Prince - Koko, London
- Posted on May 11, 2007 9:52 AM
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Prince at Koko, London
10th May, 200
Review by Joe Cohen
In afro-Caribbean religions, adherents have a hole drilled in the top of their head (treppaning) and then a shaman places a mix of psychedelic herbs and plants into the indentation. What follows is described as religious ecstasy that can last for days at a time. We didn't need any of that at Koko tonight as Prince and his 12 piece band delivered the ecstatic experience to 1,500 followers of his ‘purpleness’.
In a show just announced today, Prince played a 2 hour set which mesmerised, energised and revitalised those of us fortunate enough to be there. The man has catalogue like nobody's business and he mixed b sides with classics and some covers to turn Mornington Crescent into holy ground.
The band came out at 11:30pm and the horns spent twenty minutes getting the throng of fans in the mood. Prince then took over and dazed us with hits like Cream, You Got The Look and Diamond and Pearls. He then moved off into a cover of Play That Funky Music White Boy, Maceo Parker then launched into a solo of Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World before the ‘purple’ took it up a notch. With encores of Nothing Compares To You and Gnarls Barkley's Crazy.
If ever a man was certain about why he was put on this earth – Prince is it. His new band will join him back in London in August and is so tight you'd think they're getting government relief.
As an aside, the crowd was filled with peeps I know from the music industry and to their credit all in the house were shakin what they've got, no head noddin’ and toe tappin’ here. So props to all who made it a classic night in the purple church.
I know many feared the death of James Brown would mean the death of soul. The King is dead, long live the king.
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