laurarichardson said:

ahh the marketing of the 21 nights at the O2 was "per4ming his hits 4 the last time" ..that's called a selling point. if that wasn't marketed, then would it have been as successful? think about it. when per4med the gold experience show in london, they weren't sold out and people complained because it's wasn't his old material. so if prince were 2 do a stint of 21 nights anywhere just doing new music in a arena, would it b sold out every night?

think about it

L4OATheOriginal said:

again??? That's the only reason I went to the Purple Rain concert in Florida and he wasn't going to tour anymore.....he is still using that??? He used it for Musicology as well....trippy..... "Hurry before they all run out!!!" I guess it works....

Madison88 said:

and he used it 4 the nude tour as well in 1990 ..it's getting tired

Continue 2 b ur self prince eye like it!

L4OATheOriginal said:[quote]

laurarichardson said:

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First of all I do not need you to tell me what to think about. All concerts and events have to be marketed and have a selling point it does take away what he accomplished. The Gold Experience shows were not sold out because the Gold Experience is not a good CD, sold poorly and P turned a lot of people off at the time with the name change with all of that going on to do a concert tour with no older music guaranteed he was not going to have a sell out.

Back in 2004 when P toured the states no one believed he would sell out large venue hits or no hits.
He is a great performer and he is selling out these venues for that reason and as a great performer he owes his fans the “hits”. Go find a bootleg of the ONA tour if you dislike the hits so much but stop ranting about what the masses want and appreciate.

P is getting old and I am sure the day is going to come when he will not be touring at all so he may be getting close to playing the hits for the last time. Let people enjoy it while they can.
[Edited 10/14/08 6:48am]

laurarichardson said:[quote]

L4OATheOriginal said:

ur kidding the gold experience wasn't a good cd? damn that album is funky as hell along with the exodus material KILLER!! sorry u didn't like it but when he per4med her in NYC doing those songs the place was off the roof!!!

not everyone wants the tried and true. let him b all that he can b and if u don't like the new music then u don't have 2 go 2 his concerts and u can then relive the golden age.

we can agree 2 disagree about this

L4OATheOriginal said:

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ur kidding the gold experience wasn't a good cd? :

I do not think I have listed to it more than four times since it came out.

Over 1 million people saw the Musicology tour and at 21 shows at 24k capacity at 02. I would say a lot of people like the hits.
I think you must have missed it when P said he was not going to be doing some of his naughtier martial anymore which explains the hits and the covers but you just keep on going on about the playlist

laurarichardson said:

yeah but i'm not one that misses or needs prince 2 b nasty in his lyrics 2 enjoy a show. i've gotten so used 2 him not cursing that when i saw lenny kravitz and he cursed i was "taken" aback. so 4 him not 2 bother with being risque in his music or on stage doesn't affect me one way or another. i'm sorry u don't like the gold experience but that album is one of my all time favorites by him.

and both tours u mentioned said that the hits would b played 4 the last time so will u b one of the "many" that will not c prince live if he does a show and there r not many hits or cover versions?

and i'm not the only one that feels this way about prince's current setlist:

http://prince.org/msg/7/285349
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L4OATheOriginal said:

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”and both tours u mentioned said that the hits would b played 4 the last time so will u b one of the "many" that will not c prince live if he does a show and there r not many hits or cover versions? “

He may have to keep during the hits and covers if he does not want to include the dirtier tunes
It is obvious he did not think about this before he converted. In addition, I went to the ONA shows, which did not contain many hits, and I did see whole rows of fans leaving mid-show. Therefore, I may go see him do a hit less show but I am sure you are not going see many other fans at those shows.
It is the entertainment business and you have to give the people what the want.

“and i'm not the only one that feels this way about prince's current setlist:”

Looking at the attendance at these concerts you are one of the few. The minority never wins.

laurarichardson said:

but what does the majority have 2 do with ur personal enjoyment of a show? as asked by prince during the ona tour, r u a leader or a follower? cause if ur a follower then u should have left when as u say many started 2 leave during the per4mances. and if it's a case of fans leaving, hell they left when he launched around the world in a day and 2day it's regarded as one of the best albums by prince fans. on this site u hear people RAVING about the indigo aftershows over the O2 shows cause the aftershows were more REAL than those concerts. so if prince needs 2 just play 2 smaller venues 2 appease his artistic side, then i am down with that rather than playing 2 big arena and being bored 2 death cause it's the same old drivel.

and 2 quote from family name "When this understanding comes, the so-called minority becomes a majority in the wink of an eye. This action will cause a reaction or resistance.
The source of this resistance must be banished as it is in direct conflict with the initial action.
It cannot be assimilated, 4 its very nature is resistance.
In other words, one cannot serve 2 masters.
U are either "this" (sticking 2 the old tried and true) or "that which is not this"(new power soul).

End of part one.

LONG LIVE THE NEW POWER GENERATION

L4OATheOriginal said:

what a load of self important shite - just keep it simple prince, like you used to when you were younger and more interesting

Riverpoet31 said:

I love his slick, photoshopped pictures. Looks like you are the one that needs to 'get a life', Prince obviously has one, you should stop following his.