They are alright. I think Prince praises them just a little to much, but I like em.

Bringing a 'sore object' into here, knowing how much The Time is praised by devotees of the Minneapolis sound and people who are sentimental about the Purple Rain years.

But, to be clear, IMO The Time are the most overrated band to come out of the Prince camp. Why?

At first, especially on their first two albums allmost all the music was composed, written, arranged and played by Prince, with Morris on vocals. So why praise "The Time" for those albums?

The ballads released by The Time were toe-curlingy bad. Morris Day can spice up a catchy, cocky funk-riff, but when it comes to ballads he just sounds like a parody of a soul-singer.

The production on some of their songs sounds really cheesy. When you look at some of the older video's of the Time on Youtube, its almost painfull to see how dated they often sound.

Jam and Lewis might have been succesfull with their commercial branche of the Minneapolis sound but they sure didnt ad something substantial or classic to popular music is. Its probably their fault that they influenced some swedish producers, terrorising our charts with the likes of Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys.

No single member of The Time has outgrown himself. Morris day did get into coke and played roles in irritating B-movies, Nobody outside Minneapolis knows who Jesse Johnson is (and it better stays that way), Paul Petersons idea of a comeback is the reunion of The Family, a band that has no interest at all, apart from some die-hard Prince fans, Jerome is someone who can hold up a mirror and act goofy, so?

To put it in short: The Time is the most overrated band ever to come out of the Minneapolis / Prince camp, and to be honest, without Prince they were and are nothing.

Bringing a 'sore object' into here, knowing how much The Time is praised by devotees of the Minneapolis sound and people who are sentimental about the Purple Rain years.

But, to be clear, IMO The Time are the most overrated band to come out of the Prince camp. Why?

At first, especially on their first two albums allmost all the music was composed, written, arranged and played by Prince, with Morris on vocals. So why praise "The Time" for those albums?

The ballads released by The Time were toe-curlingy bad. Morris Day can spice up a catchy, cocky funk-riff, but when it comes to ballads he just sounds like a parody of a soul-singer.

The production on some of their songs sounds really cheesy. When you look at some of the older video's of the Time on Youtube, its almost painfull to see how dated they often sound.

Jam and Lewis might have been succesfull with their commercial branche of the Minneapolis sound but they sure didnt ad something substantial or classic to popular music is. Its probably their fault that they influenced some swedish producers, terrorising our charts with the likes of Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys.

No single member of The Time has outgrown himself. Morris day did get into coke and played roles in irritating B-movies, Nobody outside Minneapolis knows who Jesse Johnson is (and it better stays that way), Paul Petersons idea of a comeback is the reunion of The Family, a band that has no interest at all, apart from some die-hard Prince fans, Jerome is someone who can hold up a mirror and act goofy, so?

To put it in short: The Time is the most overrated band ever to come out of the Minneapolis / Prince camp, and to be honest, without Prince they were and are nothing.

Outside of the Prince world, are they even rated that highly at all?

Think about it: the first 3 The Time albums came out during Prince's breakthrough era (1980-1984). He was on fire then, and anything associated with him was too - regardless of how good they were.

Also, think about this: their entire catalog would fit onto a 2-CD release. Not much of a "legacy" IMO.

They're enjoyable, but only because I know Prince is behind-the-scenes. Take Prince out of the equation, and they wouldn't hold up.

Why has this nonsense topic not yet been banished to the associated artists area?

I first saw the time, in invetibly, Purple Rain.

I then and still find them 'old-fashioned', and 'out of date'.

I mean they had 2 hits, well not even 'chart hits'.

'The Bird' and 'Jungle Love'.

In 1984 they played them in Purple Rain, and then over 10 years later, the same shit in Rave 2000.

Exactly.

Sam 8)

I respect your opinion. However, you come off as some sort of troll in the belittling tone of your post. Are you deliberately trying to get folks riled up as a thread troll often does?

they came to our fair a few years back.. i didn't even see them, and i think i was there!

so, that tells u how i give a flying flip about that act.

Riverpoet31 said:

u must have never seen them live
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Are you out of your bleeping mind. That drug you took must've derailed your brain. Not only is The Time one of the best funk bands of all time, they're one of the greatest bands of all time period! And with only a handful of albums to their credit, it makes them more legendary. So what if Prince had a hand in their career. Who hasn't had someone backing them up. Can you imagine? Bootsy without George? Janet without Jimmy and Terry? Eminem without Dre? Elvis without the Col.? Rock & Roll without American Bandstand? So the point is simple. Everybody needs a steppint stone to start off and the Time rocks. Nuff' said!

Are you out of your bleeping mind. That drug you took must've derailed your brain. Not only is The Time one of the best funk bands of all time, they're one of the greatest bands of all time period! And with only a handful of albums to their credit, it makes them more legendary. So what if Prince had a hand in their career. Who hasn't had someone backing them up. Can you imagine? Bootsy without George? Janet without Jimmy and Terry? Eminem without Dre? Elvis without the Col.? Rock & Roll without American Bandstand? So the point is simple. Everybody needs a stepping stone to start off and the Time rocks. Nuff' said!
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I first saw the time, in invetibly, Purple Rain.

I then and still find them 'old-fashioned', and 'out of date'.

I mean they had 2 hits, well not even 'chart hits'.

'The Bird' and 'Jungle Love'.

In 1984 they played them in Purple Rain, and then over 10 years later, the same shit in Rave 2000.

Exactly.

Sam 8)

Overrated? Perhaps.
A crappy band? Hell no.

Damn...I CAN'T even respond to this nonsense...Oh, ..I just did.

Se7en said:

They R still touring today WITHOUT Prince. I saw them 2 years ago at a summer music festivel and they headlined the event (Great show). They were in my area again this year as headliner of another music fesival...without Prince!!! I don't think anyone here is saying these guys are some prolific band that will make some significant mark in musical history...just saying that they are a GREAT live band. Especially the origional line-up. You didn't mention that you ever saw them live...which tells me that your comments don't have a leg to stand on either!