This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

It would be cool to add Andre to the mix, but the other members of the Revolution can handle the vocals for some of the songs on their own. Wendy kicked ass on "Controversy" and "Do It All Night." GSharp did a great job handling the lead vocal on "Uptown", and I'm sure he could fill in on other songs too.

However, I think there are some songs that really shouldn't be performed by anyone but Prince, like "When Doves Cry," "The Beautiful Ones," and "Condition of the Heart." Those songs are too personal and/or unique to Prince for someone else to capture the magic. Just my opinion, of course.

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

Maybe in the 80s...

No disrespect, I have tons of respect for Andre as a producer but I disagree that he looks and sounds like Prince these days. But yeah, in the early 80s he did resemble him a bit, but then again you also had a bunch of other folks resembling Prince back in those days.

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

what would be cool is to have a Family Jam like Sheila's Benefit

but scaled down, have the Revolution + Dez Jill Jones Sheila E Eric & Eddie M Morris Day Susannah and a few others and do a good combination of songs Prince & Protege

electricberet said:

It would be cool to add Andre to the mix, but the other members of the Revolution can handle the vocals for some of the songs on their own. Wendy kicked ass on "Controversy" and "Do It All Night." GSharp did a great job handling the lead vocal on "Uptown", and I'm sure he could fill in on other songs too.

However, I think there are some songs that really shouldn't be performed by anyone but Prince, like "When Doves Cry," "The Beautiful Ones," and "Condition of the Heart." Those songs are too personal and/or unique to Prince for someone else to capture the magic. Just my opinion, of course.

Condition of the Heart, Prince still has only done in a medley(correct?)

I think a the Revolution can handle that, put Susannah or Jill on the leadvocals, they have good range

Susannah Jill Lisa Wendy Dez on background vocals

Bobby on drums Sheila on percussions/

Lisa working the strings but add some of live string instruments

Dual guitar work with Wendy & Dez, Matt on Keys

someon with finger cymbals

I think it could be beautiful

OldFriends4Sale said:

electricberet said:

It would be cool to add Andre to the mix, but the other members of the Revolution can handle the vocals for some of the songs on their own. Wendy kicked ass on "Controversy" and "Do It All Night." GSharp did a great job handling the lead vocal on "Uptown", and I'm sure he could fill in on other songs too.

However, I think there are some songs that really shouldn't be performed by anyone but Prince, like "When Doves Cry," "The Beautiful Ones," and "Condition of the Heart." Those songs are too personal and/or unique to Prince for someone else to capture the magic. Just my opinion, of course.

Condition of the Heart, Prince still has only done in a medley(correct?)

I think a the Revolution can handle that, put Susannah or Jill on the leadvocals, they have good range

Susannah Jill Lisa Wendy Dez on background vocals

Bobby on drums Sheila on percussions/

Lisa working the strings but add some of live string instruments

Dual guitar work with Wendy & Dez, Matt on Keys

someon with finger cymbals

I think it could be beautiful

I thought he played the whole song when I saw him on the Lovesexy tour, but it's been a long time and I could be wrong. I'm sure the vocals could be handled by someone else, but given that Prince wrote the song about Susannah, it would be odd to have her singing it without him being there.

electricberet said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Condition of the Heart, Prince still has only done in a medley(correct?)

I think a the Revolution can handle that, put Susannah or Jill on the leadvocals, they have good range

Susannah Jill Lisa Wendy Dez on background vocals

Bobby on drums Sheila on percussions/

Lisa working the strings but add some of live string instruments

Dual guitar work with Wendy & Dez, Matt on Keys

someon with finger cymbals

I think it could be beautiful

I thought he played the whole song when I saw him on the Lovesexy tour, but it's been a long time and I could be wrong. I'm sure the vocals could be handled by someone else, but given that Prince wrote the song about Susannah, it would be odd to have her singing it without him being there.

He DID play Condition of the Heart ( full version ) at Paisley Park during the 2002 celebration. It was ok but sounded a bit odd.

ARe sniippets of this event already on utube?

KoolEaze said:

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

Maybe in the 80s...

No disrespect, I have tons of respect for Andre as a producer but I disagree that he looks and sounds like Prince these days. But yeah, in the early 80s he did resemble him a bit, but then again you also had a bunch of other folks resembling Prince back in those days.

In fairness, I have no idea what he looks like these days, I was just basing it off when they were both younger.

I just think that since they sound(ed) similar it would seem like an ideal replacement if The Revolution were to tour again.

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

u must be out your got dam mind!

thepope2the9s said:

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

u must be out your got dam mind!

Maybe I am....

Before thinking of Andre Cymone I thought of Jesse Johnson,

Kazzy88 said:

thepope2the9s said:

u must be out your got dam mind!

Maybe I am....

Before thinking of Andre Cymone I thought of Jesse Johnson,

I saw Andre at the fdeluxe show in LA- he looked good. I'm sure he still has the chops. they could rotate the vocals to whoever handles it best AND have guest vocalsts. How many people would kill to sing those songs.

[Edited 2/24/12 15:32pm]

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

That would definitely bring me out 2 C them. Andre is Prince's twin musically & in looks. It would b perfect....R.I.P Mike Melvoin

Kazzy88 said:

This may have been asked before, so forgive me if it has, but I cant help but think that Andre Cymone would be a natural choice for lead singer in the Revolution should they decide to tour.

After all, he looks like Prince, sounds like Prince and is (nearly) as good a musician as Prince.

Dont get me wrong, I'd still rather have Prince but it's unrealistic to think he would start playing with them again. Andre, to me, is the next best thing...

works for me. send the word to make it happen!!

Not only would it be a cool idea, but both Bobby and Doc Fink played a show with Andre in MPLS recently.

Andre would NEVER agree 2 that. mean it is the reason he left the band in the first place 2 b on his own. Not return 2 front a band of hits by his childhood friend....

Charming idea but: Andre has spent the past 3 decades trying to avoid living in Prince's shadow (and later not be known as Mr. Jody Watley), why in the world would he want to be the substitute leader of Prince's band? Performing a lot of songs that were hits long after he left the fold?

Sports fans have fantasy football, the Org has fantasy band line-ups, Again charming idea, I highly doubt Andre would do it.

afro75 said:

Charming idea but: Andre has spent the past 3 decades trying to avoid living in Prince's shadow (and later not be known as Mr. Jody Watley), why in the world would he want to be the substitute leader of Prince's band? Performing a lot of songs that were hits long after he left the fold?

Sports fans have fantasy football, the Org has fantasy band line-ups, Again charming idea, I highly doubt Andre would do it.

I agree 100%.

But, I wouldn't want them just teaming up for a one off tour. I think he should join full time and start recording new songs or a new album. Then in live shows he could perform some of his solo songs with the band.

I know, years ago, he didn't want to keep being compared to Prince but he might feel different now, having not had a hit (or even a song) in years.

Kazzy88 said:

afro75 said:

Charming idea but: Andre has spent the past 3 decades trying to avoid living in Prince's shadow (and later not be known as Mr. Jody Watley), why in the world would he want to be the substitute leader of Prince's band? Performing a lot of songs that were hits long after he left the fold?

Sports fans have fantasy football, the Org has fantasy band line-ups, Again charming idea, I highly doubt Andre would do it.

I agree 100%.

But, I wouldn't want them just teaming up for a one off tour. I think he should join full time and start recording new songs or a new album. Then in live shows he could perform some of his solo songs with the band.

I know, years ago, he didn't want to keep being compared to Prince but he might feel different now, having not had a hit (or even a song) in years.

As long as Jody Watley's song "I'm Looking For A New Love" keeps turning up on "Greatest Hits of The 80s" type CDs, Mr. Cymone won't be hurting for cash.

Since there won't be a Revolution tour, it's a moot point.

i love wendy and lisa,andre and all of them but they all suck when singing prince songs. they were a backing band period that had revolving members just like the npg they dont own or have no rights to nothing. thats like shelby trying to take the npg on the road not even a chance in hell.wendy doing prince sucks ass no matter how u try to candy coat it.wendy doing wendy and lisa songs perfecto

cbarnes3121 said:

i love wendy and lisa,andre and all of them but they all suck when singing prince songs. they were a backing band period that had revolving members just like the npg they dont own or have no rights to nothing. thats like shelby trying to take the npg on the road not even a chance in hell.wendy doing prince sucks ass no matter how u try to candy coat it.wendy doing wendy and lisa songs perfecto

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!

cbarnes3121 said:

i love wendy and lisa,andre and all of them but they all suck when singing prince songs. they were a backing band period that had revolving members just like the npg they dont own or have no rights to nothing. thats like shelby trying to take the npg on the road not even a chance in hell.wendy doing prince sucks ass no matter how u try to candy coat it.wendy doing wendy and lisa songs perfecto

cbarnes3121 said:

i love wendy and lisa,andre and all of them but they all suck when singing prince songs. they were a backing band period that had revolving members just like the npg they dont own or have no rights to nothing. thats like shelby trying to take the npg on the road not even a chance in hell.wendy doing prince sucks ass no matter how u try to candy coat it.wendy doing wendy and lisa songs perfecto

No the band pre 1987 was not a revolving band like the NPG

4 the benefit they did songs. Prince had no problem with it.

And Wendy did a wonderful rendition of Purple Rain

she slaughtered Patti Labelle and TreySongz

OldFriends4Sale said:

And Wendy did a wonderful rendition of Purple Rain

she slaughtered Patti Labelle and TreySongz

But not Fantasia's.....

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

And Wendy did a wonderful rendition of Purple Rain

she slaughtered Patti Labelle and TreySongz

But not Fantasia's.....

ok (wiping tears from my eyes) Prince don't do it like that LOL daeeyym

she owned that one

OldFriends4Sale said:

And Wendy did a wonderful rendition of Purple Rain

she slaughtered Patti Labelle and TreySongz

No offense to Wendy, but that was not hard to do. Patti & Treys version/tribute was horrendous and offensive (shoot, I can't carry a tune, but I could have done better, just 4 the love of P and PR). But still the Revolution was overrated!!

PurpleRayven said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

And Wendy did a wonderful rendition of Purple Rain

she slaughtered Patti Labelle and TreySongz

No offense to Wendy, but that was not hard to do. Patti & Treys version/tribute was horrendous and offensive (shoot, I can't carry a tune, but I could have done better, just 4 the love of P and PR). But still the Revolution was overrated!!

I know, Wendy said she didn't want to do the songs like Prince

I don't think it was overrated, it was a benefit for their friend, Prince was behind them

and they got more than what they wanted for Bobby Z's fund/benefit

But yeah Patti & Trey made me ashamed