Is "Let's Go Crazy" the song Prince has performed most times live?

This used to be one of my favourite cuts, but I just can't seem to be moved by it anymore, even the re-loaded version isn't doing it for me.

It's the only track from Purple Rain that I'm tired of hearing, so I'm going on a LGC holiday.

Anyone else got a classic track they've gotten tired of?

i love the song and hearing it live but not feeling the slowed down reloaded horseshit.lets go crazy is a party song it hypes me up i dont need a funeral version

I got tired of Shhh a few years ago.

I'd have a really LONG list of classic songs I'm bored with, but I think the winners are:

Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret

Someone started a "Most Songs Performed" thread last month.

http://prince.org/msg/7/399176

Most of us think it's probably "When U Were Mine" or something from PR or "Controversy" are among the most performed.

"Let's Go Crazy RELOADED", is a BADASS rock/blues arrangement that is less danceable but has a heavier groove. I'm glad he changed the arrangement. The new version doesn't sound so dated. "RELOADED" is in the spirit of Cream or Led Zepplein and it's a welcome change to me. Better than the "Go, Go" chants.

He's probably played Purple Rain most often, but Let's Go Crazy could very well be the second one on the list. I actually went to a show on the "Welcome 2 Europe" tour two years ago when he didn't play Let's Go Crazy. I didn't mind. I'm actually envious of people that haven been to those shows of his when he has not done Purple Rain.

Yeah, I'm really bored of the Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret medley. Has it been on his sets, the two songs performed one after another, since 1997 or something? He could stop doing Nothing Compares 2 U too.

LGC Reloaded! It goes hard, & I prefer it over the original.

daPrettyman said:

Most of us think it's probably "When U Were Mine"

Wow, I think I had the most love for this track in the last 12 months.

I'm just glad he ain't doing the "Go go go! Go go go!" version at the mo'.

I still love the original LGC as an opener, without the go, go, go part, just the basic version. Give it love, give it time, but don't drag the damn thing out forever.

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Raspberry Beret and Cream are not my favorite songs, so I'm okay with not hearing those again.

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I've said before and I'll say again, it's a delicate balance. Old songs, new songs, mixing it up, playing it straight forward. IMHO, the balance is out of wack. My first show was a marathon, and I really don't expect those now, although Prince has done 3-ish hours recently. In the first show I saw, the first "half" was very scripted and focused on the current LP (The Symbol LB). The second "half" was just WILD! Older stuff played freely with NO MEDLEYS. IMHO that would still work now, even in a shorter version.

Purple rain is the one i need a break from, i get that in a way he has to play it but i can't wait for it to be over when he does.

Diamonds & pearls & Nothing compares have never been my cuppa tea either.

I am tired of the song also, in reality I was never a big fan of the song at all.

But it is a pefect opener.. just as he opened his movie with it.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life"

I might be tired of the song, but I will NEVER be tired of that guitar solo at the end.

you can tell Prince Loves to Rock that solo.

Genesia said:

I'm just glad he ain't doing the "Go go go! Go go go!" version at the mo'.

bashraka said:

The reloaded version is okay, I'm sure it gets boring as fuck playing the same songs for decades.

Genesia said:

I'm just glad he ain't doing the "Go go go! Go go go!" version at the mo'.

*shudder*

bashraka said:

"Let's Go Crazy RELOADED", is a BADASS rock/blues arrangement that is less danceable but has a heavier groove. I'm glad he changed the arrangement. The new version doesn't sound so dated. "RELOADED" is in the spirit of Cream or Led Zepplein and it's a welcome change to me. Better than the "Go, Go" chants.

Didn't "Let's Gor Crazy" begin life at a slower tempo and was speeded up for the released version?

Sure I read that somewhere, or maybe I dreamt it

I'm not a fan of the slow version of LGC, but I love the song and haven't tired from it yet. However, I like the slow down version of LRC. But again, I like the "hits" as much as the obscure songs.

I'm tired of most of the hits. I do lke the slowed down version of "Little Red Corvette" though. And I'd love to hear him do a full version of "When Doves Cry."

works live 4 me.

The thing about LGC is the entire song is a build up to the guitar solo which is a release. Prince has never been able to reproduce the recorded solo in a live performance. Its all about the silence then that long blistering, sustained note.

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I like the song, but - how can I put it - I think it's one of my least favorite from his 80s work. But mind that in the 80s he did virtually only great songs in my opinion. So, it's a good song, but I rather hear many others as show openers. My least favorite from Purple Rain for sure. A classic album, all good songs, but it's the weaker.

Off his more rock oriented songs, Let's pretend we're married, Uptown, Darling Nikki, Lovesexy, When you were mine, America, I could never take the place of your man, Electric chair, Peach, Bambi, Jack u off, Temptation, She's always in my hair, Play in the sunshine... are all better imo.

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if he played the full 12 inch version note for note you would shit yourself and you know it

TrevorAyer said:

if he played the full 12 inch version note for note you would shit yourself and you know it

YES! This.

It would be cool if he went back to performing the full version again, including the full intro, not just the "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to get through this thing called life".

I hated the "go go go " chant version that he did a few years ago but Let´s Go Crazy will always be one of my favorite songs. Except for "Baby I´m A Star" there´s not a single song on Purple Rain that I could ever get tired of.

daPrettyman said:

Someone started a "Most Songs Performed" thread last month.

http://prince.org/msg/7/399176

Most of us think it's probably "When U Were Mine" or something from PR or "Controversy" are among the most performed.

I've seen him 18 times and he's never played "When You Were Mine."

1ststatestereo said:

daPrettyman said:

Someone started a "Most Songs Performed" thread last month.

http://prince.org/msg/7/399176

Most of us think it's probably "When U Were Mine" or something from PR or "Controversy" are among the most performed.

I've seen him 18 times and he's never played "When You Were Mine."

He has played that song on several tours. Don't know which tours you've seen, but if you go back to the DM tour to present, he has played it a lot. "Controversy" is up there too. I think he started playing it during the DM tour.