Post Description

Serial #.............: Confusion Records
More Info............: http://dabang319.blogspot.nl/
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: 20Ten Live in Nice
Year.................: 2012
Genre................: Concert
Comment..............: 20Ten Tour, Espace Nikaia, Nice, France, 25th July 2010 
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 63:53
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: Soundboard Recording (Quality : EX+)



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                                 Tracklist
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1. Purple Rain   
2. Let's Go Crazy   
3. Delirious   
4. Let's Go Crazy (reprise)   
5. 1999   
6. Shhh   
7. Cream   
8. Musicology   
9. A Love Bizarre   
10. Controversy   
11. Angel   
12. Nothing Compares 2 U


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                                 Comment
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Review Courtesy of Mike Antonich @ Blog: Now It's On

Soundboard recordings are always great to have, and there have been plenty of 
wonderful Prince releases in the last few years that have surfaced. The latest 
to add to this list comes courtesy of Confusion Records with "Live In Nice 
2010", a recording from his 20Ten Tour.

This is not a complete recording, it only captures the first hour of the show. 
The sound quality is indeed fantastic, the quality of the actual concert is 
another story. I'm not the biggest fan of Prince's current touring band, they 
come across to me more like a Prince cover band than a solid musical unit. Yes, 
I am spoiled by the bands of Prince's past, The Revolution, the Sign o The 
Times/LoveSexy band and the 93-95 era NPG. The band captured here are among the 
weakest Prince has toured with and the whole show comes across as way too 
'Vegas' for me. Thankfully Prince has since replaced Cora Coleman-Dunham on 
drums with the far superior John Blackwell and Josh Dunham on bass with Ida 
Nielsen.

Unfortunately the insufferable Shelby J. is still around and she's here along 
with Elisa Dease and Liv Warfield on backing vocals. I know Prince had Rosie 
Gaines for some time, but for some reason the female backing trio is an 
annoyance on these shows. They can overpower Prince, something that simply 
shouldn't happen, and they inexplicably get a seven minute rendition of Sarah 
McLachlan's "Angel" that is nothing more than a snooze-fest. They just don't fit 
with his music as the backing vocalists and Shelby's loud shouting and hyping is 
completely obnoxious.

There also aren't a lot of surprises in the set. The show opens with an over 11 
minute version of "Purple Rain" that is piano heavy before going into big hits 
like "Let's Go Crazy", "Delirious" and "1999". Frederic Yonnet's harmonica 
playing is featured at times as well, an odd inclusion to my ears. The versions 
of Prince's biggest hits are rather run of the mill. They're often truncated 
and, again, it's tough to shake that 'Vegas act" feeling. They are simply 
lacking the raw energy and funk that made Prince so great. It's frankly a boring 
listen. "Shhh" is the highlight here simple because you get to hear Prince shred 
a little, but the monster drumming of Michael Bland is sorely missed.

The funkiest stretch starts with "Musicology", runs through a shortened take on 
"A Love Bizarre" and ends with a seven minute workout on "Controversy", but I'd 
be lying if I said it was the same level of funk as Prince's best bands were 
capable of putting out there. This lineup simply can't hang. This disc ends with 
a Prince/Shelby J. duet on "Nothing Compares 2 U", but the show went on for 
another ten songs. It's a shame the second half wasn't captured in this sound 
quality as a number of intriguing songs were performed including "Forever In My 
Life" and "Dreamer".

Again, the sound quality is not in question here. This is a fine soundboard 
recording so it's one you'll want to add to the collection. But it's not one 
I'll re-visit as I can't get past how badly Prince is coasting at this point of 
his career, with a rather weak band behind him to boot.