a little less religious, lol some of the lyrics can be annoying.

It's interesting that people hanker for more Linn drum sounds, or the sound of the 80's etc... personally I have no interest in prince revisiting the 80's. What I would dearly love though is that he captures the essense of his earlier music. That being music which is original and innovative. Something fresh which you dont feel like you've heard before. Most of his recent output to me doesn't even raise an eyebrow anymore. It's tried and tested Prince, painting by numbers prince.

i think the underlying issue is that the songs just arn't very inspired anymore. The production is just garnish, and there's a common saying in the music industry that you can't polish a turd. Most of prince's recent albums sound like he's been running out of elbow grease.

For me my favourite stand out albums are the ones which sound like nothing and no one else. Graffiti Bridge, Parade, 1999, Sign O The Times, I even love the symbol album for it's beautiful song craft and live production.

There's very little to get excited about form emancipation onwards.

Bewdy said:

It's interesting that people hanker for more Linn drum sounds, or the sound of the 80's etc... personally I have no interest in prince revisiting the 80's. What I would dearly love though is that he captures the essense of his earlier music. That being music which is original and innovative. Something fresh which you dont feel like you've heard before. Most of his recent output to me doesn't even raise an eyebrow anymore. It's tried and tested Prince, painting by numbers prince.

i think the underlying issue is that the songs just arn't very inspired anymore. The production is just garnish, and there's a common saying in the music industry that you can't polish a turd. Most of prince's recent albums sound like he's been running out of elbow grease.

For me my favourite stand out albums are the ones which sound like nothing and no one else. Graffiti Bridge, Parade, 1999, Sign O The Times, I even love the symbol album for it's beautiful song craft and live production.

There's very little to get excited about form emancipation onwards.

i agree, as far as the 80's sound is cocerned, he has tried that in the last couple of years and IMO it doesnt work that well apart from a few songs.

Bewdy said:

It's interesting that people hanker for more Linn drum sounds, or the sound of the 80's etc... personally I have no interest in prince revisiting the 80's. What I would dearly love though is that he captures the essense of his earlier music. That being music which is original and innovative. Something fresh which you dont feel like you've heard before. Most of his recent output to me doesn't even raise an eyebrow anymore. It's tried and tested Prince, painting by numbers prince.

i think the underlying issue is that the songs just arn't very inspired anymore. The production is just garnish, and there's a common saying in the music industry that you can't polish a turd. Most of prince's recent albums sound like he's been running out of elbow grease.

For me my favourite stand out albums are the ones which sound like nothing and no one else. Graffiti Bridge, Parade, 1999, Sign O The Times, I even love the symbol album for it's beautiful song craft and live production.

There's very little to get excited about form emancipation onwards.

lol I think that statement (which I do understand) is contradictory. I don't think people are just looking for the linn drum and synth, they/we are talking about that experimenting new sharp fresh feel that came with it. that Music was original and innovative. And truth be told he only touched on that sound for 2 years. Seriously 4U Prince & Dirty Mind were very similar. Dirty Mind & Controversy were very similar. Controversy 1999 & Purple Rain very similar. 1999 & Purple Rain very electic and similar. ATWIAD splash of Purple Rain but very unique, Parade very stand out/alone. SOTT was a collage of sounds from For U - Parade

So in my opinion like he said in a 1985 interview, they were just scratching the surface

NouveauDance said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I knew someone would say it...

That sound to me is so futuristic, I barely touched on that music/sound before switching.

It was so electric

You know I was joking though right!

Yeah

ElectricBlue said:

Prince's sound is stale... what happened to when Prince said when you look back on his full career the albums will show a range.

that was the case for awhile, but since the 2000's its just rehashed sometimes better versions of the stuff from the past. BUT its not new.

I want a grunge album, a metal album.. a pink floyd type album, classic rock album...

Perhaps I'm putting the cart before the horse but, isn't the grunge, metal and 'pink floyd' and classic rock styles 'dead' ??? I know and agree that some of what you mentioned is a 'great sound' but, why re-visist it ??? We can all go grap any of that music from that era, during it's heyday. I for one, would not want Prince to produce an album with 'that sound'. Some of us may not like his sound now (I do) but let's keep it where it is. 'Crimson & Clover' is a throwback sound but, P does make it sound fresh, or am I wrong ...

The LAST thing he should do is REVISIT Prince cliche's like linndrum (20ten is a mess). He made album after album up to the Gold Experience that changed. His current problem is in the lack of imaginative songwriting that he used to excel at in the 80's and early 90's.

abigail05 said:

He already tried making that "new sound", it was called "New Power Soul". It sucked and wasn't funky.

Unless he's bored to death of linndrum stuff, that's what he should be doing (and I'm glad he did on 20ten). It fits him like a glove and he's the undisputed master of it.

... some of us sound like music critics and should work for some of these publications that need help with critiquing. I am a hyper critical person when it comes to life and things in general but, when it comes to music I never feel I have the right to say someone is 'cliche' or that their imagination in their songwriting is not like it was back then. It's the artist vision, they draw from their own creativity, which is a blessing from the creator (for thoz who believe in a higher power, if not, then it's from where). How many of us can have a 20+ album career.

This goes along with my question I asked that no-one answered on the org (and that's cool) but, Prince makes his music from himself 9 out of 10 songs he writes from something he draws from, a current muse, a particular point in life he's experiencing, something he read or perhaps heard from one of his contemporaries (or friends). That's where some of my inspiration comes from and we're all human and can draw from that.

Perhaps I shouldn't be critiquing anyone if that's the case but, I felt inspired and said something ...

Well, as an artist, only he knows what he wants to do musically.

But I would like to see Prince doing something extremely modern or extremely introspective, musical. I dont like it when he tries to emulate his 80s sound (MPLSound) or when he tries to follow trends (Incense and Candles, for example).

And I miss his long jams, especially when he jams with himself (I´m yours, I wanna be your lover, etc).

i dont think grunge music really appeals to prince, so thats probably not a good idea. I would like him to do some hardrock songs with good songwriting, for example endorphinmachine. Fun, enjoyable rockers with great guitar work and no political/religious messages