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A live show for each album/period? This week Suede are performing a week of shows, each of the 5 shows are dedicated to each of their 5 albums and it's b-sides etc.
Wouldn't this be fantastic if Prince did this? Now he'd be playing a lot of stuff if he did every album, but it would great if he did say 5 or 6 shows which split his career into equal parts and he performed a series of shows based around material from those periods. It would be nice if for the next tour Prince let the fans choose some of the setlist, like he did in 1993 on the Act II tour. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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yeah, it'd be nice awright...but it ain't gon' happen anytime soon, i'm thinkin...  | |
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Anniversary of Purple Rain this year/next. | |
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David Bowie and The Cure have both done this in concert over the past few years, as well. I hope it becomes a trend. | |
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I went to the 'greatest hits' Bowie tour where the fans could choose (part of) the setlist. I preferred other Bowie tours, strangely. To be honest, it's just not the same when you know beforehand that the artist is going to play your favorite songs. Part of the excitement of a concert is that you might NOT get what you hope for. And then when you hear the opening notes of a song you love you feel that rush of excitement... yeah, I prefer to be surprised.
Anxiety said: David Bowie and The Cure have both done this in concert over the past few years, as well. I hope it becomes a trend. | |
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Romance1600 said: This week Suede are performing a week of shows, each of the 5 shows are dedicated to each of their 5 albums and it's b-sides etc.
Wouldn't this be fantastic if Prince did this? No... I don't want to hear his current band break into classic Prince material, they would just sound like some lame coverband doing Prince songs... A good example of this was "When U We're Mine" last year at Nighttown, I don't want to hear horns on a songs that just doesn't need that stuff... I'd rather see him do some stripped down club shows with just him and his guitar, John Blackwell on drums, Rhonda Smith on bass and Renato Neto on keys and do some rock material instead of all these way too long, not so funky, overblown renditions of good songs... He should leave the horns at home... Neversin. [This message was edited Mon Sep 8 8:54:14 PDT 2003 by Neversin] O(+>NIИ<+)O
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Neversin said: A good example of this was "When U We're Mine" last year at Nighttown, I don't want to hear horns on a songs that just doesn't need that stuff... the best version of when u were mine... has horns. DNA aftershow 93 
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Joshy said: Neversin said: A good example of this was "When U We're Mine" last year at Nighttown, I don't want to hear horns on a songs that just doesn't need that stuff... the best version of when u were mine... has horns. DNA aftershow 93
almost brings tears 2 my eyes. Well, to each their own... IMHO that version is just one of the many that just sucks... Nothing beats the live versions he did back in the early '80's... Just raw, plain and simple... Neversin. O(+>NIИ<+)O
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Neversin said: Joshy said: Neversin said: A good example of this was "When U We're Mine" last year at Nighttown, I don't want to hear horns on a songs that just doesn't need that stuff... the best version of when u were mine... has horns. DNA aftershow 93
almost brings tears 2 my eyes. Well, to each their own... IMHO that version is just one of the many that just sucks... Nothing beats the live versions he did back in the early '80's... Just raw, plain and simple... Neversin. i agree... the version from ritz '81  | |
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Such an idea works best if the album has a certain theme or concept. A bit like
Pink Floyd performed a whole album at once. He could easily do such a show with PR,  or TRC. A number other albums
would lack coherence other than a certain era-defining sound. It would challenge him to present the show in a way that would do justice to the era he created it. I, for one, do not like the way he rushes through his hitsongs in a medley (Take me with U/Raspberry beret or 1999/Baby I'm a star/insert uptempo funksong here), nor for instance the Hit 'n Run 'Greatest hits' tour kind of show. I do not need to hear bland renditions of yesterday's greatests just because he has a certain band-outfit at that time. His grande songs deserve a grande treatment in concert. Besides the things mentioned, I am all for it  | |
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salaciousV said: Anniversary of Purple Rain this year/next.
I don't think he likes PR that much anymore. I do think that if he did Family Jamm and got together with the Rev, and they did a great set, he'd do it in a heartbeat. That's what he really wants, after all. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Actually, that sounds somewhat interesting.
Pick one song from each album for a live show. I'm not saying do a whole tour like this...(maybe), but it would be interesting. I mean it would be interesting to hear a new twist on some old tunes. cracknbush | |
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