i heard recording of let's go crazy from musicology tour ,
and c'mon ppl candy was playing all over let's go crazy.
that song is a classic rock song,
its like playing horns over smells like teen spirit.
i like horns ,
but prince is using horns way too much since the middle of ona tour till now.
i even heard candy play solo over the intro to the purple rain.

yeah, the horns are pissing me off too, i liek horns on some songs, but he is using it too much. Horns in purple rain is THE END!

7salles said:

I've had it with the horns in the wrong songs...

HORNS!

CalhounSq said:

.....U sexy mutha fucka....

horns are great in their correct place. billy jack bitch is fucking TIGHT (unreleased, extended version). But I agree he overuses them live lately.

He's paying them, they had better do something besides standing around looking foolish.

UncleGrandpa said:

HA!HA!(Laughing my ass off)! The best post all night.

thebanishedone said:

o my! that would b flippin awful!



damn!

CalhounSq said:

co-

psykosoul said:

triple co-!

holy flaming hohners, folks 'round here just don't know....

thebanishedone said:

Stop! Before you start giving Courtney ideas.

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince

thebanishedone said:

The horns in Let's Go Crazy didn't bother me so much. The keyboard part always sounded like synth horns to me, so I just get to hear the real thing in concert instead.

I've never gone crazy with a horn, but this one time, at band camp...

hey i agree...with this also..i like the horns...on some....but keep the keys...where there are...guitar....where it belongs.....

UncleGrandpa said:

Co-sign, Candy knows who signs her checks so she betta play
Thats why she was playin the xylaphone(whatever) in the Call my Name video
She is trying to stay busy
Smart woman

Hornz are fine - Hornz overkill aint. It's downright wrong. It's good 2 see the band has really jelled now and gotten tighter - 4 awhile there (around the time of the Asiatic tour last year especially) it seemed as if they were somewhat of a loose cannon within the unit, but they seem 2 have their shit 2gether now. But yeah - puhhleeeze - tame the damned horns on Let's Go Crazy a little at least 4 fuck's sake!
[This message was edited Mon Jul 12 14:50:18 2004 by bananacologne]

thebanishedone said:

my two cents: in the past prince used synth parts to simulate horns in his songs...especially the self contained non-live tracks. i think now that he's on the musicology tour, he's trying to show people what real instruments are like, often at the sacrifice of texture and what we're accustomed to. i was at club black wishing for less horns myself, but i'm in for the ride regardless. i say hitch your wagon to his horse and see where it takes ya.

The horns ruined the song. It is a hard rock jam not a jazz piece!

nobias said:

bingo.

nobias said:

I'd say that the use of synths in place of horns is one of the key elements of Prince's "Minneapolis Sound." While I tend to like horns in general (Ever heard live horns being played over house records? It's musical ecstasy.), they seem out-of-place in pre-1985 Prince songs.

Ironically, my favorite part of the Musicology tour show is the new arrangement of "D.M.S.R." with horns. Go figure.

Anyone hear the Honolulu boot where Prince has the crowd chant "Horns"? Someone close to the mic (audience recording) yells something to the effect of "HORNS! WE PAID 75 FUCKING BUCKS... HORNS!"

7salles said:

Dude, P had a horn solo on the PR intro in 19friggin'85 or something already, when Eric Leeds first joined the band.

Eh,I don't really mind the horns in Lets Go Crazy. LGC isn't a hard rock piece anyway. It's just rock tinged pop (at least compared to bands like Nirvana and Metallica). Lets Go Crazy sounds good with horns because it IS a pop song.

UncleGrandpa said:

They can get their crusty asses off the stage for all I care.

Too many fuckin horns.

this horn debate is now reaching stages of ridiculousness.
1. No-one (not even the legendary Maceo) is going to play more or less than Prince wants, so it's clearly what Prince wants not a question of playing to get paid.
2. Like hectim said, horns have been there since the 80's and Eric, nothing new there.
3. Vainandy and others seems to suggest that horns have no place outside jazz... excuse me but: Ray Charles had one of the best horn sections ever, and James Brown really allowed for the rythmic use of horns in a way no one had done before and that was funk... and George Clinton in his various incarnations (one of which was after all the first Black Rock act) used some of those same horn legends (Maceo, Fred Wesley) with similar fantastic effect.
Wake up everyone: Musicology is the name of the album and the tour, this is about musicianship, maybe he is trying to wake some ears up!!! Sometimes I wonder with these posts if he will ever succeed!