when was the last time when prince put guitar oriented track as a single?
i belive it was dinner with delores.
he was bragging before how world doesnt aprecciete him as a guitar player enough,
and how he cried when eric clapton said he loves guitar solo fropm purple rain and purple rain is claptons favourite song.
but instead he avoids guitar oriented tracks to put as a single.
why?is it because of his black r"n"b oriented fan base.
or he is affraid that he would be consider to be a sell out.
for example ,
george clinton said that black ppl didnt like funkadelic
because they were too white for black ppl and too black for white ppl.

thebanishedone said:

What's your source for this?

i read it in a liz jones book.there is an interview with him from 1997 where prince mentions clapton and the fact that purple rain is his favourite song.

thebanishedone said:

Bragging about how the world doesn't appreciate him as a guitarist is out of character - yes, even for Prince, who brags about his live gigs and music. Sounds like embellishment to me.

thebanishedone said:

Hmmmm. I sure hope George doesn't think Asians won't listen to anything unless it has a mandolin in it.

I do think that Prince has been much more afrocentric since 1996/97 but I think it reflects current tastes more than public opinion. Any wierdo that changes his name to and adopts a freaky Liza Menely look at the same time obviously isn't too concerned about public opinion.


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[This message was edited Sat Aug 14 21:45:51 2004 by AsianBomb777]

thebanishedone said:

i see youir point Banishedone it seems after the single 'Gold" flopped on the charts he pretty much started releasing more r&b type singles...he is on one of the best guitarists i have ever seen and i think with the exception of Purple Rain,Chaos & Gold he has really under used to hjs guitar playing skills when it comes to his albums

thebanishedone said:

People please - the Liz Jones book is THE WORST Prince book ever sold. It's all hearsay & borrowed "quotes" - complete BOOL

CalhounSq said:

CalhounSq said:

Yeah!

oh shit.....

CalhounSq said:

Yeah, but it's a good source of hearsay and borrowed quotes!

I think Prince feels he has done guitar rock singles to death earlier in his career and he doesn't need to go down that route anymore.

Which is a shame because I love that type of stuff.

More than the syrupy ballads he constantly tries to make hits. He's gone down that route too many times too.
[This message was edited Sun Aug 15 1:14:48 2004 by metalorange]

AsianBomb777 said:

What was that red X supposed to be?

i think Prince feels he has done guitar rock singles to death earlier in his career and he doesn't need to go down that route anymore.
-you are wrong ,with the exception of purple rain material,prince always avoided guitar oriented material to be single.

thebanishedone said:

-> Peach, Dinner With Dolores, Let's Go Crazy