L4OATheOriginal said:

Freddy, I think you being a musician ought to know this above everyone else. If Prince does not play his hits, the audience would be bummed.. he knows that.

Even Mick Jagger said in an interview that The Rolling Stones must play 10 hits
and their band is the most successful touring band ever.

pplrain said:

and that's how i'm coming at this whole thing at, as a musician. do u know how tiring and restriciting it is when ur playing the same thing over and over and over? of course the audience may not fully understand that, but when ur playing the same song over and over it gets boring and tiredsome. multiply that by a full length tour of 50 dates or more ..get the point now?

every musician wants 2 stretch out, however a audience can hinder that growth cause they only want 2 relive a moment in thier lives over and over again due 2 a song they heard by that artist.

was the audience bummed at avery fisher hall and the world during ONA tour? where they bummed out at the palladium in 94? HELL NAW!!

so with someone of prince's catalogue of material, there is a wealth of music that has never been played live and a wealth that has been overplayed 2 death.

so 4 those that wish 2 hear little red corvette 4 the thousandth time ..be my guest ..i'll wait until he's gone back 2 the concept of promoting his new product with a heavy push and a sprinkling of hits and familar material
[Edited 3/5/09 14:04pm]

And ya know this, ya'll!

Prince keeps going because he knows how good he is!