Really interesting to see how the Purple One has reclaimed his legend over the past few years; punchline worthy as ever, but that’s only for his eccentricity — these days it’s like every live move he makes is massive headline material (crashing online ticketing systems in London, selling out $3,000 VIP shows in LA, etc). So, this Saturday was proclaimed Prince day in his home state, and he celebrated in style with three shows in 12 hours. Via AP:
The Minneapolis native first performed Saturday at a department store to promote his new cologne, cramming nine songs into a 45-minute set. He then played that night at the Target Center arena. He capped the night with a return to First Avenue, the club he made famous in the movie “Purple Rain.”
The cops shut him down at the city’s 4AM curfew, else he’d still be playing right now. And it seems like everybody was getting in on the numerology kick this weekend. While we were taking in 77 drummers on 7/7/07 (post TK), Prince was honoring the lucky digit with his classic hit “7,” a bit of which awaits you after the click.
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great,great pop song! ive always loved it.
I was at the Target Center show and it was incredible. In a show that consisted of mainly nothing but highlights, some of the more prominent were…
-Wendy Melvoin (of Wendy & Lisa/The Revolution) on guitar. She accompanied Prince on electic guitar only versions of “Little Red Corvette,” “Raspberry Beret” and “The One You Wanna See” (a new song).
-Out of nowhere covers of “Come Together” (featuring a ridonkulous double solo with him and Wendy) and “Let’s Go” by The Cars.
-Sheila E. came out to duet on “Love Bizarre” and “Glamorous Life” during the encore.
-A few unexpected tunes including “If I Was Your Girlfriend” and “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore”
Easily the best Prince concert I’ve seen, possibly the best all around concert I’ve ever seen. It was unbelievable.
the first ave. show was insane! he only played a little over an hour, but i was totally worth waiting in line for 20 hours (literally). larry graham and wendy came out towards the end of the set and rocked some sly and the family stone songs. amazing…
Wendy and Lisa do the music for “Heroes”. I just realized that the other day. Pretty cool.
It was actually 3 AM, AP needs to get their facts straight (or remember that MPLS is in the Central time zone).
Wendy and Lisa have done a lot of soundtrack/score work none of which I can remember right now of course.
I think their Girl Bros. record about Wendy’s brother is way underrated.
The curfew is 3:00 AM, but the cops didn’t shut him down until 4:00 AM.
http://www.startribune.com/music/story/1290764.html