The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

TheEnglishGent said:

The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

Agreed. It's a bit of a letdown listening to that at the end of ONA Live.

TheBigBang said:

TheEnglishGent said:

The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

Agreed. It's a bit of a letdown listening to that at the end of ONA Live.

I don't mind it too much, I was down there in the good seats.

I just remember people on here being upset about it at the time.

I first listened to ONA Live not long ago and it was fantastic up until the 'let's play less than two minutes of all the hits on a piano' bit during the second half. Anyway, after all that I was looking forward to a mindblowing thirteen-minute epic rendition of Anna Stesia, only to discover that it's actually a five-minute mindblowing rendition of Anna Stesia followed by an epic eight minutes of absolutely nothing of any interest whatsover.

TheEnglishGent said:

TheBigBang said:

Agreed. It's a bit of a letdown listening to that at the end of ONA Live.

I don't mind it too much, I was down there in the good seats.

I think most of us that were actually in the good seats were ok with it.

SanMartin said:

I first listened to ONA Live not long ago and it was fantastic up until the 'let's play less than two minutes of all the hits on a piano' bit during the second half. Anyway, after all that I was looking forward to a mindblowing thirteen-minute epic rendition of Anna Stesia, only to discover that it's actually a five-minute mindblowing rendition of Anna Stesia followed by an epic eight minutes of absolutely nothing of any interest whatsover.

I've got to say, I do love that groove at the end. I believe that closed the Celebration in 2002 as 'Party 'Til the Sun Comes Up'.

1988 triumphs simply for being the original, but I dig the 2002 version.

Also, wasn't offended by the "they in the good seats" as I was 8 at the time & had no idea who Prince was

Only Prince would shade his fans at his concert during his concert

TheEnglishGent said:

The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

And it just goes against the spirit of the song. Damn shame and never ceases to bring me down from the purple high of an otherwise stellar set. And it's ironic how in the same speech, he's preaching about how we should elevate the things that we have in common, not our differences.

TheEnglishGent said:

The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

Maybe he didn't know?
Did he really handle the details or turn it over to someone else? <---probably
Did the NPG members wear special hats or something?

laytonian said:

TheEnglishGent said:

The NPG Music club pitch was quite unfortunate, when he's talking about members being in the good seats and there were people from the club who were not in the good seats because there were so few avaialble and demand exceeded supply. Must have been sickening for those people sitting further back to hear him come out with that speech.

Maybe he didn't know?
Did he really handle the details or turn it over to someone else? <---probably
Did the NPG members wear special hats or something?

Someon would have known how many members they had in a country and how many seats were avaialble for them at the show. Maybe the information wasn't relayed to Prince, but that doesn't make it any less pleasing for someone from the club who couldn't get a members ticket and was stuck at the back. The members tickets for the London shows, sold out very, very quickly.

1988 any day.

Musze said:

1988 anytime!!!!

And any live version of this song on the Lovesexy tour, especially love the Dortmund version

One of my top 10 Prince songs - gets to me every time

Krid said:

thebanishedone said:

Krid said:

Dortmund version sucks 2 all other 88 versions cause Prince had problem with his guitar so he couldnt play solo

Well, that's not what I feel