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And so he wanted to move on and could have definitely gone on to done Europe and Japan, but then we wouldn't have this beautiful product we're talking about now, which is this immortal concert that we're all very proud of.īaltin: When was the last time that you went back and watched this show? It definitely had a feeling of creativity, but at the same time for him, it became confining. Roy we considered to be the seventh member of the band, he was just really captivating Princes' vision for all this. And let's pause here and give credit to Roy Bennett, the lighting and stage designer that came with us from Dirty Mind on, and designed this massive structure with elevators and tunnels and incredible lighting. He was bored halfway through because of the confinements of the tour, at that show, as you could tell, runs like a play, it's a serious play. Look, when we started the Purple Rain tour around the world, that day was already in the can mixed, mastered, ready to go. īaltin: How far into the tour was that show? It was always about, "Let's go out there and make history," and we would say that, but we didn't really know that that would end up happening. And he just wanted to be perfect, and then of course, so did we, to please ourselves and to please him and really make something that could make history. So this was a chance to really solidify what we had been doing. And it was really special because that was it, we were gonna stop touring with Purple Rain and go on to the next thing. But definitely that night he was super focused. It was doing the Olympic routine, trying to get a ten, trying to be perfect. And it definitely took extra pressure on a show that was already tremendous pressure. But with Prince you're making history and he was fired up, this is what we're doing. "We're not gonna tour Europe, we're gonna do this satellite thing." And that added a little pressure, but when we went to Syracuse, at first I thought "What's in Syracuse?" But once we did a sound check, I realized that the venue was one of a perfect medium size, the 20 to 30,000, as opposed to the super, almost 80,000, which was really daunting. So they've talked about it for weeks leading up to it. But Syracuse became compromise as they added it because of the size of the building and the ability to do this satellite hookup. "If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium." it definitely has a disoriented feeling with Prince, a super disoriented feeling because you're just captivated in his world in a way when you're rehearsing, you're on the road with him. So most shows you look at the itinerary and Lorde's totally right, you don't know.
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Steve Baltin: Can you look back on it now and figure out what it was about that night in Syracuse that was so special that night?īobby Z: You see things on the schedule, Purple Rain was a work in progress because it kept building and building and building, and the fight was of course, to continue on, that's what this Syracuse show was about.
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I spoke with Z, as well as Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman about the new recording of the Syracuse show, the Purple Rain tour and why Prince was so unique live - "James Brown on steroids," Z says. According to Revolution drummer Bobby Z., that debacle was actually an important stepping stone on the way to Prince becoming such an iconic performer.