Last chance for people to orgnote me about tonight. Will be leaving home soon and not sure if I'll be able to connect after that.

I'm going Saturday night. Say hello if you see me, I'll have tee shirt on with this on the front:

SquirrelMeat said:

Showing TheTime live on facebook Autism Rocks right now. I am a mess & will be tomorrow night. So many emotions!!!

https://www.facebook.com/...mp;theater

4everinmylife said:

mattj said:

Looking forward to tonight, might be a bit tight on time getting there though, can anyone who went last night confirm the following?

Did it run as per advertised times, 1st band at 7pm etc?

Also what was entry Q like, any probs? And was there plenty of room standing?

Many thanks Rob

RobLondon67 said:

Tokyo said:

RobLondon67 said:

Looking forward to tonight, might be a bit tight on time getting there though, can anyone who went last night confirm the following?

Did it run as per advertised times, 1st band at 7pm etc?

Also what was entry Q like, any probs? And was there plenty of room standing?

Many thanks Rob

Hi Rob, it was really laid back, and lots of fun (wasn't sold out last night btw so there were still some tickets on the door). It runs exactly to time, really punctual. So much so that I got there at 7.02 and Larry was already on. Same with Cee Lo, he was onstage bang on 8. Entry is fine and there's lots of room standing, it got busy as the night went on but it was a really good vibe. The only thing that didn't happen last night was that there was no encore with The Time, Larry and Cee Lo. Don't know why, but anyway Mark Ronson was really good at talking to the crowd and kept the party vibe going right until the end. Am sure you'll have fun...some great people there. T

Thanks Tokyo, apreciated, was there a Q to get in when you arrived, I prob wont be there much before 7 simular to you.

Thanks Rob

RobLondon67 said:

RobLondon67 said:

Tokyo said:

RobLondon67 said: Hi Rob, it was really laid back, and lots of fun (wasn't sold out last night btw so there were still some tickets on the door). It runs exactly to time, really punctual. So much so that I got there at 7.02 and Larry was already on. Same with Cee Lo, he was onstage bang on 8. Entry is fine and there's lots of room standing, it got busy as the night went on but it was a really good vibe. The only thing that didn't happen last night was that there was no encore with The Time, Larry and Cee Lo. Don't know why, but anyway Mark Ronson was really good at talking to the crowd and kept the party vibe going right until the end. Am sure you'll have fun...some great people there. T

Thanks Tokyo, apreciated, was there a Q to get in when you arrived, I prob wont be there much before 7 simular to you.

Thanks Rob

I am guessing that it could be busier tonight as it's saturday. Last night, the queue wasn't too long (I started queueing around 6pm, got in about 6:30pm and there was still plenty of time to walk about the place and still get to the front before the show. People seem to arrive in waves throughout the show and by the end it was nearly full. I agree with tokyo, the vibe was excellent, especially during the Mark Ronson set, everyone was dancing and being so happy. Shame I had to leave before the end as I had to catch a train.

CrystalVault said:

Did anyone catch what Mark Ronson played. I can't remember ??

I don't know others on here felt about this but I found Larry Graham's speech and his performance of Nothing Compares 2 U and Purple Rain very moving, I couldn't stop my tears from falling... Still really glad I went as I needed to go through this. And there was also this amazing joyful party spirit and that made the whole night absolutely amazing, plus the fact that it was all for a good cause... Hats off to Autism Rocks for their brilliant organisation!

simon1969 said:

Did anyone catch what Mark Ronson played. I can't remember ??

Uptown Funk, Kiss, Love Bizarre, Alphabet Street, 1999...

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A great night, mostly. Larry Graham's set was a very moving and sincere tribute to Prince, pretty much all Prince covers. Ceelo Green - pretty much all backing tracks complete with a sax player who wasn't very good at miming. Let's just move on The Time were superb as I expected. I left 5 minutes after Mark Ronson came on as he was lame and doing some particularly bad scratching.

I'd be happier with Larry Graham and The Time doing full sets. Larry proved what a class act he is in particular. I also liked Morris' dig at Mark Ronson.

CRM said:

A great night, mostly. Larry Graham's set was a very moving and sincere tribute to Prince, pretty much all Prince covers. Ceelo Green - pretty much all backing tracks complete with a sax player who wasn't very good at miming. Let's just move on The Time were superb as I expected. I left 5 minutes after Mark Ronson came on as he was lame and doing some particularly bad scratching.

I'd be happier with Larry Graham and The Time doing full sets. Larry proved what a class act he is in particular. I also liked Morris' dig at Mark Ronson.

Agree, tho I still think Mark Ronson contributed brilliantly to the party atmosphere at the end. EVERYONE danced during his set. And I ended up having to catch a later train...

Went on Saturday - really mixed emotions, but hoped to hear some great music and a fitting tribute.

YouTube videos on the big screen were out of sync, annoying but at least we had some form of visual tribute to Prince.

Larry & GCS did some awesome covers, I was actually quite tearful on Purple Rain. This was the tribute I was hoping for.

CeeLo, OMG where do I start? He actually made me really angry. When he finally got around to a short medley of Prince, he actually said "I'm not the biggest fan" - I mean, you're at a Prince tribute, maybe you could hold that down. Fool. They also start a song with the opening riff from When you were mine, then quickly into their own song. What a cheat.

His band did a fast cover of Glamorous Life, which was good. But we're quick to get back to their own material.

I really wanted to leave after, but hoped The Time would bring it back.

In the intro on the video screen, it had really low resolution pictures of Prince, but was heavily Time & Morris Day focused. I mean this was a tribute to Prince right?

Then The Time played almost completely their own show, and on any other night, just awesome, but Prince died 2 months ago, and this was his tribute.

The whole live set ended on a photo opportunity for all the acts to stand by Prince's mic stand. With no sense of reverence, people smiled for photos and took their own. Only Mark Ronson, seemed to be genuinely moved.

Once Mark Ronson started his set, with his own song, I'd had enough. He was also doing a great deal of talking over the music, which was annoying.

I'm really sad because instead of being a tribute to a musician who gave so much, it seemed to be a bit of self-promotion with Prince's name attached.

I went to a £5 a head Bowie tribute at Union Chapel. It was organised very quickly after his death. Around 40 odd musicians did a song each from his back catalogue, it was so sad but a real celebration of his work. Everyone played from the heart. I really hoped Prince would get the same, but sadly not at Autism Rocks.

^^ Are you sure Ceelo didn't say "I am the biggest fan" instead? Sounds really odd to me.

unkleg said:

Went on Saturday - really mixed emotions, but hoped to hear some great music and a fitting tribute.

YouTube videos on the big screen were out of sync, annoying but at least we had some form of visual tribute to Prince.

Larry & GCS did some awesome covers, I was actually quite tearful on Purple Rain. This was the tribute I was hoping for.

CeeLo, OMG where do I start? He actually made me really angry. When he finally got around to a short medley of Prince, he actually said "I'm not the biggest fan" - I mean, you're at a Prince tribute, maybe you could hold that down. Fool. They also start a song with the opening riff from When you were mine, then quickly into their own song. What a cheat.

His band did a fast cover of Glamorous Life, which was good. But we're quick to get back to their own material.

I really wanted to leave after, but hoped The Time would bring it back.

In the intro on the video screen, it had really low resolution pictures of Prince, but was heavily Time & Morris Day focused. I mean this was a tribute to Prince right?

Then The Time played almost completely their own show, and on any other night, just awesome, but Prince died 2 months ago, and this was his tribute.

The whole live set ended on a photo opportunity for all the acts to stand by Prince's mic stand. With no sense of reverence, people smiled for photos and took their own. Only Mark Ronson, seemed to be genuinely moved.

Once Mark Ronson started his set, with his own song, I'd had enough. He was also doing a great deal of talking over the music, which was annoying.

I'm really sad because instead of being a tribute to a musician who gave so much, it seemed to be a bit of self-promotion with Prince's name attached.

I went to a £5 a head Bowie tribute at Union Chapel. It was organised very quickly after his death. Around 40 odd musicians did a song each from his back catalogue, it was so sad but a real celebration of his work. Everyone played from the heart. I really hoped Prince would get the same, but sadly not at Autism Rocks.

In terms of a true tribute being paid musically, Larry Graham was the only one who did that. It was very emotional, but WAY too short a set.

CeeLo Green...well, the amount of backing tracks were a joke. At one point I heard a sax, but the sax wasn't anywhere near the sax player's lips. His set just dragged on and on.

I didn't necessarily expect the Time to do anything other than what they did - and they were superb.

CRM said:

unkleg said:

Went on Saturday - really mixed emotions, but hoped to hear some great music and a fitting tribute.

YouTube videos on the big screen were out of sync, annoying but at least we had some form of visual tribute to Prince.

Larry & GCS did some awesome covers, I was actually quite tearful on Purple Rain. This was the tribute I was hoping for.

CeeLo, OMG where do I start? He actually made me really angry. When he finally got around to a short medley of Prince, he actually said "I'm not the biggest fan" - I mean, you're at a Prince tribute, maybe you could hold that down. Fool. They also start a song with the opening riff from When you were mine, then quickly into their own song. What a cheat.

His band did a fast cover of Glamorous Life, which was good. But we're quick to get back to their own material.

I really wanted to leave after, but hoped The Time would bring it back.

In the intro on the video screen, it had really low resolution pictures of Prince, but was heavily Time & Morris Day focused. I mean this was a tribute to Prince right?

Then The Time played almost completely their own show, and on any other night, just awesome, but Prince died 2 months ago, and this was his tribute.

The whole live set ended on a photo opportunity for all the acts to stand by Prince's mic stand. With no sense of reverence, people smiled for photos and took their own. Only Mark Ronson, seemed to be genuinely moved.

Once Mark Ronson started his set, with his own song, I'd had enough. He was also doing a great deal of talking over the music, which was annoying.

I'm really sad because instead of being a tribute to a musician who gave so much, it seemed to be a bit of self-promotion with Prince's name attached.

I went to a £5 a head Bowie tribute at Union Chapel. It was organised very quickly after his death. Around 40 odd musicians did a song each from his back catalogue, it was so sad but a real celebration of his work. Everyone played from the heart. I really hoped Prince would get the same, but sadly not at Autism Rocks.

In terms of a true tribute being paid musically, Larry Graham was the only one who did that. It was very emotional, but WAY too short a set.

CeeLo Green...well, the amount of backing tracks were a joke. At one point I heard a sax, but the sax wasn't anywhere near the sax player's lips. His set just dragged on and on.

I didn't necessarily expect the Time to do anything other than what they did - and they were superb.

Did ceelo really say that? At a Prince tribute show.

Guitarhero said:

CRM said:

In terms of a true tribute being paid musically, Larry Graham was the only one who did that. It was very emotional, but WAY too short a set.

CeeLo Green...well, the amount of backing tracks were a joke. At one point I heard a sax, but the sax wasn't anywhere near the sax player's lips. His set just dragged on and on.

I didn't necessarily expect the Time to do anything other than what they did - and they were superb.

Did ceelo really say that? At a Prince tribute show.

That leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

purplethunder3121 said:

Guitarhero said:

Did ceelo really say that? At a Prince tribute show.

That leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

If it's true it's quite shocking. Would be interesting to hear some feedback from other people who went on that night.

Ceelo did say that, and he also followed saying "I'm not as bigger a fan as you" to the audience. But it was the tone, just so blasé, no real emotion.

When he said it people near me looked at each other like "what?" The crowd near me really weren't into his set of his music either.

There was a point in the projected intro to The Time where they had a really pixelated image of Prince on, and my heart sank.

I'm sure a lot of you had a great night, I just feel like it wasn't really a tribute or a reflection either. Larry & GCS did hit the right note for me. It just wasn't enough.