shh66 said:

So wait, you think I'm negative ABOUT Prince, and yet scold others who are negative about Prince too? Gheez girl, you gotta check yourself on THAT logic.



Again girl, that ain't negative. Let's talk logical for a moment, shall we? Your post was very in favor of Prince being the best ballad singer out there, right? You believe that. And others may very well believe that too. And you might even be right. I don't know. As I summed up, "there's room for everyone", which meant singers, AND people's opinions. That's you and me, ya know.


Not a fan of Alicia's anymore, so no clue on that anyway. She just seems...uppity to me.


See, that's your opinion. It's not mine. BUT, there's room for everyone.



Never said ya did.



And if you'd read I said I LOVED the performance, over and over. I posted IN BOLD that I thought it was "wonderful". If you're going to use what you see, then see everything first, including my words.


Well if you say so. Cuz you know, out of all the things I talk about on Prince.org and elsewhere, my MAIN goal is to contradict YOU. You got me. I guess I'm the 1 u wanna c.


See above about me loving his performance tonight, as well as ELSEWHERE where I said I still love Prince.


And that's fine. I don't have time for MJ either. But I do listen to other people besides those under P in my CD library.



A HA! James Taylor is a better ballad singer than Prince! out .

udo said:

I just thought I went back in time for a couple of minutes when he started playing it. Prince resuscitated a song I hadn't really cared for before. I dug the performance quite a bit.

squirrelgrease said:

Well of course I'm in the minority of those who LOVED Planet Earth. It took me a bit to warm up to "S.H.O.E.", but once I did, it just fit to me, and I love the song. The video helped nail it for me too. I don't think anyone expected him to do an older song like that, but it just seemed to fit, didn't it? It was about Jay leaving the Tonight Show, not Prince promoting an album. Jay didn't even mention Lotus or Planet Earth either. It was just like a command performance before he left.

udo said:

I do believe he has moved on. I'm not going to say he's distancing himself from LF... yet.

It would have been awesome if he chose 2 announce on Leno 2nite of an upcoming summer tour!! I can dream...

I have listened to the performance several times now, and I must say, a gorgeous vocal performance.

What makes it for me though is the girl who just loses her sh*t, not once, but twice at the very beginning when the band starts, RLMAO. Big chills though.

Brotha has mad style and nobody else can pull that stuff off.

ernestsewell said:

I had never tried so hard to like a Prince album before purchasing Planet Earth. I played it at work at least twice a day for the first two weeks it was out. Nothing. To me, it was disturbingly banal.

I wanted to curl up in the fetal position and cry.

It was really good.

His voice sounded great. He looked good. The setting was wonderful.

It really was nice. This live rendition is many times better than the version on the Planet Earth album, which I mildly liked. This version just sounds like something that would have fit beautifully in PARADE.

And normally when you hear him jam and his voice gets lost in the shuffle on his live performances. This one, his voice was front and center, and his command of it was great.

Really impressive. I've heard it 4 times now, and am still impressed. A great sendoff for Leno.



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Imago said:

squirrelgrease said:

You sound like me with the Lotus set, and even worse....Musicology. I can get through Lotus/Mpls easier than I can Musicology. That album just makes me mad. haha I put on Mpls today, and got to the last two songs before I turned it off.

As far as Planet Earth: LOL Good lord. I found it energizing, fun, playful, varied, and well rounded. I'd nix "Lion of Judah", but I dig the rest.

Utter brillance.

ernestsewell said:

I find the Planet Earth hate sort of odd. It isn't a bad album. It's just not a great album. It's.... easy listening.

squirrelgrease said:

....TOO DAMN TRUE! i even let it sit the entire year after it came out. had hoped it would age like wine or maybe some voodoo or something would get up in there. NOTHING. it sounded worse than i remembered it.

it is the only album by the man that i didnt even bother to listen to in my car, cuz i know i would not be able to resist throwing it out the window.

so, it will sit and collect dust. maybe i'll wait 2 years this time.

i am still convinced the wrong masters got sent to the record plant, and that Planet Earth was something he propped the vault door open with and just kept it around incase he ever had to get out of a "Warner Brothers Type of Contract" again.

Kudos to Prince....I wanted soooo bad to hear something upbeat, but he laid it down. I'm fully satisfied, and just might have to break out "Planet Earth" to give it another spin, if not but to hear this song again. Feels like a hug from an old friend.

That performance tonight was one for the ages! I don' think anyone can dispute

that. He just nailed it!

I thought the performance was beautiful but not heartfelt.

Maybe Im jaded.

He looked amazing though. Absofuckinglutely beautiful.

squirrelgrease said:

Honestly, that's the relationship that I think has gone sour. Either that or Web Sheriff are really lousy at their job when no publicity is involved.

squirrelgrease said:

Everytime SquirrelGrease, everytime...

BRIllANT! per4mance. Prince looked gr8. i THOUGHT IT WAS A PERFECT SONG TO SAY GOODBYE 2 jAY. Also 4 Prince 2 write that note was very special... I myself was proud of him very classy. Cool set up stage. Voice was on point. I give it a TEN...lol[b]

Seventeen said:

Undoubtedly! Very elegant.

rainbowchild said:

It was suggested that this performance was not about promotion.

salaciousV said:

not. right.

ernestsewell said:

That's what makes this big blue marble go 'round. We all different. I think Musicology is mediocre Prince at best, but I can listen to it without wanting to reach for the Ipecac. 3121 was a pleasant step in the right direction. Lotusflow3r is still really good listening. MPLSoUND is wearing a little thin.

Imago said:

Not easy. Very difficult.

jazzvibrator said:

The cover is pretty. It moves 'n shit.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I don't know how Web Sheriff works. There has to be some kind of fee involved, right? Do they use bots? Or is it how I picture it... A Stetson wearin' dude on a horse galloping from website to website, shootin' song rustlers.

Maybe the folks at Pirate Bay strung him up.

squirrelgrease said:

PANDURITO said:

salaciousV said:

i gotta agree....although it must be hard to 'get in the zone' straight off the bat with only 5 minutes on stage...

that said other performers do exactly that....maybe I'm jaded too LOL

it was a hell of a lot better than his 'Idol' performance a year or ago, again though, its gotta be hard to 'set the mood' with one song

I'd have preferred a more upbeat number - but it was nice to see/hear a different vibe..BTW the band was great!
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.... thats not a bad choice... sounded good.

and I didnt know Prince could write standing up - amazing