Gary Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 BETWEEN DINNER TIME AND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT I MADE A FUCKING 10 CD PRINCE MUSICOLOGY 2004 WEST COAST TOUR BOX SET. I EVEN TOOK THE LIBERTY TO MAKE A PRINCE-RELATED COVER FOR THE BOX. IT IS THE FUNKIEST BOX IVE GOT SINCE THE STAX BOX FOR SURE! ALL THANKS TO KING UBU WHOEVER THE HELL YOU ARE!!!@?!! Swiss history student, ardent admirer of dada, surrealism, Duchamp etc, thus logically of Alfred Jarry, as well, there comes my handle... then a self-declared jazz addict (ask my girlfriend, she'd say my declaration is spot-on - and no, she doesn't like it...) now back to some serious funky stuff B-) you forgot to mention '& generous to a tee' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 BETWEEN DINNER TIME AND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT I MADE A FUCKING 10 CD PRINCE MUSICOLOGY 2004 WEST COAST TOUR BOX SET. I EVEN TOOK THE LIBERTY TO MAKE A PRINCE-RELATED COVER FOR THE BOX. IT IS THE FUNKIEST BOX IVE GOT SINCE THE STAX BOX FOR SURE! ALL THANKS TO KING UBU WHOEVER THE HELL YOU ARE!!!@?!! Swiss history student, ardent admirer of dada, surrealism, Duchamp etc, thus logically of Alfred Jarry, as well, there comes my handle... then a self-declared jazz addict (ask my girlfriend, she'd say my declaration is spot-on - and no, she doesn't like it...) now back to some serious funky stuff B-) you forgot to mention '& generous to a tee' just spreadin' the goodies, that's all - sort of a philosophy of life... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) I went to the Prince concert in Oakland last night, and man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man... Edited September 10, 2004 by RainyDay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Am I jealous or what? Hey, can anyone give the line up of the bands on all those downloads? I see Candy and Maceo, but have no idea who's in the current band (my favorite line up until recently was the one with Sonny T and Michael B etc... that could change, once I get to know these shows better!) thanks, ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 I posted a review over at JC (Dennis G's thread). I could post it here if anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 I posted a review over at JC (Dennis G's thread). I could post it here if anyone is interested. Sure, please do! (I don't read JC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 On Thursday, September 9, 2004 we were gathered at the Oakland Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors, waiting for our fearless Purple Warrior of Funk. It would be foolish to write off Prince as a pop star obsessed with style because it would ignore the substance. The free Musicology CD handed out to each concert go-er says it all: Produced, arranged, composed & performed by Prince. Prince is that rare package of big talent married to riveting stage presence. He is an extraordinarily talented “entertainer” who gives you so much to see and hear; you barely know what to look at or listen to first. After the stunning dance moves, struts, primps, and spins you are left with someone who creates raw funk played by an eight-piece, carefully assembled, powerful band. The band was tighter than a miniskirt hugging a streetwalker’s behind. The band line up was: Rhonda Smith Bass John Blackwell Drums Chance Howard Keyboards Renato Neto Keyboards Maceo Parker Saxophone Candy Dulfer Saxophone Greg Boyer Trombone Mike Scott Guitar But let’s start at the beginning. The concert opened to a darkened, midnight blue stage and the deep, resonant steady clang from a gong—a gothic preamble to a funky roar when Morris Day and the Time hit the stage. Day did his trademark preening in the mirror held by sidekick Jerome before the band took off on a throaty rumble that could have disabled a pacemaker. Day is a good vocalist and the Time can kick it but the synchronized choreography with the guitar, Jerome and Day had the crowd stomping and shouting. Day sang a ballad near the end of the set clad in a full-length fur coat draped around his shoulders. The pimp factor was in high gear. The set closed with my favorite, “Jungle Love,” that Day kicks off with a scream midway between a cackle and a monkey’s cry. Oh, bidee, oh, bidee oh. The set change lasted about 15 minutes, time for everyone to catch their breath and for the folks in the next row down to go grab another round of beer, nachos, and fries. These people ate and drank during the entire show. The stage went dark and the real roller coaster ride started. Prince came out in white pants, a blue asymmetrical coat, and a white shirt. The stage was in the center of the floor with four runways for Prince to go out and salute each section of the audience. He launched into a Purple Rain medley. He ended with Let’s Get Crazy, with that screaming guitar climax. Prince waved his arm at the band and told the crowd “This is a REAL band.” He exhorted the crowd to support these kinds of musicians and told us there would be no lip-synching tonight. And that band. I can’t say enough about the band. Loud but not so loud that I had to put in earplugs. Maceo added his old school funk and jazz to the set and the wild man passing himself off as a drummer was great. Ms. Dulfer was very good on saxophone but she was playing more pop than Maceo. A couple of times she got serious and I wanted to hear more of that from her. Ms. Smith on bass was terrific, but Mr. Neto was the stuff on keyboards. He played a couple of solos during wardrobe changes that showed he was more than a pop-playing keyboardist. Neto backed up Maceo on a tribute to Ray Charles, just the two of them. Maceo singing, and blowing a little—he had on the shades, he had the signature Charles growl in his singing. It was sweet. Prince has had women in his bands going back to the old days and whether his purpose was to provide eye candy or whatever, he has managed to showcase some really talented women over the years. The next segment of the set had Prince all in red, bathed in red lighting, seated on a stool with an acoustic guitar. He opened playing solo with, what else, Red Corvette. He gently swiveled around in a slow circle on the stool singing to everyone at some point. After the first couple songs, the band came in. This part of the show was wonderful. It was intimate and he presented his older work with a new interpretation. Eventually he shed the guitar and went back to moving across every inch of the stage. He pouted, he mugged for the closed circuit camera, and he led the band through one sizzling number after another. He played some 1970’s R&B, some Chaka Kahn, weaving it in and out of his own music. It may have been this segment when he played a lovely deconstructed version of When Doves Cry. During the last segment, and yet another wardrobe change, Prince did a too-funky bass duet with Ms. Smith. I’m told he was playing some Stanley Clarke but I didn’t catch it. My only regret was that he didn’t play the electric guitar as much as I would have liked. He mostly sang and danced. You could tell he was having a good time and the audience ate it up. I’m not proud, I brought my soupspoon. He played tracks off his current CD in this segment. At different times, he brought people up on stage from the audience to dance. It gave a real party atmosphere to have folks on stage dancing and singing. Most of the audience stood and danced for most of the show. At the end, of this segment he, said his goodbyes, and then the begging started for the encore. The begging lasted over 10 minutes and he finally came out swathed in purple lighting in another killer white suit singing more Purple Rain songs and then closed with the title track. The last notes hung in the air long after the band left the stage. All in all, he was on stage for two plus hours total. Add another hour for the Time and we had well over three hours of the funky good stuff. It was an extraordinary concert. I was impressed with the body of his work and how he reinvented so much of it for 2004. I think the tour is about over—tonight is another concert at the Arena and tomorrow night he’ll be back in San Jose (he did some shows there back in June). I had a blast. I was hoarse from shouting, my arms ached from clapping, and I had one of those glorious moments of “I’m so lucky to be here, right here, right now.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 moris day opened for prince at oakland??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 moris day opened for prince at oakland??? Yup. It was crazy. Halfway through their set Day said "I bet you didn't expect to see me, huh?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) " but Mr. Neto was the stuff on keyboards. He played a couple of solos during wardrobe changes that showed he was more than a pop-playing keyboardist. " ~~~~~ Wasn't he great?! I thoroughly enjoyed his playing. Edited September 12, 2004 by jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm listening to the first disc from San Jose right now and it seems like all songs are cut off before they end. Is this true of all shows on this site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDay Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm listening to the first disc from San Jose right now and it seems like all songs are cut off before they end. Is this true of all shows on this site? I don't understand the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm listening to the first disc from San Jose right now and it seems like all songs are cut off before they end. Is this true of all shows on this site? Not to me. I'm listening to one. Did you remember to put 0 (zero) seconds between each track when you burned the disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm listening to the first disc from San Jose right now and it seems like all songs are cut off before they end. Is this true of all shows on this site? Not to me. I'm listening to one. Did you remember to put 0 (zero) seconds between each track when you burned the disc? No, I haven't burned them yet. I'm just listening to the mp3's off of my hard drive. For example: track 5 off of disc one from San Jose is 2:05 long and seems to cut off in the middle of a song. Track 6 doesn't seem to pick up where track 5 ends. It sounds like, even if this is a medley, there is some music missing. Does anyone else hear this problem using tracks 5 and 6 as examples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 On Thursday, September 9, 2004 we were gathered at the Oakland Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors, waiting for our fearless Purple Warrior of Funk .... Thanks for posting this, Rainy! Must have been a great night! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 problem solved. I have a few tracks that did not download completely. Thanks again to ubu for posting this link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 problem solved. I have a few tracks that did not download completely. Thanks again to ubu for posting this link! Welcome, John - you frightened me with that post, as I downloaded everything, and burned right away, and yet have to listen to most of the CDRs... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Check that site again, there's some new stuff there! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Thank you for the info! I was hoping that would happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Could you be... the most beautiful UBU in the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 uh, oh, beautiful? me? Four more discs of music, by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Be careful to sort out the Washington stuff! There's three discs of music on two pages, and tracks are named ...t1 and ...t2, you have to rename them into ...t01 and ...t02 after you downloaded them, otherwise you will have to sort them before burning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 uh, oh, beautiful? me? Four more discs of music, by the way! Of course! The green is a rather festive complement to the red eyes... He just looks a little misunderstood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 He just looks a little misunderstood... but certainly not as cute as your little avatar lady! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 two discs of Las Vegas added.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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