Given Prince's rewording of some of his old songs' lyrics, which of these three old songs do you think the Prince of 2011 would refuse to play (in unedited version)?

Head

Sister

Annie Christian

its a tossup between head and sister IMO

It doesnt matter too much though, because i dont wanna hear sister, its gross I just wished he played the full version of Erotic City

beyond the songs with curse words, which are pretty obvious, i think the song least

likely to be performed live anytime soon is "Gold".

despite it being a bit of a fan favorit and people saying for years now that he should

close his shows with it since it's such a good anthem, he simply doesn't give the song

any love at all.

which is weird since it's a good song, with religious undertones and lots of guitar, all

of which he seems to love at the moment.

IstenSzek said:

beyond the songs with curse words, which are pretty obvious, i think the song least

likely to be performed live anytime soon is "Gold".

despite it being a bit of a fan favorit and people saying for years now that he should

close his shows with it since it's such a good anthem, he simply doesn't give the song

any love at all.

which is weird since it's a good song, with religious undertones and lots of guitar, all

of which he seems to love at the moment.

Funny. I never liked 'Gold'. Seemed like it was trying too hard to be a 'Purple Rain' or 'The Cross', but without the genuine spirit of these two songs, in my opinion.

Of course he'll play it live at his next show, just to prove me wrong.

The song I don't expect to ever hear is 'Jack U Off'. It's too bad. I love it. I think he played a part of during the Lovesexy Tour but not since.

Either Jack U Off or Sister. Head is a bit of a classic and fan favorite, he might bring that one back for an instrumental version someday, but I think the fact he wrote and performed Jack U Off and Sister had more to do with the shock factor (which was a smart move commercially) than with the music itself. Jack U Off and Sister usually don't get a lot of love from the fans (myself included), so I wouldn't see a reason for Prince to break the rules he believes in with two songs most fans don't even appreciate.

The instrumental snippet of Darling Nikki that pops up in concerts lately does give me hope for Head though.

Please Prince, please!

Just these three? There are so many songs he will no longer perform....live.

HotGritz said:

Just these three? There are so many songs he will no longer perform....live.

True, but we're talking least likely here. I think the chance Prince will ever perform Computer Blue again is a lot bigger than with Sister, even though both of them are highly unlikely.

mblevels said:

HotGritz said:

Just these three? There are so many songs he will no longer perform....live.

True, but we're talking least likely here. I think the chance Prince will ever perform Computer Blue again is a lot bigger than with Sister, even though both of them are highly unlikely.

Ahhh

well I have to put Head ahead of Sister.

You can probably throw 7 out with the bathwater, too; I don't think the JWs would approve of the reincarnation references.

eyewishuheaven said:

You can probably throw 7 out with the bathwater, too; I don't think the JWs would approve of the reincarnation references.

he did "7" quite a few times in london at the O2 back in 2007

Billy Jack Bitch

ok so THE LOVE WE MAKE is written in the back of the tour book so hopefully but anything else off emancipation...

IstenSzek said:

beyond the songs with curse words, which are pretty obvious, i think the song least

likely to be performed live anytime soon is "Gold".

despite it being a bit of a fan favorit and people saying for years now that he should

close his shows with it since it's such a good anthem, he simply doesn't give the song

any love at all.

which is weird since it's a good song, with religious undertones and lots of guitar, all

of which he seems to love at the moment.

I don't think he'll ever do Gold because at the time he created it, he was actively against playing Purple Rain or any of his other big hits (ever again - uh uh) and had changed his name. I think the only reason the song exists is to be a stand in for Purple Rain during that era. Now that he's performing Purple Rain regularly (every show), we're not likely to ever see this again. I suppose at some point he may re-invent it as a stripped down version as part of an acoustic guitar set at an after show, but there's not much chance of it other than that.

Definitely Sister. He may tease the audience with the instrumental, or integrate it into another song or impromptu

mblevels said:

Either Jack U Off or Sister. Head is a bit of a classic and fan favorite, he might bring that one back for an instrumental version someday, but I think the fact he wrote and performed Jack U Off and Sister had more to do with the shock factor (which was a smart move commercially) than with the music itself. Jack U Off and Sister usually don't get a lot of love from the fans (myself included), so I wouldn't see a reason for Prince to break the rules he believes in with two songs most fans don't even appreciate.

The instrumental snippet of Darling Nikki that pops up in concerts lately does give me hope for Head though.

Please Prince, please!

God, I hope so! It's the funkiest groove P has ever done, IMO.

Purple Rain.

It's almost a shame he will never perform Gold!

But I live in hope, and have faith, that someday. The song is amazingly wonderful

Pretty much everything of the pre-PR era and the 89-95 era...with some exceptions...and of course nothing of the 96-03 years...