Nothing Compares 2 U: Prince In Edmonton

"When Doves Cry"

Prince rolled through the Great White North last Tuesday and left behind a bucketful of purple pixie-dust...

"Nothing Compares 2 U"

James Brown's legendary sax player, Maceo Parker, was along for the ride linking "Play That Funky Music" with "Alphabet Street" and "Delirious"....

"Purple Rain" was followed by "Take Me With You" and a smoldering "Kiss," but no "Little Red Corvette." At 53, the Purple One can still grind - maybe not in stilettos, but high-heeled runners with flashing red lights (not kidding), the kind that all the pixies are wearing on the playground these days...

As expected, he played his MadCat Telecaster like a man possessed, opening the night with "Let's Go Crazy" and even got behind the keys to take the band "back to church" on "Nothing Compares 2 U." When he shuffled out to the stage's tip of the arrow to duet on Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" it was the crème de la crème, the icing on the cake with a bright purple cherry on top...

Purple Reign: Let Me Guide U

"Electric word life...it means forever and that's a mighty long time..."

Dig if you will, Prince in strawberry polka dots and silver cuff links summoning the music of the spheres. And he likes what he hears...It's been 25 years since Purple Rain dropped. The hairs on the back of my neck still stand up every time I hear The Kid's falsetto soaring above the guts of that wounded guitar solo...



...as the '67 Mustang drove off, blasting down Saturna Drive through the early hours of a far away June morning...

"I only wanted 2 be some kind of friend"

...a brilliant anthem to a youth well misspent, burning the candle at both ends.

“I’m not a woman, I’m not a man
I am something that you’ll never understand”

The purple cowboy was a seamless blend of genres and genders, the Hendrix frenzy...


...the Rick James super freak...

...the sexy-class of Lena Horn...

..and the Sly Stone juju...


An androgynous appeal in heels, shoulder pads & a pompadour....electric word life...it means forever and that's a mighty long time, indeed...go crazy!