bellanoche said:

I'm glad that u are. I don't have time 4 such things.....

the last time wendy and lisa collabarated with prince, we got that bullshit planet earth..so there u have it, this is where they r at musically ..pure CRAP!!!

The Revolution is one of the biggest, most bad-ass funk groups in the history of music. The band stands tall in history along with P-funk, Booker T. & The MGs, Sly & The Family Stone , The JB's etc. Prince made his best music with this group.
I like things not to be perfect, because the music gets boring when everything is equally smooth & tight. I think music should be like the human voice. Bobby Z. just does his job and does it very well, although I like Sheila E. better (especially on the SOTT tour). John Blackwell kicked ass too. All the bassplayers have been great in my opinion, but again: Brown Mark could've played with Prince forever. Renato Neto is a boring player with a cheesy taste, and he never does anything you wouldnt expect in comparison to the more experimental Lisa. Matt Fink isnt called the Dr. for nothing: the guy is incredibly technical and funky. Wendy is an terrific rhythm guitarist with her very own style & personality. Actually, that's what I miss with the NPG: a style of their own & personality. I also miss the rawness in the NPG, that the Revolution had. Wendy & Lisa also helped Prince move in interesting & different directions (helped him discover psychedelia & suspended chords for example). So did Eric Leeds (he hipped him to jazz!).

Prince's baddest live shows were in the 80s, his most creative years.
He was really breaking ground with this band back then, although he still did almost everything by himself.

the last time wendy and lisa collabarated with prince, we got that bullshit planet earth..so there u have it, this is where they r at musically ..pure CRAP!!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

that wasn't a collaboration. that was a prince album. don't throw that crap at wendy and lisa.

go listen to some Edith Funker for an idea of a true collaboration w/ wendy and lisa. Eryka Badu seems to be enjoying their mojo.

sosgemini said:

I agree with you on this

The Revolution is one of the biggest, most bad-ass funk groups in the history of music. The band stands tall in history along with P-funk, Booker T. & The MGs, Sly & The Family Stone , The JB's etc. Prince made his best music with this group.
I like things not to be perfect, because the music gets boring when everything is equally smooth & tight. I think music should be like the human voice. Bobby Z. just does his job and does it very well, although I like Sheila E. better (especially on the SOTT tour). John Blackwell kicked ass too. All the bassplayers have been great in my opinion, but again: Brown Mark could've played with Prince forever. Renato Neto is a boring player with a cheesy taste, and he never does anything you wouldnt expect in comparison to the more experimental Lisa. Matt Fink isnt called the Dr. for nothing: the guy is incredibly technical and funky. Wendy is an terrific rhythm guitarist with her very own style & personality. Actually, that's what I miss with the NPG: a style of their own & personality. I also miss the rawness in the NPG, that the Revolution had. Wendy & Lisa also helped Prince move in interesting & different directions (helped him discover psychedelia & suspended chords for example). So did Eric Leeds (he hipped him to jazz!).

Prince's baddest live shows were in the 80s, his most creative years.
He was really breaking ground with this band back then, although he still did almost everything by himself.

i'm not nostalgic ,as a matter of fact i always liked npg more then the revolution.
i know prince moved on so was wendy and lisa and brown mark ,bobby,dr fink.
but wouldn't it be great for that ansamble to do a reunion album and tour so we can hear where they are now music wise.

i mean the revolution sound came a long way from cold electro funk rock to the organic soulful jazzy parade sound in just 3 years.

cream reunited after 37 years of not playing together,led zeppelin also,many other bands so why not the revolution.

p.s.
in the year 2000 during celebration prince jammed with the revolution(minus wendy and lisa) on only one song "america" and prince was very rude to bobby z when he missed kick drum.

He who lives in the PAST
Cast shadows that no one can SEE
A reunion with the Revolution
Would blind all.....
I've move on 2 the N.P.G.

and 4 those revolution dreamers

http://prince.org/msg/7/262647

squirrelgrease said:

Maybe Wendy and Lisa was getting back at Prince and giving him crap for NOT giving them any credit like for "Mountains" as a example(and songs they DID help contribute to). I mean think about this for a second here, honestly, would YOU give a person your best songs/works and not want to get credit for them? IMHO, HELL NO! Which is why I think they gave him crap in the first place they KNEW they prolly would NOT get credit for it in the end just like the time before. And they still didnt get credit for PE on the credits(not counting for "thank you Wendy&Lisa, and Sheila on one of the websites that was advertizing it) but that was ALL I seen the credits GIVEN to W&L.

But as for the reunion tour NO I dont want to see it happen. I think they are doing just fine on their own way. Sure its nice to see them get together ONCE IN A WHILE but not tour, IMHO, I dont think it would work out. As much as I love that era I vote a big NO on this.
[Edited 3/6/08 13:33pm]

L4OATheOriginal said:

that wasn't a collaboration. that was a prince album. don't throw that crap at wendy and lisa.

go listen to some Edith Funker for an idea of a true collaboration w/ wendy and lisa. Eryka Badu seems to be enjoying their mojo.

Michiel said:

Thank you.

On top of that, they fucking ROCK!!!

I know that's not gonna do much to win this debate, but seriously, they did.

I ain't gonna front, the SOTT/Lovesexy band was great too, but there was something very harmonious about The Revolution.

Prince probably could've kept them around. He was probably just being a selfish one-man army; on top of that we can't forget his bitter break-up with Susannah.

Oh yeah, and The NPG didn't even play New Wave. But the Revolution did. So they win!

NWF said:

when u say "rock" give me an example of a rock tune that they so called "rocked" out. if that is what ur implying cause if u r...take a listen again 2 live per4mances of endorphinemachine, calhoun square and then tell me if the revolution could "rock" like that..

Graycap23 said:

Well lets see,


1. The Revolution era is universally critically aclaimed, and the most popular.
popular doesn't mean better

2. NPG era has been univerally critically dumped on, has never been very popular.

by who?

3. The Revolution era was artistically groundbreaking.

yet he funked it up with sign o the times ..sans the revolution

4. The NPG era has been nothing but retreads and nothing more, no matter the talented musicians he hires.

that's just ur opinion (respected) some just don't like funk


Now, you have to look back and check yourself, you have to be able to look at where youve been and where you are headed.

...or else you wind up doing what he has been doing lately, going in circles getting nowhere.

I show you the light but you still perfer to live in darkness!

i think it's u that's in the darkness of denial
[Edited 3/6/08 15:31pm]

L4OATheOriginal said:

gosh Fred lol.. for old times sake.. i'd wanna see them

this is great hearing different peoples opinions - ok, computer blue/darling nikki/lets go crazy.....just to name a few??? or are they not rock?

jstar69 said:

computer blue is more pop funk than rock

darling nikki is more dirty blues

let's go crazy is dance pop

now

endorphinemachine is rock

chaos and disorder is rock

i like it there is rock

violetblues said:

squirrelgrease said:

Maybe Wendy and Lisa was getting back at Prince and giving him crap for NOT giving them any credit like for "Mountains" as a example(and songs they DID help contribute to). I mean think about this for a second here, honestly, would YOU give a person your best songs/works and not want to get credit for them? IMHO, HELL NO! Which is why I think they gave him crap in the first place they KNEW they prolly would NOT get credit for it in the end just like the time before. And they still didnt get credit for PE on the credits(not counting for "thank you Wendy&Lisa, and Sheila on one of the websites that was advertizing it) but that was ALL I seen the credits GIVEN to W&L.

But as for the reunion tour NO I dont want to see it happen. I think they are doing just fine on their own way. Sure its nice to see them get together ONCE IN A WHILE but not tour, IMHO, I dont think it would work out. As much as I love that era I vote a big NO on this.
[Edited 3/6/08 13:33pm]

sosgemini said:

i'm just saying that people on this and other sites have clamering 4 the revolution so much that when members of them did appear again on a prince record, we got that tame shit called planet earth. so i never want them 2 collaborate with prince ever again

sosgemini said:

i'm just saying that people on this and other sites have clamering 4 the revolution so much that when members of them did appear again on a prince record, we got that tame shit called planet earth. so i never want them 2 collaborate with prince ever again

I show you the light but you still perfer to live in darkness!
[Edited 3/6/08 15:31pm]

violetblues said:

DARK-ness is where I live. It's the ONLY place u can feel the FUNK.

Graycap23 said:

Thats where you are wrong,
I live in sunny Palm Springs,CA, temp today a sunny 80 degrees...and baby i got James Brown on right now,.....AND I COULD FEEL IT! and all is good