It was doing the Olympic routine, trying to get a ten, trying to be perfect. And it definitely took extra pressure on a show that was already tremendous pressure. But with Prince you're making history and he was fired up, this is what we're doing. 'We're not gonna tour Europe, we're gonna do this satellite thing.' And that added a little pressure, but when we went to Syracuse, at first I thought 'What's in Syracuse?' But once we did a sound check, I realized that the venue was one of a perfect medium size, the 20 to 30,000, as opposed to the super, almost 80,000, which was really daunting. So they've talked about it for weeks leading up to it. But Syracuse became compromise as they added it because of the size of the building and the ability to do this satellite hookup. 'If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium.' it definitely has a disoriented feeling with Prince, a super disoriented feeling because you're just captivated in his world in a way when you're rehearsing, you're on the road with him. So most shows you look at the itinerary and Lorde's totally right, you don't know. Steve Baltin: Can you look back on it now and figure out what it was about that night in Syracuse that was so special that night?Д«obby Z: You see things on the schedule, Purple Rain was a work in progress because it kept building and building and building, and the fight was of course, to continue on, that's what this Syracuse show was about. I spoke with Z, as well as Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman about the new recording of the Syracuse show, the Purple Rain tour and why Prince was so unique live - 'James Brown on steroids,' Z says. According to Revolution drummer Bobby Z., that debacle was actually an important stepping stone on the way to Prince becoming such an iconic performer.

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