Read this at the housequake site , don't know if that is true?

Prince concert tonight in Los Angeles!

Hey guys...just got home from the Los Angeles screening/afterparty of the Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD at Universal City Walk in Universal City, Calif. First off, after being at the Vegas show, it was cool to see it on the big screen of the movie theater, though it would have been better if the sound was louder. The theater was, expectedly, full of Prince fans who sang along with most of the DVD, which was pretty cool. It was actually almost as good as being at the concert, even though someone who didn't go to the show wouldn't even know that all of the best songs played that night, including all but "Sometimes it Snows in April" from the hour-plus encore was cut out. But before the show, the people handing out the wristbands and checking in people told the crowd that there was going to be a performance at the nearby BB King Blues club at Universal City Walk. What this did is cause people to leave early during the showing so that they could get the best positions at the show. About a quarter of the crowd exited the club during "The Everlasting Now" which was the second-to-last song on the DVD to make a beeline for the club.

We got into the club around 9:30, and waited around for an hour for the band to take the stage for a short 50-minute set which began at 10:30. Before the show as we were waiting, the DJ switched to mostly Prince music, all songs of which seemed to be fan favorites, which didn't make the wait seem quite as bad.

The band, which consisted of Eric Leeds on sax, Renato Neto (sporting his new Prince circa "Gold Experience-era" haircut) on keyboards, Rhonda Smith on bass, John Blackwell on drums, and Prince on keyboards and guitar, took the stage at 10:30, which has to be the earliest they've ever played at an aftershow, at least to my knowledge. The setup was interesting...there was no microphone in the middle of the stage, and throughout the entire show, Prince didn't talk to the audience or sing at all. The band all wore suits, including Prince, who wore a burgundy one. Prince did not have the mini afro-puff fro this time, but his hair was longer but in the same style as the cover of the Aladdin dvd.

Here was the setlist for the show:

- Shhh (instrumental)
- East (?) / Madhouse jam (possibly Baby Doll House?)
- Slow jam (without Prince)
- funk jam (west?) / when the saints go marchin' in (instrumental)

The audience went crazy when the drum opening to "Shhh" was played. The instrumental version of the song went on for about 10 minutes, including solos by everyone in the band. Prince pointed at band members to signal who got the next solo. Eric Leeds' solo was random, since there aren't any horns in the original song. During the last verse, Prince played guitar and lipsynched to the crowd as the crowd sang the words. The next jam, was possibly "East" from the NEWS cd, which was a funky groove that included Eric Leeds' sax on a Madhouse jam that I recognized (possibly Baby Doll House?). The jam went on for about 20 minutes, and again Prince pointed to different members of the band, all of whom got 2 different solos during this jam. What was interesting to me was that Eric Leeds played keyboards during a couple parts of the song while Prince played guitar. The next song was a slow jam (most of which happened without Prince on stage) as Prince seemed to get mad at one of the techs over something. For the rest of this jam, which lasted more than 10 minutes, Prince stayed to the side of the stage, and at the end of the song played a little guitar with his face to the wall, away from the audience. The song also incorporated another cover song that sounded familiar, but nobody I was around seemed to know what the song was. The final song, which was a funk jam (west?) which included 2 solos again from each band member, and which incorporated "When the saints go marchin' in" (as an instrumental) at the end of the song, which also was a 10-minute jam. With that, Prince made a peace sign and walked off the stage with the rest of the band, and the show was over at around 11:20.

After the show, the DJ played a new song called Musicology over the loudspeaker, which sounded like a retro funk song.

Celebrities spotted in the crowd at the concert were Morris Day, Koi (?) (finalist from Fame reality show), and actors Danny and Chris Masterson (that 70s show, malcolm in the middle).

...always liked those hardrock-songs

No microphone?

The sign of the upcoming tour?

Prince is turning into Miles davis- turning his back to the crowd, no singing just band direction signals. This could be cool, but his voice should not go to waste.

did anyone think about the possibilty that our man has medical problems... maybe with his vocal chords?

DAVERINO said:

His body may be breaking down a bit. Just think of all the years of late night recording and touring. It's got to take it's toll eventually. He's almost 50- although it's hard to believe and accept this.
[This message was edited Tue Aug 19 6:12:05 PDT 2003 by DMSR]

DAVERINO said:

DMSR said:

I have 2 agree there with u.

It seems that Prince in little instances here and there is modeling his work in a similar way to Miles (only difference was Miles cussed his head off)

DMSR said:

LOL MUTHAFUCKIN' LOL...well back in october in Paris, we saw him rehearsing, then played a 3 hours concert full of energy and then an incredible aftershow at the Bataclan where the man was at his top.

There is no concern with his health. He looks like a marathon man !

Let's not start the rumor mill, PLEASE!!! Next thing you know, you'll start seeing people posting about how he can't talk no more or that his voice is leaving or almost gone and will only do instrumentals for the rest of his life! Sort of like that fuckin' foot rumor of his! LOL! Let's not start something like that by suggesting this dumb shit just because he didn't talk or sing to an audience for one fuckin' night!!! Sheesh! At best maybe he had a damn cold or something.

alexnvrmnd said:

I heard he had his vocal cords surgically removed. It was a sex thing, I believe.

FunkMistress said:

hi, mistress!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

FunkMistress said:

LOL! I heard that, too! Spread the word.

dnaplaya said:

Davis also did a shitload of drugs.

I was there last night. It was a great surprise to learn that Prince was going to perform after the screening.

Here in LA the screening was also a contest promotion at KHHT "Hot 92" 92.3. There were also a lot of Universal music executives (at least there were a gaggle of them standing in front of me, so that may have been all there were), but I got the feeling Prince was doing a little show for the Universal people, too.

I thought the set list was:

Shhh!
North (full version; funkier than on CD)
East (shortened version)
West (shortened version)
South (shortened version); into When the Saints...

Prince's playing was great. He smiled a lot at the audience, but that was it.

The new song "Musicology" is the song from which all the samples come from that Prince posted on the website and encouraged people to create their own remixes. At first that's what I thought it was -- a fan remix using all the samples. But then Prince started singing, and the full song went from there. It's a great song, and I hope he releases it on the music club soon.

It was really fun evening, and it was great hearing all the Prince music. I wish there was a club like that all the time where you could hang out and jam to a nice mix of Prince songs, old and new. And it was great to see all the regular LA Prince fans.

here's the link 4 pictures of the concert!

http://www.housequake.com...eadid=7051

peace

This was true. I was there!!! I still can't believe that Prince played after the LA DVD screening!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Damn!! I had 2 seats reserved for last night at Universal, and got tied up after work and didn't make it. And, of course with my luck, he played a club that I had many times been before. And to think...I was about 5 minutes from that the show...

ThirdStrike said:

The opening song was Shhh. Don't get me started with how freaked out excited I was that they played this!! The rest of the night was all instrumental, actually so was Shhh. But don't even think that this band didn't tear the fuckin shit out of that place. This band is so damn tight. Each player is possessed.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Suddenly I no longer feel so proud to be living in London...

.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Damn!

Fuck!

I had to work late last night...

TheResistor said:

I'm bummed to not live in L.A. anymore, but to be there and have missed out would totally suck -- Bummerrr!!!

Man! I'm happy for ya'lls but sheesh (kickin myself!), I should of been there!

Oh well!

The media apparently was informed because of these photos!

Prince looks great! I'm loving the hair do! Almost, almost Parade like! Not all Crispin Glover-ish slash Gold era slave-like! Love that suit, sharp!







Just posted my favorites, but do go to Housequake.com, they rock!

Anyone want to split the Wireimage membership fee and RAID their Prince photos!

We can get a bunch of Orgers and Housequakers and minimize the membership price to get the hi-rez pics, they got lots more!

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

If there was no microphone, whats that infront of him then?

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

raiding prince photos

GoldiesParade said:

it's a part of the matrix.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

only try to realize the truth...
there is no microphone.


...and no edit
[This message was edited Tue Aug 19 12:13:26 PDT 2003 by FunkMistress]

FunkMistress said:

might not be no prince, either.

Damn L.A.!! Y'all DID the damn thang!!

Thanks for the pics FlyingCloudPassenger! I agree, his 'do is nice!

I always knew JB could nail that solo to Shhh! Last year at his workshop during the Celebration, one of my buddies tried to get him to do it then, but he said that solo was something special between Michael Bland and Prince and he didn't want to mess with it! PLEASE! JB is one of the coldest drummers I've ever seen! I don't think there's a drum lick out there that he couldn't replicate!

I would have loved to have been in L.A. last night! Way to go BumpSquad!!