So, my sister and I went to see Prince at the Super Dome in New Orleans. I still don't believe it finally happened. I was in shock the whole time.
Janelle Monae was the opening act. She was energetic, as usual. What I noticed about her mostly is that the girl can sing. I really had no idea. Prince joined her playing his guitar when she did Let's Go Crazy.
Doug E Fresh was the emcee between acts. He played old school hits.
Then, Nile Rodgers played. He was in the disco band, Chic. Interestingly, my parents tried to get into disco once and bought one of their 8 tracks. I had memorized it as a kid. He played some of that. Apparently, the man has produced and written a whole lot of music, in which he played. It included Let's Dance by Bowie. Prince joined him on that one. He's written a lot of damn songs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers). Rodgers seemed humbled and grateful about the whole thing. He was joined on stage by two women with awesome voices. I think one was a member of Sister Sledge and the other a member of Chic. Forgive me for not knowing.
The night was all about recognizing writers of original music obviously. When Prince came out, he announced he had (14,17 I don't recall specifically) hit songs and he was going to play them all. He has more hits than that and he didn't play them all. I was saddened by this at first because I'm a fan of his B sides and earlier 70's music before the 1999 album. I almost fell out of my chair when he played Controversy (one of my favs). He also did Little Red Corvette which thrilled me as that is the song that made me fall in love with him. I damn near cried when he did Sometimes It Snows In April as that song has significance to me. He didn't play instruments all that often. His singing was stellar, though. He played the guitar solo to Purple Rain. It was a religious experience. He also did Nothing Compares to You and songs he's written for other people such as The Time. He let it be known he wrote them.
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