luvsexy4all said:

CAL3 said:

luvsexy4all said: . Are you shitting me?? . All?? . All great??? . Please. Once you cut the fat off MUSICOLOGY you’re left with ONE song! . One song does not a great album make. . And that’s just ONE example.

u not a fan....take out ...life of the party / marrying kind /if eye your man / cinamon girl and u have a great album

Thanks for letting us all know who is and who is not a fan and letting everyone know what to like. That's always useful. I'll be sure and check in with you next time I like anything or not and make sure to run it by you first, Prince.org forums poster, luvsexy4all.

We bow to your wisdom.

herb4 said:

luvsexy4all said:

u not a fan....take out ...life of the party / marrying kind /if eye your man / cinamon girl and u have a great album

Thanks for letting us all know who is and who is not a fan and letting everyone know what to like. That's always useful. I'll be sure and check in with you next time I like anything or not and make sure to run it by you first, Prince.org forums poster, luvsexy4all.

We bow to your wisdom.

dont be ridiculous...bowing is now neccessary

Like most all-time great and unique recording artists, Prince had his prime period. In his case, it was roughly 1981 to 1988 (could stretch it back to 1979 if you like).

It doesn't mean there aren't superb moments after the 1988 tour. There are several such. And of course his entire career's work plus the available outtakes makes an enormous body of work that I'm really glad we have.

But, I personally don't think there is any way Prince's post-1987 albums could be made truly "great" with just some editing. Albums like Graffiti Bridge and Diamonds & Pearls certainly have more than enough good tunes to potentially be truly great albums, but simply editing them down doesn't make them great. For example, look at how much "Still Would Stand All Time" lost between its 1987-88 genesis and its 1990 official release. The situation after 1987-88 is not albums being too long -- it's rather that the music was not as brilliantly recorded as before.

I agree that just cutting songs from albums would not make albums great. I seriously think if all his work was available from the post 80's period (live as well would be great--but primarily outtakes, different versions, stuff in the vault, limited releases, deep cuts etc) and the best recordings/versions were categorized or placed on albums, he would have just as many great albums as the 80's if not more--seeing as all this music took 30 years to make. I imagine some of the demos for the more over-produced of his recordings were superior before he tinkered with them too much. I think Rosie Gaines is great, but there has got to be more subtle versions of the song Diamonds and PEarls somewhere in his vault (especially without the D-to the-I-to-the-A-to to-M....part). I have heard his demo without her and I quite like it. Maybe, there is one with her that is also more subtle.

ThePanther said:

Like most all-time great and unique recording artists, Prince had his prime period. In his case, it was roughly 1981 to 1988 (could stretch it back to 1979 if you like).

It doesn't mean there aren't superb moments after the 1988 tour. There are several such. And of course his entire career's work plus the available outtakes makes an enormous body of work that I'm really glad we have.

But, I personally don't think there is any way Prince's post-1987 albums could be made truly "great" with just some editing. Albums like Graffiti Bridge and Diamonds & Pearls certainly have more than enough good tunes to potentially be truly great albums, but simply editing them down doesn't make them great. For example, look at how much "Still Would Stand All Time" lost between its 1987-88 genesis and its 1990 official release. The situation after 1987-88 is not albums being too long -- it's rather that the music was not as brilliantly recorded as before.

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Funkyalien said:

In prince’s case i think more is more, not less.

Well put. More was indeed more.

The dude was so prolific and so good at so many different things. Over time, I found myself just wanting more and more and was glad when he seemed to just "spew" songs, even if individual albums weren't as strong as, say, Purple Rain or SotT. I loved the NPGMC tracks and the stuff he would just drop on us out of nowhere.

I wanted everything I could get my hands on and welcomed al of it, even if it wasn't always up my alley or to my taste. It was almost always interseting if I didn't care for it.

purplerabbithole said:

jcurley said:

Is it an awful thing to say but don't you listen to a whole host if his albums differently now he's passed? While he was alive I think subconsciously or even consciously because he was so prolific, if an album didn't hit an all tine high you discounted far more readily than maybe you should.

It's not awful, it's a legit point. Works of art are examined differently after the artist has passed on. Visual artists experience this more than anyone.

sometimes u need to stop over analyzing the topic

luvsexy4all said:

sometimes u need to stop over analyzing the topic

If we applied that to every topic there'd be no Org!

is graffitti bridge GREAT... .just his 40 minutes of songs?

luvsexy4all said:

is graffitti bridge GREAT... .just his 40 minutes of songs?

Which of the others are you dropping off?

namepeace said:

luvsexy4all said:

is graffitti bridge GREAT... .just his 40 minutes of songs?

Which of the others are you dropping off?

just his songs which add up to about 40 min..the time songs r exc also ..but im just making the point

luvsexy4all said:

symbol album....no need to cut

come album......cut out pheromone

gold album...cut out we march

are not all these great albums?

luvsexy4all said:

luvsexy4all said:

symbol album....no need to cut

come album......cut out pheromone

gold album...cut out we march

are not all these great albums?

Honestly, I think TGE comes closest to greatness though the title track is the one I'd vote off the island.

is borderline great. I'd cut Tony M's parts.

Come just didn't really do it for me.

At the same time the argument can be made that Come is the most cohesive of the three.

Funkyalien said:

luvsexy4all said:

symbol album....no need to cut

come album......cut out pheromone

gold album...cut out we march

are not all these great albums?

Cut out pheromone? Are u a 12-year-Old listening to stairway to heaven and november rain? Do u know anything about pheromones? About dopamines? About serotonin? About sexy weird? About beats on a large speaker? [Edited 6/5/18 15:15pm]

too repititious

luvsexy4all said:

is this a great album?	thunder
	Daddy Pop edit out Tony M's part
	Diamonds And Pearls
	Willing And Able
	Gett Off
	Money Don't Matter 2 Night
	Insatiable
	Live 4 Love

That could be.