have to give U "Props & Pounds" again OldFriends4sale! U have really outdid urself on this thread..

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

have to give U "Props & Pounds" again OldFriends4sale! U have really outdid urself on this thread..

Thanks KcoolMuziq, I'm discovering a lot of this era again...

I still want to hear your Musicology video story, what did you do in the vid?

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

ZsaZsaJackson said:

And white. White is my favorite color by the way.

lol what others. 1st White, 2nd Yellow, 3rd ____

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince & Manuela Testolini @ the 2004 Grammy Jam Celebration: the Music of Earth Wind & Fire

12.11.2004

Mani was a very smart articulate female. I still bUy her "Incense & Candles"...

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince & Manuela Testolini @ the 2004 Grammy Jam Celebration: the Music of Earth Wind & Fire

12.11.2004

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[Edited 11/27/12 11:38am]

July 2 , 2004 Musicology Tour
Superdome New Orleans
10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival

NEW ORLEANS – JULY 2: American musician Prince wears a wig, sunglasses, and a false goatee as a disguise with the opening act of The 10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival on July 2, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

the Time, Wendy Melvoin, Sheila E. Lisa Coleman Eddie M.

Larry Graham, Chaka Khan

Chance, Doug E. Fresh,

Prince & The NPG 45mins
1. No Diggity( Vo-Chance)
2. Santana Medley
3. Konck On Wood( Vo-Chance)
4. Everyday People( Vo-Larry Graham)
5. The Jam( Vo-Larry Graham)
6. The Glamorous Life( Vo-Sheila E)

The Time 40mins

1. DAT intro
2. Ho Parade
3. Wild and Loose
4. The Stick
5. Fishnet
6. The Oak Tree
7. Jerk Out
8. Get it up

9. Cool
10. 777-9311

11. Gigoloes get Lonely 2
12. The Bird

13. Jungle Love

Prince & The NPG
1. Musicology
2. Let's Go Crazy (G-Wendy)
3. I Would Die 4 U
4. When Doves Cry
5. Baby, I'm A Star
6. Shhh!
7. D,M,S,R (G-Wendy)
/Push It Up (Vo-Doug E. Fresh)
/I Like The Way You More
/The Glamourous Life/D,M,S,R
8. I Feel 4 U (Vo-Chaka Khan)
9. Controversy Jam
10. A Love Bizarre (Prince & Sheila E)
11. God (Sax - Mike Philips)
12. What A Wonderful World

(Acoustic Set)
13. Little Red Corvette
14. Cream
15. Sweet Thing (Vo-Chaka Khan)
16. Adore
17. 7 (Acoustic/Band)
18. Sign O' The Times
19. Dear Mr,Man
20. The Question Of U/The One
21. Let's Work
22. U Got The Look (Prince& Sheila E)
23. Life O'The Party
24. Soul Man
25. Kiss
26. Take Me With U
-- Encore --
27. Purple Rain (G-Wendy)

July 2 , 2004 Musicology Tour
Superdome New Orleans
10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival

ANNIVERSARIES OFTEN bring reunions. And to mark the 20th anniversary of Purple Rain, Prince reunited with some of the players in his musical past — Morris Day and The Time, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and former protege Sheila E.

``This hasn't been done like this in a long time,'' said veteran musician Larry Graham, who performed at the recent Essence Music Festival show at the Superdome in New Orleans. ``This is just right on time.''

Prince's show, the kickoff to the three-day annual concert festival in the city, was a five-hour party attended by 50,000 people, the largest crowd for a concert in the festival's 10-year history.

The show started out on a bizarre note — Prince, onstage in a disguise of a straight-haired wig, hat and beard, playing the guitar on inline stakes as relatively unknown performers danced or sang around him. The most famous person to come on stage at that point was Graham, formerly of `Sly' and the `Family Stone' and `Graham Central Station'. Then, the mysterious figure onstage announced Sheila E., and the audience erupted in cheers as she ran through her 1984 hit `The Glamorous Life.'

`Day and the Time', billed as the opening act to Prince, emerged later. Day, who starred with Prince in the groundbreaking film version of Purple Rain, joined his preening sidekick Jerome as they sang old hits like The Bird and Cool.

Prince didn't hit the stage until nearly 11 p.m., but the crowd didn't seem to mind — middle-aged women squealed like schoolgirls and young men barely older than Prince's 25-year career bounced up and down as he performed classics like Little Red Corvette, Controversy and Adore, as well as material from his most recent album, Musicology.

Sheila E. rejoined her former mentor onstage to perform along side him on A Love Bizarre and other tunes, while Melvoin — who along with keyboardist Lisa Coleman were simply referred to as Wendy & Lisa in his old Revolution band — also sat in with his New Power Generation band.

Other surprise guests included Chaka Khan, who joined Prince to sing I Feel For You — a cover of his song that she made a monster hit in the 1980s; and old school rapper Doug E. Fresh.

The high-energy show ended on an emotional note as Prince performed Purple Rain and spotlighted drummer John Blackwell, whose 2-year-old daughter, Jia, accidentally drowned just days earlier. An emotional Blackwell pointed to the image of his little girl on his T-shirt, as Sheila E. embraced him and the band walked off the stage.

Detailed Essence fest report
By Rhastus
Prince.org

This will definetly be the longest post I have ever written. My buddy Jason and I left from Florida around 3:15 p.m. friday afternoon. The drive was OK, especially considering it was the begining of a holiday weekend. A little rain along the way(it rains on Every road trip we take at some point) Arrived in New orleans a little after 6 p.m. and decided to go directly to the superdome since the show was scheduled for 7p.m. Got there and settled into our seats around 6:30 p.m. We were in the section straight back in the second row of the upper level. The stage seemed like it was about half a mile away. Fortunatily there were multiple video screens and we also had binoculers. Definetly not where I'm use to sitting for Prince and definetly not for the Time, but by the Time they were both anounced the tickets had been on sale forever. Actually i was just happy to be able to see both of them at the same show.

Around 7 p.m. the emcee for the night started his little spill. Dude was not funny and we had to put up with him and all the lame contest for 45 minutes or so. Not fun at all.

Around 7:45 the opening band starts. Now i'm hyped waiting for the Time, but it definetly wasn't them. Some big guy comes out in 70's garb. After about a minute or so I figured it out. it was Chance with a wig. Looked around with the binoculers because from where we were you couldn't really see the band very good unless they were on the screen. Next I saw Rhonda. At that point I kinda figured out what was going on and started checking out each memeber. Renato with a fake fro, Blackwell on the kit and low and behold prince hiding in the back on Chances keyboards.
here is the setlist
1. No Diggity- Chance on vocals
2. Santana sounding stuff, could be soul sacrifice. This was instrumental. prince comes out on rollerskates and plays guitar. WTF. He had straight hair, a fake beard and sunglasses. Looked like frigging Dave Windorf or something
3. Knock on wood- Chance on vocals again
4. Everyday People- Larry Graham comes out and does his thing. Prince helps on vocals.
5. The Jam- say what you want about Larry, but he can still play that bass
6 The Glamorous Life- I got chills when Sheila came out. She can definetly play and still looks great. I told Jason we got the after show before the concert tonight. The show lasted about 45 minutes

Next was more lame contest and more of the lame emcee. Fortunatily this gave us time to get something to eat and drink.

At 9:30p.m. the familar ticking of the clock started and it was on. The funkest band in the land came on in all their glory and provided a non stop blistering set.

The setlist was
1. DAT intro
2. Ho Parade- as usual Tori was just ripping it up
3. Wild and Loose
4. The Stick
5. Fishnet
6. The Oak Tree
7. Jerk Out
8. Get it up- from this point on the rafters were shaking and i thought this place was going to come down. The crowd was definetly into it
9. Cool
10. 777-9311- always a highlight. Unfortunaitly they didn't do the extended ending and we missed all that nice jamming that usually goes on
11. Gigoloes get lonely too
12. The Bird- The foundation had to be cracking at this point as 50,000 people flapped their arms
encore
13. Jungle Love- as always Jerome was asking what we wanted to hear and from that half mile away we were yelling the skillet, but of course that didn't happen. A Thunderous end to their set. Tori tore the crap out of the guitar

The set was about forty minutes long and of course I could think of atleast five more songs I would have liked to have heard, but it was a tight opening set.I think they really missed an opportunity to play one of the new songs and mention, they had a new album in front of such a large crowd. Being far away definetly doesn't give you the same feeling as being a foot away from them all night, but on this night I was just happy to see them and Prince at the same show. if anybody else was playing after them, I probably would have went home.

Its a good thing I didn't because prince's main set turned into something people who were their will never forget and the hardcore that missed it will be kicking themselves about not attending

Around 11p.m. the Hall of fame video started. This was cool to see since the other show we attended we were in the second row on the side and missed it. We had a buddy on the phone when it started and he was getting almost as hyped as we were. prince always puts on a great show, but we had no idea what we were in store for
here is the setlist
1. Musicology- prince and most of the band come out in red. More jamming on it then the biloxi show
2. Let's go Crazy- The song that hooked me on Prince and i always love it when he plays guitar. At this point I noticed another guitar player on stage and after grabbing the binnoculers i figured out it was Wendy. How sweet is that. She was on stage most of the night and played on all the songs that he did up to the SOTT material
3. I would die 4 U
4. When Doves Cry- this one needed to be longer, but overall he did full version of most of the songs
5. Baby I'm a Star- started off with a little beat from 1999. Jason's favorite prince song
6. SHH!!!- This song just kicks ass, especially live. The guitar work was exceptional
7. D.M.S.R- this was just a full out jam, Wendy returned after a one song break, Doug E. Fresh showed up and did a bit of Push it up. The band went into that out cast song and the glamourous life before returning back to the original song
8. I feel 4 U- Chaka Kahn shows up and helps on vocal. Nice
10. Controversy- another Jam, the band just went on and on with this one
11. A Love Bizare- Sheila comes back and duets with prince. Awesome. Eddie M also showe up. They did a little bit of housequake too that got us a hyped as a mug. Most of the band exits at this point. Renato is doing is thing and it goes into
12. God- the instrumental version from the movie complete with the dialog from the movie.I about fell out of my seat when i hear the King Kong line
13. What a wonderful world- tastefully done by Maceo.
14. Little red Corvette- this started the accoustic section
15. Cream
16. Sweet Thing- the crowd was really getting into this one. Prince kept acting like he wanted to quit playing it, but would keep going because of the crowd reaction. The Chaka came back out and i thought the place was going to come down
17. Adore-outstanding version and i think the crowd got into this more than anything else that night
18. 7- this ended the accoustic section. Full band came back in
19. Sign O' the Times- name him Prince, if he's a boy. Nice guitar
20. Dear Mr Man- Cool to hear one of the songs off the new album
21. The Question of U- This was awesome. Excellent guitar. Went into The One and he was really getting into it. I have a new appreciation of this song after this performance.
22. Let's work- old school jam and a half. Sheila comes back on stage in a leopard outfit
23. U Got the look- not one of my favorites, but with Sheila playing and singing Shenna's part it was great. Lots of guitar
24. Life of the party- much better thanwas the Biloxi version. Doug E Fresh, Wendy and Sheila were all on stage. Doug E had the beat box going and Sheila was just wrecking her kit. Surprisingly it worked. This was definetly a Jam.
25. Soul Man- Chance back on vocals
26 Kiss- how cool is it to see prince and Wendy playing kiss
27. Take me with U- this ended the main set. Candy did the sanford and son theme and John did the 777-9311 drum beat and the we don't like new wave sample and the main show was over

The crowd was going crazy and it was almost 1a.m.
Encore
28. Purple Rain- as soon as it started we were sad because we knew this magical night was coming to an end. Wendy played an extended intro before Prince came on stage.It was a very long and emotional performance. To keep the theme of the night. prince just absolutely destroyed it on guitar. As the show ended Sheila and some of the other band members hugged John to confort him over the recent death of his daughter. it was a truly moving sight.

The show finished around 1:15 a.m. or so and was definetly a special evening for Prince fans and music fans in general


~TheLodger~

What Do U Want Me 2 Do? is the seventh track on Prince's 28th studio album Musicology, but four and a half months before the album's release, the track was streamed in the NPG Music Club' Glam Slam VIP room when it was announced that the seven-CD set The Chocolate Invasion was put on hold indefinitely.

Initial recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that the song was recorded in 2003 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. -PrinceVault

I see you picked me out from the crowd

Could it be the way I play guitar?

Master of the soft, not too loud

One day, maybe I will be a star

I see you picked me out like you want something

But shame on you, baby, can't you see this ring?
What do you want me to do, girl?

What do you want me to do, babe?

What do you want me to do, girl?

What do you want me to do, babe?

I got a woman, you got a man

So we got to do what's right

I said you'd get beheaded in other lands

If I were in your arms tonight

Quit tryin' to get me under that icy plunder

Boy, oh boy, what a scare, ooh
What do you want me to do, girl?

What do you want me to do, babe?

What do you want me to do, girl?

What do you want me to do, babe?
You picked me out of the crowd

And ooh, just so bold and so proud

And dressed like you want everybody to just say

"Wow! Didn't her mama teach her better?"

Ow! Dressed like that, somebody gon' get her

I see you picked me from the crowd

Could it be the way I play guitar?

Master of the soft, not too loud

I don't ever really wanna be where you are Where you are, no
What do you want me to do, girl?

Tell me, what do you want me to do, babe?

What do you want me to do, girl?

Tell me, tell me, what do you want me to do, babe?

I ain't tryin' to do that What do you want me to do, girl?

George Harrison was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. His son (Dhani) and members of The Traveling Wilburys covered ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Prince just stopped by to shred your face off. Oh yeah !

George Harrison (guitar, vocals; born February 24, 1943, died November 29, 2001) George Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle, and he was also the quietest ex-Beatle. His was not the way of the rock star, as he neither courted nor relished fame. Yet his seeming diffidence was deceptive, as he left behind an impressive legacy as a solo artist. Harrison’s 11 studio albums (not counting best-of’s) include the masterful All Things Must Pass (1970) and a memorable late-career milestone, Cloud Nine (1987). He was the first Beatle to tour the U.S. as a solo artist and also launched his ...

Rolling Stone 2004

Burning Down the House
Prince has still got that red-hot magic

By Anthony DeCurtis

About Tom Petty: "It was an honor to play with Tom Petty (at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame ceremony). "Free Fallin'" is one of my favorite songs. I used to love whenever he would come on MTV, because you knew you were going to get a great tune. MTV isn't like that anymore."

Dhani Harrison in background (George's son) as Prince joins in a song at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/prince-50-gallery-1.105739?pmSlide=10#ixzz2DSRRdeJA

bashraka said:

Any more pictures of Prince dressed as Pedro (sunglasses, black and red robe, light-up rollerskates)? The reason Prince chose to play in disguise with the opening act is fascinating.

Yes, I will post more

What is the reason?

OldFriends4Sale said:

bashraka said:

Any more pictures of Prince dressed as Pedro (sunglasses, black and red robe, light-up rollerskates)? The reason Prince chose to play in disguise with the opening act is fascinating.

Yes, I will post more

What is the reason?

I always wanted to see more footage of this gig and after seeing clips of O.P.M., it made me want to see more pics of the band and what the "vibe" was like.

July 14 , 2004 "Musicology Tour"
Madison Square Garden, NY

The Time

Prince & The NPG

1.Musicology
2.Let's Go Crazy
3.I Would Die 4 U
4.When Doves Cry
5.Baby, I'm A Star
6.Shhh!
7.D,M,S,R/Pass The Peas
8.I Feel 4 U (Vo-Chaka Khan)
9.Controversy Jam
10.The Glamorous Life
11.Georgia On My Mind
12.Sometimes It Snows In April

(Acoustic Set)
13.Little Red Corvette
14.Cream
15.Prince & The Band
16.Alphabet St.
17.Sweet Thing
18.Adore
19.I Could Never Take PlaceOf Your Man
20.Jailhouse Rock
21.7
22.Sign O' The Times
23.Dear Mr.Man
24.Let't Work
25.U Got The Look (Prince& Sheila E)
26.Life O'The Party
27.Soul Man
28.Kiss
29.Take Me With U
30.The Beautiful Ones
31.Nothing Compares 2 U
32.Purple Rain

OldFriends4Sale said:

January 16. 2005
Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles
TV "Golden Globe Awards"

22.How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
23.Alphabet St
24.Purple Rain