I've seen both sign o times concert and lovesexy concert. Can't decide which was the better representation of Prince at his best. Any opinions?

jobyjayy said:

I've seen both sign o times concert and lovesexy concert. Can't decide which was the better representation of Prince at his best. Any opinions?

lovesexy was all over the place, while sign of the times was very focused. Both were some of his best, but I can't decide. I probably prefer the sign of the times a bit more though.

SOTT was more structured and stayed on point, but I do like LS as well, but SOTT wins.

S.O.T.T.

jobyjayy said:

I saw and loved both, but Lovesexy was the pinnacle in my eyes. The sheer boldness of it. A round stage, hydrolics, a thunderbird, Cat, a story to tell, and most of all, a changing set list that covered his entire career like no other.

Going to the SOTT shows was a concert. Going to the Lovesexy shows was an event!

SOTT is my favourite album, but the Livesexy show has Erotic City, housquake, Sister, Bob George, Controversy, Annastasia, I know, Lovesexy, The cross (still the best version), I wish U Heaven, If I had a harem, Alphabet Street and piano medleys! Lovesexy!

Lovesexy by far.

lovesexy

SOTT for me as a concert

I love the stage set, it felt like you were somewhere Uptown

You are able to see the full band and certain songs worked better with the SOTT line up better than the Lovesexy show like Housequake

I love the 'event' of Lovesexy, it was grand and it did give you a wider range of songs from his career (Squirrelgrease) said the same. And that I did like. Lovesexy also featured songs from the Black album

But over all I prefer the SOTT concert

LOvesexy was my 1st prince concert...SOTT was the 1st Prince album i bought....much rather seem SOTT tour...

It is extremely close, but SOTT wins for me. But my favorite concert is the SOTT Warm-up show at First Avenue on 3-21-87. Even though that was the "warm-up," that show exceeded the scripted concert in my opinion.

LoveSexy because like the Master Musician it was broad in scope and imagination.

jobyjayy said:

I've seen both sign o times concert and lovesexy concert. Can't decide which was the better representation of Prince at his best. Any opinions?

I've seen both gigs as well and I can't really decide which one is better either. Lovesexy wins it by maybe a fraction. Reason is that I've seen Lovesexy 3 times, one of them in Dortmund which was really awesome. SOTT just 1 time.

The thing both tours have in common is the last part before the encore, "Let's Go Crazy/When Doves Cry/1999": it's exactly the same during both tours.

The way "The Cross" was played during the Lovesexy-tour however, is better than during the SOTT-tour in my opinion, because it's played much stronger. I've always appreciated that song more in the live version than the studio version.

of these two I would pick SOTT. Not a fan of the LS tour. Neither are really my favorites but SOTT has more highlights than LS. LS is hard to stomach for me. The stage show was good though

Watching the Lovesexy dvd was what got me into Prince in the first place! My hubby went to see it live when he was 13 and still says (after marriage and kids) it was his best day in his life. He still gets so excited when it comes on and he knows it word for word.

I bought SOTT. Really liked it, especially the dancing but it was abit too staged for me.

Lovesexy rocks!!!!

lovesexy by far...

wish i had this on blue ray with great sound..

I attended Lovesexy but not SOTT..still, I choose SOTT.

I can't really answer this because Prince never brought SOTT the States...

LoveSexy was epic, but I don't really like his theater in the round shows & Lovesexy also seems to be the start of Prince playing only small snippets of songs instead of the full tune....

From what I've seen of footage of SOTT, it seems like it was better musically, but LoveSexy was a more elaborate production...

If I could go back in time to witness one of them, I'd choose SOTT.

Not even close for me. SOTT by 4,000,000 or so. Still, Lovesexy was great. Along with Parade, the only 2 tours where the song snippets and medleys are still great moments. As much as I hate medleys, he still did enough full length songs to get a pass. SOTT was his best tour hands down. If he had played full length versions of U Got The Look, Strange Relationship, and played Forever In My Life without It, and more like the album...it would've been too good to be true. Purple Rain was shortened, and kinda weak, Let's Go Crazy was a total joke with the "Go Go GO" chant ruining the song...but despite these criticisms, the rest of the show was better than I thought a band could be. SOTT, Sunshine, Housequake, IF I was your girlfriend, The Cross, girls & boys, I Could Never, and SLow Love were all epic times 4 million. The movie was near perfect. Even Beautiful Night was better than I imagined, though replacing it with Crystal Ball or Condition of the Heart would've been better for me.

The SOTT album and tour remain my favorite moments to revisit. The band was his best by far. Had he had the horn section take a break during Doves, and played Let's Go Crazy like the album...I would've probably just died on the spot. I always make pretend setlists for this tour...

and here's one now...

SOTT

Sunshine

LRC

Housequake

Strange Relationship/6

The Ballad of Dorothy Parker/4

Condition of the Heart

Kiss

girls & boys

Erotic City

Starfish & Coffee

Crystal Ball

Rock Hard In A Funky Place

Computer Blue

Darling Nikki

When Doves Cry

I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man

If I Was Your Girlfriend

U Got The Look

Data Bank

Forever In My Life

Adore

Old Friends 4 Sale

Purple Rain

The Cross

The Band:

Horns: Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss

Guitar: Miko Weaver, Wendy, and Prince on nearly every track...less dancing, more music.

Bass: Sonny T(well before his time, but he was known in Uptown)

Drums: Sheila E

Keys: Matt Fink, Lisa

Yeah, I am totally revising history into my "Wet Dream" version of the tour, but that's what these

websites are for...revisionist history. We all know what really happened...instead of totally breaking up the Revolution, you keep the best parts, and add some better musicians.

SOTT by miles

Lovesexy was too staged and contained far too many medleys

Despite that i still love it

Dewrede said:

SOTT by miles

Lovesexy was too staged and contained far too many medleys

Despite that i still love it

Thats my major beef and what I cant understand. Most people have complained about the medleys for the past decade or more and Lovesexy was full of them. Yet that tour gets heralded to the high heavens.

Does anyone have a copy of the Lovesexy concert on DVD i can borrow, please inbox me.

LOVESEXY!

Lovesexy shouldn't even be in any contest, it's his best tour, period.

The medleys WORKED on that tour, I would take a medley of Jack U Off, Sister and Do Me Baby anyday.

It was everything Prince was as a performer all wrapped up in one show, the true battle between Camille and Spooky Electric. Brilliant.

swissbeats2k said:

Does anyone have a copy of the Lovesexy concert on DVD i can borrow, please inbox me.

It can be downloaded for free.