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Funny Amazon Review for NEWS OK...one funny guy who wrote a review.
The funny part- A customer on Amazon writes a review for both TRC and NEWS. Very obvious he's a disgruntled customer of sorts, maybe due to the ongoing NPGMC fiasco. It's very obvious when you read the reviews. Nevertheless, I think to myself that everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. But then, I check out the other things he's reviewed. Three movies stand out; Duece Bigalow, Lost and Found (w/David Spade), and lastly, Battlefield Earth. He gave these movies 4 stars, 4 stars, and 5 stars, respectively. Very serious accolades for all three movies. He loved them. Now, how does he expect to be taken seriously giving these movies 4 aned 5 stars? The 5 stars for Battlefield Earth alone is laughable. I saw this and thought immediately that some Prince fans are borderline retarded. [This message was edited Sat Aug 2 0:59:40 PDT 2003 by BlackandRising] | |
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What this?
Eager to see where Prince's musical direction has taken him since the release of The Rainbow Children and the self-indulgent One Night Alone...Live album, I picked this up recently. Knowing full well it is an instrumental, I had hoped for an exciting, and lyric-free respite from the overly-religious and borderline racist content of The Rainbow Children and the abbreviated groove machine that was One Night Alone...Live. What I got instead was a meandering sleeper of a record that should be left entirely for the "famatics," those folks who will eat up anything Prince serves them even with a spoon dirtied up by the memory of his last several sub-par releases. Remember now, Prince is the man who changed his name to a symbol in a misguided attempt to break free of his contract with Warner Brothers and alienated a great many of his fans in the process by releasing a number of crummy albums obviously designed to fulfill contractual obligations. Once he left Warner, he released a rather promising 3 disc set through EMI which folded soon after, followed that with a piece of drek called New Power Soul, released Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic on Arista, which helped Clive Davis get the boot, and then issued The Rainbow Children on a small independent label that has also bitten the dust. See a pattern here? Now that he is free of Warner Brothers and no other major labels seem to want anything to do with him, he's still releasing swill like this? What's the point? I seriously doubt that this is the kind of music his few remaining fans were hoping to see years ago when, free from his WB contract, he touted "freedom is a beautiful thing." No, we expected releases from his storied vaults - things he recorded with his 80s band, The Revolution, that have yet to see the light of day. We got a taste of that in 1998 with his Crystal Ball set, but since then, our mouths have gone dry craving good music from this once great artist. Speaking of vaults, N.E.W.S., should be locked into the deepest one you can find and the keey should be tossed to the bottom of one of Minnesota's many lakes. Prince meant to release this record first through his NPG Music Club as a treat to club members, but like most things that involve him lately, that backfired, and the general public heard it first in many cases. A pity. This sort of release is best left for the obsessed, who consider bland, repetitive and unimaginative instumentals as life-giving as a mother's milk. The album was billed as a jazz-funk instrumental experiment, but the most intriguing thing about the "experiment" is the packaging. Then again, if you are an insomniac this record could put most anyone right to sleep. How the mighty have fallen. | |
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BlackandRising said: OK...one funny guy who wrote a review.
The funny part- A customer on Amazon writes a review for both TRC and NEWS. Very obvious he's a disgruntled customer of sorts, maybe due to the ongoing NPGMC fiasco. It's very obvious when you read the reviews. Nevertheless, I think to myself that everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. But then, I check out the other things he's reviewed. Three movies stand out; Duece Bigalow, Lost and Found (w/David Spade), and lastly, Battlefield Earth. He gave these movies 4 stars, 4 stars, and 5 stars, respectively. Very serious accolades for all three movies. He loved them. Now, how does he expect to be taken seriously giving these movies 4 aned 5 stars? The 5 stars for Battlefield Earth alone is laughable. I saw this and thought immediately that some Prince fans are borderline retarded. [This message was edited Sat Aug 2 0:59:40 PDT 2003 by BlackandRising] Remember: one person's notion of crap is another's idea of high art. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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i absolutely agree with the rewiew...my big rispect for prince back catalouge 1978-1988 it's lacking short...
whetever he releases it on the net or in shops or deliver it personally at my door i don,t care...i want back my music genius from the good old times...i want the exitement, stop stupid sleepy records like news..!!! | |
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frankjotzo said: What this?
Eager to see where Prince's musical direction has taken him since the release of The Rainbow Children and the self-indulgent One Night Alone...Live album, I picked this up recently. Knowing full well it is an instrumental, I had hoped for an exciting, and lyric-free respite from the overly-religious and borderline racist content of The Rainbow Children and the abbreviated groove machine that was One Night Alone...Live. What I got instead was a meandering sleeper of a record that should be left entirely for the "famatics," those folks who will eat up anything Prince serves them even with a spoon dirtied up by the memory of his last several sub-par releases. Remember now, Prince is the man who changed his name to a symbol in a misguided attempt to break free of his contract with Warner Brothers and alienated a great many of his fans in the process by releasing a number of crummy albums obviously designed to fulfill contractual obligations. Once he left Warner, he released a rather promising 3 disc set through EMI which folded soon after, followed that with a piece of drek called New Power Soul, released Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic on Arista, which helped Clive Davis get the boot, and then issued The Rainbow Children on a small independent label that has also bitten the dust. See a pattern here? Now that he is free of Warner Brothers and no other major labels seem to want anything to do with him, he's still releasing swill like this? What's the point? I seriously doubt that this is the kind of music his few remaining fans were hoping to see years ago when, free from his WB contract, he touted "freedom is a beautiful thing." No, we expected releases from his storied vaults - things he recorded with his 80s band, The Revolution, that have yet to see the light of day. We got a taste of that in 1998 with his Crystal Ball set, but since then, our mouths have gone dry craving good music from this once great artist. Speaking of vaults, N.E.W.S., should be locked into the deepest one you can find and the keey should be tossed to the bottom of one of Minnesota's many lakes. Prince meant to release this record first through his NPG Music Club as a treat to club members, but like most things that involve him lately, that backfired, and the general public heard it first in many cases. A pity. This sort of release is best left for the obsessed, who consider bland, repetitive and unimaginative instumentals as life-giving as a mother's milk. The album was billed as a jazz-funk instrumental experiment, but the most intriguing thing about the "experiment" is the packaging. Then again, if you are an insomniac this record could put most anyone right to sleep. How the mighty have fallen. Yes, this is it. I'm not dogging the review itself; but if you're trying to come off as serious, don't give a movie like "Battlefield Earth" 5 stars. Or, "Duece Bigaolw." Different formats, of course. But, I think that Battlefield Earth has been described as the very worst Sci-Fi movie ever made, and viewing all of his reviews together shows that the man is simply pissed at Prince. Period. And I thought it was funny. | |
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hazel said: i absolutely agree with the rewiew...my big rispect for prince back catalouge 1978-1988 it's lacking short...
whetever he releases it on the net or in shops or deliver it personally at my door i don,t care...i want back my music genius from the good old times...i want the exitement, stop stupid sleepy records like news..!!! actually, I disagree, having read it again. Had this person stuck to the recording, and reviewed it simply on its merits, or lack of, it woul dbe a review. But pulling in things like the WB situation, the NPGMC, Clive Davis (and it's kinda bold to state that the man was fired for putting out Rave), etc., makes it read like a personal attack. And from years of reading Prince fan's rants, especially the hardcore fans that feel disenfranchised for whatever reason, I've learned that these are the people who, when given the opportunity, never simply "review" the product. They go on a rant about The Vault, PR days, etc., etc. Just my view. | |
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was he critiquing prince's career, prince's business endeavors or prince's new cd? he didn't tell me anything at all about the disc, well, except that he did not like it. its cool to not like the disc but give me a reason why i shouldn't buy it or why i should. i don't care if you're salty with prince...so am i...so are most of his fans, but that "review" was stupid. | |
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NEWS is fucking great...
North, West and South specially. Superb, beautiful music I am tellin´ ya | |
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imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said: was he critiquing prince's career, prince's business endeavors or prince's new cd? he didn't tell me anything at all about the disc, well, except that he did not like it. its cool to not like the disc but give me a reason why i shouldn't buy it or why i should. i don't care if you're salty with prince...so am i...so are most of his fans, but that "review" was stupid.
exactly. It seems as if he's not even trying to hear any music; anything he thinks or writes about Prince will involve everything except the music that he is supposed to be "reviewing." Which is sad, really. His goal in life is to tell people that he is pissed because he is not getting what he wants, i.e., Prince when he was between 23-30 yrs of age. | |
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I don't think 1978-1988 was the only big period for Prince, he wrote lots of great stuff after (last being Rainbow children in 2001), but I really feel disappointed with News, it lacks of strong ideas.. cheers
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frankjotzo said: What this?
Eager to see where Prince's musical direction has taken him since the release of The Rainbow Children and the self-indulgent One Night Alone...Live album, I picked this up recently. Knowing full well it is an instrumental, I had hoped for an exciting, and lyric-free respite from the overly-religious and borderline racist content of The Rainbow Children and the abbreviated groove machine that was One Night Alone...Live. What I got instead was a meandering sleeper of a record that should be left entirely for the "famatics," those folks who will eat up anything Prince serves them even with a spoon dirtied up by the memory of his last several sub-par releases. Remember now, Prince is the man who changed his name to a symbol in a misguided attempt to break free of his contract with Warner Brothers and alienated a great many of his fans in the process by releasing a number of crummy albums obviously designed to fulfill contractual obligations. Once he left Warner, he released a rather promising 3 disc set through EMI which folded soon after, followed that with a piece of drek called New Power Soul, released Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic on Arista, which helped Clive Davis get the boot, and then issued The Rainbow Children on a small independent label that has also bitten the dust. See a pattern here? Now that he is free of Warner Brothers and no other major labels seem to want anything to do with him, he's still releasing swill like this? What's the point? I seriously doubt that this is the kind of music his few remaining fans were hoping to see years ago when, free from his WB contract, he touted "freedom is a beautiful thing." No, we expected releases from his storied vaults - things he recorded with his 80s band, The Revolution, that have yet to see the light of day. We got a taste of that in 1998 with his Crystal Ball set, but since then, our mouths have gone dry craving good music from this once great artist. Speaking of vaults, N.E.W.S., should be locked into the deepest one you can find and the keey should be tossed to the bottom of one of Minnesota's many lakes. Prince meant to release this record first through his NPG Music Club as a treat to club members, but like most things that involve him lately, that backfired, and the general public heard it first in many cases. A pity. This sort of release is best left for the obsessed, who consider bland, repetitive and unimaginative instumentals as life-giving as a mother's milk. The album was billed as a jazz-funk instrumental experiment, but the most intriguing thing about the "experiment" is the packaging. Then again, if you are an insomniac this record could put most anyone right to sleep. How the mighty have fallen. thank you you and your post are disgusting eye spit at it right now | |
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