I brought out an old cd yesterday of Neon Rendezvous. It struck me again as being so special when I heard SITW(DC). Geez. It was sublime. Such a sweet take,sweet recording,sweet guitar work. Incredible.

I love the part of that where he's doing chromatic runs and it sounds like water filling a glass.

Genesia said:

xlr8r said:

Genesia said:

I love the part of that where he's doing chromatic runs and it sounds like water filling a glass.

It sounds like you mean the studio version. If so you've explained that weird sound that nobody could explain. I always called it a rubber being pulled off a dick sound lol

Nope. Neon Rendezvous version from about 10:10 to 10:25.

Genesia said:

xlr8r said:

The BEST thing be has done imo. That guitar solo is the greatest. I was disappointed with the actual Birthday Show performance as it was not even half as powerful as the Neon rehearsal.

This.

xlr8r said:

The BEST thing be has done imo. That guitar solo is the greatest. I was disappointed with the actual Birthday Show performance as it was not even half as powerful as the Neon rehearsal.

I wonder was he nervous on it because of Sheila E...

Love it, but his falsetto wasn't always on point... would have been cool to have Sheila come up on stage and sing it.

I wonder if he had given the song to her yet

OldFriends4Sale said:

xlr8r said:

The BEST thing be has done imo. That guitar solo is the greatest. I was disappointed with the actual Birthday Show performance as it was not even half as powerful as the Neon rehearsal.

I wonder was he nervous on it because of Sheila E...

Love it, but his falsetto wasn't always on point... would have been cool to have Sheila come up on stage and sing it.

I wonder if he had given the song to her yet

Were talking about Somegthng In The Water, not the song Noon Rendezvous. Both songs performances are on a boot called 'Neon' Rendezvous, a bootlegging happenstance mistake.

And regarding Noon Rendezvous, by the time that he sang it at the perfomrance it had to have been given to her, as Glamourous Life was released that month.

I always preferred the Birthday show versions of songs over the rehearsal b/c the songs and the playing are taken more seriously since its in front of audience. But gotta love the "Gotta Shake This Feeling Baby" (basically Purple Rain) song Only reason I'd return to the boot

xlr8r said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I wonder was he nervous on it because of Sheila E...

Love it, but his falsetto wasn't always on point... would have been cool to have Sheila come up on stage and sing it.

I wonder if he had given the song to her yet

Were talking about Somegthng In The Water, not the song Noon Rendezvous. Both songs performances are on a boot called 'Neon' Rendezvous, a bootlegging happenstance mistake.

And regarding Noon Rendezvous, by the time that he sang it at the perfomrance it had to have been given to her, as Glamourous Life was released that month.

Yeah I'm talking about Neon/Noon Rendezvous from the June 7 1984 show where Sheila E was in the audience & he dedicated Neon Rendezvous to Sheila E.

Is this live or just a rehearsal your talking about?

Yeah your right, Glamorous Life was released June 4th

OldFriends4Sale said:

xlr8r said:

Were talking about Somegthng In The Water, not the song Noon Rendezvous. Both songs performances are on a boot called 'Neon' Rendezvous, a bootlegging happenstance mistake.

And regarding Noon Rendezvous, by the time that he sang it at the perfomrance it had to have been given to her, as Glamourous Life was released that month.

Yeah I'm talking about Neon/Noon Rendezvous from the June 7 1984 show where Sheila E was in the audience & he dedicated Neon Rendezvous to Sheila E.

Is this live or just a rehearsal your talking about?

Yeah your right, Glamorous Life was released June 4th

I was talking abuot Something In The Water.

Both are live (Water and Noon) ..one each is from the rehearsal and one from the actual concert that night so both are live but one without the audience.

NEON Rendezvous?? I've only hear NOON rendezvous

ecstasy said:

I always preferred the Birthday show versions of songs over the rehearsal b/c the songs and the playing are taken more seriously since its in front of audience. But gotta love the "Gotta Shake This Feeling Baby" (basically Purple Rain) song Only reason I'd return to the boot

I like both. The rehearsal versions are much longer and very unique, but I also love the actual live version. This is one of my favorite bootlegs.

Found it on soundcloud.com I'm in heaven

xlr8r said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yeah I'm talking about Neon/Noon Rendezvous from the June 7 1984 show where Sheila E was in the audience & he dedicated Neon Rendezvous to Sheila E.

Is this live or just a rehearsal your talking about?

Yeah your right, Glamorous Life was released June 4th

I was talking abuot Something In The Water.

Both are live (Water and Noon) ..one each is from the rehearsal and one from the actual concert that night so both are live but one without the audience.

Oh, I might have that, but I have the whole 6.7.1984 live show at 1st Avenue

Yes, it's absolutely a very good tune, I luuuuv that song, the vibrations of the organ, the notes take me really high