Sign “☮” the Times era 1987

Sign ☮ the Times

This album has always been bittersweet 4 me
Back then I never knew of the Dream Factory album or the Camille project, but it was really exciting to view this 'concert', I was ready 4 him when he brought the show 2 the States, ...but sadly he decided to release it as a concert film. The visuals are so stimulating.
My favorite stage set up, he could continue 2 use this one and there is so much there that I would never get tired of it.

Jill Jones Sheila E. Taja Sevelle Madhouse
Camille Project
Hard Knock Life film

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March 21. 1987
1st Avenue
Sign'O'TheTimes Open Rehearsal
1.Intro ...and 4 those of U on valium, my name is Prince...
2.Housequake
3.Girls & Boys
4.Slow Love
5.Hot Thing
6.Now's The Time *
7.Strange Relationship
8.Forever In My Life
9.Kiss
10.It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

In France, a skinny man died of a BIG disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are 17-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack and totin' a machine gun

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' U somebody died
A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford 2 feed it
And yet we're sending people 2 the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse - it's June

It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants 2 fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?

Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see The Dawn?

Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and.. and everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign "O" the times

Sign "O" the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy

Sign O' the Time's ERA was a league leading 2.13.

the 1st review I read of the Sign “☮” the Times show

PRINCE IN EUROPE: A PREVIEW OF HIS NEW SHOW

BY KURT LODER [Interview Magazine]

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Susannah didn't sing vocals on "Sign o the Times"....

She is on "Slow Love" and "Play in the Sunshine"...

ETA: "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" counts too, I guess.

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The picture of Prince and Jeff Katz is the best in the whole programme.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

My favorite stage set up, he could continue 2 use this one and there is so much there that I would never get tired of it.

I loved this stage setup too. It was brilliant and so amazingly well executed (it never looked over the top to me, and it very easily could have if done wrong). I would love to know how the cover for the album and the stage setup were conceived and designed.

Moreover (I know I asked about this on a previous SOTT thread), I would love to see a layout of the SOTT stage. The way it was designed made the relatively small stage space look huge and expansive.