Mintchip said:

CJBabyDaddy said:

March 29, 1981.

Party Up II tour.

Detroit.

Cobo Club aftershow.

About 30 minutes in, Prince launches into a blazin' guitar solo on CAPS LOCK -- Switch That Motherfucker Off.

Definite highlight of the tour for me. The Coco For Cobo boot version beats the Small Club boot version by a mile, so don't even go there.

Shame he never recorded a studio version.

CAPS LOCK -- STMFO is my jam!

I think Judy Garland recorded a version of CAPS LOCK -- Swith That Motherfucker Off, back in her MGM days? We played it at my grandma's funeral. It was her favorite song.

I hate fatboy slim's remix of that one.

JudasLChrist said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

are you joking? or do you not know what that is?

I don't know what it is. What is it?

as far as i know, it is a cue to the band to end the song. similar to "confusion" at the end of "it's gonna be a beautiful night"

in one concert he calls out "las vegas in e"

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

JudasLChrist said:

I don't know what it is. What is it?

as far as i know, it is a cue to the band to end the song. similar to "confusion" at the end of "it's gonna be a beautiful night"

in one concert he calls out "las vegas in e"

[Edited 8/9/10 13:14pm]

It's kind a joke cue to go all "Vegas" in style... like Elvis is about to come out... rolling on the cymbals... drums... reaching a cresecendo.

ufoclub said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

as far as i know, it is a cue to the band to end the song. similar to "confusion" at the end of "it's gonna be a beautiful night"

in one concert he calls out "las vegas in e"

[Edited 8/9/10 13:14pm]

It's kind a joke cue to go all "Vegas" in style... like Elvis is about to come out... rolling on the cymbals... drums... reaching a cresecendo.

I'll tell you what - if a man can play 1,000's of shows and mess up only about a dozen times, he deserves a medal.

And near as I can tell, Prince doesn't use a teleprompter monitor with the lyrics/chords displayed down on the floor or by a speaker. Lots of artists do.

RodeoSchro said:

I'll tell you what - if a man can play 1,000's of shows and mess up only about a dozen times, he deserves a medal.

And near as I can tell, Prince doesn't use a teleprompter monitor with the lyrics/chords displayed down on the floor or by a speaker. Lots of artists do.

Actually the vegas show i referenced here earlier he did have a lyric sheet. Doesn't mean anything as like you said other artists do that as well. When you've written that much material your going to forget a lyric you can always cover up with a primal scream.

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RodeoSchro said:

I'll tell you what - if a man can play 1,000's of shows and mess up only about a dozen times, he deserves a medal.

And near as I can tell, Prince doesn't use a teleprompter monitor with the lyrics/chords displayed down on the floor or by a speaker. Lots of artists do.

seriously, and if I was sliding down a pole in front of thousands of people you can guarantee I'd be in a wheelchair by now

and as a musician, and not a terrible one at that, I can say that everyone in my band makes tiny mistakes in practically every song, but that people rarely notice

He once had a costume change whereby u could see a label on his shirt collar... clearly off the peg and very un Prince... Nude tour

CJBabyDaddy said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

when did Prince do that?

March 29, 1981.

Party Up II tour.

Detroit.

Cobo Club aftershow.

About 30 minutes in, Prince launches into a blazin' guitar solo on CAPS LOCK -- Switch That Motherfucker Off.

Definite highlight of the tour for me. The Coco For Cobo boot version beats the Small Club boot version by a mile, so don't even go there.

Shame he never recorded a studio version.

CAPS LOCK -- STMFO is my jam!

its post like that why I keep logging on2 the org

NDRU said:

and as a musician, and not a terrible one at that, I can say that everyone in my band makes tiny mistakes in practically every song, but that people rarely notice

I can't remember which performance it was, but it was during the Musicology tour. Prince and the band were performing on TV and I swear I saw Prince flash two fingers behind his back at John Blackwell, meaning Blackwell had missed a drum fill and was being fined $2K.

I only noticed Prince's move because there was a story from Blackwell on that exact same kind of thing a year or so ago. But I watched the performance about four times and I could not see or hear what mistake John made. Maybe I was just seeing things!

RodeoSchro said:

NDRU said:

and as a musician, and not a terrible one at that, I can say that everyone in my band makes tiny mistakes in practically every song, but that people rarely notice

I can't remember which performance it was, but it was during the Musicology tour. Prince and the band were performing on TV and I swear I saw Prince flash two fingers behind his back at John Blackwell, meaning Blackwell had missed a drum fill and was being fined $2K.

I only noticed Prince's move because there was a story from Blackwell on that exact same kind of thing a year or so ago. But I watched the performance about four times and I could not see or hear what mistake John made. Maybe I was just seeing things!

RodeoSchro said:

NDRU said:

and as a musician, and not a terrible one at that, I can say that everyone in my band makes tiny mistakes in practically every song, but that people rarely notice

I can't remember which performance it was, but it was during the Musicology tour. Prince and the band were performing on TV and I swear I saw Prince flash two fingers behind his back at John Blackwell, meaning Blackwell had missed a drum fill and was being fined $2K.

I only noticed Prince's move because there was a story from Blackwell on that exact same kind of thing a year or so ago. But I watched the performance about four times and I could not see or hear what mistake John made. Maybe I was just seeing things!

I wouldn't be entirely surprised, and Prince's band surely makes fewer mistakes than mine, but this thread shows that Prince himself makes plenty, it's all part of real musicians performing real music...

On Arsenio the first time, Prince nearly lost his hand when he opend his piano to let balloons out, and the piano slammed back shut. Prince momentarily acted like he would try to keep it up, but thought it wiser to let the moment go

He also couldn't get the bad reviews to light on the act I & II tour during my name is prince, but instead pretented to piss on them

He messed up the words to Call My Name when I saw him, saying "everything...nothing about you is false" maybe that was a freudian slip

RodeoSchro said:

NDRU said:

and as a musician, and not a terrible one at that, I can say that everyone in my band makes tiny mistakes in practically every song, but that people rarely notice

I can't remember which performance it was, but it was during the Musicology tour. Prince and the band were performing on TV and I swear I saw Prince flash two fingers behind his back at John Blackwell, meaning Blackwell had missed a drum fill and was being fined $2K.

I only noticed Prince's move because there was a story from Blackwell on that exact same kind of thing a year or so ago. But I watched the performance about four times and I could not see or hear what mistake John made. Maybe I was just seeing things!

there was also the story Matt Fink or Eric Leeds told a story about how one day during the Lovesexy tour Matt wore a LA Dodgers shirt (IIRC after losing a bet with Allan as to who would win the series LA or Oakland).

He came on stage after a break in the shirt and the crowd (I think they were playing LA at the time) reacted and prince looked over and yelled "FINED!" But I think Matt said he never got fined.

On the Atlanta 85 Purple Rain video, he goes tearing across the stage during "Baby Im A Star" and trips over his microphone stand/cord (for some strange reason his mic had a cord, but only during Baby Im A Star).

He didnt do a full on faceplant, but it was obvious to anyone watching that he tripped.

sexyAuntyFuka said:

CJBabyDaddy said:

March 29, 1981.

Party Up II tour.

Detroit.

Cobo Club aftershow.

About 30 minutes in, Prince launches into a blazin' guitar solo on CAPS LOCK -- Switch That Motherfucker Off.

Definite highlight of the tour for me. The Coco For Cobo boot version beats the Small Club boot version by a mile, so don't even go there.

Shame he never recorded a studio version.

CAPS LOCK -- STMFO is my jam!

its post like that why I keep logging on2 the org

AGREE !!!

This is the funniest thread in a long time and deserves more attention !!!!

The Judy Garland/MGM/Grandmas funeral comment got me crying- Hilarious.

The thing is I can't recall "CAPS LOCK - STMFO" on any Prince album and it isn't in the survey list.

But I do recall the chant

"Free, the slave, switch that MF off"

Cheers,

KevinB

**Please Tour Australia Again Soon**

"Fritos Fritos Fritos"

At the 1991 Video Music Awards when Prince and the NPG played "Gett Off", Prince gets the cuffs of is yellow shirt caught on the microphone and says the opening lyrics off rhythm before finally getting back on track.

squirrelgrease said:

toejam said:

He seems he has a thing for making mistakes on Leno:

1998 "Come On" - forgot part of the rap in the outro

2004 "Musicology" - forgot he had a pick in his guitar strings - the broadcast has overdubbed guitar

2009 "Ol' Skool Company" - forgot part the rap bit in the middle

2009 "Dreamer" - plays A G E, instead of G A E in one of the opening riffs

2009 "Feel Better" - again, stuffs some of the lyrics, was seemlessly edited out of the broadcast

But Prince is experienced enough to know how to make it not so obvious if he does make a mistake...

I'm gonna have to go back and check that out.

When you check it out, watch Prince wave his hat right behind the sax players ass during his sax solo. Looks like his blowing off his fart. Funny stuff

for real, you couldnt answer the question so you had to be a sarcastic twit?

you are not a moderator so quit trying so hard.

I swear people try so hard to make every inch of the world suck.

langebleu said:

In the top right hand corner of each page, there's a search box.

If you type the words:

prince mistake

you will find it identifies very similar threads such as:

Any Prince mistakes you've seen in concert

http://prince.org/msg/7/320884

Does prince make mistakes on stage?

http://prince.org/msg/7/248480

He screws up the verse lyrics on "I Would Die 4 U" during his first performance of it at the First Ave show in 83. You could say the lyrics werent set in stone yet but it is obvious he confused the order of the verses.

Listen to the Atlanta 97 sabotage boot, he forgets the lyrics for sleep around in the begining and starts talking to the crowd to get focused again.

toejam said:

He seems he has a thing for making mistakes on Leno:

1998 "Come On" - forgot part of the rap in the outro

2004 "Musicology" - forgot he had a pick in his guitar strings - the broadcast has overdubbed guitar

2009 "Ol' Skool Company" - forgot part the rap bit in the middle

2009 "Dreamer" - plays A G E, instead of G A E in one of the opening riffs

2009 "Feel Better" - again, stuffs some of the lyrics, was seemlessly edited out of the broadcast

But Prince is experienced enough to know how to make it not so obvious if he does make a mistake...

I can maybe see the "Musicology" guitar pick mistake, bu the others I don't think were mistakes IMO.

jason7sh said:

HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN A BIG MISTAKE PRINCE HAS MADE WHILE PERFORMING LIVE ONSTAGE. I JUST WATCHED HIS 1985 GRAMMY PERFORMANCE AND HE REALLY LOOKED TENSE AND NERVOUS. HE WAS PERFORMING BABY I'M A STAR AND DROPPED THE MICROPHONE. I EVEN BELIEVE THAT HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE LIP WITH THE MIKE ONCE HE PICKED IT UP.

MISTAKES?!?!?!?

Cause and Effect! Cause and effect!

sexyAuntyFuka said:

He once had a costume change whereby u could see a label on his shirt collar... clearly off the peg and very un Prince... Nude tour

Oh that's SO precious! ^^^^

PsychedelicMama said:

sexyAuntyFuka said:

He once had a costume change whereby u could see a label on his shirt collar... clearly off the peg and very un Prince... Nude tour

Oh that's SO precious! ^^^^

Where's the website that these images come from?

sexyAuntyFuka said:

I love this! I wish I could pause it so that I can get a better look at each change.

He screws up the second verse of "Forever In My Life" during the Stockholm SOTT show. I think it was the May 9th show?

Not really a Prince mistake, but the best of all has to be from the Small Club "Still Would Stand All Time."

"Who's the fool singin will? Its would!!!!"