databank said:

I saw Act II in Paris, both nights, first row, queuing since 9 AM both days. Those are the things you do when you're 16

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Those 2 nights are my best concert memory ever alongside the 12 hours of George Clinton and P-Funk I got in a 3 nights marathon in an intimate small club in the summer of '95 (I don't remember in which order but one show was 3 hours, another 4 hours, and another 5 hours!!!).

Nice!!! Wonder if Prince was "incognito" at some of that George and P-Funk marathon

OldFriends4Sale said:

Good stuff Violetcrush, I love stuff like this that helps bring us into the energy of the era

Ditto OF4S - you always find very inforamative tid-bits that keep these threads interesting

OldFriends4Sale said:

Poor Nona!! I think this PR quote is a perfect example of how much control Prince had over people and his situation. Nona would later be quoted as saying her relationship with him was nothing but a "mind screw" or something of that nature.

violetcrush said:

databank said:

I saw Act II in Paris, both nights, first row, queuing since 9 AM both days. Those are the things you do when you're 16

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Those 2 nights are my best concert memory ever alongside the 12 hours of George Clinton and P-Funk I got in a 3 nights marathon in an intimate small club in the summer of '95 (I don't remember in which order but one show was 3 hours, another 4 hours, and another 5 hours!!!).

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Nice!!! Wonder if Prince was "incognito" at some of that George and P-Funk marathon

No, but in spring 1994 I saw George in Paris and P was backstage, it was right after he did his Bataclan show so we knew he was around and hoped he'd show up, and at some point Mayte appeared on stage and we all got crazy but then she left and that was it... it was later confirmed that P was backstage but for some reason he chose not to show up

databank said:

violetcrush said:

Nice!!! Wonder if Prince was "incognito" at some of that George and P-Funk marathon

No, but in spring 1994 I saw George in Paris and P was backstage, it was right after he did his Bataclan show so we knew he was around and hoped he'd show up, and at some point Mayte appeared on stage and we all got crazy but then she left and that was it... it was later confirmed that P was backstage but for some reason he chose not to show up

Oh bummer!! That would have been another classic bootleg in circulation

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Typical Prince antics to get the crowd going

Krystalkisses said:

I was a huge fan during this time. The music was amazing, I loved that version of the NPG band, and I loved the whole Mayte concept. But also it is hard to look at Prince or watch videos of this time because it just feels like he was trying to destroy himself. It hurts my heart because when I see pictures/performances from this era there feels like an element of self loathing in him that is manifesting itself visually and it is hard to watch.

I agree. Watching those Glam Slam Miami shows and some of the others during that time you really get a sense that he was not happy, and was angry (mostly with WB), and his fun energetic stage presence was gone.

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I didn't care for the "Mayte" concept though. If you watch what he does with her from the Diamonds & Pearls tour to the 1994-95 shows, it goes from a more innocent belly dancing theme to just flat-out raunchy stripper antics on stage. I know that had a lot to do with the change in his music, and he had moved on from the Egyptian/Arabic thing, but some of that is hard to watch. He had her (or she decided to) doing crotch shots, gyrating, bend overs, and running off stage after he pulls her top off. Not too classy

violetcrush said:

databank said:

No, but in spring 1994 I saw George in Paris and P was backstage, it was right after he did his Bataclan show so we knew he was around and hoped he'd show up, and at some point Mayte appeared on stage and we all got crazy but then she left and that was it... it was later confirmed that P was backstage but for some reason he chose not to show up

Oh bummer!! That would have been another classic bootleg in circulation

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Typical Prince antics to get the crowd going

Prince or no Prince, I would pay big money for soundboards of those 3 summer 1995 P-Funk shows at the Hot Brass club, I can tell you that. I'm pretty sure some people in Paris have them, I'd have to investigate, but AFAIK it's never been leaked

violetcrush said:

Krystalkisses said:

I was a huge fan during this time. The music was amazing, I loved that version of the NPG band, and I loved the whole Mayte concept. But also it is hard to look at Prince or watch videos of this time because it just feels like he was trying to destroy himself. It hurts my heart because when I see pictures/performances from this era there feels like an element of self loathing in him that is manifesting itself visually and it is hard to watch.

I agree. Watching those Glam Slam Miami shows and some of the others during that time you really get a sense that he was not happy, and was angry (mostly with WB), and his fun energetic stage presence was gone.

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I didn't care for the "Mayte" concept though. If you watch what he does with her from the Diamonds & Pearls tour to the 1994-95 shows, it goes from a more innocent belly dancing theme to just flat-out raunchy stripper antics on stage. I know that had a lot to do with the change in his music, and he had moved on from the Egyptian/Arabic thing, but some of that is hard to watch. He had her (or she decided to) doing crotch shots, gyrating, bend overs, and running off stage after he pulls her top off. Not too classy

Here's an excerpt from Prince's interview with Q magazine/Davide Cavanagh, May 1995:

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The Big Concert

In the meantime, if you want to hear The Gold Experience, you have to see the live show. This colourful funk extravaganza - rubbished by the press - began at Wembley in the first week of March. It was a marvellous show, provided you didn’t turn up to hear the hits. He only played two: 7 and The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. But then the New Power Generation are a happening, world-class funk outfit.Why zap back in time to When Doves Cry and Purple Rain? Anyway, as the introductory video made plain: “Prince is dead. Long live the New Power Generation.” (Slam. Gold curtains swish back. Enter in pink, from bowels of weird-looking castle, on a slowly-moving conveyor belt.)

Left-handed bassist Sonny Thompson is seated on the castle’s ramparts. Beneath him, Morris Hayes, sporting a preposterous, fluffy white fright-wig, plays a see-through organ. Across the stage, Tommy Barbarella, the NPG’s only white member, stands behind a bank of keyboards draped in an American flag. Mayte, the itchy soft-porn dancer, has practically an entire stage to gyrate upon. And on guitar, occasional bass and vocals, the boy himself skips from one side to another, face-popping, grimacing, pretend-weeping and grinning. He may not have the athleticism of 1987, but he isn’t exactly doing the standing still.

The songs are mostly wonderful. Days Of Wild has yelling ”Hold on to your wigs”, as the band whack out a bombastic rap terror attack.The funky Get Wild, comes from Exodus, the unreleased NPG LP. But it’s not all nasty backbeats ( fans, unlike most British audiences, can clap on the offbeat.) Dolphin, from The Gold Experience, is his poppiest song since Raspberry Beret, with a maddeningly catchy chorus. Only an unconvincing version of Proud Mary spoils the flow.

What it really is, is a huge tease. When requests Mayte (who errs on the side of gorgeous) to come to the lip of the stage, bend over, grip her heels and, in his words, “shake your moneymaker for the interest of the audience,not only does she do it, but she smiles while she’s doing it. “It’s terrible,” says one industry insider the following day. “You leave with an erection.”

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Even the journalists were commenting on the "porn" style of Mayte's stage act

Krystalkisses said:

I was a huge fan during this time. The music was amazing, I loved that version of the NPG band, and I loved the whole Mayte concept. But also it is hard to look at Prince or watch videos of this time because it just feels like he was trying to destroy himself. It hurts my heart because when I see pictures/performances from this era there feels like an element of self loathing in him that is manifesting itself visually and it is hard to watch.

Yeah,he was really angry during that period.I actually got tired of reading his interviews because of all the badmouthing of Warners that he did.

Space

T-minus 60 seconds and counting
Arm light on
Switching command 2 internal {x2}
Missile and new count in sync?
Affirmative
Ready
Check
Affirmative {x2}

(Space)

I never been one 2 hide my feelings
Baby, U blow my mind
I painted your face upon my ceiling
I stare at it all the time (I...)
Imagine myself inside your bedroom (Oh I...)
Imagine myself in your sky (U...)
U are the reason there's bass in my boom (Oh U...)
U are the reason I'm high

BRIDGE:
If U and I were just 10 feet closer
Then I'd make U understand
That everything I wanna do 2 your body, baby
I would do 2 your hand
Then U'd be hip 2 the deep rush
Deeper than the boom of the bass
With every other flick of the pink plush
The closer we get 2 the space

(The space) {x3}
Don't U want 2 go?
(The space) - Where the souls go
(The space) - Where the tears flow
(The space) - Where the love grows
Do U want 2 go?

I never been one 4 this thing obsession
But just keep your eye on my hips
The circles they make will be my confession
Just say the word and I'll strip
I've had dreams of us cuddling on the planet Mars
Then when I wake up, ooh, I'm all covered in sex
With eyes that fall somewhere between rubies and stars
Don't look at me, baby, or I'll flex

BRIDGE

(The space) - Go
(The space) - Flow
(The space) - Grow
Do U want 2 go?
(The space) - Where the souls go
(The space) - Where the tears flow
(The space) - Where the love grows
Do U want 2 go?

Bass

T-minus 60 seconds and counting
Arm light on (The space)
Switching command 2 internal {x2}
Missile and new count in sync?
Affirmative
Ready {x2}
Check {x2}
Affirmative

(The space) {x2}
Closer we get 2 the space
(The space) {repeat 2 fade)

© 1994 Controversy Music - ASCAP
back to top
Come
Lie down beneath my shadow
Lie down beneath my shadow with great delight
And your fruit will be sweet 2 me
Come

My left hand under your head
While my right embraces time
Therein, my virgin, love's wine

OldFriends4Sale said:

Benefit For KMOJ Radio July 12, 1993 @ Paisley Park

The Steeles
The New Power Generation
1.Guess Who's Knockin'
2.Deuce And Quarter
3.2gether
4.Johnny
5.Goldnigga

Prince & The NPG
1.Let'Go Crazy
2.Kiss
3.Irresisitible Bitch
4.She's Always In My Hair
5.Raspberry Beret
6.The Cross
7.Sign O'The Times
8.Purple Rain
9.Call The Law W/ Eric Leeds
10.House In Order
11.Diamonds And Pearls
12.Strollin'
13.Scandalous
14.Girls And Boys W/ Eric Leeds
15.Peach W/ Eric Leeds
16.Come
17.Endorphinmachine ·

That BBC performance was incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This era and tour were OFF THE SCALE!

I went to a few concerts, I went to my FIRST aftershow, I met Prince and the band, got autographs, the music was EXCEPTIONAL, Prince was so very accessible!

Everything that was GREAT about Prince was right there during this era!!!!!!!!

darkroman said:

Love the Come Album more than the Gold album (Even though the Gold album has better songs on it.) I just dig the vibe of this collection of music on Come. Love the Space remix.

violetcrush said:

darkroman said:

This era and tour were OFF THE SCALE!

I went to a few concerts, I went to my FIRST aftershow, I met Prince and the band, got autographs, the music was EXCEPTIONAL, Prince was so very accessible!

Everything that was GREAT about Prince was right there during this era!!!!!!!!

Was this 1992-1993 or ‘94-‘95?? By 1995 it seems he had an even bigger security entourage around him and he would not allow journalists to take notes or record interviews. Surprising that he was so accessible to the fans at that time.

Certainly the thread title of '93 to '95.

During this period he was massively accessible.

There was the London store opening, the Virgin meet and greet with the NPG, the White Room gig, he was touring a lot and doing legendary aftershows.

As fans we also had loads of music in this period with Come, Hits 1,2,3, Gold Experience, Goldnigga(Edited by OF4$ not Goldni&&er), 1-800 New Funk, Exodus, Child of the Sun and Carmen Electra and of course TMBGITW!!!

This is one of my all-time favourite prince periods!!!

darkroman said:

darkroman said:

It was a great period, the hits was gone for a while, a lot of unreleased music was played live.

My first aftershow was at the Estandard, Barcelone (1993) and it was incredible to witness. I already was an hardcore fan but i was unable to recognise most of the songs. I was waiting for this for such a long time !

Warfare

chapt 14

Possessed: the Rise & Fall of Prince

p 198-199

Whether he read such commentaries is unknown, but Prince seemed determined to redefine himself and ot put the disappointements and frustrations of the last few years behind him. In public appearances, he kept emphasizing the Prince was dead. The Gold Experience - parts of which appeared on the Internet, placed there by fans who acquired the material on the bootleg market - contained segues between songs with spoken messages like "Prince esta muerta." Then, in a December 1994 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, he made the point even more explicit - after playing the unreleased Dolphin (a song about reincarnation) from the Gold Experience, he feigned his own death and was carried offstage.

But while the clear intent of Prince's various stunts was to foment outrage about Warners' treatment of him, the public response was bemusement, to the extent that anyone cared at all. His grievances, rather than being part of any larger movement for artists' rights, were transparently personal. In fact, the more meritorious parts of his campaign against Warners and the major label system - such as that artists received far too small a portion of their profits (generally less than fifteen percent) - were lost amidst his grandiose actions.

Come, released in August 1994, hammered the "Prince is dead" message home one more time. The black-and-white cover showed him outside the gates of what appears to be a cemetery (actually La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain). Below the word "Prince" are the dates "1958-1993)," serving as a tombstone inscription.

Surely one of the few albums in pop history to have been intentionally fashioned as a mediocre project, Come was, unsurprisingly, a commercial failure. It sold 345,000 copies in the United States - the worst performance of his career to date - and reached only No. 15 on the Billboard Pop Chart. Neither Prince nor Warner Bros. did much to promote the record; it was, quite simply, contract filler.

Although Prince seemily expected the public to understand that he had not truly sanctioned the release of Come and instead wasnted it to have the Gold Experience, there distinctions were not nearly as widely appreciated as he thought. Instead, a great many fans simply found in the album another indication of his creative decline. "What concerned me was that he didn't understand what he was doing to his own career because of the feud with Warners," Badeaux observed. Added drummer Bland, "It was a collection of lackluster songs with dated production. I felt we were cheating the fans."

darkroman said:

Certainly the thread title of '93 to '95.

During this period he was massively accessible.

There was the London store opening, the Virgin meet and greet with the NPG, the White Room gig, he was touring a lot and doing legendary aftershows.

As fans we also had loads of music in this period with Come, Hits 1,2,3, Gold Experience, Goldnigga(Edited by OF4$ not Goldni&&er), , 1-800 New Funk, Exodus, Child of the Sun and Carmen Electra and of course TMBGITW!!!

This is one of my all-time favourite prince periods!!!

YES!

Plus The Beautiful Experience movie, belated release of 3 Chains O' Gold movie, The Undertaker VHS, The Sacrifice Of Victor VHS and a lot of music videos for released and unreleased tracks

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Some great maxi / singles - Get Wild, The Good Life, I Hate U, Space, Gold, Purple Medley

.

What a time to be a fan, we were spoilt.

OldFriends4Sale said:

dodger said:

darkroman said:

Certainly the thread title of '93 to '95.

During this period he was massively accessible.

There was the London store opening, the Virgin meet and greet with the NPG, the White Room gig, he was touring a lot and doing legendary aftershows.

As fans we also had loads of music in this period with Come, Hits 1,2,3, Gold Experience, Goldnigga, 1-800 New Funk, Exodus, Child of the Sun and Carmen Electra and of course TMBGITW!!!

This is one of my all-time favourite prince periods!!!

YES!

Plus The Beautiful Experience movie, belated release of 3 Chains O' Gold movie, The Undertaker VHS, The Sacrifice Of Victor VHS and a lot of music videos for released and unreleased tracks

.

Some great maxi / singles - Get Wild, The Good Life, I Hate U, Space, Gold, Purple Medley

.

What a time to be a fan, we were spoilt.

YES, YES, YES!

So many exceptional releases around this period!

I often wonder if this period was smokin' compared to '83 to '85 and maybe more prolific!

Eitherway, this period stands tall as a very strong period in Prince's career and I loved every moment of it.

It's interesting how it all changed dramatically by the time we get to 2003 to 2005.

OldFriends4Sale said: