As much as I love the new music I also know how silly and immature people can be. Most people do not have the attention span or maturity to sit thru a non-hits shows.
From the reviews and responses from a lot of the non-die hards a no hit show does not make for a happy reception.
Now maybe some of you can come out of dreamland or just stay home and not attend anymore “hits only shows”
In addition, some of you need to learn how to read the announcements for concerts to have an idea of what you might be getting into before going.

ugh, dr. laura.

with that punim of hers, i'd stop whining and start HIDING.

Anxiety said:

Okay then, everyone loves Basset Hounds

Hey hey what you got to say
hey hey what you got to say
Prince.org whiiiiining


http://www.imeem.com/peop...-swinging/

so should fans read about the type of show that they're seeing, or should Prince just do hits only shows, or should prince.org people accept a hits only show or should we all just go to hell?

Many of my favorite Prince jams are non hits. Out of the many times I've seen him live. one of my favorite shows was at the NYC Palladium in the "slave" 90's when his name was a symbol and he performed all new music, refusing to play his WB hits. I loved the surprise (especially Lenny Kravitz joining him onstage).
[Edited 3/30/09 16:45pm]

Perhaps it would be easier to accept the hits time and time again if Prince himself had not said so many times that he was not going to play them anymore.

laurarichardson said:

Didn't seem to stop the ONA tour from being very well received. The first 30 minutes was TRC, Muse & Xenophobia, and audiences seemed enthralled.

For non-aftershows, he will likely always need to throw out a few bones to casual fans (as he did in ONA with a lot of the piano set), but he has the ability to keep an audience happy with a lot of non-hits as long as the sound quality is good and the band is rehearsed.

PRINCE COULD DO A SHOW OF NURSERY RHYMES AND I WILL STILLL BE EXCITED. I DON'T NEED TO HEAR ALL HITS. JUST SEE THE MAN PLAY.

Trickology said:

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I am not the one coming on this board and bitching about the hits.
STFU

BanishedBrian said:

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Dream or dreamer. You have read the reaction from people who were at the show and you still cannot be convinced. This is not 2000 this 2009 and people are not going to pay good money in a depressed economy to hear a show with no familiar tunes. I think he should mix things up and put in a few rare gems and definitely do the material off of the Lotus project but performing tunes that have been unheard by the masses like “Empty Room” would be a hugh mistake but anyone with common sense knows this already.

laurarichardson said:

The negative reaction to the third show seemed mostly due to the fact that the sound was bad, along with the fact that he left the stage a lot.

When there's good sound and a well-rehearsed bank, Prince can make an audience happy playing whatever he wants. 2009 is no different than 2001 in that regard.

Let's keep in mind that we're talking about an early morning club show -- the frickin' third of the evening! If some idiots bought tickets thinking they were going to hear Purple Rain, then they got what they deserved.
[Edited 3/31/09 7:40am]

laurarichardson said:

Then they must be at the wrong show.
We're grown-ups now.
Thank you.

skywalker said:

I agree, as a real Prince fan, the songs I consider a hit(I don't usually use that word) are not considered hit's but seriously recommended Prince Purple Cannon music: Uptown, Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad, Sexy Dancer, Private Joy, Let's Pretend..., Computer Blue, 17 Days, Tamborine, Girl, Mountains and the list goes on. He has so much released and unreleased music that the aftershows and parties never have to include (covers) that I don't care much for, Even though Just My Imagination during the Lovesexy tour just turned into a Prince song 2 me.

The large concerts should be a good mix of popular music while throwing in non popular music from 1978-2009 including B sides and protege cuts to keep it exciting. Most midway Prince fans will have their curiosity peeked to go find what album that song was from and descover a whole new world(album)