One of my real regrets is that I never got to see Prince live.

[hookaleft]

I watch his videos all the time on youtube. For the most part they are smaller venues and I can't even imagine seeing him that way.

[bottomofthehill]

1. Oh my, it was a show.

Saw him in Dallas TX, New Year’s Eve 1985, Purple Rain tour. Unbelievable! Such a show, such a showman.

[MerryHolidays]

3. Purple Rain - Dallas was New Year's Eve 1984

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Rain_Tour

[blm]

8. Pretty sure it started in 84 that night and ended in 85. 🥳

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31 Dec. 1984 Dallas, TX USA Reunion Arena
1 Jan. 1985 Dallas, TX

[MerryHolidays]

9. Could be, but New Year's Eve 1984 was a full year away from New Year's Eve 1985

1984 was Prince's year of Purple Rain (the album) and numerous singles.

1985 was the year of Around the World in a Day and "Raspberry Beret".

Two contiguous, but very different, years for Prince.

[bottomofthehill]

10. My bad, it was 84 and the next dayBC played Houston in the cotton bowl on 1/1/85

It was freezing cold in Dallas. There was an ice storm, we wanted tickets for the 30th but could only get tickets for the 31st.

[MerryHolidays]

12. Not at all...I am being overly pendantic

I just remember both of these years well.

I was overseas in fairly remote areas for much of the summer of 1984 and only heard about Prince through telegrams and airposts (if anyone still remembers these). Purple Rain was a majestic album and spawned so many top 10s and number 1 singles.

I was in the US for the summer of 1985 and remember the release of "Raspberry Beret" vividly. It was a great song, but it, along with its parent album, didn't do anywhere near as well as the previous album.

Who the hell cares!?: you were lucky enough to see Prince live. I never did get that chance. I do envy you!

[blm]

13. Purple Rain tour began late 84 thru spring 85.

[MerryHolidays]

14. Yes, I understand

But the poster said New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve 1984 was a very different time for Prince and the Revolution than New Year's Eve 1985.

Besides the two different albums, I'm not even sure Prince was on tour on December 31, 1985.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I would have loved to have seen Prince, too

And Freddie Mercury.

Two phenomenal entertainers.

[hookaleft]

4. OMG

I saw Queen in Los Angeles, I was 17 years old and was in the nose bleeds.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. I've lost count of how many times

I’ve watched the Live Aid concert video. He was something else. He touched the entire crowd (even if you were sitting in the nosebleeds). What outfit did he wear when you saw them or don’t you remember?

[hookaleft]

6. love that video

ha ha I couldn't even see....

[musette_sf]

7. I saw him in what is now

Joel Osteen’s “church”.

I would love to see The Purple One’s ghost, in assless pants, tormenting him and his fleeced flock.

[SharonClark]

11. I saw him in Ames (IA) during the Purple Rain

tour. I was the driver for a group of Norwegian exchange students. I thought it was excellent but, surprisingly, they thought it was too sexualized.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. I saw him on Lovesexy tour (1988?) and the Symbol album (1994?) tours

They were both great.

One thing though is he tended to focus heavily on newer material in his concerts so you kinda had to be 'up' on what he was doing lately to really enjoy it, and not just be going to hear a hit-parade of 1999/Purple Rain songs.

Fortunately I was into his newer stuff ... plus there was alot of Sign o The Times songs on the Lovesexy tour which was awesome cause I LOVED that album.

He also changes songs up often in his shows ... so again, you needed to know what you're in for when you'd go.

But he was a friggin stud, one of the most charismatic frontmen ever, up there with Mercury, Jagger & Plant.

Oh ... and Bono and Michael Hutchence ...