Just saw 17 Days on Youtube. Does he really say "I wanna fuck you" at 2:12??

ForbiddenFruit said:

Just saw 17 Days on Youtube. Does he really say "I wanna fuck you" at 2:12??

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He definitely says "I wanna", but not the rest.

SquirrelMeat said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Of the tours I saw, I'd rank Welcome 2 America at the bottom. But that said, I've never not enjoyed a live show and would still like a good release from each tour.


(My top 5 are all very close)

2014 Hit And Run

1988 Lovesexy

1986 Parade Hit And Run

1995 The Ultimate Live Experience

1987 Sign O The Times

1994 Interactive

2002 One Nite Alone

1993 Act 1

1990 Nude

1992 Diamonds & Pearls

1993 Act 2

2007 The Earth Tour

1998 Jam Of The Year/NPS

2004 Musicology

2010 20Ten

2011 Welcome 2 America/Canada

I felt very lucky to see these tours in bold until I see how low you ranked them. What made 2014 so special for you?

AsTheQuoFlies said:

batfunk said:

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That's exactly what the Japanese edition looks like, with the BluRay housed underneath the CD. Got mine yesterday!

batfunk said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Of the tours I saw, I'd rank Welcome 2 America at the bottom. But that said, I've never not enjoyed a live show and would still like a good release from each tour.


(My top 5 are all very close)

2014 Hit And Run

1988 Lovesexy

1986 Parade Hit And Run

1995 The Ultimate Live Experience

1987 Sign O The Times

1994 Interactive

2002 One Nite Alone

1993 Act 1

1990 Nude

1992 Diamonds & Pearls

1993 Act 2

2007 The Earth Tour

1998 Jam Of The Year/NPS

2004 Musicology

2010 20Ten

2011 Welcome 2 America/Canada

batfunk said:

Cinny said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Of the tours I saw, I'd rank Welcome 2 America at the bottom. But that said, I've never not enjoyed a live show and would still like a good release from each tour.


(My top 5 are all very close)

2014 Hit And Run

1988 Lovesexy

1986 Parade Hit And Run

1995 The Ultimate Live Experience

1987 Sign O The Times

1994 Interactive

2002 One Nite Alone

1993 Act 1

1990 Nude

1992 Diamonds & Pearls

1993 Act 2

2007 The Earth Tour

1998 Jam Of The Year/NPS

2004 Musicology

2010 20Ten

2011 Welcome 2 America/Canada

I felt very lucky to see these tours in bold until I see how low you ranked them. What made 2014 so special for you?

I really enjoyed the tours you saw too. I've never been to a Prince gig I've not enjoyed.

There is of course no 'best'. It's a personal experience. I've never attempted to ranked them before, but when I did, it clear I liked were the ones where Prince pushed his newest work/project. When he was in to it, he was really into it. The top 8 focused that.

My bottom 6 are all 'Hits' shows or 'revue' approach. But they all have some fantastic gigs in the tour. The only 'Hits' tour I rank higher was 'Nude' because it had arguably the best opening 25 minutes of any tour. I saw 'Nude' show 26 times and it never got boring.

W2A was bottom for me because of the amount of covers and shared vocals, plus some of the 5 year old routines were becoming a bit stale (Take me with U/Raspberet Beret etc). It also didn't help that I had crap seats (back side of the symbol,LA Forum).

2014 was my favourite because of the sheer anarchy, particularly in London. Gigs with only hours notice. £10 tickets. Tiny venues, new band, rock and Prince finding his mojo again. Those memories will live with me forever.

SquirrelMeat said:

Cinny said:

I felt very lucky to see these tours in bold until I see how low you ranked them. What made 2014 so special for you?

I really enjoyed the tours you saw too. I've never been to a Prince gig I've not enjoyed.

There is of course no 'best'. It's a personal experience. I've never attempted to ranked them before, but when I did, it clear I liked were the ones where Prince pushed his newest work/project. When he was in to it, he was really into it. The top 8 focused that.

My bottom 6 are all 'Hits' shows or 'revue' approach. But they all have some fantastic gigs in the tour. The only 'Hits' tour I rank higher was 'Nude' because it had arguably the best opening 25 minutes of any tour. I saw 'Nude' show 26 times and it never got boring.

W2A was bottom for me because of the amount of covers and shared vocals, plus some of the 5 year old routines were becoming a bit stale (Take me with U/Raspberet Beret etc). It also didn't help that I had crap seats (back side of the symbol,LA Forum).

2014 was my favourite because of the sheer anarchy, particularly in London. Gigs with only hours notice. £10 tickets. Tiny venues, new band, rock and Prince finding his mojo again. Those memories will live with me forever.

That's why the last two shows I saw with Prince in 2014 were so special--first time seeing him in a small club just mere feet away...

purplethunder3121 said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I really enjoyed the tours you saw too. I've never been to a Prince gig I've not enjoyed.

There is of course no 'best'. It's a personal experience. I've never attempted to ranked them before, but when I did, it clear I liked were the ones where Prince pushed his newest work/project. When he was in to it, he was really into it. The top 8 focused that.

My bottom 6 are all 'Hits' shows or 'revue' approach. But they all have some fantastic gigs in the tour. The only 'Hits' tour I rank higher was 'Nude' because it had arguably the best opening 25 minutes of any tour. I saw 'Nude' show 26 times and it never got boring.

W2A was bottom for me because of the amount of covers and shared vocals, plus some of the 5 year old routines were becoming a bit stale (Take me with U/Raspberet Beret etc). It also didn't help that I had crap seats (back side of the symbol,LA Forum).

2014 was my favourite because of the sheer anarchy, particularly in London. Gigs with only hours notice. £10 tickets. Tiny venues, new band, rock and Prince finding his mojo again. Those memories will live with me forever.

That's why the last two shows I saw with Prince in 2014 were so special--first time seeing him in a small club just mere feet away...

I heard I missed a local aftershow in the wee hours the last time he was here December 2011.

SquirrelMeat said:

A congrats to Prince(r.i.p.) on yet ANOTHER TOP #5 HIT ALBUM!

The estate did a BRILLIANT job with promotion adding Shelby J & Morris Hayes as spokesman was a GOOD idea.

batfunk said:

the blu-ray is totally region free(with optional japanese subtitles)

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Oh that's great to hear! I pre-ordered one, and it shipped last week. Waiting for it to arrive. I was worried there would be some region-blocking BS. (I live in Australia)

I didn't buy this, but would have happily purchased a reasonably priced audio album. That version of 17 Days hit harder than anything on the tepid Welcome 2 America ablum. What's a Blu-Ray Disc?

Mintchip said:

I didn't buy this, but would have happily purchased a reasonably priced audio album. That version of 17 Days hit harder than anything on the tepid Welcome 2 America ablum. What's a Blu-Ray Disc?

It's a historical media storage format. Its made of something called plastic, often manufactured in a building made of a strange solidifying substance called concrete.

SquirrelMeat said:

Mintchip said:

I didn't buy this, but would have happily purchased a reasonably priced audio album. That version of 17 Days hit harder than anything on the tepid Welcome 2 America ablum. What's a Blu-Ray Disc?

It's a historical media storage format. Its made of something called plastic, often manufactured in a building made of a strange solidifying substance called concrete.

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Just seen 17 Days from the concert footage on the Prince Youtube channel! How I wish we could download the concert from the Estate as a single purchase, I can only hope they do this sometime in the future.

What a great show! I am actually really enjoying the selist and how HAPPY he looks and sounds here. Never dissapoints. Opening with Joy In Repitition...the Kiss per4mance.......Love Bizarre...oh man they are killing it so far. The album is coo...but this tour is bad!

SquirrelMeat said:

I just cried my eyes out during 'More Than This'... Wow.

this is a good concert. i dont think anyone could say it isnt.

most of that though is down to the band who are quite fantastic.

and without them it wouldnt be much.

ive only heard it once so wasnt paying 100% attention but it did seem like prince didnt really perform many songs properly. he drops verses and extends most songs to make them long jams with time for the musicians to play instead. which is cool, but its nice to hear songs played properly too. but i guess after so many years playing them, he has to find new ways to play them. he was never going to be like the stones, performing the same kind of show all the time.

its more of an aftershow vibe though, just more polished than most of those are - i.e. lots of giving time to the band and shelby, lots and lots of covers, prince taking a backseat in many ways.

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batfunk said:

SquirrelMeat said:

It's a historical media storage format. Its made of something called plastic, often manufactured in a building made of a strange solidifying substance called concrete.

You should have mentionned that the blu-ray included in Welcome 2 America Deluxe is a Blu-ray video, successor to DVD since 2009. Mintchip,was your question serious ?

Errr...yes and no?

I mean, of course I know what a Blu-Ray is, but it was more a comment on the Estate's failure to sell the concert in a univeral / massively accesible format, as opposed to a far more specialized and rare format. Even if I love the clip, and I do, I would have to buy a Blu-Ray player, install it, then buy an over-priced Deluxe Edition of a bad album, to enjoy the rest of the show.

Or I could wait for an audio rip, and download that for free.

I'm just whining, really. Pay no mind.