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Reply #90 posted 01/30/07 10:23am

way2funky

Isn't St. Paul Peterson still playing with The Truth on Thursday nights at Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis? I met him when he was playing with The Truth at Trocaderos on Thursday nights but now they've moved to the Fine Line. Jellybean also plays with The Truth doesn't he? He did when I saw them.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...
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Reply #91 posted 01/30/07 10:42am

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Probably not for long now... lol


lol nod When he sees our posts, he will haven them taken down pronto. lol


Exactly... lol
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Reply #92 posted 01/30/07 10:44am

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way2funky said:

Isn't St. Paul Peterson still playing with The Truth on Thursday nights at Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis? I met him when he was playing with The Truth at Trocaderos on Thursday nights but now they've moved to the Fine Line. Jellybean also plays with The Truth doesn't he? He did when I saw them.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...


I hope you're right, cuz I never did get to see them at Trocs... sad
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Reply #93 posted 01/30/07 11:26am

PacManPlus

This is very cool! smile

I got 'The Family' CD as a Japanese import about 10 years ago... Been taking real good care of it since then - It'd be nice to add to that collection (of one)

... Kind of like 'The Power Station' did with their first CD (1986) and then Releasing 'Living In Fear' in 1996.
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Reply #94 posted 01/30/07 11:41am

way2funky

obsessed said:

way2funky said:

Isn't St. Paul Peterson still playing with The Truth on Thursday nights at Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis? I met him when he was playing with The Truth at Trocaderos on Thursday nights but now they've moved to the Fine Line. Jellybean also plays with The Truth doesn't he? He did when I saw them.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...


I hope you're right, cuz I never did get to see them at Trocs... sad



I'm going to see them at Fine Line next Thursday so I'll let you know. Unless of course you beat me there and go this Thursday.

lol
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Reply #95 posted 01/30/07 11:49am

obsessed

way2funky said:

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I hope you're right, cuz I never did get to see them at Trocs... sad



I'm going to see them at Fine Line next Thursday so I'll let you know. Unless of course you beat me there and go this Thursday.

lol


I looked up the dates on his MySpace, and I see they are there the next 2 weeks.... biggrin

Unfortunately, I don't think I can make either one...here we go again.. lol
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Reply #96 posted 01/30/07 11:54am

obsessed

However, I see they are there every Thurs. in March... thumbs up!
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Reply #97 posted 01/30/07 12:23pm

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psychodelicide said:



giggle Not sure what Paul did after quitting the Family. I know he released several solo albums, but I don't think they sold very well, unfortunately.


His debut solo joint was pretty cool even though he ripped off "High Fashion" with a song called "Rich Man", but it was an overall good album. His other relases were more in the rock-pop genre though.


nod I used to own St. Paul's two solo albums, they were pretty good, I enjoyed them.
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Reply #98 posted 01/30/07 12:23pm

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psychodelicide said:



lol nod When he sees our posts, he will haven them taken down pronto. lol


Exactly... lol


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Reply #99 posted 01/30/07 12:24pm

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obsessed said:

However, I see they are there every Thurs. in March... thumbs up!


cool
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Reply #100 posted 01/30/07 12:55pm

jaimestarr79

If they were smart they would re-release their first album. Who is going to write their new music? Is it still going to be R&B?
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Reply #101 posted 01/30/07 1:21pm

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I'll get excited about this project when they reissue to the public the "Family" cd from Paisley Park, INCLUDING the 12" extended version of "screams of passion"..


then as far as the tour &/or a new album,
let's see if (or for how long) you-know-who can keep his flawlessly manicured, stubby, controlling little fingers off "his" band..
if he muscles his way in, it will probably end like it did 22 years ago :
with an unceremonious THUD.
but what the hell - I can cross my fingers..
I'll see you tonight..
in ALL MY DREAMS..
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Reply #102 posted 01/30/07 2:19pm

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It's great news.
I think they can do a good album,without Prince.
I liked St Paul's 1st album,it would be nice if there would be 1 or 2 tracks written by Prince....wishfull thinking lol
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Reply #103 posted 01/30/07 2:44pm

jaimestarr79

Does anybody have any info on the relationship between the Family and Prince? Did the relationship end on a good or bad note? why did they originally break up? All I remember is them releasing two singles then they disappeared.
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Reply #104 posted 01/30/07 2:52pm

Riverpoet31

Sorry to say (for 'them') but of course the Family album from 1985 was a Prince album. A sometimes genious experiment to mix the Minneapolis sound with real orchestral arrangements by Clare Fisher. And therefore a blueprint for a lot of the music on Parade, The Jill Jones album and parts of Lovesexy.

Some tracks were predating his Jazz-funk work with Madhouse, and were a result of him trying out things with Eric Leeds.

St. Paul is not a bad singer, but on the album he is obviously 'copying' the vocal tracks Prince layed out on the basic tracks. His solowork after that is often not more then very cheesy eighties-funkpop.
What dit we really hear from Susannah after this album. She might have written some nice tracks for others, and has performed some decent background vocals on the albums of Wendy and Lisa. But not much more.
According to the reports Jellybean Johnson and Jerome Benton (does he even 'play' an instrument?) weren't even on the album!

To conclude:
- Yes, please, release this fine album on CD.
- Don't expect some brilliant new music from the Family, its probably best they limit themselves to performing on the Minneapolis club circuit.
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Reply #105 posted 01/30/07 5:55pm

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Riverpoet31 said:

Sorry to say (for 'them') but of course the Family album from 1985 was a Prince album. A sometimes genious experiment to mix the Minneapolis sound with real orchestral arrangements by Clare Fisher. And therefore a blueprint for a lot of the music on Parade, The Jill Jones album and parts of Lovesexy.

Some tracks were predating his Jazz-funk work with Madhouse, and were a result of him trying out things with Eric Leeds.

St. Paul is not a bad singer, but on the album he is obviously 'copying' the vocal tracks Prince layed out on the basic tracks. His solowork after that is often not more then very cheesy eighties-funkpop.
What dit we really hear from Susannah after this album. She might have written some nice tracks for others, and has performed some decent background vocals on the albums of Wendy and Lisa. But not much more.
According to the reports Jellybean Johnson and Jerome Benton (does he even 'play' an instrument?) weren't even on the album!

To conclude:
- Yes, please, release this fine album on CD.
- Don't expect some brilliant new music from the Family, its probably best they limit themselves to performing on the Minneapolis club circuit.


Every word is true, but I can't help getting excited about them touring (even though I'm sure it will be a let down!).
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Reply #106 posted 01/30/07 6:10pm

AntiConservati
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BoySimon said:

AntiConservative: grow up.
[snip]
Actually, Anticonservative - live up to your name. Stop being so patronising. I'm almost moved to swear at you.


The Family was one of the best all-around Prince protege acts of the 80s. Lighten up!
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Reply #107 posted 01/30/07 6:54pm

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CalhounSq said:

Okay, my Ipod plays "Screams of Passion" & within a minute of that shit coming on I log on & see this eek










eek

Are you a Pisces? That would explain it lol
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Reply #108 posted 01/30/07 7:06pm

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Super Weird Supa!

eek
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Reply #109 posted 01/30/07 7:13pm

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slakk said:

Super Weird Supa!

eek

You have no idea about Super weird. My experiences would make that shit look normal lol
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Reply #110 posted 01/30/07 7:25pm

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This is fantastically fantastic news!! The Family was such a great project & they deserve to get their props.

Jeff



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Reply #111 posted 01/30/07 10:08pm

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um.... why? not that their album isn't great, but.... um, they didn't actually DO anything.
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Reply #112 posted 01/30/07 11:54pm

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KidOmega said:

um.... why? not that their album isn't great, but.... um, they didn't actually DO anything.


Well, the thing about The Family was that they rehearsed the shit out of that band, and Prince had just stopped paying attention to them due to negligence. When it ended, it probably seemed like a waste of alot of hard work. I bet they always regretted not touring. The Family Jamm show having been so sucessful, I bet they are doing this project now merely for the fun of it, it's not like it's gonna make them tons of money or anything. That's a great reason to have a band!
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Reply #113 posted 01/31/07 1:55am

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jaimestarr79 said:

Does anybody have any info on the relationship between the Family and Prince? Did the relationship end on a good or bad note? why did they originally break up? All I remember is them releasing two singles then they disappeared.



Paul Peterson (lead singer) left the band a few months after their album was released.He was disappointed with the lack of promotion and felt that Prince wasn't giving them enough attention.The band broke up...Jerome,Susannah and Eric joined Prince's band while Paul went solo.Prince was pissed at Paul for leaving,filing a lawsuit against him and even writing a song about Paul's departure ("Dream Factory").

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Reply #114 posted 01/31/07 2:25am

pardonme4livin

So will a new Time album be next? Will Prince be a part of it?

Being this is a Prince group (for lack of a better term), will Prince have any input to this project?

From the artwork for Guitar...to the reunion of The Family.... as an observation, it would appear as though Prince may be going old school....purging out the old to make room for the new....

Will there be a reunion of the Revolution too? Wendy and Lisa definately have been working with Prince in the past year.... hmmm

Bangles reunion next? lol
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Reply #115 posted 01/31/07 4:50am

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pardonme4livin said:



Bangles reunion next? lol


Actually The Bangles reunited about 6 or 7 years ago and are still active. They've got a couple of projects in the works for this year: thebangles.com

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Reply #116 posted 01/31/07 6:09am

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obsessed said:

tznekbsbfrvr said:

who is The Family? I've never heard of them. sorry if that offends anyone....


Here's some info to help pull it together... wink

The Family



thanks alot. you 2 JediMaster. sounds like Prince had alot of side projects. coolies.
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Reply #117 posted 01/31/07 6:39am

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herb55105 said:

pardonme4livin said:



Bangles reunion next? lol


Actually The Bangles reunited about 6 or 7 years ago and are still active. They've got a couple of projects in the works for this year: thebangles.com

jeff

Wait a minute... we're talking apples to oranges! The difference here is that the Bangles were already a successful group when Prince wrote "Manic Monday" for them. (That song took them to #2 on the pop charts.) Their first #1 was with "Walk Like An Egyptian". Other than dating Susannah Hoffs for a bit and writing "Manic Monday", he really had nothing else to do with them.

They did get together for a reunion tour to some success.- and Susannah still looks hot! lick




(Perfectionist Edit - Ironic, huh?)
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Reply #118 posted 01/31/07 6:46am

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the bangles werent a success...they were a band before prince but they didnt have their first hit until Manic Monday...well, actually...that was their first single wasnt it?
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Reply #119 posted 01/31/07 7:04am

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The numbers after the title of the song indicate their placement on the US charts first, then UK. Okay, so their first big hit was with Prince, but, it's not like he was responsible for their career. By the way, the only thing that kept "Manic Monday" from going to number one was PRINCE! He was busy at number one with "Kiss".


1981 "Getting Out of Hand" - - Locally released in USA only
1983 "The Real World (Remix)" - - The Bangles Promo-only release in USA only
1984 "Hero Takes a Fall" - 96 All Over the Place
1985 "Going Down to Liverpool" - 79 All Over the Place
1986 "Manic Monday" 2 2 Different Light Written by "Christopher" (Prince)[2]
1986 "If She Knew What She Wants" 29 31 Different Light
1986 "Going Down to Liverpool (re-release)" - 56 All Over the Place UK only
1986 "Walk Like an Egyptian" 1 3 Different Light
1987 "Walking Down Your Street" 11 16 Different Light
1987 "Following" - 55 Different Light UK only
1987 "Hazy Shade of Winter" 2 11 Less Than Zero Motion Picture Soundtrack
1988 "In Your Room" 5 35 Everything
1988 "Eternal Flame" 1 1 Everything
1989 "Be with You" 30 23 Everything
1989 "I'll Set You Free (remix)" - 74 Everything
1990 "Everything I Wanted" - - Greatest Hits Continental Europe/Australia only
1990 "Walk Like an Egyptian (remix)" - 73 Greatest Hits UK only
1990 "The Eternal Mix" - - Greatest Hits Promo only, Spain only
2003 "Something That You Said" - 38 Doll Revolution
2003 "Tear Off Your Own Head" - - Doll Revolution Continental Europe & Japan only
2003 "I Will Take Care of You " - 74 Doll Revolution UK Only
2006 "Light My Way" - - - Download Only (iTunes)
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