Identity said:

Man, why can't Prince be like normal guitarists and give away picks at the end of a solo? Who thows guitars?! Eventually someone is going to miss the catch and receive a blow to the head.

True. I think no matter what he throws, some fans are going to fight each other for it, and still possibly cause someone to get hurt in the process. I've seen so many "tug-of-war" towel pullling, catfights and arguments between fans, when a towel gets thrown at these shows.

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1. Prince needs to stop doing that shit...PERIOD!

2. The guy was beaten up by other fans in the audience as soon as he caught it. Judging by some of the comments, it wouldn't surprise me one bit, if some of those folks were posting on this thread.

3. I agree on the...if Prince has no intention on letting anyone that catches it, keep it, when he throws it to them...MOVE AND LET THAT BITCH HIT FLOOR...

OR

4. Don't catch it...LET IT HIT YOU IN THE HEAD.

He'll be damn sure to let you keep it then or SUE THE GLITTER OFF HIS HAPPY ASS!!!!

4everYoung said:

This is how you do it....

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I love how Larry Graham (in the background) is enjoying the show from the VIP section

THIS GUY IS F.I.N.E ...I'm not talking about Larry Graham...lol

So there ya go we now have a new award called a The Perry Award.

This will be awarded for being a complete "wanker"

This guy has totally distracted events from what I've heard was a phenomenal concert.

Why should Prince stop doing this?...it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing. All i hope is that next time he boots the drums over on the Prawn sandwich Evian sipping brigade...

Peace & B Wild!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Here's another news clip just a bit more specific, as to where he got the bruises from once he already had the guitar in his hands, when some fans mobbed him for it. I guess he could have let it go, but held on to it.

http://kysdc.com/national...is-guitar/

Man Gets Beaten Up At Prince Concert After Catching His Guitar

An Oakland, CA man was having the time of his life at Prince’s concert in Oakland this week when the superstar threw his guitar in the crowd and it landed in his hands. Almost immediately, a crowd of fans mobbed him and beat him. The man escaped the mob with bruises, a few cuts, and the guitar, but was told by one of Prince’s stagehands to return the guitar immediately. He was given a guitar pick branded with Prince’s trademark symbol.

Apparently the man wanted to keep the guitar, and wants the guitar back…

[Edited 2/25/11 16:15pm]

This incident is just further proof that it's no longer like the the old NPG Music Club days when Prince made sure that it was his true die-hard fans that were in the VIP seats! Back then, if Prince gave us his guitar to hold during the show, we knew it was just temporary. However, nowadays there are casual fans that are only up front because they are fortunate enough to be able to afford the high prices, and Prince does not realize that these people do not know him like we do! If he wants to keep giving his guitar to the audience, he needs to make sure that his true fans are the ones up front again! That's all I'm saying!

This story is hilarious. Really? REALLY? How can anyone think that a guitar that is handed to you is automatically YOURS if he was just performing with it? I would never think that an instrument giving to me is mine. That's just me but wow, this story is just messy.

purplekat said:

This incident is just further proof that it's no longer like the the old NPG Music Club days when Prince made sure that it was his true die-hard fans that were in the VIP seats! Back then, if Prince gave us his guitar to hold during the show, we knew it was just temporary. However, nowadays there are casual fans that are only up front because they are fortunate enough to be able to afford the high prices, and Prince does not realize that these people do not know him like we do! If he wants to keep giving his guitar to the audience, he needs to make sure that his true fans are the ones up front again! That's all I'm saying!

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[Edited 2/25/11 13:07pm]

Joyinrepatition said:

So there ya go we now have a new award called a The Perry Award.

This will be awarded for being a complete "wanker"

This guy has totally distracted events from what I've heard was a phenomenal concert.

Why should Prince stop doing this?...it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing. All i hope is that next time he boots the drums over on the Prawn sandwich Evian sipping brigade...

Peace & B Wild!

Because at CONCERTS, when an artist on the stage threw something to an audience member...until Prince started doing his shit...it was USUALLY customary that whomever caught it...got to keep it!

You said it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing, right? Then PLEASE...show me just ONE instance of ANY other Rock N Roll artist...stateside or worldwide...throwing something...anything...to an audience member...that WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE ACT...and then taking it back.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,....................................1! 15min are up dude!

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I went to the Thursday show and noticed Prince only used 2 guitars. The first was a custom shiny gold painted Stratocaster and of course the old trusty cheap (but now rare and worth a ton) Hohner. You can buy a re-issue here http://www.fortmadisongui...-Rain.html but it's not the same.

I wonder which guitar it was.

I've read somewhere that he actually now owns several of the original Hohners but originally bought it for only a couple hundred bucks and it matched an outfit he had.

I've seen Prince through out his guitar before at other shows, but always assumed that it was to a stagehand and not a fan. But if he where to throw one to me, I'd expect to keep it. I don't understand what's wrong with some of you people.

Valid points..but, what's the point of giving him a damn guitar pick?

Once the guitar was taken back, it should have been a wrap, but to give a damn guitar pick in its place?

A guitar pick?

The good thing about this incident is now people know that when Prince throws something out into the audience, catch it and then signal that you're gonna to throw the thing back to him. No point in holding on to it, sniffing it, rubbing it, or any other thought pertaining to what can be done to an object tossed by Prince. Hopefully, he can catch or you'll be facing some time behind bars and a lawsuit for injuring him or damaging his precious guitar.

Better yet, let someone else have that moment of catching the guitar and then someone else can get the damn guitar pick.

Here's a thought. Prince can just throw guitar picks into the audience. Obviously, he doesn't have a problem giving those away. No harm...no foul.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Joyinrepatition said:

So there ya go we now have a new award called a The Perry Award.

This will be awarded for being a complete "wanker"

This guy has totally distracted events from what I've heard was a phenomenal concert.

Why should Prince stop doing this?...it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing. All i hope is that next time he boots the drums over on the Prawn sandwich Evian sipping brigade...

Peace & B Wild!

Because at CONCERTS, when an artist on the stage threw something to an audience member...until Prince started doing his shit...it was USUALLY customary that whomever caught it...got to keep it!

You said it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing, right? Then PLEASE...show me just ONE instance of ANY other Rock N Roll artist...stateside or worldwide...throwing something...anything...to an audience member...that WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE ACT...and then taking it back.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

IT'S PRINCE'S GUITAR!!...IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GIVE BACK TO THE OWNER...

I couldn't care less what other artists do...if you think Prince is going to give away his iconic guitar to some random then your just as fucked up as that waste of space Perry.

Whats with the I'll wait bit and the count down..lol are you in some kinda gang in school or something?

FunkyRob said:

I went to the Thursday show and noticed Prince only used 2 guitars. The first was a custom shiny gold painted Stratocaster and of course the old trusty cheap (but now rare and worth a ton) Hohner. You can buy a re-issue here http://www.fortmadisongui...-Rain.html but it's not the same.

I wonder which guitar it was.

I've read somewhere that he actually now owns several of the original Hohners but originally bought it for only a couple hundred bucks and it matched an outfit he had.

I've seen Prince through out his guitar before at other shows, but always assumed that it was to a stagehand and not a fan. But if he where to throw one to me, I'd expect to keep it. I don't understand what's wrong with some of you people.

I don't understand it, either and I really don't think I want to!

I swear sometimes I think Prince could LITERALLY pull his pants down and take a hot steaming dump on somebody and some folks up in here would applaud, justify and excuse it!

Joyinrepatition said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Because at CONCERTS, when an artist on the stage threw something to an audience member...until Prince started doing his shit...it was USUALLY customary that whomever caught it...got to keep it!

You said it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing, right? Then PLEASE...show me just ONE instance of ANY other Rock N Roll artist...stateside or worldwide...throwing something...anything...to an audience member...that WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE ACT...and then taking it back.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

IT'S PRINCE'S GUITAR!!...IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GIVE BACK TO THE OWNER...

I couldn't care less what other artists do...if you think Prince is going to give away his iconic guitar to some random then your just as fucked up as that waste of space Perry.

Whats with the I'll wait bit and the count down..lol are you in some kinda gang in school or something?

In other words...you've got nothing! It's okay.

hhhhdmt said:

i just dont understand why Prince pretends to give the guitar away, then has his bodyguards take it back. Either give the guitar away or dont. Plain and simple. Does he really think people won't know that he is taking these guitars back?

I am sorry for this man if he got injured. But the whole pretending to give the guitar away is ridicolous.

Sho Nough!

Idiot!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

1. Prince needs to stop doing that shit...PERIOD!

2. The guy was beaten up by other fans in the audience as soon as he caught it. Judging by some of the comments, it wouldn't surprise me one bit, if some of those folks were posting on this thread.

3. I agree on the...if Prince has no intention on letting anyone that catches it, keep it, when he throws it to them...MOVE AND LET THAT BITCH HIT FLOOR...

OR

4. Don't catch it...LET IT HIT YOU IN THE HEAD.

He'll be damn sure to let you keep it then or SUE THE GLITTER OFF HIS HAPPY ASS!!!!

Prince use to use a Guitar Tech to catch the guitar, so no "Controversy"

But I remember one of them Takumi was either let go or quit from back in the day. After all this Fiasco maybe he'll go back throughing to the tech or stage hand or quit all togehter?!?!?!?!?

Very rarely does Conciousone actually think this.

"Damn I'd like to kick this guy's ass."

Carry on...

a new sand dollar type issue

except in reverse

PsychedelicMama said:

Idiot!

Who are you talking to?

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Joyinrepatition said:

IT'S PRINCE'S GUITAR!!...IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GIVE BACK TO THE OWNER...

I couldn't care less what other artists do...if you think Prince is going to give away his iconic guitar to some random then your just as fucked up as that waste of space Perry.

Whats with the I'll wait bit and the count down..lol are you in some kinda gang in school or something?

In other words...you've got nothing! It's okay.

Ha Ha...i answered your question! so then you try to belittle me "nice!.. not" get back to the Pisces roll call honey...by the way im on the 13th

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

FunkyRob said:

I went to the Thursday show and noticed Prince only used 2 guitars. The first was a custom shiny gold painted Stratocaster and of course the old trusty cheap (but now rare and worth a ton) Hohner. You can buy a re-issue here http://www.fortmadisongui...-Rain.html but it's not the same.

I wonder which guitar it was.

I've read somewhere that he actually now owns several of the original Hohners but originally bought it for only a couple hundred bucks and it matched an outfit he had.

I've seen Prince through out his guitar before at other shows, but always assumed that it was to a stagehand and not a fan. But if he where to throw one to me, I'd expect to keep it. I don't understand what's wrong with some of you people.

I don't understand it, either and I really don't think I want to!

I swear sometimes I think Prince could LITERALLY pull his pants down and take a hot steaming dump on somebody and some folks up in here would applaud, justify and excuse it!

Furthermore, Judging by some fanatics on here they might try to sell on it eBay!

Serena said:

They need to add a line to the "No recording devices" warning on the tickets/signs and say "You don't keep the guitars, you ninnies!"

hhhhdmt said:

i just dont understand why Prince pretends to give the guitar away, then has his bodyguards take it back. Either give the guitar away or dont. Plain and simple. Does he really think people won't know that he is taking these guitars back?

I am sorry for this man if he got injured. But the whole pretending to give the guitar away is ridicolous.

I agree with you

Joyinrepatition said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

In other words...you've got nothing! It's okay.

Ha Ha...i answered your question! so then you try to belittle me "nice!.. not" get back to the Pisces roll call honey...by the way im on the 13th

I actually tried to sympathize with you...because I've been in your place in Prince fandom.

If you are going to talk the talk...back it up...with the walk.

Being a fellow Pisces...you should KNOW...good and damn well...had I wanted to belittle you...I wouldn't have tried. I'd have succeeded!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Joyinrepatition said:

So there ya go we now have a new award called a The Perry Award.

This will be awarded for being a complete "wanker"

This guy has totally distracted events from what I've heard was a phenomenal concert.

Why should Prince stop doing this?...it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing. All i hope is that next time he boots the drums over on the Prawn sandwich Evian sipping brigade...

Peace & B Wild!

Because at CONCERTS, when an artist on the stage threw something to an audience member...until Prince started doing his shit...it was USUALLY customary that whomever caught it...got to keep it!

You said it's all part of the Rock N Roll thing, right? Then PLEASE...show me just ONE instance of ANY other Rock N Roll artist...stateside or worldwide...throwing something...anything...to an audience member...that WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE ACT...and then taking it back.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

Patti Labelle kicks her shoes off into the crowd almost always and asks for them back!!! Thats the one time I can think of.

He isn't pretending to give the guitar away. He destroys it, tosses it out, and that's that. If you get hit by it, then maybe your dumb ass shouldn't be up front. You trying to tell me that as old as that guy looks, he hasn't been to a damn concert before? If Prince threw his guitar at me I would rush INTO it, grab it, and then run directly to a security guard. rofl. Not because I wanna keep his fucking guitar (no, I would rather him destroy it and throw it at me again, THIS IS THE HOHNER), but because I know how rabid other idiots in the crowd are.

I've been in mosh pits, push pits, Lady Gaga Drunk Slut pits, Prince Fans Too Sassy For Their Own Good pits, Ozzy pits where people walk out gushing blood frequently, and pits that were full of so many bitchy flamers you would think everyone was wearing corduroys. Never once have I thought to blame the acts for the behavior of some drunk ass fans.

ganesh said:

This scene reminds me of a poetry I wrote after seeing Prince in Arras..a part which Prince fortuneately made me forget

"To be a Part of Mankind,

Try to make your way out of the woumb

U are not obliged to, but nature's prior above this matter

U were into a cosy and warm space

You're being thrown away, pushed into the place

At school were U shy? naaaaaaah, wrong manner,

es, to fight, U Needed to be much stronger,

All concerns human's nature, summerised as: animal's behaviour

In this city, every individual acts as an animal

A race, a hunt, a battle field, a Jungle

Hey kiddy, didn't your grand Fa' tell U,

about what?

This is Jungle pretty

My little baby, it's hard down here, rise up, do your best

They trusted U cause you've always got 4 Az

Nothing needed to be kicked on the face

Travel from this small island to the old continent

Mom?, what will I find here?

Daughter, this is Paris,

Climb all those stairs, not Hilton, ha?

up 'til level 6, if the bucket stays full,

Then U might enjoy a warm "bath", oh, coooooooooooooooool!

Aaaargh, mommy!! it's hard to catch up with the angels, too hot in the roof,

U didn't warn us about these stairs to climb

So hard to have an access to Heaven

In this city, every individual acts as an animal

A Chase, a hunt, a battle field, a Jungle

Even to see your favorite, your singer

People want to cheat, to walk, to run all over your body

No more respect, no, fight, no lovely smile, only sharpened teeth outside

A dirty hand touches your cheek, don't let her, wake up

Cause, when it's time to get funky, U need to step far from where the witches are

All came to see Prince, u've been harassed,

before you get a square meter into this "gold" center

But not everyone came with a peaceful lovely gender

Stand tall, enjoy Prince, his Music, only

Focus on the beauty of the moment given in front.

No fight, keep calm, cool, MPLS' kid is on stage, Stay in peace

In the arms of your Angel, you'll feel no anger

Everyone's got a lucky star ..Ur turn will come soon

Scream only to sing, shout your Love with him, in harmony

This jungle won't pull me down, neither turn me mad, nor ill

No chase, no hunt, not a battle, but a Love field..

No more into a jungle, only a sweet shelter for all the people"

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[Edited 2/25/11 13:07pm]

that was pretty cool...