I'm sure that if this had Prince on vocals and was put up as a demo of his new song, everyone would be saying it's poor.

TheEnglishGent said:

yup.

TheEnglishGent said:

honestly, i feel about the same about the family demo as i do about the prince tracks. they're all pleasant enough to my ears and they have me interested in the forthcoming projects, but i'm not jumping up and down and squealing with joy every time i hear these songs. and i'm not trying to insult any of what i've heard by prince or the family. i'm just like, you know..."yeah, it's all cool, whatever man..."

Mmmmmm, I'm lovin' it

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Shoooot..... how was I sleepin' on this?

I just watched those videos.....and this is so cool!

I like the songs in the video better than the auido of Sanctified, though mainly cuz Sanctified takes a while to get going with the syncopated hits....but this is stuff is cool!

Susannah looks amazing! I love the video in Paul's studio. I love her with longer darker hair....she looks so great!! and young!

Paul looks good but different.

Can't wait to see the final product and hopefully they will tour! Come to NYC!

Oh yeah!

GirlBrother said:

WOW!!!

My hats off to you!

I came out of retirement, of posting on this God forsaken website, to tell you that this is the QUOTE OF THE YEAR right here!!!!

Kudos for being spot on!
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everybody witching about prince well he name paul peterson st paul so he could tell paul he couldnt use that name if that was the case and so on with apollonia,carmen electra,vanity and so many others he renamed dont hear half the story and blame prince cuz its more 2 it

awsome!!!
I love funk

GirlBrother said:

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3121 album

Well what does that say about you? Lot’s of people like 3121 not too many people are going to give one hoot about the Family.
So of you need to put down the big bottles of haterade.

wonder505 said:

Co-sign. The demo is ok, but I was thinking the same thing. Sounds just like the same thing people have been banging on him to stop doing for the last oh, six years. No more horns, no more funk, blah blah blah.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Tri-sign

IstenSzek said:

Which is why it shouldn't make a difference whether they call themselves The Family, Family 2.0. or something totally unrelated like The Paul Peterson Five. The news will get posted here and the folks who like the music will buy it.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Well, the bar is probably a little higher for Prince than for these guys, and for good reason.

Just to clarify though, Eric on sax is TOTALLY different than the horn section people bitch about (e.g. Musicology tour etc.).

Eric's lone sax has always fit right in with the purple funk, whereas the "vegasy" horns get in the way.

GaryMF said:

Some people didn't care for Eric participation a few years back either. And if I'm not mistaken wasn't Maceo Parker and Grey Boyer on some of the Musicology tour stops? Nothing "vegasy" about them at all. And I like Eric. Frankly he and Jellybean would be only reason I even considered buying this Family 2.0 album.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Yes Maceo and Greg were there, and maybe some poeple complained about Eric (hell, people here will complain about ANYthing! ).

My point is that in most of Eric's work with Prince's music from Madhouse through Prince records, his style of sax playing was more of a soloist (even if he had overdubs or Matt on trumpet) rather than a whole horn section. And even his stabs with Matt IMO "fit" better in the funk arrangements compared to more recent horn sections. For example, on Musicology tour, even though you had greats like Maceo there, the arrangements were more "Vegasy" if you will or at least in the sense that the horn SECTION played the synth parts, as opposed to having synths play the parts (which in the 70s would be horns ironically) and Eric and Matt added something different "in between".

It's hard to explain, but it has to do with how the parts are arranged and I always felt Eric's style just blended perfectly with Prince's music.

GaryMF said:

That's all well and fine but the point I was making originally was that a lot of these folks said they didn't want horns or funk ...period. They wanted more pop and rock based tracks from Prince. And while this project has no Prince input it sounds like the same stuff some of his fans were complaining about him doing for the last six or seven years.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Now see.....why u want 2 go and stir things up with LOGIC and common sense?

Jerome is very busy....the Time reunion, the Family reunion, the Jerome Benton
show....

lawdy lawdy lawdy

Graycap23 said:

4-sign
This demo is ok, nothing at all incredible about it. if prince was the vocal people would go out of their way to shit on it. And that fool who said this is better then the garbage prince has done is mos def a 100% bonafide hater. That statement has absolutely no basis in any form of reality.

EverlastingNow said:

wouldn't taht still be the same? He is still using the name "The Time"...maybe not... I just don't think I could start a band and call it Prime and the NPG....

Anxiety said:

i think you're very funny indeed

Graycap23 said:

reallY? I want some of all of what Prince has done. But done well. I happen to think he has lost whatever set his music apart. Doesn't make it bad, just not as interesting as it was to me before. Mostly his lazy writing is what I personally have issues with. And the content too. Not holding my attention. But as usual- just me and my opinion.

Zannaloaf said:

its okay for you to feel that way, but i think that satisfied song by the family is bad example to prove how prince has been. i just don't think that song is anything special.

gmcb said:

If this is true, it would be a shame and rather contradictory. Prince makes statements about artist freedom, himself being a "slave" for Warner Bros., and writes songs like "Family Name"; FREEDOM FOR THE FAMILY!

GaryMF said:

Agree. When I first heard Eric's solo on "Possessed" from the PR live video I was like who is this funky cat!?... And I think I bought the "Anotherlover" 12" in hopes that Eric's part from the live Birthday show version would be mixed in... So The Family for me was just as much about Eric's playing as anything else.
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XxAxX said:

The irony.....

I am excited. I love the blend of Paul, Susannah, and Eric. The music sounds good. I hope they tour.

EverlastingNow said:

Good timing for Prince to reunite with warners, release his own music and use his juice to have warners sign famiy 2.0 and put it out by itself and or maybe a 2nd version which would be a deluxe 2cd version which includes the original family album. Girl 6 soundtrack had the family's "screams of passion" but other than finding an original import version (so pricey on ebay) I would love to here an original remastered version of the original. Whatever happends I'm first in line to buy 2.0.

Thanks Family, its been a long time coming and we never forgot about you all these years. Please tour to San Francisco for one of your stops. We love you out here in the BAY AREA.

I can't wait for the album!!!