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Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Arts & Enteiiaimme
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By Pat Higgins
Prince is the great black hope to unite a fragmented
audience in the same fashion that Sly or Ilendrix did in
days of yore. Prince is supposed to bring us together
Concert Review
because he mixes the forms of rock and funk, and his
image is that of a rather ambiguous sexuality. Can Prince
put together a following of black, white, straight and gay?
Maybe.
Sunday night at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha,
Prince combined his funk-rock sonic attack with some
entertaining stage antics to knock out a crowd of about
7,000. The crowd was predominately black, which means
Prince hasn't broken through here yet in the great frozen
Midwest.
Prince started the show in a haze of purple smoke as
he slid down a pole, making an entrance like a super
hero. I've never heard girls scream like that at a show
before. It war. like Beatlemania.
The first song was "Uptown," and it set the tone for
the evening's festivities. Prince sang in a creamy falsetto,
alternating with spoken raps. The integrated five-piece
band churned up a heavy synthesizer and guitar big-beat
attack that recalled the most recent edition of the Talking
Heads. In "Uptown," Prince confronted anyone's spec
ulations by saying "Are you gay? No, is your mama?"
to the crowd's delight.
The actual set, 10 songs counting encore, lasted an
hour and a half and was undeniably impressive. First of
all, Prince is one charismatic guy, and he gives 1 10 percent
out there at all times. He could pass as the mutant off
spring of a tryst between Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix
as he plays many different roles, from guitar hero to
romantic crooner to sex symbol. He is successful at all
of them. It was enjoyable to see Prince switch from feed
back and distortion to balladeer, without missing a beat.
Rather obvious was Prince's interest in sex. The song
titles such as "Do Me" and "Jack U Off indicate how
blatant Prince is. However, he appears so sincere that he
comes off as wholesomely dirty.
"I want to dedicate this to all the ladies in the audi
ence" Prince said as he began "I Wanna Be Your Lover."
The song was a big hit a year ago on AM radio, which is
hard to believe if the lyrics have been heard by the
power's that be.
Prince is a contender. If he gets any kind is airplay,
he could pull off what Parliament Funkadelic nearly
did: bring the white and black audiences together.
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