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In 1986 Prince was the biggest star in Europe. But, he hadn’t performed there since 1981 when he visited Amsterdam, London and Paris with his Dirty Mind Tour. After playing 11 shows in the US Prince finally announced the one thing Europe craved for: concerts in Europe! Was it really happening?
The first show with the ‘extended Revolution’ (or the ‘Counter Revolution’ as Eric Leeds called it) was played on March 3rd, 1986, at First Avenue in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis. The Parade album hadn’t been released yet, but the set contained a lot of songs off the album. On April 7th, 1985, Prince had announced that he would retire from performing. Within less than a year he was back with a bigger band than ever before and presenting a brand new show.
The recipe for the shows in the US was the same (except for the two New York shows). Shows were announced at the very last minute (at times a day before the actual show). It resulted in the name Hit N Run Tour, even though it was never officially named as such.
The tour was Prince’s first real European tour, followed by his first ever performances in Japan. About 120,000 people witnessed the shows. In Europe it was the start of a lasting affair, whereby Prince increasingly aimed his attention towards Europe, leaving the US behind. The love was completely mutual. Prince’s genius was openly and loudly proclaimed, his record sales were up all over Europe and his music was embraced by all, whereas reactions in the US soured and even were hostile at times.
The last show of the tour also meant the end of The Revolution. On September 9th, 1986, Prince smashed some of his guitars on stage. The band immediately picked up on the meaning and realized an era was about to end. Prince would never perform with The Revolution again.
The Sign O’ The Times Tour was Prince’s first tour following his disbanding of the Revolution in the autumn of 1986. Rehearsals were conducted at his third and last rented warehouse, sited on Washington Avenue in the suburb of Edina, Minnesota.
The Sign O The Times Tour opened just eight months following the Revolution’s final live performance together with Prince. The new backing band comprised: Sheila E who took Bobby Z’s seat on drums; Miko Weaver, member of the Revolution’s extended line-up since 1986 replaced Wendy Melvoin on electric guitar; newcomer Levi Seacer Jr was enlisted in replacement of BrownMark on bass; Revolution’s Matt “Dr” Fink kept his seat on keyboards and was joined by newcomer Boni Boyer. Boyer, Weaver and Seacer were introductions from Sheila’s band in Oakland. The Sign O’ The Times Tour was also Prince’s first to include a dancer in the main line-up, filled by former talent show winner Cat Glover who first met Prince at an LA nightclub and hired as choreographer for Vanity 6. Enlisted to do the same for the Sign O’ The Times Tour, Cat became a fully fledged member of the band in her own right. The neon lit stage set drew inspiration from the theatrical production of Guys And Dolls.
The Lovesexy show is structured like one of those old Warner Bros gangster pictures - in the first half (lucky for us), we see an ‘evil’ Prince, seduced by the sins of the flesh and tempted by drugs, money and criminality, giving him an excuse to dust off Black Album standouts ‘Superfunkicalifragisexy’ and ‘Bob George’.
Then there’s punishment, atonement and spiritual conversion. Yes, y’all, the second half of the show is ‘God stuff’. But if you don’t go along with it, the music is enough of a spiritual experience anyway. Anyway, Prince certainly seems genuinely transported during ‘Anna Stesia’ and ‘I Wish U Heaven’.
Prince is incredible because he had focus on the big and small end of the music industry. He could play and write any style of song. But maybe his best ability was his live playing. A gifted natural at any instrument he touched. His guitar playing and solo ability was top notch. He was musically the complete package, no one else was like him.
He was definitely a 1 of 1. Thank you for watching!
I probably would've never known that Raphael Saddiq got his start by playing for Sheila E. had it not been for this channel. Love it. Best TH-cam on channel on Prince, hands down. Keep em coming!
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The only reason I've known all the time is because he said so when Tony Toni Toné first came out and were interviewed on Video Soul/BET
Get this I’m a lifelong friend of Prince and I didn’t even know this!!!🤣
I'm with you... But I want to say, "I knew it, I knew it!!!" imagine a aftershow 'Prince & Tony! Toni! Tone!' and not even knowing who they were at the time...😳😭 LOL I can't!
I knew with TonyTonyTone’ 1st album because of the paisley line in born not to know
Prince was a Genius!! I wish he was still here! Rip in Peace Sweet Prince! 🎶🕊💜
Genius innovator
@@Sinnik22You're absolutely 💯%! 👌 ❤️ 💓 💙 💖 right about Prince 🤴 💜 😍 👏 ❤️ ♥️!
I wish 🤞 😪 😢 😫 😔 😕 Prince 🤴 ♥️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 was still 🔥 😢 👌 here 😢 😞 😕 😔 😐 😫 too!R I P in Peace ✌️ 😢 😞 🙏 😕 😔 Sweet 😋 😢 💙 🙏 ❤️ 😞 Prince 🤴 ♥️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 "When Dove 🕊 😢 😞 😕 😔 😫 Cry 😢 😭 😞 💔 😔 😫 😢!"
Prince, the best live performer, ever!💜💜🙏
So GREAT!
@@Sinnik22 Definitely!
Prince’s energy and vision was so amazing and always inspired I love that about him
He was something wasn’t he
Prince live is the best concert experience out there. You will never see/hear a bad show with Prince no matter who's backing him. I was so disappointed he couldn't bring the Purple Rain Tour to Pittsburgh. They only had a couple variations of the stage setup and the Civic Arena didn't work. We were invited to pick from 4 cities so we ended up at Richfield Coliseum Cleveland area. Best show ever! 💜
Absolutely stunning. Thanks so much. My favorite Prince Age.
You’re not alone
I saw Prince the first time Live back in 1986. Madison Square Garden. This was a treat to see. August of 1986 Madison Square Garden. So seeing this brought back memories of the PARADE TOUR. The second time was Sign O the Times 1987 in Europe.
I'm sure those concerts were EVERYTHING especially the European one. 💜
@@danavixen6274 absolutely. It was my first time in Europe for 6 months. I had seen him several months before back in 1986. I was taken aback to how rapidly he put the new tour together. Sign O the times was amazing. I didn't know he didn't tour with that constellation in America.
Oh what a treat
Are you conscious how lucky you were??!!!
@@manueldpmingopereznavales5109 Yes. I'm cognizant of that. Great time and memory.
Prince was known for surprising people with concerts. He was amazing.
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And firing people
I've always loved the ATWIAD Album when it came out I was 10 and my friends couldn't understand why I liked this album better than Purple Rain. I thought it was a Wonderful experience listening to the album from beginning to end. I just cannot explain why I gravitate to it so well! Prince was a Genius and it will be no other that will compare to him.💜
You were in the tasteful minority
Sign o the times was one of my favorite 💜
My personal “best album” pure magic
Absolutely
Prince hair was gorgeous in lovesexy tour.💜
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those were my first shows. ahoy 1986
My dude
Thanks!
Very kind and extremely generous DeniseN. Thanks deeply!
The number one Prince fan the luxurious one
Lol! He was that +
I love this series. Thank u.
Always brother. Appreciate you
I'm grateful for buying multiple concert CDs and DVDs from this INGENIOUSLY creative icon before his transition. However, that sister of mine got to see him five times! Boo! Hiss! 😤
He's my purplicious 💜☔
U, me and the 🌎
that was so good... I like to say about SOTT: take the LP... pick any of the 4 sides... play it... and you will hear more musical ground covered in those 3 to 5 songs... 20 ish minutes that the vast majority of acts would ever cover in a lifetime.
He had adopted so much into his tool box before he touched 30 yrs.
There I go again. I'm laughing so hard at the exchange between Miko and Prince
Drama
Word... Prince could intimidate Brownmark and Fink, but Miko clearly wasnt havin it...🤣
Throwaway songs like Dance On and Lovesexy marked the end of the "Glory Years" for Prince.
Alphabet St. top 10 for me.
Dance On and Lovesexy are not "throway" songs...at all
@@RJNumber45You're absolutely 💯% 👌 ❤️ 💓 💙 💖 right ✅️ 👏 🤣 🙄 😄 😆 about all of Prince's 🤴 😄 😀 😉 😆 🤣 songs 🎵 😄 😀 😉 😆 😑!
@@RJNumber45You're absolutely 💯 %!right about that!
@@RJNumber45You're absolutely 💯 %right here about Prince 🤴 😍 ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💕 and 👏 😀 👍 😄 😉 👌 and all of his 👋 💜 😄 😀 👏 ❤️ songs 🎵 😄 😀 😉 😆 😑!
This was very interesting,thanks for the post👌👍
Thanks for watching! Hope you’re still watching & enjoying
I got the see Prince in 1996 during the Jam of the Year tour.
The stuff you're doing here is setting a really high bar for whatever Netflix or whoever comes up with something for any supposed documentary about the man. I could do with a little less After Effects filters and such but the interviews , the work, and the research you're doing here to tell his story is something I think will be hard to top, no matter who does it. I can tell you're a true fan that's dedicated to telling his story through a variety of lenses, embellished by the people who knew him best and worked with him.
It's REALLY good work that obviously comes from a place of admiration, passion, love, truth, knowledge and fascination for a singular generational talent. As I age, I go down fewer and fewer TH-cam rabbit holes but your stuff keeps me hooked. Nice job.
I feel you. I was still trying to settle on a style bruh. Thanks for the constructive feedback.
You're style is fine. Just constructive criticism from a a graphics guy. I know you have to work around copyright stuff too.
The work you've done here is fantastic and anyone doing a Prince doc should consult you. I'm fan going back to 82 and know a LOT about our guy but you've taught me new stuff, especially with the interview snippets.
Great job!! Thank u for this amazing video.💜👏🙏
I absolutely love it when you post a new episode! Thank you so much, all of these are amazing! Thank you for your work.
That’s definitely what I want to hear brother
I can't get enough of these videos!! Ur brilliant! Thanks for your hard work!
The good words. Appreciated.
I cant sleep... perfect timing!!
Well here’s the wake up😉
Editing gold! Seriously , a Netflix documentary isn't needed.
Dam. That’s huge. I appreciate, (we appreciate, I’m sure)
AWESOME
Yayyyy whenever I see a new video from you I know it’s gonna be awesome right away thank you!!!
That is such high praise for this project ! Thank you. It’s fuel 4 tha tank fer sure!
holy shnit he's even found the original holy grail SOTT concert footage.. Sinnik's untouchable now!
Hilarious 😆
I think I might like the original footage over the film!!..It seemed more like a production rather than a concert...I could never really get into it..Something was missing 🤔
Il était un vrai homme orchestre et propageait amour et générosité.
De nos jours, les artistes ne sont que médiocrité, violence et font passer leur vie privée avant leur métier.
C’est à nous adultes, de transmettre aux générations futurs ce que Prince nous a transmit, le seul qui parlait du futur.
Most musician reach a point where their only competition is themselves , its all up the mountain , then you got to come down . Purple rain hit the top of Mt Everest , after that is was all down hill . No matter how hard you try , you not going back to the top of that dam , Mt Everest.
He shifted goals to get new motivation I think. He had to.
Nice 💜
I love your channel
Straight up eh? Thank you!
you are THE MAN
🎩 tipped as always
Absolutely incredible work! A few hrs ago I was in my local smoke shop buying butane and papers. I made an impulsive buy with these mushroom gummies. I didn't think much of it. But WOW! A few hrs later I'm on my 3rd Prince documentary and your work is amazing man. The visual editing is top notch. You have to appreciate the talent and effort here. Just incredible work
#enhancedviewing 😵💫. Thank’s man!
Try this if you liked that. th-cam.com/video/ZWAnLXPk2_0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KLOWKhSYIYTpvPjl
They had a contest on MTV to host the premier of Under The Cherry Moon and the girl who won lived in Cheyenne, WY. So he did a gig a couple nights later at McNicolls arena in Denver and I was there. He did that Oak tree bit with Jerome, he was clowning Morris Day's new song, very funny and of course funky.
I heard he may have previewed Sign o the times at that show! Details!!!!🥳
I love your work ! I think your documentaries are the best representation of Princes career. Thank u so much. But I thought the “ Miko confrontation “ thing took place during the Nude Tour era ? I hesitate to write this because I really do appreciate your work. Again - thank u !
It did indeed. It was during a rehearsal for the Nude tour in 90.
These are incredible!!!! The estate should hire you and give you access to all the tapes!!!
Ok. I think the access would keep me from doing work🤯. Fanning out till eternity.
Incredible incredible Incredible!!! Seriously if I ever got the balls to tackle a Prince doc, I know exactly where to look for support!
I love that in the edit version, there’s more videos
right....lol.
I can't Waite to see Prince and his Son in the Resurrection in the New World - Soon 2 come
Beautiful
The same here about Prince 🤴 😍 ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💕 and 👏 😀 👍 😄 😉 👌 his 👋 😀 ❤️ 👍 😄 😊 son in the Resurrection and in The New World 🌎 🙄 😉 😒 😕 😜 Soon to also 🙄 😉 😜 😒 🤣 👍 come 🙄 😉 😜 🤣 👍 😒!
So interesting to watch what happened behind the scenes, saw him once early 80s completely mesmerized 🤪🤯😳but actually caught the he attention of prince and Jesse Johnson from the stage sooo.... 😁☺️
Never heard 2 ex band members, from any band, go on and on and ON like Wendy and Lisa do about getting axed, especially since they had planned to quit a few months earlier. Prince knew they were no longer loyal, and got rid of them. NEXT!
Lol
@@Sinnik22 I think if Dez had stayed, and the twins never entered the picture, Lisa and the Revolution may have gone on a little longer. Maybe.
@Tony Thank you! They were talking ish for years about P.
Man, I'm geeked as fuck about that Housequake bit that Rafael Saddiq told us. I got to hear a song in Studio B through his speakers when I toured Paisley Park, and that was special enough. But Housequake is the bomb, funkiest song ever written, and Rafael got to hear it that up close and personal??? AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
And George Nelson, upside ya head for that. He was not calling you "the skinny mf with the high voice," he was talking about himself.
100%
Pre release even!
Another great video
Hope you stay with us and share if u can!!
Yes I am the radical man the one and only luxurious one
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that is the plan my friend. Thank you!
When was TonyToniTone in Sheila's band. I know they saying it but her first band touring with Prince featured Steph Birnbaum, Susie Davis, Mico Weaver, Karl Perrazo, Benny Reitveld, and Juan Escovedo, and Eddie M. That was 84. In 85 they perfomred on SNL, Disney New Year, and some late night show. Again same band. Even During Sheila's concert where Prince came on and they did Love Bizarre TonyToneTone was not there on stage. Were they her touring band for what would have been her 3rd album that she stopped promoting when she joined Prince's band? I will say I think that is Raphael Saadiq in the Hold Me performance video filmed overseas but I do not recognize any other members from TonyToniTone. If you know???? I will be sitting in a cafe waiting for the answer.......
Thanks for sharing, Love IT. Yeah with wendy and lisa prince wasn't going to be put in that position again, them jumping ship on the way to tour. You can't blame him for that "This is a Business ". Plus he couldn't have a love life without them telling susannah who he's with. He had too many cons and not enough pros to keep them. Plus he could replace them in a day. He should of compensated them for all the songs they recorded with him around that time. But prince was a little smudged about people biting the hand that fed them.
Billy Sparks energy! Prince was a boss who knew how to keep his quality quality-ing!
I saw the first of the NYC shows in 86 at MSG. Then the Lovesexy Tour 2 years later
Tell it bruh!
I refer to that as the Parade Tour. Some people get technical and want to say that it was the Hit And Run Tour. When I went into MSG, there were shirts and merchandise that literally said "The Parade Tour" on them
Love your channel and content keep up the great videos .
Hope you’re still watching & enjoying
Prince introduced everyone the opportunity for change as he evolved and to revolutionize...the Media and critics was so big on Commercializing and record sales instead of him being Prince...Yes his live shows were the biggest...his European tours gave leverage...It is when he come back to the USA (because of a lot of their not accepting change in the music industry; their trumped-up, made up rules) hindering his progress...America did not understand nor wanted to understand nor accept change nor Prince abilities nor did they comprehended Universal MOVEMENT...Prince had messages in his limited interviews...they did not listen...For some reason...Alan Leeds ( as an insider) talked too much, oppionative; revealing too much information to the public...Prince closer circle and homies, even today are not as open as Leeds is...SOME THINGS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE SAID...No wonder Alan got dumped at the nearest opportunity...Wendy and Lisa were, obviously, too controlling for Prince musical vision...Other than that, Prince succeeded his career, made his mark for the changes, and got right on out of this life...LEGENDARY
Well Alan had a reason to be open...Dude was James brown, D'Angelo, Bootsy rubberband,and KISS tour manager....He knows when an artist is making a wrong turn in their career...His experience validates the talking.
Left out of this is the fact that the revolution asked for a mill a year per person. A million a year in the 80s? To not write any songs? Crazy especially knowing years later Prince would be arguing with his label for money he probably couldn't afford to pay them that much.
Good catch. How did you know it was a million. Wendy has always avoided putting out exact figures.
Duane Tudahl's Sign Of the times book said a million thats where i got the number. Between your videos and his books, yall have the Prince's golden era covered.
LMAO...Miko Weaver wasnt with the bullshit...LMAO at Prince punking out from that fight outside... he knew better...bless his soul
Miko had his boiling point, looks like.
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Not cool the way he treated people...
Yes -great artist, etc... but whacky !!
His energy in person backstage was
too much for me to handle.
Love to hear your story…let’s have it!☺️
A super contribution S22 - as usual, ya😉 If u 🕊read this: was that neva a game? Only spiritual luv? Of course. PRN legacy is always right🧚♀️💜
No doubt
How did the tour didn't make any money! When it sold out every stadium??? That doesn't make any sense!! Lol! Sounds like sum hating going on!!
It didn't sell out every stadium in the US, but pretty close. There is a wikipedia site on love sexy tour sales...pretty much everything in Europe sold out, and only a handful of stadiums in the US were short 1k seats, out of say, 10-12k total seats. It's another part of fake Prince history that tons of show venues for Lovesexy were half empty. I think the real issue was the stage and crew were way too ornate/big to turn a profit, which is why the Nude Tour in 1990 was so minimalistic in comparison. I was glad to have seen Lovesexy in NYC, though: it was phenomenal.
Production and Travel cost was so much that killed any profit he would made from the tour. And that not adding the the after party shows he did
The Parade album time was obviously very hard on him. He apparently was going through alot of things
Rough period for Prince
@Tony I literally just said this to somebody on twitter and got lashed out at the album is too short it didn’t click with me on the first 2 listens that’s why I refuse to listen to it til it gets a expanded or deluxe treatment
Where’s princes biopic?
Lost out there.
u guys do a much betta job than the Estate.... read that again..
Dam. Speechless. Thanks bruh
What was Bonnie thinking. She thought she was just going to come in PRINCE’S camp and TAKE OVER??!!
#BITCHPLEASE💯
Prince could be cold
At first I really thought that he was going to ask"The Bangles" to join his band.
Leave it to Prince to have a Viking due for his bodyguard.
What was he mad about?
That’s what I wanna know. I still don’t fully understand why he fired Wendy and Lisa.
@@thedjsdaughterUm!?
You are a Fanatic
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Or a female, I saw him live in the arena
Which arena?
@@Sinnik22 Parque das Nações near the shopping center-Vasco da Gama, Lisbon
Barron...ehhhhhhhh!!!
Is It true that other than maybe Detroit. He was more popular in Europe than the states in the early days?
Post PR….def could be.
Let me explain: cocaine.
There are rumours 🤔
@@Sinnik22 If someone’s running around like a madman, tearing apart deep relationships and destroying guitars...it’s that.
Think more about that. One of the greatest guitarists on earth...desecrating his holy instrument, his symbolic connection to God. That’s coke.
@@GlobalMiles Rick Jones didn’t lie
@Tony Definitely not. ; /