Prince was one of the many legends attending "the warm up" show of Thom Yorke new band, a funky, groovy, jazzy project with the help of Flea (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)and Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) that storm L.A. this week.

Beside the purple man other superstars attending were Daft Punk, Zack De La Rocha, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Spike Jonze, Madonna, Rick Rubin, Slash, Sting, and, er, Barbra Streisand (!!!!).

Rolling Stone link here:
http://www.rollingstone.c...solo-band/

For video of the show here:

http://themusicslut.com/2...e-project/

so much for him being in france then!

lotusflower is the name of one of thoms solo tracks btw

unique said:

Fuck! I just chek that out, weird, is that a old Yorke song?

unique said:

If I'm not mistaken P left 4 France immediately after the show.
As 4 Thom Yorke, he never ceases 2 amaze me. What a great talent!

I've NEVER understood the interest in this guy. OK I'll give U "Creep" that's a cool tune but the guy is so stuck on repeat it's just not funny anymore. Every song he does sounds the same and it's depressing as 4k.

I honestly thought he might be trying something different when I read this thread and saw Flea's name but then I watched the videos and... Same old same old.

Sorry Thom, not 4 me m8.

Smittyrock70 said:

I just hear some of the songs and it sounds like "Something in the water does not compute" on acid, and yes, Yorke is really funky! Very nice surprise.

What's the deal with the Yorke Lotus flower track?

aarontj said:

it's from his first and only solo album from 2006

Smittyrock70 said:

so he went from mpls to LA to paris? the first flight to paris wouldn't have been until the following day unless i'm mistaken. normally you fly from the states either early in the day or around midday to arrive in europe in the morning the next day, or later if flying from LA

unique said:

Tru dat!

my favorite artist checking out another favorite . crazy the eraser album came out years ago and he's promoting it now . i always thought it was decent anyways , but i'm always with anything he does anyways . always heard some "funky"-ness in his/radiohead's music

unique said:

Prince wasn't on the official show, Prince was on the (VIP) rehearsal two days before the show with the regular audience, Madonna was there too.

purplepolitician said:

Funny thing: Thom's Lotusflower has a bit of a Neil Young feel. The only other Prince song I can think of offhand that took a name directly from another recorded song is Cinnamon Girl... Hmmmm
[Edited 10/5/09 15:50pm]

wasitgood4u said:

I agree, this was pretty cool, I'm starting to get a feeling about Yorke going further the funk route, Flea is doing a great job and Prince saw that.

May be a Yorke/Prince song together?

Anyone who doesn't see Yorke's greatness should stay clear of me..lol

Prince, take notes, sucker.

aarontj said:

Well that explains it. Thanks 4 clearing that up.

I'm looking forward to hearing this "mesmerizing ballad Lotus Flower".

2freaky4church1 said:

It will be really nice if they jam together. Saw the videos and it seems that Thom Yorke wants to evolve from the Radiohead sound, so let's see.

So far so good.

comegetwild said:

log off

comegetwild said:

Shame, because the interest (even from some very respectable contemporaries, including Mr Nelson himself) is not misplaced.

Perhaps because you don't like his style, you haven't properly listened and have missed some hidden depths? Its ok, you don't have to like him and I'm not trying to convince you to change, but labeling him as samey and depressing is really doing him a dis-service (not to mention that Creep is one of his weaker songs!)

aarontj said:

Not related a whole lot...but here's a bit of trivia. Did y'all know that Flea played Bass on Young MC's "Bust A Move".


This is more well known, but did U know he played bass on Alanis Morissette's "You Oughtta Know" as well

BobGeorge909 said:

Nope on Bust A Move, yep on Alanis

xlr8r said:

I beg to differ...he DID play bass on Bust a move...he's even in the video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...g_MC_song)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q...st_A_Move'

http://www.fretplay.com/t...btab.shtml

http://www.bassmasta.net/...57144.html

even the silly VJ on VH-1 said the same thing.
[Edited 10/5/09 23:16pm]

aarontj said:

i gathered that, as the "secret" show was on friday whilst the "not secret" shows were on sunday and monday

the thing is, dr funkenberry said on friday that "prince was expected to leave to paris later today" or words to those effect in a post he made on friday, so if he was really at the show and dr fb's post was accurate then it raises a question over which information is true or false

http://www.nme.com/news/t...orke/47646

http://www.nme.com/news/t...orke/47558

http://www.nme.com/news/t...orke/47599

Turns out he was in Paris and not LA afterall

xlr8r said:

?????

BobGeorge909 said:

I meant that I did not know he played on Bust A Move but yep I knew he did the Alanis song.

xlr8r said:

public apology here:


ohhhh...I'm sorry. I musta sounded like a dick> I misread your post...I'm SOOOO sorry. is my apology accepted...please?


i kinda overkilled it

BobGeorge909 said:

Robin Power danced in the Bust A Move video. I hesitated to mention her name because people have been hating so hard on her lately. Flea and Thom Yorke are great.

theRight1 said:

who's robin power?


edit: scratch that...looked it up....DUH! silly me...who's Robin Power...lol
[Edited 10/6/09 7:40am]

unique said:

Is he??

How do you know??