dadeepop said:

Ok I'll bite. If done right -- meaning full-blown proper promotion and songs performed true to the originals -- this tour would be EPIC. I saw Prince perform "When Doves Cry" in 1998 as the final encore and he performed it exactly like the album version. I was blown away. So yeah...I'm very down for a reunion tour.

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Will Prince actually willingly take a ride on the way back machine and go all in promoting and performing a Revolution reunion tour? Like everyone else here I would be shocked.

When and where was this? I followed pretty much every show back then (well, at least on the internet or went to as many shows as I could) but I am absolutely not aware of him performing that song in 1998. It´s my favorite Prince song.

KoolEaze said:

dadeepop said:

Ok I'll bite. If done right -- meaning full-blown proper promotion and songs performed true to the originals -- this tour would be EPIC. I saw Prince perform "When Doves Cry" in 1998 as the final encore and he performed it exactly like the album version. I was blown away. So yeah...I'm very down for a reunion tour.

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Will Prince actually willingly take a ride on the way back machine and go all in promoting and performing a Revolution reunion tour? Like everyone else here I would be shocked.

When and where was this? I followed pretty much every show back then (well, at least on the internet or went to as many shows as I could) but I am absolutely not aware of him performing that song in 1998. It´s my favorite Prince song.

I believe it was in April of '98, Carolina Coliseum, Columbia SC.

As soon as he started playing the opening guitar riff I thought, "Is this really happening?" He intentionally played it like the album version.

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terrig said:

SoulAlive said:

Prince IS an old man Why hide from that? Stevie Wonder is on a tour right now that's completely devoted to his 1976 Songs In The Key Of Life album and his fans are thrilled.There's nothing wrong with embracing/celebrating one's past

This is exactly why there should be no Purple Rain Tour - Prince is older, yes, but Prince isnt an OLD MAN...this will ruin the memory of what was a perfect marriage of space and time, music and imagery and pure athleticism...that tour was AMAZING...it will be much less so now.

- Stevie has never been about how hot he is. You cant really use Stevie as a reason why. No one wants Prince to stand still singing Darling Nikki. No one wants him changing the lyrics. No one wants an older, slower, seasoned and wrinkled Revolution huffing and puffing their way through a show.

Tours such as Purple Rain are highly intense athletic events for everyone involved...Prince isnt dancing anymore for a reason. Purple Rain won't work STATIC. Think about Baby I'm a Star....now think about 50+ year old people standing practically still onstage playing that.

- Purple Rain in inextricably linked to imagery. Hot steamy sexy MF....Prince and the Revolution..young, wild and free....

You can celebrate the past without re-living it. But one thing I love about Prince is that he's older, but he's not OLD. Big difference, and thank goodness he wont set himself up for unflattering comparisons to HIMSELF. He's not that stupid.

I agree with this post. I saw the Purple Rain tour in 1984, and as incredible as the intial thrill would be of seeing The Revolution all together up on stage again, after those first few moments the reality would hit and that reality is that there is just no way to ever recapture or recreate the magic that just WAS back in 84. As much as it hurts me to admit it, I feel I would be disappointed terribly at the comparison of my memory of that Purple Rain tour of decades ago to what would be presented now. Not that the music wouldn't be performed technically perfect (I'd guess, going by what a perfectionist Prince is) or that seeing that group of people all on the same stage playing together wouldn't be a lovely thing for sentimental reasons...but they just aren't who they were 30 years ago, and neither am I, and too much change has happened. You can't revive the past and feel it the same way no matter how strong your desire. That said, maybe there's a way to present the old material in a fresh way that won't rely so much on nostalgia but I don't honestly see how that could be done. It would fall flat because that 'it', that perfect combination of youth, place in time, just everything....you can't bring that back. 10 years ago I'd have felt differently but I'm 47 now and I've come to realize that attempting to recreate past magic will only leave a person feeling frustrated and empty. Better to recall the memories and be thankful you were able to experience the magic when it actually happened. I feel bad for those too young to have lived through the PR experience, or who just missed it for other reasons, I truly do because it was an amazing time/concert/era...but something like that can't be recreated. It'd be like trying to reanimate dead tissue, even if you get it to "live" again, it won't be "right". Just my thoughts. If this happens and its awesome and I'm wrong, well, I'll be glad to have been wrong.

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terrig said:

This is exactly why there should be no Purple Rain Tour - Prince is older, yes, but Prince isnt an OLD MAN...this will ruin the memory of what was a perfect marriage of space and time, music and imagery and pure athleticism...that tour was AMAZING...it will be much less so now.

- Stevie has never been about how hot he is. You cant really use Stevie as a reason why. No one wants Prince to stand still singing Darling Nikki. No one wants him changing the lyrics. No one wants an older, slower, seasoned and wrinkled Revolution huffing and puffing their way through a show.

Tours such as Purple Rain are highly intense athletic events for everyone involved...Prince isnt dancing anymore for a reason. Purple Rain won't work STATIC. Think about Baby I'm a Star....now think about 50+ year old people standing practically still onstage playing that.

- Purple Rain in inextricably linked to imagery. Hot steamy sexy MF....Prince and the Revolution..young, wild and free....

You can celebrate the past without re-living it. But one thing I love about Prince is that he's older, but he's not OLD. Big difference, and thank goodness he wont set himself up for unflattering comparisons to HIMSELF. He's not that stupid.

When I talk about a Purple Rain reunion tour,I'm not saying that Prince and the Revolution have to re-live 1984 again They don't have to do the exact same choreography that they did in 1984.Wendy doesn't need to get on her knees during "Computer Blue" They don't have to wear those same outfits that they wore in the movie.No,they can just get up there,play the songs from that era,and kick ass! Your comments about their age ("seasoned and wrinkled"..."huffing and puffing their way through the show") are mean and offensive.You're implying that only "young" musicians can get up on a stage and perform (I guess you never heard of Bruce Springsteen and the E.Street Band).You said that Stevie Wonder isn't a good example....why not? He seems to have no problem with nostalgia/celebrating a career milestone.

What's really cool about a reunion tour is...you'll have an artist onstage with the musicians who were actually there when this music was created.These people have a connection to that music and that era.In some cases,they even contributed to it.Seeing Prince onstage with some young,twentysomething girls who probably weren't even alive when Purple Rain came out....that doesn't do anything for me.I prefer the real thing.

RobotDevil said:

I agree with this post. I saw the Purple Rain tour in 1984, and as incredible as the intial thrill would be of seeing The Revolution all together up on stage again, after those first few moments the reality would hit and that reality is that there is just no way to ever recapture or recreate the magic that just WAS back in 84. As much as it hurts me to admit it, I feel I would be disappointed terribly at the comparison of my memory of that Purple Rain tour of decades ago to what would be presented now. Not that the music wouldn't be performed technically perfect (I'd guess, going by what a perfectionist Prince is) or that seeing that group of people all on the same stage playing together wouldn't be a lovely thing for sentimental reasons...but they just aren't who they were 30 years ago, and neither am I, and too much change has happened. You can't revive the past and feel it the same way no matter how strong your desire. That said, maybe there's a way to present the old material in a fresh way that won't rely so much on nostalgia but I don't honestly see how that could be done. It would fall flat because that 'it', that perfect combination of youth, place in time, just everything....you can't bring that back. 10 years ago I'd have felt differently but I'm 47 now and I've come to realize that attempting to recreate past magic will only leave a person feeling frustrated and empty. Better to recall the memories and be thankful you were able to experience the magic when it actually happened. I feel bad for those too young to have lived through the PR experience, or who just missed it for other reasons, I truly do because it was an amazing time/concert/era...but something like that can't be recreated. It'd be like trying to reanimate dead tissue, even if you get it to "live" again, it won't be "right". Just my thoughts. If this happens and its awesome and I'm wrong, well, I'll be glad to have been wrong.

I go to reunion tours all the time...or shows featuring several Old School artists/bands on the same bill....and I always have a GREAT time! I recently saw Fleetwood Mac in concert (with original member Christine McVie) and I can't express how exciting and magical it was.Not sure why some of you are so against nostalgia/celebrating one's past.It's natural and alot of fun.

SoulAlive said:

terrig said:

This is exactly why there should be no Purple Rain Tour - Prince is older, yes, but Prince isnt an OLD MAN...this will ruin the memory of what was a perfect marriage of space and time, music and imagery and pure athleticism...that tour was AMAZING...it will be much less so now.

- Stevie has never been about how hot he is. You cant really use Stevie as a reason why. No one wants Prince to stand still singing Darling Nikki. No one wants him changing the lyrics. No one wants an older, slower, seasoned and wrinkled Revolution huffing and puffing their way through a show.

Tours such as Purple Rain are highly intense athletic events for everyone involved...Prince isnt dancing anymore for a reason. Purple Rain won't work STATIC. Think about Baby I'm a Star....now think about 50+ year old people standing practically still onstage playing that.

- Purple Rain in inextricably linked to imagery. Hot steamy sexy MF....Prince and the Revolution..young, wild and free....

You can celebrate the past without re-living it. But one thing I love about Prince is that he's older, but he's not OLD. Big difference, and thank goodness he wont set himself up for unflattering comparisons to HIMSELF. He's not that stupid.

When I talk about a Purple Rain reunion tour,I'm not saying that Prince and the Revolution have to re-live 1984 again They don't have to do the exact same choreography that they did in 1984.Wendy doesn't need to get on her knees during "Computer Blue" They don't have to wear those same outfits that they wore in the movie.No,they can just get up there,play the songs from that era,and kick ass! Your comments about their age ("seasoned and wrinkled"..."huffing and puffing their way through the show") are mean and offensive.You're implying that only "young" musicians can get up on a stage and perform (I guess you never heard of Bruce Springsteen and the E.Street Band).You said that Stevie Wonder isn't a good example....why not? He seems to have no problem with nostalgia/celebrating a career milestone.

What's really cool about a reunion tour is...you'll have an artist onstage with the musicians who were actually there when this music was created.These people have a connection to that music and that era.In some cases,they even contributed to it.Seeing Prince onstage with some young,twentysomething girls who probably weren't even alive when Purple Rain came out....that doesn't do anything for me.I prefer the real thing.

I'm 51 I'm coming at this from being a now older person thats seen the tour up close....so no, mean and offensive it's not. It's honest. And I'm not implying only young people can perform, thats flat out NOT what I'm saying. Only the young people that created Purple Rain should perform PURPLE RAIN as a TOUR, and that happened already.

Why? they can all still play and are all fabulous musicians. IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. Anything less, is LESS.

Being from Jersey not only do I know of Bruce Springsteen but have been to those shows too, and oh wait...Bruce Springsteen hardly used image & sexulaity the way Prince did, and neither did Stevie...other arist so&so comparisons just dont fly with Prince. Which is why I've been a Prince fan all these years.

Please stop trying to act as if Purple Rain is just a collection of some songs, off any old album and that Prince can be like any other artist. Prince **ISNT** every other artist. Purple Rain isnt just an album of songs, its a movie, that was crustallized in imagery and youth and alot of sexuality...that ...helllooooooo Prince won't bother with anymore. No Computer Blue, No Darling Nikki, = NO PURPLE RAIN.

I saw the tour up close and you know what...for anyone who was there, who saw the shows....if you think that they can stand on stage now, and JUST play the songs from purple rain you are dreaming. I'm not being mean, I'm being HONEST. It will be awful. The movies/themusic/the stage show IS inextricably intertwined to their youth beauty energy and sexuality..and it should never be diluted into a traveling nostalgia act.

Remember Mike Tyson giving up in his last fight, and sitting down in the corner? When Prince is doing a Purple Rain tour we'll know he's desperate for money and doesnt want to sit down in the corner and quit.

I'm happy to watch older people perform, but when we're talkin Purple Rain, in it's entirety as a tour.... its a unique animal that should be left alone.

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Me. I wouldn't expect an energetic perfomance as it was 30 years ago.

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I wouldnt expect the splits, or Apples boobies on show, although......

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TBH, I'd be happy for them to just perform the song in COMPLETE, and that would be enough.

Im sick of these melodies and sampler BS.

Play the songs in full, and some other classics at the end, and I would be in heaven.

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We're not blind. We know everyone's aged.

So we're not stupid enough to think that it'll be EXACTLY like it was 30 years ago.

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We just want something similar to what was perform at 1st a couple of years ago, but with P up front.

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Not embarassing at all.

Just a bit of nostalga backed with FARKEN AWESOME music.

callimnate said:

Me. I wouldn't expect an energetic perfomance as it was 30 years ago.

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I wouldnt expect the splits, or Apples boobies on show, although......

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TBH, I'd be happy for them to just perform the song in COMPLETE, and that would be enough.

Im sick of these melodies and sampler BS.

Play the songs in full, and some other classics at the end, and I would be in heaven.

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We're not blind. We know everyone's aged.

So we're not stupid enough to think that it'll be EXACTLY like it was 30 years ago.

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We just want something similar to what was perform at 1st a couple of years ago, but with P up front.

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Not embarassing at all.

Just a bit of nostalga backed with FARKEN AWESOME music.

It wouldn't be ANYTHING like it was 30 years ago.

The show at 1st proved that.

to those of you who are "against" it....if it happens,y'all will be the first ones in line to buy tickets stop frontin'

SoulAlive said:

to those of you who are "against" it....if it happens,y'all will be the first ones in line to buy tickets stop frontin'

Haha. Too true.

dadeepop said:

KoolEaze said:

When and where was this? I followed pretty much every show back then (well, at least on the internet or went to as many shows as I could) but I am absolutely not aware of him performing that song in 1998. It´s my favorite Prince song.

I believe it was in April of '98, Carolina Coliseum, Columbia SC.

As soon as he started playing the opening guitar riff I thought, "Is this really happening?" He intentionally played it like the album version.

[Edited 12/18/14 7:06am]

It was 11/4/97 at the Carolina Coliseum. He DID NOT PLAY the opening guitar riff. It was played over backing tapes. He did sing it quite well though. The band was playing, but the nuts and bolts of the song was MEMOREX. I can't promise, but he did likely say "This is not Memorex," in reference to the old tape commercial.

On a side note, the thing that made the drive from Tallahassee worth it to me, was a stunning but short performance of "A Case of You." It was more so like the 1983 First Avenue performance than the version he would be performing on the 2002 tour.

I will say that the Columbia show was one of the better shows of one of his weaker tours....

But to suggest that When Doves Cry was a total live performance would just not be true. Backing tapes were heavily used on that tour.

a Purple Rain reunion tour?


bring it on: I Wendy & Lisa - and the rest too.

it's better to see the Revolution now than never....

SoulAlive said:

But didn't you guys see The Revolution reunion at First Av a couple of years ago? Didn't you notice that it wasn't any good?

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I heard he's doing an Around The World In A Day deluxe tour!

Of course, if he manages to forgive Dr Fink and Bobby Z for killing Our Saviour on a Stauros.

paulludvig said:

But didn't you guys see The Revolution reunion at First Av a couple of years ago? Didn't you notice that it wasn't any good?

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Are you being ironic or are you serious? What makes you think it wasn´t any good?

A Prince and the Revolution reunion is probably something ALL fans would love to see longterm, not just for one or two projects but a Purple Rain reunion? Not really. Prince would NEVER do this.

KoolEaze said:

paulludvig said:

But didn't you guys see The Revolution reunion at First Av a couple of years ago? Didn't you notice that it wasn't any good?

[Edited 12/20/14 4:14am]

Are you being ironic or are you serious? What makes you think it wasn´t any good?

My ears

Three words: Never. Gonna. Happen.

Pentacle said:

warning2all said:

Ok, we are getting close to a week from this rumour being around, and there have been no denials from any of the members. Just silence.

Something is brewing, people!!

SuperSoulFighter said:

SoulAlive said:

to those of you who are "against" it....if it happens,y'all will be the first ones in line to buy tickets stop frontin'

I'm not against it, just saying it wouldn't be as spectacular and earth-shattering as some folks here want to make us believe. And if it were to happen, it would probably be a one off-thing: one show in First Avenue, maybe one or two in New York and then everybody would go their seperate ways again.

I'm not "against" it, either. And I agree with SuperSoulFighter and others who have said that they just feel it wouldn't be this incredible thing that some are imagining it would be. It WOULD be amazing to see Prince with the Revolution again, but (imo) still, there wouldn't be that intangible ingredient to it that made the music and that era so magical (sorry to keep using that word but I feel like it describes the PR era and tour so perfectly). And I never said I wouldn't buy tickets to it if it did happen! But I wouldn't go with any expectation of hearing or feeling the music and the 'experience' of that band playing those songs in the way I did 30 years ago. If this reunion DID happen, I think a one-off only performance at First Ave would be the best way to do it, not a tour.

i believe it.. to promote Purple Rain remaster, he'll do at least 1 show with revolution

i hope not.