Captain Howdy Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Saw him live in concert last Friday as I won two tickets, and I gotta say it was one of the best gigs I have ever seen. While I like his music, I would not call myself a massive fan per se, but even I have to give credit to the mans talent, even if he is nutty as a bag full of peanuts! The show he put on was absolutely awesome, and Prince has got to be one of the few truly massive music stars that actually performs for musics sake rather than to make more money. The guy did 21 dates at the same venue, and charged a ticket price less expensive that of his peers, or even lesser bands. For the ticket price, you also got his latest CD free. (although obviously I got that and the ticket free) I knew he was a talented musician as I remember reading somewhere that he can play something like 20 instruments or something like that, and of course, I know he was a good guitarist, but what I didnt realise was he is actually an amazing guitarist. There are rock and metal guitarists who would give both testicles to play like him. Also, he is one of the few artists who actually has a voice that matches the vocals on his records. Add to all that that he is actually pretty funny as well, just adds to the whole show. Yeah he's arrogant, yeah he knows he is good and yeah, he's nuts, but without all that, he would not be half as good as he is. As I said to my friend who I took with me, unlike most artists, Prince cannot be slotted into a musical genre as he pretty much crosses over into every style you can think of, in fact if you were gonna fit him into a genre, you'd have to call that genre "Prince". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Nicely written C H. I would love to see Prince live. If he came close to the amazing things he does on record it would be a hell of a show. As you already stated it was. I am no super fan or anything, but I do have a handful or two of his cd's and each one is excellent in its own right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLPRocks Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I agree as well! Would love to see him live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksherrer Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Good guitarist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbasmama Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Loved him then.....love him now. Would LOVE to see him live, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIM (2) Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 You must've gone to the O2 Arena? A few work colleagues went & were raving about what a great musician he was. That is a cool venue, I saw the first concert there in March (Bon Jovi), & there are tons of good bars etc around there & the sound is good. Not much of a Prince fan myself but what he's doing for his fans (charging people £31 entry fee including his album free, when the Rolling Stones playing 2 nights later were charging £115 for the same venue) is awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Yeah, O2 arena! Had been told by my friend who I took with me, that the venue was really good as she went to another gig there a month of so back. The sound there is fantastic, and with it being an "in the round set" it probably made the acoustics even better. I was wondering why the tickets were so unusually priced at £31.21, but I have since found out that thats the name of his current band that replaces the NPG, and also the name of his new perfume! The guy is a marketing genius! Even if you only have a passing interest in him, he is defo one artist you should see live if you get a chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMetalhead1966 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Prince is awesome...His Greatest Hits Vol 1&2 are superb..an Amazing Guitar player and Singer...Would Love to see him in Concert!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan3000 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 I've only seen him live in vidoes and he does put on quite a show, and a pretty damn good guitar player for being completely self taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Purple Rain is a masterpiece, don't know so much it's other works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan3000 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Purple Rain is a masterpiece Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Purple Rain is a masterpiece Yes it is. Totally agree. He is immensely talented and I would love to see him live. Must have been a great show. Any idea on a setlist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 From what I gather, he played variations of a set list every night! Quite a few songs were condensed into medleys, including a piano and vocal only medley that featured the likes of Raspberry beret and Little red Corvette. Purple Rain was of course played, as was stuff like Cream, Sign o the times, Alphabet St, U got the look, Kiss & 1999, his versions of I feel for you (better known by Chaka Khan) and Nothing compares 2 u (better known by Sinead Oconnor) were also played. An unusual cover of Play that funky music, was played as a kinda duet with support act Common (I think that was his name). We sadly only got a few lines of When doves cry (didnt even reach the chorus), and some big songs were completely missing (Most beautiful girl in the world, Lets go crazy, Get off etc). Unsurprisingly, also nothing from the Batman album (his most successful UK release), as I think he wont play it due to issues with Warners. Only one song from his new album was played, Guitar, which is probably the best track on what turns out to be a bloody good album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 From what I gather, he played variations of a set list every night!Quite a few songs were condensed into medleys, including a piano and vocal only medley that featured the likes of Raspberry beret and Little red Corvette. Purple Rain was of course played, as was stuff like Cream, Sign o the times, Alphabet St, U got the look, Kiss & 1999, his versions of I feel for you (better known by Chaka Khan) and Nothing compares 2 u (better known by Sinead Oconnor) were also played. An unusual cover of Play that funky music, was played as a kinda duet with support act Common (I think that was his name). We sadly only got a few lines of When doves cry (didnt even reach the chorus), and some big songs were completely missing (Most beautiful girl in the world, Lets go crazy, Get off etc). Unsurprisingly, also nothing from the Batman album (his most successful UK release), as I think he wont play it due to issues with Warners. Only one song from his new album was played, Guitar, which is probably the best track on what turns out to be a bloody good album! Sounds like it was an awesome show. I would have been pissed about "When Doves Cry". Did he play "Take Me With U"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66 mustang Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Little Red Corvette came on the radio today. Love that song and Prince is an amazing musician. I thought we had a thread about Prince here, didn't know we had to dedicted to him though!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-BONE Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Yes... the man can indeed play a mean guitar. I wish he'd play more like he did back in the day though... He seems to play less and less these days. Dr. Fink (Keyboardist for The Revolution) still jams with a few of the local bands when they do Prince tunes and he's there. Nice guy. There's a local Prince tribute band called Chase & Ovation. VERY good tribute. The guitarist and drummer are also in Hericane Alice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTbeHpRF1Hc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Genius! Never had the pleasure of seeing him live...yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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