know any RnB fans who like Sineads version. The Hits version is pretty poor IMO. I dont like the song as a duet and the arrangement is more Kenny G than decent soul. I still think the Nude tour version is the only one he's done that doesnt venture into this territory, and is closer to Sineads version. He actually sings it with emotion on this tour too. | |
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CrozzaUK said: the arrangement is more Kenny G than decent soul.
It never was soul. It's pop. I am still amazed about the attraction of these songs (like Diamond Adn Pearls) to the masses. Oh wait a minute, I do. |
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I saw the 2 concerts he played in Rio the Janeiro/Brazil at Maracana Stadium the biggest soccer stadium in the world.It was a festival caled Rock in Rio and Prince was the headliner of thouse days.more than 100.000 people there and the show took one hour and a helf to beging from what was said.The people started to get angry whit this and started to call him names,but as soon as he appeard on stage playng his guitar and jumping everybody stoped and like magic the angry moob started to surender to his incredible talent and started to shout his name and claped hands.He trough 2 tamborines with his symboul and i couldnt get it.He was happy to play for such a big audience.I never forget thouse days couse i was a Big Prince fan back there and it was my life chance 2 see him live,so i was there one o clock pm and the show started at one am.I was at the second line and couldnt belive in my eyes,there was the man in front of me playing guitar,piano,dancing as hell.At the and of the show all the people surendered to his stage performance.I still have the video tapes from that concert and every time i see it i wounder if hes gonna came back to Brazil one day.You people from America and Europe are so lucky to have him often....
And that was it,2 concerts with Prince changed my life forever. | |
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Birmingham, UK show was my first Prince concert having missed out on the Lovesexy tour due to illness. Fantastic show, i agree that Rosie was an amazing add to the band and the whole show was so tight!! Thieves in the Temple exclusive video shown before concert and i think Mavis Staples supported. AND ON THE 7TH DAY OF THE 6TH MONTH..GOD CREATED FUNK!!! | |
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HamsterHuey said: laurarichardson said: ----- The live version on the "HITS" collection kills Sineads version. P's version has soul Sineads is more middle of the road. I do not know any RnB fans who like Sineads version. Ah. There you say something that explains it. Any person's opinion that does not venture outside of one music style does not cut it with me. And before people understand me wrong, I do not mean Laura, but 'any R&B fan'. Of course, Sinead's version has got more soul in it's little pinkie than all of Prince's and The family's version combined. Hehehe. It has got the scope and depth and emotion that Prince's version lacked and talking about The Hits 1 version; having Rosie on that does not help. I must admit that even though Rosie seems a nice lady, her vocal range just grates me. ----- "her vocal range just grates me" You don't know soul to make this comment. On the "Hits" version she does a great job. No over singing or screaming which is usually the excuse "RnB haters ' have about their dislike of RnB music. This is not my opinion Sinead O'Conner has not one bit of soul or emotion on her version of "Nothing Compares To You" In addtion, I like Sinead O' Conner and I listen to all types of music so I am not just RnB fan who knows nothing else. She does not convey any soul on this cut. Which is fine because I think the whole idea was to get her a hit record that the masses would like and the masses like souless music these days. [Edited 6/10/08 9:26am] | |
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mdd said: I saw the 2 concerts he played in Rio the Janeiro/Brazil at Maracana Stadium the biggest soccer stadium in the world.It was a festival caled Rock in Rio and Prince was the headliner of thouse days.more than 100.000 people there and the show took one hour and a helf to beging from what was said.The people started to get angry whit this and started to call him names,but as soon as he appeard on stage playng his guitar and jumping everybody stoped and like magic the angry moob started to surender to his incredible talent and started to shout his name and claped hands.He trough 2 tamborines with his symboul and i couldnt get it.He was happy to play for such a big audience.I never forget thouse days couse i was a Big Prince fan back there and it was my life chance 2 see him live,so i was there one o clock pm and the show started at one am.I was at the second line and couldnt belive in my eyes,there was the man in front of me playing guitar,piano,dancing as hell.At the and of the show all the people surendered to his stage performance.I still have the video tapes from that concert and every time i see it i wounder if hes gonna came back to Brazil one day.You people from America and Europe are so lucky to have him often....
And that was it,2 concerts with Prince changed my life forever. ----- 100.000 people really shows how great of performer P is to turn around a crowd of 100,000 people who are pissed (LOL) | |
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laurarichardson said: You don't know soul to make this comment.
LoL Maybe, but then you do not know me at all, to make that assessment. I just reacted to the fact you so easily dismissed Sinead's version. I love how we all have our own favourites. |
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HamsterHuey said: laurarichardson said: You don't know soul to make this comment.
LoL Maybe, but then you do not know me at all, to make that assessment. I just reacted to the fact you so easily dismissed Sinead's version. I love how we all have our own favourites. ----- "Any person's opinion that does not venture outside of one music style does not cut it with me." You don't know me but, that did not stop you from making that comment. Anyway it is cool that P fans are diverse when it comes to musical taste. | |
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laurarichardson said: it is cool that P fans are diverse when it comes to musical taste.
True, where's the peeps that became fan after hearing Jughead? |
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HamsterHuey said: laurarichardson said: it is cool that P fans are diverse when it comes to musical taste.
True, where's the peeps that became fan after hearing Jughead?  With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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laurarichardson said: mdd said: I saw the 2 concerts he played in Rio the Janeiro/Brazil at Maracana Stadium the biggest soccer stadium in the world.It was a festival caled Rock in Rio and Prince was the headliner of thouse days.more than 100.000 people there and the show took one hour and a helf to beging from what was said.The people started to get angry whit this and started to call him names,but as soon as he appeard on stage playng his guitar and jumping everybody stoped and like magic the angry moob started to surender to his incredible talent and started to shout his name and claped hands.He trough 2 tamborines with his symboul and i couldnt get it.He was happy to play for such a big audience.I never forget thouse days couse i was a Big Prince fan back there and it was my life chance 2 see him live,so i was there one o clock pm and the show started at one am.I was at the second line and couldnt belive in my eyes,there was the man in front of me playing guitar,piano,dancing as hell.At the and of the show all the people surendered to his stage performance.I still have the video tapes from that concert and every time i see it i wounder if hes gonna came back to Brazil one day.You people from America and Europe are so lucky to have him often....
And that was it,2 concerts with Prince changed my life forever. ----- 100.000 people really shows how great of performer P is to turn around a crowd of 100,000 people who are pissed (LOL) yes hes realy great,and what a night it was! | |
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HamsterHuey said: It had a great opening medley of The Future/1999/Housequake/Sexy Dancer, all running on that computer beat of The Future. Brilliant.
The Baby I'm A Star jam was always great too.  hell yeah kick ass shit!!!man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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Jochem said: HamsterHuey said: Chanhassen, MN Sat. 21 April 1990 Paisley Park
Chanhassen, MN Tue. 24 April 1990 Paisley Park Minneapolis, MN Mon. 30 April 1990 Rupert's St. Paul, MN Sun. 6 May 1990 Civic Center Rotterdam Sat. 2 June 1990 Stadion Feijenoord Rotterdam Sun. 3 June 1990 Stadion Feijenoord Copenhagen Tue. 5 June 1990 Gentofte Stadion Kiel Wed. 6 June 1990 Ostseehalle Hamburg Thu. 7 June 1990 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg Sat. 9 June 1990 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hannover Sun. 10 June 1990 Niedersachsen Stadion Berlin Tue. 12 June 1990 Waldbuehne Dortmund Wed. 13 June 1990 Westfalenhalle Munich Thu. 14 June 1990 Olympiahalle Paris Sat. 16 June 1990 Parc Des Princes Lille Sun. 17 June 1990 Foire De Lille London Tue. 19 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Wed. 20 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Fri. 22 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Sat. 23 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Mon. 25 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Tue. 26 June 1990 Wembley Arena London Wed. 27 June 1990 Wembley Arena Birmingham Fri. 29 June 1990 The NEC Arena Birmingham Sat. 30 June 1990 The NEC Arena Birmingham Sun. 1 July 1990 The NEC Arena London Tue. 3 July 1990 Wembley Arena London Wed. 4 July 1990 Wembley Arena Cork Sat. 7 July 1990 Pairc U Chaoimh London Mon. 9 July 1990 Wembley Arena London Tue. 10 July 1990 Wembley Arena London Wed. 11 July 1990 Wembley Arena Birmingham Fri. 13 July 1990 The NEC Arena Basel Sun. 15 July 1990 St. Jakob Stadion Roma Tue. 17 July 1990 Stadio Flaminio Cava Dei Tirreni Wed. 18 July 1990 Stadio S.L. Madrid Sun. 22 July 1990 Estadio Vicente Calderon Valencia Tue. 24 July 1990 Estadio Luis Casanova (Mestalla) Barcelona Wed. 25 July 1990 Estadio Olimpico De Montjuic Marbella Fri. 27 July 1990 Estadio Municipal La Coruna Sun. 29 July 1990 Estadio Santa Maria Del Mar Werchter Sat. 4 August 1990 Festivalterrein Heerenveen Sun. 5 August 1990 Ijsstadion Thialf Dortmund Mon. 6 August 1990 Westfalenhalle Mannheim Wed. 8 August 1990 Maimarkthalle Gothenburg Fri. 10 August 1990 Scandinavium Stockholm Sat. 11 August 1990 Globe Arena Stockholm Sun. 12 August 1990 Globe Arena Lausanne Thu. 16 August 1990 Stade De La Pontaise Nice Sat. 18 August 1990 Parc Des Sports Charles-Ehrmann London Mon. 20 August 1990 Wembley Arena Manchester Tue. 21 August 1990 Maine Road London Wed. 22 August 1990 Wembley Arena London Thu. 23 August 1990 Wembley Arena London Fri. 24 August 1990 Wembley Arena Tokyo Thu. 30 August 1990 Dome Tokyo Fri. 31 August 1990 Dome Hyogo Sun. 2 September 1990 Hanshin Koshien Kyujyo Sapporo Thu. 6 September 1990 Makomanai Open Stadium Yokohama Mon. 10 September 1990 Stadium Minneapolis, MN Sat. 5 January 1991 Glam Slam Minneapolis, MN Sun. 6 January 1991 Glam Slam Rio De Janeiro Fri. 18 January 1991 Estadio Maracana Buenos Aires Mon. 21 January 1991 Estadio De River Plate Rio De Janeiro Thu. 24 January 1991 Estadio Maracana Burbank, CA Mon. 3 June 1991 Warner Bros. Headquaters Minneapolis, MN Fri. 19 July 1991 Metrodome Minneapolis, MN Sat. 20 July 1991 Metrodome Chicago, IL Fri. 16 August 1991 Hyatt Regency New York, NY Mon. 19 August 1991 Ritz Atlanta, GA Fri. 23 August 1991 Hilton & Towers Ballroom Or: http://www.prince-live.co...=Nude-Tour thanks jochem 4 this site  man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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HamsterHuey said: CrozzaUK said: Well i never had the pleasure of attending, but from the shows ive heard it was a mixed bag of a show. Some awesome versions of some tracks - some tight grooves, but also very short shows, and a complete lack of horns, stripped back arrangements.
I dream about a horn-less Prince album. I do not think he can... CrozzaUK said: Nothing Compares 2 U was amazing and the definite highlight of the tour.
I hated it when he just started playing it becuz it was a hit. Even though it was a hit, I always thought the song was lame in any version he did and he never topped Sinead's version in my eyes/ears. I hate it is still on his roster to play. It bores me to smithereens. i hate how she did it ..  so i don't blame him 4 bringing it back 2 the way the family's versionman, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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rachel3 said: Can anybody tell me ANYTHING about this tour?? How long was it? Where was it? What was the song list? Thanks!!!
I went to the show when I was in London 1990. Mavis Staples opened (if U dont have her "Time Waits for No One" cd...u betta get it!!!). The show consisted primarily of Graffiti Bridge and Batman songs with few old ones thrown in. Cant remember the length, time wise. | |
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I went to two of the shows,
the highlight for me was a 'question of u' - Graffiti Bridge hadn't been released so it was the first live airing of this tracks, and to hear that guitar solo was bliss! He played bambi at the Birmingham show too, which i wasn't expecting... at the wembley show i went to when he played purple rain it broke down in the middle to just synth strings and Prince kept repeating the words 'live 4 love' and then kicked back into purple rain...again, it was before live 4 love had been released. I really enjoyed it, but all in all i've enjoyed subsequent tours more (i know people who think differently though - just my personal opinion) the thieves in the temple video was really cool to see too...again a new track at the time the japanese tokyo dome show is worth watching if you get a chance...though the tracks were edited into a different order for some reason it was cool to hear nothing compares 2 u...but for me one or two of the performances of this at last years o2 shows were exceptional...i went to 9 of the main shows, and on a couple of occasions he really nailed the tune...gave me goosebumps | |
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if anyone has a full set list for either of these dates, i'd appreciate the reminder!
Wembley - Wed 4th July 1990 NEC – Fri 13th July 1990 and also these two night not from the nude tour while i'm asking! Manchester – 8th Oct 2002 - soundcheck and gig Dublin the point – 10th Oct 2002 - soundcheck, gig, and aftershow at spirit nightclub | |
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