Saturday, March 28, 2009

Prince on Leno, night 3: somewhere in the middle

I guess I was wrong. Either that, or he didn't live up to his promise.

"Ol' Skool Company," 3/25/09


Listen to Leno say that he will be performing a song from a different CD each night. That did not happen.

On his third night on Leno, Prince performed "Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful," from Lot3s Flower. Just as a reminder, "Dreamer," a song from the same album, was performed on night two.

The purple one's performance on night three was only okay. It didn't reach the heights of Thursday's performance, but wasn't as banal as Wednesday. He found some middle ground, where he does funk by-the-numbers, and it is entertaining, but at the same time not breaking any new ground.

That said, Prince has the ability to take an okay song and turn it into a great live song, which is exactly what he did on Friday night. It was a four-minute party, with some wicked guitar and lively dancing. Thursday's performance had originality, and for that it was better but it was just a good time on Friday night (Note: he tried for this on Wednesday for this).

Here is Friday's performance:

"Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful"



And here is Thursday's performance:

"Dreamer"

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