GustavoRibas said:

it was a coincidence

babooshleeky said:

- I still can´t believe none of his musicians told him: "hey, this is Beatles, don´t you know?". Well, I can believe...

Basic is the only word I could think of to describe some of these "responses".

Who's this useless jerk?

u are so fukin right its unbelievable, well said!

guys...this is totally his way of conveying a message of recycling and peace, thus heping our planet. duh.

happyhappy said:

LOL nice. Ya, this is definitely Prince's "recycling" album in more ways than one. Hell, I wouldn't even mind all the theft if the songs were any good. Bob Dylan's last 2 albums garnered a bit of controversy because Dylan "stole" some lyrics from some Japanese book but the music is awesome anyway. Ironically the title of that album was 2001's "Love and Theft", one of his 3 late period masterpieces, the other 2 being 1998's Time out of Mind and 2006's "Modern Times" where Dylan "stole" blues lines...which is ironic because blues musicians did that all the time.

With Prince's Planet Earth, the irony is a bit more...well, sad.

OP, what are you on to?

I mean, listen to his backcatalogue. Prince has ALWAYS borrowed heavily from other artists: Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, James Brown, Al Green, The Beatles, George Clinton, Jimmi Hendrix, Santana, Queen, Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell.

Nothing new here: he does it all the time.

and i did even forgot to mention Sly ... lol

internationallover2004 said:

True true (although I wasn't too fond of Modern Times). Perhaps Prince (since apparenly he reads these forum things?) will take this as a critique when he hits the studio next time. He's still one my favorite musicians.

O.K.! MENTO'S commercial?

KidaDynamite said:

Listen to "Resolution" and watch this: http://www.youtube.com/wa...wDKCaXF0is , then tell me you can't hear it.

AvramsDad said:

I can't hear it.
Not even close.

In the beginning, GOD. We all draw from the original pool of inspiration. Everyone has their own stripe or sliver of difference, that make us a whole family.

thedoorkeeper said:

listen harder

Don't forget the Mamma's and the Papa's "Monday, Monday"; which is alledgedly considered to be very similar to (1999)

AvramsDad said:

Kinda like looking for "EVERY" flaw in a person. We understand that "Prince" has sometimes "BORROWED" and at other times, blatantly "CAPTURED" the sounds or just the whole damn sequencing to other songs. But, nine times out of ten, it ain't gonna be "TOO" hard to find the same kind of influential pattern going around. I mean, this is not to be a kissass or anything like that, but isn't it a way of the nature in most artists? Yes, to strive to be "ORIGINAL" is a definite must for a "REAL ARTIST" (I guess), but influence is also important. Or, how else would we be capable of even feeding to the imagination.....hmmmmm.....