Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL @ Baltimore Rally 4 Peace-May10,2015
The star: It's been 14 years since Prince played Baltimore, and a subpar performance would've deflated the rally's meaningful intent. But the star was in top form Sunday night, whether surrounded by 11 members of his 3RDEYEGIRL band for 1999, or alone on stage with his keyboard and never-better falsetto.
And Prince had a surprise for the fans sitting in the nosebleeds — an upgrade to the pit directly in front of the stage.
In addition to "Baltimore," Prince played many of his hits, opening with "Let's go Crazy." But he hatched a surprise when he invited State's Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby to join him on stage, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Mosby is heading the prosecution in the Gray case and has lodged charges against six police officers. The officers' attorneys have filed a motion to have Mosby's office taken off the case.
They claim she has a conflict of interests, which she has denied.
The concert tickets were a Mother's Day gift from Mosby's husband, Councilman Nick Mosby, the Sun reported.
This is the 1 hour stream of the concert:
Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
Baltimore
(included brief onstage appearance by Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby and husband Mark.)
U Got the Look
The One
(The New Power Generation cover)
Electric Man
(Muddy Waters cover)
Controversy
1999
Little Red Corvette
Nothing Compares 2 U
Encore:
When Doves Cry
Sign “☮” the Times
(preceded by Nasty Girl intro)
Hot Thing
http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/nbunFncc/file.html
This climate of division, violence, mistrust and mistreatment was what Prince wanted to try and provide a balm for Sunday night (May 10), with a trademark marathon of hits he named the Rally 4 Peace concert, held at Baltimore's Royal Farm Arena, coinciding with the release two days earlier of his own song titled "Baltimore." It was Prince's first time playing the city in 14 years, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The mood was noticeably jubilant and celebratory just before Prince took the stage, as his recorded music played on the overhead speakers, his face on just-purchased t-shirts.
"To all the families that have lost loved ones... tonight we are your servants," Prince exclaimed, wearing a grey frock and tri-lensed sunglasses as he and backing band 3rdEyeGirl took the stage, turning "Let's Go Crazy" into an extended jam, the first of many. Shortly into the set, playing his new tribute song, State's Attorney Mosby and her husband were brought out, to a wall of applause.
It's often that a stadium show can disappoint -- lack of intimacy, muddiness of sound, the expense of beer. But when the artist performing is larger-than-life, only a large-scale venue can contain them, which the Royal Farm barely managed. Playing "The One," Prince, peerless guitarist, issued a solo that may have been the crescendo of the night, fusing Chicago blues to Hendrix to flamenco to the Dead Boys back to blues -- straight heartbreak. It was the moment his virtuosity was concreted. Same for a short trio of songs performed solo, holding the attention of a nearly sold-out arena with little more than an electric piano and a microphone.
Returning from an encore break (one of three), Prince mused that he "wants to play more songs, but I've run out of hits -- oh, did I make a joke?"
Across two hours, Prince brought out Miguel (guest on "When Will We Be Paid?" and met with an underwhelming welcome), Doug E. Fresh (whose beatbox accompaniment to Prince's bass was a late show high mark), Judith Hill and Estelle. Throughout, Prince was able to shift from world-ending guitarist to dancer to keyboardist to bassist to singer to humble (-ish) servant, like the legend he inarguably is.
We should all hope that the final result of Prince's concert is an injection of positivity for Baltimore, something they can look back on fondly at a time when sadness reigned. But, at the end of the day, a concert is a concert and the system of oppression is the same. "The system is broken," Prince said very near the end of his Rally 4 Peace. "The way we fix it is to build a new one." Music may not heal these wounds or hold a hammer, but it's still a helpful thing to have love when you're in pain.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6561164/prince-rally-4-peace-baltimore-miguel-doug-e-fresh
The star: It's been 14 years since Prince played Baltimore, and a subpar performance would've deflated the rally's meaningful intent. But the star was in top form Sunday night, whether surrounded by 11 members of his 3RDEYEGIRL band for 1999, or alone on stage with his keyboard and never-better falsetto.
And Prince had a surprise for the fans sitting in the nosebleeds — an upgrade to the pit directly in front of the stage.
In addition to "Baltimore," Prince played many of his hits, opening with "Let's go Crazy." But he hatched a surprise when he invited State's Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby to join him on stage, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Mosby is heading the prosecution in the Gray case and has lodged charges against six police officers. The officers' attorneys have filed a motion to have Mosby's office taken off the case.
They claim she has a conflict of interests, which she has denied.
The concert tickets were a Mother's Day gift from Mosby's husband, Councilman Nick Mosby, the Sun reported.
This is the 1 hour stream of the concert:
Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
Baltimore
(included brief onstage appearance by Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby and husband Mark.)
U Got the Look
The One
(The New Power Generation cover)
Electric Man
(Muddy Waters cover)
Controversy
1999
Little Red Corvette
Nothing Compares 2 U
Encore:
When Doves Cry
Sign “☮” the Times
(preceded by Nasty Girl intro)
Hot Thing
http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/nbunFncc/file.html
This climate of division, violence, mistrust and mistreatment was what Prince wanted to try and provide a balm for Sunday night (May 10), with a trademark marathon of hits he named the Rally 4 Peace concert, held at Baltimore's Royal Farm Arena, coinciding with the release two days earlier of his own song titled "Baltimore." It was Prince's first time playing the city in 14 years, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The mood was noticeably jubilant and celebratory just before Prince took the stage, as his recorded music played on the overhead speakers, his face on just-purchased t-shirts.
"To all the families that have lost loved ones... tonight we are your servants," Prince exclaimed, wearing a grey frock and tri-lensed sunglasses as he and backing band 3rdEyeGirl took the stage, turning "Let's Go Crazy" into an extended jam, the first of many. Shortly into the set, playing his new tribute song, State's Attorney Mosby and her husband were brought out, to a wall of applause.
It's often that a stadium show can disappoint -- lack of intimacy, muddiness of sound, the expense of beer. But when the artist performing is larger-than-life, only a large-scale venue can contain them, which the Royal Farm barely managed. Playing "The One," Prince, peerless guitarist, issued a solo that may have been the crescendo of the night, fusing Chicago blues to Hendrix to flamenco to the Dead Boys back to blues -- straight heartbreak. It was the moment his virtuosity was concreted. Same for a short trio of songs performed solo, holding the attention of a nearly sold-out arena with little more than an electric piano and a microphone.
Returning from an encore break (one of three), Prince mused that he "wants to play more songs, but I've run out of hits -- oh, did I make a joke?"
Across two hours, Prince brought out Miguel (guest on "When Will We Be Paid?" and met with an underwhelming welcome), Doug E. Fresh (whose beatbox accompaniment to Prince's bass was a late show high mark), Judith Hill and Estelle. Throughout, Prince was able to shift from world-ending guitarist to dancer to keyboardist to bassist to singer to humble (-ish) servant, like the legend he inarguably is.
We should all hope that the final result of Prince's concert is an injection of positivity for Baltimore, something they can look back on fondly at a time when sadness reigned. But, at the end of the day, a concert is a concert and the system of oppression is the same. "The system is broken," Prince said very near the end of his Rally 4 Peace. "The way we fix it is to build a new one." Music may not heal these wounds or hold a hammer, but it's still a helpful thing to have love when you're in pain.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6561164/prince-rally-4-peace-baltimore-miguel-doug-e-fresh
damn dude...
