petes2 said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

i thought it was pretty nice. i liked his vocal adlibs toward the end a lot, and i liked seeing him play a new song and be excited by it. i still think it's the absolute wrong choice for a single tho. this one isn't going to generate much interest in any new project, imo.

and i'm going to say this with love because i care:

Prince, please stop wearing lip balm that has shimmer. It looks super creepy against your pencil moustache. A matte finish would look much better. That is all.

i thought gay guys liked glitters and shimmers? oh well it's always something.

This gay guy just wants Princey to look his best.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

petes2 said:

i thought gay guys liked glitters and shimmers? oh well it's always something.

This gay guy just wants Princey to look his best.

I also noticed it, and agree with you. I also notice the nail polish, that is also shinier than usual. His manicure is totally on point. The only thing I can't stand is nail polish on men's. I am okay with his other beautifying methods.

OldFriends4Sale said:

These pics bring back memories of a night with the purple people & Hollywood elite partying with Prince with the california breeze blowing in our hair. While he per4rms his debut per4mance of the future top ten hit "RnR Love Affair"

[Edited 10/26/12 18:36pm]

Just watched Dance Electric, Prince's at the end laided it down and shreaded it with the guitar solo......... hot

The horns are amongst the tightest in the business, so glad he added the horns they give his songs more depth and fullness bravo

Still cannot stop smiling everytime I watch RnR love affair

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

am I the only one who noticed that Prince is wearing the "bottoms" and Andy is wearing the "tops"? yellow/yellow? Cute photo.

[Edited 10/26/12 19:53pm]

danzakairos said:

Just watched Dance Electric, Prince's at the end laided it down and shreaded it with the guitar solo......... hot

The horns are amongst the tightest in the business, so glad he added the horns they give his songs more depth and fullness bravo

Still cannot stop smiling everytime I watch RnR love affair

That's funny because I think that's what making the songs sounds uber corny. Too many hornz and not enough synth. It comes across as a Vegas cover band. I will say the boy ripped it on the guitar at the end. Ugh i wish those horns weren't there.....

ScissorsRockPaper said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

[Edited 10/26/12 19:53pm]

No, You are not the only one who noticed, I did 2

& they look good

OldFriends4Sale said:

He should have a song titled: "Robbin the Cradle"

NikkiAndTheRevolution said:

If I C.....them yellow pants...ONE more time!

Maybe he's getting a bit 'dribbly' in his old age? Yellow trousers would help to hide any staining.

LittleBear said:

Prince did look a little like those old ladies at the slots. All he needs is a fanny pack, visor hat, and a motorized scooter...

Would this do?

Astasheiks said:

Maybe she gives some outstanding _______ (insert song from the Dirty Mind album)!!!

I doubt it. I reckon that could be the antidote hough. We all need a bit of head, til we burnin up.

Gohi said:

Prince's vocals really hurt the performance. Also LOL at Andy and her unplugged, inaudible acoustic.

Be grateful for small mercies. Unplugged and inaudible is some of her best work. His voice sounded rough on both tunes to me, lucky he can play a guitar.

kenkamken said:

The guests beforehand talked some great Prince stories. The band looked and sounded awesome. Andy is a good fashion influence on him, and he seems to be opening up musically again. I look forward to the fruits of their future collaborations.

Hello, how are youuu. I'm fine, cos I know that the doc, is coming, sooooooooon. Coming, coming, sooooooooooon.

HonestMan13 said:

People are really stretching here to find something not to like. Prince finally did something conventional with this song(released it to radio, promoted it on tv, releasing it as a single & all in a reasonable timeframe) which may or may not lead up to a new CD. So of course as usual let's get on him for his clothes and his hair.

No stretching needed. From a completely static position I listened to the 'performance' and as much as I wanted to, I couldn't deny that it was total crap. Especially when you consider what he's capable of. I couldn't give a monkeys about what he's wearing. It's nothing new is it. Think Dirty Mind knickers singing "Head".

Emancipation89 said:

...I don't get the complains about his vocals. RnR affair is not even the type of song that requires "singing". 90% of the song is spoken words and he kept the energy level pretty consistent throughout the performance - if anything he actually sounded more vibrant towards the end.

Fair enough, R&Rse might not really need 'singing'. I spose Dance Electric similarly doesn't really need singing but both sounded poor to me. Did you hear the 'band' though? What's their excuse? They sounded about as together as Obama and Mitt or chalk and cheese.

skywalker said:

Some of the WAAAAAY negative OVER reactions to this performance make me grin.

How am I doing?

I was clubbing for most of the 90s. I only bought a few of his 'albums' during that time and that was only because I wanted to keep the official collection more or less up to date. I hardly liked any of it. If I was his producer I'd have struggled to put out a decent triple album from the whole decade. This is what you might call an annus horribilis for P. Again.

Just sayin lol.

larksanders said:

Man, I really miss Prince. I know people change, move on or whatever, but where is the bite? Where is the grit? Where is the funk? As much as I want to like that song (and believe me I do), it just sounds so damn corny and so Vegas. Please lose the horn section. This guy used to pave his own way and now he seems to be completely lost. I think back to when he said "you may have lost me, but I found myself", I think it's the other way around man. I mean I'm still sticking by you, but I have to say I am hoping you have a big surprise for me than this light rock shit you have been pumping lately.

#endrant....

Bang on. Not sure he needs to lose the horns though. I've been waiting for a suprise for years so don't hold ya breath waiting eh.

HonestMan13 said:

For the nit pickers on here. Eat the bird!

Got any salad cream or pickle for that chicken?

Controversy said:

He is better live now than ever

missfee said:

Am I missing something here?

thedance said:

the performance is absolutely terrible,

Prince used to be ahead of all others,

now he is repeating himself to death.

that new song R n R Love Affair.... totall crap,

what a mess, a parody, not worthy.

ScissorsRockPaper said:

For the naysayers......bring back the love, enjoy the ride, you'll find life much better that way.

I get a kick out of seeing Prince perform live.

The ride. Now there's a tune. Probably everyone here gets a kick out of seeing him live. That's not the same as watching or hearing a poor live performance of a piss poor song.

Identity said:

The Prince of yesteryear would've considered a pedestrian song like "RNR Affair" unworthy as a b-side. He's coasting, devoid of any creative spark.

Bang on.

bashraka said:

Why don't y'all just make funeral arrangements for Prince's career. I swear for a lot of y'all, it would have been better if he just stayed out of the public eye all year long instead of the summer.

By the sound of it, yeah. I wouldn't mind if he hid away for a bit. Maybe he'd be inspired to write something decent again. I reckon he's still got it in him somewhere, hidden behind the botox maybe? "Stars collide"? Wouldn't you need two 'stars' for them to collide? "It's tight but I can fit you in"?

Come on, it's ridiculous.

kewlschool said:

Good performance. Song is okay, nothing ground breaking.

Why is anybody seriously complaining about it? They really need to check their attitudes at the door.

stillwaiting said:

Some Great Points, but Prince better live now than EVER??? Really??? So, if you went to a show and Shelby shouts "Put Your Hands Up" for half an hour, and Andy sings lead on 5 songs, and multiple covers are performed, you would rather watch that then the SOTT Film? Really?

You are right about RNR affair..not a bad song, but if 2012 Prince Live is his best, I don't know what you are watching.

Exactly.

Giovanni777 said:

Great performance... I like him singing in his lower register live.

"Dance Electric" was off the hook...

I like him singing low too but that wasn't pretty. Dance Electric was pretty poor too. Just about saved it with the guitar but that wasn't anything special either.

thepope2the9s said:

Not sure why folks are hating on the live horns in the performance...HORNS live are always good with P! And yes I want to see the rest of the performance of Dance Electric...that was sounding tight!

That was about as tight as your average granny. Listen to the horns for the first 20 seconds of DE.

RosesRred said:

Prince is alive- Michael is Not...enough said...

People are complaining about Prince's performance and at least he's here

to perform,

Where's he performing? I'm not even gonna mention the other nonce.

herb4 said:

Agreed. That was just dull and boring, which is like the worst thing you can say about a Prince performance. When the coolest thing I can think of to like is the trippy-dippy set and some of the lighting, we've got a problem here. The mix was very bad and the only thing I could hear driving the song was a very flaccid and stale keyboard riff that was way too loud. No great shakes with this performance at all. Even "Laydown" on George Lopez, regardless of what you think of the song, had some crackle and spark to it.

This was just weak.

edit:

Damn. The 1 minute we got of Dance Electric had more juice in it than the entirety of R&RLA. That's what he should have played. Is there a full version anywhere?

I agree with everything but the "Laydown" bit. I don't like the song anyway though. DE was the better of the two but neither of em impressed me.

herb4 said:

HonestMan13 said:

When your life is so devoid of substance that you can only follow a musician that you don't even appreciate any longer, who has the problem? The musician or you?

Those who feel he's lost his spark, energy, inspiration, creativity et al. should then wonder why they still follow him? Please don't run that "the old material keeps me around" line it's a cop out for why you can't find music that you enjoy or makes you feel positive thoughts instead of negative ones.

Prince is clearly not relying on repeating the 80's to get/keep/grow a fanbase. He's moved on. Why haven't you?

The majority still enjoy Prince's work and appreciate that he's still into giving us music. We aren't focused on the fact that he wore an outfit 3 times or what style his hair is in.

Well, let's see. A few things. how would I know if I didn;t care for something if I didn't, you know, fucking watch it first? "The Dance Electric" was really good, I thought, "R&RLA" pretty bad. See, here's we do on message boards: we watch the subject perform and then offer our take on it. I'm an Al Pacino fan, for instance, so I tend to watch his movies when I can. Is it OK if I didn't like "Carlito's Way" or 'Sea of Love" very much but still liked "Heat" and "Any Given Sunday" or should I just stop following his films because I didn't care for a few of them?

I also follow the Philadelphia Phillies and they didn't do so well this year so I guess I should just stop watching games. There was this one restaruant I ate at several times and on occasion, I enjoyed some entrees better than other ones. Some I didn't like at all, but I know they usually serve good food so I go back and give it another try. There are some HBO series I watch and generally they're pretty good. Some not so much. When I don't like one, or a particular episode of one, I say so, but usually come back because they tend to be good for the most part. I enjoy Stephen King books a lot but some of them I thought were terrible. I'll still usually give his work a read though because he's a good writer.

My wife made me mad one time and disappointed me with some thigns she said and did, but I know that she's a quality person overall and I love her so I didn't just go "fuck this" and leave her.

Is everything a zero sum equation where if Stephen King writes a few shitty books or Martin Scorcese makes a bad movie I shouldn't check out thier work or talk about it in any way?

Are you starting to see how this works or does everyone who didn't like the show the other night have some sort of personal problem?

Good answer. Saved me the time. BTW, Any Given Sunday wasn't all that, not as good as Heat but not as poor as Revolution. That really was shit. He was just a fuckin lissard in that maing. He just aint what he was in the 80's etc....

herb4 said:

People that didn't like the show aren't vaccuous, empty and broken people though.

Speak for yourself. I was broken years ago.

MadamGoodnight said:

I feel grateful. I was bummed after not making it to the Chicago shows. The people I know in Chicago got to hear The Dance Electric. They didn't even know it, they are casual fans. That's what I specifically wanted to see/hear live. I got it, and it was FREE @ The Kimmel Show. Even the soundcheck of it was boss! I'm still buzzing off of it.

Lucky you. See, there's still a bit o love around.

petes2 said:

Prince is doing ok, top professionalism and he looks like a man half his age.

He isn't doing ok. In fact, he's doing pretty badly. I was about 5-6ft away from him a few years back and he looked caked up in make-up and botoxed to the 9s. He was funky as fuck though which is all I was worried about.

OzlemUcucu said:

I also noticed it, and agree with you. I also notice the nail polish, that is also shinier than usual. His manicure is totally on point. The only thing I can't stand is nail polish on men's. I am okay with his other beautifying methods.

danzakairos said:

The horns are amongst the tightest in the business,

Poppycock. Good that you enjoyed it all.

Astasheiks said:

He should have a song titled: "Robbin the Cradle"

Now you've said it.

[Edited 11/15/12 19:29pm]

you know what? you guys are like my old "friends" who I don't even talk to anymore. I don't want them seeing me, I don't want to hear their rumours and opinions about me because I'm tired of their judgments. People that know you when you're young and grow older and bitter change, let's see a pic of you fuckers, lets see how baggy you're eyes are, how screwy you're fashion taste is. you guys just let yourself get old and bitter, don't take it out on Prince. I'm just glad he's ok, he don't owe us anything, and I don't expect a Little Red Corvette everytime out of the box. Go Prince!

They just showed Prince doing the first song. When they got introduced for the second song, the show ended after a few chords.

luv4u said:

They just showed Prince doing the first song. When they got introduced for the second song, the show ended after a few chords.

Watching Dance Electric right now full version. see your orgnotes.

I forgot all about it...I'm a bad fam,

Now that I've finally seen it I really liked Dance Electric...the rest was meh.

maybe i missed it but who's the cutie on keys?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

maybe i missed it but who's the cutie on keys?

Focus your priorities! You're supposed to be critiquing the yellow pants!

petes2 said:

Wigs said:

petes2 said:

I thought it was ok, you can only reinvent the wheel so many times, it's part of what drove Elvis to an early grave the "what the hell do I do now" syndrome. Elvis wanted to grow but was stifled by fans who wanted hound dog and he really didn't know what to do so you had him doing lounge lizard stuff and finally just collapsing on a bathroom floor in graceland. Prince is doing ok, top professionalism and he looks like a man half his age.

This new song doesn't represent growth. And he looked like he'd raided Liza Minnelli's closet.

He's been in the business 30 plus years. What is he supposed to be growing into at this point? Umm... he used to wear bikini underwear and leg warmers!!!

HonestMan13 said:

Wigs said:

petes2 said: This new song doesn't represent growth. And he looked like he'd raided Liza Minnelli's closet.

He's been in the business 30 plus years. What is he supposed to be growing into at this point? Umm... he used to wear bikini underwear and leg warmers!!!

ive been watching the New York Enigma show from the Dirty Mind tour today, and it is SO CRAZY to see him flouncing around in that regalia. i will say he pulled THAT off much better than what he is trying to pull off in Autumn/2012. they say love is blind but it's also blinding. i hope he sobers up quick and checks that wardrobe. whew!

SchlomoThaHomo said:

HonestMan13 said:

He's been in the business 30 plus years. What is he supposed to be growing into at this point? Umm... he used to wear bikini underwear and leg warmers!!!

ive been watching the New York Enigma show from the Dirty Mind tour today, and it is SO CRAZY to see him flouncing around in that regalia. i will say he pulled THAT off much better than what he is trying to pull off in Autumn/2012. they say love is blind but it's also blinding. i hope he sobers up quick and checks that wardrobe. whew!

The thing is he wore the glasses in Purple Rain. He did the fringe during Sign O' The Times. Yellow pants, been there and done that numerous times and assless yellow at one time. So I can't see the issue with these things now that everyone is grasping upon.

HonestMan13 said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

ive been watching the New York Enigma show from the Dirty Mind tour today, and it is SO CRAZY to see him flouncing around in that regalia. i will say he pulled THAT off much better than what he is trying to pull off in Autumn/2012. they say love is blind but it's also blinding. i hope he sobers up quick and checks that wardrobe. whew!

The thing is he wore the glasses in Purple Rain. He did the fringe during Sign O' The Times. Yellow pants, been there and done that numerous times and assless yellow at one time. So I can't see the issue with these things now that everyone is grasping upon.

i think it's the faulty marriage of the the 3.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

HonestMan13 said:

The thing is he wore the glasses in Purple Rain. He did the fringe during Sign O' The Times. Yellow pants, been there and done that numerous times and assless yellow at one time. So I can't see the issue with these things now that everyone is grasping upon.

i think it's the faulty marriage of the the 3.

So individually his clothes and accessories are actually cool but together they're not?

HonestMan13 said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

i think it's the faulty marriage of the the 3.

So individually his clothes and accessories are actually cool but together they're not?

possibly. it's all such a mess that i find it hard to determine. i will say that i've never liked the circle glasses. even as a child i remember thinking, "ick," when i saw the Take Me With U scene from PR.

he's been inconsistent with his style for his entire career tho. it's nothing new. there have been plenty of wtf moments over the years. it's just that he's still very attractive and can look fantastic when he gets it right.

petes2 said:

Identity said:

The Prince of yesteryear would've considered a pedestrian song like "RNR Affair" unworthy as a b-side. He's coasting, devoid of any creative spark.

I thought it was ok, you can only reinvent the wheel so many times, it's part of what drove Elvis to an early grave the "what the hell do I do now" syndrome. Elvis wanted to grow but was stifled by fans who wanted hound dog and he really didn't know what to do so you had him doing lounge lizard stuff and finally just collapsing on a bathroom floor in graceland. Prince is doing ok, top professionalism and he looks like a man half his age.

The Elvis comparison is a good one, especially at this stage in Prince's life. A long time ago a close friend of mine said Prince reminded him of Elvis and I didn't really get it, but I do now.

@Fonkyman: OMG.

LittleBear said:

@Fonkyman: OMG.

I know, I don't know what got into me.

get off the stage

BobPaisleyPark said:

get off the stage

Controversy said:

I just saw the photo of the four band members on Hannah's website.

So if Hannah Ford is the new drummer, who is the woman on bass ?

she not a recent addtion: Ida