Reply #60 posted 04/20/20 8:52am
v10letblues 
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jaawwnn said:
Oh I agree, the slick polish of those shows (even if you were just to base it on the Leno Musicology performance) is a wholly different thing to what the Revolution could do. It goes both ways though, these pros can't pull off the magic alchemy of the Revolution. S'all good, i'm glad both existed.
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Reply #61 posted 04/20/20 4:22pm
callimnate 
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v10letblues said:
callimnate said:
v10letblues said:
On a side note, as much as I love nostalgia and The Revolution, his band for the ONA and Musicology tour shows why he needed to get rid of them and get top notch musicians. It added sooooo much to his live shows. They not only took his live shows to another level, but another dimension.
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That all depends on your taste in Prince's music and showmanship.
Sure the bands he had in the 00's were probably made up with better musicians than the ones he had in the 80's abd 90's. But I hated his shows, where he was part of the band, and not the leader I grew to love (with his "simpler" bands).
I never wanted to see or hear 20 musicians up on stage, with Prince hidden amongst them.
Didnt care for Blackwell's helicopter drumming, half a dozen brass section, and dont get me started on Shelby towards the end.
I sometimes questioned where the hec he was amongst all the noise (or fusion for the try-hards).
And not only that, the 00's started the Greatest Hits Medley Tour which continued till the end. No more Album tours, which also proves the quality of songs/lp's he was producing at the time.
In the 80's it was the PRINCE show, with quality musicians behind him.
Hec. Even in the 90's he produced the greatest live version of Bambi with just a 3 piece band!
Give me THAT any day. 
well I am glad you agree that the musicians were better, but i challenge you to go to watch the Hollywood Kodak theatre show from 2002 and tell me this wasnt an amazing show in every level including showmanship.. His interactions with the audience is charming and funny too . Nostalgia tends to cloud peoples opinions tool My opinion is clouded by nostalgia as much as yours is clouded by arrogance and inexperience. You never experienced a show pre 00’s cause you probably weren’t even born. So don’t think that you’re an expert on the topic. I challenge you to watch or listen to ANY SOTT or Lovesexy aftershows and you’ll see the origins of the Kodak show. And back then they was AFTERSHOWS! So you could only imagine how good the fully blown shows were. Actually, I challenge you to watch ANY show from the mid 80’s and tell me that Prince wasn’t in his finest form.  |
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Reply #62 posted 04/20/20 7:29pm
v10letblues
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callimnate said:
v10letblues said:
well I am glad you agree that the musicians were better, but i challenge you to go to watch the Hollywood Kodak theatre show from 2002 and tell me this wasnt an amazing show in every level including showmanship.. His interactions with the audience is charming and funny too
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Nostalgia tends to cloud peoples opinions tool
My opinion is clouded by nostalgia as much as yours is clouded by arrogance and inexperience. You never experienced a show pre 00’s cause you probably weren’t even born. So don’t think that you’re an expert on the topic. I challenge you to watch or listen to ANY SOTT or Lovesexy aftershows and you’ll see the origins of the Kodak show. And back then they was AFTERSHOWS! So you could only imagine how good the fully blown shows were. Actually, I challenge you to watch ANY show from the mid 80’s and tell me that Prince wasn’t in his finest form.
wow.
I love music and have been going to live shows since i was a kid. I appreciate a great live show
Old enough to have gone to Lovesexy and a few others along the way.
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Yoour opinion is clouded by way more than nostalgia it's seems. [Edited 4/20/20 22:09pm] |
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