lottielooloo1968 said:

prince is proud of his scottish routes. he was born in a park in paisley. that poster was used to advertise his edinburgh homecoming concert which was this day exactly 16 years ago in meadowbank 1993

he was trying to copy rod stewart in that pose btw, he's a big faces fan

thanks unique, but u know what? i'm really creeped out, i've always wondered about this & thought it was odd he'd wear tartan..but obviously not when u consider he was playing scotland
..but that i chose 2 ask today woah!..

so did anyone go 2 this concert & can u remember that far back? any cool memories?..

unique said:

I literally lol'd.

This was his Grunge period.

lottie gone "loo-loo" !!! Oh dear !
do you believe he also shot a video for "The Morning Papers" wearing tartan because he thought he might be playing Scotland the following year?
I think it was just a look. Tartan does sometimes come around as highly fashionable. Maybe he just fancied it, eh?
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i think he was trying to do a pearl jam thing.

One of my fave P photos.

it's just a plaid shirt.

Is it wrong that I absolutely love that look for him? He looks good in it. It's one of my favorites of his different styles.

unique said:

Almost spit out a mouth full of water!

That pic is hot! But does he have to have a reason to wear it?

I've never had a sexual thing for Prince but - every so often - a photo appears and I think Oh, he's sooooo purty/sexy'. This being one of them.


You just know, though, that he'd sat down, looked through all the looks/fashions he'd had over the years and thought 'Aha! Tartan!'. That was about the last one left.

lottielooloo1968 said:

i was at the show, i have it on video too as i know the guy who filmed it. he didn't do an aftershow. there was a license holders meeting that day and everyone was asking each other who was holding the aftershow

when 4 non blondes were playing, prince was lying behinid the drum riser playing air drums

and the time frequency turned up 20 mins before they went onstage, without soundchecking, handed over a dat and went onstage and it all went wrong, as a dat played back on a machine other than the one it was recorded on can have alinement problems, not often, but it went as wrong as you can get that nite

there was an unnoficial afterparty at the citrus club where i used to do popular prince nites

lottielooloo1968 said:

I was at the Meadowbank gig!

I remember his support were 4-Non Blondes who had recently been No 2 in the charts with What's Up. They were having sound problems, so despite their best efforts, they were good but not great. I do remember the singer (Linda Perry?) saying she hoped we all had a great show when Prince comes on, and then she pointed at the huge 0+> light/prop which floated over the stage and said "Isn't that the coolest f**king thing you've ever seen, I wanna climb on board and fly away!!"

The other support band was The Time Frequency (also called TTF) who had a couple of dance hits in the UK and Europe. The sound was even worse for them and some of their backing samples didn't work, so they just quit early. This meant the fans had a bit of a wait until Prince came on, but what's new! Unusually, the Sun was out in Scotland, so it was getting warm that afternoon...I think it started to rain after the show, but I don't remember any during the show,

Prince had some sound problems during the show too...I think from memory the guitar during The Cross was very quiet or non-existent, but there were some high points...It was the one and only time I saw Prince perform the full bodied version of my favourite song, The Beautiful Ones, with a band and the screaming. Sure, he sang it at the O2 but that was on the piano solo bit usually and he didn't do a full version, just a sample. The full song at Meadowbank was awesome.

Shorty said:

it's more than just a plaid shirt.

so. much. more.

I the Morning Papers video.



if you look carefully you can see he's wearing this shirt under the coat

credits: made by Aaron, housequake.com....
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thedance said:

om nom nom

The memories.
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I have a Drumstick that was caught by my sister in law from the Edinburgh gig.



I also remember Mayte fell on her arse when she jumped from the swing during the intro to the show

muirdo said:

i have a wrapper from a mars bar that michael b ate on that night that my mate gave me. it's not been verified by an independent adjudicator or rock n roll auctioneer, but my mate dave who sells the dvds at the car boot sales wouldn't make it up

does anyone else have any other special mementos from that night?

thedance said:

oh man, whatever happened to that guy?

FunkDr said:

maybe if you're a lumberjack..

squirrelgrease said:

Shorty said:

but plaid is 4 grannies

Efan said:

he looks great from the neck up..i think the tartan look is more than bizarre even by princely standards

NouveauDance said:

i can be gullible but i don't believe the rod stewart stuff

Dayclear said:

of course he does!

onenitealone said:

yes i agree he looks bloody gawjus, but can't get my head round this scottish connection...
for him 2 go 2 this extent of donning tartan & trying out the rough & ready approach, & in high heels no doubt..
obviously he did a show in scotland, but it was only one night..i feel this was rather extreme