When and where(city) did Prince perform Diamonds & Pearls for the Special Olympics ? I this version-it is great Prince's voice is so deep on here he kinda sounds like Larry Any info ?

Minneapolis: Met Center....

asma said:

Ok-thanks for the info



what year?

It was in Minneapolis, at the Metrodome. I was there, and was with a group of people who were asked to fill in the seats behind the stage (previously had been blocked off). We could not really see any of the performance, but saw all of the behind the scenes stuff. There were dozens of boxes labeled that they were the old symbol tambourine, but they never left the boxes. My first Live Prince experience!

Babymine said:

Sounds somewhat exciting They never gave ya'll the tambourines?

Babymine said:

Something that I never understand: I'm french, howcome that in the US, you can attend concerts behind the scene? Cheaper tickets? We can see that in the Take Me With U video...No chance in France for this!!!!

asma said:

If the concert is a sell-out, they will usually sell the seats behind the stage for dirt cheap. As they should be, since you can't see shit. At least you can listen to the music. He also played Baby I'm A Star that same night, but it was not originally televised until much later on a Friday Night Videos special.

Yep, it was at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as mentioned above. International Special Olympics - July 19th 1991. Didn't Prince play a couple of songs on that occasion?

asma said:

It was at the Dome, but I did see LoveSexy at the Met Center in 1988. If anyone goes to the Mall of America you will be standing in the area where the Met once stood.

prime said:

Most folks don't notice the chair from the Met Center hanging way up on the wall near the log ride.

squirrelgrease said:

Yea he played "Diamonds and Pearls" and "Baby I'm A Star" with the 1999 intro. I think they originally only aired "Diamonds and Pearls" on the telecast. But I do remember the show Friday Night Videos had a Prince night and they played the "Baby I'm A Star" performance maybe a year or two later. The version of "Diamonds and Pearls" just KILLS any other version of it. Rosie's vocals and Prince's guitar solo were fantastic.

squirrelgrease said:

1991 I was only 19 then Ahh! the memories Thanks Squirrel

piepie1976 said:

oh yeah!!

yes that guitar solo in D&P is just very very good

I wonder if a studio version incl. guitar solo exists in the vaults

thedance said:

great solo-I wish this performance was longer

nurseV said:

I remember Arnold Schwarzenegger on Jay Leno promoting this telecast saying that "Prince did another one of his wonderfull performances".

This D&P version feels more complete then the studio version.

aarontj said:

Totally. I remember hearing the studio version long after I had worn out the Special Olympics version (recorded with a boombox placed next to the TV speaker ), and just feeling let down. Same thing with "Cream" and "Daddy Pop" on Arsenio. The live versions just SMOKE the studio versions. But that's classic Prince, I guess. Taking live versions to another level.

piepie1976 said:

I never thought I'd say this, but I do like it better than the studio version It's still my fav song though

I never knew that. Would have been nice to see. Especially a version with a deeper voice.

I remember thinking "what the hell is my peverted Prince doing on this type of program?"

piepie1976 said:

ditto

i shall never forget our boy

doing his thing live on the arsenio hall gig

right on