who's going? I am going

I flew out to New Jersey to see him for my b-day on the first night 12/15 at the IZOD Center. It was so good that I said as soon as he comes here to California I am there. Tickets on sale Friday. Two shows announced so far....

Anyone going?

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004650A7914DBD?artistid=735895&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

here is the ticketmaster link of prices

no one going...wow...or was there a thread already posted about this.....

Anyone out there?

>no one going...wow...or was there a thread already posted
>about this.....
>
>Anyone out there?

I think folks are waiting to hear if he's coming to LA (which according to reports he will....)

Announce a show 6 days before hand... what kind of shit is this?
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When he played Toronto in 97 the show was announced 3 days before it happened.

she just sent me a text telling me about this... I'm like yeah I know but it's a work day and last minute. She's like "I don't care we have to go"! lol
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>she just sent me a text telling me about this... I'm like
>yeah I know but it's a work day and last minute. She's like "I
>don't care we have to go"! lol

the force is strong in this one

She's seen him twice so far but she has been waiting for this tour to hit out here. I told her we could go if so but I thought I'd have more time to prepare... making it harder to say no is the fact we are in Oakland on Friday for a Chromeo show... so basically we just have to drive down 3 exits to pick up Prince tickets.
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>She's seen him twice so far but she has been waiting for this
>tour to hit out here. I told her we could go if so but I
>thought I'd have more time to prepare... making it harder to
>say no is the fact we are in Oakland on Friday for a Chromeo
>show... so basically we just have to drive down 3 exits to
>pick up Prince tickets.
>

just too many hoops to jump through to make it work

hopefully he'll come back to San Jose or Sacramento this spring/summer
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I used to gauge how much money I set aside to the proverbial "if Prince were to come at the last minute, would I be set" scenario. LOL

little bastid :(

My girl told me about this yesterday, but I didn't realize the show was going to be, you know, next Wednesday. How the fuck am I supposed to do this?

I'm looking at a 90 mile drive each way.... during a work week.

btw, have you been down to the fox theater lately? I'm heading down Friday night and was wondering what the parking is like over in that area. That's where they been talking about putting the new A's park and I know they said parking might be an issue.
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hell, I'd at least hope so.

the logistics of this thing are just going to be a nightmare
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My job is like 10 minutes (at the most) away from Oracle. The show would mostly be a royal pain for my girl, who works out in Burlingame, and who's boss is an asshole who wouldn't let her leave early.

>btw, have you been down to the fox theater lately? I'm heading
>down Friday night and was wondering what the parking is like
>over in that area. That's where they been talking about
>putting the new A's park and I know they said parking might be
>an issue.

LOL, you're going to that Chromeo show, aren't you? I couldn't get it together to get tickets to it. Um, there are lots in the area, as well as some street parking. It's not phenomenal but you should be able to find something. Actually haven't gone to a show there yet, so I don't know exactly where to point you.

Man it would have been cool if you had got tickets... I just know I'm going to be the oldest one there by at least 8 years lol

She wants BBQ beforehand so I think I'll hit up Everett Jones down in Jack London.

I just realized that 19th street BART station is right around the corner from the Fox... I think I'll take the train in.

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Shoot, she wants that AND Prince tickets? She better count her blessings.

Is the Chromeo show definitely sold out? I might try to scrounge and see what's up.

And yeah, BART isn't a bad idea. Shoot, even park at MacArthur BART and take it down one stop.

and if we do the Prince show she buying her own ticket.... she got a part time job now lol

*edit*

Damn Mint Condition and Ralph, Bobby and Johnny Gil are right across the street at the Paramount the same night.

http://www.paramounttheatre.com/schedule.html

Broadway is gonna be jumpin Friday
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you already know about that.

this is part of his thang.

hell, the 1st Prince show i saw was 1 of those.

A club gig I understand.... but some of us have been waiting for him to come back here for 5 years now. It would have been cool to at least let us know when it was going to happen so we could make work plans and shit.
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why waste money promoting a concert for months


>A club gig I understand.... but some of us have been waiting
>for him to come back here for 5 years now. It would have been
>cool to at least let us know when it was going to happen so we
>could make work plans and shit.
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shows in the future.

prince is notorious for putting on last minute shows in the bay. peeps usually ride hard for his shows historically.
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I believe only Prince can get away with that.... I just know this will be a good show. I plan to go on Wed

There is no way I am missing him here. Shooting for Monday night.

from LA & coming back on that kind of notice when I have a trip to New Orleans coming up right behind it.

I'm praying he adds an LA-area date to this at the last minute for that weekend.

I'm slightly worried, since it was all automated, and I've gotta pick up my tickets at will call, but I'm guessing it's about to be on like DONKEY KONG!!!! YEAH MUTHAFUCKA!!!!!!!!!

I paid the extra to print them out. I don't want no mistakes with this one!

I wonder if Will Call is open today to get them shits. Imma go check after work.

Always gotta make things difficult!

Good score regardless though.

address, so they could at least send me the damn tickets.

I didn't even think I was going to make it through on the phone, I called on a humbug just while I was "waiting" for Noon to hit, and got through on the first try.

Ah well, I'm not sure whether I want to blame Prince or Ticketmaster for making this difficult. It's probably both their fault.

>Ah well, I'm not sure whether I want to blame Prince or
>Ticketmaster for making this difficult. It's probably both
>their fault.

i just got my tax check and i think i need to go

Get on it man!

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i got cheap seats (if you call 80 bucks cheap) but fuck it, his little ass probably gonna be wearing yellow and shit...i'm pretty geeked
going wednesday

"Graham Central Station" was the opening act (don't know if there were any other O.G. members of the group up there besides Larry Graham). They were solid, but shit didn't really get real until Oaktown-native Graham did his extended bass solo. They finished with an extended Sly and the Family Stone medley, then left the stage, only to have Prince come out. He launched into "Mountains," then finished off the set (with Graham making his way back to the stage) with really dope renditions of "Everyday People" and "Take You Higher."

Then there was a 20-minute break. Then Prince took the stage for real, launching into a medly of "Uptown," "Raspberry Beret," "Cream," Time's "Cool," and "Let's Work." What made it REALLY dope was Shiela E. being up there on stage with him; she played her ass off. After finishing off with "U Got the Look," he left the stage, and then Sheila did "Glamorous Life" for dolo, which was one of the best parts of the performance.

Anyway, then Prince takes the stage again, followed by Carlos Santana, who does "Soul Sacrifice" and rips it. Then the back-up singers got some shine, doing a few solo numbers. Then Prince and Sheila E. did a duet of "Love Bizarre" (again, banging) and followed it up with "Controversy." He finished off the "set" with "Purple Rain," which had the crowd going absolutely bananas.

The first encore was like 30-45 minutes, with him doing "Kiss" and "If I Was Your Girlfriend," and then finishing it was a slow jam set ("Insatiable," "Scandalous," and "Adore.") He come out for one more encore, doing "Bambi" and "Welcome 2 America." It was a little bit of an anticlimax ending the show with a song most people probably hadn't heard before. Part of my thinks he was planning a third encore, but since the show started late (Graham Central Station was still doing their soundcheck when they opened the doors), it ended late, and I suspect the Oracle Arena was happy about paying cats for overtime.

So yeah, it was REALLY dope. Eaisly one of the top three or five shows I've ever been too. I'll say this: for someone who apparently has a bum hip, that little motherfucka can move. He didn't do the splits or anything, but he did just about everything else. And as I mentioned before, Sheila E. was one of the extra highlights of the show. That woman played her ass off, and, if I may be so shallow, looked damn fine while doing it. Shoot, I don't care if she's 55, she looks smoking. And, more importantly, she's still got it musically.

I'm jealous you got to see Prince and Sheila do "A Love Bizarre"
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Yep, the "Love Bizarre"/"Controversy" portion of the show was probably the highlight of the night.

going tomorrow...thanks 4 the breakdown

stupid weekday concerts 70 miles away!!!

I just swooped tickets for Thursday's show. Been looking forward to seeing Prince for a while. I'm glad they added this extra show.

You get good seats?

If that day isn't going to work for either of you we need to pick another game.
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let's get the bandwagon rollin!

section 109 row 28 seats 1-4

if i'm reading the arena map correctly, they're facing the front of the stage.

last week, i was trying to get tickets to either monday or wednesday, but i didn't like the seats they had left.

and thanks for your write up on the show. i read that and decided i needed to see this show. sounds too good to pass up.

The seats are pretty good! Enjoy!

good to know i'll have some good seats. can't wait for the show. should be epic.

Interesting

We're pretty hyped to go... We're on the lower level somewhere... row 22 she said... Plan on gettin my drink on and hopping on BART...

Only downside to these shows is you're not going to get anywhere near the supporting cast or acts the NYC shows did which I think is lame. Outside of that, everyone who I have spoken with who attended Monday's show absolutely loved it.

>Only downside to these shows is you're not going to get
>anywhere near the supporting cast or acts the NYC shows did
>which I think is lame. Outside of that, everyone who I have
>spoken with who attended Monday's show absolutely loved it.

Ha. I'll take Sheila E. onstage for the entire act (with her singing "Glamorous Life" on her own and then "Love Bizarre" with Prince), plus Carlos Santana, plus Larry Graham, PLUS sing "Everyday People" and "I Want to Take You Higher" over Cee-Lo and Janelle Monae everyday of the week and three times on Sunday. I can see the Cee-Lo and Monae whenever they decide to tour ago. Sheila E. playing with Prince? Notsomuch.

I can't wait for tomorrow night!

http://yfrog.com/g0aczz

was lucky enough that there are still tickets for tomorrow night's show. section 110, row 13. not even that big of a prince fan but i know an opportunity when i see one.

I'm in row 22....

if there are tickets left for tonight COP THOSE SHITS!
you won't be disappointed
i'm still trippin off that show the next day

dope. i'll be there tonight. can't fucking wait.

did he bring any special guests on stage?

Sheila E did Glamorous Life toward the beginning and pretty much stayed out there on Timbales, singing or dancing the whole rest of the show...she even got on the drum kit and played drums for Purple Rain during one of the encores...
Larry Graham and GCS were there of course and Cynthia and Jerry were playing horns with him and when Prince was on he called them all up along with Greg Errico and they did a little Sly medley...for a minute it seemed like they were gonna get Sly out there but that was just my wishful thinking...I woulda lost it...I almost lost it and then they were like "Greg Errico!" and I was happy to see him but, ya know, Sly would've tore the roof off...
Prince was talking about Santana earlier in the show making me think I'd see Carlos but he never showed as far as I know...I'd find it hard to believe if Santana wasn't there tonight...I bet he will be...I'm almost considering going again but i doubt good tix are left and I got some shit I have to do in the City this evening so I might just hang over there in hopes he does an afterset in SF...

but guests or no guests the shit is worth it...and he's got this grand piano out on stage but when he plays it, its gonna blow your mind because it isn't just a normal piano...

All this hype made me break down and buy tix for tonight.... Im fighting a cold and shit too. I'm going to be dying Friday morning when I drag myself into work lol
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>All this hype made me break down and buy tix for tonight....
>Im fighting a cold and shit too. I'm going to be dying Friday
>morning when I drag myself into work lol
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lol thats the only time i don't smoke. Ive never liked the feeling of being sick and high at the same time
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his remedy to everything... everyone knows at least one pothead like that...

Shit, I wish I could've gone again last night. My girl has friends that are going all THREE nights.

and I had 11 hours of sleep last night so that should help with only getting 4 or 5 tonight.

What really had me thinking I was going to pass with the 7:30 start time. But when you told me Larry played until close to 9 I figured I had time to make it down before P hits the stage.
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I'd guess if everything goes off on time, Prince takes the stage around 8:30/8:45. Also, I'm pretty sure Prince is still showing up at the end of Larry's set to do the Sly medley.

I got to my seats right when GCS started around 8ish...
and last night they came up during Prince's set rather than him coming out for theirs...
P opened with all the drama of Lets go Crazy

quick shower and change of clothes and im out. Figure if I leave by 6 I should make it before 9 even with traffic.

I called my daughter a little while ago and told her to be ready when I get off. She said "For what"? I told her "To go see Prince"... She said Don't play about 3 times.. then shut up another 2-3 times.... once she realized I wasn't joking she let out a scream lol. It's almost better I did it like this.... she was sure we weren't going.
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>All this hype made me break down and buy tix for tonight....
>Im fighting a cold and shit too. I'm going to be dying Friday
>morning when I drag myself into work lol

Lol....

dragged my ass into work today after staying home for 2 days because i felt guilty about not coming in and then going to see prince at night...

Prince + Larry Graham + Jerry Martini + Cynthia Robinson after "Play That Funky Music" (a bit shaky at first)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgNBN6sm5AM

http://princevault.com/index.php/23_February,_2011

>
Pics people!

she's the GILF of my dreams

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I need those boots !

Meshell Ndegeocello will be performing four shows on the West Coast next month: March 3 and 10 at Café Largo in Los Angeles, March 12 at The New Parish in Oakland, and March 13 at the Independent in San Francisco.

For the March 3 date at Largo, Meshell will be performing duets with Chris Bruce and playing songs from throughout her career, including her most recent release, Devil’s Halo.

The March 10, 12 and 13 shows are billed as “Gett off: Meshell Ndegeocello covers Prince”, with Meshell performing songs written by the purple one, including classics such as “Little Red Corvette”, “Lady Cab Driver”, and “Pop Life”. A full band will be accompanying Meshell on all four dates with Chris Bruce on guitar, Deantoni Parks on drums, and Keefus Ciancia on keys.

TOUR DATES
03/03/11 Thu Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
03/10/11 Thu Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
03/12/11 Sat The New Parish Music Hall Oakland, CA
03/13/11 Sun The Independent San Francisco, CA

>Meshell Ndegeocello will be performing four shows on the West
>Coast next month: March 3 and 10 at Café Largo in Los Angeles,
>March 12 at The New Parish in Oakland, and March 13 at the
>Independent in San Francisco.
>
>For the March 3 date at Largo, Meshell will be performing
>duets with Chris Bruce and playing songs from throughout her
>career, including her most recent release, Devil’s Halo.
>
>The March 10, 12 and 13 shows are billed as “Gett off: Meshell
>Ndegeocello covers Prince”, with Meshell performing songs
>written by the purple one, including classics such as “Little
>Red Corvette”, “Lady Cab Driver”, and “Pop Life”. A full band
>will be accompanying Meshell on all four dates with Chris
>Bruce on guitar, Deantoni Parks on drums, and Keefus Ciancia
>on keys.
>
>TOUR DATES
>03/03/11 Thu Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
>03/10/11 Thu Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
>03/12/11 Sat The New Parish Music Hall Oakland, CA
>03/13/11 Sun The Independent San Francisco, CA
>
>

1. Is he using the symbol stage from the super bowl? when I ordered the tickets I saw thats what they had in the seating diagram.

2. What time did the show end?

3. How is the food at Oracle? Looks like Im going to be eating dinner at the arena.
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>1. Is he using the symbol stage from the super bowl? when I
>ordered the tickets I saw thats what they had in the seating
>diagram.

yep...its a great setup

>
>2. What time did the show end?
he played two encores...I was on the Richmond bart by 11:45...the show prolly ended around 11:15-20...his first exit was about 10:30-45...he got started around 9:05 or so...well over 2 solid hours of music

>
>3. How is the food at Oracle? Looks like Im going to be eating
>dinner at the arena.
eh...wasn't trying to f with the lines...one thing i do know its expensive...garlic fries smelled pretty bomb though...8 bucks for buds, 10 for import beer, 12 bucks for a large...once i shelled out 12 bucks in the beer line i said 'fuck it' to the food

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>1. Is he using the symbol stage from the super bowl? when I
>ordered the tickets I saw thats what they had in the seating
>diagram.

Yep. He paid attention to all four sides, but paid the MOST attention the front and what I guess would be his left.

>2. What time did the show end?

I got out around 11:15/11:20. Back in the BART parking lot by like 11:40.

>3. How is the food at Oracle? Looks like Im going to be eating
>dinner at the arena.

As said above, pricey. I got something right when I walked in. And in the section I was in, the conession stands were kind of "separated" from the rest of the arena, so the lines weren't as long. But shit was expensive. It cost $6.50 for a bottle of water, and like $9 for a turkey burger with chips on the side.

they rape you at the concession stands. i have season tickets for the warriors, so i always try to eat before going to the game. it hurts paying so much for so-so stadium food. but i still can't help myself from getting a $11 brew or two or three.

I thought it was like that everywhere until I went to other ballparks in Seattle, Phoenix, & Denver. In Denver they sell food right out in front of the park and let you take it in... In Phoenix they have Taco Bell, Burger King, Subway etc inside the stadium with prices just slightly higher than the normal prices at those spots.

Cali and New York seem to be the worst places for concessions.
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I hope parking isn't any more than it is for the A's... can't remember but it seemed like it was $17 last year.
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this year, it's been $18 for parking for warrior games. not sure if they'll bump up the price for special events.

they've been steady raising that up $1 a year huh

at least it's not to candlestick levels yet
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what was even worse was the fact they closed all the side exits and had nobody directing traffic after the show... shit was a straight up mess.
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I was shocked when I heard people payed $35 because when I rolled up I didn't pay shit. Granted I was running late but, yeah I dodged that one somehow, I would have been pissed too.

I figured taking the BART there and back would be kind of a pain, but parking in the BART lot and walking over the bridge and past the "Net" seemed easy enough. And free. I could see how traffic getting out of the Oracle lot was going to be a mess.

i rolled up to the attendant with my $18 ready. and then she goes, it's $35 tonight. wtf?!?! prince inflation was in full effect. the beer i usually order went from $11 to $12. and the price for merchandise was insane! $40 for t-shirts. damn. the oracle was getting over last night.

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"Cool" from the first nite????

what did I just see last night........ I'm still not sure it's sunk in

I've seen dude 7 times now and that was easily the best show Ive seen from Prince or anyone. (The overly long Sly set was the only flaw to me)

Just shy of 3 hours.... 4 encores. The last one came as a total surprise since the house lights were up and about half the place was empty. My daughter was in line to get a shirt and we heard Let's Work kick in... my daughter summed it up when she looked at me and said "He's going crazy". He followed that up with a funky ass version of U Got the Look before finally sending the rest of us home drained but happy.

And hood thanks for not spoiling the "piano". That was great and dude really looked like he was having fun. It really helped bring P history into the show... almost everyone I talked to cited that part as the highlight. But damn that arrangement of LRC ... Kiss too. So much that as I said I have to let it sink in before I say much more.

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>what did I just see last night........ I'm still not sure
>it's sunk in
>
>I've seen dude 7 times now and that was easily the best show
>Ive seen from Prince or anyone. (The overly long Sly set was
>the only flaw to me)
>
>Just shy of 3 hours.... 4 encores. The last one came as a
>total surprise since the house lights were up and about half
>the place was empty. My daughter was in line to get a shirt
>and we heard Let's Work kick in... my daughter summed it up
>when she looked at me and said "He's going crazy". He followed
>that up with a funky ass version of U Got the Look before
>finally sending the rest of us home drained but happy.
>
>And hood thanks for not spoiling the "piano". That was great
>and dude really looked like he was having fun. It really
>helped bring P history into the show... almost everyone I
>talked to cited that part as the highlight. But damn that
>arrangement of LRC ... Kiss too. So much that as I said I have
>to let it sink in before I say much more.
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>I've seen dude 7 times now and that was easily the best show
>Ive seen from Prince or anyone. (was in line to get a shirt
>and we heard Let's Work kick in...

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we missed the last encore. i wish we would have stayed for that.

that was easily one of the best shows i've attended. this guy is a showman. he had the oracle jumping. prince's crowd control is amazing. he had the crowd in the palm of his hand. i also appreciated the way he used the whole stage.

sheila e is still looking hot. she killed it on the drums.

and prince's blouse game in on point. he almost had me wanting to rock that gold blouse. those furry boots were off the hook too.

and how did he happen to pull the finest woman in oakland on stage? that chick was bad!

what section were you in... we were up in 230 row 10. Not a bad vantage point at all actually and the ticket was only 47 (plus that damn 17.50 handling fee)

Did you see the big tittied sista that had her jammies pop out during cool? They had her on the big screen and everything... the look on P's face when he walked by her was priceless lol
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i was happy with the seats. i felt they were worth the $90.

i thought that chick was going to hurt someone with those titties. hahahah. her nipples were screaming to get out of that top. the camera man must have like her. she was on that big screen for a while.

I checked my texts late last night and saw that I friend of mine had offered me a free ticket to it around 7:15, but I'd missed it. I'd been helping babysit my two nephews, so I couldn't have gone anyway, but it sounds like it was off the hook.

it was hard to keep track

but yeah dude played close to 3 hours

he took the stage just after 8:30...we got there just in time

but yeah looking at the track lists from the other shows last night was the best
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>I've seen dude 7 times now and that was easily the best show
>Ive seen from Prince or anyone. (The overly long Sly set was
>the only flaw to me)
it's the bay area...he's gotta do that...

>
>Just shy of 3 hours.... 4 encores. The last one came as a
>total surprise since the house lights were up and about half
>the place was empty. My daughter was in line to get a shirt
>and we heard Let's Work kick in... my daughter summed it up
>when she looked at me and said "He's going crazy". He followed
>that up with a funky ass version of U Got the Look before
>finally sending the rest of us home drained but happy.
WHAT??? Let's Work? damn...on wed it seemed like he was gonna go into that during one of the encores but it never happened...U Got the Look too??? shit...Prince was on a mission in Oakland

>
>And hood thanks for not spoiling the "piano". That was great
>and dude really looked like he was having fun. It really
>helped bring P history into the show... almost everyone I
>talked to cited that part as the highlight. But damn that
>arrangement of LRC ... Kiss too. So much that as I said I have
>to let it sink in before I say much more.
yea...it took me a lot to not really let on what the piano was all about...all I know is I need one of those asap...and I also didn't wanna spoil Little Red Corvette because that shit blew my mind...I mean that whole set had me realizing that no one in pop music can do what he does or did...I miss real songs man!

I was hoping to hear of a show later last night but didn't hear anthing...wonder if he did or not...

that was one of those shows I'd always hear about but never got to experience. At least now I can say I saw one of his legendary nights.

If this fool don't put out a concert DVD soon imma.........
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my first prince show
my first big arena show

came in with high expectations and he still exceeded them.
pleasantly surprised when he pulled out "she's always in my hair."
i was only familiar w/ half the songs maybe, but that didn't matter.
his showmanship, musicianship and sheer funkiness was so remarkable.

and seeing larry graham playing the bass line for "thank you (falettin me be mice elf again)" live in the flesh is not something i'll soon forget.
(sidenote: why was he dressed like a black mage from final fantasy tactics? http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-04/art/fft-black-mage-male.jpg )

and sheila e looks GOOD. like, really really.

>
>and seeing larry graham playing the bass line for "thank you
>(falettin me be mice elf again)" live in the flesh is not
>something i'll soon forget.

yea...I felt like the rest of the crowd wasn't into it as much as i was, but that being a song i have covered many times, seeing prince and larry graham do it with cynthia and jerry was mindblowing to say the least

>yea...I felt like the rest of the crowd wasn't into it as much
>as i was, but that being a song i have covered many times,
>seeing prince and larry graham do it with cynthia and jerry
>was mindblowing to say the least

I thought that shit went on way to long. I could see P was having a blast but it felt like they lost a good % of the crowd.
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a good 50% of my section sat down (myself included)

maybe they got the hint lol
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Prince really turned it up after Kiss. I was juiced when he played some Mountains during Larry Graham's set. Bambi was good to hear. Cool was ill, U Got The Look, he tore it up. I liked that last song he played I don't know the name good guitar work on it.

Prince really turned it up after Kiss. I was juiced when he played some Mountains during Larry Graham's set. Bambi was good to hear. Cool was ill, U Got The Look, he tore it up. I liked that last song he played I don't know the name good guitar work on it.

I keep hearing Wednesday was legendary. I wanted to try for one more day, no one was down. Fuck it i'll roll dolo if I have to from now on.

Let's Go Crazy
Delirious
Let's Go Crazy (Reprise)
1999
Little Red Corvette
The Glamorous Life (Incl. Soul Sacrifice)
Somewhere Here On Earth
I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore
Controversy
A Love Bizarre
Play That Funky Music
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)
Sexy Dancer - Le Freak (Incl. Love Rollercoaster - Housequake - Controversy Reprise)
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Kiss
Purple Rain

Encores:
Dance (Disco Heat)
Baby I'm A Star
Sampler Set : When Doves Cry - Nasty Girl - Forever In My Life - Sign 'O' The Times - Alphabet St. - Darling Nikki - Pop Life - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Darling Nikki - Black Sweat
The Bird
Jungle Love

EDIT: Link removed.

what made this series of shows sound so good... There were no horns. Instead of relying on Maceo and other horn players to cover some of the synth parts they were all played they way early 80s P would have played them. It really takes shit like Controversy, Kiss and Cool to another level.
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>what made this series of shows sound so good... There were no
>horns. Instead of relying on Maceo and other horn players to
>cover some of the synth parts they were all played they way
>early 80s P would have played them. It really takes shit like
>Controversy, Kiss and Cool to another level.

because yes, THAT sound is what makes Prince music "Prince music".
at least for those particular songs.

I don't think that would work for a song like "Adore" or some of his post-'80s material that doesn't use synths.

but there are but a few songs that don't sound right when played with actual horns.

He's using Linn claps too

Dude that show sounded so Princely I forgot what year it was
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>He's using Linn claps too
>
>Dude that show sounded so Princely I forgot what year it was
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let me upload it real quick

check your inbox in a few
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>let me upload it real quick
>
>check your inbox in a few
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>He's using Linn claps too
>
>Dude that show sounded so Princely I forgot what year it was
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...in my building. Or, to be exact, a former resident in my loft complex. This apparently happened a months before he started the recent "tour." The dude took the piano, tricked it out, and painted it purple. I don't know how Prince found out about it, but he did, and got in contact with dude, telling him he was going to pick it up at 2 a.m. He of course showed up instead at 2 p.m. the preceding afternoon, so no one would be waiting around for him. Good to see Prince hitting up Bay cats to keep his show popping.

because he really needs to hang on to that or make his own... that was too good a set to not take on the summer tour.
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I mean, he treats stuff that he rents like he actually owns (like Carlos Boozer's LA apartment), but still, for all the money Prince blows on stupid shit, it would really, really, REALLY surprise me if he didn't buy that piano.

>...in my building. Or, to be exact, a former resident in my
>loft complex. This apparently happened a months before he
>started the recent "tour." The dude took the piano, tricked it
>out, and painted it purple. I don't know how Prince found out
>about it, but he did, and got in contact with dude, telling
>him he was going to pick it up at 2 a.m. He of course showed
>up instead at 2 p.m. the preceding afternoon, so no one would
>be waiting around for him. Good to see Prince hitting up Bay
>cats to keep his show popping.

Found out from the Super and a few of my neighbors yesterday when I told them about the concert.

>Found out from the Super and a few of my neighbors yesterday
>when I told them about the concert.

should be a great show. saw him in new york in december, on absolute fire. he owns the goddamn stage.

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not sure how long they will stay up so check em before they're gone
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thanks for the inbox btw
man...those fucking furry boots were outta control

I woulda gone to MSG, but I was working BOTH (!!) nights I coulda come up there. Fuck my life.

He's the last man on my list of "see them before you or they die" musicians.