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Thread started 10/09/10 6:34pm

mwilli

what happen to renato

whatever happen to renato seems like he was here 4 a minute then ....gone without no explanation

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Reply #1 posted 10/09/10 6:39pm

Spinlight

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This is somehow new in the world of Prince bandmembers (especially past 1996)??

Renato isn't with him right now because he's with someone else. Renato hasn't just been here for a minute. He's been working with Prince over the past 10 years.

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Reply #2 posted 10/10/10 1:58am

MikeyB71

mwilli said:

whatever happen to renato seems like he was here 4 a minute then ....gone without no explanation

He is in the Dr Fink home for pissed off keyboard players.

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Reply #3 posted 10/10/10 2:08am

purpledoveuk

He's working at my hospital as a Clinical Governance Lead.
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Reply #4 posted 10/10/10 3:15am

catpark

MikeyB71 said:



mwilli said:


whatever happen to renato seems like he was here 4 a minute then ....gone without no explanation



He is in the Dr Fink home for pissed off keyboard players.



lol
And the new album collaboration will be called 'Keyboarders Wit Attitude'
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Reply #5 posted 10/10/10 5:03am

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Saw him in Aldeia do Meco, Portugal last july.

He was there onstage with mr P for a brief while.

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #6 posted 10/10/10 5:05am

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he is more of a guest keyboardist at the moment.

He was at two shows this year.

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Reply #7 posted 10/10/10 5:06am

MikeyB71

catpark said:

MikeyB71 said:

He is in the Dr Fink home for pissed off keyboard players.

lol And the new album collaboration will be called 'Keyboarders Wit Attitude'

With a free E.P of "disgruntled keyboard player" remixes.

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Reply #8 posted 10/10/10 5:29am

mikeyaddict

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it was my understanding that he actually disappeared up his own arse

Comin str8 outta Preston...
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Reply #9 posted 10/10/10 5:45am

andykeen

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Renato could possibly the most boring band member of the NPG ever...Damn even Tony M had a personality

I'm glad he's gone! Bring back Tommy Barberella, Dr.Fink, Lisa Coleman or even Ricky Peterson!!


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Reply #10 posted 10/10/10 8:49am

Mayte319

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Why dont you ask him? according to his website you can email me on rneto19@mac.com

NPGUK
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Reply #11 posted 10/10/10 9:21am

Aaron6

I never cared for Renato keyboard style, to me it didn't marry well with Prince's style. For instance, Lisa could be Funky (DMSR) and melancholy (Power Fantastic), I guess what I am trying to say is Renato style didn't have layers. During "Baby Im a Starr" Rento, would do a jazz solo...really?neutral

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Reply #12 posted 10/10/10 11:19am

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Aaron6 said:

I never cared for Renato keyboard style, to me it didn't marry well with Prince's style. For instance, Lisa could be Funky (DMSR) and melancholy (Power Fantastic), I guess what I am trying to say is Renato style didn't have layers. During "Baby Im a Starr" Rento, would do a jazz solo...really?neutral

I get where you are coming from.

When I first saw him on the ONA tour, I thought he fit with what was going on at the time. I didn't think he would fit with P's funky music, though. I felt I was correct when I heard live music from that era (pre-musicology). I heard boots of him playing solos on songs like Controversy, Days of Wild, DMSR, etc. and he really had to grow and learn to be "funky".

By the middle of the Musicology tour, I think he finally figured out how to play "funk" solos and not necessarilly jazz.

Now, I do feel that Renato is among the best keyboardist P has ever worked with. He brought something different to P's music that wasn't there before.

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Reply #13 posted 10/10/10 11:52pm

gerhard12

miss him much, great performances with Prince last year in L.A. , Montreux and Monaco ! cool

dont like cassandra ´style that much

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Reply #14 posted 10/11/10 4:42am

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andykeen said:

Renato could possibly the most boring band member of the NPG ever...Damn even Tony M had a personality

I'm glad he's gone! Bring back Tommy Barberella, Dr.Fink, Lisa Coleman or even Ricky Peterson!!

With all due respect to Renato's technique, I have to agree with you andy... He leaves me a bit cold.

Take it - like Clarence said:
"I got a million of them -
all different U know."
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Reply #15 posted 10/12/10 9:39am

purpledoveuk

Aaron6 said:

I never cared for Renato keyboard style, to me it didn't marry well with Prince's style. For instance, Lisa could be Funky (DMSR) and melancholy (Power Fantastic), I guess what I am trying to say is Renato style didn't have layers. During "Baby Im a Starr" Rento, would do a jazz solo...really?neutral



He did constantly seem to work the 'Sex and the City' theme into everything
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Reply #16 posted 10/12/10 11:19am

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whatever happen to renato seems like he was here 4 a minute then ....gone without no explanation

He never went anywhere

he was on stage all night 4 Hours in Paris at LE NEW MORNING Last July

he's on and off the PRINCE CIRCUS

What's the point in coming here Twice a Day When you sincerely think Prince became irrelevant with Batman ?
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Reply #17 posted 10/12/10 11:54am

QuasarOfRock

He almost destroyed my eardrums during the 'One Nite Alone' & 'Musicology' shows, so personally, I'm glad he's gone.

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