6.18.2004

Partied Like it was 1999? and other Prince themes

I saw Prince for the Wednesday night show. The man is a musical genius. Whether you like him or not(Shut up already..Damn!) you have to admit he is an accomplished musician. He played for about two and half hours. His new back up band is very tight. He has an amazing drummer, an exciting horn section, a nerdy looking keyboardist(most of the good ones are) a hypnotizing slap bass player(got to like the funk)If you don't know what slap bass is think 70's porno flick, I will demonstrate listen closely.
Ding Dong!!
Girl 1: "That must be the pizza boy!!"
Girl 2: "We don't have any money to pay him!"
Girl 1: "I have an Idea...I hope he's cute."
Girls open door and you hear the music come in..here's the music, "a wonka a wonka" with a little "baum chicka baum baum" get the idea?

Anyway, Prince tore the roof off the mutha scratcher! He opened with Musicology the title track off his new album and then played Let's Go Crazy. During that song they dropped confetti from the ceiling and then used the lights to make it look like another world!! I was in a suite for the show, but I would recommend being down in the crowd for shows like this. The crowd gets a little wilder. Maceo Parker (Sax) was amazing as well and he's got to be at least 110 years old if he's a day. All in all I really liked the show. Can't say enough.
Last thing I will say about his show. It was the loudest crowd I have even been in!! Louder than any Vikes game I have ever been too.

A (Dirty) Mind is a terrible thing to waste....
I learned to add links to my Blog last night. I am very proud of myself. I got it right the first time even. I also moved some title tags(?) around. Soon I will rule the world with my knowledge. Mu Ah Ah Ah !!!!!! I can't wait to cause more destruction. Don't worry, the rest of you will be added soon. I used all the brainpower I allotted for this evening adding the first two.

Batdance...not to be confused with the Bat-tussi..
The posts are coming. You know which ones. The ones about COH and proof that I am the funkiest geek you know. Soon all the whispers and talk will be replaced with actual facts. The will be some PC game talk, I may have to speak about comic books and I'll make you eat wheat bread...oooooh nooooo.
Plus details about my new job.....here's a hint

2 Comments:

At 11:31 AM, Blogger Andrew said...

For the more innocent reader, the Seinfeld theme music is an excellent, if irritating, example of slap bass.

 
At 12:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ricky!

I am so ashamed! Prince was here a couple of months ago, and for the first time in my life I CHOSE not to go to his concert. Wait! Let me explain (at least TRY to justify missing it..) He played at the Glendale Arena (Huge, Hockey Stadium) Well, I've been spoiled. I didn't want to spend nearly a hundred dollars to sit a mile back in an arena. Even for Prince. I saw Erykah Badu in a nightclub for gosh sakes! Also, I had been to James Brown, Erykah Badu, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Cirque du Soleil all within a couple of months and thought I should spend my money on something other than concerts. I definitely feel like it was the end of an era for me... to willingly miss a Prince concert... What has become of me?

Anyway, I am having my regrets, no thanks to your ravings about what I missed.

I also miss you. Hope to talk to you soon.

Angie in Phoenix (yes, I called you something other than Richard! It felt wierd though!)

 

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