If they had never broken up.

id have 2 say that they would be fine and maybe the sales still would have slumped if they stayed so im clueless

I think it was inevitable they implode. They couldn't have kept it up this long and continued to be inspired. By this time they would tried everything including polka. Maybe it's a good thing it did not last. But then again look at the Rolling Stones. But they only remain relevant live.

Let's get some perspective okay?

The Revolution were a good band. However, they are not the mythic end all be all that hardcore Prince fans sometimes think they are. The mainstream public barely knows the Revolution-they know Prince. The only reason they are singled out more than his other bands is because they were in the movie "Purple Rain".

skywalker said:

I think they'd sound similar to things Wendy & Lisa have been doing, which is cool -- mixed with some Prince funk-rock. But really, who knows.

True dat, to an extent. The whole Revolution era is far more memorable than any other Prince era (and in a good way, too). The '84-'86 is just a great Prince era. Great B-sides, tons of good videos, the original Hit 'n' Run tour, Parade, etc, etc, etc.

When you remember the Revolution, you're remembering the whole era.

I would be very interested to hear what they would sound like today.

skywalker said:

Added to which they were Prince's backing band through his highest commercial period.

Dunno where they would have gone after The Dream Factory, but surely it couldn't have been worse than Kirky J. and Larry G.

Like Nelly Furtado perhaps?

skywalker said:

The Revolution were with Prince during his most industrious and experimental period. An historic snippet of time in the annals of music history. Sure, he was a one-man-band for the most part on record from 1999 through Dream Factory/SOTT. The thing about the Revolution was that they captured that electronic rock sound live that Prince put on wax and parlayed into a purple empire.

No other group of musicians on the Paisly payroll has been able to cop the Revolution's sound in concert since. For an '80's "electronic" band, they managed to keep the music sound fresh even today.

Creed

I never liked Bobby Z as a drummer in Prince's band.Seems most of the rhythms in that period came from synths and drumcomputers,which was great and the sound still is fresh today.But the drummers in Prince's band seem to get better and better during the years.Every time I see Prince in concert I keep thinking:How does he find all these great musicians?!(especially the drummers!Amazing...)

skywalker said:[quote]Let's get some perspective okay?

The Revolution were a good band. However, they are not the mythic end all be all that hardcore Prince fans sometimes think they are. The mainstream public barely knows the Revolution-they know Prince. The only reason they are singled out more than his other bands is because they were in the movie "Purple Rain".[/quote]
I think that this is a true statement, if the revolution were apart of prince before his fame, then we really wouldn't be talking about them but for 2 seconds just to say that they use to play with Prince. Think about how people look at Andre Cymone, and Dez Dickerson. General fans don't really know who they are just the hard core prince fans.

Exactly like his "Newpower Soul" -era stuff and NPGMC downloads, but with sitars and tablas. Also the female backing vox would have less vibrato...

But man, just imagine if stuff like "Jughead" had been performed by The Revolution...

jkj10 said:

Did you ever had that feeling with Kirky J.?