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Music that influenced Prince

I think this definitely had some cool

If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.

"True to his status as the last enigma in music, Prince crashed into London this week in a ball of confusion" The Times 2014
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Reply #1 posted 03/03/08 2:25pm

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iche lib ich deicht
THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]

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Reply #2 posted 03/03/08 7:21pm

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I love Trio.
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Reply #3 posted 03/03/08 7:38pm

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squirrelgrease said:

I love Trio.


thank whatever people believe in today that you agree, automatic, computer blue, something in the water, all have odes to this song, and least not forget La, la, la he, he, he cool
If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.

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Reply #4 posted 03/04/08 4:07am

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prince was influanced by:
buddy miles -them changes(last december,rock'n'roll is alive)

miles davies-on the corner

u2-new years day(prince used lyrics from this song in cinnamon girl:under the red blood sky")

grand funk railroad

boston-rock band

that are some of his less known but evident influances
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Reply #5 posted 03/04/08 6:40am

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THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]

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Reply #6 posted 03/04/08 9:42am

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JIMI HENDRIX
sly stone
james brown
stevie wonder
joni mitchell
tower of power
ohio players
marvin gaye
curtis mayfeild
Parliament funkadelic
Larry graham/GCS
grand funk railroad
Marc Bolan/T-rex
mick jagger
ect..
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Reply #7 posted 03/04/08 1:19pm

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I often have contemplated about his influences. Ordening those influences into decades leads to the following 'list'.

Fifties
- Duke Ellington (Its gonna be a beautifull night, Right the wrong)
- Elvis Presley (the 'rockabilly' type of tracks like Jack U off)

Sixties
- The Beatles (ATWIAD, large parts of Parade, and certain individual songs)
- Jimmi Hendrix (Purple Rain, Another lonely Christmas, Fury, to name a few)
- James Brown (where do i start? lol)
- Sly Stone (Mountains,Dorothy Parker, Make your momma happy, to name a few)

Seventies
- George Clinton (The Black album, La La La, He He He, Scarlet Pussy)
- Earth, wind and fire (Just as long as were together, Parts of TRC)
- Joni Mitchell (Sometimes it snows in april, Comeback)
- Frank Zappa (large parts of the Black album and Lovesexy)
- Al Green (Forever in my life, Adore)
- Queen (Thunder, Diamonds and Pearls, Three chains of gold)
- Marvin Gaye (Scandalous, Insationable)

Eighties
- Gary Numan (Automatic)
- Talking Heads (parts of the 1999-album)
- Afrika Bambaata (idem)
- Elvis Costello and the attractions (When you were mine)
- Bomb the bass, the early house movement (Lovesexy, the Batman album)
- Terry Riley, New jack swing (The Graffiti bridge album)

Nineties and 00's
I cannot really find clear examples of certain other artists from this period who have influenced him. Its more a case of Prince recapping things he has done before, and sometimes using certain elements from contemporary dance-music, modern R&B and hip-hop.
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Reply #8 posted 03/04/08 9:37pm

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nice list..

Riverpoet31 said:

I often have contemplated about his influences. Ordening those influences into decades leads to the following 'list'.

Fifties
- Duke Ellington (Its gonna be a beautifull night, Right the wrong)
- Elvis Presley (the 'rockabilly' type of tracks like Jack U off)

Sixties
- The Beatles (ATWIAD, large parts of Parade, and certain individual songs)
- Jimmi Hendrix (Purple Rain, Another lonely Christmas, Fury, to name a few)
- James Brown (where do i start? lol)
- Sly Stone (Mountains,Dorothy Parker, Make your momma happy, to name a few)

Seventies
- George Clinton (The Black album, La La La, He He He, Scarlet Pussy)
- Earth, wind and fire (Just as long as were together, Parts of TRC)
- Joni Mitchell (Sometimes it snows in april, Comeback)
- Frank Zappa (large parts of the Black album and Lovesexy)
- Al Green (Forever in my life, Adore)
- Queen (Thunder, Diamonds and Pearls, Three chains of gold)
- Marvin Gaye (Scandalous, Insationable)

Eighties
- Gary Numan (Automatic)
- Talking Heads (parts of the 1999-album)
- Afrika Bambaata (idem)
- Elvis Costello and the attractions (When you were mine)
- Bomb the bass, the early house movement (Lovesexy, the Batman album)
- Terry Riley, New jack swing (The Graffiti bridge album)

Nineties and 00's
I cannot really find clear examples of certain other artists from this period who have influenced him. Its more a case of Prince recapping things he has done before, and sometimes using certain elements from contemporary dance-music, modern R&B and hip-hop.
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