Has listening to Prince opened the door into other genres of music for you?

For me Prince opened me up to R&B and reopened 80's pop (cyndie lauper, and d'angelo can thank Prince for my recent purchases)

What great music have you been inspired to seek out after listening to Prince?

(other than more prince ofcourse)

Can't say he's opened musical doors for me because I've always had diverse musical tastes. Of course, maybe Prince is the reason I have diverse tastes.

On a similar note, Prince is the one who got me into Joni Mitchell and Cocteau Twins. I bought my first Joni and Cocteau Twins albums simply because I read that Prince was a fan, so it piqued my interest. I've been hooked on both of those artists ever since.

PicassoFace said:

Joni Mitchell? Nice one.
I'm not familiar with the Cocteau Twins.. I'll have to check them out now though. (I'm actually writing down on my little note book of stuff to check out)

Prince's music has helped me to explore and appreciate the rap stylings of the incomparable Tony M.

Oh my God, everything.

Actually, 'The Gatekeeper' sounds like a great name for a Prince album.

Haystack said:

Funny you said that. When I saw the title of the thread, I thought it was the title of one of those boots floatin' around.

Haystack said:

Or a 10 dollar cents scifi paperback.

Oh yes. Prince is kind of the centre of my musical world. I've gone sort of backwards and forwards from him. He has directly led me to:-

Miles Davis

Joni Mitchell

Parliament/funkadelic

Stevie Wonder

Sly And The Family Stone

Graham Central Station

Carlos Santana

And those artists have in turn led me to many others.

So yes a 'Gatekeeper' for sure

HamsterHuey said:

Well, we are talking about the man that had a great song that included the line '...a better place 2 die' and called the bloody song Moonbeam Levels, instead

Haystack said:

Which is genius. Moonbeam Levels is an amazing title.

HamsterHuey said:

For a cheap 50s sci-fi movie I suppose

Haystack said:

Listen to the last line of the song again and there's ya reason why it ain't called what you wish it was called.

Moonbeam Levels is perfect for the song AND a 50's scifi paperback.

Except for related artists, Prince hasn't really caused me to seek out any other artists, in particular.

We're contemporaries, so many of the artists that have influenced him are the same ones I listened to growing up.

HamsterHuey said:

Still say it's a crap name for the song

soulyacolia said:

I'm not into Carlos Santana but P's music got me in2 those artist and more ...
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