Yo I went to see him perform with his new artist "tamar" last Thursday and got a sweet surprise. I was ten feet from the stage so I had a great view of the show. Tamar was awesome. She did a ton of covers of old classics that only real full throated SINGERS (as opposed to mere performers) can pull off right. Some in attendance felt she was trying a bit too hard, but then you would too if this was your proving ground and your mentor was prince. Then she left the stage to get changed and prince let us in on one of the classic tunes he swore last year he wouldn't do ever again. The venue was pretty intimate compared to the stadium's he's played, so when he asked how many of his music club members were in attendance, I'm sure he really felt overwhelmed when more than 3/4 of the audience raised their hands. He was visibly moved by the display (lasted a couple minutes)and he proceeded to tell us, "I know I said I wouldn't, but this is gonna be between me and Atlanta. Nobody's got to know about this." Then he proceeded to kick into purple rain. He did a bunch of his classic material and was so on form it was frightening. He is a guitar god. I was supposed to hook up with three other friends and the next day they both said they came in looking for friends and before they could find us prince had them spellbound and they forgot until after. Fxcking life changing. They rocked from midnite till almost three am. No other performers at all. Oh yeah, he did Michael jackson's "shake your body down to the ground". THEN he says, "you can't do the brother without the sister and he goes into janet jackson's "what have you done for me lately?". Dope. Overall he seemed to be really feeling the classic funk/soul sound more than anything and if the direction he's pushing his new artist in is any indication, he's got it together and is just playing his cards as he always has...his way.
Kamal "still haven't heard the new one" Stoddard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) New Prince Prince is a bad tenant! Do not rent to Prince! http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_081073006.html Love the lyrics to 3121 (title song) 3121 Gonna b so much fun That's where the party b 3121 U can come if U want 2 But U can never leave Unless U get evicted ;-) Listening to the CD right now - first impressions like: Lolita Black Sweat - could see Shake destroy a dancefloor with this Love - although it reminds me too much of Glamorous Life at times Beautiful, Loved and Blessed the rest is filler It's not even close to a return to his creative height (Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain) Production is far too slick most of the time, horn sections don't sound real, too much syrupy coating overall MEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] com To 03/23/06 10:57 AM 313@hyperreal.org cc Subject RE: (313) New Prince >anyone heard the new Prince album? no. I want one though. I got a 12 off musicology (it's so so)... and theres a hot funk track on rainbow children thats well overlooked. let us know if you see any on vinyl (new lp), meant to go to the record shop to ask but havent made it this week. oh, and kent, re this: >proved once again that breakcore is the vanguard of >creativity in electronic music right now. are you sure? cripes if speeding up some beatles track and putting some break over it is creative, then holy guacamole, i'm a friggin dutchman. *big wink* (of course not that I've actually heard any of the music you're referring to, I'm just shooting my gob off) _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring.
