New interview (via email) with Prince from the Melbourne Sunday Herald, 6th May '12
• How do you compose a set list for a show?
- Prince: Good question, the set list selection is initially chosen by the length of time that has passed since we’ve last played a particular market. Then many other factors take hold: the size and average age of an audience; bigger, younger crowds like the party songs played immediately, so we generally comply. Hosting parties offstage in a private setting 4 larger crowds has trained us well in dancefloor management, if u will.
• How many songs do you have on call (rehearsed and ready if you want to slot them into the show)?
- Prince: Roughly 200-300 songs with variations 4 each of them. 4 example: based upon crowd response any song can b lengthened or shortened with a simple cue: Raspberry Beret's second verse and bridge can b added if the audience sings louder than r lead singer. Also depending upon the diversity of the crowd we can quickly seque in 2 Cool, The Time's theme song. An urban audience knows all the words to that song whereas folks from Helsinki... well, u get the picture.
• How do you view your catalogue of B-sides, which to some fans are as important as your hits?
- Prince: The concerts r tending 2 skew younger these days so once folks know they r on familiar ground, we can play some rarities. U don't put kids in the deep water until u make sure they can swim.
• How do you approach those classic super-high notes these days?
- Prince: By hitting higher ones.
• What are the three most important things on your tour rider, and why?
- Prince: Riders r the least important thing on tour.
• As a band leader, what do you expect from the musicians you work with?
- Prince: 1. Foot washing 2. Locks of hair 3. Per diem.
• You have said in interviews that you impose a basketball team type discipline on your band. What does that mean?
- Prince: That they play 2 win. Otherwise they'll b back-up dancing 4 Robin Thicke.
• Live, what does the NPG give to your pre-NPG catalogue, especially the Revolution material?
- Prince: Every band is different. Most Revolution concerts stuck 2 setlists. In contrast, all past and present lineups of the NPG r based upon a collective conscience. In other words, they play like eye would if in their position.
• Britney Spears has done two world tours lip-syncing her show. Your thoughts?
- Prince: Different strokes 4 different folks.
• What do you think of 360 deals?
- Prince: They r great... 4 me 2 poop on.
• What do you think about the album in this iTunes culture (and the ability to buy single songs)?
- Prince: It's cool cuz we usually buy books by the chapter. When we rented Avatar, we watched 5 scenes every weekend til it was finished.
• How has iTunes ruined or saved music?
- Prince: Personally not a fan of digital music. Happy 2 say we grew up with the record player. Altho this current generation experiences the world differently - neither better nor worse, just different. It's not up 2 the past 2 dictate. That said, the decision 2 turn analog music in2 numerical data was not made by a musician. It was made by a music consumer. We all got dragged unwittingly 2 this well and r now paying the cost. When hipping a young artist 2 Joni Mitchell's canon of work, we don't direct them 2 iTunes. We sit them down and play the music chronologically. Finally, we would like 2 say how excited we all r 2 come back 2 Australia 2 show everybody what they've been missing all this time. Get ready 2 dance!
Prince Interview! Melbourne Sunday Herald (via e mail)
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