vitalbacon said:
i was there, a few hours ago. i was told about this oncoming gig at 20:00u. i live in antwerp, belgium, so i drove to france like hell to get there in time. the venue could have about 500 visitors, yet only about 400 were really there, gently cueing.
i ended up in the very front row of the venue. i even, at a moment, touched his feet.
this was the Best Concert i Ever wittnessed. "sometimes it snows in april" - not just a snippet, but the entire song. the very obscure early eighties demo 'so high'... the fabulous new song "dreamer".
he played the bass like larry, but even better.
he looked gorguous, dressed in black with a high colar.
prince is duke ellington.
he turned the club into a gospel shag.
everybody went nuts.
he played for more than three hours. without any entiring support acts; just him from the start till the end.
i said:"prince, we love you." he looked at me and waved me a gentil kiss.
now i see it is not even so bad that he turned into a jove's wittness; his shying away from sexual themes had opened a way to give and take an experience of shere love, energy, optimism, beauty.
he is not arrogant at all. he treats his surrounders, even his audience, as equals.
he was very happy.
in the end, he walked away through the frontdoor. al of the audience went straight after hem, and that was it.
thank u purple reign