FANS OF PRINCE AND THE NPG

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Comment by Loveagent7 on November 8, 2009 at 11:34pm

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Comment by Loveagent7 on November 5, 2009 at 8:13pm

Excluded - Prince RTL: "A historic night that I will never forget"
A tribute to his

French fans, "probably the best," he said! The singer Prince continues to inflame the capital at the option of unexpected benefits. After Sunday's two concerts under the Grand Palais, and before his appearance (of three hours ...) Monday night on stage La Cigale: Prince rose by RTL. Unique moment Monday afternoon: the global star came interpret some songs in our Grand Studio Bayard Street in front of a hundred lucky fans. Prior to this appointment in public, Prince of few words in the media, has granted an exclusive interview with Anthony Martin in the lodge's Grand Studio.

Comment by Loveagent7 on November 5, 2009 at 5:53pm

Artwork for "All day/all night" concerts in Paris

Comment by Loveagent7 on November 5, 2009 at 5:52pm

Artwork for "All day/all night" concerts in Paris

Comment by musiqpoetess on October 27, 2009 at 6:06pm

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Comment by Loveagent7 on October 27, 2009 at 4:44pm

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Prince's Paisley Park gig
Last update: October 25, 2009 - 3:56 AM


By Jon Bream

Prince, I guess we hardly knew you.

Thirty years into his career, the Minnesota icon showed his faithful something new Saturday night at Paisley Park in Chanhassen: It was his smoothest (read most efficiently run) show there ever.

The show advertised for 11 p.m. actually started at 11:10, unheard of at Paisley, where shows typically have started whenever Prince feels like it (read 1 a.m. at the earliest). For the first time, he even offered a free shuttle-bus service so people could leave their vehicles at a nearby park-and-ride and take a plush bus for a 8-minute drive to Paisley. How slick was that?

Late-night shows were commonplace at Paisley in the late 1990s but Prince had not done any announced shows there since 2004 after his Musicology Tour concerts at Xcel Energy Center. Those soirees cost $50 whereas Saturday's gig (which was announced late Friday afternoon) cost $31.21 for fan-club members and $40 for others. Many of the people at Paisley this time seemed to be first-timers for the late-night Purple experience.

How was the show? Prince played 10 minutes short of three hours -- without changing his outfit. That's a first. My quickie review (a full review will be posted later) is that he showed more versatility and musicality in the first hour than Michael Jackson did in his entire career. Prince started with a bunch of tunes from this year's "Lotusflow3r" collection and then he paraded through his hits, especially from the 1980s. In fact, I don't recall one tune from the '90s and only "Feel 4 U" from the '70s.

With his horn-less band, Prince has never sounded funkier at Paisley. He was talkative and humorous, loose and spontaneous, calling out songs and arrangements as well as an occasional "so-low" for himself on guitar. He saluted the Time,
the Doobie Brothers and the Jackson 5 in song and verbally acknowledged his debt to James Brown, the Jacksons, Chaka Khan, Rufus, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, Joni Mitchell and Tower of Power. His pal Larry Graham sat in on bass for a series of Sly & the Family Stone tunes, and backup singer Shelby J stepped out front on a couple of selections, most notably "The Arms of an Angel."

But this show was about Prince and his love of funk and his guitar prowess. He even offered a little "country western" guitar passage, as he put it, and one of his more passionate versions of "Purple Rain" to close the evening.

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY MY FACEBOOK FRIEND Angela Bridges

Comment by Loveagent7 on October 25, 2009 at 12:20am

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