chillichocaholic said:

at the both of you.

candyperfume said:

he filmed the video for somewhere here on earth that one day in prague, i suppose, and went back to london the next .

psychodelicide said:

purplepolitician said:

london to prague only takes couple of hrs..
the vid had to be shot during the night cuz there's nobody about.. just prince, a bridge & a pretty girl..
it was hardly a complex shoot, it must've took him longer 2 apply makeup & get dressed up 4 this thing than it took 2 film..
then back 2 blighty..chances are he dozed on plane b4 nxt performance!
still, very impressive!

I got the book last night and just kinda thumbed through it a few times..
I like it better than I thought I would, I too would have loved more performance pics and more candid stuff..
but overall, it's cool

Finally got my copy. It's pretty cool and a nice item to have.

To me, it has the same vibe as a tourbook only on a huge scale.

And the night-time Prague shots are very 'Torchwood'. He'll be in Cardiff next, fighting aliens

Baylana said:

4ever in my life falls in2 the category of diehard favorite which is fine. the ONA tour was FULL of these type of songs. it's the countless times one hears LGC, LRC, PR etc that makes seeing prince these days a drag

chillichocaholic said:

just cause u said bloody


but i understand that art can b breathtaking with a shot of a hallway etc..but come on this is about documenting 21 nights of concerts ..not 21 nights of standing in a hallway or stairwell

gave up waiting on amazon to get around to delivering it so got someone to buy me a copy from waterstones for £25 sure a bit more expensive but at least i now have it cant wait to get home and have a look at it

got mine off Amazon.co.uk today and read it all the way thru straight away. Amazing book, i love it. Definately gonna get another one to keep it cellophaned up and untouched. Some of the pictures are so slick and amazing

lottielooloo1968 said:

It's good that we can have our difference of opinion and still not take it too seriously.

Haystack said:

What u mean torchwood? Please explain.

got home opened my copy up very carefully and go through nice and slowly so not to damage it get about 1/2 way through and one of the pages is ripped so gonna have to try and change it

i like alot of the photos and it is far bigger than i thought though i could have done with alot less picture of Chelsea or empty corridors (however artistic they might be) and some pictures of the aftershows or even more of the mainshows

its far bigger than i though but its lovely quality and well worth the money

Sup peeeps

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Check out the review and some exclusive pics over there too!

Hope you like.

Stay Purple.

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SoulsupremeY2K said:

Nice pix on that link. It was also nice to see a pic of Randee St. Nicholas.
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I got my book last night and I must say, I really like the book. I'm not bothered about how photoshopped Prince looks in the book or how Prince and the NPG were posing in the pics. So what? It's still Prince and he looked amazing. Everybody looked great. The shots were done in a tasteful and sexy manner and I really enjoyed it.

I will say, I could have done without all of those shots of Chelsea Rogers. What was the point of all of that? Waste of paper. I could have done without all those pics of London too. I'm sure it's a great city and I realy want to visit it one day, but there are plenty of books out there on London I can look at later in the future. That's it. I didn't think the book was going to be as big as it is so I was very surprised by that. The whole thing, book/CD, was totally worth my money and I think everybody here who says "I don't want the book" should give it a chance. The pictures are beautiful and they are worth having in your collection.

I finally received the book today, and the pics are absolutely stunning. Ranee did a great job. I also admire Prince's poetry. This book outweighs all my other Prince souvenirs.

purplecam said:

I agree that the pics were done in good taste. The whole book basically centers around 3121 and the planet earth album,with London concert to follow, so I could see Chelsea's pics being in there. I love the book and the size of it, very classy.

Sophianestesia said:

Is that Chesea Rodgers as the maid or is that a twin? Also, I was there on night 20 out of 21 and I thought I would see him in what he was wearing on stage that night (hot pink pants), but it was not like that. I still love the book because he always looks great.

Anxiety said:

The book is beautiful, just not what I expected. I thought I was going to see "real" pictures from each night in London, but it was all staged. It was still great.

dustysgirl said:

Those are my two main issues with the book. Some pics were very hard to see because they were spread across the spine. I also would have liked some more natural pics as well as more performance pics. Some of those pics of the street, hotel and airport could have been replaced with performance pics. I would have liked more pictures rehearsing, out and about, onstage, getting ready to perform backstage, at the aftershows, etc. I think it could have still been very sleek and told a story but included more of those kinds of shots. I wasn't expecting the Prince/maid (Chelsea Rodgers) story.

That said, the book is very well done and well worth the $30 price. I actually think that it is underpriced.
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I just got my book today. It is beautiful and I love it. I do wish some of the photos were more candid though. He look too perfect. But, that said, I'll take perfect.

Loooove the book

Vain pictures obviously staged and touched up, which is dissapointing.

But any glimpse into prince world is nice
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I think the book looks GREAT! I was kinda worried because, let's be real, sometimes Prince stuff looks cheap. But this is very high in quality and quantity. The thing is huge! And it's also very thick with plenty to look at PLUS it comes with new music and it was only 30 bucks! That's insane!

I'm sure this is the nicest coffee table book I'll ever buy...That said. I think it reminds me of a Vogue magazine than anything else. I think Randee was limited if she wasn't allowed to photograph Prince performing. It's also interesting that he comments at length about photographers on the CD, however humorous. His poses are intriguing and the boudoir shots are sexy. There is one close up shot of him that is absolutely gorgeous where it seems like you can see clear through to his soul in his gaze. I've only looked through the book once and I know that will be my favorite photo.

Just got it at Borders paid £25 tho....my first impresion was on how big it was (it's huge)... I had to ask for it as none were out on the shop floor, very relieved when he said theres one in stock....Im off to take a listen now

Okay, it finally arrived yesterday.

The book is beautiful, the photos stunning.

But my god - couldn't they have worked with someone who understands how to work type and photos around the gutter? It's like they got so trapped into the idea of using full-page bleeds everywhere that they couldn't give the photos any breathing room.

It looks like they put the whole thing together on a computer and were blown away by the beauty of it on a flat screen. But when you're dealing with over 250 pages in a hardcover binding, it's a little different than a 100-page, perfect-bound (or saddlestitched) tourbook.

The pacing isn't too bad. But it could have been improved by making some of those full-page bleeds into facing-page consecutive frames - or some other visual variation.

It shore is purdy! And so is Prince! Not a wrinkle on that head anywheres!!!

luv4u said:

ME TOO! just got it at lunchtime in Waterstones here in Dublin, so it is out!