[disclaimer: I am a musical know-very-little.  I can't and don't know or care what is "cool" or even "good" in music. I just know what touches me]

I'm a bit excited.

I'm very excited, actually, but I'm trying to retain a tiny bit of cool (the tiny bit IS quite tiny, I know, I know I'm the uncoolest person ever, I've been reminded of this regularly ever since I was a teenager).

I'm going to see Prince perform on Sunday, at the Super Bock Super Rock (pron. SoopAIR Bock SoopAIR Rrrrrrock) thingy, at Meco. Holding it at Meco makes it sound groovy for Meco has mysteriously attained a certain air of grooviness about it.... but the festival is actually next to Lagoa de Albufeira, which is not groovy and a bit icky, but hey, that's PR for you.

Stereophonics are also playing on the same bill on Sunday, which I'm equally excited about, but I'm not WORRIED about them....

I fell in love with Prince when I was fourteen.  In love with his music, at least.  I have never really been able to fall in love with him because he is TOO short for me.  I've rarely had boyfs who are much taller than me, but I feel like an ugly horse when I'm with someone shorter than me.  So I decided never to date Prince.  His music was never short, though, so I loved him for that.  It was the insane of it that I loved and the this-does-not-sound-like-anything-elseness of it... that is, until Sign of the Times came out and he went way to far over to the R&B scale of things for me.  Modern (80's onwards) R&B sends my head into a bucket for its dreary predictableness.  1999, Purple Rain and Around the World in a Day were what I loved and still love.

I've been avoiding reading any reviews of the shows he's done on this tour, because I don't like to be pre-disappointed.  I WANT to love it.  I'm worried that I'll hate it.

I'm hoping that he will have returned to doing stuff like he used to, pre-R&B-and-faux-rapping, making sounds that noone else could, being utterly kooky, and mad, and oh.... but he's a Jehovah's Witness.  Jehovah's Witness are annoying.  Jehovah's witnesses have some very silly ideas.  Prince has two hips that need replacing, but he won't because he's a Jehovah's Witness and they, as we all know, if we've ever watched an episode of Casualty or ER, don't do blood tranfusions.  Which is silly.  If they want to be silly on their time, FINE.  But this is Prince, my childhood musical hero and I want to be screaming "THANK YOU, PRINCE, FOR BEING GOOD AGAIN".

I'm almost certain that I won't.

I shall let you know how it goes.

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written by Mr Wheeliebin , July 16, 2010

Rumour has it he's giving his album away in some national newspaper. (Can't remember which one). You should get your mum to buy you a copy and post it over.

The extra freebeeness of it shirley will enhance the grooviness.

Have fun.

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written by lucy , July 16, 2010

it's with the mail or the express isn't it? bleurgh.

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written by Tim Footman , July 16, 2010

Is he strangling a flamingo?

Glad somebody else likes Around The World In A Day.

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written by lucy , July 16, 2010

ATWiaD is SO glorious and un-1984. there may only be two of us, though!

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written by lucy , July 16, 2010

and it's a strangled flamingo shaped guitar, a la Sign of the Times era.... honest.

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written by Sarah , July 16, 2010

I cannot recommend highly enough that you watch all four parts of this Kevin Smith interview about his failed attempt at a Prince documentary:

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Kevin_Smith_spends_a_week_with_Prince

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written by kim , July 17, 2010

genius can get weird. you know that. InJoy the Jamz! (or just enjoy the music. whatever works 4 ya.)