Love ur review. The Chain is a Srevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac cover. Insane performance. He killed me with Anotherlover......
--- NuPwrSoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my review of the Butter show... feel free to > correct any > mistakes on the set list, etc. > > Show started at approx 1 a.m., ending at 3:50 a.m. > > Venue was VERY SMALL. No stage/raised platform. > Seemed like about > 125 members in the NPG line (def no more than 150 in > the joint). > Celebs in attendance included Nas, Kelis, Jay Z, > Beyonce, P. Diddy, > Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, Stephen Hill (BET Dir > of Programming), > ?uestlove. > > Let me say this tho, Prince & co. had to see that > were it NOT for the > NPG Members who were there, the party would have > been DEAD. With few > exceptions the celebs spent their time text message > each other and > their friends, talking, and just basking in the > "status" of being a > VIP at a private exclusive Prince party. :roll: The > only energy from > the audience was brought by the NPGMC members!! > > Here's the set list as I remember it. > > Peach > Te Amo Corazon > Forever In My Life > Everyday People (Sly & Family Stone cover) > The Ride > Never Loved A Man (Aretha Franklin cover / Tamar on > vox) > Love Changes (Mel'isa Morgan & Kashif cover / Tamar > on vox) > Break the Chains (new song?) > Come Together (Beatles cover / Tamar & Prince on > vox) > When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge cover / Tamar > on vox) > Red Headed Stepchild (Tamar) > Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Sly & > Family Stone cover / > Tamar & Prince on vox) > Play That Funky Music (White Boy) (Wild Cherry cover > / BET Director of > Programming Stephen Hill guest on vox) > Partyman > > 3121 > Lolita > Satisfied > Black Sweat (Prince on keys & vox) > Kiss > Joy in Repetition (with Tamar song? interpolated) > Anotherloverholenyohead > If I Was Your Girlfriend > Ecstacy (Barry White cover) jam with Be Happy, The > Bird (Mary J. Blige > cover / Tamar & Prince on vox, ?uestlove on drums) > > Some notes: > > Personnel: Prince, Tamar, Morris, Josh, Cora, Ray > (trumpet), Greg > (trumbone), ?uestlove (guest on drums), Stephen Hill > (guest on vox). > > There were some "undertaker" moments where Prince > just went CRAZY with > the guitar. All the songs were performed in their > entirety, or event > in extended jams. The 3121 material sounds AMAZING > live. Prince's > reinvention of some of the classics--esp > Anotherlover... is a guitar > playing frenzy--it's almost heavy metal what he was > doing to that > song. He was in a very playful mood, the sound / > acoustics were > amazing, his vocals were in tip top shape (some of > his best vocal work > in terms of range, sustain, and timbre, in a long > time), he even > danced around a bit. Because there was no stage or > raised platform, > this was truly a LISTENING experience more than a > visual one, and it > was a great show. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]