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Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Sept 25, 2012 15:04:51 GMT -5
This is a hell of a review. I must have this.
Report: Prince Kicks Off Welcome 2 Chicago Residency A review of last night's show at the United Center. By Jordan Sargent on September 25, 2012 at 01:00 p.m.
Report: Prince Kicks Off Welcome 2 Chicago Residency
Here's a pretty good indication of star power: While waiting for you to appear onstage, how far are your fans willing to stretch their imaginations regarding your method of arrival? When the house lights dimmed in the United Center just after 9 p.m. on the first night of Prince's three-night residency in Chicago, an impromptu game of "Where's Waldo?" broke out. Anyone seen Prince? After a minute of nothing but darkness and slowly rising fog, heads began to turn. A group of audience members pointed upwards, as if Prince was readying to lower himself from the rafters. Alas, he was not flying in from the ceiling. Thirty seconds later, a crew member rushed a large box to the side of the stage. "He's in a box?" said someone behind me. Prince was not in a box. A minute later, Prince rose on a lift to the center of the stage, right in front of his mic stand.
He was wearing a suit that was both cream and black, split right down the middle. (Yes, Prince was dressed as the flyest black-and-white cookie in Chicago.) From there he launched into a nearly non-stop two hour set in which he inhabited many roles, the least of which, at times, was Prince. What do you do with yourself when you've been one of the most beloved artists in music history for more than 30 years? If you're Prince, you fashion yourself a wedding singer, a leader of a cover band, a DJ, and a director, and you pull all of this off seamlessly while throwing a giddy party on a Monday night.
Prince started off his set fully utilizing the large orchestra at his back, funking up songs like "Pop Life" and "Housequake" so they would flow seamlessly into staples by the Time and Curtis Mayfield. This was Prince as wedding singer, running through soul and funk classics (including his own), hamming it up and taking just as much as he was giving. There were times when he wasn't even singing, like he hired a band and put on a show to entertain himself as much as us. But even when hanging back, he still directed the show with panache: "Piano solo! House lights!" When, as the first hour wound down, he told the crowd, "We've got a lot of hits tonight, and I'm gonna try and play them all," I didn't know if he was referring to his own discography or the entire history of recorded music.
After a break for "Nothing Compares 2 U" and, uh, Sarah McLachlan's "Angel", Prince finally picked up his guitar. The hits were all his: "Raspberry Beret" and "Cream" to name two. But there was also a spirited rendition and interpolation of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough", a nice hit to rip into once you've sort of gotten tired of singing your own. Then came the opening notes of "Purple Rain" and a curious declaration: "I don't need to be here, but I want to be here." Though true, the statement was almost accusatory. Yet it bizarrely aligned with a show that was, above all, colored by its musical generosity. It cut against a prominent image of 21st-century Prince as the guy who screws over the members of his own fan club and scrubs every trace of his music from YouTube. That's frustrating stuff, but this is a man who loves music and his fans, too. So here he is, touring the world, immersing himself in both.
Then again, he also teased a second encore for 40 minutes as fog intermittently emanated from the empty, dark stage. Eventually, the house lights flicked on to the crowd's nauseous groan, and the arena quickly emptied out, myself included. But Prince reportedly returned sometime later to sing "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" with most of the audience on their way home. Not everything must reconcile.
Post by jackrabbit003 on Oct 7, 2012 11:26:45 GMT -5
If he can pull off a set like this we would be in 4 a serious treat
This was from his Welcome2Chicago show - September 25, 2012
Setlist: Let’s Go Crazy Delirious Let's Go Crazy (coda) 1999 Shhh Let’s Work U Got The Look Sometimes It Snows In April People Pleaser She’s Always In My Hair Dreamer I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Take Me With U Raspberry Beret Cream Cool / Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson Cover) Nothing Compares 2 U (with Jennifer Hudson) Purple Rain Encore #1: Controversy incl. Housequake How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore Encore #2: When Doves Cry Nasty Girl (instrumental) Sign O’ The Times Hot Thing Alphabet St.(instrumental) Forever In My Life Darling Nikki (instrumental) Mr. Goodnight I Would Die 4 U Kiss Encore #3: Little Red Corvette Encore 4: Act Of God What Have You Done For Me Lately (Janet Jackson cover) (Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up? Dancing Machine (Jackson 5 cover) Partyman incl. It's Alright / Controversy (coda)
Let's put on our tinfoil conspiracy lids: I think this, combined with his Chicago run, points to a Prince headliner at one or more festivals in the summer. I just hope it's on this continent. Those Chicago shows seemed well timed to prove he can still sell tickets and bump fees for a festival performance.
Let's put on our tinfoil conspiracy lids: I think this, combined with his Chicago run, points to a Prince headliner at one or more festivals in the summer. I just hope it's on this continent. Those Chicago shows seemed well timed to prove he can still sell tickets and bump fees for a festival performance.
I agree, Horn, and I would love to see him at Bonnaroo. As a consolation, I'll take a 3 night run in DC.
Let's put on our tinfoil conspiracy lids: I think this, combined with his Chicago run, points to a Prince headliner at one or more festivals in the summer. I just hope it's on this continent. Those Chicago shows seemed well timed to prove he can still sell tickets and bump fees for a festival performance.
I agree, Horn, and I would love to see him at Bonnaroo. As a consolation, I'll take a 3 night run in DC.
Prince is at the very top of my bucket list. I've been able to mark off dozens between the fests we've covered, but most of the big ink has come from Bonnaroo. I would love nothing more than to see Prince on the farm, I just think it may be now or never for the Stones. I do think Prince will play in Manchester in the next three or four years, but anything could happen and he may never get the chance, or he may never tour again. We're talking about a guy who didn't understand why he couldn't just go get a giraffe at 4:00AM on a whim. But it seems as though he is much more reasonable now and one thing's for sure, if he does hit a festival or comes anywhere close to Knoxville, we're there.
He was at the top of mine before I saw him last year (that spot is now occupied by David Bowie, but that one seems a tad less likely). Can't really say enough good things about that show. As I've said elsewhere, Prince alone would 100% get me back on the farm, something I can say about very few possible acts.
