What do you all think... Will
Prince be ready for a Prince and The Revolution reunion this time ?

I think there lught be a slight chance. Cause it's good publication for the rereease of the PR album, and it would be a smart move for him to get the attention he so badly needs.

The world and The Revolution are ready, I'm sure. But, is Prince ?

There are rumours of a revolution reunion

this summer with them calling themselves

the counter revolution.

thedoorkeeper said:

There are rumours of a revolution reunion

this summer with them calling themselves

the counter revolution.

It's more than a rumor: they created a Facebook page.

I think P will let them out of this, but if they tour they will benefit from the hype coming with the remasters so it's good for them.

I just hope they record new material as well, and play some of their own songs (old and new) alongside the Prince tracks: I don't want them to be a zombie nostalgia act like Morris Time & The Day.

databank said:

thedoorkeeper said:

There are rumours of a revolution reunion

this summer with them calling themselves

the counter revolution.

It's more than a rumor: they created a Facebook page.

Yes - check it out - its loaded with information!

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If ever there were to be a perfect time for this to happen, it is NOW!!!! All we can do at this point is just hope and pray WB has some kind of pull in the matter. I totally know Prince could be a damn fool and pass on doing so but I really cannot see WB not seeing the benefit in it and not seriously wanting to capitalize on it.

Anyhoo, all I know at this point is should for some screwed up twist of fate, Prince comes anywhere near Detroit promoting the "Purple Rain Deluxe Remastered" whatever it'll be called, sans The Revolution, I will be making it my personal damn business to be front and center rocking this:

And don't let me find a solar powered battery pack that I can plug in some sewn on purple Christmas lights!

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

If ever there were to be a perfect time for this to happen, it is NOW!!!! All we can do at this point is just hope and pray WB has some kind of pull in the matter. I totally know Prince could be a damn fool and pass on doing so but I really cannot see WB not seeing the benefit in it and not seriously wanting to capitalize on it.

Anyhoo, all I know at this point is should for some screwed up twist of fate, Prince comes anywhere near Detroit promoting the "Purple Rain Deluxe Remastered" whatever it'll be called, sans The Revolution, I will be making it my personal damn business to be front and center rocking this:

And don't let me find a solar powered battery pack that I can plug in some sewn on purple Christmas lights!

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You might get turned away at the door.

a Prince and the Revolution reunion tour this summer,would be the hottest ticket in town.

EddieC said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

If ever there were to be a perfect time for this to happen, it is NOW!!!! All we can do at this point is just hope and pray WB has some kind of pull in the matter. I totally know Prince could be a damn fool and pass on doing so but I really cannot see WB not seeing the benefit in it and not seriously wanting to capitalize on it.

Anyhoo, all I know at this point is should for some screwed up twist of fate, Prince comes anywhere near Detroit promoting the "Purple Rain Deluxe Remastered" whatever it'll be called, sans The Revolution, I will be making it my personal damn business to be front and center rocking this:

And don't let me find a solar powered battery pack that I can plug in some sewn on purple Christmas lights!

[Edited 4/19/14 16:03pm]

You might get turned away at the door.

Or I might not. It'll be a chance I'm fully willing to take.

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

I can't see them doing a tour. I can see him turning up and joining them for one or two songs at a gig where he was not announced to be performing. That is what we were all hoping would happen at Bobby Z's first benefit concert at First Avenue (which I attended). The deal with WB makes it significantly more likely to happen this time.

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

I agree. The Revolution will always have their respect and honor. Prince coming to terms with Warner Bros. Records to remaster and reissue the "Purple Rain" album was attractive to Prince mainly because he got back his master recordings and understood that the 30th anniverssary of any musical milestone couldn't go unacknowledged. Prince is in a better mood involving earlier works but I don't expect him to even jam at Bobby Z's First Avenue charity gig. More realistically is maybe several band members jam with him and the New Power Generation at Paisley Park After Dark. It's in a controlled environment and will make sure no cameras and pictures record it.

I would love to see The Revolution tour on their own and play old and new songs as well. However, Wendy should sing all leads. I don't want to see people who had no hand in recording those songs singing. Yes, I'm talking about Prince imitators (including Questlove's best friend).

electricberet said:

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

I can't see them doing a tour. I can see him turning up and joining them for one or two songs at a gig where he was not announced to be performing. That is what we were all hoping would happen at Bobby Z's first benefit concert at First Avenue (which I attended). The deal with WB makes it significantly more likely to happen this time.

Yep, a one off could work, but I don't want him to keep swimming in nostagia. His endurance is because of change, good or bad. He needs to remain a Bowie, not become Fleetwood Mac.

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

So,if given a choice,you'd rather see a Prince show with 3rdEyeGirl instead of a reunion performance with the Revolution?!

3rdeyeboy said:

electricberet said:

I can't see them doing a tour. I can see him turning up and joining them for one or two songs at a gig where he was not announced to be performing. That is what we were all hoping would happen at Bobby Z's first benefit concert at First Avenue (which I attended). The deal with WB makes it significantly more likely to happen this time.

Yep, a one off could work, but I don't want him to keep swimming in nostagia. His endurance is because of change, good or bad. He needs to remain a Bowie, not become Fleetwood Mac.

Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time...

bashraka said:

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

I agree. The Revolution will always have their respect and honor. Prince coming to terms with Warner Bros. Records to remaster and reissue the "Purple Rain" album was attractive to Prince mainly because he got back his master recordings and understood that the 30th anniverssary of any musical milestone couldn't go unacknowledged. Prince is in a better mood involving earlier works but I don't expect him to even jam at Bobby Z's First Avenue charity gig. More realistically is maybe several band members jam with him and the New Power Generation at Paisley Park After Dark. It's in a controlled environment and will make sure no cameras and pictures record it.

I would love to see The Revolution tour on their own and play old and new songs as well. However, Wendy should sing all leads. I don't want to see people who had no hand in recording those songs singing. Yes, I'm talking about Prince imitators (including Questlove's best friend).

From fans...yes!

From Prince...no!

Not until Prince gets his happy ass up on a stage (preferably somewhere I can get to and witness in person and/or is streamed online LIVE!!!) with ALL of them...The Revolution, Andre Cymone, The Time, Vanity/Appolonia 6 and he publicly acknowledges their contributions that in reality helped facilitate there ever being the success of Purple Rain for him and WB to commemorate and capitalize on the 30th Anniversary of!

I've known since I was a little kid that the truth is just what is and no matter how far and fast we try to run from it...it will and does catch up to us one day!

The million dollar question is - where, when, how and from whom - did I come across that knowledge?

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

If ever there were to be a perfect time for this to happen, it is NOW!!!! All we can do at this point is just hope and pray WB has some kind of pull in the matter. I totally know Prince could be a damn fool and pass on doing so but I really cannot see WB not seeing the benefit in it and not seriously wanting to capitalize on it.

Anyhoo, all I know at this point is should for some screwed up twist of fate, Prince comes anywhere near Detroit promoting the "Purple Rain Deluxe Remastered" whatever it'll be called, sans The Revolution, I will be making it my personal damn business to be front and center rocking this:

And don't let me find a solar powered battery pack that I can plug in some sewn on purple Christmas lights!

[Edited 4/19/14 16:03pm]

Why?

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

I wouldn't put it quite so harshly, but you're right. Hope they don't spoil a good thing by trying to recreate the past. It can never be done.

Hey--is that Revolution shirt available for purchase? If so, where?

I like the idea of a one-off concert with various band members and associates from his past but I do not want a full scale Prince and the Revolution reunion and tour. The past is the past. It should be celebrated for what it was but I do like Prince looking forward for the most part.

SoulAlive said:

3rdeyeboy said:

I think a reunion of the P and the R would be bad for P. He's aged well and gets away with hanging around with younger artists.

I don't think he needs to go on tour with a bunch of fat geriatrics. I saw them in their prime. Don't spoilt it.

So,if given a choice,you'd rather see a Prince show with 3rdEyeGirl instead of a reunion performance with the Revolution?!

Yes. Did you here the Revolution at the Celebration? A Shadow of their formal selves. Back in the day, they were fantastic. But that was then, this is now.

EddieC said:

Hey--is that Revolution shirt available for purchase? If so, where?

http://teespring.com/therevolution

Viva The Revolution!!

3rdeyeboy said:

Yes. Did you here the Revolution at the Celebration? A Shadow of their formal selves. Back in the day, they were fantastic. But that was then, this is now.

As an attendee of the more recent First Avenue re-union, I can say that their show was quite entertaining for me and much of the audience.

As cool as the idea may be of having the Revolution and Prince get back together again, I'm not really sure that it would be for the best. I mean, I seriously doubt they would pick up where they left off, making some of the most innovative and playful music of Prince's career on Parade and Dream Factory, and I would hate to see a potential reunion end up like The Velvet Underground's, where a once influential and epochal band are reduced to essentially becoming a nostalgia act, playing versions of their songs which are virtually identical to the studio ones, and destroying their legacy for innovation with a purely cynical gesture because they need the cash.

A Led Zep style reunion might be better, where they play only one gig, or very few, and don't wear themselves out touring the USA, Europe and everywhere else. That said, I would obviously get tickets in a heartbeat if a reunited Revolution were playing in London.

It would be a nice, magnanimous gesture if Prince did appear at the Revolution show that's occuring this summer, and picked up the the guitar for a few numbers, but it doesn't necessarily need to be anything more than that, imo.

jaypotton said:

I like the idea of a one-off concert with various band members and associates from his past but I do not want a full scale Prince and the Revolution reunion and tour. The past is the past. It should be celebrated for what it was but I do like Prince looking forward for the most part.

Other than perhaps a one-off guest appearance I have no interest in a reunion.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

As cool as the idea may be of having the Revolution and Prince get back together again, I'm not really sure that it would be for the best. I mean, I seriously doubt they would pick up where they left off, making some of the most innovative and playful music of Prince's career on Parade and Dream Factory, and I would hate to see a potential reunion end up like The Velvet Underground's, where a once influential and epochal band are reduced to essentially becoming a nostalgia act, playing versions of their songs which are virtually identical to the studio ones, and destroying their legacy for innovation with a purely cynical gesture because they need the cash.

A Led Zep style reunion might be better, where they play only one gig, or very few, and don't wear themselves out touring the USA, Europe and everywhere else. That said, I would obviously get tickets in a heartbeat if a reunited Revolution were playing in London.

It would be a nice, magnanimous gesture if Prince did appear at the Revolution show that's occuring this summer, and picked up the the guitar for a few numbers, but it doesn't necessarily need to be anything more than that, imo.

My sentiments exactly. The reality would likely be far less satisfactory than some fans make it out to be.

I'm thinking it could be just a one-time thing,for the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain.

A 3-month US summer tour that begins in June and ends in August.

I can't imagine longtime fans not being excited about that.

SoulAlive said:

I'm thinking it could be just a one-time thing,for the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain.

A 3-month US summer tour that begins in June and ends in August.

I can't imagine longtime fans not being excited about that.

Fan since 1982 and nope, not excited.