nuthinbuttamuffin said:

paisleypark4 said:

Really, there are complaints about the last 30 seconds of an album?

I'm just commenting on why he felt the need to stick a load of women gushing over him "honestly.. i'm like... so happy i might cry" for example over the batdance song. it is dreadful. i'm not judging the whole album on it... it is just so lame it's untrue.

Well, women do gush over him like that after a concert it's not unture....I dont know how many times random women and men I don't know scream to me about how much they love him while he performs. I'll never forget a woman that basically had tears saying she never expected to hear Prince do Whole Lotta Love at a Chicago Musicology Concert.

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The book is good. The cd is awesome

funkyhead said:

bears very little resemblance to the real experience. I was lucky to get to 4 aftershows and he was mind blowing especially on that last ledgendary night.

^ True, the live experiences were amazing, the cd is nothing like being at the aftershow in person.

I saw 1 aftershow and it was wonderful,

but, I just can't listen and enjoy the cd, absolutely crap.

thedance said:

funkyhead said:

bears very little resemblance to the real experience. I was lucky to get to 4 aftershows and he was mind blowing especially on that last ledgendary night.

^ True, the live experiences were amazing, the cd is nothing like being at the aftershow in person.

I saw 1 aftershow and it was wonderful,

but, I just can't listen and enjoy the cd, absolutely crap.

Are you not a fan of overpowering horns?

The disc is very average, none of the songs are highlights and the sound quality is very average. Prince's scatological chat about Tampons is quite funny though, and the part in Alphabet street, where he is telling the horns to tone it down is also hilarious.

Book is dreadful, a whole lot of silly vanity shots, the poetry is 3 or 4 words on a page that are true gibberish. Not worth anything unless for the Prince Completist (Like me)

CD - Neutral leaning towards nay

Book - Hell to the Nizzaw

I've never listened to it all the way through. It doesn't interest me in the least. Nor did "IT AINT OVA!!!!" or whatever the fuck that annoying CD is called. Wow, what a way to destroy your credibility. Here Prince is being touted forever as the premiere showman and the best concerts and arrangements and setlists and his only live releases have shown him to be one word: milquetoast.

Spinlight said:

I've never listened to it all the way through. It doesn't interest me in the least. Nor did "IT AINT OVA!!!!" or whatever the fuck that annoying CD is called. Wow, what a way to destroy your credibility. Here Prince is being touted forever as the premiere showman and the best concerts and arrangements and setlists and his only live releases have shown him to be one word: milquetoast.

It Ain't Ova was the worst thing I've ever heard with maybe one song... though I can't even remember that! The guy he had on there singing, I can't remember who... sounded like he was drunk as hell.... the book is great to sit my hot coffee and meds on in the morning!!

Indigo Nights is a Great Cd! The songs are great All The Critics Love You In London and Misty Blue are terrific and I like the book too

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funkyhead said:

bears very little resemblance to the real experience. I was lucky to get to 4 aftershows and he was mind blowing especially on that last ledgendary night.

I was just about to post something very similar!

The aftershows were fantastic for the most part, I was very disapointed that the CD didn't come anywhere near to conveying the experience, which i would have thought was surely the point. Sometimes I do wonder if he purposefully sabotages projects, but most likely he loses interest like he does with everything else and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. It certainly comes across that way, which is sad as it could have been something quite stellar.

Unfortunately what we got was something pretty mediocre in comparison.

Xibalba said:

funkyhead said:

bears very little resemblance to the real experience. I was lucky to get to 4 aftershows and he was mind blowing especially on that last ledgendary night.

I was just about to post something very similar!

The aftershows were fantastic for the most part, I was very disapointed that the CD didn't come anywhere near to conveying the experience, which i would have thought was surely the point. Sometimes I do wonder if he purposefully sabotages projects, but most likely he loses interest like he does with everything else and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. It certainly comes across that way, which is sad as it could have been something quite stellar.

Unfortunately what we got was something pretty mediocre in comparison.

Another agreement. I don't know if it was just mixed too much, or a poor selection of songs from different aftershows, but the 3 aftershows I attended in 2007 were mindblowing, and the Indigo Nights CD, while good, definitely doesn't the capture the best of what those aftershows encapsulated.

Militant said:

Xibalba said:

I was just about to post something very similar!

The aftershows were fantastic for the most part, I was very disapointed that the CD didn't come anywhere near to conveying the experience, which i would have thought was surely the point. Sometimes I do wonder if he purposefully sabotages projects, but most likely he loses interest like he does with everything else and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. It certainly comes across that way, which is sad as it could have been something quite stellar.

Unfortunately what we got was something pretty mediocre in comparison.

Another agreement. I don't know if it was just mixed too much, or a poor selection of songs from different aftershows, but the 3 aftershows I attended in 2007 were mindblowing, and the Indigo Nights CD, while good, definitely doesn't the capture the best of what those aftershows encapsulated.

Another case in point: were you there the night Amy came out on stage and sung 'Love is A Losing Game'? Whilst I can understand the contractual logistics probably negated this making the cut, that's just one of many high points I remember that gave me chills. I've seen him do many many aftershows over the years since the 80's (the best being the '93 Forum aftershow - oh to have a recording of that night!) but these were up there with some of the best.

Even when he wasn't maybe firing on all cylinders it was still a fun vibe.

How many artists can we say that about nowadays, y'know?

Militant said:

Xibalba said:

I was just about to post something very similar!

The aftershows were fantastic for the most part, I was very disapointed that the CD didn't come anywhere near to conveying the experience, which i would have thought was surely the point. Sometimes I do wonder if he purposefully sabotages projects, but most likely he loses interest like he does with everything else and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. It certainly comes across that way, which is sad as it could have been something quite stellar.

Unfortunately what we got was something pretty mediocre in comparison.

Another agreement. I don't know if it was just mixed too much, or a poor selection of songs from different aftershows, but the 3 aftershows I attended in 2007 were mindblowing, and the Indigo Nights CD, while good, definitely doesn't the capture the best of what those aftershows encapsulated.

Could any CD really ever capture the experience of a small club, energy just flowing from everyone in the place while sheer inspired genius stands before you and makes the world a better place for a couple of hours?

I think this is where we maybe expect too much of some of the aftershow CD's. Nothing beats being there, sharing those moments with complete strangers who you feel utterly attached to for reasons that are nigh on impossible to explain. Prince could have released every aftershow in some sort of big compilation, and no one CD would have captured the experience many are after.

theblueangel said:

Illuminations said:

I opened the book, looked at the first page... put the book down. Put the cd in the player, pressed play... pressed next, next, next, next... took cd out, placed it back in the book and put the book in my own vault, and like Prince's music in the vault... will probably never see the light of day again. Sorry

This was my experience with the book and CD too --- exactly the same. So damn boring and uninspired...and the horns don't even sound tight like they used to.

HAHAHA my exact experience as well. Exact!!

Could any CD really ever capture the experience of a small club, energy just flowing from everyone in the place while sheer inspired genius stands before you and makes the world a better place for a couple of hours?

I believe ''Small Club'' captures the energy very good also ''it ain't over'' does a good job at that.... ofcourse it's never the same as being there...but this live cd is really an amazing waste of time..

alxndrstff said:

Militant said:

Another agreement. I don't know if it was just mixed too much, or a poor selection of songs from different aftershows, but the 3 aftershows I attended in 2007 were mindblowing, and the Indigo Nights CD, while good, definitely doesn't the capture the best of what those aftershows encapsulated.

Could any CD really ever capture the experience of a small club, energy just flowing from everyone in the place while sheer inspired genius stands before you and makes the world a better place for a couple of hours?

I think this is where we maybe expect too much of some of the aftershow CD's. Nothing beats being there, sharing those moments with complete strangers who you feel utterly attached to for reasons that are nigh on impossible to explain. Prince could have released every aftershow in some sort of big compilation, and no one CD would have captured the experience many are after.

Plausible theory negated somewhat by the fact that some of the bootlegs are WAY better than "Indigo Nights".

But yeah, you're right on some level, but that doesn't mean Indigo Nights couldn't have been a lot better than how it turned out.

The book is a joke.

CD for fans only...think that says it all.

Militant said:

alxndrstff said:

Could any CD really ever capture the experience of a small club, energy just flowing from everyone in the place while sheer inspired genius stands before you and makes the world a better place for a couple of hours?

I think this is where we maybe expect too much of some of the aftershow CD's. Nothing beats being there, sharing those moments with complete strangers who you feel utterly attached to for reasons that are nigh on impossible to explain. Prince could have released every aftershow in some sort of big compilation, and no one CD would have captured the experience many are after.

Plausible theory negated somewhat by the fact that some of the bootlegs are WAY better than "Indigo Nights".

But yeah, you're right on some level, but that doesn't mean Indigo Nights couldn't have been a lot better than how it turned out.

The cd is truely awful. I think I've played it once and that was enough.

I was there at all the aftershows and it does not capture the essences of the Indigo aftershows at all. There were nights when Prince played some outstanding guitar, real top notched stuff none of that was included.

Your better off getting the bootlegs, they're million times better.

luv4u said:

The book is good. The cd is awesome

Now we have the proof that the mods are paid by P!!

the CD is piss poor.As for the book...

Joyinrepatition said:

the CD is piss poor.As for the book...

i just realized that i haven't even burnt it to my iTunes...lol

The CD is OK - nothing too special. The intro horns do sound like a circus, as a previous poster mentioned.

I gave the book away, but kept the CD from a purely "completist" standpoint.

If you were at the aftershows you would understand that any quality recording of any part would be a truly wonderful experience !!

I was at the last night any quality copy of that experience was a must, pity amy winehouse wasn't on it !!!

20 years ago it was a dream to get a quality copy of a concert you have been at now it is easily a reality enjoy the experience and stop being so negative !!

Joyinrepatition said:

the CD is piss poor.As for the book...

The book is great, if you require a brochure for The Dorchester Hotel.

In fact, that is what they should have named it, 21 Nights.....at The Dorchester.

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Joyinrepatition said:

Joyinrepatition said:

the CD is piss poor.As for the book...

i just realized that i haven't even burnt it to my iTunes...lol

I haven't either. I think I only made it through the whole thing once. I do have 'Whole Lotta Love' on my computer, but none of the rest of the tracks.

The book itself . . . I almost can't find the words . . . abysmal?

Here's a book about an unprecedented 21 sold out nights from one of the greatest live performers in music history (period). What does he choose to release? Highly-retouched glamour shots of maids, hotels and expensive cars.

So much potential for backstory, historical photos of the Revolution and incarnations of the NPG, handwritten lyric pages, etc. Even the CD could've been something for the ages - instead, it's (and correct me if I'm wrong, I wasn't there) a compilation of some of the least exciting aftershow performances. It's almost as if he didn't want to release "the good stuff" that could make him some money later.

I got a Jimi Hendrix: Illustrated book for Christmas last year, and it's got candid photos, replicas of handwritten lyrics, original artwork and a pretty decent CD of unreleased versions of his songs. And it's pretty cool. Prince could've easily done this and blown away most other music "coffee table" books.

I just picked up two copies for 4.98 each at B&N a few weeks ago to keep for posterity etc.

What I realised looking at this book is that it is a perfect encapsulation of what Prince is now. Botoxed, airbrushed, ultra-posed, fashion show, hotel corridor, airport, limosuine, complete absence of fans/audience, music virtually irrelevant. This is who he is now.

^ I hope you are wrong but I see your point.

The book can be viewed in the same vain as Prince's movie aspirantions.

A Stills-movie with a typical shallow movie Prince script as backstory.