Prince has a long history, the scenes with the Internet. After the first artists to embrace in the midge became somewhat of a loner in the midair started hiring people to take product that has leaked from the Internet . But for some reason, which has now ceased. YouTube has become a treasure for fans of Prince literal, with several old concerts, rehearsals and music videos now widely available.
Prince collection Youtube
Prince 7" - Part 1
Prince 7" Part 2
Prince 7" - Part 3
Prince 7" - Part 4
Prince 7" - Part 5
Perhaps the best stuff floating around a show that the prince made all the way back in pre-Purple Rain. Anyone who has a hardcore fan has seen the video time and time again, but every day casual fans have been left out of the loop. The concert took place at First Avenue in Minneapolis. A year later, when the club was featured in Purple Rain (the movie), the venue would be changed forever. In , however, it is ideal to accommodate a new hit Prince & The Revolution. Prince had been the stage with some of the band members for some time, but the show was the first guitarist Wendy Melvoin who will continue with the group until they disbanded in . But on track - The show of (August , to be exact) was the first public live performance of Prince & The Revolution.
The 1983 concert took place at First Avenue in Minneapolis. A year later when the club was featured in Purple Rain (the movie), the venue would be changed forever. In 1983 however, it was perfect for hosting a newly minted Prince & The Revolution. Prince had been performing with some of the band members for a while, but the show was the debut of guitarist Wendy Melvoin who would continue with the band until their dissolution in 1986.
first public live performance of Prince & The Revolution was also the first time the band would perform several of what would become their signature tracks, most importantly Purple Rain.
Everyone knows the song. Play the first chord and you just have everyone around you sing. But not the case. Instead you had a crowd silenced by the ability premiere of the song. This is one of only a handful of bootlegs of this track did not the crowd goes nuts, instead they listen to the song and literally see the history in the making. Obviously they can not sing at the same time, the song is new.
This live show made up the basis for several Purple Raintracks, including the title track, I Would Die 4 U and Baby I’m A Star. Prince song are there with how you know them - because they were recorded from a mobile truck outside of First Avenue. Add a few overdubs and there you have it, one of the best selling albums of the . Regardless how you view Prince now, at the time one thing was clear - his name was Prince, his favorite color was purple, and he was a son of a bitch bad.
Regardless of how you view Prince now, back then one thing was clear – his name was Prince, his favorite color was purple, and he was a bad motherfucker.
Open Letter to Prince
The Dick Formerly Known As Prince (TDFKAP): An Open Letter to the Purple One
To Prince, His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, The Dick Formerly Known As Prince:
Today, a year after opening your LotusFlow3r club, you charged fans who had requested to cancel their annual memberships another $77. How do I know? Because I am one of them.
The worse is that several months ago, I sent a request to your support / sales group to LOtUSFLOW asking to cancel my subscription. I have never been answered, so I went to the site and changed my credit card. I told myself that surely this would be sufficient. I knew that the site of auto-billed each year, but the words that you said to email support@lotusflower.com, many, many fans have. Instead of an answer, we all woke up with nice little charges $ this morning. The best part? At the time of writing - Your site is currently down, and totally inaccessible. Part of me wants to hope that you have something more planned. But it gives the impression that I drinking the purple Kool-Aid, I not. I just want my $ back, please. If you can show me that you have better things to come, I would say maybe even consider joining the site, but I do not want to pay $ for a black page. Sincerely Please stop being a dick giant purple Steven Anthony Hammock UPDATE: And like that, here is the official message of the support team: "Dear Member LotusFlow .com, We were saddened to hear today that the first followers of LotusFlow .com were charged $ for a subscription to repeat on the site. We did not expect this action to occur automatically as we did not set up a script in our recurring billing code. After the phone with the Authorize.net payment gateway, we found that subscriptions were renewed at their end. We immediately put an end to the recurring billing for all additional subscriptions and we will refund those who have been charged. We apologize for the inconvenience and we work quickly to reimburse any person who has been accused for a second year. Please be aware that the prince himself had no hand in this area and that the error was due to a lack of discipline on our part. Sincerely, development team LOtUSFLOW
" UPDATE # : When I wrote this article last week I had no idea she would end up posted all over the internet. It quickly became the most read section of my site, has attracted a number of vicious phone calls and hate mail from some very angry fans. He also received a good amount of support for "my" side of the issue as well. I expressed my honest opinion on the facts and information I had at the time . support requests LOtUSFLOW they never expected to have a recurring charge - curiously a clause on joining the site itself that members would be "self-charged" unless canceled. Type a strange situation, but I glad they are doing their utmost to put things right. Obviously, I do not "take over" everything I said but I would note that I officially received my refund LOtUSFLOW . Some members say they have not yet. All Hopefully will soon be eligible for this particular legal issue Prince, but it is not worth that the Purple One is in. There is a follow-up of all kinds in this article, and you can Read here for Part of this "open letter" to the Prince.
Part of me wants to hope that you have something bigger planned. But that makes it sound like I’m drinking the purple Kool-Aid, which I’m not. I just want my $77 back, please. If you can show me that you have better things coming, I would even possibly consider rejoining the site, but I don’t want to pay $77 for a black page.
Sincerely Please stop being a giant purple dick,
Steven Anthony Hammock
UPDATE: And just like that, here’s the official message from the support team:
“Dear LotusFlow3r.com members,
We were saddened to hear today that the earliest adopters of LotusFlow3r.com were charged $77 for a repeat subscription to the website. We did not expect this action to occur automatically as we had not set up a recurring billing script in our code. After getting on the phone with the payment gateway Authorize.net, we found that the subscriptions were being renewed on their end. We immediately discontinued the recurring billing for all further subscriptions and we will be refunding those who have been charged. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and are working quickly to refund anyone who was charged for a second year. Please be aware that Prince himself had no hand in this and that the error was due to lack of thoroughness on our part.
Sincerely, LotusFlow3r development team”
UPDATE #2: When I wrote this article last week I had no idea that it would end up posted all over the internet. It has quickly become my site’s most viewed article, has attracted a number of vicious phone calls and hate mail from some very rabid fans. It has also garnered a fair amount of support for “my” side of the issue as well.
I voiced my honest opinion given the facts and information that I had at the time. LotusFlow3r support claims that they never planned on having a recurring charge — oddly a clause on the site’s membership itself states that members would be “auto-charged” unless they canceled. Kind of an odd situation, but I am glad they are doing everything they can to make things right. Obviously I don’t “take back” anything I’ve said, but I will note that I have officially received my refund from LotusFlow3r. Some members are claiming that they still have not.
Hopefully soon everything will be right with this particular Prince legal issue, but it’s not the only trouble the Purple One is in. There is a follow-up of sorts to this article, and you can
