Astasheiks said:

IstenSzek said:

so "sister" and "darling nikki" are on the setlist?

i wonder what prince thinks about that

and "moonbeam levels", an outtake

he's gonna be frowning a lot

Of the Zillions of Songs P's got why would they do these 2???

especially since they must know by now that prince doesn't curse or do the old smut material no more

Chris Rock reciting "If was ur Girlfriend".....

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Here is the Program for the evening, started around 8pm ET:

http://twitter.yfrog.com/z/g0mluaqj

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D'angelo just led 1999 with Princess & Fred Armisen doing The Revolution parts!!!!

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twitter for pics and update on tonight's event :

https://twitter.com/carynrose

so where is prince? is he in the audience or is he backstage getting ready to perform himself?

IstenSzek said:

so where is prince? is he in the audience or is he backstage getting ready to perform himself?

On the program it says 10:15 Special Encore TBA

Maybe they saved this spot for him to show up and participate?

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Jody Watley tweeted "Got my Prince tribute tickets" & @ChirsRock said "Prince might b playing somewhere else @ the same time"......lol

Omg! What a show! fdeluxe did a good job. Nice to see Wendy and Suzanne together. Bilal killed it! with singing Sister. He received a standing ovation. Best performance in the show! Chris Rock showed up but can't remember what song he talked through. lol. People took plenty of pictures. Sorry folks no sign of Prince but was a good and fun show anyway. I am sure other orgers who were there will post about it later.

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Wow! didn't show up...Eye'm kinda glad he didn't.....

2elijah said:

Omg! What a show! fdeluxe did a good job. Nice to see Wendy and Suzanne together. Bilal killed it! with singing Sister. He received a standing ovation. Best performance in the show! Chris Rock showed up but can't remember what song he talked through. lol. People took plenty of pictures. Sorry folks no sign of Prince but was a good and fun show anyway. I am sure other orgers who were there will post about it later.

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He talked through part of "If I was your Girlfriend."

Mutiny killed it and the end with It's Gonna be a Beautiful Night and 1999 was amazing.

Sister and Annie Christian were also great, especially because we know we will never hear Prince sing them.

Darling Nikki was good too, but something about a pregnant lady about to give birth singing Darling Nikki just turned me off a bit! Hearing the music for it was awesome though.

Mountains didn't impress me very much.

The Beautiful Ones was good, but that is one song that only Prince can do justice to in my book, the screams, etc.

That damn Bilal and D'Angelo showed their ass tonight!!!!! Great Show!!!!!!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Wow! didn't show up...Eye'm kinda glad he didn't.....

If he was in the building, then he was out of view. Regardless, tbe show was entertaining. Again, Bilal stole the show singing his version of 'Sister''.

double post.

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banks said:

That damn Bilal and D'Angelo showed their ass tonight!!!!! Great Show!!!!!!

Sure did! I want to see Bilal perform again because he did an amazing performance. Wendy and the house band did a good job too. Talib Kweli was good too.

16 songs doesn't seem like The Tribute was that long?

Astasheiks said:

16 songs doesn't seem like The Tribute was that long?

Little under 2 and 1/2 hours. Everyone did one song except fDeluxe & D'Angelo(they both did two).

all i know is eric leeds walk smoother than a detriot pimp.. thats a baaaadasssss man

coulda did without the mountains, when doves cry, and pop life renditions (and the bassist was fuckin up raspeberry beret for me :-/ ) but besides that fun night..

"NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.

More than 20 performers including Elvis Costello, The Roots and the Waterboys paid tribute to the pop icon in a two-hour-plus concert Thursday night. They all joined together onstage to close the show with "1999."

Singer D'Angelo took the lead while putting his arm around Bettye LaVette, Chris Rock and Costello clapped hands side-by-side, and comedians-actresses-singers Maya Rudolph and Sandra Bernhard danced in a silly manner — all while the crowd cheered on.

Many of the performers got into character as they sang signature Prince tunes. Soul singer Bilal was wild on "Sister," singing in various tones like a mad man and thrilling the crowd. Bernhard, in her leather pants, shimmery shirt and shiny shoes, impressed on "Little Red Corvette" as she skipped around onstage and belted high notes. And singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson captured the audience with "The Beautiful Ones," standing still and singing with only a pianist onstage.

It was one of the only times The Roots weren't backing up other performers throughout the concert, which raised $100,000 for music education programs.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson jammed on the drums and even took photos of a pregnant Rudolph when she danced with one hand on her belly and the other stroking her hair. Rudolph, who sings Prince covers under the moniker PRINCEss with Gretchen Lieberum, screeched on "Darling Nikki" and didn't slow down while performing choreography in heels.

Few words were said to the audience, though Rock thanked the crowd "for coming" toward the end of the show. He impersonated Prince, too, when reciting the lyrics to "If I Was Your Girlfriend" with sass. Comedian-actor Fred Armisen took on many roles: He recited lyrics from "Let's Go Crazy," played the drums while the Blind Boys of Alabama sang "The Cross" and offered light vocals during "It's Going to Be a Beautiful Night" alongside D'Angelo.

Most of the musicians wore black onstage, though LaVette rocked a purple blazer while singing "Kiss." Other performers included Eric Leeds, Nina Perrson and Talib Kweli. Husband-and-wife Citizen Cope and Alice Smith sang a duet version of "Pop Life" and Booker T. Jones was joined by singer Diane Birch and members of the Young Audiences New York Youth Choir for "Raspberry Beret."

http://bigstory.ap.org/ar...ce-tribute

Sounds like a fantastic concert, hope they raised lots of money for the charity!!

Wonder why Prince didn't show up?

naffi said:

Sounds like a fantastic concert, hope they raised lots of money for the charity!!

Wonder why Prince didn't show up?

Sounds like a great time...yeah too bad Prince didnt show up, but that doesnt surprise me.

naffi said:

Sounds like a fantastic concert, hope they raised lots of money for the charity!!

Wonder why Prince didn't show up?

Depending who you ask, his not being there was either because he's an amazingly considerate, selfless guy who didn't want his presence to take attention away from the performances (and also he's so incredibly shy and humble, and he couldn't handle a tribute in his honor) OR it's because he's a huge jerk who didn't want to see certain people from his past or acknowledge certain aspects of his past, and/or was annoyed that other people were performing his music (including being offended by some of the song selections).

So...Prince is either a saint who was only thinking of others by not being there, or he didn't go because he's an a*hole who was only thinking of himself.

Of course, it might come out later that he was there and was keeping a low profile

RobotDevil said:

naffi said:

Sounds like a fantastic concert, hope they raised lots of money for the charity!!

Wonder why Prince didn't show up?

Depending who you ask, his not being there was either because he's an amazingly considerate, selfless guy who didn't want his presence to take attention away from the performances (and also he's so incredibly shy and humble, and he couldn't handle a tribute in his honor) OR it's because he's a huge jerk who didn't want to see certain people from his past or acknowledge certain aspects of his past, and/or was annoyed that other people were performing his music (including being offended by some of the song selections).

So...Prince is either a saint who was only thinking of others by not being there, or he didn't go because he's an a*hole who was only thinking of himself.

Of course, it might come out later that he was there and was keeping a low profile

Whatever his reasons were, it was HIS loss. This was a chance for him to see how his legacy has affected so many other artists. As someone who constantly preaches about "real music by real musicians" this was where they were--all inspired by him. To bad the teacher did not want to face some of his best students.

How do we know that Prince wasn't at Carnegie Hall. Maybe he did see the concert but out of the view of the general public?

D was looking' fly up on stage.