The Weeping Prince Meme

April 05, 2004

The Weeping Prince Meme

Nice Prince profile in Newsweek, but this "Prince was crying!" moment during the LA encore gets more exaggerated each time I read about it. It was a wonderful moment, Prince taking a minute to stop and let the crowd know how much he appreciated/reciprocated their love, but if you think he was actually weeping and too verklempt to go on, you're greatly underestimating his mastery of the stage. It's called ac-ting! (to be read in jon lovitz voice)

Party Like It's 2004
Prince is back—with new music and a newfound faith. Sure, he's changed, but he's still the man.

A technician is sound-checking the trademark purple guitar, and the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is growing impatient. The 5-foot-2 singer adjusts the long poet sleeves of his white blouse, strokes his goatee, fidgets with his diamond-encrusted pendant and taps his platform heel on the concrete of this sports arena in Reno, Nev. Finally, he leans over to me and whispers, "I'll give you 20 bucks if you yell 'Freebird.' C'mon," he says with a nudge, "25 if you shout 'Skynyrd, dude!' "

Prince may be joking about his biggest nightmare—playing rock anthems to lighter-brandishing fiftysomethings at county fairs—but he's taking no chances. On his first nationwide arena tour in almost a decade, he'll still be performing his own anthems, such as "Purple Rain" and "Little Red Corvette." But he's using the old Prince—who busted sexual taboos on such albums as "Dirty Mind"—to introduce the new Prince, a Jehovah's Witness whose new album, "Musicology," is an enticing yet odd mix of funk, faith and fantasy. A second coming? With Prince, anything's possible...

...But it's hard to believe Prince didn't at least miss the mass adoration. On his second tour stop last week, the sold-out 20,000-seat Staples Center in L.A., he got a standing ovation for a surprisingly moving acoustic rendition of "Little Red Corvette"—and he sat down on a stool in the middle of the stage and wept. The audience, a mix of older R&B fans, punk rockers, hip-hop kids and average-looking moms who knew every damn lyric, kept it up until he regained his composure. Even Andre 3000 of Outkast (likely taking mental notes for his next album) got to his feet for the man...

(via anil)

Posted by jsmooth995 at April 5, 2004 01:41 PM

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By next week, Prince gon' be wiping away the tears with a little purple hankie.

Posted by: Anil at April 5, 2004 05:45 PM

Jay,

hope you don't mind, since this is completely off topic, but are there blog archives here anymore? I can't find them for the life of me. 'preciate it.

Posted by: Mickey at April 5, 2004 08:36 PM

the monthly archives should be on the right side, under the search box.. are they not showing up for you?

Posted by: Jay Smooth at April 5, 2004 09:28 PM

The "Purple Tears" incident reminds me of Eddie Murphy's routine on Michael Jackson crying whiule singing "She's Out Of My Life"...

"Tito, hand me a tissue... Jermaine, stop teasing..."

James Brown used to collapes. Robert Smith from The Cure has been known to sob during certain songs.

You're right, it's pure showmanship. But it also shows that Prince gives a damn. Music is an emotional thing, and he's made me cry so many times that I can't even count them.

I think it's awesome that he cried during "Little Red Corvette"-- if it had been during "Sexy MF" I think I would've found it to be a tad ridiculous...

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