This isn't strictly prince-related, but thought you might be interested, anyhow, cuz of the Rave dvd which lenny was on. I work for Virgin, and we are starting our marketing push for Lenny Kravitz's own new DVD... it looks pretty awesome. It's kind of like the Rave disc, but a bit more 'structured'. ALSO there is a new LK album in the works, accordng to his site, http://www.lennykravitz.com ... the new record is called 'Funk'... no idea what it sounds like but i'm sure it will be HOT! (I didn't even know about the album until I saw the mention on his site!)

Anyhow, I'm a big Prince and Lenny fan and thought others might want to know about the new dvd and album.

Let love rule,
-FC

fcapra said:

How the fuck is this Prince news??? I swear, this place is nothing but "Prince Associated Artist" and "Prince Associated Artist from 10 years ago"
news site most of the time.

It may not be Prince news, but I'm stoked. Big Lenny fan here. The last Lenny DVD was a disappointment to most fans though...

hey thanx man i'm a bigg prince and lenny fan!!!
i wanna hear that new cd funk! i got the previous dvd and i really enjoyed.
lenny's doing the same path that prince once did.
i'm down with lenny 4ever...
prince i want some new stuff,funk and rock...

Well I love Lenny and didn't know there was a previous dvd.. I'll be checking this out 4 sure...thanx 4 da info!

anyone know if lenny-associated artist CREE SUMMER has recorded a follow-up to her beautiful debut a few years back???

ITs Prince related, because many Prince fans, also follow Lenny Kravitz. And in my opinion, with Prince slipping as far as his musical output goes, Lenny is the next best thing i have. The last Lenny DVD was good, but i cant stand the constant interuptions. I just want to see a killer live performance in full. Another Prince DVD would be great. Anyone got news on the rumours of a ONAL DVD?

THIS DVD HAS BEEN OUT FOREVER, AND WITH REGARDS TO LENNY I USED TO BE A FAN UNTIL I REALIZED WHAT MANY TOLD ME, THAT HE IS A MEDIOCRE MUSICIAN WITH THE ABILITY TO STEAL FROM ALL HIS HEROES, HIS MUSIC IS REPETITIVE, DERIVATIVE AND UNADVENTEROUS, I SAW HIM LAST SUMMER IN NEW YORK AND HE BORED THE SHIT OUT OF ME, PLAY ALL HIS MUSIC FROM HIS FIRST ALBUM TO HIS LAST AND TELL ME THE SHIT DOES NOT ALL SOUND THE SAME, HE GETS BY BECAUSE DROVES OF FEMALE FANS PRAISE HIM, WHEN I SAW HIM I JUST SAW DROVES WHITE GIRLS SCREAMING FOR NO APPARENT MUSICAL REASON, LETS TAKE HIM OFF HIS HIGH HORSE, HE'S OVER RATED, THE P COMPARISONS ARE NATURAL, BOTH BEING MULTI-ISTRUMENTALISTS AND STUFF, BUT LENNY IS NOT A FRACTION OF THE MUSICIAN P IS, IF ANY LENNY FANS WANNA DEBATE ME, I AM HERE

radici27 said:

It is always difficult to keep your own opinion when people overload you with cliches, as ...mediocre musician, stealing from all his heroes...Lenny is an o.k. artist and who hasn't stolen from what has done in the past...Come on!!!, Although Prince developed his own sound in the past it also was strongely influenced by others...and about the girls...i do not know an artist who doesn't have to deal with groupies...perhaps a bit of envy your side...

Peace and be wild

rafael

oh rafael you got me, your totally right,not, okay then no cliches, lets look at it from a pure musical analysis, yeah prince has influences, unless a musician lived in a cave they will have influences, i used cliches because lenny is a cliche, i read alot of music journalism, now the jig is up when it comes to lenny, he is not really respected by the music journalists of his time, if u read his album and concert reviews, you'll find many people who echo my same views, but hey i guess we are all envious, there is a big difference between being "influenced by" and just plain "ripping off" prince has been heralded for taking music to the next level, cant say the same for jimi wannabe wah wah guitar rock boy, i have the articles, let me know if u want me to quote them, the envy comment is such a cop out, learn how to debate, whenever someone has a critique, guess what, they must be jealous

radici27 said:

Hi,
but who cares about what music journalists have to say...
they just write what people want to hear in a certain moment of time...and i understand what you mean by influenced by and ripping off...but you can interpretate these things the same way...What is true music??? Public Enemy think they make true music but most of their music are what you call ripp offs...They create it in something new which can be said to be rippoff, but isnt it so that it all has to do with that everyone has his own interpretation of a statement...someone can say: well this is absolute innovative while another person says "what do you mean by innovative , can you explain...i interpretate innovation as something completely different ...
.
Do you know what i mean?...

rudedog said:

Well, to keep it a bit on-topic then... Prince is said to be appearing on LK's new album on a track called "God Is Funky!"...

Neversin.

Thank you for this info. This is great news. Can't wait for the dvd and new cd. Lenny is sooo cool!!

the LennyLive dvd is cool...tho i wish there was a full live per4mance & also didnt end so abruptly.
the behind the sceens footage & interview stuff i really really like.
more so than the per4mance,which is really odd.

lookin 4ward 2 the new album

hey who cares if lenny is doing a good job as a musician.

that guy was dating the most beautiful girl in the world -

ADRIANA LIMA

to me lenny is cool not only because of his music but his lifestyle

hey rafael i repect ur point, but after seeing him live, that sealed it for me

iman said:

That just about sums up Lenny's appeal.

Lenny Kravitz:

He had me going in the early nineties, then it was just the same boring stuff, he's like mister "super hip", who looks like he struggles playing guitar solos.

Prince kicked his ass on the Rave show. It just shows you how Prince has that untouchable quality that Lenny lacks.

Nah, sorry, next.

Sueme said:

It should matter, he's in the music business! It's not just the Fashion or Tabloid business.

Anyway, I just noticed something about the Lenny website, he's totally biting Prince's Dirty Mind era style with the sunglasses and attitude.

Let (good guitar playing) Rule!

What a lame ass title for an album. "Funk" is just to plain.
What about "Funk Bible" since Prince never used the title.

seanski said:

What about "I'm Lenny and I'm far from Original on any level. Hell, I'm naming this album Abbey Road" for this new album title?

And the boy's LYRICS?

OH MY GOD
He's NO GOD,
he eats COD,
ain't he ODD.
[This message was edited Thu May 29 14:53:08 PDT 2003 by otan]

seanski said:

Talk about lame...
Like he has any skills to play real funk... It would be pretty pretentious to call an album "Funk Bible" nowadays with all these unfunky/wannabe funky/funkless fags out there...

Neversin.

fcapra said:

Neversin said:

I don't think Lenny has a funky bone in his body!

Tom Willis is funkier than Lenny.

Lenny was good when he first came out but he's like owning a
Suzuki 4x4. It looks good when you first get it but if a real car bumps into it it will get dented up.

It's great that he has the dough and the lovely ladies but he's more derivative than Steve Miller.

It's like cereal box rock.

Oooo thanx for this info - gonna check it out at Lenny's site. Love Lenny, he's wonderful, love his music.

cranshaw62 said:

I got to say it...

Shut up will you? Leave it out... Leave Lenny alone. You do music? Then lets hear you, eh?

Getting sick of hearing ppl, not just you, slagging of real talent like Lenny and Prince. It is so boring and obviously mostly done to get some kind of recognition of being a comedian, when the joke is boring, repetitive and lame.

Just expressing my opinion pal, ok? If you like Lenny then go enjoy Lenny.

cranshaw62 said:

Me too.

Therapy = real talent