Monday, September 13th, 2004

No B-12 Injection, No Backstage Pass

Yeah, we love us some Prince. Two+ hours of His Badness and we still wanted more.

Lots of comments about MTV: “That’s a bass, betcha ain’t see one of those since 1975!” And it-ain’t-bragging-if-it’s-true patter: “My band is tight! T-I-T-E!” Renato Neto as Rick Wakeman! John Blackwell’s two-armed drumline! Plus “The Ballad of Henry and Sheila”, performed with acoustic panache and pinpoint comic timing. That’s craft, we ain’t see it in a while, and I don’t think there will be a better concert all year.

Meanwhile, he got rolled to center stage and off enclosed in a big speakboxxx. And here’s what awaited him backstage.

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