I guess most of you know that Prince uses the Clare Fischer Orchestra if he wants some orchestration for his songs. I think Clare’s arrangements are really beautiful and fit Prince’s music very well. My dream is that Prince and Clare would do a tour (or just one live performance) together and put it on DVD. Now that would be a nice X-mas present for the NPGMC members!

So imagine Prince decided to do a tour with the Clare Fischer Orchestra, what would be your 5 favorite songs you would like them to perform? These are mine:

1. Crystal Ball
2. Condition Of The Heart
3. Mountains
4. Sometimes It Snows In April
5. Scandalous

Some others that could easily fit in this context (well, according to me at least…):
The Question Of U
Love 2 The 9‘s
Come
Shy
Old Friends 4 Sale
I Hate U
Had U
It’s About That Walk
Last December
Purple Rain
Adore
Still Would Stand All Time
Gold
Damn U
5 Women

What do you think about this concept and what would be your most desired setlist?

This is exactly what I've been thinking it would be cool for Prince to do next. Obviously it would take a lot to setup but it would be so worth it just to hear Crystal Ball live, with full orchestration!!

*peace*

Om

Pink Cashmere ??

i've always wondered how "bambi" would sound fully orchestrated...

What a great question!

Crystal Ball would be my #1 choice as well.

The whole Parade album with outtakes and movie score material. Imagine hearing all this (and more) LIVE!

I Wonder U
Venus de Milo
Old Friends 4 Sale
Do U Lie
In All My Dreams
In a Large Room With No Light
Life Can Be So Nice


And let's not forget

Pink Cashmere

Elton John did this in the mid 80s with the Melborne Symphony Orchestra in Australia. It was incredible.

Metallica also did it, and it was easily their best tour.

It would be an absolute dream for Prince to do it with Claire. I'd love to see it happen in this lifetime- unfortunately, Prince has said that the magic comes from having never met him- so he probably wouldn't do it if it meant having to meet him!

Wow! What a fantastic idea. I would travel a million miles to see/hear this. In All My Dreams, Mia Bocca, Do U Lie and Power Fantastic would fit to the setlist.

"Heaven must be near" with Prince on bass !

I just wish...

This would be a great way to make next year's celebration really special - a full night of Prince & orchestra.

Then a big-band swing night.

A jazz night.

A hard rock Hendrix night.

A Kirk Johnson 'plastic' night.

And, er...

That's it.

booyah said:

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[This message was edited Tue Jun 10 3:46:07 PDT 2003 by IstenSzek]

Wow - what an AMAZING idea! Just the thought of it makes me excited!
I've said on previous threads how much I love the interaction between Prince's music and Clare Fischer's orchestration. They complement each other perfectly.
Even though I doubt it'll ever happen, this is one thing I would definitely love to see. Prince? Are you listening??!

Another great album in this vein: Stevie Wonder's 'Natural Wonder' album. All the classics, plus new tracks, recorded with a Japanese orchestra. Superb.

My list:

Dirty Mind
The Screams of Passion
Lady Cab Driver or 777-9311(a bizarre combo of funk and strings only Prince could pull off)
Power Fantastic
Alexa De Paris
Baby
It's Gonna Be Lonely
Free
Diamonds and Pearls
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Anna Stesia
The Cross

I would love to see them work together
excellent

We should e-mail NPGMC about Prince organizing this for next year's celebration. Talk about an incentive to rejoin the club after the ups and downs of this year!!!

If Prince and Clare ever did this, I'd hope to hear a setlist like this one:

Venus De Milo
Condition of the Heart
Crystal Ball
An Honest Man (instrumental, as in the opening to the movie)
Desire
Nothing Compares 2 U
The One
Welcome 2 the Dawn
Violet the Organ Grinder

-SWANGcandreamcan'the?

I forgot:

Question of U
Old Friends 4 Sale
Still Would Stand All Time
And God Created Woman


and you could throw in Last December and Purple Rain...

-SWANGisdroolingoverthisidea

OHHH!

A slow orchestra version of "Gold" and "Dolphin"!!

of course "Purple Rain"

would love "baby"

and to mix it up?

"Sign of the times"

miss Clare.

Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome another cryptic reply from TheNewWatcher.

my pick, besides 'crystal ball' and 'condition of the heart' would be:

another lonely christmas.

Alexa de Paris

Crystall Ball

Slave 2 the System

A "mellow" version of Golden Parachute

A "mellow" version of Dark (soft jazz drums)

A "mellow" version of Muse 2 The Pharoah (soft jazz drums)

Man o' War

Anotherloverholenyohead? Nah...

Do U Lie?

Purple Rain (eh..again ...this way)

Take Me With U (perfect)

So Far, So Pleased

Raspberry Beret

Christopher Tracy's Parade

There is Lonely

Old Friends 4 Sale

The Question of U

Paisley Park

The One

Everywhere/I Would Die 4 U

Around The World In A Day

Madhouse 14 & 15
[This message was edited Mon Nov 18 10:06:40 PST 2002 by NGSPW7200]

Is it just me, or do I remember back in the black and purple prince.org a news item about Clare Fischer dying?

Is this true?

yamomma said:

Don't know about that, but I don't think they've worked together since Rave - or at least, nothing has been released since Rave - is that true, or am I forgetting anything?

Yeah, I think maybe Clare passed away. Been a while since I've read it, but didn't it say so in Dancemusicsexromance? Or was that just that his son had taken over business?

Anyway, Prince with live strings is a funny idea, I guess. I'm afraid that my narrow mind would just wish for a reprise of last year's Xenophobia. I just don't think it's possible to do it any better. More of the same, please Prince, only differently!

and of course lots off the Family album - which was their first collaboration i think - imagine hearing Nothing Compares 2 U sounding right for once.

He hasn't passed away, no mention of him dying at his website www.clarefischer.com.

I really think it would be a nice step for Prince to do this collaboration. He could make TV recordings of the show and sell that to TV stations all over the world (provided he plays enough 'hits' like Purple Rain ). Then release a DVD and CD of the concert and maybe even tour the world with Clare's orchestra.

In this way Prince could draw a lot of attention to his NPG Music Club and also give people a taste of his new, more jazz-orientated direction. And possibly gain more fans of the type that Prince desires: serious music lovers...

I like the Idea of E-mailing NPGMC to get our own personal Celebration influnences in for 2003!!!


LETS DO IT!!!

My personal SETLIST and this ain't about CLair Fischer:

PRINCE-'LIVE'

Opening
1.Lets Go Crazy/I'm Yours...The Extended version of LGC(I Love when Prince slams on the piano keys and scream)

2.I Like it there/Bambi/ZannaLee/ComputerBlue
3.Electric Intercourse
4.Moonbeam Levels/The Morning Papers/Dolphin
5.I KNOW/Dance ON/Tamborine
6.America (Extended)
7.Free (Album vers.)
8.The Love We Make
9.Venus De Milo/Old friends 4 Sale
10.Blue Light
11.Purple House
12.Damn U (spoken words)/Insatible
13.The One
14.International Lover
15.Conditions of the heart/I Love U but I don't Trust U
16.Under the cherry moon
17.Gold
18.Diamonds and Pearls (full band version) Rosie SINGS!!!
-break
19.Uptown/Controversy/Mutiny
20.Housequake
21.Little Red Corvette
22.Automatic/DMSR/Billy Jack Bitch
23.Xpectation Medley (from the band)Ending with Lovesexy- loud horns and all!
-break
24.Mountains (Extended)
25.Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
26.Love Bizare/Glamorous Life w/ Sheila E.
27.When Doves Cry
28.Sign O'Times/IT
Acoustic Medley SET
29.Still Waiting/Pink Cashmere/My Computer/don't play me/The Truth/Forever in my life
30.The Cross
31.Purple Rain

Encore:
1999- Intro/Joy In Repetition
Everlasting Now (Extended)
Last December

So thats my list...excuse me I was writing this in my dreams
LOL
[This message was edited Tue Jan 14 7:51:52 PST 2003 by NPD313]

That would be tough since Clare and Prince have never met face to face.

Truth!!!