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Prince vs Sly Stone In terms of sheer mucianship (singing, lyricism, composition, instrumentals) who was better? | |
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Prince was God showing the fuck off. I mean, God was really on some 'ish when She said: | |
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I'd prefer "or" over "vs." They weren't adversaries. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I like Sly and he was a trail blazer, but he ruined his career with the drugs. . Prince also had the bigger output and musical legacy - Prince by far. . Psychoniff, I remember you from MJJ forum. Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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in total agreement As a lyric writer, Prince is the winner. I don't think Sly could ever have thought of lines like "a submarine conquers the virgin sea". As a guitarist, Prince is again the winner, Sly was never really into guitar solos. As a singer, yeah, Prince again. As a musical pioneer, a visionary however, it's Sly. For all his talent and his skills and his sheer awesomeness, there isn't much that Prince did that Sly didn't do before. | |
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Well you can't deny Sly's enormous influence on Prince. I just don't think he would have been who he was musically, stylistically without Sly. No Sly= no Prince, or a very different Prince.
That being said, no telling what Sly could have done had he not melted down on dope. I think it was angel dust that finally got him. I know of plenty musicians that say Sly is the baddest cat they ever been around. Same with Prince. Lots of similarities. They both had a sound. Where you knew it was them or derived from them when you heard it. As far as sheer God given talent I give Prince an edge but have to say Sly had more originality. He was the first to do stuff. Multi gendered multi racially band, etc. Sylvester is also rumored to have a "vault" of unreleased material. I've said before and will say again there is 2 kinds of pop music, pre and post Sly Stone. Don't get it twisted, Sly has still been writing and performing music to this day. Check his mind bending contributions to the latest Funkadelic offering Shake The Gate. [Edited 8/1/16 5:21am] [Edited 8/1/16 5:23am] [Edited 8/1/16 5:31am] | |
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Not even close.
FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
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Sly is profound but Prince by a mile. [Edited 8/1/16 8:15am] | |
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Sly might have a vault of unreleased music eh? Let's hope he has a will. | |
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What does that mean? Please elaborate.... | |
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Yeah, there's another person on this forum by the name of 'Chicken McNuggets' from the 'Maxjax' forum. | |
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it's sly all the way. sly birth prince's style and vision. foh. | |
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Graycap23 said:
Not even close.
Who or what is not even close to who or what? Could you please be a bit more specific? | |
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Prince runs rings around Sly going backwards on 1 leg. FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
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Prince would whup Sly's ass as a multi instrumentalist... as a songwriter... Hmmm...? thats a tough one... Prince was more prolific.. Sly more innovative...
I aint never heard anyone say that Sly sounds like Prince! ButPrince sure sounds like Sly often. | |
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Well this is unfair since Sly came first and influenced Prince. Suffice it to say, I've never heard a Sly song that sounds like 'Darling Nikki'. | |
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Prince is an extremely versatile songwriter.Sly of course. He was the precursor n just 4 "there is a yellow 1" etc  For all time I am with you, you are with me. | |
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One must remember that in the time of Sly at his creative height he was the best as a musical innovator of sound and unique in his choice of multi-cultural and gender mix as far as his band mates were concerned.
Imo Prince did have an advantage as far as the development of musical technology. Sly developed the sound that was a platform for Prince to carry it on and take it further. to me the talent comparison is equal between sly and prince. gotta go bbl 2 finish this post. “Transracial is a term that has long since been defined as the adoption of a child that is of a different race than the adoptive parents,” : https://thinkprogress.org...fb6e18544a | |
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Prince wouldn't be himself without Sly and a bunch of Sly's peers (peers influenced by Sly like George Clinton, that Larry Graham kid, ect.) How would Prince look in the late 60s' compared to a Sly of the early 80s'? Just imagine a peak Sly in 1983. Would be bananas. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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OUCH!!!!!
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Psychoniff said:
What does that mean? Please elaborate.... His rhythmic vision represented a shift in the way muggs approached song writing. Simply put, he changed the game in such a profound way that damn near air thang significant that came in his wake had his stamp on it. | |
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again, close this thread | |
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Buy the Sly Box Set "Higher"!!!!
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Lol..........damn near every musician worth 2 cent wants to be associated with Prince. There is a REASON for that. Prinvce is the man.......period. FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
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when it come to innovation and influence over a longer period of time=Sly by a mile, as he played keyboards , guitar, bass drums and harmonica songwriter in a catchy political sense plus a mixed race and gender band that played all genres of music except clasical and a producer as well with his own sub label{ stone flower} and lets not forget that in an interview with Larry Graham by his side prince did admit that. Now Prince, was an outstanding musician as IMO he was a better guitar player he used the new technology of keyboards in an innovative way his drum and bass playing was on par with what I have seen Sly do. Both artist were great front men but prince was ALL musician in that his "high" was all about the music and he carried himself in the greatest of ways. Prince took most of Slys concepts to a higher degree. Unfortunately Sly's drug use ruined his genius all too soon. We can't deny that we are all musically in a better place thanks to both of them. | |
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No Ray Charles= No Sly Stone No "Guitar Watson" =No Sly ETC
I believe that around the Rave Un2000 Prince try to collaborate with him ...it´s possible? Anyone knows about that or some kind of approach?
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