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From: Sheila <she4bikes@yahoo.com>
To: Prince-4ever@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 1:13:43 PM
Subject: [Prince-4ever] Re: Great review of Madison Square Garden from the Boston Globe
ok, confession time. "...first time.." was my comment (it comes
before the beginning of the article.
Confession: I have neer been to a Prince concert
because I have been very poor in my life,
probably never will. I like Prince mainly for his social
justice and spiritual messages (my very favorite
song lyrics are 'America"). In these first two concerts
of Welcome 2 America, I believe he has made reference
to the bank bailouts with the bank execs getting
hundreds of million dollars in bonuses. I really
appreciate Prince for this.
-Sheila B
--- In Prince-4ever@yahoogroups.com, "~*\[\[PFL\]\]*~" <qaidsharif@...> wrote:
>
> Good article Sheila, thanks for posting but, the writer of so said article
> (Sarah Rodman) may have 'thought' this was 'possibly the first time the audience
> was invited to dance with Prince'. My wife and I went to see Prince when he was
> doing the 3121 Las Vegas Shows back in 2007 and he's been inviting people on
> stage to dance since then and before, if I'm not mistaken but, I laugh when
> these writers say or write what they write. You can tell they're not 'Hardcore'
> like 'we' are ... LoL
>
>
>
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> From: Sheila <she4bikes@...>
> To: Prince-4ever@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 10:54:49 PM
> Subject: [Prince-4ever] Great review of Madison Square Garden from the Boston
> Globe
>
>
> Possibly the first time ever an audience was invited to dance
> on stage!
>
> http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/12/20/prince_plays_and_more_than_pleases_at_a_sold_out_madison_square_garden/
>
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> Prince gives spirited crowd exactly what it came for
> Prince (pictured in East Rutherford, N.J., last Wednesday night) lit up Madison
> Square Garden on Saturday. (The New York Times)
>
>
> By Sarah Rodman
> Globe Staff / December 20, 2010
> At: Madison Square Garden, New York, Saturday (repeats Dec. 29 and Jan. 18)
> Picking a highlight from the fiercely funky hour-and-40-minute performance, the
> first of three at the Garden over the next month, is nearly impossible given the
> breathless pace with which Prince and his seven-piece backing band careered from
> song to song. In his gleefully demented genius fashion, the 52-year-old
> Minneapolis rocker jammed together familiar tunes, deep cuts, and offbeat covers
> in a whirlwind of guitar heroics, astonishing vocal flights, fleet footwork,
> and, of course, a shower of purple confetti. "Too many hits!'' the clearly
> jazzed Prince crowed at one point, and that was no idle boast as an early run
> included turbocharged takes on "Baby I'm a Star,'' "The Beautiful Ones'' â€"
> including a twirl with a ballerinaâ€" "Let's Go Crazy,'' "Delirious,'' and
> "1999.''
>
> He thrilled diehards in attendance by asking, "What y'all know about `Dirty
> Mind'?'' as he stormed into "Uptown'' from that 1980 album and reclaimed a
> little "Cool'' from his Minneapolis brethren the Time.
>
> A spirited crowd singalong of "Raspberry Beret'' topped with the sexy romp
> "Cream'' kept the momentum going, and the appearance of former Prince drummer
> and protégé Sheila E. to duet on "U Got the Look'' and work out her own "The
> Glamorous Life,'' pushed the already hot proceedings into the red zone.
>
> The regular set ended in majestic style with a righteous take on "Nothing
> Compares 2 U'' â€" in which Prince testified atop his purple piano in an ecstatic
> call and response with a female backing singer â€" segued into an epic, 10-minute
> take on "Purple Rain,'' complete with a Prince guitar solo that was as soulful
> as it was searing.
>
> A sassy encore of "Kiss'' was followed by a nutty all-star finale run through
> Sheila E.'s "A Love Bizarre'' in which Prince invited a couple of dozen of the
> bold-faced names in attendance onstage to get down. The sight of Spike Lee and
> opener Sinbad shaking tambourines as Questlove of the Roots held down the drum
> kit, Jamie Foxx shimmied in a silent reverie, and Cornel West and Whoopi
> Goldberg danced a jaunty waltz down the runway of the stage in the shape of
> Prince's trademark glyph perfectly underscored the show's giddy party vibe.
>
> To the delight of early arrivals, Prince dropped into opener Larry Graham and
> Graham Central Station's rollicking early set. Rocking a snazzy cape and hat
> combo, the first of his three costumes, Prince helped Graham through a medley of
> classics from the bassist's former band Sly and the Family Stone including
> "Everyday People'' and "Higher.''
>
> Sarah Rodman can be reached at srodman@...
>
> -Sheila B
>
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