I dreamed that I was at a Prince concert. I have been a fan
for about 25 years and have never seen him live. I finally did.
The concert was in some kind of small auditorium like at an
elementary school. Prince opened with “Little Red Corvette.” I was wondering
why I was not that excited, especially since it was my first time seeing him
and you think I’d be screaming and singing along. Nobody else was excited
either. The second song was “Sign ‘o’ the Times,” which Prince played at a
barely audible level. I love this song but I really think it’s the most
depressing top 10 hit ever. Here are some sample lyrics:
“In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little
name.”
“Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church and killed
everyone inside.”
“Sister killed her baby because she couldn’t afford to feed
it.”
“If the night falls and a bomb falls, will anybody see the
dawn?”
This got airplay? Anyhoo, after “Sign ‘o’ the Times,” people
started leaving. I thought that was odd. Two clowns started dancing around as
some sort of interlude. I figured Prince was taking a break after two songs and
some “special guests” were performing instead.
I frequently have dreams about concerts I’ve never been to.
This is my second most common dream, after the dreams I have about having to
move back to one of my old apartments, which I have almost every night. I sometimes
dream about seeing Madonna live and sometimes it’s at some odd elementary
school auditorium, like the Prince show. Sometimes she’ll be re-enacting her
previous tours and they will be very elaborate and intriguing and I’ll wake up
and be disappointed that the show never happened.
Anyhoo, the point is that I really need to get tickets the
next time Prince tours.
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